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Among the Chosen: The life story of Pat Giles
by Lekkie Hopkins & Lynn Roarty
Pat Giles was dedicated to improving the lives of the disadvantaged. As an ALP Senator in the Hawke and Keating governments, she entered Parliament, not as a raw recruit, but as an experienced trade unionist, policy maker, feminist campaigner and grassroots activist.
This is the story of a woman whose determination never faltered, whose work ethRead more »
Price $27.95
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Among the Chosen: The Life Story of Pat Giles ebook
by Lekkie Hopkins & Lynn Roarty
Pat Giles was dedicated to improving the lives of the disadvantaged. As an ALP Senator in the Hawke and Keating governments, she entered Parliament, not as a raw recruit, but as an experienced trade unionist, policy maker, feminist campaigner and grassroots activist.
This is the story of a woman whose determination never faltered, whose work ethicRead more » -
Hetty: A True Story ebook
by Hetty Verolme
This is one of the remarkable, largely untold, stories of the Holocaust, a story of hope. It is a heartwarming tale that traces the extraordinary struggle and survival of a family through those terrible years.
Hetty was just twelve years old in 1943 when her family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands.
Rounded up by…Read more »
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Margaret Priest An Artist's Life
by Philippa O'Brien
This is the fascinating story of a young sculptor who helped bring modernism to Perth.
Margaret Priest was educated at the prestigious Glasgow School of Art and won the Royal Scottish Academy’s award for best young artist before arriving in Perth in 1951.
Here she found herself at the centre of a stimulating circle of academic immigrants and…Read more »
Price $55.00
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Orphans of the Living
by Joanna Penglase
In August 2004, Parliamentary senators wept as they presented Forgotten Australians, the report from the Senate Inquiry into the treatment of children in care. Half a million children grew up in ‘care’ in twentieth-century Australia, and most often these children lived with daily brutal physical and emotional abuse in the sterile environment of an institution…Read more »
Price $24.95
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Vagabond Holes: David McComb and the Triffids
by Chris Coughran & Niall Lucy
It is over thirty years since David McComb’s haunting music and lyrics inspired a generation. Now, thanks to sold-out tribute concerts Australia-wide and the remastering of the complete Triffids oeuvre, a new generation is discovering his life’s workRead more »
Price $35.00
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On We Go: The Wittenoom Way
by Jacqueline O'Brien & Pamela Statham-Drew
From the earliest days of the Swan River Colony on the western coast of Australia, the settlement depended for its survival and progress on individuals of character, courage and compassion. Prominent among these from the beginning have been the Wittenoom family. Nearly two centuries have passed since a widowed young clergyman, John Burdett Wittenoom…Read more »
Price $49.95
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Boy on a Wire
by Jon Doust
Dedicated to all those boys who carried their scars into manhood, Boy on a Wire is about an underdog who bites back. Sent to boarding school at a young age Jack Muir quickly has to decide who he is going to be. Will he roll over or bare his teeth at the bullies, the bullied and the boarding school system? Jack gets by with a quick wit and a macabre…Read more »
Price $24.95
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The Last Anzacs
by Steven Siewert & Tony Stephens
‘The sensitive and compelling portraits by Stephens and Siewert are interspersed with quotes, archival photos and poems and laconic humour’ — Sydney Morning Herald
‘These 18 life stories and reflective portraits provide lovely and tangible memories.’ — Herald Sun
‘The book’s power comes from its elegant simplicity. There is no room given…Read more »
Price $35.00
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Father of the House
by Kim E Beazley & Kim Beazley Jnr
Get the inside story of one of Australia’s longest serving and most influential Ministers in Federal Parliament.
Kim E Beazley threw off the shackles of a poor childhood to become a teacher, a Union Leader and the Member for Fremantle in the Federal Parliament between 1945 and 1977.
During his time in Parliament he led the reform of Australian…Read more »
Price $27.95
From the Catalogue
Ten Tiny Things on Wilderness Society shortlist
Ten Tiny Things author Meg McKinlay was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature, just one day after winning a Crystal Kite award.
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