Random House Australia: 1821 books

Stunning rejacket of a favourite picture book Karri discovers he is quite different from the other koalas when he falls out of the tree - and bounces!But what good is being able to bounce when nobody else can do it with you and you have no friends?Karri feels lonely and not very special at all. Then one day he bounces up into a tree and finds out just how useful he can be!

A captivating short story of one man's journey into a cult and out the other side by bestselling author, Caroline Overington...Paul Bannerman is the newly elected deputy premier of Victoria, and he has a story to tell.For politics hasn't always been his life. Thirty years ago he was a young university...

A guilt-free guide for parents on how to get their children to eat healthy food. Are you concerned about how little your child eats? Are you worried about your child's weight? Is every meal a battle? Positive Food for Kids will help you answer all these questions and more, and give you simple...

Can a child from an ancient past unlock the secrets of Lenis and Missy's powers? Lenis and Missy Clemens have found their freedom aboard the airship Hiryu, but are they ready for the responsibilities that come with determining your own fate? Hard on the trail of the mercenary Karasu,...

Philip Pullman meets Michael Scott in this thrilling ride aboard a stolen airship on a quest to save the world! Twin brother and sister, Lenis and Missy, are slaves aboard the powerful airship the Hiryu - but when the airship is stolen on its maiden voyage, they find themselves working for...

In Volume II of The Story of Australia's People, Geoffrey Blainey continues his account of the history of this country from the early Gold Rush to the present day, completing the story of our nation and its people. When Europeans crossed the world to plant a new society in an unknown land, traditional...

Phillip Schuler, alongside C.�E.�W. Bean, was one of Australia's key First World War correspondents. A soldier as well as a journalist, he died on 23 June 1917 of wounds received at Armenti�res. His legacy was Australia in Arms, an extraordinary and evocative account of the Australian Imperial...

'The more I learned, the more I realised this was an Australia I hardly knew. This was stormy weather Australia, an Australia of shipwrecks and sealers; of brutality and extermination; of folly and heroism; of wild weather and explorers in flimsy boats; of thousand-foot cliffs and amazing birds and...

From the first wreck in 1622 off Western Australia to the tragedy of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Evan McHugh captures all the drama of Australia's maritime history. There are swashbuckling mutineers, violent storms, uncharted reefs, enemy warships, as well as ripping yarns about Dutchmen...

John Curtin became Australia's Prime Minister eight weeks before Japan launched war in the Pacific. Curtin's struggle for power against Joe Lyons and Bob Menzies, his dramatic use of it when he took office in October 1941, and his determination to be heard in Washington and London as Japan...

'I don't think I've seen a more impressive collection of Australian writers in a single book.' Stephen Romei, The Australian One of the central moral issues of our time is the question of asylum seekers, arguably the most controversial subject in Australia today. In this landmark anthology,...

The first volume of John Curtin's War was recognized as 'a landmark in Australian political biography' (The Australian) and 'remarkable' (AFR). That book ends with the fall of Singapore and a fundamental realignment of Australia's place in the world: 'The Americans were coming. So were the...

Throughout a decade of remarkable change and upheaval, the Lowy Institute has discussed, dissected and analysed the big issues shaping global politics, and provided fresh policy ideas for Australian decision-makers. Ranked as Australia's leading think tank, the Lowy Institute provides high-quality...

'For the first time Australia speaks, not for herself alone, but for the whole British Commonwealth.' So wrote a journalist about Australia's leading role in the Allied program of war crimes trials which followed the end of the Second World War in the Pacific. An Australian judge, Sir William Webb,...