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Three additional interviews differentiate the second Champions from the 2006 edition, making Collins’ gathering of players and coaches an even more formidable collection. More Articles
1 October, 2008 This book tells the story of the Australian contingent of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) who, in 1946, entered western Japan to ‘demilitarise and democratise’ the atom-bombed backwater of Hiroshima. 
1 October, 2008 This is an interesting and revealing book on many levels; from the anecdotal to a historical illustration of the growing sophistication of Australian politics from 1987 to 2007. 
1 October, 2008 If you love the underdog, surfing and happy endings, then Occy satisfies on all counts. 
1 October, 2008 In the early hours of 2 October 2001, Pakistani security officers stopped a bus travelling between Quetta and Karachi and took off three passengers. 
1 October, 2008 Ironic, playful, iconoclastic and provocative, historian Manning Clark left an indelible mark on this country, our thinking, how we view ourselves and our past. 
1 October, 2008 The typical fairytale of marrying a prince comes to life in this biography of an Australian girl who leaves her family and sheltered life in Melbourne to marry a Muslim ruler in a small area in India 
1 October, 2008 Author Mike McColl-Jones worked alongside Graham Kennedy for almost 20 years, churning out jokes and scripts for the popular television show, In Melbourne Tonight. 
1 October, 2008 John Carroll writes books that are generally hard to categorise. 
1 October, 2008 One of the enduring themes of literature is the ragsto-riches (and back again) story, the protagonist living many very separate lives throughout before moving on to the next adventure. 
17 September, 2008 I’ve just started reading Timothy Ferriss’ award-winning book, The Four Hour Work Week, and have already started to adopt some of his philosophies. 
1 September, 2008 Following on from their previous book, The Great Mistakes of Australian History, Crotty and Roberts once again assemble notable Australian historians and thinkers to dissect key events in our past. 
1 September, 2008 It’s an ambitious task to cover such a comprehensive range of topics and perhaps herein lies the problem, as I found this compilation somewhat disjointed. 
1 September, 2008 Jim Powe presents a unique photographic collection, most of which is published for the first time. 
1 September, 2008 A cricket fan’s dream and a learner’s manual rolled into one, Inside Out brings together Gideon Haigh’s colourful, poignant and suitably smart-mouthed despatches from the crease. 
1 September, 2008 I’ve always seen the AWW as slightly staid and unfashionable; however, this hefty, encyclopaedic cookbook has certainly challenged this view. 
1 September, 2008 Through the stories of 12 people living in Australia, Translating Lives examines the multicultural experience with a particular focus on what it means to speak more than one language. 
1 September, 2008 Brush with Gondwana is unique because it’s one of the first books in this genre I’ve come across that celebrates the artistic achievements of the Botanical Artists’ Group of WA (BAG), a group that formed (loosely) over a pot of tea in 1992. 
1 September, 2008 A barrage of information comes at the reader who chooses to tackle Mr Darwin’s Incredible Shrinking World. 
1 September, 2008 Conceived through rape and adopted out, the tomboyish, small-statured champion surfer Layne Beachley had, from the outset, a deep-seated motivation for succeeding: ‘When Dad told me I was adopted, that was when I decided I was going to be the best in the world at something, anything... because that would earn me the love and respect of someone.’ 
1 September, 2008 The Last Whale is a lively account of the protest action that brought an end to whaling in Australia in the 1970s. 
1 September, 2008 Greg Growden’s Jack Fingleton: The Man Who Stood Up To Bradman examines Australian cricketer-turnedcommentator Jack Fingleton OBE, a stubborn but talented opening batsman who represented Australia during the infamous Bodyline series. 
1 September, 2008 A cricket fan’s dream and a learner’s manual rolled into one, Inside Out brings together Gideon Haigh’s colourful, poignant and suitably smart-mouthed despatches from the crease. 
1 September, 2008 Susan Duncan won the 2007 Nielsen Bookdata Booksellers Choice Award for Salvation Creek: An Unexpected Life. 
1 September, 2008 Hope Endures is the story of Collette Livermore, a woman who joins the Missionaries of Charity (begun by Mother Teresa) in 1973 and leaves the order in 1984. |
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