Form/Genre: Pictorial works

'The Scottish Country House' chronicles a remarkable group of houses and castles that have survived the vicissitudes of Scotland's turbulent history and are still in the hands of their original families.

This title for school children takes a look at some of the dinosaurs that ruled the sea and sky. Terrifying sea creatures like Plesiosaurs and incredible flying reptiles too such as the early Pterosaurs. Explore the world of other amazing dinosaurs and learn about their special features, how much...

WILDLIFE: BIRDS & BIRDWATCHING. The rarely seen and exciting world of seabirds is illustrated in all its glory in this new book from renowned wild life photographer David Tipling, who has trekked to remote and beautiful locations around the world - from Antarctica to the Arctic and many points in...

Journey through the most exciting periods of history in this fun and fact-filled search book. From stone-age cavemen and ancient Egyptian mummies to invading Vikings and medieval knights, there are over 150 things to spot, including bonus out-of-time objects to look out for. The book also feature...

This title for younger readers provides factual information on great white sharks, and shares a shark divers experiences searching for and photographing them. Filled with details of close encounters, near misses and amazing discoveries about sharks.

Provides a pictorial record of WWII as fought by our Army Corps, and experienced by everyday Australians. Over 500 rarely seen photos, historic maps, letters and diary entries from Australian War Memorial archives put a human face to the war

Collected here are stunning photographs of the National Trust's idiosyncratic gardens, accompanied by a light text meditating on the magic of the secret garden, and bringing in fascinating historical and botanical details. This book includes secret mazes, hidden corners, walled gardens, lost gard...

A fun, highly illustrated guide to what genes and DNA are, and how they work. What ARE genes? What do they do? How did DNA make EVERYTHING? Budding scientists, meet genes and DNA, the building blocks of ALL LIFE ON EARTH. Colourful illustrations, plenty of flaps, and lots of SILLINESS, make the ...

Everything from the natural beauty of the landscape to the ever-popular traditional arts and customs, as well as the high technology for which Japan is renowned the world over.

From a young age, Lilian was always sketching. After marriage in 1923 to Tom Iredale, they migrated to Australia. In the 1930s she provided 53 watercolour plates for a handbook of Australian birds. For the first time all 53 plates have been published.

This series for young school children focuses on the workings of different parts of the human body. In this title join the characters at Body Builders HQ meet Ian Struction, the Head Body Builder. It's his job to know the human body inside and out. With this instruction manual you will go on a jo...

Michael Wee persuaded his friend Tom Carment, to embark on some walks into wild Australia. Seven Walks is the companion book to their adventures and captures the feeling of heading out on foot along a narrow track, into a beautiful landscape.

Long ago, our planet had only one gigantic land mass. Then something monumental happened. That supercontinent ruptured and seven different worlds were born. Each of those worlds - or continents - evolved, and continues to evolve, its own way of life. From the jungle of the Congo or the majestic H...

Simultaneously published: Canberra : Australian War Memorial.

This title for young readers provides information on deep-water & ocean floor sharks & shares a shark divers experiences searching for and photographing them. Full of details of close encounters, near misses & amazing shark discoveries.

This title for school children introduces how evolution provides common traits for different animals, and the unique ways in which each uses them, from the shelled snail and turtle to the billed duck and platypus. It looks at the traits sone animals share in common plus the ways that different an...

'I'm passionate about Australia and how we all live within its vast surroundings. My visual storytelling is inspired by the everyday people and landscapes I encounter on my adventures'. In this celebration of Australian landscapes and interiors, photographer Kara Rosenlund explores the notion of ...

Trams were a central part of Sydney life for 100 years. Shooting through: Sydney by tram explores the history and demise of Sydney's trams from the first horse drawn trams in Pitt Street in 1861 to the last electric tram in 1961

This title for young children takes a close-up look at various Australian Native animals. Providing one feature as a clue, readers are given a chance to guess the Australian animal it relates to, and then find out how each feature helps the animal survive. Children will love the amazing photograp...

Once upon a simpler time, hand-painted and hand-crafted signs brought color and vibrancy to Australian towns and cities -- advertising everything from dining rooms, milk bars, and CWA halls to Peter's ice cream, oatmeal, stout, Chinese restaurants, and Shelley's famous drinks. Now faded and slowl...