Metal Mining in Tasmania
by Glyn Roberts

Important volume chronicling one of the island's key early industries. Meticulous research.

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Midlands Morsels
by Susan Butler

Tasty necessities! Recipes from the heart of Tasmania.
For more information on Susan Butler's books, see
http://www.susanbutler.com.au/

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Pockets and Corners
by Penny Carey-Wells and Diane Perndt

An exhilirating frolic into Tasmania's special places - lovely imagery and miscellany. For more information, have a look at http://www.clouddesign.com.au.

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Maids, Masters and Magistrates
by Jeanette E. Hyland

The human imprint of twenty female convicts in early Van Diemen's Land.

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Quaker Life in Tasmania
by Michael Bennett

Families, letters and cultures - the first hundred years of the Tasmanian quaker experience.

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The Wreck of the Sailing Ship Netherby
by Don Charlwood

Interwoven accounts of the men involved in the 1866 rescue of 450 castaways of the immigrant ship Netherby,wrecked on King Island. Compelling story of a desperate undertaking.

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Trampled Wilderness: A History of Southwest Tasmania V.2
by Kathleen and Ralph Gowlland

The companion volume to the first edition released some years ago, Trampled Wilderness is the best way to put those names and places you've heard so much about in context. An excellent introduction to the pioneering efforts and unique experiences that have characterised this region's history.

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Cruising Southern Tasmania
Published by Tasmap

Updated edition - the definitive guide to cruising Tasmania's southern waterways. Clear charts and helpful tips and information make this an invaluable guide for boating in the south.

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A Drift of Derwent Ducks
by Trudy Mae Cowley

Lives and experiences of the 200 female convicts transported on the Australasia from Dublin to Hobart in 1849. This useful general history is transformed by a bonus CD that provides biographical details for every one of the women transported.

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Simply
by Peter Dombrovskis

The first collection of Dombrovskis images in five years, this volume will continue to cement his reputation as one of the twentieth century's premier wilderness photographers.

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Islands of Tasmania
by Richard Bennett

New collection of images from prolific Tasmanian photographer Richard Bennett.The remarkable shot of Eddystone Rock is not to be missed.

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The Art of Apple Branding
by Christopher Cowles and David Walker

A work of passion and obsession, this outstanding volume is an encyclopaedia of apple labels throughout Australia. With superb production, paper stock and image reproduction, The Art of Apple Branding is a triumph of Tasmanian publishing.

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Tasmania to the Letter
by Mike Jenkinson

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The Silent Deep
by Tony Koslow

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God Bless Little Sister
by Patsy Crawford

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After her grandfather dies, Essie Lewis returns to Tasmania from Western Australia, and to the lighthouse on Bruny Island, to try to piece together her family history.  All she has are half-memories, her grandfather's stories, and a collection of heirlooms.  The winner of the 2003 Vogel/ Australian Literary Award.

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Tasmanian author John Briggs has embarked upon a philosophical, whimsical and humorous look at France.  This book captures the magic of Victor Hugo, France, and the Tour de France, and the reader is drawn into the story and really feels a part of it.  The author mixes his personal passions of literature, philosophy, art, wine, food and cycling in this interesting read.

One to watch is Matthew Newton's photographic odyssey, Shack Life.   This full-colour publication details in pictures the life behind that truly Tasmanian icon, the Shack.  It is an ode to Tasmanian life and Tasmanian personalities.

Shacks in Tasmania are perhaps one of the most endearing symbols of Tasmanian life.  Shack culture is ingenious, warm, colourful, peripheral, eccentric, often rough, sometimes funny and occasionally brilliant.

Most accounts of the history of Van Diemen's Land have skipped rather lightly over the years in which Colonel William Sorell was Lieutenant-Governor, but the years 1817-1824 were when the colony began its growth spurt, and it was Sorell who was the first to deal with the rapid increase in the numbers of free settlers and convicts.  That he was popular in the colony is certain, and he also pleased his superiors in London.  But Sorell was recalled mid-term; not for poor performance but as a consequence of his personal life.  The woman who accompanied him to Hobart Town as "Mrs. Sorell" was in fact the wife of a fellow officer.  His own wife, and their children, had been abandoned in London. 

This is a collection of essays examining birds and the lighter side of life.  Knowler works in Hobart as a sub-editor for the newspaper The Mercury and also writes a weekly bird-watching column for the paper. 

In this collection of photographs, with subjects ranging from Nature's grandeur to its more intimate face, photographer Chris Bell takes us on a visual journey through the temperate landscapes of Tasmania.  His text, based on notes made during his field trips, reveals his passion for the natural world and reminds us that maintaining out fragile alliance with Nature is paramount if there is to be a world worth inhabiting.  

The Turning Wind

by Joan Goodrick

Pete Hay is one of Tasmania's leading Environmentalists and thinkers.  This collection of essays brings together some of his most powerful pieces of rhetoric.  They are thought-provoking and concerned with a Tasmanian's view of the wider world.  Hay examines politics, economics and culture and his prose is beautiful.

Before We Eat - A Delicious Slice of Tasmania's Culinary Life

By Paul County and Bernard Lloyd

Twelve Principles

by Martin Hawes

These times of change challenge us to reconsider the values by which we live. Many people are questioning the wisdom of the prevailing ethos. Martin Hawes, a Tasmanian author, proposes twelve principles by which we can live responsibly in the world today. Inspired by the teachings of the humanist thinker Krishnamurti, these ideals are applicable at both global and personal levels. They are based on living with awareness, acting with integrity and appreciating the interrelationship with all life, and Hawes illustrates these examples with case studies of people living the principles.

On the Tide: Stories of the Tamar

On the Tide 2: More Stories of the Tamar

Edited by Peter Richardson

The Settlement of Hobart
Kathryn Evans

Skulduggery Books: The Arch Villains, Where There's Smoke… and Forgery for Fools

by John James

The Usurper relates the story of Jorgen Jorgenson’s strange and turbulent life in Iceland and Van Diemen’s Land, 1780-1841. In Van Diemen’s Land Jorgenson wrote A Shred of autobiography in which he placed himself in the best possible light and made claims which cannot be substantiated.

Most writings about Jorgenson have been based on A Shred and hence an accretion of romanticism has been built up around his name. The Usurper however is a documentary history. This approach not only corrects past fanciful accounts of Jorgen Jorgenson’s activities but the factual account of his life published here exceeds in interest the semi-fictional accounts previously given.

Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere was one of the great traveller-naturalists of the eighteenth century.  He is most famous for his account of his voyage to the South Seas with Bruny d'Entrecasteaux in 1791-93 in search of La Perouse.  During his visit to the south-western coast of New Holland and his two sojourns in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Labillardiere also laid the foundations for his magnificent Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen (1804-06), which is justly recognised as the 'first general flora of Australia'.  

In researching this exciting and elegantly written biography, Edward Duyker revisited many of the naturalist's landfalls around the world.  He also examined a wide range of archival and museum collections to piece together Labillardiere's correspondence and observations.  The result is the first comprehensive study of the naturalist, revealing a committed republican who was shaped by the turbulent years of revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

This is a story of science, survival and a grand adventure.

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Stock Thieves and Golfers explores the social history of Kangaroo Bay and Bellerive, centred on Rosny Farm whose stone Barn and Cottage survive on the golf links and are among the oldest buildings in Tasmania.

Using New South Wales and Tasmanian archival records, Peter MacFie traces the evolution of Kangaroo Bay from frontier lawlessness through farming and emergence as a recreational escape, followed by post war development as a residential community.

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Hearts of Oak shows us the earliest days of settlement in Hobart, when convict timber gangs worked the slopes of Mount Wellington, when whaling flourished in Storm Bay, and boat building was forbidden.  It deals with the forest based industries from their beginning to modern times.

This book provides a catalogue of, and guide to, reserved lands: what to see and do, how to get there, where and when to go, and why they should be visited.

A book for everyone, whether you drive or walk, wish to visit briefly, or just want to know such places still exist.

This unique book combines David Leaman's understanding of the geology of Southern Tasmania with his wider interest in history. The blend is an affectionate, readable, and penetrating view of things we take for granted. The book is full of interesting titbits of information unified by place and history.  The book contains 65 walks or essays which bring out the special features of the place - some very familiar. Arm chair walkers will find the notes informative, often controversial, and of practical value. Real walkers can check out the beauty which hides both the past and the issues.

Dolerite has the power to amaze, confuse, enslave and ultimately to become 'Tasmania's Curse'.  It makes the images beloved by tourists, but its impact on the daily lives and taxes of Tasmanians has not been fully realised.  The economic future of Tasmania, Leaman argues, depends upon how we deal with this rock.  This book is for every Tasmanian, and any geologist or engineer who wishes to work with dolerite or needs to know the current state of our knowledge of it.  Leaman uses almost forty years of experience to assemble a plain language, technically sound outline.

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Whether you want some interesting conversation for dinner parties, a guidebook for a quirky tour of the Apple Isle, or just a good, fascinating read that takes you from modern myths and tragedies of Tasmania to its brutal colonial history, Secret Tasmania is the book for you.  With 77 secret stories about the people, places, events, shops, ships and 'stuff' that make Tasmania Australia's most different state, Secret Tasmania is the perfect gift for readers intrigued by urban myths and legends.  Use it as a companion to walks, drives, picnics, shopping expeditions and lunch breaks, or just curl up in an armchair with it.

With his keen blue eyes, husky drawl and quirky humour, Deny King made an indelible impression on everyone who met him. Christobel Mattingley's superb biography paints a vivid picture of this extraordinary man.  Born in 1909, King made his home at Melaleuca in Tasmania's remote South-West, one of the most spectacular and rugged terrains in the world. By the time of his death in 1991 he was truly the king of his remarkable  wilderness, and internationally celebrated for his unique lifestyle.

King of the Wilderness is an inspirational story about a great Australian.

Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features highlights the uniqueness and importance of 280 of our islands as significant seabird breeding refuges and our wealth of natural resources.

This extensively researched book provides an invaluable addition to the body of knowledge on Australia's rich and diverse wildlife heritage.

This is a comprehensive colour guide to the nature of Tasmania 's midlands.  It has been compiled from narratives of the local population, as well as careful flora identification.  This book is useful for farmers, students and educators, as well as other interested parties.

Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds
by Dave Watts

While Tasmania is the smallest of Australia's states, it habitats from woodlands, forests and mountain ranges to coastal heathlands and estuaries. These diverse environments are home to more than 200 species of birdlife, some resident, some regular or irregular visitors, as well as 12 species found nowhere else on earth.

This is the New Edition of Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds, which provides a comprehensive listing of all major bird species found in Tasmania, accompanied by full-colour photographs of each bird in its natural habitat for identification purposes.  The Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds an essential guide for anyone interested in Tasmania's avifauna.

This beautifully illustrated book describes in detail every known Tasmanian orchid. The 195 Tasmanian species recognised so far include an orchid discovered as early as 1777, and dozens added by nineteenth-century plant-collectors. The search has continued ever since, with four species joining the list as late as February 1999. The authors of this book believe that there are still more to be found.

However, of the orchids existing only in Tasmania, close to half are now in danger of disappearing. This whole intriguing family deserves not only conservation measures enforceable by legislation, but also the enlightened care of individuals.  The Orchids of Tasmania is a popular handbook as well as a valuable contribution to science.