Lawson by Grantlee Kieza
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its people with greater clarity and truth than any writer before him. Born on the goldfields in 1867, he became the voice of ordinary Australians, recording the hopes, dreams and struggles of bush battlers and slum dwellers, of fierce independent ...Show more
The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower: My Life -- Without the Boring Bits by Paul Hogan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
The icon and legend at last tells his story his way - without the boring bits Paul Hogan first appeared on our screens in 1971 as a 'tap dancing knife thrower' on channel 9's New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger from Granville did it as a dare, but when the network's switc ...Show more
The Silk Merchant's Son by Peter Burke
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, silk and sermons. In 1846, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriquot is despatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him from bringing more disgrace upon the family. Accompanying him on board the Elizabeth are ...Show more
Agents of Empire by SASSOON JOANNA
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
For nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell's emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia. But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed above his competitors? For nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell's emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia. But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed a ...Show more
Impossible: My Story by Stan Walker
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
An extraordinary memoir about family, love, belief, redemption and the power of forgiveness. Everything has a reason. Everything has a purpose. Stan Walker is one of the finest singers to emerge from Australia and New Zealand Aotearoa in a generation. When Stan won Australian Idol in 2009, he was thrown ...Show more