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Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Plucked from an orphanage as an infant, Kerry Stokes grew up in the slums and streets of post-Depression Melbourne with his itinerant, adoptive parents. As a boy he trapped, skinned and sold rabbits to make ends meet, and seemed destined to a life of hardship and poverty. Today Stokes is one of Australi ...Show more
Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs by Margaret Simons; Malcolm Fraser
$44.99 AUD
Category: Political
Part memoir and part authorized biography, this account chronicles the life and governmental record of one of Australia's most interesting and possibly most misunderstood prime ministers--Malcolm Fraser. Tracing the story of a shy boy who grew to become one of the most persistent, insistent, and controv ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion And Principle - The Biography by Margaret Simons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from workplace relations to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide. In this first-ever biography of Penny Wong, a ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from climate change to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide.In this first-ever biography of Wong, acclaimed jou ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 77: Cry Me a River, The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin by Margaret Simons by Margaret Simons
$23.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay
The Murray-Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia, and it's in trouble. What does this mean for the future - for water and food, and for the people and towns that depend on it? In this Quarterly Essay, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the basin, all the way from Queensland ...Show more
Resurrection in a Bucket : Rich & Fertile Story of Compost by Margaret Simons
$27.00 AUD
Category: Gardens
One woman's slightly obsessed search for the history and meaning of compost.Say the word 'compost' at any social gathering and chances are you'll get a lively discussion. There might be a couple of faintly apologetic people who can't compost due to domestic circumstances, or a few who feign compliance o ...Show more
Six Square Metres : Reflections from a Small Garden by Margaret Simons
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gardens
Life lessons from the ground up. Sometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening. In this thoughtful and beautifully observe ...Show more
Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms by Margaret Simons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
A fascinating portrait of one of Australia's most influential women Elected to federal parliament aged just twenty-eight, Tanya Plibersek has lived almost half her life in the public eye - and is the longest-serving woman in Australia's House of Representatives. But how much do we know about what drives ...Show more
What's Next in Journalism? by Margaret Simons
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
For the first time in human history, most people in developed countries are able to publish their news and thoughts to the world within a few minutes of deciding to do so. Meanwhile, the big industrial-scale media organisations are in decline, and at the same time there is a new blog, website, or social ...Show more
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