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Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf by Kevin Handreck 9781742230825
RRP: $78.00Booksplease Price: $71.02For more than twenty years, ""Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf"" has been a core text for students of horticulture and an essential reference for practicing horticulturists, their... -
Transit of Venus: 1631 to the present by Nick Lomb 9781742232690
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $45.32"In his new book, Transit of Venus, 1631 to the Present, Dr Nick Lomb - an astronomer at the Sydney Observatpry and the author of the Australian Sky Guide - has produced what may be his most timely... -
Mahabharata In Polyester by Hamish McDonald 9781742231587
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $35.70This is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose company Reliance, which emerged from the textile industry, is now... -
What's Wrong with Contemporary Art? by Peter Timms 9780868404073
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.57In this provocative book, Peter Timms asks confronting questions. Why is contemporary art so in thrall to spruikers and promoters, and why do their extravagant claims so rarely match the reality? Why... -
For Valour: Australians Awarded the Victoria Cross by Aaron Pegram 9781742235424
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $80.18The Victoria Cross is the highest award given to members of the Commonwealth military forces for acts of extreme bravery in battle. There is no greater honour, award or accolade.For Valour tells the... -
The 13-Storey Treehouse: A play for young audiences by Richard Tulloch 9781742236490
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $24.53Adapted from Andy Griffiths' and Terry Denton's phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Richard Tulloch's play - The 13-Storey Treehouse - is action-packed, full of laughs...with a see-through... -
The F Word: How we learned to swear by feminism by Jane Caro 9780868408231
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.57When it comes to the work/life balance, modern women continually find themselves in a no-win situation where they are criticised regardless of the path they choose. The F Word: How we learned to... -
Come the Revolution: A memoir by Alex Mitchell 9781742233079
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $35.70In Come the Revolution, journalist Alex Mitchell gives a rollicking account of life in newspapers and his radical past as a Trotskyist. From the cut-throat era of Sydney tabloids, he graduated to... -
There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia by Michael Wesley 9781742232720
Booksplease Price: $35.45Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key economic and political issues that Australia should currently be considering as a Western country geographically and economically tied to Asia. For... -
Law in Perspective: Ethics, critical thinking and research by Michael Head 9781742234540
RRP: $78.00Booksplease Price: $70.04This fully updated third edition of Law in Perspectivefocuses on a range of powerful critical thinking tools drawn from logic, science, ethics, and political and social theory. Sections on terrorism... -
Gay Sydney: A History by Garry Wotherspoon 9781742234830
Booksplease Price: $33.52A history of one of Sydney's largest subcultures - one that's been hidden from history despite gay men's influence on Sydney's social, cultural, economic and political life. Garry Wotherspoon's Gay... -
Queensland: Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask by Mark Bahnisch 9781742234342
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $18.82Queensland is different. It's the `Deep North'. Its state elections exemplify Pineapple Party Time. But what if the cliches that ring true of the Sunshine State are in fact the nation's future?... -
Raven Mother: War, Family and Inheritance: a Memoir Jane Messer 9781761170638
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $33.62In Raven Mother, Jane Messer weaves together her Jewish family’s compelling and tragic story – stretching back and forth between Berlin, Israel, Palestine, Melbourne and Sydney.Messer retraces the... -
A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia by Tony Young 9780868407425
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $35.12Australia is world-renowned for its often extraordinary and unique natural environment including many of its plants and animals. This beautiful little book highlights an often overlooked, but just as... -
Sydney Brutalism by Heidi Dokulil 9781742236698
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $48.28Sydney has some of the world's best examples of brutalist architecture. Heidi Dokulil explores these brutal beauties.While modernism is much celebrated, there's a growing appreciation for the latter... -
Picturing a Nation: The art and life of A.H. Fullwood by Gary Werskey 9781742236681
RRP: $52.63Booksplease Price: $48.28The untold story of a major Australian artist. Regarded in his day as an important Australian impressionist painter, A.H. Fullwood (1863-1930) was also the most widely viewed British-Australian... -
The Best Australian Science Writing 2012 by Elizabeth Finkel 9781742233482
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.57Australia's best science writing is showcased in this collection drawn from some of this the nation's best publications. Questions such as these are addressed: How were Ned Kelly's bones finally... -
Caroline's Dilemma: A colonial inheritance saga by Bettina Bradbury 9781742236605
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $33.62Caroline Kearney's husband bequeathed her a heart-breaking dilemma. Writing his will as he lay dying in Melbourne in 1865, Edward Kearney promised his wife GBP100 a year and more to educate their... -
Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott by Rodney Tiffen 9781742235202
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.58Since 1970 seventy-three political leaders within the major parties have been forcibly removed from their leadership positions. And at the heart of the turmoil is the media, with its 24-hour news... -
Islam and the West: Reflections From Australia by Shahram Akbarzadeh 9780868406794
Booksplease Price: $38.43The September 11 attacks on the US stunned Australians, as well as people all over the world, and the consequences have been far-reaching for both the West and the Muslim world. The subsequent War on... -
The End of the Morning by Charmian Clift 9781742238166
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $33.62'In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off. Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you came... -
Upheaval: Disrupted lives in journalism by Andrew Dodd 9781742237275
RRP: $42.88Booksplease Price: $39.23'Journalism was a trade you could go into and if you were any good at it you were a reasonably prosperous member of the community ... that's just no longer the case.' - David Marr Journalists make a... -
Take Flight: Incredible stories of Australian women who reach for the sky by Kathy Mexted 9781742237619
Booksplease Price: $42.28Helicopter pilot Alida Soemawinata ascends over Kata Tju?a. Paramotor pilot Sacha Dench follows migrating swans from the Arctic tundra to the English countryside. Birdwoman Stef Walter wing walks... -
Swimming Sydney: A tale of 52 swims by Chris Baker 9781761170270
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $32.12Swimming Sydney is a tale of 52 swims in and around Sydney that take place over a calendar year. From Palm Beach to Cronulla, Mount Druitt to Bondi, Chris Baker swims at iconic beaches, municipal... -
The Little Green Grammar Book by Mark Tredinnick 9780868409191
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.57What really goes on inside a sentence? What is your subject, where is your verb, what is its tense, where is your modifier, and why does it matter? Where do you need a comma, and where do you not?... -
Climate Action: A campaign manual for greenhouse solutions by Mark Diesendorf 9781742230184
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $30.58In the USA, social movements succeeded in stopping 59 proposals to build new conventional (dirty) coal-fired power stations. In the UK, there was an extended campaign to stop the expansion of... -
Fraying: Mum, memory loss, the medical maze, and me by Michele Gierck 9781742232331
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.57Fraying chronicles a mother's and a daughter's journey through memory loss and the medical maze. Michele Gierck finds herself suddenly thrust into the role of primary carer, with no map to navigate... -
Lifeboat Cities by Brendan Gleeson 9781742231242
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.58Hopeful and provocative, this account considers the principle social and ecological threats facing Australia and outlines the ways in which these crises need to be confronted and addressed. Taking a... -
Time Bomb: Work, rest and play in Australia today by Barbara Pocock 9781742232959
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.58Relevant and sharp, this record turns a careful eye to the issue of time poverty, throwing light on poor urban planning, workplace policies, and other sociopolitical issues that rob working families... -
City Dreamers: The Urban Imagination in Australia by Graeme Davison 9781742234694
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.58'The city, as we imagine it ... is as real, maybe more real, than the hard city one can locate in statistics ... and architecture.' City Dreamers examines the main currents in Australia's urban... -
Janet Lawrence by Prudence Gibson 9781742234557
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $43.76Well-known for her installations and public art commissions that engage with architectural and biological forms, Janet Laurence is fascinated by the interplay of plant species, animals and people. In... -
Glass: The life and art of Klaus Moje by Nola Anderson 9781742237008
RRP: $74.10Booksplease Price: $69.58It is always based on what I see, what is touching me.'For more than fifty years, Klaus Moje devoted his life to the art of glass. He called it the 'most seductive' medium, and in his hands it had... -
Black and Proud: The Story of an Iconic AFL Photo by Matthew Klugman 9781742234052
Booksplease Price: $33.52It is one of Australia's most iconic images. On 17 April 1993, the Indigenous AFL footballer Nicky Winmar stood up against racial abuse and made history. Facing the Collingwood crowd that had taunted... -
Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll: How evolution has shaped the modern world by Rob Brooks 9781742231600
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.58Why are people getting fatter? Why do so many rock stars end up dead at 27? Is there any hope of curbing population growth, rampant consumerism and the environmental devastation they wreak? ... -
The Piranesi Effect by Kerrianne Stone 9781742234267
RRP: $56.53Booksplease Price: $55.97The work of Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) has captivated artists, architects and designers for centuries. Although contemporary Australia is a long way from... -
Menzies at War by Anne Henderson 9781742233796
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.58In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Robert Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office and despair that his life at the top had come to so... -
The Marvellous Funambulist of Middle Harbour and Other Sydney Firsts by Hilary Bell 9781742234403
RRP: $23.38Booksplease Price: $23.03Who fought the first duel in Sydney? Where were the city's first dancing horses? And who was the daredevil who crossed Middle Harbour on a tightrope in 1877?This whimsical, witty history of Sydney... -
Charles Bean: Man, myth, legacy by Peter Stanley 9781742234892
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $35.12Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Memorial. Famously... -
Stop Fixing Women: Why building fairer workplaces is everybody's business by Catherine Fox 9781742235165
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $27.57Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables of our age. Women are told they need to back themselves more, stop marginalising themselves, negotiate better, speak up, support... -
Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney by Peter Doyle 9781742237695
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $32.12Small time heists. Failed robberies. Runs of bad luck. Payback. Love gone wrong. Drink, drugs and late-night assignations. Cops doing their job well. And badly. Plausible lies, unlikely truths...