Form/Genre: Pictorial works

'Spinning Tops and Gumdrops' takes us back to childhood in colonial Australia. The delight of children at play is universal, but the pleasure these children experience as depicted through the book's photographs is through their 'imagination, skill and daring' rather than through possessions. Chil...

This book focuses on the nature of rural landscapes and communities. The photography has a nostalgic theme that reflects on past farming practices, institutions and key occupations fundamental to rural Australia, while at the same time the text considers the changes which are occurring throughout...

This title unveils a photographic panorama of this delightfully diverse country. It celebrates in vivid full colour photography a unique heritage dating back to more than two millennia as well as the extraordinary beauty of the country's landscape

For more than five decades, multi-award winning press photographer Bruce Postle captured significant moments in Australian life. His collection of over 60,000 images is a national treasure chronicling the highs and lows, tragedies and triumphs, heroes and villains of Australian life through the g...

Young kids will learn how to recognize 50 dinosaurs. Includes clear colour illustrations of each species which are accompanied by key information, detailed facts & identification tips. It covers the Trissic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

"Spyplanes is an illustrated history of manned spyplanes, with profiles, pictures, and technical specifications for each plane."--Provided by publisher.

Learn all about over 200 of your favourite Star Wars vehicles, from the A-wing to the Y-wing. Want to know how the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in such a short distance? Don't know your X-wing from your Y-wing? Not sure what type of craft Slave I is? Look no further than the Star Wars En...

Author David West Reynolds is a foremost authority on "Star Wars" with unparalleled access to Episode I film sets and archives, as well as its propmakers, special-effects technicians and scriptwriters. His research is combined with the efforts of Dorling Kindersley staff, who spent several weeks ...

This title will keep young Star Wars film fans engaged as they get a handle on the world's most popular saga with quick Q&As and at-a-glance illustrations. Never confuse a Jedi and a Jawa again! If you think an Ewok is a kitchen gadget or don't know one end of a lightsaber from the other, then t...

Star Wars- The Last Jedi. The Visual Dictionary is the definitive guide to Star Wars- The Last Jedi, revealing the characters, creatures, droids, locations, and technology from the new film. Packed with 100+ images and information.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Official Collector’s Edition features stunning photography, breathtaking concept art, and exclusive profiles of the heroes, villains, droids, and ships of the heroic forces of the Resistance and the sinister First Order. Interviews with the cast of the blockb...

Beginner's guide to navigating the night sky, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies & major constellations are now within reach with this book. Students can stargaze through the year using the month-by-month guide to the night sky & removable planisphere.

Some biographers are critical of John Hunter's leadership style as the Governor of Port Jackson. Others say he was a failure at sea. Groom disagrees and claims that Hunter was an outstanding seaman whose mere survival as governor was an achievement

Some biographers are critical of John Hunter's leadership style as the Governor of Port Jackson. Others say he was a failure at sea. Groom disagrees and claims that Hunter was an outstanding seaman whose mere survival as governor was an achievement

TRAINS & RAILWAYS: GENERAL INTEREST. In the 1960s, as steam locomotives were being hurriedly removed from Britain's railways, a band of enthusiasts formed to save what they could. In the process, they laid the tracks for the thriving network that is the British heritage railway scene today. To sh...

This illustrated book for children shows how things work. Look inside the human body, explore the magical city of Venice, take a tour around a movie studio, or a Space station, and much more! Part of a unique series that the Guardian in 2016 voted one of the best illustrated non-fiction books eve...

A girl called Rama describes how life changed as conditions got worse in her small town in Syria, and how she and her family finally escaped becoming a refugee family, undergoing many hardships along the way.

Take a look inside rock 'n' roll history with over 500 never-before-seen photographs, notes, artworks, diary entries and mementoes from life behind the scenes of the Rolling Stones. Married to legendary Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood for 30 years, Jo Wood lived the rock star life. Her incredible co...