Art in Australia, From Colonization to Postmodernism
• Christopher Allen
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 222 PAGES
By asserting that Australian art has diverged from European and American traditions, Christopher Allen seeks to find the common thread that binds the country's artistic movements over the last 200 years. Part of the "World of Art" series and featuring 180 illustrations (60 in color), this book is a thorough introduction for the curious traveler.
(AUS143, $14.95) |
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Australia and New Zealand Map
• Reise & Verkehrsverlag
2001 •
MAP
A map of Australia and New Zealand at a scale of 1:5,000,000. It's the best map available that covers both countries, but not particularly detailed. You might be interested in purchasing insead individual maps of Australia (AUS23) and New Zealand (NZL09). One Side. 38 X 51 inches.
(AUS77, $15.95) |
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Australia Map
• ITMB
2010 •
MAP
This large folded map of Australia, at a scale of 1:3,500,000, includes national parks, reserves and roads, all clearly marked. Two Sides. 34x40 inches.
(AUS23, $12.95) |
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Australian Birds
• Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE •
2000 •
PLASTIC CARD
A fold-up, laminated card featuring color drawings and short descriptions of commonly encountered Australian birds.
(AUS99, $5.95) |
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Australian Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •
1999 •
PLASTIC CARD
This illustrated fold-out guide features almost 150 species of Australian animals. Laminated for durability; pocket-size for quick reference in the field.
(AUS111, $5.95) |
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Captain James Cook
• Richard Hough
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1997 •
PAPER
• 398 PAGES
A vividly written narrative of the life and three great voyages of Captain Cook. This fine book includes a gripping account of his discoveries throughout the Pacific -- and his demise in the Sandwich Islands.
(PAC24, $18.95) |
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
• Thomas Keneally
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 184 PAGES
A classic story set in the Australian outback of one man against an unjust, racist society.
(AUS30, $13.95) |
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Continent of Hunter-Gatherers, New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory
• Harry Lourandos
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1997 •
PAPER
• 412 PAGES
A well considered, scholarly survey of the archaeology of Aboriginal Australia with chapters on colonization, and geographic diversity and variation from the tropical north to the arid center of the continent, temperate southern reaches and Tasmania. Lourandis, who writes well, stressses the complexity and dynamism of Aboriginal Australia throughout the book, a direct challenger to earlier static views with more of a focus on the environment as a determinging factor in cultural change. With drawings and 50 maps. For travelers with a serious interest in Australian archaeology and prehistory (and a taste for theoretical debate).
(AUS129, $57.00) |
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Culture Smart! Australia
• Barry Penney
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 168 PAGES
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(AUS189, $9.95) |
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
• Ken Simpson
• Nicholas Day
FIELD GUIDE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 440 PAGES
A handbook and field guide to Australia's birds with 2,000 vivid color illustrations, each accompanied by a brief description and revised range map. This more compact seventh edition features 16 new or revised color plates, new maps and condensed information.
(AUS06, $39.50) |
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In Search of Hobart
• Peter Timms
HISTORY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 278 PAGES
Hobart resident Timms explores the contradictions of Australia's smallest, most southerly and least prosperous state capital, from its troubled past to its spectacular setting. He interviews residents, discusses the town's economic hardships, describes the architecture and gives insight that will allow locals as well as tourists to see Hobart in a new light.
(AUS246, $24.95) |
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Insight Guide Australia
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Australia to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays on history, culture and nature.
(AUS67, $24.99) |
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Joseph Banks, A Life
• Patrick O'Brian
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1997 •
PAPER
• 328 PAGES
A fine biography of naturalist and explorer Joseph Banks by one of our great writers of the sea. O'Brian's account of the three-year voyage of the Endeavor -- and the discovery of Australia -- is particularly good. Chapters cover globe-trotting botanical adventures with James Cook and others in Polynesia, Australia & New Zealand, Iceland, England and France. With a few maps, engravings and illustrations.
(AUS47, $20.00) |
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Lonely Planet Australia
• denis O'Byrne
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 1092 PAGES
A practical guide to Australia by Melbourne-based Lonely Planet, featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a few color photographs, 158 useful sketch maps, and excellent travel information.
(AUS92, $29.99) |
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Lonely Planet Melbourne
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
A travel guide to Melbourne and surroundings in the Lonely Planet series with a good overview, excellent maps and plenty of practical information.
(AUS73, $21.99) |
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Nutmeg of Consolation
• Patrick O'Brian
LITERATURE •
1991 •
HARD COVER
• 315 PAGES
Further adventures of Captain Aubrey & Co., shipwrecked in the Dutch East Indies, and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay in the early 19th Century. The passage on Botany Bay is one of the most evocative (and frightening) descriptions we know of the first European settlements in Australia. If you haven't yet been introduced to O'Brian's vivid portraits of Nelson's British Navy, here's your chance to dip into this fine series.
(AUS69, $24.00) |
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On Dialogue, Contemporary Australian Art
• Anne Marie Freybourg
• Les Murray
• Juliana Engberg
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 216 PAGES
A study of art in Australia over the last 40 years, focusing on artists in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
(AUS144, $39.95) |
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One For the Road, An Outback Adventure
• Tony Horwitz
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 211 PAGES
Good adrenaline-fueled fun by the author of Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad Without a Map. This time Horwitz is among the aborigines, outcasts and other exiled desert rats in the outback of Australia.
(AUS79, $14.00) |
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Peter Weir
1979 •
DVD
Peter Weir's confounding thriller about a group of girls and a teacher at a turn-of-the-century boarding school in Victoria, Australia, who go missing after a Valentine's Day picnic. Beautifully photographed, the film depicts the arid landscape of the outback in all its majesty and eeriness. Part of the Criterion Collection.
(AUS158, $29.95) |
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The Road from Coorain
• Jill Ker Conway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1990 •
PAPER
• 238 PAGES
A literate, absorbing memoir of girlhood on a sheep ranch in New South Wales and coming of age in post-war Sydney. Conway, who left Australia and eventually became president of Smith College, paints a vivid picture of isolation and beauty -- and of the challenges of a bright, ambitious woman growing up Australian.
(AUS03, $13.95) |
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Rough Guide Tasmania
• James Stewart
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A comprehensive guide in the hip, literate and infomative Rough Guide style. It's divided cleanly between practical information and illuminating background on culture and history.
(AUS202, $21.99) |
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A Traveller's History of Australia
• John H. Chambers
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 347368 PAGES
A brief history of Australia from the arrival of the Aborigines to the first European settlement and the development of the modern nation state -- quite an accomplishment for such a short book. It's very well written and includes a glossary, timeline and gazetteer.
(AUS64, $14.95) |
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True History of the Kelly Gang
• Peter Carey
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 386 PAGES
A powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia. Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset. Cary's novel takes the form of a series of rough, captivating letters by the barely literate gang leader to his young daughter. Kelly was hanged in Melbourne in 1880, where his mother was also imprisoned.
(AUS119, $15.95) |
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Voyage of the Beagle
• Charles Darwin
EXPLORATION •
2002 •
PAPER
• 468 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, this book is still essential reading. Darwin's South American chapters are an excellent introduction to the Galapagos, Beagle Channel, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean fjords and the Brazilian coast. With maps and appendices.
(GPS02, $12.95) |
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