A Family of Readers - The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature by Roger Sutton; Martha V Parravano
$19.99 AUD
Category: Parenting | Reading Level: very good
Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children - and nurturing their love of reading. A Family of Readers is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their childre ...Show more
A History of Australian Schooling by Craig Campbell, Helen Proctor
$45.00 AUD
Category: General
A social history of school education in Australia, from dame schools and one teacher classrooms in the bush, to the growth of private schools under public funding in recent years.
A History of Trees by Simon Wills
$64.99 AUD
Category: Gardening
Have you ever wondered how trees got their names? What did our ancestors think about trees, and how were they used in the past? This fascinating book will answer many of your questions, but also reveal interesting stories that are not widely known. For example, the nut from which tree was predicted to p ...Show more
A Life. A Finger. A Pea Up a Nose. by Sarah Hunstead
$29.99 AUD
Category: Parenting
Based on the trusted cprkids.com.au courses taught by expert paediatric nurses and midwives; this is the essential Australian guide to First Aid for babies and children. Rapidly becoming Australia's Number 1 practical First Aid book specifically for your child, A LIFE. A FINGER. A PEA UP A NOSE is the e ...Show more
A Life on Our Planet - My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
See the world. Then make it better. 'I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us ...Show more
A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy
$30.95 AUD
Category: Business and Finance | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the fieldWhat causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The ...Show more
A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves by Walter Alvarez
$22.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
One in a million doesn't even come close. Not when we're talking about the odds that you would happen to be alive today, on this particular planet, hurtling through space. Almost fourteen billion years of cosmic history, over four billion years of Earth history, a couple million years of human history, ...Show more
A New Map of Wonders - A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels by Caspar Henderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
A beautifully illustrated, mesmerising investigation of wonder and its importance to our future.
A Parent's ABC of the Autism Spectrum by Stephen Heydt
$25.99 AUD
Category: Parenting
Covering everything from Anxiety to Fragile-X Syndrome, Stephen Heydt provides an alphabetical categorisation of the possible issues a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may encounter. Written by an experienced clinical psychologist, this book offers information for parents whose children have b ...Show more
A Parent's Guide to the iPad in Easy Steps: Covers IOS 7 by Nick Vandome
$24.99 AUD
Category: Computing | Series: In Easy Steps
Since its introduction in 2010, the iPad has quickly become an iconic device -- a compact, versatile tablet computer that packs a punch in terms of its functionality. It's now widely used and in many ways is ideal for children: user-friendly, compact, powerful, and stylish. And for parents who worry abo ...Show more
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage and the Quest for the Colour of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield
$32.99 AUD
Category: Art
"A Perfect Red" recounts the colourful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519. Shipp ...Show more
A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of Canberra and the High Country by Neil Hermes
$49.99 AUD
Category: Gardening
A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of Canberra and the High Country is a fully comprehensive field guide to the 322 bird species found in the Australian High Country, and includes all common, rare and vagrant species. With photographs from the author and the region’s other top-quality nature photog ...Show more