Melbourne Books: 26 books
Prince of Penzance
The Extraordinary 2015 Melbourne Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
24 horses lined up for the running of the 155th Melbourne Cup. At 100-1 Prince Of Penzance was the equal outsider, backed mainly by those hoping for a fairy-tale. A popular female jockey aboard when no woman had ever won the race before. A country bloke who had risen through the ranks from humble...
Career Interrupted
How 14 Successful Women Navigate Career Breaks
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
How do women defy the odds and get their careers back on track after a break? How do women manage the mummy mafia at the school gate? Is there a motherhood penalty? Can women really have it all - a successful career and a rewarding family life? Does overseas experience really accelerate your career...
The Secret Love Letters
A Family History
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
In The Secret Love Letters: A Family History, the author delves into the history of her Spanish ancestors, the once-illustrious San Miguels, and uncovers the forbidden love affair that tore the family apart.
Fay Johnston told her daughter of a collection of letters she had kept hidden away...
Mary Gaunt
Independent Colonial Woman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
This is a rare biography of the pioneering Australian author, Mary Gaunt.
Born on the Victorian Goldfields in Chiltern in 1861, Mary was well-educated and well-connected. She was a tomboy and a rebel - her father encouraged her, her mother disapproved. One of the first female students to attend...
by Timothy Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Dr Thomas McMahon, a self-assured and ambitious Australian environmentalist, journeys into the Philippines, intending to 'save' the tribal peoples of Mindanao and their mountain environment from the exploitation of Horizon Mining Corporation (HMC). Instead, the country changes him in ways that he...
Cynthia Nolan
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Cynthia Reed, single mother, psychiatric nurse, novelist and connoisseur, married Sidney Nolan in Sydney in 1948. England served as their home base from 1953 till her death in 1976, territory charted in her four travel books.
This biography is drawn from her books in depth and from her intimate...
The Remarkable Mr Morrison
The Virtuosity and Versatility of Australia's Master Musician
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The Remarkable Mr Morrison delves into the life and musicality of James Morrison, one of Australia's most internationally acclaimed musicians. It follows not only his transformation from tearful primary school boy to supremely confident performer, but also explores the nature and development of his...
The Prince and the Assassin
Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The engrossing real life story of how Queen Victoria's favourite son, Prince Alfred, undertook the most ambitious Royal tour, only for Australia's overwhelming joy of having the first Royal on its shores jolted by his decadent behaviour, then shocked by an attempted assassination by a man trained...
Pelletier
The Forgotten Castaway of Cape York
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
This book tells the story of a French cabin boy, Narcisse Pelletier, and his life with the Uutaalnganu people of north-east Cape York from 1858 to 1875. Even though it is all but forgotten in Australia, and in France is known only in its broad outlines, Pelletier's story rivals that of the famous...
Sideways to the Top
10 Stories of Successful Women That Will Change Your Thinking About Careers Forever
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Sideways to the Top is a thought provoking book that explores how 11 women challenged the status quo and took alternative career pathways to the top.
The 10 case studies challenge many of the generalisations and stereotypes about how women achieve success, told through the stories of a diverse...
Me and My Mentor
How Mentoring Supercharged the Careers of 11 Extraordinary Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
How important is mentoring in accelerating my career success and helping me realise my potential? Why are men more likely to have mentors than women? How do I proactively pursue a mentoring relationship? What is more effective - formal mentoring programs or informal mentoring relationships?
Me...
by John Bois
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The Dingoes reached the climax of their Australian success in 1974 with their self-titled LP and singles Way Out West and Boy on the Run. They were inducted in the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2009.
This is the story of the Dingoes' one chance to make it big on the international stage. It is a rollicking...
Solomon's Noose
The True Story of Her Majesty's Hangman of Hobart
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
The story of a young convict, Solomon Blay, who became Her Majesty's hangman in Van Diemen's Land; the man who personally had to deliver an Empire's judgment on 200 men and women, and endured his own noose of personal demons and demonisation in order to "survive"; all in the context of the...
Out of the Well
My battle with school bullying and severe depression
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This is a truly courageous book. Lisa tells us what it is like to be the victim of extreme school bullying and what it was like to be hospitalized, institutionalized and homeless. Lisa also had the courage to stand up to those who bullied her and the school that failed in its duty of care, by taking her case to court and winning.
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