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Non Fiction

Art

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Caruana Wally Aboriginal Art
Catalogue
Chinese paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: 14th - 20th centuries
Catalogue
Entertainment Arts in Australia
Catalogue
In the making
Catalogue
Manet to Matisse: French illustrated books from the collection of the Australian National Gallery
Catalogue
Monet's garden
Catalogue
Seeing the Getty gardens
Clark Kenneth Landscape into Art
Cottier-Angeli Fiorella Ceramics
Figes Eva Light
Holmes Jonathon Les Blakeborough - Potter
Hosain Ali Oriental carpets
Ingpen Robert Australian Gnomes
Lawson Elizabeth The natural art of Louisa Atkinson

 

Biography

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Allende Isabel My Invented Country, A Memoir
Athill Diana Instead of a letter
Barkley Nigel White Rajah
Barnes Valerie A Foreign Affair
Bielenberb Christobel The Past is Myself
Billington Michael Peggy Ashcroft
Blackburn Julia Charles Waterton 1782-1865
Botting Douglas Gerrald Durrell
Bouras Gillian A Foreign Wife
Bowden Tim One Crowded Hour: Neil Davis Combat Cameraman 1934 - 1985
Bowden Tim Spooling Through
Broese van Groenou Iris Idy: An autobiography of the 20th century
Brown Helen Tomorrow when it's summer: warm witty tales of domestic life
Burnette Robert Gold Dust in the Wood
Burnette Robert The Classer
Byatt & Sodre
Ignes - Imagining Characters
Caine Michael What's It All About
Chang Jung Wild Swans
Chichester Francis The Lonely Sea and the Sky
Christie Agatha An autobiography
Cottee Kay First Lady
Cracknell Ruth A Biased Memoir
Cracknell Ruth Journey from Venice
Crankshaw Edward Bismarck
Crawford Michael Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String
Cunxin Li Mao’s last Dancer
Dodwell Christina In Papua New Guinea
Durack Mary Higgins Kings in Grass Castles
Ebury Sue Weary:the life of Sir Edward Dunlop
Egan Ted The Paperboy's War
Falconer Delia The Service of Clouds
Fox Mem Mem's the Word
Garner Helen Joe Cinque's Consolation
Garnsey David Garnsey Arthur
Gerzina Gretchen A Life of Dora Carrington 1893-1932
Grenfell Joyce Requests the Pleasure
Grogan John Marley and Me
Guppy Shusha The Blindfold Horse
Hanff Helene 84 Charing Cross Road
Heilpern John Conference of the Birds
Henderson Sara From Strength to Strength
Henderson Harold R. The Alan Walker Story
Henning Rachel The Letters of Rachel Henning
Hill Ernestine My Love Must Wait - The Story of Matthew Flinders
Hitchman Janet Dorothy L. Sayers
Idriess Ion L. Flynn of the Inland
Inwood Stephen The Man Who Knew Too Much: Robert Hooke 1635 - 1703
Irwin Sally Between Heaven and Earth
Jeffrey Betty White Coolies
Kingston Maxine Hong The Woman Warrior
Last Nella Nella's Last's War - A Mother's Diary 1939-45
Lunn Hugh Working for Rupert
Margolis Jonathan Cleese Encounters
Marquez Gabriel Garcia Living to Tell the Tale
Marr David Patrick White, A Life
Marx Athur My Life with Groucho
Mathiessen Peter The Nine-headed Dragon River
McBride James The Color of Water
McCourt Frank Angela's Ashes
McDermaid Val A Suitable Job for a Woman
McInnes William A Man's Got to have a Hobby
McKenzie Vicki Cave in the Snow
Mehtan Ved The Ledge Between the Streams
Menuhin Yehudi Unfinished Journey
Millar George Isabel & The Sea: A voyage through the Canals of France to the Mediterranean
Miller John Judy Dench, With a Crack in her Voice
Moore Katharine Joyce Grenfell - An Invisible Friendship
Morgan Sally My Place
O'Brian Patrick Joseph Banks
Ohe & Lyneham Annette & Paul Andrew Olle, A Tribute
Olivier Laurence Confessions of an Actor
Origo Iris Images and Shadows: part of a life
Perkins Kevin Bristow: Last of the hard men
Reimer Andrew Inside Outside
Sarton May Plant Dreaming Deep
Scott Harold Your obedient servant
Seth Vikram Two Lives
Sjoquist Viggo Twice Perfectly Happy - Constanze Mozart's two marriages
Smith Shirley Mum Shirl
Stephenson Pamela Billy
Suleri Sara Meatless Days
Suzuki David David Suzuki, The Autobiography
Tenzing Judy & Tashi Tenzing and the Sherpas of Everest
Thoreau Henry David Walden
Waterhouse Keith City Lights - A Street Life
Wilmot Eric Pemulwuy
Winchester Simon The Surgeon of Crowethorne
Woodham-Smith Cecil Florence Nightingale

History

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Aughton Peter The Fatal Voyage
Australian War Memorial
Soldiering On: The Australian Army at Home & Overseas
Australian War Memorial
Stand easy
Barnes Julian A history of the world in 10½ chapters
Bryan & Murphy J. & Charles J.V. The Windsor Story
Carruthers Fiona The Horse in Australia
Dalyrimple William White Mughuls
Durschmied Erik The hinge factor: how chance and stupidity have changed history
Durschmied Erik The Hinges of Battle
Durschmied Erik The weather factor: how nature has changed history
Durschmied Erik Whisper of the Blade
Erickson Carolly Great Harry - A Life of King Henry VIII
FitzGerald C.P. MaoTsetung and China
Friedman Thomas From Beirut to Jerusalem
Gibson Ian The Assassination of Frederico Garcia Lorca
Girouard Mark The Return to Camelot, Chivalry & the English Gentleman
Hibbert Christopher Queen Victoria: A Personal History
Hibbert Christopher The Dragon Wakes, China and the West, 1793-1911
Keppel-Jones A South Africa
Lasko Peter The Kingdom of the Franks
Lloyd Seton Early Highland Peoples of Anatolia
Marshall A.J. Darwin and Huxley in Australia
Martin Russell Beethoven's Hair
Milton Giles Big Chief Elizabeth
Pembroke L.E. Children of the Anzacs
Plowden Alison The young Victoria
Plumb J.H. The Penguin Book of the Renaissance
Roberts J.M. The New Penguin History of the World
Rowley C.D. The Destruction of Aboriginal Society
Schivelbusch Wolfgang Tastes of Paradise
Starkey David Elizabeth
Stevenson William 90 Minutes at Entebbe
Thompson Paul The Voice of the Past, Oral History
Tobin & Dobard Jacqueline & Raymond Hidden in Plain View
Townsend Peter The Last Emperor - King George VI and his Reign
Williams Neville All the Queen's Men
Wood Michael The Story of India


Speeches that Changed the World

Music

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Atkins & Newman Beecham stories
Cardus Neville Music for Pleasure
Cargher John There's music in my madness and opera as well
Peterson Franklin Melba's gift book
Swanston Hamish In Defence of Opera

 

Nature

Author Surname Author First Name
Title
Beatty Bill Unique to Australia
Couper - Johnston Ross El Nino: The Weather Phenomenon that Changed the World
Gray Alan The Earth Garden Book of Alternative Energy
Hughes Roland    
Underwater wilderness
McKenzie Valerie The scent of gum leaves: early Australian gardens

 

Public Affairs

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Bernstein Hilda For their Triumphs & For Their Tears - Women in Apartheid South Africa
Canetti Elias Crowds and Power
Chu Ching-ning The Asian Mind Game
Drewe Robert The Shark Net
Hewat Tim Who made the Mabo mess
Horne Donald The Lucky Country
Huchthausen Peter K*19 the widowmaker
Mailer Norman A Fire on the Moon

Self Help

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Deveson Anne Resilience
Dowrick Stephanie Forgiveness & Other Acts of Love

 

Travel

Author Surname Author First Name Title
Berendt John The City of Fallen Angels
Brayfield Celia Deep France
Cela Camila José Journey to the Alcarria
Clifton Harry On the Spine of Italy
Durrell Lawrence Bitter Lemons
Durrell Lawrence Prospero's Cell
Durrell Lawrence Sicilian Carousel
Dyke & Winder Tom & Paul The Cloud Garden
Eisen & Smith (ed) Jonathan & Katherine Strangers in Paradise: NZ through the eyes of…
Hanff Helen Apple of my eye
Kinsella Sophie Shopaholic Abroad
Mayes Francis Under the Tuscan sun
Mayle Peter A Dog's Life
Mayle Peter Toujours Provence
Mitford Jessica The Making of a Muckraker
Naipaul V.S. North of South
Newby Eric Slowly Down the Ganges
Parks Tim Italian Neighbours
Raban Jonathan Coasting
Seal Jeremy A Fez of the Heart
Severin Tim Seeking Robinson Crusoe