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Sharper 1980-2013

Lowell Tarling

Sharper 1980-2013

Martin Sharp was an integral part of international Pop Art in the 1960s, magnified through his covers for OZ magazine in Sydney and London, his covers for Cream, and posters of Dylan, Hendrix and Donovan. His efforts at making The Yellow House and Luna Park cultural precincts, were aided by his screen prints and exhibitions to flaunt the work of others, especially the singer Tiny Tim. In this second of two volumes, Lowell Tarling offers us a way into the enigmatic and reclusive artist, through...

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Lowell Tarling

Murder of a Messenger

Robin Grow

Murder of a Messenger

A real-life murder and legal drama set in the violent world of 1930s Melbourne. It was the crime that shocked Melbourne in 1936. An armed robbery of a teenage government messenger and the brutal murder of his elderly unarmed escort. Three known criminals were accused and tried four times but the prosecution and the police could never positively prove their guilt. The real-life violent Melbourne underworld in the 1930s is portrayed, together with the machinations of some fascinating characters in...

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Robin Grow

Sitdown Up North

Ted Egan

Sitdown Up North

Ted Egan was born in Melbourne and spent his first sixteen years there, described in his The Paperboy's War. Since 1949 he has lived and worked in the Northern Territory, now based in Alice Springs, performing, writing, singing and recording his own songs, and collecting those of others. He speaks two Aboriginal languages, and often lectures on Aboriginal language and issues. He is an inaugural Life Member of the Australian Stockman's Hall of...

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Ted Egan

Journey of a Lifetime, Volume 1

Martin Kari

Journey of a Lifetime, Volume 1

We are all on a journey. In life we are given a humble start and travel then individually. 'Journey of a Lifetime, Volume One' recounts the bumpy beginnings of my own journey, that of an ordinary citizen: World War II, refuge, childhood in after-war-Germany, exploring first: Europe, Asia Minor, North-Africa, where I met other people in their own environment and learnt also from them. Everything finds a place in a «Journey of a lifetime»: controversy, challenges, education, efforts,...

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Martin Kari

The Dark Side

Roger Rogerson

The Dark Side

The most controversial cop in Australian history, in his own words. Roger Rogerson hasn't been a police officer for more than 20 years. Yet his name makes him, the most well-known 'detective-sergeant' in Australia. He has been the subject of articles, appearances, profiles and books; portrayed in TV dramas; and recorded by covert listening devices at home for months. Rogerson took up his own pen in prison....

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Roger Rogerson

The News Man

Mal Walden

The News Man

You'll never be a journalist's bootlace!' This is the story behind the stories we think we know. 'The News Man' is a very personal look at the public face of news by one of Australia's most well-loved and respected news presenters of our time. Mal Walden was seventeen when he applied for his first job in media. Starting out as a country radio announcer, he went on to work in Launceston and...

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Mal Walden

The Long Way to Vladivostok

Shirley Hardy-Rix

The Long Way to Vladivostok

Riding a motorbike in howling high winds and freezing temperatures to reach Nordkapp, the northern most point of Europe could have been disastrous. But for Shirley Hardy-Rix and Brian Rix it was one of the best days of their lives. This is what the well-travelled retired couple had hoped for when they planned to fill a gap in their riding experience and take on Scandinavia, the old Silk Road in Central Asia and the world's largest country, Russia. They shipped their...

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Shirley Hardy-Rix

John Oxley

Rob Tickle

John Oxley

This immaculately and painstakingly researched book, through its biographies of Oxley, Evans, Fraser and Harris explains the impulses that drove these men to explore and map the colony, to collect, identify and categorise its flora. But it succeeds in doing more than that because it also elucidates the motivations that drove them to become colonial entrepreneurs, farmers and businessmen, who in the pursuit of individual wealth advanced colonial prosperity. This important book makes an invaluable...

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Rob Tickle

Tiny Tim

Lowell Tarling

Tiny Tim

The first and best biography of the great Troubadour with artwork by Martin Sharp. Throughout his lifetime, Tiny Tim was a repository of recorded music stemming from the early days of vaudeville to the latest chart favourites. But despite all these influences he remained a true original perfecting his performances as an outreach of his personality. True, he had some strange traits, but they did not impede on his enthusiastic kindness to people he loved, to the musicians he...

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Lowell Tarling

A Concise History of Western Austra...

Russell Earls Davis

A Concise History of Western Australia

This second edition has been brought up to date following the latest developments in the state. The human history of Western Australia, as of all Australia, stretches back some 60,000 years. It is often assumed that European colonisation was very recent relative to the rest of Australia, but in fact it was contemporary with the first penal colony in Queensland, and while a South Australian settlement was still a gleam in Londons eye. Albany was first settled in 1826 and the Swan River settlement...

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Russell Earls Davis

Dalla Sicilia al Connecticut

Paul Pirrotta

Dalla Sicilia al Connecticut

Nel 1970 lasciai tutto cio' che mi era familiare del mio paese natale di Canicattini Bagni (SR) per raggiungere i miei genitori negli Stati Uniti. Questa e' la storia di un emigrante, la mia storia, della mia vita in Sicilia fino ai 20 anni e dal 1970 in poi della mia vita negli Stati Uniti. E in questa storia uno piu' uno fa tre, No, questa non è la nuova matematica: per me significa che l’ottima base culturale ricevuta crescendo in Sicilia associata all’integrazione nella...

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Paul Pirrotta

Revelations of a Tour Caddie

David Kight

Revelations of a Tour Caddie

Ever wanted to know what life on your for a professional caddie is really like? International author, golfing expert and professional tour caddie, David Kight reveals what goes on behind the scenes on PGA tours. When you have stories about rich and famous golf stars like Greg Norman and others you know you're in for a fun read. David shows you what life is really like on tour as a professional caddie; the dodgy hotels, missed flights, stolen luggage and living out of...

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David Kight

The Boy in the Yellow Dress

Victor Marsh

The Boy in the Yellow Dress

Perth in the 1950s. After being caught wearing his mother's yellow dress, young Victor had to hide any tendency towards gender inappropriate behaviour. But his interest in dancing and theatre (and mooning over Rudolph Nureyev on the telly) were bound to make the facade collapse at some point. Emerging sexuality and the sense of not being 'at home' in his body, let alone the world, ran alongside a search for meaning that brought him eventually to a spiritual awakening under the...

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Victor Marsh

Political Football

Lawrie McKinna

Political Football

Growing up in darkest Scotland as the son of the local poacher and then rampaging across Europe with a pack of Rangers hooligans is not the best preparation for high office in Australia. Father at 18, professional footballer at 20, Lawrie McKinna was living the dream until he uprooted for Australia at 25 to play in the NSL. Then he became a successful coach (NSL, A-League and China) and ultimately was elected to political office as an independent after being courted by...

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Lawrie McKinna

Lasseter's Last Ride

Ion Idriess

Lasseter's Last Ride

(from The Spectator, May 1936) In his introduction to Lasseter's Last Ride (Cape, 7s. 6d.) Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood writes : "The annals of Central Australian exploration are tragic and heroic, but it is long indeed since I read a more moving story of endurance and heroism in the face of terrific odds than the epic which Mr. Ion Idriess has woven out of the last few months of the life of L. H. B. Lasseter." The reader will agree...

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Ion Idriess

Horrie the Wog-Dog

Ion Idriess

Horrie the Wog-Dog

The true story of Horrie the Wog-Dog who was adopted by the Australian Signal Platoon of the M/G Battalion, in spite of all rules against keeping pets, and how Horrie not only won his stripes as a valuable addition to the group but had the further distinction of being smuggled into Australia on their return. The Wog-Dog was sneaked into Greece, went through the evacuation, carried messages as well as proving a dependable warning against air attacks. He went to Syria and Palestine, never learning...

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Ion Idriess

Gangland Crimes That Shocked Austra...

Ian Ferguson

Gangland Crimes That Shocked Australia

Featuring the latest information about the murder of Des Moran, including Judy Moran's involvement, these are the gritty stories of Australia's crime world. A hive of secret activity the Australian gangland world is fraught with double-crossings, murders, theft, violence and fraud. Living by their own set of rules and regulations, which often involve crooked members of government and the police force, this is your chance to gain a real insight into how the minds and groups of these...

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Ian Ferguson

Trailblazers

Susanna de Vries

Trailblazers

Caroline Chisolm's hard work and determination changed the history of female migration to Australia and ensured better conditions for families on migrant ships and offered them paid work. Eliza Hawkins was a trailblazer, surviving a dangerous journey as the first European woman to cross the Blue Mountains to Bathurst, travelling by horse and cart. Mary Gaunt from Ballarat dared to lead her own expeditions in West Africa and China, travelling from Peking to the edge of...

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Susanna de Vries

Stepladder to Hindsight

Richard Freadman

Stepladder to Hindsight

Stepladder to Hindsight is about a fascinating man who has reached a turning point in his life and looks back. In this work, renowned academic and life-writer Richard Freadman turns the pen on himself, producing an immensely compelling narrative of his life. Elegant and richly self-aware, Stepladder to Hindsight gives us unbridled access to a complex life and a unique mind. Within these pages you will find humour and tragedy, peppered with astute literary commentary and...

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Richard Freadman

People of the Boot

Dashiel Lawrence

People of the Boot

Jews have made a profound on-field and off-field contribution to just about every sport in Australia. Their feats have encompassed world championships, AFL premierships, Olympic selection and medals. Their legacies in sports administration and business are many: saved sporting codes, reinvigorated national competitions and mended the bodies of champion athletes. They have climbed Mount Everest and the major peaks of the world. Yet their stories of courage, resilience and...

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Dashiel Lawrence

Almost Invincible

Suzanne Burdon

Almost Invincible

"She is singularly bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind. Her desire of knowledge is great, and her perseverance in everything else she undertakes, almost invincible." Mary Shelley began Frankenstein in 1814, when she was eighteen. By then, she had been living for two years in a scandalous relationship with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was already married with children. The novel was conceived in a contest with him and Lord Byron to tell ghost stories. When she...

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Suzanne Burdon

The Truckie Who Loved Trains

David Wilcox

The Truckie Who Loved Trains

This is the story of Ken Thomas, educated with two university degrees but nothing about trucks, who was mislead into buying a truck by a sham relative at the end of the Second World War. After this shaky start came problems with government regulations and road taxes. All the state governments wanted to protect their rail networks, so road and rail industries hated each other. Ken's father was a steam engine driver and Ken could see that the...

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David Wilcox

Massaging Himmler

Anne M Carson

Massaging Himmler

Set in Nazi Germany, Massaging Himmler: A Poetic Biography of Dr Felix Kersten tells in verse the remarkable story of a little-known humanitarian. Kersten was a Finnish-born therapeutic masseur who found himself at the centre of the Nazi web, treating Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler (head of the SS and the Gestapo) for stomach cramps, which sometimes rendered him unconscious, and which no other practitioner could relieve. Dr Kersten massaged Himmler daily...

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Anne M Carson

Reds Under the Bed

Michael Komesaroff

Reds Under the Bed

Who were the Reds under the bed? Why did ASIO snoop on several members of this migrant family struggling to set up a new life in Australia? ASIO maintained a vast library of files on half a million citizens, most of whom were never a threat to Australia's security. Through meticulous research, Michael Komesaroff has been able to sift through a multitude of records which were kept on his family, and discover why. This is not only an account of one family's...

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Michael Komesaroff

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