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  • Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement 1971 to 1977

    by Robert (Bob) Hunter

    This is the story of early Greenpeacers sailing around the Pacific, bickering over internal politics, risking their lives and staving off bankruptcy while somehow managing to start a global movement.

    One part action adventure and one part memoir, this gripping and moving account of the birth of Greenpeace was written by one of the movement’s Read more »

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  • Not Drowning, Reading

    by Andrew Relph

    For the national year of reading, here is a book that, in Phillip Adams’s words, brings ‘a new perspective’ to the art of reading.

    As a child, Relph had a reading disability; now he is a psychoanalyst and professional conversationalist whose memoir explores why our relationships with authors and characters can be as vital as any we form in…Read more »

    Price $24.95 Add to cart

  • Women of Note: The Rise of Australian Women Composers

    by Rosalind Appleby

    ‘This much-welcomed book profiles those women, largely unacknowledged, who stand as the major landmarks in the Australian musical landscape.’
    John Davis, CEO Australian Music Centre, President International Society for Contemporary Music

    In the early twentieth century being a female composer was a dangerous game; one composer was diagnosed…Read more »

    Price $35.00 Add to cart

  • Warriors of the Rainbow eBook

    by Robert (Bob) Hunter

    This is the story of early Greenpeacers sailing around the Pacific, bickering over internal politics, risking their lives and staving off bankruptcy while somehow managing to start a global movement.

    One part action adventure and one part memoir, this gripping and moving account of the birth of Greenpeace was written by one of the movement’s first…Read more »

  • dotdotdash07: sacred

    ‘This is a local project worth keeping an eye on.’
    The West Australian

    ’I think it is the best looking magazine I have ever seen in Perth. Really professionally done, and gives that kind of synergy that comes from, you know, perfect text with perfect illustrations.’ Professor Brian Dibble

    dotdotdash07 is about personal experiences…Read more »

    Price $12.00 Add to cart

  • The Waterboys

    by Peter Docker

    ‘The Waterboys is a fist-clenching and nail-biting re-imagining of Australian history; what is, what could have been, or what really was.’ — Howard Pedersen, author of
    Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance.

    Conway inhabits an apocalyptic future in a continent caught up in a violent struggle for control of water. He is a whitefulla whose heart…Read more »

    Price $27.95 Add to cart

  • Brothers: Justice, Corruption and the Mickelbergs

    by Antonio Buti

    When somebody swindled the Perth Mint out of gold worth more than half a million dollars — local police thought they had the culprits. The Mickelberg brothers, Ray, Peter and Brian, were their prime suspects. Already accused of defrauding millionaire Alan Bond by manufacturing a phony gold nugget, the Mickelbergs were tried and convicted despite the…Read more »

    Price $32.95 Add to cart

  • Brothers: Justice, Crime and the Mickelbergs eBook

    by Antonio Buti

    When somebody swindled the Perth Mint out of gold worth more than half a million dollars — local police thought they had the culprits. The Mickelberg brothers, Ray, Peter and Brian, were their prime suspects. Already accused of defrauding millionaire Alan Bond by manufacturing a phony gold nugget, the Mickelbergs were tried and convicted despite the…Read more »

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  • Boat People

    by Carina Hoang

    Published by Carina Hoang Communications

    The years 1975 to 1996 were witness to the largest mass migration in modern history when more than a million people left war-torn Vietnam by boat in search of safety.

    Thousands perished when their boats fell apart en route, others succumbed to starvation, dehydration and cold-blooded attacks by Thai…Read more »

    Price $45.00 Add to cart

  • Greater Expectations: Living with Down syndrome in the 21st century

    by Jan Gothard

    Down syndrome is the most common cause of intellectual disability in Australia and renowned child health expert Professor Fiona Stanley calls Greater Expectations THE book to read if you have a child with Down syndromeRead more »

    Price $26.95 Add to cart

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Rainbow Jackets

by Elaine Forrestal

$14.95 Add to cart

Outdoor Reading in Freo

The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.

Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading

When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au