Australia & New Zealand

An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia's distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds...

A beautiful and sweeping historical novel that takes the reader from the west coast of New Zealand, to Scotland and Melbourne in the 1870s'Its portrayal of life in a gold-rush town is vivid, and Rose's story is absorbing' The Times'Worth reading for its...

Impressive in terms of scale and structure, the Fire Support Base became a dominant element in ground maneuver during the Vietnam War. Initially a mobile base, it soon evolved into a semi-permanent and more sophisticated fortress as a result of enemy...

This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural, social, political and economic events of Australia's history. Deftly weaving these issues into the wider global context, Mark Peel and Christina Twomey provide an engaging overview of the...

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's great epics - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before.Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them...

Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865-1938) became interested in New Zealand history while working as a political journalist in Wellington, and became an influential figure in the field. He went on to write twelve books and numerous pamphlets on the early history...

Cal Flyn was very proud when she discovered that her ancestor, Angus McMillan, had been a pioneer of colonial Australia. However, when she dug deeper, she began to question her pride. McMillan had not only cut tracks through the bush, but...

Contrary to some opinions expressed at the time, Argentine troops deployed to the Falklands, and which engaged the British troops sent to recapture the islands, were not largely 16-year-old conscripts but experienced, well-trained troops. Certain "elite"...

Japanese gods, too numerous to count, are known collectively as yaoyorozu-no-kamigami--the eight million. They are the cast of a vast, complex mythology that encompasses two religions, three cultures, and three millennia, one whose ancient deities are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578482194Author Freddy SilvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Freddy SilvaPublisher Freddy SilvaWeight(grams) 549g

Falkland Islanders were the first British people to come under enemy occupation since the Channel Islanders during the Second World War. This book tells how islanders' warnings were ignored in London, how their slim defences gave way to a massive...

Since the end of the Second World War, this audacious operation has remained little known amongst the public or military in the United Kingdom. It was an incredible endeavour executed by British and Australian service personnel. The deepest surface...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913114053Author Matthew BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Super Cheap GuidesPublisher Super Cheap GuidesWeight(grams) 151gDimensions(mm) 228mm...

Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook?The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in...

This is the story of Operation Jericho, the spectacular prison break staged by an elite group of British, Australian and New Zealand bomber pilots, who flew a daring low-level mission to blow holes in the walls of Amiens jail and free French Resistance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800995024Author Bethan PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 36mm

An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which...

In January of 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who will be their new neighbours; the beach nomads of Australia. "These people mixed with ours," wrote a British observer soon after...

In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features of its history, geography, and culture since the beginning of the white settlement in New South Wales in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788894205657Author Roberto GemoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Roberto GemoriPublisher Roberto GemoriWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995354937Author Ron WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Boom BooksPublisher Boom Books

Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret Country, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high...

Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret Country, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922476470Author Victoria TweadFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Ant PressPublisher Ant PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369304605Author Michael KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 760Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 943gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

The art of the Pacific Islands is exciting, varied, vibrant and ever-changing. Across the great breadth of the Pacific, artists have always employed a wide variety of materials and techniques to create objects for specific purposes. These have been...

170,000 Displaced Persons arrived in Australia between 1947 and 1952 - the first non-Anglo-Celtic mass migrants.Australia's first immigration minister, Arthur Calwell, scoured post-war Europe for refugees, Displaced Persons he characterised as 'Beautiful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688016203Author John CostelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 940gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761108174Author Kate FullagarFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Scribner AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster Australia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922473004Author Harold LarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint ETT ImprintPublisher ETT Imprint

In the second volume of his official history of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman provides a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most extraordinary periods in recent British political history and a vivid portrayal of a government at...

Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-FictionIndigenous Writers' PrizeUTS Glenda Adams Award for New WritingLonglisted for the 2023 Stella PrizePrime Minister's Summer Reading List 2022, Grattan InstituteWe Come with This Place is a remarkable book, as rich,...

Along the Archival Grain offers a unique methodological and analytic opening to the affective registers of imperial governance and the political content of archival forms. In a series of nuanced mediations on the nature of colonial documents from the...

Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c. AD 700. Centuries later the island's statues were famous throughout the world. This book presents a comprehensive history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760463328Author Ron BoxallFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Featuring a new introduction in response to Julia Gillard's memoir, this revised edition brings Paul Kelly's masterpiece on the Rudd-Gillard years up to the present.Drawing on more than sixty on-the-record interviews with all the major players, Triumph...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922792273Author Greg K BathgateFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint Inspiring PublishersPublisher Inspiring PublishersWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648946809Author Jennifer TwemlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Jennifer TwemlowPublisher Jennifer TwemlowWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645149104Author Stacey M KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Banaban Vision PublicationsPublisher Banaban Vision PublicationsWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849026215Author Edward WittonFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 293gDimensions(mm)...