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  • Cold War Test Pilot

    Surviving Crash Landings and Emergency Ejections: From Fast-Jets to Heavy Multi-Engine Aircraft

    by Ron Burrows ...
    A chief test pilot recounts his hair-raising experiences with the RAF in this detailed and often-witty memoir. Includes photos.The Falkland Islands had been invaded and a Task Force was already steaming south at full speed. On board the carriers were the Harriers that would provide essential aerial cover for the British troops and ships sent to recapture the islands. They would be entering ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Postie And The Priest A Look At Father Bob Maguire Through His Letterbox

    by Ron Burrows ...
    With its fifty-seven short, sharp chapters, a la 'Gargantua and Pantagruel,' The Postie And The Priest is a biography about the iconic Father Bob Maguire whose message could well be: "Love thy neighbour but don't become holier than thou whilst doing it." Ron, an impious postie who rides for the South Melbourne Disaster Centre, has no intention of doing that; in fact by introducing two most ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An American Exile

    by Ron Burrows ...
    Series series A Jack Easton 18th century adventure
    An American Exile is the first of three Jack Easton novels set in eighteenth century Dorset, in the British American colony of Maryland, and on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean. Finely written, a dramatic and exciting plot quickly unfolds as this irrepressible young Portland stonemason is wrongly convicted in the malicious hands of a corrupt Customs’ official and transported to the New World as ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Father Bob: The Larrikin Priest

    The Larrikin Priest

    by Sue Williams ...
    This is the life story of Father Bob Maguire - a rare behind-the-scenes look at the much-loved 'people's priest'. The enigmatic champion of the down-and-out was shaped by a lonely childhood in poor circumstances, an early priesthood that collided with the upheaval of Vatican 11 and working with the army during the Vietnam War. This is a lively portrait of the man behind the resilient social ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Shane Jacobson: The Long Road to Overnight Success

    From the star of the film Kenny, the story of his long road to overnight success.After the film 'Kenny' catapulted him to national and international fame, actor, writer, producer Shane Jacobson was told by people that he had a talent for acting. Which was great news as he'd been on the stage since the age of ten. Working in musical theatre, stand up comedy, radio, ads, and the occasional Boy Scout ... Read more

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  • Educating Alice

    by Alice Greenup ...
    A real-life 'The Farmer Wants a Wife'; the true story of how a city girl found love and a whole new life in the outback.What really happens when a city girl becomes a farmer's wife? If you're a fan of Rachael treasure, you'll love this memoir: a real-life outback love story that proves truth is even better than fiction ... A footloose city slicker who couldn't tell a bull from a cow was hardly the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Now I Can Dance

    by Tina Arena ...
    The updated edition of the national bestseller, celebrating Tina Arena's extraordinary 40 years in the music business.Honest and intimate, funny and frank, Now I Can Dance is the long-awaited memoir from the very special, much-loved singer, songwriter and pop diva, Tina Arena. Over the course of her extensive career, starting as an eight-year-old star of Young Talent Time, Tina has amassed a cache ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tour

    by Denise Scott ...
    Id always thought spiritual enlightenment would involve candles, meditative music and maybe even a happy faced person wearing an orange robe banging a gong occasionally. Never in my wildest imaginings did I expect it would happen when I was on all fours vomiting my guts out beside a sugar cane field in far north Queensland on Mothers Day.And so begins Denise Scotts riotous memoir about growing up ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • My Journey

    Unflinching in its honesty, My Journey is the extraordinary memoir of Jim Stynes: Irishman, footballer, Brownlow Medallist, Reach co-founder and former president of Melbourne Football Club whose very public battle with cancer touched the lives of everyone who knew him.When Jim was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 43, he was given nine months to live. The diagnosis caught him by surprise – and ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Twiggy

    The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest

    “Not just a terrific read, but an important life to have on the national record.” – George NegusThe swashbuckling West Australian entrepreneur Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest took on mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto at their own game – and won. In this unauthorised biography, Andrew Burrell traces Twiggy’s business triumphs and disasters to reveal the complicated man behind the myth. Why do his ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Stalking of Julia Gillard

    How the media and Team Rudd brought down the prime minister

    'Don't write crap. Can't be that hard. And when you have written complete crap, then I think you should correct it.' Julia GillardWhen Julia Gillard took the reins of the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010 she did so with the goodwill of the majority of her party and a fawning Canberra press gallery. The man she had supplanted, Kevin Rudd, led an isolated band of angry Labor voices at this ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Pleasure and Pain

    My life

    An electrifying updated edition of the bestselling memoir from the frontwoman of Divinyls and one of Australia's greatest rock singersBrave, funny, ferocious - there's never been anyone like Chrissy Amphlett. A true legend of Australian rock'n'roll, we are so lucky that she shared her raw, gripping and searingly honest story. In these pages, Chrissy spared no one - least of all herself. Taking us ... Read more

    $6.99 USD