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A Melbourne sound that is at once both rakish and debonair.<br /> <br />So what specifically is it about Melbourne that, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, it’s able to support around 465 live music venues as compared to 453 in New York, 385 in Tokyo and 245 in London despite its population being a fraction of those major world cities? Despite the flaky weather, the footy and Netflix, Melbournians are committed to going out at night and in great numbers in heat or hail to listen...
| Автор | Craig Horne |
Kerry's marriage is disintegrating and Sebastian is disconnected from his father. To save their rocky relationships, Kerry convinces her work-obsessed and over cautious husband Mal into taking a family holiday – wandering around Nepal is just what the three need. Kerry books nothing, plans little and anticipates a gentle 'hippy-trail' ramble. Instead, the family find themselves stumbling through a land imploding upon itself and are soon caught in the midst of bombs,...
| Автор | Kerry Tolson |
When Deborah Thomson met Wayne, she was a shy, introverted 24-year-old student. He was a loud charismatic young man.<br /> <br />His temper was an issue but one she hoped they could work on. Four years later, the married couple now ran a business together, and their first child was born.<br /> <br />Yet, any dreams of peaceful family life were quickly crushed by Wayne's increasingly violent and controlling behaviour.<br /> <br />Life turned into a cycle...
| Автор | Deborah Thomson |
Memoirs of Galina follows the true story of Galina Kuchina, A Russian Australian from China.<br /> <br />Born in China into a traditional Russian family, Galina endured a difficult time under Japanese occupation, living under Soviet rule following liberation by the Soviet Army. Although the young lived against the backdrop of war, they still managed to study, work and fall in love.<br /> <br />In 1957 Galina and her family migrated to Australia and integrated into...
| Автор | Galina Kuchina |
Wild encounters with crocodiles, mad Territorians, Asian crab poachers, Cyclone Tracy, petty-crooks, the NT police, magistrates, judges and murderers, family members, Fred Brophy and his boxing troupe and all levels of authority.<br /> <br />Meet Roy Wright, an old-style villain and barramundi poacher extraordinaire who, after a lifetime of dodging police, unbelievably goes straight(ish) in a legitimate mud crab business.<br /> <br />Author, Bob Magor, paints a...
| Автор | Bob Magor |
The Five Walking Sticks describes the life of Maurice Brodzky, a man who was very well known in Melbourne from 1885 to 1903. His story is most unusual and certainly more fascinating than many others that relate to the rich and famous, and the reader certainly does not miss out on the rich and famous by travelling through the pages of Maurice's life. But The Five Walking Sticks is much more than the life of a solitary human being. It is a course of study, a curriculum of history,...
| Автор | Henry R Lew |
This book is a retrieved version of the first Holocaust memoir published in Australia, in 1948. It is also one of the earliest memoirs ever written. The original book was written in Yiddish. It has now been adapted into English, with the voluntary assistance of 25 righteous translators, worldwide, a separate story in itself, which is also covered in the book. Even the most famous memoirs by Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel only gained significant recognition after they were translated into English...
| Автор | Henry R Lew |
A champion racehorse, Manikato won races at the elite level over six seasons through the late 1970s and early 1980s and became the first Australian sprinter to earn one million dollars in prize money. But, once getting to the top echelon of racing as a two-year-old, his life endured twists and turns that continually threatened to derail his career, and his life. From the sudden death of his original trainer Bon Hoysted shortly after the 1978 Golden Slipper Stakes, to the prolonged illnesses and...
| Автор | Adam Crettenden |
Award winning author Reg Egan's third book, 'Of Rivers, Baguettes and Billabongs', is an insightful look at the history and lives affected by two rivers in two different continents: the Darling in Australia and the Dordogne in France.<br /> <br />Egan cleverly draws parallels between the two seemingly unrelated landscapes, exploring the people and their culture. He retraces the travels of our most loved literary figures, including Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson,...
| Автор | Reg Egan |
Vikki Petraitis took to writing true crime because, unlike crime fiction, it was so raw and it told the story of real people, real grief, real loss, real horror.<br />A school teacher by day, Vikki had no idea that writing one book about one unsolved murder would give her a second career that has run alongside her chosen profession for 25 years.<br />She has researched, investigated and written about real Australian crimes, from the well-known to the obscure; and interviewed...
| Автор | Vikki Petraitis |
In 2012, while others his age were enjoying quiet retirement, Ron Fellowes set off on the challenge of a lifetime. His dream to ride a 102 year-old FN motorcycle across the world – to the Belgian factory where the bike originated – had all the hallmarks of an epic adventure: one that was never going to be easy.<br />For eight months Ron rode 14,600 kilometres through 15 countries under grueling conditions, into some of the world's most hostile territory. He faced desert sandstorms,...
| Автор | Ron Fellowes |
IT ALL STARTED ON THE EVE OF MY 43RD BIRTHDAY…<br /> <br />With two young boys, a new lecturer position and all the commitments of an active life, Ros Ben-Moshe had no plans for a tumour to take over her life. Yet after the news came on her 43rd birthday, medical appointments turned into hours of surgery, casual conversations disappeared, and even her children started asking questions.<br /> <br />In recovery rooms, as the clock slowly ticks, Ros Ben-Moshe starts writing....
| Автор | Ros Ben-Moshe |
Where mankind’s history began impacts how our future will end! The biblical answer to the question: Were Adam and Eve real people or just generic references for all of mankind? Explains the connection between original sin and the gospel Emphasizes the importance of Adam and Eve as literal history to young and old alike When you unlock the door to biblical compromise, the door gets pushed open wider with each generation. The Church is now debating the validity of Genesis as actual...
| Автор | Ken Ham |
Seize the Day is a suspenseful story of considerable scope. Harris a prize winning novelist writes with nostalgia of his youth, of pride in his army service in Japan and with exhilaration about the pursuit of the defeated North Korean Army late in 1950. Wounded that year Harris returned to Australia, later studied Chinese and was posted back to Korea in 1953 and placed in charge of a group of line- crossing South Koreans. On his discharge Harris joined ASIO; he discusses the Petrov defection and...
| Автор | A M (Jack) Harris |
Manfred Jurgensen was born between Denmark and Germany in the coastal border town of Flensburg in 1940, a 'midnight child'. He has always been sensitive to boundaries and what's beyond the borders, emotionally and physically. He has chosen to reveal his life history – to a very large extent dominated by World War II and its aftermath – in a highly original and unusual form.<br /> <br />The protagonist and his lifetime experiences are wrapped within a semi-fictional...
| Автор | Manfred Jurgensen |
Tully's great-great uncle Michael was hanged for murder more than a century ago. According to family lore, he was attacked in a pub – accused by his attacker because as an Irish immigrant he was taking work from locals. At a time when anti-Irish prejudice was rampant during an economic depression, he never stood a chance of justice.<br /> <br />The bare bones of the story are more or less 'true' but have been fleshed out using the author's imagination....
| Автор | John Tully |
A continuation of the author’s previous book on the subject, Why Not: Fifteen Reasons to Live . A novelist who trained in philosophy at university, Robertson draws on both disciplines. How to Die combines a survey of Western literature’s most compelling works on the subject of death with a memoir-driven argument for a mindful relationship with mortality. The recent development of the “Death Café” phenomenon—essentially 21st century salons that meet “to increase awareness of death to help...
| Автор | Ray Robertson |
As a child, Alan and his family immigrated to Australia in the early 1960s. Like many British newcomers, they moved from suburb to suburb chasing employment. From the Migrant Hostel at East Hills through Sydney's Western Suburbs they finally settled in one of the toughest neighbourhoods of all…the Housing Commission settlement of Green Valley. It's there he finds mischief and music, joins his first band and eventually follows the pathway to the NSW Fire Brigades. 24 Years...
| Автор | Alan Bruce |
Born into the cruel and unforgiving streets of the Cornton. Young Ryan overcame adversity, overcame the slums, overcame the norm and overcame life. In this book, Reynolds reveals how he leaped over all obstacles. How he scrapped for survival, how he destroyed legends and smashed records, how he outwitted all people and how, when he stood face to face with god, he told him «I believe you are in my seat.» So don't go anywhere, because like all men of myth and legend, Reynolds strives...
| Автор | Ryan Reynolds |
From the #1 True Crime podcast, 'A Perfect Storm'. The Dingo Took Over My Life is a true story, told by the Chamberlain's lawyer, Stuart Tipple, who led their fight for justice and exoneration. This story has become part of the fabric of Australian Culture and is still its high water mark of injustice. After raising the cry, «The dingo's got my baby!», Lindy Chamberlain was imprisoned for life with hard labour and had her baby, born in prison, taken from her. Following the...
| Автор | Stuart Tipple |
It was as if in my beginning, in my moment of birth, God said, “Let there be light!” And to my astonishment, there was light. It was the light of the world, the light of my discovery of the Old World. And then, no doubt, like all other babies newly born to the world, I cried. For this fact I have the authority of Lear, who says, “When we are born, we cry that we are come/ To this great stage of fools.” When I was born, I was no doubt aware of people moving around me. At least, I became aware of...
| Автор | Peter Milward |
Mitzi MacBain was diagnosed with Adult ADHD-Hyperactive/Impulsive Type at age 49. All of her adult life she was plagued with issues that she assumed were connected to her childhood. She had chronic issues of overeating, overspending, ruminating about her childhood, lashing out at people, cycles of rage, constant need to keep moving, chronic sleep deprivation, no ability to plan for the future, and always acting on impulse. She was plagued with chronic fear and anxiety at her core. No matter...
| Автор | Mitzi MacBain |
At 23, Scott Harris had a dream job, great friends and a passion for the outdoors. Then one sunny day in November 2008, everything came to a crashing halt: his 450cc dirt bike slammed into his buddy's in a head-on collision that nearly killed them both. Fifteen days in an induced coma, a complete facial reconstruction and countless surgeries were followed by years of intensive rehabilitation. With exhausting mental and physical effort, Scott learned how to walk, talk and think again. He...
| Автор | Scott B Harris |
Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, a talented writer, mixed with the leading figures of the literary scene in Georgian London; as an artist he exhibited at the Royal Academy, but he was also a profligate dandy and swindler. For 150 years he has also been damned as a murderer who poisoned three of his relations to pay his debts. New research has uncovered quite a different story about his extraordinary life.
| Автор | John Price Williams |