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Barefoot reporter: the best of the Richard Hughes columns from the Far Eastern Economic Review 1971-83
By Richard Hughes, Mike MacLachlan. 1984
The life of Richard Hughes spanned nearly eight decades, most of them spent as one of Asia's leading foreign correspondents.…
The hilarious, the touching, the macabre: Hughes reported it all in his regular column in "the Far Eastern Economic Review.".Memoirs of Tilly Aston: Australia's blind poet, author and philanthropist
By Matilda Ann Aston. 1993
An autobiography of the Australian poet, author and philanthropist who was blind by the age of seven. She describes her…
work for the blind, and her difficulties in gaining acceptance as a blind teacher. She also writes of her literary work and relates her experience as an Esperantist.With Paulus at Stalingrad
By Tony Le Tissier, Wilhelm Adam, Otto Ru¨hle. 2015
Colonel Wilhelm Adam, senior ADC to General Paulus, commander of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, wrote a compelling and…
controversial memoir describing the German defeat, his time as a prisoner of war with Paulus, and his conversion to communism. Now, for the first time, his German text has been translated into English.Sheeds: a touch of cunning
By Tom Prior. 1995
Jihadi John: the making of a terrorist
By Robert Verkaik. 2016
The only journalist to interview 'Jihadi John' reveals how Mohammed Emwazi went from London teenager to world's most wanted terrorist.…
When Islamic State's black-masked executioner, 'Jihadi John', was revealed to be Mohammed Emwazi, a 26-year-old IT graduate from west London, senior security editor Robert Verkaik was shaken more than most. In 2010 he'd interviewed this man. At the time Emwazi had claimed MI5 were ruining his life. He was desperate for his story to be told, believing that going public might force the security services to leave him alone. Verkaik's investigation into the making of 'Jihadi John' leads him to the disturbing questions that Emwazi left behind. What led him, and many other young Muslim men, to come to Verkaik for help in the first place? And why do hundreds of other Britons wish to join Islamic State? Frightening, thought provoking and urgent, Jihadi John assesses the threat IS poses to the UK and examines how the actions of our security services might help create the same enemy we're trying to defeat.In search of the miraculous: fragments of an unknown teaching
By P. D Uspenskii. 2001
Lucky child: a daughter of Cambodia reunites with the sister she left behind
By Loung Ung. 2006
"After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten year old Loung…
Ung became the "lucky child", the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to overcome dogged memories of violence and the deep scars of war. In alternating chapters, she gives voice to Chou, the beloved older sister whose life in war-torn Cambodia so easily could have been hers. Highlighting the harsh realities of chance and circumstance in times of war as well as in times of peace, Lucky Child is ultimately a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and to the salvaging strength of family bonds."Baby Benjamin's impressions
By Susan Oxenham. 2015
Ian Clunies Ross: a biography
By Marjory O'Dea. 1997
Ian Clunies Ross was an Australian scientist and founder of the CSIRO, the man Sir Robert Menzies claimed was the…
greatest PR man that Australian science ever had. Langridge's biography celebrates his achievements and character.Remembering Anita Cobby: the case, the husband, the aftermath - 30 years on
By Mark Morri. 2016
John Cobby finally tells his story, 30 years after the murder of his wife, Anita. On 4 February 1986, John…
Cobby's life imploded. He was driving up the coast looking for his missing wife, Anita, when over the radio he heard: 'The body of a naked woman has been found in a paddock in western Sydney.' . . . As details emerged of the rape and murder of the gentle nurse and former beauty queen, outrage engulfed Australia. Five men were caught and, amid unprecedented security, jailed for life. For young reporter Mark Morri, the case was a baptism of fire. Told to 'find the husband', he despaired: Cobby had changed his name and disappeared. But the Daily Mirror found him, and Morri's interviews sold like hotcakes. For nearly 30 years, Morri and Cobby kept in touch. In this book John finally opens up, recounting how he and Anita fell in love, suffered the pain of miscarriage and then went travelling. He also explains why they were apart at the time of the murder. Weaving in chilling material from the autopsy and police files, and interviews with detectives who hunted down the killers, Mark Morri explores the ripple effects of the murder that still shocks a nation.The Awful disclosures
By Maria Monk. 2007
I cannot banish the scenes and characters of this book from my memory. To me it can never appear like…
an amusing fable, or lose its interest and importance. The story is one which is continually before me, and must return fresh to my mind with painful emotions as long as I live. With time, and Christian instruction, and the sympathy and examples of the wise and good, I hope to learn submissively to bear whatever trials are appointed for me, and to improve under them all.Sex worker, fashion designer, anti-censorship activist, fierce campaigner, political lobbyist and Member of Parliament - Fiona Patten's life has been…
nothing if not eventful. From her early days as an AIDS-HIV educator and activist and CEO of Australia's national adult goods and services lobby group, the Eros Association, Fiona has always fought hard for what she believed in. But all too often, she has come face to face with apathy and deeply-roooted conservatism. Frustrated and deeply disappointed by the lack of social change and progress around censorship, drug law reform, euthanasia and same-sex marriage, Fiona set up and registered the Australian Sex Party in 2009. The Sex Party led with a strong focus on civil libertarian and personal freedom issues, and Fiona became the first Leader of a political party to call for a Royal Commission into child sex abuse in religious institutions. In 2014, Fiona contested and won an upper house seat representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in Victoria. Since her election, Fiona has successfully instigated landmark parliamentary inquiries and legislation, including Australia's largest public inquiry into drug law reform, voluntary assisted dying laws, the legalisation of ridesharing, safe access zones for abortion clinics and the introduction of a bill for a medically supervised injecting centre. In August 2017, the Australian Sex Party was dissolved to make way for Reason, a movement of radical common sense. Sex, Drugs and the Electoral Roll is the entertaining and inspiring story of how one woman used her own radical common sense to speak truth to power and fight for change.KB: a life in football
By Kevin Bartlett, Rhett Bartlett. 2011
Kevin Bartlett played 403 games for the Richmond Football Club and was one of its biggest stars during a golden…
era of five premierships in 13 years, who parted the club amid tremendous acrimony and did not return for more than 15 years.Frank Costa: family, faith and footy
By Des Tobin. 2006
Des Tobin's critically acclaimed biography of prominent businessman and Geelong Football Club President Frank Costa. The book traces the history…
of the Costa family; Frank's childhood and teenage years in Geelong; the commencement and growth of the Costa family business; Costa's faith and family life; his work for the Geelong Community and his lifelong passion for the Geelong Football Club.Playing it my way: my autobiography
By Sachin Tendulkar, Boria Majumdar. 2014
The greatest run-scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after an astonishing 24 years at the…
top. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all time, he received the Bharat Ratna Award - India's highest civilian honour - on the day of his retirement. Now Sachin Tendulkar tells his own remarkable story - from his first Test cap at the age of 16 to his 100th international century and the emotional final farewell that brought his country to a standstill. When a boisterous Mumbai youngster's excess energies were channelled into cricket, the result was record-breaking schoolboy batting exploits that launched the career of a cricketing phenomenon. Before long Sachin Tendulkar was the cornerstone of India's batting line-up, his every move watched by a cricket-mad nation's devoted followers. Never has a cricketer been burdened with so many expectations; never has a cricketer performed at such a high level for so long and with such style - scoring more runs and making more centuries than any other player, in both Tests and one-day games. And perhaps only one cricketer could have brought together a shocked nation by defiantly scoring a Test century shortly after terrorist attacks rocked Mumbai. His many achievements with India include winning the World Cup and topping the world Test rankings. Yet he has also known his fair share of frustration and failure - from injuries and early World Cup exits to stinging criticism from the press, especially during his unhappy tenure as captain. Despite his celebrity status, Sachin Tendulkar has always remained a very private man, devoted to his family and his country. Now, for the first time, he provides a fascinating insight into his personal life and gives a frank and revealing account of a sporting life like no other.Brave hearts
By Kevin Walters. 1999
What are the odds?: the Bill Waterhouse story
By Bill Waterhouse. 2009
My home in L'Arche: stories from L'Arche communities in Australia
By Geoffrey Rigby, Stephen Rigby, David Treanor. 2014
Within our L'Arche Communities in Australia we have developed a Remembering, Celebrating and Dreaming process that encourages core members and…
companions from within the Community to spend time together getting to know each other, dreaming about plans for the future and celebrating lives together. Often a core member may not have been afforded an opportunity to share some aspects of their lives or to talk about issues that worry them or what they would like to do to make their lives comfortable. Spending time, listening and sharing stories helps to facilitate this process and provides an opportunity to share some of these memories and dreams with the broader Community, families and friends.Konin: a quest
By Theo Richmond. 1995
In 1939 the Polish town of Konin vanished in the wake of Nazi occupation. Twenty-five years later, Theo Richmond set…
out to find what he could about that vanished world. He traveled across the United States, Europe, and Israel, tracing survivors and sifting through archives and the stories of those he interviewed. A project he thought would take six months took seven years. Finally he confronted the Konin of today. Interweaving past and present, Konin tells the story of one community--how it began, how it flourished, and how it ended--and in the process re-creates the precariousness, anguish and necessity of human memory.Memories of guiding: a collection of stories to celebrate the Centenary of Guiding in Australia : 1910-2010
By Margaret Taylor, Jill Johnston. 2009