With Love & Fury

With Love & Fury
Author: Judith Wright
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780642276254

This wide range of letters reminds us of Judith Wright's deep engagement with life, her love of the world (and of friends), and the fine fury that led her to battle so courageously on the world's behalf.

Slaughter Falls

Slaughter Falls
Author: Alix Bosco
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2011-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459622057

When Anna Markunas comes to Brisbane to watch a rugby test, two members of her tour party die sudden, violent deaths. Anna tries to track down the elusive family of one man, but each discovery about his past leads her further into the dark world of Queensland's corrupt underbelly. Soon Anna is running for her life ? she has discovered the secret...

The Coast

The Coast
Author: Chris Hammer
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0522862179

From the winner of the ACT Book of the year Award for his first book, The River, comes this celebration of the Australian seascape, from its natural grandeur to the quirky individualism of those who live beside it. It is also the heartfelt and pertinent story of the issues facing our coast today and the resilience of communities at a turning point. Chris Hammer travels the length of the east coast of Australia on a journey of discovery and reflection, from the Torres Strait to Tasmania; from an island whose beach has been lost forever to the humbling optimism of the survivors of Cyclone yasi; from the showy beaches of Sydney to a beautiful village that endures despite the loss of its fishing fleet. This is a relevant, satisfying and highly readable book, imbued with a sense of optimism and humour. Even as new economic imperatives emerge and the shift in our climate becomes apparent, we can revel in the heritage and character of our shores, reminding us why the coast is so important to all of us.

Don't Take Your Love to Town

Don't Take Your Love to Town
Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2023-05-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0702267929

Ruby Langford Ginibi' s remarkable talent for storytelling grabbed the attention of both black and white Australians when she released Don' t Take Your Love to Town, which has gone on to become a bestseller and is now a seminal work of Indigenous memoir. Don' t Take Your Love to Town is a story of courage in the face of poverty and tragedy. Ruby recounts losing her mother when she was six, growing up in a mission in northern New South Wales and leaving home when she was fifteen. She lived in tin huts and tents in the bush and picked up work on the land while raising nine children virtually single-handedly. Later she struggled to make ends meet in the Koori areas of Sydney. Don' t Take Your Love to Town is a brilliant memoir that will open your eyes and heart to an extraordinary woman' s story.

Unconventional Means

Unconventional Means
Author: Anne Richardson Williams
Publisher: Pearlsong Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2005-06-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1597190004

Shattered by family tragedy in the early 1960s, an upper-middle-class Southern teenager finds solace in art and literature. Decades later, she is called to the continent whose literature comforted her, and to a magical connection with an Aboriginal woman transcending race and half a world. A true story of a deep journey, Unconventional Means: The Dream Down Under contains Aboriginal traditional stories as told by Lorraine Mafi-Williams and original artwork by author Anne Richardson Williams. The Pearlsong Press edition of Unconventional Means is revised & updated from the 2000 In Circle Press edition. The ebook edition contains the complete text of the Pearlsong Press trade paperback, with color versions of the illustrations substituted for the black & white illustrations of the paperback. The ebook also contains a bonus section featuring color snapshots related to the author's spiritual travelogue.

Grow Like a Pro

Grow Like a Pro
Author: Dana Larsen
Publisher: Ed Rosenthal
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2004-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780932551603

"Grow like a Pro" is a collection of expert articles on cannabis cultivation, from one of the leading magazines on the subject, "Cannabis Culture." The featured writers are on the front lines of marijuana research and development. These premier breeders and grow experts -- including Ed Rosenthal, DJ Short, Hans, and DMT -- offer practical instructions that will benefit any size garden and level of experience. Information on marijuana culture around the world, including New Zealand, Australia, China, Russia, Afghanistan, and Jamaica is featured and subjects include pot potency, cloning, the wick method, and much more. The book is printed in a large format, with vivid color photographs for each article.

He Called Me By My Name

He Called Me By My Name
Author: Nadir Martello
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2007-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0595430945

He Called Me By My Name is the combination of two books: Book One: Over the Next Hill and Book Two: Courage and Hope. These books were written over an extended period: between the late '80s and 1998 for Book One and in 2005-2006 for Book Two. Book One: Over the Next Hill is the story of my life from my birth in Adria, Italy, to 1997 when our family left far north Queensland to find a home in New South Wales. The book relates the story of my childhood dreams and troubles, my travels and my struggle to find the meaning of my life. Book Two: Courage and Hope tells the story of our life in Lismore, both as parents and as a couple whose children have left home. Having achieved some of the purposes related in Book One: Over the Next Hill, I relate what happens in our family and how I came to terms with many of the questions of my youth.

Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism

Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism
Author: Vanessa Bible
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319704702

This book tells the story of Terania Creek – the world’s first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown environment movement, came of age at Terania Creek. After five years of ‘polite’ campaigning failed to stop the logging of ancient Gondwanan rainforest, an organic and spontaneous blockade erupted that would see the forging of a number of ingenious blockading techniques and strategies. The activist repertoire developed at Terania Creek has since echoed across the country, and across the Earth. This book draws on extensive oral history interviews as well as photographs taken of the protest in 1979; such rich source material brings the story to life. Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism will therefore appeal to both a scholarly audience as well as activists, practitioners, and counterculturalists.

Life’S Fight, Love’S Might

Life’S Fight, Love’S Might
Author: Dawn Everson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2013-09-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1483696146

Lifes Fight, Loves Might is a controversial true story about Lorna, a courageous determined Australian woman whose life was ravaged by the betrayal of her family, her employers, the Christian church, the judicial system and sanctioned abuse by the state and federal governments. Lorna stood alone against the world thats until she meets Rod, a surfie who sweeps her off her feet. Unfortunately, their fervent love also feels the smack of betrayal, which nearly destroys them both, but ultimately they stand united with trust, love and loyalty. When Rod enlists, Lorna becomes an excellent army wife. She learns how to compromise, because the army must come first. She becomes independent and resourceful while her soldier is away, supporting him all the way up the ranks to Warrant Office. Rods postings take Lorna and their two children to Sydney, Papua New Guinea, Canberra and Melbourne. Lorna finds each posting is fraught with its own kind of agony, with Papua New Guinea being the worst of all. She survives unbelievable traumas, which befall her and her family. Then she faces the failures of the Australian Defence Force and the Department of Veterans Affairs. To the Australian people these two systems appear to be functioning at an optimum for the serving members of the ADF, veterans and their families respectively, but it only appears that they are. Lorna also gives accounts of how the leadership within the Christian community believes it is above the law of the land, and how the judicial system aides the churchs betrayal of trust. In the end, Lornas resilience and strength wins through to overcome the impossible, leading her to write this inspiring book.

Don't Take Your Love to Town

Don't Take Your Love to Town
Author: Ruby Langford Ginibi
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780702235955

Ruby Langford Ginibi's bestselling first book is now back in print.With sales of over 30,000 copies since publication in 1988, Don't Take Your Love to Town is now a seminal work of Indigenous memoir. It has been set for HSC over a number of years and is one of the most important Indigenous life stories to be published in Australia.Ruby Langford Ginibi is a remarkable woman whose sense of humour has endured through all the hardships she has experienced. Her first volume of memoir is a story of extraordinary courage in the face of poverty and tragedy. She writes about the changing ways of life in Aboriginal communities - rural and urban; the disintegration of traditional lifestyles and the sustaining energy that has come from the renewal of Aboriginal culture in recent years.As a tribute to her life and work, this rejacketed edition of Don't Take Your Love to Town is being published to coincide with Ruby's new memoir, All My Mob.