The Life and Times of the First Governor of Victoria
Every man and his dog has heard of La Trobe. But just who was Charles Joseph La Trobe? He is at once a household name and a mystery man. A man vilified by his opponents, and misunderstood by his modern admirers. This lavishly illustrated biography uncovers the man behind the public name, as not only an important colonial figure but an author ......
The career chronicle of a Senior Crown Prosecutor who helped convict murderers, rapists and child sex offenders, then turned 180 degrees and became a defence barrister. In her wake, a failed attempt by ICAC to undo her career, and a conga line of professional admirers.
33 Steps to achieve your wildest dreams and innermost desires
Be brave! Be more! Be all you are destined to be! Inspired by Alone author Michelle Lee’s mantra, the all-new Don’t Die Wondering goals journal is the perfect accompaniment for those who are dared and inspired by Michelle’s story in achieving one’s dreams and unlocking your full potential.
The first publication of the author's selected letters 1933-1937, gives us an insight into the working method and mind of the best-selling author, as he tries to grapple with the making of the Sidney Kidman story - The Cattle King. Man Tracks and several others. Presented and introduced by Dr David Paterson, with 86 letters contexted to their ......
Survivors' stories of hope from the aftermath of unimaginable trauma, abuse and burns
In the extraordinary new book, When bad things happen - good things grow. Dr. Susie O’Neill, founder of the KIDS Foundation, has compiled remarkable survivor stories of hope from the aftermath of unimaginable trauma, abuse and burns. These personal stories from children and adults, told in their own words.
Harold Larwood’s own version of the great 1932-1933 Ashes cricket series, with full scores and annotated photographs from his own collection. A cricket classic, first published in 1933. Harold Larwood was one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. But this will forever be overshadowed by his role in the cricketing controversy of the century, ......
Mudrooroo (aka Colin Johnson) had planned to write a multi-volume autobiography, but passed away in January 2019 shortly after completing the first installment, Tripping with Jenny. It is published here posthumously, marking the end of an illustrious literary career.
Whether you are a busy mum, wife, single woman, working in or outside of the home, studying, or just managing your day to day life right now, this journal is for you. I have designed it based on the many ideas I have personally found helpful in my own life, and the young people I teach. I hope they help you too. Sometimes, it can be helpful to ......
When, in March 2020, the Covid pandemic led the Government to impose a total lockdown on ordinary life, Gabriel Josipovici began to write a diary tracing his life under the new dispensation. 100 Days responds to the escalating crisis, as well as to the arrival of Spring and then of Summer on the South Downs, but it is mainly concerned with a kind ......
Beautifully illustrated book of Love Letters between Lee Miller and Roland Penrose begins when they first met at a fancy dress party, Paris 1937. Through the letters it tracks their love affair, adventures, creative work, the surrealist art movement, scandal and laughs to the background of a world that is building up to the beginning of WW II.
This is the first ever publication of the recently discovered Grand Tour journal of Edward Geoffrey Stanley (1799-1869), future 14th earl of Derby and three-time prime minister. In 1820-22 Stanley travelled throughout northern and central Italy and the Swiss Alps, recording the insights and experiences that were to shape his character.
Letters from the 1914 Ceasefire on the Western Front
The Christmas Truce of 1914 remains a moment of enduring fascination more than a century after the day the First World War guns fell silent. Now for the first time hundreds of eyewitness accounts of this most extraordinary date in history have been gathered together telling the story in their own words of the men who met in peace in No Man's Land.
On a November evening in 1989, Laura Levitt was raped in her own bed. Her landlord heard the assault taking place and called 911, but the police arrived too late to apprehend Laura’s attacker. When they left, investigators took items with them—a pair of sweatpants, the bedclothes—and a rape exam was performed at the hospital. ......
Cliff Edwards, a well-known Vincent Van Gogh author and scholar, explores Van Gogh's second gift--the surprising written works of Van Gogh in letters written to his brother, fellow artists, and friends.
In 1940 a seventeen year old girl called Carys Harding Browne comes of age in Adelaide, Australia. At St Mark's College, young, clever men meet together to share their love of poetry. However by December 1940, St Mark's College is leased to the Royal Australian Air Force as an embarkation depot. The Second World War is in earnest.
