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Hetty: A True Story
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 »
Price $19.95
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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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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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Aussie Legends
by Tom Baddeley with illustrations by Tracey Gibbs
The story of Australia is full of amazing facts,
Of men and women, young and old, and their amazing acts…Discover the stories of six famous — and infamous — Aussies in rollicking rhyme. From divas to rabblerousers, explorers to sports stars, on two legs and four, this is history minus the boring bits! Read more »
Price $19.95
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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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The Last of the Nomads
by W J Peasley
‘Peasley’s description of the events…is informative, compassionate, exciting and at times deeply moving.’ —Don Grant, Australian Book Review
‘The intriguing story of [the rescue of an elderly couple believed to be the last Australian nomads] and how they survived alone for the previous 30 years or so in the unrelenting western Gibson Desert…Read more »
Price $22.95
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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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Consuming Pleasures: Australia and the International Drug Business
by John Rainford
Consuming Pleasures traces the international and Australian history of licit and illicit drug use.
It examines why we consume and what we consume, as well as the way in which consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade.
It also looks at drug use from an Australian perspective, going back to our own opium-growing industry and the…Read more »
Price $29.95
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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
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Fremantle Impressions
by Ron Davidson
Get the new edition of Fremantle Impressions, the book that explores the character and charm of Fremantle,its rich and colourful array of stories, people and places.
Vividly brought to life in a fascinating stroll around town and back through history by long-time resident, writer and raconteur, Ron DavidsonRead more »
Price $24.95
From the Catalogue
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things