Adelaide's coastal settlements have undergone mighty changes over the last 175 years. Using rare and marvellous photographs, including many from the 19th century, Sea Change showcases the history of these favourite places, including Glenelg, Brighton, Seacliff and more, that now make up the City of Holdfast Bay. ...

In Carrick Hill: A Portrait Christopher Legoe, Bill Hayward and Richard Heathcote tell the story of Australia's most intact twentieth-century house museum, bequeathed by Ursula and Edward Hayward to the people of South Australia and the nation. It includes a gallery of marvellous images by contemporary photographer Mick Bradley that truly create a portrait of this unique place. ...

Building Paradise, an inspiring story of conviction, commitment and serendipity, describes David Macfarlane's fourteen-year quest to establish an eco-lodge in the unspoiled but threatened natural paradise of Australia's Whitsunday Islands on the Great Barrier Reef. ...

Cecile Yazbek's culinary journey began in the old South Africa, where feasts and large gatherings were a common feature of life for the Lebanese community. Her first taste of sour and salty m'finu, pressed into her mouth by the loving fingers of her Xhosa nursemaid Rosie, inspired a lifetime of creative exploration in the kitchen. ...

The Police Association of South Australia is the nation's oldest police union. It is also one of the most respected. From tentative beginnings in 1911 it has grown into an organisation that boasts almost 100 per cent membership and has won the respect of fellow unions, governments and the community. Over a century of trials and victories, PASA has prevailed because of the strength and resolve of its leadership. ...

This volume brings together teachers, teacher educators, creative writers and literary scholars in a joint inquiry that takes a fresh look at what it means to teach Australian literature. The immediate occasion for the publication of these essays is the implementation of The Australian Curriculum: English, which several contributors subject to critical scrutiny. In doing so, they question the way that literature teaching is currently being constructed by standards-based reforms, not only in Australia but elsewhere. ...

It is 1979 and a teenage girl is charmed by a man she meets in a disco. Before long, like Alice through the looking glass, she tumbles into a world of strange and frightening characters. Desperate to escape, she takes us into the darkness and out again, delivering her tale with wit, warmth and furious zest.

Memoirs of a Suburban Girl is the cautionary tale of an everyday girl who makes a wrong turn. ...

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Olive Trees Around My Table is the warm-hearted and moving story of Cecile Yazbek, a Lebanese girl growing up in South Africa under the shadow of apartheid. ...