19 Best nonfiction books like First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors by Marcia Langton

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First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors

By: Marcia Langton

4.26

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Our Laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to bel…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors by Marcia Langton , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Talking To My Country

By: Stan Grant

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. In July… read more

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2. The Natural Way of Things

By: None

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the… read more

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3. Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

By: David Foster Wallace

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And w… read more

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4. Dark Emu

By: Bruce Pascoe

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more

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5. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

By: Steve Silberman

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more

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6. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • australia
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7. Cold Enough for Snow

By: Jessica Au

3.73

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more

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"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

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8. Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

By: David Marr

4.39

Format: 596 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars David Marr was shocked… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
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9. Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge

By: Bri Lee

3.65

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Bri Lee, best-selling and award-winning author of Eggshell Skull, asks Who gets to be smart? in thi… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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10. The Jaguar

By: Sarah Holland-Batt

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

With electrifying boldness, Sarah Holland-Batt confronts what it means to be mortal in an astonishi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • australia
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11. Dark as Last Night

By: Tony Birch

4.15

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Dark as Last Night confirms, once again, that Tony Birch is a master of the short story. These exce… read more

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  • australia
  • indigenous
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12. My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm

By: Sam Vincent

4.17

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner, Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction 2023 ‘My Father and Other Animals is a war… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • australia
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13. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

By: Tyson Yunkaporta

4.36

Format: 256 pages, ebook

This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • indigenous
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • australia
"The war between good and evil is in reality an imposition of stupidity and simplicity over wisdom and complexity."

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

"Guilt is like any other energy: you can't accumulate it or keep it because it makes you sick and disrupts the system you live in - you have to let it go. Face the truth, make amends and let it go."

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

"Engaging with them (malignant narcissists) alone is futile - never wrestle a pig, as the old saying goes; you both end up covered in shit, and the pig likes it. The fundamental rules of human interac…"

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

"Understanding your own culture and the ways it interacts with others, particularly the power dynamics of it, is far more appreciated. My reading of Germane Greer when I was a young lad was a lot more…"

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

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14. On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy

By: Lee McIntyre

4.21

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

A powerful, pocket-sized citizen’s guide on how to fight back against the disinformation campaigns … read more

Similar categories in Lee McIntyre's On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy book and Marcia Langton's First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors

  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars

By: Duane Hamacher

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

(from publishers’s website) The First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • indigenous
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16. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need

By: Thomas Mayo

4.52

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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17. Right Story, Wrong Story

By: Tyson Yunkaporta

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta’s bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. I… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • indigenous
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18. Hospital

By: Sanya Rushdi

3.70

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

A strong and courageous novel that deftly tackles psychosis. In Melbourne, Australia, a woman in h… read more

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  • australia
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19. The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life

By: Paul Callaghan

4.16

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Tired of going around in circles? The Dreaming Path ensures our life journey is one of fulfilment.… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • indigenous
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20. Astronomy: Sky Country

By: Karlie Noon

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges seri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • indigenous
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21. Design: Building on Country

By: Alison Page

4.37

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practice… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • indigenous
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22. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience

By: Veronica Gorrie

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • indigenous
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23. Country: Future Fire, Future Farming

By: Bill Gammage

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges ser… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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24. Songlines: the Power and Promise

By: Margo Neale

4.35

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Songlines: The Power and Promise has a blend of Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices. It offers wha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • indigenous
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25. Plants: Past, Present and Future

By: Zena Cumpston

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges ser… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • indigenous
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26. The Queen Is Dead

By: Stan Grant

4.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to M… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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27. Born Into This

By: Adam Thompson

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, f… read more

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  • politics
  • australia
  • indigenous
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28. First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors

By: Marcia Langton

4.26

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Our Laws are forever present and provide the pathways for all Australians to truly learn how to bel… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • law
  • indigenous
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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29. First Knowledges Innovation: Knowledge and Ingenuity

By: Ian J McNiven

4.17

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Deeply insightful, sensitive and passionate. An inspiring, meticulous picture of the innovations th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • indigenous
Cover of The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4) by Chris Hammer

30. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)

By: Chris Hammer

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more

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  • australia

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David Marr

4.39

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Tyson Yunkaporta

4.36

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The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars

Duane Hamacher

4.23

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Thomas Mayo

4.52

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Anna Funder

4.13

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Melissa Lucashenko

4.06

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