NewSouth Publishing - Böcker

One of Gardens Illustrated's Best Books of 2020 Acclaimed author David Mabberley provides a ground-breaking analysis of early European understanding of Australias lora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustr...

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A nation often amends its laws during war, not least to regulate life at home. Yet few historians have considered the impact of law on everyday lives in Australia during the Great War. In this original book, lawyer and historian Catherine Bond bre...

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Adapted from Andy Griffiths and Terry Dentons phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Richard Tullochs play The 13-Storey Treehouse is action-packed, full of laughswith a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks and a lem...

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Knowing who, where, and how many of us there are is a powerful force that helps us understand the way we live now and, as Liz Allen powerfully shows, allows us to create a better future. We know what the population of Australia is. We know where t...

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They didnt know it, but Patti Miller and her brother, Barney, shared something in common a passion for the illuminating joy of wild nature with all its challenges and dangers. In this extraordinary and unexpected book, Patti tells the story of her...

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Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia about refugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. The government seeks to stop the boats whatever the cost, be it human, eco...

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Wild, passionate and ultimately tragic: the love story of Australias famous literary couple, Charmian Clift and George Johnston, plays out on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s, in this reimagining from award-winning playwright Sue Smi...

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There are few Aboriginal icons in white Australian history. From the explorer to the pioneer, the swagman to the drovers wife, Europeans predominate. Perhaps the only exception is the redoubtable tracker who, with skills passed down by generation ...

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Distinguished architect Andrew Andersons has redefined Australia's art galleries over the last five decades (in Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra and regionally) and his award-winning designs have extended the NSW Parliament and transformed the Stat...

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Swimming is a central part of most Australian childhoods. We idealise beaches and surf, but for many kids the local pool whether its an ocean, tidal or a chlorinated pool is where they pass summer days. Pools are places of imagination, daring, bel...

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Both famous in their day, Daisy Bates and Ernestine Hill were bestselling writers who told of life in the vast Australian interior. Daisy Bates, dressed in Victorian garb, malnourished and half-blind, camped with Aboriginal people in Western Austr...

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Caroline Kearneys husband bequeathed her a heart-breaking dilemma. Writing his will as he lay dying in Melbourne in 1865, Edward Kearney promised his wife 100 a year and more to educate their sons, but only if she moved to Ireland with their six c...

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Melbourne Remember When is a photographic celebration of nostalgia, particularly for Baby Boomers, thousands of whom follow the Melbourne Remember When Facebook page, sharing their photos and memories. Remember dropping into the Coles Cafeteria on...

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Bugger, rooted, bloody oath What is it about Australians and swearing? Weve got an international reputation for using bad language (Where the bloody hell are ya?) and letting rip with a choice swear word or two has long been a very Aussie thing to...

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Australian womens football rides high on the sporting landscape now, but this book shows that success has been one-hundred years in the making. It shares stories of triumph in the face of overwhelming odds, and tales of heartbreak and obstacles th...

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Australians have always loved to step out in nature, whether off-track or along a marked route. Bushwalking an organised long-distance walk in rugged terrain that requires maps and camping equipment, or a family day out is one of our most popular ...

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The untold story of a major Australian artist. Regarded in his day as an important Australian impressionist painter, A.H. Fullwood (18631930) was also the most widely viewed BritishAustralian artist of the Heidelberg era. Fullwoods illustrations f...

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Sydney 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 years of the movement when Sydney arc...

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All writers begin as readers. This is an ode, a love letter, to the magic of reading. To the spark thats set off when the reader thinks ... I can do this too. Here, twenty-six writers take us through these moments of revelation through the dog-ear...

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In mid-1824, the Bathurst district was under siege. Local Wiradjuri people had broken off contact with colonists and vowed to kill all invading white men. Warriors raided outstations, killing people and stock with impunity while large warbands thr...

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Shortlisted for the NSW Premiers History Awards Australian History Prize 2021 How vast then is forgetting of language, of places, of the dead? Are these even things that can be measured? They are not but they can be described. Amnesia Road is...

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Fighting For Our Lives, a history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Australia, focuses on the role played by affected communities in addressing the crisis, a side of the story that is often overlooked. Marginalised people mostly gay men, sex workers and...

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Katerina Bryants debut Hysteria is an astounding hybrid memoir exploring chronic mental illness and the treatment of womens health throughout history. When Katerina Bryant suddenly began experiencing chronic seizures, she was plunged into a foreig...

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The MurrayDarling Basin Australia's food bowl is in crisis. For more than a century, a series of environmental catastrophes have brought the ecosystem to its knees: soil erosion, sand drifts and dust storms, salinity, algal blooms, the threat...

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In Australia 38,000 people are reported missing each year, in the UK the number is around 365,000 and in the US over 600,000. Many of these cases are never resolved. Blending long-form journalism with true crime and philosophy, Erin Stewarts The M...

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Level Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people who mark your essays, it will show you step-by-step how to write high quality essays that will get you top marks. This book will guide you ...

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From the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the burning ruins of the Bali bombings, For Gallantry tells the stories of the 28 Australians awarded the nations highest non-combat awards for bravery: the Imperial George Cross and its Australian Honours a...

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How do we find courage when climate change overwhelms us emotionally? In this magical, often funny and deeply moving true story, awardwinning science reporter Jonica Newby explores how to navigate the emotional turmoil of climate change. After res...

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Can fish feel pain? Does it matter if a dingo is different from a dog? Is there life in a glob of subterranean snot? Science tackles some unexpected questions. At a time when the world is buffeted by the effects of a pandemic, climate change and a...

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One minute youre a 15-year old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute youre looked at as maybe ISIS. The generation born at the time of the 9/11 attacks are turning 18. What has our changed world meant for them? We now have a generat...

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