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Sand
by Robert Drewe & John Kinsella
‘Whenever I’m asked where I come from and what experiences have shaped the way I write, I think of sand. I come from sand. I am an envoy from the Sand People.’ Robert Drewe
‘That house you called your childhood home
is gone, a set of units glow like chrome.
They are surrounded by a kind of sand
I can’t recognise’ John KinsellaRenowned…Read more »
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Under Corporate Skies: A struggle between people, place and profit
by Martin Brueckner & Dyann Ross
Foreword by Erin Brockovich
Under Corporate Skies is about what happens to communities when they stand in the way of corporate profits. It is the story of a tiny town pitted against a strong corporate neighbour.
With the help of international campaigner, Erin Brockovich, the small town of Yarloop in Western Australia is preparing a civil…Read more »
Price $26.95
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Under Corporate Skies: A Struggle Between People, Place and Profit eBook
by Martin Brueckner & Dyann Ross
Under Corporate Skies is about what happens to communities when they stand in the way of corporate profits. It is the story of a tiny town pitted against a strong corporate neighbour.
With the help of international campaigner, Erin Brockovich, the small town of Yarloop in Western Australia is preparing a civil class action against Alcoa World Alumina…Read more »
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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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POMO OZ: Fear and Loathing Downunder
by Niall Lucy
Ideas are in short supply and critical thinking is under attack. That’s according to Niall Lucy in his latest book, Pomo Oz. Pitting his humour and intellect against the conservative power brokers, Lucy champions the notion that free thought, not free trade, is the basis of democracy.
‘… here’s the piss-take of your nightmares — delivered…Read more »
Price $24.95
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Pomo Oz: Fear and Loathing Downunder eBook
by Niall Lucy
Ideas are in short supply and critical thinking is under attack. That’s according to Niall Lucy in his latest book, Pomo Oz. Pitting his humour and intellect against the conservative power brokers, Lucy champions the notion that free thought, not free trade, is the basis of democracyRead more »
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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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Monuments and Masons
by Leonie B. Liveris
Did you know that an obelisk with a tapered column at the top symbolises eternal life or that measuring scales are often found on the grave of a person in the legal profession?
Monuments and Masons is a comprehensive telling of this unique industry history – about the monumental masons and the shapes, symbols and fascinating tales attached to…Read more »
Price $59.95
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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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Fremantle press and the Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre invite you to join us for an evening with first time novelist Deb Fitzpatrick, second time novelist A.J. Betts and third time novelist Kate McCaffrey.
Chaired by Lynne Cahill, The West Australian, Newspapers in Education.
When: 6.30pm, Tuesday 7 September 2010
Where: Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre, Old Prison Hospital, Cnr Knutsford and Hampton Road, Fremantle, (Parry St carpark)
RSVP:08 9430 6331 or admin@fremantlepress.com.au
