{"title":"Australian (Nonfiction)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"kings-in-grass-castles-by-mary-durack","title":"Kings in Grass Castles by Mary Durack","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen Patrick Durack left Western Ireland\u003cbr\u003efor Australia in 1853, he was to found a dynasty \u003cbr\u003eof pioneers, and build an empire of cattle-land\u003cbr\u003eacross the great stretches of Australia.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHis grand-daughter, Mary Durack, with a \u003cbr\u003eprofound sense of family history, has rebuilt\u003cbr\u003ethe saga of the Durack's, a saga that is the\u003cbr\u003estory of Australia itself, huge, pioneering,\u003cbr\u003eand tremendous in concept.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(126, 8, 47);\"\u003e\"AN IMMENSELY READABLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(126, 8, 47);\"\u003eACCOUNT OF PIONEER AUSTRALIA\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(126, 8, 47);\"\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eAustralia - Nonfiction - Biography - Memoir - Classics - Travel - Historical\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eFirst published 1959. Reprinted 1985 by Corgi Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e414\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e0552110558\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 250g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Durack, Mary","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperback (17.1 x 10.8 cm)","offer_id":41700716413014,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20240826_102704_2.jpg?v=1724648814"},{"product_id":"the-boy-in-the-dress-by-jonathan-butler","title":"The Boy in the Dress by Jonathan Butler","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(167, 132, 132);\"\u003e'Open-hearted, compelling and brilliantly researched.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(167, 132, 132);\"\u003eJANE RAWSON, author of \u003cem\u003eFrom the Wreck\u003cbr\u003eand A History of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eON A BALMY TOWNSVILLE NIGHT\u003cbr\u003eIN 1944, YOUNG SERVICEMAN WARWICK MEALE\u003cbr\u003eIS FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH UNDER A BRIDGE.\u003cbr\u003eThe army and police do not, or will not, conduct a proper investigation\u003cbr\u003eand history forgets the killer - until now. Nearly eighty years on,\u003cbr\u003eWarwick's descendant Jonathan Butler dusts off the case and chases\u003cbr\u003ethe leads that were there all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boy in the Dress\u003c\/em\u003e delicately exhumes secrets of life on the\u003cbr\u003ehome front during World War II, where tensions between\u003cbr\u003esoldiers boiled over, new expression of sexuality flourished\u003cbr\u003eand the threat of invasion catapulted the status quo into disarray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 137, 137);\"\u003eThe truth of this family legend, and little-known\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 137, 137);\"\u003echapter in Australian military history, is more complex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 137, 137);\"\u003eand engrossing than anyone could have imagined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNonfiction - Australia - True Crime - History - War - Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eVery good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003ePublished 2022 by Affirm Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e275\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e9781922626943\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 415g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Butler, Jonathan","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback: 22.9 x 15.2 cm","offer_id":41707710480470,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20240826_101008_2.jpg?v=1724648207"},{"product_id":"is-that-thing-diesel-one-man-one-bike-and-the-first-lap-around-australia-on-used-cooking-oil-by-paul-carter","title":"Is That Thing Diesel?: One man, one bike and the first lap around Australia on used cooking oil by Paul Carter","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAT FORTY YEARS OLD, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer\u003cbr\u003etoiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the\u003cbr\u003ecotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? Was he f**k!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWith his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to\u003cbr\u003etake it easy, what else would a middle-aged, bike-obsessed man want? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eYes, that's right, he'd want to be the first guy to ride around\u003cbr\u003eAustralia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that\u003cbr\u003eruns on used cooking oil, wouldn't he? Preferably without\u003cbr\u003egetting hit by a semi-trailer full of bridge parts.\u003cbr\u003eIs he out of his mind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eQuite possibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEmbark on a rollicking, downright dangerous and often\u003cbr\u003eunhinged quest that starts on an environmentally friendly\u003cbr\u003emotorcycle built on a shoestring budget by students,\u003cbr\u003eand ends with a plan to break the motorcycle land\u003cbr\u003espeed record for bio-fuel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCARTER IS BACK TO HIS OLD \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(236, 231, 36);\"\u003eBALLS-TO-THE-WALL\u003c\/span\u003e STYLE \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOF WRITING, PREPARE TO LAUGH OUT LOUD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNonfiction - Australia - Motorcycles - Travel - Memoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eVery good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e2010 by Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e266\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e9781741757026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 260g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Carter, Paul","offers":[{"title":"Standard Paperback (19.8 x 13 cm)","offer_id":41709162332246,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20240826_145328_2.jpg?v=1724648121"},{"product_id":"flying-the-kite-travels-of-an-australian-politician-by-john-button","title":"Flying the Kite: Travels of an Australian politician by John Button","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFLYING THE KITE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eJohn Button has long been known for his candour, humour\u003cbr\u003eand perceptive judgements of people, events and issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlying the Kite\u003c\/em\u003e gives him free rein. Based on his experiences\u003cbr\u003eas a travelling Australian politician in countries ranging\u003cbr\u003efrom the United States to India, from Ireland to Scandinavia,\u003cbr\u003eand from China to Vietnam, John Button writes on topics\u003cbr\u003eas varied as the fundamental changes in the Australian\u003cbr\u003eeconomy in the 1980s and our ability to operate in the\u003cbr\u003eglobal market place, to what really happens to the\u003cbr\u003einformation gathered on Ministerial and 'study' trips abroad.\u003cbr\u003e   He shares with us the experience of watching a Tasmanian\u003cbr\u003edelegation handing out apples at an international economic\u003cbr\u003esummit - but also looks at the sombre spectacle\u003cbr\u003eof the loss of American confidence in the 1980s.\u003cbr\u003eHe lifts layer after layer of the 'onion' that is Japan - and\u003cbr\u003egives us an all-too-rare look at the reality behind the facade.\u003cbr\u003eAnd he concludes with some iconoclastic views on some of\u003cbr\u003eour Asian neighbours.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cem\u003eFlying the Kite\u003c\/em\u003e will enlighten, amuse and inform us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNonfiction - Australia - Memoir - Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eFirst published 1994. 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They reveal a world of ruthlessly skilled politicians, timid bureaucrats, a cowed Opposition, outmanoeuvred top brass, subtle spin doctors--and the men and women arriving on rotten boats who found themselves ambushed at sea by an angry Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Victory\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling and provocative account of events that shattered many of the myths Australia has about itself and changed profoundly the way it is seen in the eyes of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNonfiction - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003ePolitics - Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e2003 by Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e350 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e1865089397\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 625g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Marr, David","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback: 22.9 x 15.1 cm","offer_id":42061354893398,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20250115_203038_2.jpg?v=1737344707"},{"product_id":"heart-soul-a-tribute-to-the-game-and-its-people-by-robert-shaw","title":"Heart \u0026 Soul: A Tribute to the Game and Its People by Robert Shaw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Shaw was raised in a Tasmanian football family. 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