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A Fortunate Life by A B Facey
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
First sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer, farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then being rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy. He survived Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, lost a son in the Second World War ...Show more
A Fortunate Life: Edition for Young Readers by A B Facey
19.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Bert Facey saw himself as an ordinary man, but his remarkable story reveals an extraordinary life lived to the full.Bert Facey was a battler, ever optimistic and hopeful despite the hardships of his lfe. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration.This edi ...Show more
A Fortunate Life (MP3) by A.B. Facey
44.95 AUD
Category: Audio Books
Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one. A true ...Show more
A Guide to the Good Life - The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B Irvine
32.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: near fine
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, a ...Show more
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James B. Comey
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey pr ...Show more
A History of the World in 10 Dinners - 2,000 Years, 100 Recipes by Victoria Flexner; Jay Reifel; Jessica B. Harris (Foreword by)
125.00 AUD
Category: Food Cooking Wine
For every lover of food culture, this scrupulously researched and accessible cookbook presents one-of-a-kind dinner parties inspired by seminal moments in culinary history.In ten chapters--each an important moment in food history, from Ancient Rome to Al-Andalus in Spain, from the Ethiopian Empire to ni ...Show more
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko
18.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
This book presents an introduction to the many fascinating ways poetic forms take shape. As Robert Frost once said, 'Poetry without rules is like a tennis match without a net'. In this splendid and playful volume, acclaimed poetry anthologist Paul Janeczko and Caldecott Honor illustrator Chris Raschka p ...Show more
A Medal for Leroy by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army. A novel about families, identity and loss by bestselling award-winning author of WAR HORSE. Michael doesn't remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn' ...Show more
A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich by Christopher B. Krebs
22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
This, the riveting story of the Germania, tells of its incarnations and exploitations through the ages. The pope wanted it, Montesquieu used it and the Nazis pilfered an Italian noble's villa to get it: the Germania, by the Roman historian Tacitus, took on a life of its own as both an object and an ideo ...Show more
A Rage in Harlem by Chester B. Himes
22.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police and desperately racing t ...Show more
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past half century are revealing that we live in a world driv ...Show more
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians ha ...Show more