The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock
In death, AC/DC’s trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon, and the legend of the man known around the world simply as “Bon” grows with each...
Australia
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Author:Fink, JesseSummary: -
Author:Disher, GarrySummary:Now that they are lovers, Challis and Destry must guard their affections closely, for romantic relationships are against department regulations. This complicates matters as they investigate the brutal assault on a private school...
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:Phryne Fisher is bored. Life appears to be too easy, too perfect. Her household is ordered, her love life is pleasant, the weather is fine. And then a man from her past arrives at the door. It is Alan Lee from the carnival. Alan and his...
- Author:Wilkinson, CaroleSummary:
Ned Kelly was a thief, a bank robber and a murderer. He was in trouble with the law from the age of 12. He stole hundreds of horses and cattle. He robbed two banks. He killed three men. Yet, when Ned was sentenced to death, thousands of...
- Author:Corris, PeterSummary:
Cliff rubs elbows with Sydney's blue bloods in his latest case, involving murder threats received by a woman filing for divorce.
- Author:Jaggard, Ed. EditorSummary:
Explains how and why surf lifesaving enjoys iconic status across Australia, and remains relevant and popular today. Covers all aspects of surf lifesaving; including technology, competition, membership, and the professionalism of the...
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Author:Yalom, Irvin D.Summary:Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. Not simply a man's life story, this is Yalom's...
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Author:Liam HoulihanSummary:Unpacks the compelling psychological riddles, inspired investigations and sensational plot twists of 13 sordid contemporary homicides.
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:Searching for the murderer of a famous author, sexy, sassy Phryne Fisher goes undercover and is up to her ears in fashion gossip and office politics. Phryne is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator...
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Selected material from the ABC programs. Actual recordings of the sounds of war, political crises, tragic disasters, voices of protest and other evocative moments on radio.
- Author:Parry, BronwynSummary:
Detectives Isabella and Alec lead the search for a child kidnapped from an Australian country town, but they soon realise that Isabella's safety is also in danger.
- Author:Gough, ErinSummary:
A fiercely funny, queer romantic comedy about two girls who can't stand each other, but join forces in a grand feminist plan to expose harassment and inequality at their elite private school. Harriet Price is the perfect student:...
- Author:Tilley, GeoffSummary:
By thirty Geoff Tilley had attained his Foreign-Going Master Certificate, the highest qualification in the merchant marine. Not long after he took a job with the Fremantle Stevedoring Company. Soon he was the youngest and highest paid...
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Author:Knafla, Louis A., Westra, HaijoSummary:Delgamuukw. Mabo. Ngati Apa. Recent cases have created a framework for litigating Aboriginal title in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The distinguished group of scholars whose work is showcased here, however, shows that our...
- Author:Buttrose, Larry, Brierley, SarooSummary:
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Eventually adopted by a couple in Australia, he always wondered about his origins. The advent of Google Earth finally gave him the opportunity to look for his former...
- Author:Clacy, EllenSummary:
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 is an account of Clacy's visit with her brother to the Victorian goldfields. It combines detailed description with features of real dramatic interest and gives a lively...
- Author:McKinley, TamaraSummary:
Surviving a vicious massacre, the Aboriginal boy, Mandawuy is the last of his tribe. He will face the ultimate choice - to join with the white man, or to rebel alongside the warriors who are waging a war against them, pitting their...
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Author:Sulari GentillSummary:Historical crime fiction which brings together art, money, crime, politics and treason in an extraordinary tale set in Australia's Great Depression of the 1930s.
- Author:Tench, WatkinSummary:
Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet in January 1788. He was in his late twenties, a captain of the marines, and on the advanture of his life. Insatiably curious, with a natural genius for storytelling, Tench...
- Author:STEPHENS, TonySummary:
Sir William Deane was Governor-General during a time of great change in this country-political, economic and social. He was a unifying force throughout; and even those who may have disagreed with some of his views recognised that he...
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