Australian Killen Killen - Inside Australian Politics - Jim Killen Used Hardback: .1985 edition Hardback book is in very good condition - clean book tight binding -slightly creased dust jacket - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages Jim Killens Biography covering from the 1950s to the 1980s including the Dimissal of the Whitlam Goverment About the subject Jim Killen (Sir James Killen) Sir Denis James "Jim" Killen AC KCMG (23 November 1925 Dalby Queensland Australia - 12 January 2007 Brisbane Queensland Australia) was an Australian politician. Killen was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland where he graduated in law. He served in the Royal Australian Air For more information.....
you about Bjelke Don't that! Joh Petersen worry Memoirs Don't you worry about that! - The Joh Bjelke-Petersen Memoirs used hardback: .1990 edition - in good condition The Memiors of Joh Bjelke-Petersen Other Books on Joh Bjelke-Petersen About Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005) New Zealand-born Australian politician was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of the state of Queensland. He held office from 1968 to 1987 a period that saw considerable economic development in the state. His uncompromising conservatism (including his role within the downfall of the Whitlam federal government) his political longevity and his leadership of a government that in its latter ye click here.....
The End of Certainty - Paul Kelly - The Story of the 1980s Used paperback: .1992 edition Paperback book is an ex library book in average condition - no loose pages - tight binding The End of Certainty is a classic study of power personality and national destiny. From boom to recession Hawke to Keating and Labor's victory for the 'true believers' in 1993 Paul Kelly has written the ultimate inside story of how the 1980s changed Australia and its political parties forever. His detailed scrutiny of the inner working of the Hawke-Keating partnership and its slow disintegration his unravelling of the crippling rivalries for the Liberal Party leadership and his burrowing into cabinet room struggles more.....
Jim Oil Waters Troubled Oil in Troubled Waters - Jim Cairns Used paperback: .1976 edition good condition - pages yellowed due to age Former Deputy Prime Minister Treasurer and Minister int he Australia Labor Government analyses the local and international forces that were mobilised to engineer the dimissal of the Government. Jim Cairns view of the dismissal. About the Author Dr Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003) Australian politician was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War for his affair with Junie Mo find out more.....
Labor to Power - Henry Mayer - Australia's 1972 Election Used hardback: .1973 edition good condition - some fading to spine Labor to power comprises more than 60 articles - by political scientists journalists elected and defeated candidates and more - on Australias 1972 election. About the Australian 1972 Federal Election The elections were held in Australia on 2 December 1972. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives. No Senate seats were up for election on that day because their terms ended although Queensland did hold a by-election for a single Senate seat because it had fallen vacant when Liberal Senator Annabelle Rankin resigned in 1971. The Queensland Parliament's temporary appoin more information.....
Marcus NEW Meditations - Marcus Aurelius Brand New - Translated by Martin Hammond with an introduction by Diskin Clay Meditations is the title of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in "highly-educated" Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written in Sirmium where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. We know that some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia because internal notes tell us that the second book was written when he was campai click here.....
Gough USED Life with Gough - Barry Cohen Used hardback: .1996 edition in excellent condition (as new) hard cover book is in excellent condition good dustjacket- clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages dustjacket - boards in excellent condition Revered and reviled Gough Whitlam and his works have been part of public life for more than a generation. Here from friends foes and innocent bystanders is the best of the vast horde of Gough stories authentic and apocryphal infuriatingly high falutin and risque deliciously self-mocking and uproariously funny. With the help of some of our best cartoonists Life With Gough presents a larger-than-life Australian-a tall poppy of click here.....
USED Straight Uren Left Tom Straight Left - Tom Uren Used hardback: .1994 edition ex library book (plastic cover) in good condition hard cover book is in good dustjacket- clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages dustjacket - minor scuffing to board ends Straight Left is above all things the story of a classic Australian who has never lost touch with ordinary people and has remained true to his ideals... About Tom Uren Thomas Uren AO (born 28 May 1921) Australian politician was a minister in the Whitlam and Hawke Australian Labor Party governments. He helped establish the heritage and conservation movement in Australia and in particular worked to preserve the heritage of inner Sydney more information.....
Reid Gorton The Gorton Experiment - Alan Reid Used Hardback: .1971 edition Hardback book is in very good condition - dustjacket is torn - clean book tight binding -- no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages The Rise and Fall of John Grey Gorton - Prime Minister By Alan Reid Political Journalist About the subject John Gorton (Sir John Grey Gorton) Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) Australian politician was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. Gorton was born near Melbourne the illegitimate son of Alice Sinn the daughter of a railway worker and English orange orchardist John Rose Gorton. The older Gorton and his wife Kathleen had emigrating to Australia by way more information.....
Don Cookbook Don Dunstan's Cookbook Used hardback: .1976 edition Dust Jack hard back good condition - clean book tight binding - minor chipping to board edges - no other marks tears - loose or missing pages One of the few politicians ever to write a cookbook! A review of Don Dunstan's Cookbook by Genevieve Harris in 2006 in Adelaide Now Thirty years after South Australian renaissance man and premier Don Dunstan published his cookbook the recipes remain as modern as ever. Courage innovation and change were the hallmarks of one of South Australia's most remarkable premiers Don Dunstan who served in the post for a short time in 1967 and again from 1970 to 1979. He not only steered many forward-thinking chan extra info.....
Don Felicia - Don Dunstan Used hardback: .1981 edition hard back good condition - clean book tight binding - minor scuffing to boards at corners - no other marks tears - loose or missing pages Macmillan 1981 1981 328 pp. indexed 8 pp black and white photographs photographic illustrated dust wrapper. The memoirs of a onr of the most colourful and controversial figures in Australias Political History. A Labor party politician whose charisma and sense of social justice enabled him to institute changes in South Australia that were soon echoed elsewhere in Australia. About the Author Don Dunstan Donald Allan Dunstan was born in Suva Fiji on 21 September 1926. After early schooling he transferred to S more details.....
Plato - The Republic - New Brand New - Translated by Desmond Lee with an introduction by Melissa Lane The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato written in approximately 360 BC. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory and arguably Plato's best known work. In it Socrates and various other Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man by constructing an imaginary city ruled by philosopher-kings. The dialogue also discusses the nature of the philosopher Plato's Theory of Forms the conflict between philosophy and poetry and the immortality of the soul. The title of the Republic in Greek politei more information.....
USED Hayden Hayden - Bill Hayden An Autobiography Used hardback: .1996 edition in good condition Once described by Robert Menzies as "the boy delinquent from Queensland" Bill Hayden is widely considered today to be the best man never to have become prime minister of Australia. About Bill Hayden (from Wikipedia) William George Hayden AC (born 23 January 1933) Australian politician and 21st Governor-General of Australia was born in Brisbane Queensland the son of an American-born sailor of Irish descent. Bill Hayden was educated at Catholic schools and served in the Queensland Police Force from 1953 to 1961. He furthered his education through private study completing an economics degree at the Un more information.....
Fighting Turnbull Malcolm forRepublic Fighting for the Republic - Malcolm Turnbull Used softback: .1999 edition good condition - clean book tight binding - no other marks tears - loose or missing pages - Colour Photos Malcolm Turnbull gives us the ultimate insiders account of the republican debate and the Constitutional Convention. About the Author Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) Australian politician was the Federal Minister for Environment and Water Resources until November 2007. He is a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Wentworth in Sydney's eastern suburbs since October 2004. Before entering parliamentary politics he practiced as a barrister more.....
Cameron USED Diaries Clyde The Cameron Diaries - Clyde Cameron Used hardback: .1990 edition in excellent condition hard cover book is in excellent condition - clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages dustjacket - boards in excellent condition The years 1976 and 1977 following the dismissal were critical for the Australian Labor Party. Clyde Cameron no longer a Shadow Minister turned his energies to influencing the outcome of the leadership battle to oust Gough Whitlam and to completing his daily political diary which he had kept for 31 years. The Cameron Diaries cover every aspect of Australian political life reaching back to 1949. They contain some of the most astounding revelatio more details.....
Untried Cairns The Untried Road - Dr Jim Cairns Used paperback: .1990 edition average condition - ex library book This book is the outcome of Dr Jim Cairns years of experience and research in human behaviour and the condition of society and experience in the attempt to change society. About the Author Dr Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003) Australian politician was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He w more here.....
Jenny Gough (Whitlam) NEW Hocking A History Moment Gough - A Moment in History - by Jenny Hocking (Brand New and in stock) Paperback Edition - Volume 1 (at a later date there will be a volume 2) Get other Books about Gough Whitlam click here Get other books about the 1975 dismissal click here This moment was not his alone nor could it ever have come about without him . . . Gough Whitlam turned to Graham Freudenberg touched him lightly on the shoulder saying 'It's been a long road Comrade but we're there' and walked out to meet the spotlight . . . Acclaimed biographer Professor Jenny Hocking's Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History is the first contemporary and definitive biographical study of the former Labor Prime Minister. From his childhood i extra info.....
On G Gough Paperback Whitlam Whitlam Australias On Australia's Constitution - by E.G. Whitlam (Gough Whitlam) Used paperback: .1977 edition (Good Condition) Widescope 1977. 374 p.. Get other books by and about Gough Whitlam click here A collection of speeches dating from 1957 to 1975 made by Gough Whitlam addressing the issue of Australias Constitution. Includes the Australian Labor Party policy speeches given by Gough Whitlam in 1972 1974 and 1975. About The Australian Constitution: The Constitution of Australia is the law under which the Australian Commonwealth Government operates. It consists of several documents. The most important is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Constitution was approved in referendums held more here.....
Madam Blood Madam Secretary - A biography of Madeline Albright - Thomas Blood Used hardback: .1997 edition ex library book - very good condition No American envoy has ever burst on the diplomatic scene and grabbed center stage in the theater of foreign relations like Madeleine Albright. Navigating difficult terrain as few can Thomas Blood provides exclusive interviews with and revealing anecdotes from politicians friends adversaries and colleagues including former Secretary of State Warren Christopher Senators Leahy Mikulski Kerrey Helms Reid and Rockefeller and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt.This unique biography reveals the dramatic story of the first woman U.S. Secretary of State. Rather than pr more.....
Creek Fischer Peter from Boy Time USED Rees Boree The Boy from Boree Creek - The Tim Fischer Story - Peter Rees Used hardback: .2001 edition in good condition - no dust jacket This is the story of Tim Fischer's journey from a country town in far southwest NSW to the centre of political power. It tells of an individual quietly determined to push past barriers and who succeeded where very few expected him to; of someone prepared to be different and to make that difference part of a distinctive personal style. Here too is the very personal story of a man who came to acknowledge the conflict between the demands of a high-profile public life and the needs of a family life and made the toughest political decision of his career - to step down as D more here.....
Government by Edition Whitlam The Whitlam Government 1972 - 1975 - Gough Whitlam Used paperback: .1985 edition paperback in good condition - clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages From the Dust Jacket - "A frank and expansive book by a literate and visionary statesman is a rarity. The Whitlam Government is such a rarity. "In this book Gough Whitlam not only draws a vivid portrait of three memorable years in Australia's history. He paints a broad and illuminating canvas of Australia as it was as it has become and as yet it might be. Whitlam brought Labor to power on 2 December 1972 after twenty-three years in the political wilderness with a commitment to change and reform s find out more.....
John Kerr Matters Judgement Hardback Matters for Judgement - John Kerr Used hardback: .1978 edition good condition - dust jacket torn The view of history and his role in the dismissal of the Whitlam Goverment in 1975 About the Author John Kerr Sir John Robert Kerr AK GCMG GCVO (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and 18th Governor-General of Australia. He dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975 marking the climax of one of the most significant constitutional crises in Australian history. Kerr's career Kerr was born in Balmain a working-class suburb of Sydney where his father was a boiler-maker. He entered the prestigious selectiv more.....
Victory The Victory - Pamela Williams Used softback: .1997 edition good condition -clean book - tight binding - no other marks tears - loose or missing pages The Inside Story on the Takeover of Australia John Howard won a sweeping election victory against Paul Keatings Labor Government and became Australias 25th Prime Minister in 1996. This is the inside story of that Election Victory The Victory by Pamela Williams Allen Unwin Sydney 1997 370pp $24.95 ISBN 1-86448-405-5 Review by Jason Falinski from the Centre of Independent Studies This is the first book in Australian politics that attempts to give readers an inside look at a Liberal Party federal campaign. There have been others that dissected f more information.....
Latham Diaries Mark The Latham Diaries by Mark Latham As new hardback: .2005 edition Mark Latham resigned from parliament in January 2005 after only fourteen months as leader of the Opposition amid bitter post- election recrimination and how own ill health. This provides a unique view into the life of a man the Party and the nation at a crucial time in Australian history. About Mark Latham Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961) a former Australian politician was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. Latham captured national attention and initially high levels of public approval with his policies and unconventional approac more.....
President All advisor Stephanopoulos Human Clinton All too Human - George Stephanopoulos Used hardback: .1999 edition ex library book - reasonable condition "So this is it. This is how the big guys talk to each other. I'd been behind my share of closed doors on Capitol Hill but this was different -- more self-conscious almost cinematic as if everyone was aware of playing a part in a drama that was being written as they spoke. This was the classic smoke-filled room minus the smoke. I watched and listened and tried to look cool too dumbstruck to say a sensible word and half-convinced that somebody would look up any minute and say 'Hey what are you doing here?" For four years in the White House and one year of campaigning before that George Ste find out more.....
Revolution Jim The Quiet Revolution - Jim Cairns - Revised 1975 edition Used paperback: .1975 edition good condition First published before the eve of the historic election of the Australian Labor Party in 1972 and revised in 1975. About the author Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003) Australian politician was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He was also a prominent economist and a prolific writer on ec more information.....
Gennifer Passion and Betrayal - Gennifer Flowers Used hardback: .1995 edition good condition America's most famous "other woman" talks about her decade-long affair with the president and the furor over its revelation her exposure to death threats political duplicity and betrayal and her other lovers. About the Author Gennifer Flowers Gennifer Flowers is a woman who claims to have had a relationship with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Prior to Bill Clinton's presidency she also posed nude for Penthouse magazine and was an actress in two films and one TV show. After becoming a celebrity she acted as herself in two films and guest starred as herself in various TV shows. Gennifer Flowers came forwar more here.....
Certain A Politics Grandeur Gough Whitlam Graham Freudenberg A Certain grandeur - Gough Whitlam in Politics Used hardback: .1977 edition good condition - dust jacket torn Graham Freudenberg sympathetic story of Gough Whitlam's rise as leader of the Labor Party and fall as Prime Minister dismissed by the Governor -General Sir John Kerr About the Author Graham Freudenberg (born 1934) is an Australian author and political speechwriter who worked in the Australian Labor Party for over forty years beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961. He has written over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level. These have included Arthur Calwell Gough find out more.....
Costello Memoirs with Peter Paperback The Costello Memoirs - Peter Costello with Peter Coleman Brand New Paperback Book : .2009 edition - In Stock revised edition 2009 The Hardback edition of The Costello Memoirs is here - click here The Costello Memoirs is a frank and fearless look inside the engine-room of the Liberal Party and the Howard Government. In a political career spanning eighteen years Peter Costello Australia's longest serving Treasurer steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges paying off Government debt introducing the GST and fighting five elections. What were the backroom deals that made the GST possible? How did Costello transform the Australian economy from Asia's 'wh more information.....
Carl AllPresident's Woodward by Bernstein Bob Men All the Presidents Men - Carl Bernstein and Carl Woodward - New Brand New - 349pp Published in June 1974 two years after the Watergate break-in and two months before Nixon's resignation All the President's Men chronicled Woodward and Bernstein's struggles failures and eventual success in uncovering the Watergate story. Drawing on the notes and research accumulated while writing their stories for The Washington Post the book revealed for the first time the existence of Woodward's highly placed and highly secretive source "Deep Throat " promoting wide speculation on his identity. The book remained on best-seller lists for six months and was later turned into a hugely successful 1976 more information.....
