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A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr by David Alder
$4.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Non Fiction | Series: Picture Book Biography Ser.
The story of the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Banksia Lady: Celia Rosser - Botanical Artist by Carolyn Landon
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biography Ser.
Banksia Lady is the story of Celia Rosser, internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, who dedicated her life to painting the entire genus of Banksia, the only artist to have done so. Her dedication to the task put her at the centre of the Monash Banksia Project for twenty-five years, and culminate ...Show more
Cathy Goes to Canberra - Doing Politics Differently by Cathy McGowan
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biography Ser.
Whenever anyone tells you that only the big parties or star candidates have a chance of winning a seat in federal parliament, just say 'Cathy McGowan'. Running as a community-backed independent candidate, Cathy won the previously safe Liberal seat of Indi in 2013 and again in 2016 and passed Indi on to ...Show more
Democratic Adventurer: Graham Berry and the Making of Australian Politics by Sean Scalmer
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Biography Ser.
Graham Berry (1822-1904) was colonial Australia's most gifted, creative and controversial politician. A riveting speaker, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and the founder of Australia's first mass political party, he wielded these tools to launch an age of reform: spearheading the adoption of a 'prote ...Show more
Dictionary of World Biography, 7th edition by Barry JONES
$90.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: ANU Lives Series in Biography Ser.
Weaves historical facts with perspective on the subjects and the influence they had on theirs and on modern times. Gain a unique insight into the life and times of important identities, cultural icons and controversial characters, including Shakespeare, Freud, Mari I, Nero, Matisse and Pol Pot.
Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra (1955 - 1964) by Paul Genoni, Tanya Dalziell
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biography Ser.
WINNER OF 2019 NONFICTION PM'S PRIZE Half the Perfect World is a social and literary account of the expatriate artist community on the Greek island of Hydra from 1955 to 1964, and is richly illustrated by LIFE Magazine eye-witness photographer James Burke. Fostered by celebrated Australian literary cou ...Show more
Here I Stand - A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Classic Biography Ser.
"I cannot and will not recant!...Here I stand." This authoritative and inspiring story paints a vivid portrait of the crusader who spearheaded the Reformation. Considered one of the most readable biographies of Martin Luther, this volume looks at the German religious reformer and his influence on Wester ...Show more
Intrepide - Australian Women Artists in Early Twentieth-Century France by Clem Gorman; Therese Gorman
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biography Ser.
It is hard for us to imagine the oppressed lives of single women in the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a few Australian women took a leap into the unknown and carved careers for themselves in Paris. They studied, painted, and haunted galleries and salons. They had a little fun too, at social g ...Show more
Jacob Elordi - Issue #6 by C. H. Mitford
$9.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Non Fiction | Series: Scoop! the Unauthorized Biography Ser.
Jacob Elordi is on his way to superstar status- From his breakout role as Noah in The Kissing Booth to his steamy HBO debut in Euphoria followed by an ad campaign for Calvin Klein underwear, things are really starting to heat up for this Aussie actor. But what's next? Get the full Scoop! and more on ...Show more
Maestro John Monash : Australia's Greatest Citizen General: Our Greatest Citizen General by Tim Fischer
$29.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Biography Ser.
"A perfected modern battle plan is like nothing so much as a score for an orchestral composition, where the various arms and units are the instruments, and the tasks they perform are their respective musical phrases. Every individual unit must make its entry precisely at the proper moment and play its p ...Show more
Seven Big Australians - Adventures with Comic Actors by Anne Pender
$29.95 AUD
Category: Stage and Screen | Series: Biography Ser.
Comic actors have made a particularly strong contribution to cultural life in Australia over the past sixty years. They have brought a range of memorable characters to the stage, television and film; they have transformed our image of ourselves, helped to overturn the crippling cultural cringe, and brou ...Show more
Tell Me I'm Okay: A Doctor's Story by David Bradford
$29.95 AUD
Category: Health | Series: Biography Ser.
'Throughout my years of practice, people have often asked me why I decided to specialise in sexual health. The question is not surprising given that sexual health doctors are not held in the same regard as those who work in other medical specialties ... We sexual health physicians don't grow rich, but w ...Show more