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The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy
The true story of the swashbuckling Australian rogue
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Swashbuckler, daredevil racing-car champion, Winter Olympian, gambler, smuggler, scoundrel, stud and suspected Nazi agent who died a mysterious death - this is the fascinating story of the scandalous Freddie McEvoy.
Born in Melbourne in 1907, Freddie's life took him from socialising with a...
Maralinga
The chilling expose of our secret nuclear shame and betrayal of our troops and country
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
'The story reaches out and grabs you by the throat' - Dr Clare Wright, historian and author of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
The facts are shocking. The treachery is chilling. The fallout ongoing.
This edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light...
Betrayal of Trust
The Collapse of Global Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
"On par with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring ... This chilling exploration of the decline of public health should be taken seriously by leaders and policymakers around the world."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
In this meticulously researched and ultimately explosive new book by...
by Tom Frame
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the recent finding of her wreck.
On 19 November 1941, the pride of the Australian Navy, the light cruiser Sydney, fought a close-quarters battle with the German armed raider HSK Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West...
That'd Be Right
A Fairly True History of Modern Australia
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
'a funny and clever reminiscence about what happened in Australia over the past 30 years ... Told with a delightful insight and sense of whimsy.' Daily Telegraph
In THAT'D BE RIGHT, much loved actor and author William McInnes gives his personal view on the things we love ? sport, families,...
Girl By Sea
Love, Life and Food on an Italian Island
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
The conclusion to Penelope Green's bestselling trilogy about her life in Italy that includes When in Rome and See Naples and Die
From her rooftop terrace, Penelope looks out across the sparkling waters of the Bay of Naples, and into a garden of lemon trees and magnolias. Has her Italian dream...
by James Knight
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
The fascinating lives and turbulent times of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson - the two men who wrote Australia's story.
Today most of us know that Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson were famous writers. We know about Matilda, Clancy of the Overflow and the Man from Snowy River;...
by Gil McNeil
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
For every woman who has ever dreamed of starting over, or being a better mother, or just knitting a really nice scarf . . .
When her husband dies in a car crash--not long after announcing he wants a divorce--Jo Mackenzie packs up her two rowdy boys and moves from London to a dilapidated villa...
by Oscar Hijuelos
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
"Savor the mysterious power of a master's pentimento." --Los Angeles Times
"It takes a lot of nerve and skill to pull off something as rich as Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul, but pull it off Hijuelos does." --Cleveland Plain Dealer
"I fell instantly in love with...
by Margaret Leroy
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
A novel full of grand passion and intensity, The Soldier's Wife asks "What would you do for your family?", "What should you do for a stranger?", and "What would you do for love?"
As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that...
The Exception to the Rulers
Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2004
Her comments turned Charlie Rose red in the face. Bill Clinton called her 'hostile, combative, and even disrespectful.' Newt Gingrich said to her, 'You're the kind of reporter I warned my mother about.'
Meet Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist and host of the daily hour-long talk show that...
by Samuel Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
If you could ask Santa for absolutely anything, what would you ask for?
Samuel Johnson OAM, Australia's favourite skylarker, brother and determined cancer vanquisher, has asked his friends and supporters (who just happen to be some of Australia's best writers, comics, actors, artists, musicians...
Rogue Nation
Fascinating, relevant, compelling the one book about Australian politics you must read
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Reporting from the backrooms and corridors of Parliament House in Canberra to the streets of post-industrial Burnie in Tasmania, the struggling rural communities of Gippsland and the Queensland heartland, Royce Kurmelovs captures with perceptive, real-time analysis the rise of Australian populism.
The...
Elle & Coach
Diabetes, the Fight for My Daughter's Life, and the Dog Who Changed Everything
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
**NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
"This book will inspire and encourage countless parents and children around the country. I loved it."---Hillary Rodham Clinton**
Elle & Coach is the true story of a Type-A mom struggling to care for a daughter who has Type 1 diabetes and of the...