This book analyses how constitutional tensions and political ambivalence shaped Australian astronomy between 1912 and 1945, using Sydney Observatory as a central case study. It traces the observatory’s struggle to navigate funding instability, administrative challenges, and shifting scientific priorities amidst broader jurisdictional disputes between state and Commonwealth governments.Set against the backdrop of the World Wars and the Great Depression, the study highlights how colo...

Two professionals engaged in a deep conversation about how true happiness is actually about being invisible and left alone in the chaos and mayhem of the high-pressured corporate world while achieving great success.A Mesmerizing Journey of Self-Discovery and Transformation.This thought-provoking book takes you on an extraordinary voyage through the human psyche, blending fiction with profound insights into personal growth and spiritual awakening.• Experience the pow...

**'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that Heads and Tasker have accumulated over more than a century combined in journalism.' Ian Chappell, former Australian cricket Captain.**Australia enjoys a rich sporting heritage. Our sma...

**'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that Heads and Tasker have accumulated over more than a century combined in journalism.' Ian Chappell, former Australian cricket Captain.**Australia enjoys a rich sporting heritage. Our sma...

Stockade Books and The Institute of Public Affairs are proud to publish Climate Change: The Facts, featuring 22 essays on the science, politics and economics of the climate change debate. Climate Change: The Facts features the world’s leading experts and commentators on climate change.Highlights of Climate Change: The Facts include:Ian Plimer draws on the geological record to dismiss the possibili...

MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE!Create a life you love with this uplifting guide to self-love, positive thinking and inner healing from bestselling author Vex King.Beloved by millions of readers around the world, Good Vibes, Good Life combines practical wisdom, gentle guidance and honest personal experience to help you change your outlook, build healthier habits and create a more meaningful life. Drawing from his own experiences ...

In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillard's own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Summers makes the case that Australia, the land of the fair go, still hasn't figured out how to make equality between men and women work. She shows how uncomfortable we are with the idea of women with political and finan...

Achieve genuine inner healing, let go of past trauma and find clarity, resilience and freedom with #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Vex King.Vex King developed inner healing techniques to help him find freedom from his troubled past and heal his emotional pain and trauma. Since then he’s helped hundreds of thousands of people to move forward on their own healing journey. In this book, Vex provides an experience of healing through the layers of the self u...

The world is overheating, and despite good intentions and significant efforts, emissions increase nearly every year. The challenge is immense, but there are solutions.In this lucid, inspiring essay, Alan Finkel maps Australia’s path forward. He explains the solar and wind revolution, and addresses the challenge of intermittent supply. He introduces hydrogen, the energy hope of the future. He traces the rise and rise of the electric car. He shows how we can build a ...

*Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History 2017**Winner of the CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017*In September 2016 it will be 60 years since the first British mushroom cloud rose above the plain at Maralinga in South Australia. The atomic weapons test series wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities and turned the land into a radioactive wasteland.In 1950 Australian prime minister Robert Menzi...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Offers a variety of Buddhist techniques to help us feel calmer every day . . . Nothing has changed . . . and everything has changed . . . I feel calmer and more centred' Sunday TimesWhat if we could learn to look instead of see, listen instead of hear, feel instead of touch? Former monk Ryunosuke Koike shows how, by incorporating simple Zen practices into our daily lives, we can reconnect with our five ...

A follow-up to the author’s prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society.When Sleepers, Wake! was released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world: it was read by Deng Xiaoping and Bill Gates; was published in China, Japan, South Korea, and Sweden; and led to the author being the first Australian minister invit...