Memoirs of Moving On by Dorothy McRae-McMahon
26 February, 2005
Dorothy McRae-McMahon is a remarkable woman and her life story is inspirational. A retired minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, she has worked consistently and tirelessly for almost 50 years to effect change in many arenas.

The Promise by Lisa Clifford
26 February, 2005
What I enjoyed most about this love story, set in both Florence and Australia, was the depiction of the life of an Italian family set around their love for Italian food—who cooked it and who ate it, where it was eaten, and from where in the family history the recipe had come.

Australian Inspiration: A Bush Graden Goes to Chelsea by Cliff Green with Jim Fogarty
26 February, 2005
The plethora of lifestyle shows on commercial television has elevated the profession of landscaping to a previously unheard-of popularity in recent years. However, behind the glitz and glamour of khaki shorts is a hard-working and often undervalued group of industry professionals. Australian Inspiration is a novel account of how two such professionals, Cliff Green and Jim Fogarty, undertook the Herculean task of creating Australia’s first show garden at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show in London in May of this year.

City Bushman: Henry Lawson and the Australian Imagination by Christopher Lee
26 February, 2005
Christopher Lee tackles Henry Lawson’s image and memory in Australia, how they were developed and have continued to develop over time as different communities have attempted to lay claim to or to discredit the memory of one of Australia’s best-known bush poets. Lee ranges over the time from Lawson’s death to the late 20th century, using Lawson’s memory as a prism through which to view segments of Australian social, political and cultural history.

In Tasmania by Nicholas Shakespeare
26 February, 2005
Quite a period of time ago I read an interesting essay in Peter Craven’s Best Australian Essays 2002 regarding Nicholas Shakespeare (then best known as Bruce Chatwin’s biographer) being in possession of some old letters dating back to the late 1700s, given to him by his father. The letters were correspondence from Anthony Fenn Kemp to his brother-in-law, Potter.

Marcos Ambrose: The Devil Race by Marcos Ambrose with Sean Callander
26 February, 2005
Tasmanian Marcos Ambrose is the public face of Stone Brothers Racing in Australia’s premier motor-racing category—the V8 Supercar Championship. He comes across as a likeable young man who has managed to reach the pinnacle of his sport rapidly, and this is his story.

Mere Mortals: Diseases of the famous - diagnosing historical maladies from the present day by Jim Leavsey
26 February, 2005
The diseases of historical personages hold a fascination even for those without any interest in medicine. We cannot resist speculating on the possible effects of the loss of crucial battles, the demise of dynasties, or the fall of nations. This delicious speculation is well served by Dr Jim Leavesley’s book, which wears its scholarship lightly while solving the medical mysteries of a melange of ‘famous cases’—from pharaohs, mediaeval saints and kings, to artists, popular military heroes and even through to 20th-century politicians.

The Natasha Factor: Politics, Media and Beyond by Alison Rogers
26 February, 2005
Her leadership was brutally cut short but she was arguably the most likeable politician this country has ever seen. Whether it was bad timing or weak leadership that precipitated her downfall, the fact remains that as leader of the Australian Democrats ‘Tash’ brought celebrity status to a profession that was and is sorely in need of a star.

Australia's Governors-General by Brian Carroll
25 February, 2005
I’m sure most of us have asked at some point: ‘What the hell does the governor-general do anyway?’ This book sheds some light on the history of a position whose lines of jurisdiction and areas of authority are often blurred.

The Heart Garden by Janine Burke
25 February, 2005
Janine Burke returns to the territory she covered in the popular and award-winning Australian Gothic in this biography of Australian 20th-century art scene lynchpin Sunday Reed. From the beginning of her life, born into the Baillieu family, through to its end at her home that became one of Australia’s best-known and –regarded modern art museums, Heide, Sunday was an extraordinary figure, well-deserving of this detailed biography.

The Idea of Home by John Hughes
25 February, 2005
The Idea of Home by John Hughes is both a typical and, at the same time, strikingly original work. It’s a memoir that will resonate with many Australians’ experience as a cross-generational migrant tale.

All the Troubles by Simon Adams
21 February, 2005

A Certain Maritime Incident by Tony Kevin
21 February, 2005

The Unforgiving Minute by Tim Jarvis
21 February, 2005

Australian Son: Inside Mark Latham by Craig McGregor
21 February, 2005

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh
16 February, 2005

Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by Robert K. Massie
16 February, 2005

Australian Defence Almanac by Raspal Khosa (ed)
16 February, 2005

A Certain Maritime Incident: The Sinking of SIEV X by Tony Kevin
16 February, 2005

Chester Wilmot Reports: Broadcasts that Shaped World War II by Neil McDonald
16 February, 2005

The Geopolitics of East Asia: The Search for Equilibrium by Robyn Lim
16 February, 2005

Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You: The fatal charge of the Light Horse, Gallipoli, August 7th 1915 by John Hamilton
16 February, 2005

Indonesia's Struggle: Jemaah Islamiyah and the Soul of Islam by Greg Barton
16 February, 2005

Krazy Hor: A Soldier's Story by Stan Krasnoff
16 February, 2005

Living by the Sword: The Ethics of Armed Intervention by Tom Frame
16 February, 2005