Scribe imprint: 233 books
The Paula Principle
how and why women work below their level of competence
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
An expert on innovation and work argues that many highly capable women are not being recognised, and that this harms businesses, societies, and individuals alike.
Whereas The Peter Principle, a four-million–copy bestseller from the 1960s, argued that most (male) workers will inevitably be...
On Offence
the politics of indignation
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
A lively and passionate defence of reasoned debate
Everyone has taken and given offence; anyone who claims they haven’t is either lying or uniquely tolerant. Yet in recent years, offence has become more than an expression of annoyance — it’s now a form of political currency. Politicians...
The Unseen Anzac
how an enigmatic explorer created Australia’s World War I photographs
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND HISTORY BOOK AWARD
The previously untold story of an extraordinary man and a great war photographer.
Cameras were banned at the Western Front when the Anzacs arrived in 1916, prompting correspondent Charles Bean to argue continually...
Under Cover
adventures in the art of editing
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Craig Munro began his blue-pencil adventures at the University of Queensland Press in 1971. Over the next thirty years, he became friend, counsellor, and occasionally foil to some of the country’s leading authors.
From a champagne-fuelled telegram to Patrick White to a run-in with Xavier...
An Untidy Life
What I Saw at the Media Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
A brilliantly evocative memoir from the golden age of newspaper publishing, from a man who helped define our modern media.
Les Hinton was 15 when he first worked for Rupert Murdoch, and Murdoch’s “empire” was a single evening newspaper. In the next half century, he travelled the world...
by James Thornton, Martin Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Environmentally, our planet lacks the laws to keep it safe and those laws we do have are feebly enforced. Every new year is the hottest in human history, while forest, reef, ice, tundra, and species are disappearing forever. It is easy to lose all hope.
Who will stop the planet from committing...
Plots and Prayers
Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
In an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise successor, Scott Morrison, who went on to take the party to a miraculous electoral victory.
On...
by Dawood Amiri
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Dawood Amiri is an ethnic Hazara who, as a young man, made the fateful decision to flee the terror being inflicted on his people, and seek asylum in Australia. He arrived in Indonesia in 2010, but was eventually captured when he was about to board a boat headed for Christmas Island. After a long stint...
by George Megalogenis
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2006
Paul Keating and John Howard altered the nation’s body-clock. Between them, they dominated 30 years of power, as both treasurers and prime ministers. Typically, they have been seen only as antagonists with competing visions of Australia and its place in the world. In The Longest Decade, however,...
Biting Through
five years in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
John Ratcliffe is a quiet man, not the type of person who stands out in a crowd or draws attention to himself. But scratch the surface and you will find a person who has lived anything but a normal life.
Once belonging to a group of highly trained soldiers, Ratcliffe left the Australian military...
The Rise of the Fifth Estate
social media and blogging in Australian politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
The Rise of the Fifth Estate is the first book to examine the emergence of social media as a new force in the coverage of Australian politics.
Using original research, Greg Jericho reveals who makes up the Australian political blogosphere, and tackles head-on some of its key developments —...
by Lindsay Tanner
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
An astute novel about Australian racism — and about humanity prevailing over entrenched prejudice.
Jack Van Duyn is stuck in his comfort zone. A pot-bellied, round-shouldered cabbie in his mid-fifties, Jack lives alone, has few friends, and gets very little out of life. He has a negative...
Rodrigo Duterte
fire and fury in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
The first biography of Rodrigo Duterte, the murderous, unpredictable president of the Philippines, a fascinating, fearsome man and the embodiment of populism in our time.
Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines in 2016. In his first 18 months in office, 12,000 people were murdered...
Muslim Meems
Images to make you laugh... ok, at least smile!
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
A meme is a concept, usually in the form of an image, that spreads via the Internet. It has a good use in the real world: to create a message in a funny way. This collection is taken from across the whole Internet. Actually, just from Facebook. But they're all designed for Muslims to enjoy. With over...