Double Nation A History of Australian Art

Ian McLean

A beautifully illustrated introduction to Australian art history from colonization through today.   In Double Nation, Ian McLean traces the history of Australian art, from colonial art practice to twentieth-century national art. Two key themes structure the narrative: the transformation of British art p...

Idiots, Follies and Misadventures

Mikey Robins

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein The history books are full of heroes and villains… but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey Robins tells the astonishing story of human stupidity, one idiot at a ti...

The Girl in the Band: Bardot – a cautionary tale

Belinda Chapple

For millions of girls, being in a band is the ultimate dream. For Belinda, it turned into a nightmare. The Girl in the Band takes us behind the scenes of the early days of reality TV, and reveals, for the first time, what really happened to Bardot.Belinda Chapple spent her childhood dreaming of travelli...

The Bird Art of William T. Cooper

Wendy Cooper

William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He painted them for many books, mainly bird monographs. He also created many individual paintings of various species that appealed to him, especially birds of paradise, cockatoos and hornbills. These paintings were often large with a broad techn...

Best Wishes

Richard Glover

Making the world a better, less annoying place one wish at a time.Do you hate noisy restaurants, pre-ripped jeans and pedestrians who walk five abreast? Do you also have a problem with plastic-wrapped fruit, climate-change deniers and take-away sandwiches priced at $14.95? And, most of all, do you thin...