the StoRy of auStRalian engliSh Kel Richards the challenge of thingS A. C. Grayling the moSt good you can do Peter Singer Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The English language arrived in Australia with the first motley bunch of European settlers on 26 January 1788. Today there is clearly a distinctive Australian regional dialect with its own place among the global family of ‘Englishes’. How did this come about? Where did the distinctive pattern, accent, and verbal inventions that make up Aussie English come from? A lively narrative, this book tells the story of the birth, rise and triumphant progress of the colourful dingo lingo that we know today as Aussie English. Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular. The Challenge of Things joins earlier publications to collect Grayling's recent writings. In describing and exposing the dark side of things, he also explores ways out of the habits and prejudices of mind that would otherwise trap us forever. Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Philosopher Peter Singer presents a challenging new movement in the search for an ethical life. Effective altruism involves doing the most good possible. It requires a rigorously unsentimental view of charitable giving, urging that a substantial proportion of our money or time should be donated to the organisations that will do the most good with those resources. the gillaRd pRoject Michael Cooney Paperback RRP $ 32.99 May release, advance orders welcome Julia Gillard was prime minister for three tumultuous years. Her speechwriter Michael Cooney, gives frank and vivid insights into Gillard's character, the leadership tussle, her successes (and failures) in policy and the stories behind her speeches – the good, the bad and the brilliant – this is life in the prime minister's office as never told before. auStRalianS at the gReat WaR 1914 - 1918 Peter Burness Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Australians at the Great War is an authoritative and concise survey – in words and over 120 images of Australia’s involvement in the 1914–18 war. This highly illustrated book features works of art, weapons and vehicles, and contemporary photographs from the Memorial’s National Collection, as well as maps locating the main battles. the StoRy of auStRalia'S people, Volume 1 Geoffrey Blainey Hardback RRP $ 49.99 Traditional Aboriginal life came under threat the moment Europeans crossed the world to plant a new society in an unknown land. The meeting of the two cultures is one of the most difficult and complex meetings in recorded history. Compelling, ground-breaking and brilliantly readable, The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia is the first instalment of an ambitious two-part work, and the culmination of the lifework of Australia's most prolific and wideranging historian. Van diemen'S land an aboRiginal hiStoRy Murray Johnson & Ian McFarlane Paperback RRP $ 39.99 The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen’s Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration. This important book fills a long-time gap in Tasmanian history. betWeen the danceS: WoRld WaR ii Women tell theiR StoRieS Jacqueline Dinan Paperback RRP $ 32.95 The start of WWII changed women’s lives and their place in Australian society forever. Jacqueline Dinan has interviewed over three hundred women around Australia to collect the last first-hand stories. Revealing poignant and personal conversations, photographs and letters, Between the Dances is a testament to real life during WWII. being theRe David Malouf Hardback RRP $ 29.99 After exploring the idea of home, where and what it is in A First Place, what does it mean to be a writer and where writing begins in The Writing Life, David Malouf moves on to words and music and art and performance in Being There. With pieces on the Sydney Opera House - then and now - responses to art, artists and architects, and including Malouf's not previously published libretti for Voss and a translation of Hippolytus, this is an unmissable and stimulating collection of one man's connection to the world of art, ideas and culture. memoiRS of an anzac John Charles Barrie Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Against his mother's wishes, John Charles Barrie joined the Australian army in 1909. Five years later, he was on his way to Egypt as an officer with the Australian Imperial Force. He survived the war to write his memoirs, which were kept by his family for 80 years. WatSon'S pieR Joshua Funder Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Watson's Pier is a beautifully told story as seen through the eyes of Stanley Watson. For a long time, he was known as the last man to leave Gallipoli, when the Anzacs withdrew on the nights of 18 and 19 December. While telling one man's remarkable experience of war for the first time, Watson's Pier challenges history on the final moments at ANZAC Cove and offers a new perspective on the meaning of Gallipoli. This catalogue is printed on paper which is fully PEFC Certified (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme), a program which promotes the sustainable management of forests. In addition, the paper is Australian Made with 92% of the energy used coming from renewable sources providing an environmentally friendly paper with a low carbon footprint. The pulp was bleached using totally Chlorine Free (TCF) process. This Catalogue is produced in accordance with the environment ISO 14001 Standard