Jonathan Brown: 33 books

'I broke some bones and I copped some head knocks.� But if I had my time again I would not change a thing.' Three premierships, three club best-and-fairests, two All Australian selections and a Coleman Medal: Jonathan Brown knows footy, and he has stories to tell. Browny grew up around country football...

Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who lived and worked in the countryside as farmers, laborers, landowners, village tradesmen and professionals – for most of us have rural ancestors. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy, these people have rarely been written...

With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and '30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive. Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some turned to new crops, with new markets emerging...

Three premiership wins, three-time club best and fairest winner, two-time All Australian and winner of the Coleman Medal: Jonathan Brown knows footy, and he knows success. Browny's head-first on-field leadership style, coupled with an outstanding highlights reel, earned him the respect of the entire...

Does untidiness plague your life? Is disorder in your home or workplace costing you time and money? Is it draining your physical and emotional energy? Do you find yourself constantly resolving to do better, only to see your determination weaken within a matter of days? Has this situation gone on for...

Taurus reedita esta obra sobre la construcción del palacio del Buen Retiro firmada por dos de los más prestigiosos hispanistas del mundo: Jonathan Brown y sir John Elliot. Una obra profusamente ilustrada en la que se entremezclan el arte y la política del siglo XVII y el Palacio pasa a ser un escaparate...

From jellyfishermen and rat farmers to shared consciousness dating and tree top homes, 13 of the best up-coming writers have given their views and vision of the future of England through their short stories.The short story project England's Future History was started to create a timeline...

When Desiree Doppelganger walks into the offices of Mortimer-Crasher, her feather boa and flirtations with "Pretty Eyes" aren't the only things heating up the office. Lou and his partners take on the search for Desiree's missing prized pooch, Boots. What should be a walk in the doggie park quickly moves...

Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues.  The theoretical and...

The old-time shepherd – lamb in one hand, crook in the other – is an emblem of sturdiness, dependability and independence. He was one of the most important men on the farm, responsible for the care and well-being of the flock, with which he might need to spend days and nights out in open pastures....

A ride on a steam train is a popular family outing. More than 100 heritage railways cater for that demand, capturing the spirit of nostalgia while preserving the engines and equipment of past days of rail travel. Their interests even extend to the modern era of 1960's - 70's diesels. Those...

In 2014 Sebastian Harwood discovers an ancient mask in an Egyptian tomb, driven by an unknown force he discovers that the mask has the ability to make nightmares become real and manifest in the waking world.

New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...

As Castro’s democratic reform movement veered off course, a revolution that seemed to signal the death knell of dictatorship in Latin America brought about its tragic opposite. Jonathan C. Brown examines in forensic detail how the turmoil that rocked a small Caribbean nation in the 1950s became one of the century’s most transformative events.