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Over thousands of years, humans have developed mechanisms to help us live together in ever-larger social groups. We developed a set of 'moral emoti...

This is a comic book for grey nomads, fishos and Territorians - and those kids who can't sit still on the back seat during a road trip. A book full...

In 1870 a colonial government, on the brink of collapse, made an audacious move. South Australia's squabbling politicians briefly put aside their d...

This publication is part of a broader research project that continues to throw light principally on the migration, settlement and adaptation of Gre...

'How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?'  Listening to the whispering in his own heart, He...

First published in 1964 The Lucky Country caused a sensation. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mi...

 From bestselling author Bev Aisbett comes a proven, practical and simple workbook to help people manage their depression, with a month's worth of ...

A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated. The tim...

PRINT ON DEMAND 6-8 WEEKS TO ARRIVE Universities, like other industries, are challenged by disruptive market forces. Today there are nearly forty p...

The boundaries between sickness and health are being redrawn. Mental health categories are shifting and expanding all the time, radically altering ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been exa...

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – ...

Australians are known for their informality and laid- back nature and this is reflected in the liberal use of colourful and amusing slang. The True...

The Outback Wrangler takes you on a wild ride, where that special outback flavour of danger, adrenaline and adventure comes together in the persona...

Rescuing endangered species, piloting choppers and coming nose-to-snout with some of Australia's deadliest creatures is all in a day's work for Mat...

Packed with classic lines of vernacular humour and incisive observations, The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary will open your eyes to the strangeness and t...

In this glorious celebration of the night, New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes, step o...

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these cr...

Tired of guessing what people are really thinking? Using insights from the new science of psycholinguistics, New York Times bestselling author and ...

Drawing on a major discovery with tremendous implications, an Australian researcher uncovers the source of human creativity and learning in the fun...

Grace is both mysterious and hard to define. It can be found when we create ways to find meaning and dignity in connection with each other, buildin...

Whether you need to build a shelter, abseil a cliff, tie up a horse or anchor a boat, you will find the selection process in The Field Guide to Kno...

  Retracing my mother’s footsteps in search of women’s freedom1974. A 22-year-old Jacqui French stands for a photograph in Omaha, Nebraska, thousa...