A Lesson in Art and Life: The Colourful World of Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines by Hugh St Clair
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Cedric Morris (1889-1982) and Arthur Lett-Haines (known as Lett) (1894-1978) were an extraordinary couple who were at the centre of the Modern British art scene and were hugely influential across the spheres of gardening and cookery as well as art. After studying in Paris in the 1920s, they moved to Lon ...Show more
Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific - Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward by Jane Parker (Editor); Marian Baird (Editor); Noelle Donnelly (Editor); Rae Cooper (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Working women everywhere face discrimination. Inequality and lack of inclusion isreinforced through regulation, policy, behaviours and attitudes. Although there hasbeen progress in some countries, gender equality has yet to be achieved by anynation.This in-depth study examines the challenges faced by wo ...Show more
Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament by Margaret Wilson
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Margaret Wilson has always lived a political life. From her days as a child growing up in the Waikato in a Catholic family attuned to fairness, an unlikely law student in the 1960s in a class with a few other women, and an emerging socialist feminist who read radical texts and attended women’s conventio ...Show more
Never Stop: How Ange Postecoglou Brought the Fire by HAMISH CARTON
$44.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Never Stop is the story of how Australian manager Ange Postecoglou took Celtic from the edge of despair to the UEFA Champions League, via a domestic double in his debut season. Postecoglou arrived in Glasgow with virtually no reputation on this side of the world, but through his compelling media appeara ...Show more
Epic - The Real Aussie Spirit by Sam Beau Patrick
$59.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A pictorial book of Australia's largest rally on 12th February 2022 on Parliament House Australia. Maybe you were there? Maybe you heard about it from friends or family? Or maybe you had no idea that it occurred? If you were there, you will already know this was one of the BIGGEST rallies ever held ...Show more
Thank You Elisabeth: Self-awareness when working with people at the end of life by Sue Marsden
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
When beginning her career in Palliative Medicine, the author first met Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. This meeting introduced her to the importance of being aware of one's own emotional issues when working with people who are suffering. As Elisabeth said, "You need to deal with your own sh*t first". The book ...Show more
My Teacher's Name is Love: Some Poems for Prem by Victor Marsh
$24.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
A collection of poems examining love, self, devotion, and opening to a wider cosmos. Whimsical, meditative, rapturous, these poems are a contemporary expression of spirit. there, wobbling on the wire of my neighbour's rooftop aerial backlit against the early summer sky this young magpie riffs, delirious ...Show more
Katherine Parr - Opportunist, Queen, Reformer: a Theological Perspective by Don Matzat
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Don Matzat here provides a new perspective on the life of Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of the infamous Henry VIII. While most biographers suggest that Katherine chose to marry the obese, irascible monarch in order to further some reformation or obey a divine imperative, the author goes again ...Show more
Alistair Cooke's America - The 50th Anniversary Edition by Alistair Cooke; Justin Webb (Foreword by)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Biography
For more than sixty years Alistair Cooke wrote and broadcast on every facet of American life with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his 'personal history' of America, the best-selling book that accompanied his legendary BBC television series which was first broadcast in November 1972. It has sold ove ...Show more
Scrum Queens - The Story of Women's Rugby by Ali Donnelly
$49.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Scrum Queens: The Story of Women's Rugby, from 1880 to the present day charts the fascinating journey of women's rugby, from widespread social disapproval to the modern era of Olympic recognition and professionalism. Along the way, the book takes in all the major moments in the history of the women's g ...Show more
Michael Collins - Ireland's Rebel Son by David Butler; Mario Corrigan; Fiona Boniwell (Other)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A thrilling tale of passion, courage and determination. Michael Collins became a hero: a soldier, a freedom-fighter, a ghost: Ireland's Rebel Son. In life, in death, a legend. Raised on songs and stories of Irish heroes and the struggle for Irish independence, young Michael Collins was sworn into the I ...Show more
Downfall - The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond
$49.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well-connected mayor of genteel Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who he thought was blackmailing him. They were then riveted by the trial that followed.Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left the country, o ...Show more