COLD WAR EXPERIENCE

This is a graphic account of this long-running global drama, which encompassed moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the nuclear alerts of 1973 and 1983.

INFINITY IN YOUR POCKET

Rational and irrational numbers, Fibonacci series, fractals, statistics, trigonometry, and much more. This essential reference book places maths and science facts and figures at your fingertips.

POCKET ANATOMICA'S BODY ATLAS

Compiled by an international team of experts, this authoritative reference superbly illustrates the beauty and intricacy of the human body. A great reference book for anyone interested in how the human body works from the curious to the medical student.

SPEECHES THAT SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD

Speeches that Shaped the Modern World is a collection of the most potent and memorable speeches given since the year 1900.

Historic images make each chapter a fascinating journey through time.

SYDNEY THEN AND NOW

Founded as a colonial outpost and dumping ground for convicts, Sydney has been transformed in the short space of two hundred years into a thriving metropolis set in an unrivalled location.

WAR IN FOCUS

War in Focus is an explosive collection of photographs that not only offers a superb visual history of the way in which technology and social change have influenced the nature of warfare, but how photography itself has progressed.

MOMENTS - PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS

This large volume of poignant, often heart-wrenching photographs, taken by the world's best photojournalists, tell dramatic and memorable stories and form a visual chronicle of our time. Taken from World War II to the present, each photo attests to the strength of the human spirit and the triumphs and tragedies of our age.

Warning: some of the images in this book are extremely confronting and may distress some people.

I BEFORE E

i before e (except after c) is a fun mix of reference and nostalgia, featuring all the mnemonics you'll ever need to know. Taking you back to the classroom, it contains an assortment of practical memory aids covering a range of different subjects, including:

• Spelling
• Time and the calendar
• Mathematics
• Scientific formulae
• Historical facts
• General trivia

ANZACS - GALLIPOLI TO THE WESTERN FRONT

This important book traces the evolution of the Australian Imperial Force from the enthusiastic amateurs of Gallipoli to the skilled warriors of the Western Front, where fighting in conditions of unspeakable horror and brutality they won their legendary reputation as 'the best infantrymen of the war and perhaps of all time'.

By war's end the Australian Corps - a mere 9 per cent of the total British force - accounted for 22 per cent of total captures: a massive, and disproportionate, contribution to society.

WITNESS TO HISTORY

Witness to History is a collection of first-hand accounts written by people who saw major historic events take place.