Form/Genre: Pictorial works

This title will keep all dinosaur loving LEGO fans engaged for hours. This amazing book will teach you how to build fantastic dinosaur models and projects, giving step by step instructions that are simple and easy to follow using LEGO bricks. If you want to make a triceratops, spinosaurus, diplo...

Photographer Robert Billington captures the graphic beauty of Sydney Harbour Bridge in storm and sunshine; but he also captures the whimsical. The familiar arch emerges as an imposing and often surprising backdrop to many parts of Sydney.

This series for young school students explores the grim, gruesome and grizzly side of science. This title focuses on different systems in the body and explains the relationships between various organs that are necessary for the human body to function in a healthy way. From the circulatory system,...

Hidden behind the high walls surrounding Buckingham Palace is one of London's most beautiful gardens, the venue for a busy calendar of royal events, including the much-loved tradition of The Queen's Garden Party. Award-winning photographer John Campbell has spent a year taking pictures of that ga...

This title for kids explores bugs, from an insect that looks like a twig, to a butterfly that tastes with its feet, to burrowing sand devils, to busy bees & more. Learn all about these amazing creepy crawlies that come in a variety of shapes & sizes.

This title presents some amazing LEGO brick creations from acclaimed LEGO master Sean Kenney. Kids will marvel at these amazing creations as will adults. Explore such subjects as transportation vehicles, animals, insects, science fiction, nature, cities, sports, portraits, and even home furnishin...

There’s an authenticity to bush life – an appreciation of raw beauty, simple rituals and genuine people. A grit and resilience that’s both bolstering and invigorating. The Beauty in the Bush Collective is a team of ten rural photographers from across Australia who are all women, working and livin...

This book provides a brief sketch of the life of John Gould, and features over 130 colour plates of some of Australias favourite birds and mammals from Goulds works held by the National Library of Australia

From the reign of Alexander II through to his grandson, the ill-fated Tsar Nicholas II, and beyond, the story of this family is caputred in portrait photographs, formal publicity images and amateur snapshots.

Much of Canberra's development has been carried out in the last 50 years. This book captures Canberra as never before seen and clearly demonstrates the immense effort required to build a city

Canberra Then and Now juxtaposes images of early Canberra with commissioned photography of the same places today. It includes a history of the land before the city was built, a memoir and, accompanying the photographs, recollections from residents

The groundbreaking scientific photographs of Australian Museum curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes are revealed for the first time. In the mid-nineteenth century, scientists around the world were quick to see photography's huge potential for capturing fleeting moments of life, deat...

Panoramas, painted or photographed, were the 19th century equivalent of IMAX or Google maps. The wide-angled views of landscapes, urban areas & cities fascinated viewers, who had never seen such perspectives of the world around them before.

From the first motor cars to today's supercars and environmentally-friendly electric models, this is the ultimate book about the history of the car. Packed with stunning photography, and featuring more than 2,000 cars, The Car Book shows you how cars have evolved around the world over the last 13...

Don Loffler reveals his lifelong interest in all makes of cars on Australian roads in the years 1946 to 1966. He has assembled a remarkable collection of 280 colour slides and black-and-white photographs of owners and their cars, from Austin to Zeta. Makes like Morris, Vanguard, Wolseley, Oldsmob...

The most beautiful castles and palaces of Europe are presented here in full-colour photographs and illustrations, along with background information, historical facts and entertaining anecdotes. A treasure for lovers of history and architecture alike

This title for children will allow then to sink their claws into some serious cat facts! The young reader will discover details about the history, behaviours, physical traits, and special characteristics of different cat breeds, including the Siamese, Persian, American Shorthair, Abyssinian, Main...

Packed with fascinating information about the history of cattle in Australia, this book includes an in-depth description and history of the Cattle Tracks; cattle breeds today; biographies of cattle pioneers; exciting stories of cattle round-ups; cattle songs and poems - and more!

Charts the lives and works of Australian bird artists Neville Henry Cayley (1854-1903) and his son Neville William (1886-1950). Includes over 100 colour plates of works from the collections of the National Library of Australia.