forgot your password navigation home books bestsellers new releases auspol politics and current affairs arts biography true crime academic signed copies blog events about history staff melbourne university press miegunyah press victory books academic custom meanjin contact contact submissions rights & permissions booksellers media ebooks faq my year without meat richard cornish comeback james button the peter thomson five tony walker best sellers view more ... life as i know it michelle payne john harms paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 in life as i know it michelle payne tells her deeply moving story . it will lift your spirits stir your heart and give you courage.michelle was six months old the youngest of eleven children when the family was hit with the tragic death of their mother mary . their father paddy a renowned horseman raised his children alone . as a family they ... read more ... paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 planet jackson brad norington paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 kathy jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million dollar fraud of michael williamson the corrupt boss of the health services union hsu . she endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the labor party and the union movement . but what if jackson was just as corrupt as williamson or worse while jackson was being port ... read more ... paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 comeback james button paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 james button fell in love with the geelong football club as a boy . it was a family affair . but as the years wore on and the defeats mounted one nagging question became louder and louder would his team ever win a premiership again comeback tells the geelong story how a town unloved by the big city up the road turned to football to show it was ... read more ... paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 what a time to be alive mark di stefano paperback 27.99 e book 12.99 what a time to be alive that and other lies of the 2016 campaign is mark di stefano s ugly unsanitised diary behind the double dissolution election campaign . a poll fought between two wildly ambitious men who want to win their first election whatever it takes.mark di stefano reveals what happens behind the scenes and how the two campaigns manu ... read more ... paperback 27.99 e book 12.99 recent releases view more ... margaret preston lesley harding paperback 45.00 e book 22.99 celebrated for her vibrant and distinctive pictures of indigenous flowers artist margaret preston was an equally colourful and outspoken personality . less well known is her legacy as a generous and insightful teacher and keen cook and her deep sense of civic duty . she was passionate about the need for a modern national culture that reflected every ... read more ... paperback 45.00 e book 22.99 the promise of things ruth quibell paperback 27.99 e book 12.99 some of our strongest most lasting relationships are hidden in plain view those we have with objects . what do our possessions do for us and how do they do it in the promise of things ruth quibell explores what our possessions say about us who we think we are what we long for and struggle against . it invites us to think about how we use th ... read more ... paperback 27.99 e book 12.99 meanjin vol 75 no 3 jonathan green paperback 24.99 e book 9.99 not the marrying kind you re not alone . as lauren rosewarne reports more the 40 percent of australian women between 25 and 64 are single . by choice by design by circumstance for better for worse lauren takes a deeply personal look at a phenomenon that is quietly reshaping our world.the facts are thinner on the ground elsewhere especially in ... read more ... paperback 24.99 e book 9.99 the turnbull gamble wayne errington peter van onselen paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 the liberal party took a risk replacing tony abbott with malcolm turnbull . they had seen how voters could turn when the alp tore down a first term prime minister . but mps were desperate having witnessed the collapse in polling during abbott s prime ministership . by the time turnbull called the election it was still unclear what he wanted to achieve ... read more ... paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 featured titles view more ... from the edge mark mckenna paperback 34.99 e book 16.99 march 1797 . ninety mile beach victoria . five british sailors and twelve bengali seamen swim ashore after their longboat is ripped apart in a storm . the british penal colony at port jackson is 700 kilometres to the north their fellow survivors from the wreck of the sydney cove stranded far to the south on a tiny island in bass strait . to rescue the ... read more ... paperback 34.99 e book 16.99 making headlines chris mitchell paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 as editor in chief of the australian chris mitchell ran the largest stable of journalists with the largest editorial budget in the country for more than twelve years . this entertaining and deeply revealing book offers readers riveting insights into the quirks and foibles of some of the most powerful politicians and media executives this country has ... read more ... paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 gangland robbers james morton susanna lobez paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 robbers have always seen themselves as the cream of the underworld at the top of the criminal aristocracy both in and out of prison . gangland robbers follows the stories of the men and women who go to great lengths to organise heists which if all goes well will keep them in luxury for many years if not for life . if their plans fail then often ... read more ... paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 surf o rama new edition murray walding paperback 45.00 ride the wave of nostalgia with surf o rama the largest collection of australian beach culture memorabilia including artefacts ephemera and photographs . meet duke kahanamoku who gave the first public demonstration of surfboard riding in australia . relive the glories of midget and gidget and cruise the kitsch and the cool in your salt encrusted p. . . read more ... paperback 45.00 back in print view more ... hartung s astronomical objects for southern telescopes david frew david malin paperback 55.00 e book 29.99 many of the most spectacular and interesting astronomical objects are found in the magnificent southern skies . professor e. j. hartung first produced a comprehensive and highly respected guide for southern observers in 1968 . the book was thoroughly revised expanded in 1995 enhancing its essential character as an indispensable source of information ... read more ... paperback 55.00 e book 29.99 great properties of country victoria richard allen kimbal baker hardback 59.99 the western district of victoria . even the name conjures up establishment families history and grandeur . this area extending from the grampians region in the south west of the state to geelong in the east and stretching as far north as ararat has some of the most productive land in australia and some of its most renowned homesteads and gardens . ... read more ... hardback 59.99 arcady in australia coral lansbury paperback 34.99 e book 16.99 this provocative book examines the vision of australia in nineteenth century english literature . the industrial revolution destroyed the myth of an idyllic rural way of life in england and writers like charles dickens bulwer lytton and charles reade created it anew in the improbable environment of australia . the popular image of australia in engli ... read more ... paperback 34.99 e book 16.99 one woman at war edited by hazel king paperback 32.95 e book 14.99 olive king was born in sydney in 1885 . she offered her services as an ambulance driver soon after war broke out in 1914 . she joined a small private organization early in 1915 and went to belgium . in may 1915 she joined the scottish women s hospitals and her letters until now unpublished date from that time.she joined the serbian army in 1916 and s. . . read more ... paperback 32.95 e book 14.99 coming soon view more ... man & beast andrew rule paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 man & beast features some of the greats of australian literature writing about the particular kinships they have with animals the loves the losses and the surprising turns those relationships can take.les carlyon writes about those strange beings horse people . robert drewe s curious eye falls on everything from bull sharks to bull ants . don wats ... read more ... paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 light and shadow mark colvin paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 mark colvin is a broadcasting legend.he is the voice of abc radio s leading current affairs program pm ; he was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station double j ; he initiated the world today program ; and he s one of the most popular and influential journalists in the twittersphere.mark has been covering local and global events for ... read more ... paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 blonde ambition annette sharp paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 roxy jacenko has been sydney s publicity queen ever since she started sweaty betty pr at the age of 24 and her ambition grit and relentless drive have made her rich and famous . working 24 7 roxy micromanages and shares every moment of her bentley driving cartiersporting birkin bag toting life and those of her children pixie and hunter & md. . . read more ... paperback 32.99 e book 14.99 press escape shaun carney paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 getting away was always a driving ambition for shaun carney from an outer suburban house in the 60s and 70s from a family with a secret a father with a double life and a borrowed name . journalism gave shaun that escape to another life to becoming a different person . for 34 years he took every opportunity it offered flourished and knew suc ... read more ... paperback 29.99 e book 13.99 twitter feed loading ... subscribe to receive event invitations special offers and the latest press releases in our email newsletter level 1 715 swanston street carlton victoria 3053 australia 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