The original autobiography of a 20th century Australian superstar, updated with a new biographical chapter covering the time from its publication in 1985 to his death in 2008, and almost to the present day. It includes more than 200 photos and illustrations.
Paper Paradise: Do what you want to do is a roller coaster ride through the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the ’60s and ’70s to the high-flying business world of the ’80s and into the ’90s and beyond—with someone who lived it all.
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.
On 2 July, multi-millionaire Ghislaine Maxwell - Jeffrey Epstein’s former lover and a close friend of Prince Andrew’s and ex-President Donald Trump’s - was arrested in new Hampshire on charges relating to the serial abuse of underage girls.
How one man telegraphed Australia to the modern world
In 1855 Charles Todd had a bold dream to build a telegraph line across Australia to connect it to the world. By 1870, Singapore had joined the global network: now for Australia. Todd and his men succesfully erected thousands of telegraph poles - one every 80 metres - across land that was relentlessly inhospitable and largely unknown to them.
Charles Martin and the Foundation of Biological Science in Australia
Charles Martin was an Englishman who made a lasting impact on Australian science in the first half of the twentieth century. This illustrated book describes his life and various breakthroughs, as head of the Lister institute, in the allied forces in WW2, and on myxomatosis with the CSIRO. He brought modern experimental science to Australia.
Karina Stell’s moving memoir details the journey from her first to her fourth and final cancer diagnosis through to her ultimate palliation. She wrote this book for everyone who would find themselves on a similar journey, for their loved ones, and for those who work in the haematology/oncology field who must never forget the importance of ......
The name Gaze brings to mind one of Australia’s most successful sporting families. For decades Lindsay Gaze has been an integral part of Australian basketball, from player to coach, from rookie to seven Olympic Games campaigns.
The Naked Truth About Breast Cancer is an award-winning book for a reason. Its the extraordinary no-holds-barred story of the authors experience of breast cancer written and photographed as it happened.
