Collection: Nonfiction

Throwing is an important skill for any potter to master, using only a few tools, the guidance of their hands, and the momentum of a wheel. Phethean describes essential techniques for working on the wheel with an eye for the practical.

Discover the most exceptional creatures ever to have lived on Earth. These world record holders include mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. The Blue Whale, for example, is not only the heaviest and longest animal ever to have lived on Earth;

The collection ranges from the early nineteenth century of Francis MacNamara and Charles Harpur, through the later years of C J Dennis and Henry Lawson, right up to the present day of Gig Ryan, David Malouf, Stephen McInerney and Kate Jennings.

A great introduction to animals and their babies.

Young readers will love the simple information and fabulous photos on crocodiles and alligators provided in this book. It focuses on crocodiles and alligators in relation to their life in the wild and in the zoo, and explains how zoos look after them

This new biography covers Phillip's whole life, but has a particular focus on his selection for the role of Governor, the preparation of the first fleet, the journey from England, the establishment of the colony and Phillip's governorship.

A great introduction to animals and their babies.

"Sidney Nolan built a compelling narrative around the figure of Ned Kelly, the colourful and wronged anti-hero in his homemade armour, and the comic-opera police who pursue him through the vast and featureless Australian bush landscape. The mythologising of Ned Kelly did not start with Nolan's p...