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The Biology of Civilisation

Stephen Boyden

• Paperback | Engels
• Looks at the complex interrelationships between human culture and the nature. Covering the period from the beginning of agriculture right up to the pr... Lees meer

Van Diemen's Land

Murray Johnson, Ian McFarlane

• Paperback | Engels
• The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of B... Lees meer

To Firmer Ground

• Paperback
• Presents an analysis of the issues confronting Australia and its relationships to the world. It proposes an alternative vision for this country that p... Lees meer

Air Disaster Canberra

Andrew Tink

• Paperback | Engels
• 1940. Wartime Australia. Key members of Menzies' government die in a fiery plane crash. What went wrong and what happened next? In August 1940 Austral... Lees meer

Veiled Valour

Tom Frame

• Paperback | Engels
• 'Given the importance of ability, judgment, leadership and discipline to the effective performance of any military force, the nation faces a serious p... Lees meer

Islam and the West

• Paperback | Engels
• The 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... Lees meer

A Charter of Rights for Australia

George Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Briefings
• Australia is the only democratic country in the world that does not have a national charter or bill that protects basic human rights. This book argues... Lees meer

A Financial Tale of Two Cities

Jim Bain

• Paperback
• Describes the intense commercial rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne over a period of some 150 years. This book focuses on the key roles played by se... Lees meer

Reconciliation

Michael Gordon

• Paperback
• Michael Gordon spent two months travelling through Northern Australia to examine for himself the present state of remote Aboriginal communities and th... Lees meer

A Collector's Year

Adrian Franklin

• Paperback
• Offers an account of a year in the life of a collector. From a souvenir shop in Hobart to a car-boot sale in rural England, this title explores the be... Lees meer

Gun Control

Tom Frame

• Paperback | Engels
• 'A masterpiece of analysis of the politics of transformative change.' - Otago Daily Times In the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 199... Lees meer

The Art of Coalition

• Paperback | Engels
• Despite being described as 'a remarkably successful partnership' by John Howard and a 'triumph of trust' by his counterpart, Nationals leader and Depu... Lees meer

On Ops

Tom Frame, Albert Palazzo

• Paperback | Engels | ACSACS
• No-one in the Australian government or Army could have predicted that in the 25 years following the end of the Cold War Army personnel would be deploy... Lees meer

Politics in the Blood

Paul Davey

• Hardcover
• This is a political biography of three generations of the one family, the Anthonys (Hubert, Doug and Larry), who held the Federal seat of Richmond in ... Lees meer

Widening Minds

Tom Frame

• Paperback | Engels
• Since 1967 more than 25,000 students have graduated from UNSW after studying at Duntroon, HMAS Creswell, the Australian Defence Force Academy. Tom Fra... Lees meer

Community Disability Services

Ian Dempsey, Karen Nankervis

• Paperback | Engels
• The first Australasian text on community disability services to provide a ready source of evidence based practice and service management guidelines. T... Lees meer

Believers

• Paperback
• Offers a comprehensive account of everything that is right and wrong with Catholicism in Australia and asks whether it is really in decline, not shyin... Lees meer

Who Was That Woman?

Sheridan

• Hardcover
• At the time of its widest cirulation, in the 1950s and 60s, the "Women's Weekly" played a central role in creating a national consciousness for famili... Lees meer

Key Concepts in Military Ethics

• Paperback | Engels
• Can war be morally justified? What is the philosophy behind armed conflict? How do you conduct an ethical war? And what guides military action as the ... Lees meer

The Long Road

• Paperback | Engels | ACSACS
• Helping neighbours and partners stabilise their political systems and work towards peace and security is a core activity for the modern Australian Def... Lees meer

City Life

Seamus O'Hanlon

• Paperback | Engels
• Remember when our cities and inner-cities weren't dominated by high-rise apartments? This book documents the changes that have come with the globalisa... Lees meer

Humble and Obedient Servants:

Peter J. Tyler

• Hardcover
• New South Wales government administration increased four-fold during the first six decades of the twentieth century. This work shows that, although of... Lees meer

Artists Observed

Carole Hampshire

• Paperback
• Includes interviews with a range of artists, from sculptors, painters and potters to performance and 'outsider' artists. This title features full-colo... Lees meer

The Citizens' Bargain

James Walter, Margaret MacLeod

• Paperback
• This work collects documents that disclose a tradition of Australian deliberation about politics and citizenship. It shifts contemporary debate to rea... Lees meer