Black Inc imprint: 229 books
Tony Speaks!
The Wisdom of the Abbott - Revised & Updated
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
You’ve seen him wearing speedos, kissing babies, driving a mining truck and campaigning on Big Brother. But who is the real Tony Abbott? In the grand tradition of Bushisms and The Wit of Whitlam, here are the sayings of Australia’s Prime Minister, unvarnished and rich in revelation – the very...
Axis of Deceit
The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Whistleblower
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia. Before he was a politician, however, Wilkie was Australia’s most talked-about whistleblower.
In...
Not Dead Yet
What Future for Labor?
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Labor is not dead yet, but it desperately needs to change. In this book, Mark Latham and several leading young progressive thinkers look to the future. Not Dead Yet shows how Labor became a party of factional warlords. Latham proposes reforms to limit their power and renew the party, and outlines...
A Short History of Richard Kline
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
I woke with a gasp. And lay in the dark, open-mouthed, holding my breath. That feeling . . . that feeling was indescribable. For a moment I had felt as if I were falling . . . falling into bliss.
All his life, Richard Kline has been haunted by a sense that something is lacking. He envies the...
Great Expectations
Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
"Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In this brilliant short book – an expanded version of her acclaimed Quarterly Essay – Laura Tingle shows that the reason for this goes to something deep in Australian culture: our great expectations...
by Mark Aarons
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
In early 1965 at age thirteen, Mark Aarons came under the “adverse notice” of ASIO, which opened volume one of his nine-volume security file. Mark was following in the footsteps of his father, Laurie Aarons, whose 85-volume file commenced in the early 1930s when he was fourteen. For four generations...
Dear Life
On Caring for the Elderly
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
In this short, powerful book, Karen Hitchcock shines a light on ageism in our society. Through some unforgettable case studies, she shows what care for the elderly and dying is really like – both the good and the bad. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions and over-treatment,...
by Andor Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
They have no graves, no markers of ever having existed. The millions of people murdered by the Nazis live on only in the memories of the survivors. In his seventy-ninth year, Andor Schwartz was driven to record the lives of his family and friends who perished. Writing with the instincts of a born storyteller,...
State of the Nation
Essays for Robert Manne
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2013
A stunning collection of essays that analyses the major issues facing Australia today This nation has a lot of unfinished business. Will we become a republic any time soon? How can we honour our Indigenous peoples and tackle the intractable disadvantage they face? What does our treatment of asylum seekers...
Crime & Punishment
Offenders and Victims in a Broken Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
If the goal of our justice system is to reduce crime and create a safer society, then we must do better.
According to conventional wisdom, severely punishing offenders reduces the likelihood that they’ll offend again. Why, then, do so many who go to prison continue to commit crimes after...
Deep Time Dreaming
Uncovering Ancient Australia
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
People would have known about Australia before they saw it. Smoke billowing above the sea spoke of a land that lay beyond the horizon. A dense cloud of migrating birds may have pointed the way. But the first Australians were voyaging into the unknown.
Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first...
by Les Murray
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
From his life’s work so far, spanning more than four decades, Les Murray has selected these 100 poems, his personal best. Including classics such as 'The Broad Bean Sermon', 'An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow' and 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever', this elegant hardback is guaranteed to delight...
by James Boyce
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Winner of the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize
Winner of the 2008 Colin Roderick Award
Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.
In this book, James Boyce shows...
Game, Set, Cash!
Inside the Secret World of International Tennis Trading
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Inside the secret world of tennis court-siding.
Brad Hutchins has been living a young bloke’s dream: getting paid to travel the world and watch sport. Sitting court-side on the pro tennis circuit, he uses his phone to transmit results to a gambling syndicate, taking advantage of the time...