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Andrew Fisher by David Day
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Andrew Fisher was a man who hated imperial honours, yet enjoyed the trappings of office, a leader who believed in world socialism, yet took Australians into the First World War. In this authoritative and immensely readable biography, David Day reveals the man, his politics and his remarkable legacy.
Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia by David Day
$50.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was one of Australia's great nation-builders, yet his story is largely unknown. He left school early to work in the coalmines of Scotland, educating himself at night. In 1885, at the age of 22, he immigrated to Queensland. There Fisher committed himself to politics and was s ...Show more
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
$45.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: good-verygood
A groundbreaking history of human interaction with Antarctica, the last continent on earth. For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain James Cook sailed further sou ...Show more
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
$34.95 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, ...Show more
Conquest : A new history of the modern world by David Day
$35.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Bestselling author and prize-winning historian David Day's controversial new history of the modern world. Conquest is a groundbreaking new book that challenges the context of Australian history as well as the history of the rest of the world. In this follow-up to his highly acclaimed book, Claiming a ...Show more
Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Douglas Mawson by David Day
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
For many decades there has only been one published first-hand account of Mawson's expedition - the one written and orchestrated by Mawson himself. Only recently have alternative accounts become publicly available. In this compelling and revealing new book, David Day draws upon all this new evidence as w ...Show more
John Curtin : A Life by DAVID DAY
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
John Curtin is, for many Australians, regardless of political affiliation, the most significant Australian political leader of the twentieth century. In this remarkable biography, David Day follows Curtin from his peripatetic childhood in small-town Victoria to his courageous and dramatic leadership of ...Show more
Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the People by David Day
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Maurice Blackburn brought into public life a rare character, complete indifference to personal consequences, an uncommon scholarship, great zeal for humanity, and a firm belief, which I am happy to share, that men are immeasurably more important than laws. - Robert Menzies Maurice Blackburn served the ...Show more
Paul Keating: The Biography by David Day
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In the tradition of his bestselling Curtin and Chifley, David Day's exhaustive biography of one of our most fascinating prime ministers. Paul Keating was one of the most significant political figures of the late twentieth century, first as Treasurer for eight years and then Prime Minister for five years ...Show more
Young Hawke: The Making of a Larrikin by David Day
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, Australia's iconic larrikin PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds new light on the early years of a political legend. David Day's biography of the young Bob Hawke takes readers on a journey ...Show more
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