Hutt Street Shop Guide
Our stock of 20,000+ books & media items
is organised into four main categories:
Fiction - Non-fiction - Children's - Media
The listing below is to aid you in finding what you're after. Of course, our desk volunteers are always happy to offer you assistance if you want it
(Often it is hard for us to decide in which section a book should be placed, so it might help to think where else it might be!)
If you are after a particular title, and are able to collect it from the shop, please refer to the Hutt Street Shop FAQ
Queries about availability of particular books in the street shop only:
- telephone 8122 5870 during shop hours, or
- email shop@adelchbooks.org.au
- and you must provide us with:
> genre or subject area
> author name
> specific title/s to check - if you are after more than one or two books please email us as our shop volunteers are often very busy
* We are unable to help with general queries such as what do you have by a particular author, or what books do we have on a particular subject *
* There is no electronic listing of books held in the shop *
Price of books is found either on a sticker on the front cover, or pencilled inside on one of the first few pages or front end board
Book prices - we try to keep them very reasonable - vary according to the condition, age and sometimes rarity of the item.
Our volunteers consider the price carefully
CDs, DVDs and magazines are sold at set prices, unless otherwise marked on/for individual items
Sale and other reduced price items are found on specific shelves within the shop
Donations are vital! Please see our Donate page for information on this
FICTION
general – crime/thriller – sci-fi/fantasy – short stories – graphic novels - old penguins - Westerns - vintage fiction - large print (all titles)
| titles in each of the subsections are arranged in alphabetical order of author last name, except for the old paperbacks, which are grouped according to genre or publisher |
NON-FICTION
Accounting
accounting - auditing
Animals
cats – dogs – pet care – farm animals - birds – fish – water creatures – zoos – animal stories/biographies – general texts – large format books
Art
| artists - art movements - art magazines - exhibition catalogues - architecture - antiques - design - landscape architecture - photography
Australiana
Indigenous Australia - recent acquisitions - Australians at war - Australian women's history - Australian history - Australian flora, fauna & natural history - States & places - large books - general texts - anthologies - Australian folklore - Australian politics
Biography
biography & memoir is arranged in alphabetical order of subject |
Business
advertising & marketing - small business - career guidance - office management - shorthand & typing - real estate
Communication
reading - writing skills & grammar - listening - speaking - general
Computers
Cooking
baking – fast food – entertaining – celebrity cooks – world cookery – culinary topics – old & quaint – pasta – large format books – Women’s Weekly cookbooks – Marie Claire - magazines such as ABC Delicious, Vogue - wine
Craft
home décor (painting, windows, furnishings, furniture, outdoor furniture, picture framing) – pottery and glass – stained glass – yarn crafts (knitting, crochet, weaving) – textile crafts (sewing, patchwork, quilting, applique, embroidery) – paper crafts (cards, origami, gift wrapping) – toys and toymaking) – beading and jewellery – flowers – general texts
Curiosities & Collectibles
| books that are old or unusual, on all topics |
Do-it-yourself (DIY)
home improvements – general home maintenance – woodwork – carpentry – general texts
Economics
economics - Australian economics
Education
history of education - teacher training - philosophy of education
| see also Children's |
Finance
personal finance - investments
Gardening
garden design - Australian plants & gardening - vegetables - organic gardening - indoor plants - container plants - roses - orchids / bulbs / perennials - general texts &reference
Health & Well-being
living with disability – death & dying – sexuality – relationships – children – adolescents – mental healthself help
History
history by world region - ancient history - myths & legends - archaeology - war
Human rights & developing nations issues
Humour
Indoor games & hobbies
card games - board games - word games - number games - coins - stamps
Industrial relations
Languages
learners' texts - books in other languages - dictionaries & reference (see also Children's) |
Large print books
Law
Literature & Classics
classic novels - plays - poetry - Shakespeare - theatre & drama - student notes - drama education - essays - letters - analysis & criticism - classical texts - anthologies
Maths
school texts – statistics – calculus – general texts – large format books
Media
film - television - radio (books) - news media
Medicine
medicine - nursing - dentistry - biochemistry - anatomy - physiology - paediatrics - histology - pathology - physiotherapy - psychology - alternative medicine - nutrition - women's health - men's health - sexual health - death and dying
Music
music – classical music – general texts
New Age
astrology - dreams - meditation - psychic phenomena - aromatherapy - feng shui
Philosophy
ethics - logic
Politics
politics - Australian politics
Psychology & Psychiatry
Public relations
Reference
dictionaries (language & other) - thesauri - atlases - general reference
Relationships
families - adolescence - ageing - retirement - grieving - men's issues - mental health - parenting - conflict resolution
Religion
new acquisitions - Christianity - Islam - Judaism - other religions - spirituality - scriptures - women and religion - hymn & song books
Science
agriculture – anthropology – astronomy – biology – botany – chemistry - climate change – conservation – ecology – engineering – entomology - general science – genetics – evolution – geography – geology - marine biology – meteorology - nature and natural history - nuclear issues - old science – physics – space – technology - veterinary science - zoology
Sociology
gender equality – feminism and women in society – women’s studies - social work - general texts
Sport
coaching - active sport - Olympics - history of sport - team sports
Transport
Travel
guides - exploration & adventure - Australian travel - travel tales - world regions & places - vintage travel writing - Antarctica
Wine
True Crime
CHILDREN'S
Fiction
graphic novels and comics - children's fiction - young adult fiction - fantasy & science fiction - nursery rhymes - picture books - board books - early readers - early years materials - Disney
Non-fiction
languages - English resources - English literature resources - science resources - maths resources - history resources - geography resources - religion - teenage issues - science - history - Australiana - geography - craft - games & puzzles - activities - poetry - music / dance / art - myths & legends - encyclopaedia - dictionaries - atlases - natural world - animals & birds - monsters / dragons / dinosaurs - sport - humour - cooking - teaching resources
MEDIA
CDs – DVDs – magazines
| DVDs are shelved per category - CDs are shelved per music genre or alphabetically