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Paperback Unmaking Paul USED Gough Kelly The Unmaking of Gough - by Paul Kelly Used paperback: .1976 edition in good condition but with fading to spine - front inscription) On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam's reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition's scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam famous for his 'crash through or crash' style refused to compromise with his political en more here..... Daniel Confessions The Confessions of Clyde Cameron 1913-1990 - as told to Daniel Connell Used hardback: .1990 edition in excellent condition hard cover book is in good condition - clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages dustjacket - boards in excellent condition The Confessions of Clyde Cameron spans nearly eight decades of Australian social and political history. Whether Clyde Cameron is discussing his mother the Aboriginal Camerons getting paid for shearing his first sheep even though it died in his hands working the sheds along the river Darling as a union official corruption in the AWU his admiration for South Australian Liberal Premier Tom Playford Don Dunstan spurni more..... Nickle Barbara Dimed Ehrenreich NEW Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich - New Brand New - 244pp Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Written from the perspective of the undercover journalist it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform on the "working poor" in the United States. In some ways it is similar to George Orwell's much earlier Down and Out in Paris and London as well as German investigative reporter Günter Wallraff's Ganz Unten (The Lowest of the Low). The events related in the book took place between spring 1998 and summer 2000. The book was first published in 2001 by Metropolitan Books. An earlier version appeared as an articl click here..... onLeft Bill Clyde A Life on the Left - Clyde Cameron by Bill Guy Used softback: .1999 edition in excellent condition Soft cover book is in good condition - clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages Clyde cameron (1913-2008) The lives of a select number of Australians reflect and illuminate the life and times of the nation itself. This is the story of one such life. For over seventy years Clyde Cameron has been a member of the Australian Labor Party; for just as long he has been a trade unionist. The ALP and the union movement have shaped his life and in turn he has done much to shape their history. Twice he played a crucial role in determining the direction taken by the Lab extra info..... Passionate Jim Cairns Ormonde Man Foolish A A Foolish Passionate Man - Paul Ormonde - a Biography of Jim Cairns Used paperback: .1981 edition good condition A biography of the man that became Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Treasurer About the subject 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 was also a prominent economist and a prolific writer on economic and socia more here..... Whitlam Certain Grandeur Politics Gough 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 more details..... Kelly Dismissal TV Paperback The Dismissal - by Paul Kelly Reprint of the Unmaking of Gough to tie in with 1983 TV mini-series Used paperback: .1983 edition in good condition On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam's reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition's scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam famous for his 'crash through or crash' style refused to compromise with hi more details..... Paperback Gough USED Whitlam Truth The Truth of the Matter - by Gough Whitlam Used paperback: .1979 edition (Good Condition) On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam's reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition's scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam famous for his 'crash through or crash' style refused to compromise with his political enemies. After consulting secretly with the more here..... Cameron 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..... Politics (Hardback) Australian Killen Jim 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 find out more..... (Hardback) Alan 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 here..... Sex Junie Politics Sex Prejudice and Politics - Junie Morosi Used paperback: .1975 edition good condition A biography of Junie Morosi and her view of the "Morosi affair" that resulted in the sacking of Jim Cairns as treasurer. About the author Junie Morosi Junie Morosi (born 26 July 1933) is an Australian businesswoman who became a public figure in the 1970s through her relationship with Dr Jim Cairns Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam Labor government. Morosi's appointment as Cairns's Principal Private Secretary and the nature of her relationship with him aroused intense media interest and the affair contributed to Cairns's eventual dismissal from office and the fall of the government. Early life more details..... Gough Freudenberg A Politics A Certain grandeur - Gough Whitlam in Politics Used softback: .1977 edition good condition minor cover creasing - pages yellowed due to age - affect the condition of the book. No marked torn loose or missing pages. 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 L more..... Tom Straight Left Uren USED 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 click here..... Whitlam Gough Biography political Leader A The Leader - A Political Biography of Gough Whitlam - James Walter Used hardback: .1980 edition Dust Jack hard back book is in excellent condition - clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing pages The number of books written about the Whitlam Government and Whitlam himself have created a myth that feeds on itself. However James Walters approach in "the Leader" is quite unlike any previous commentator. It is in fact unique in Australian political science as the first sustained attempt to apply psychological theory to the career of an Australian Political leader About the subject Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916) known as Gough extra info..... Turnbull Fighting 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 here..... Holt PM Harold My Holt Life Zara Harry My Life and Harry by Zara Holt used hardback: .1968 edition - good condition - torn dustjacket An Autobiography of Zara Holt and life with her husband PM Harold Holt About Zara Holt Dame Zara Bate DBE (March 10 1909 - June 14 1989) was an Australian fashion designer and wife (later widow) of Prime Minister Harold Holt. Born Zara Kate Dickins in Kew Victoria Bate was educated at Ruyton Girls' School and Toorak College. In 1925 aged 16 she established her first dress shop in Little Collins Street. With a friend she later opened a salon called Magg in Toorak Village. She won the 1961 Australian Gown of the Year award. Her first husband was Colonel James Fell by whom she had three sons Nicholas more..... Watson Keating Heart Recollections of a Bleeding Heart - Don Watson - A Potrait of Paul Keating PM Used hardback: .2002 edition Hard Back book is in average condition - torn dust jacket minot tears at corners clean book tight binding - - no other marks tears - no loose or missing scuffing to boards at edged Don Watson's brilliant award-winning and best-selling biography of Paul Keating Since its publication in March 2002 RECOLLECTIONS OF A BLEEDING HEART has sold over 50 000 copies and won a string of prestiguous awards including The Age Book of the Year and Best Non-fiction book The Courier-Mail Book of the Year and the National Biography Award. Political commentator - and himself a Keating biographer - Michael 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 extra info..... Petersen Bjelke worry Joh Don't you worry about that! - The Joh Bjelke-Petersen Memoirs used hardback: .1990 edition - in very good condition The Memiors of 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 years was revealed to be institu find out more..... John Kennedy Hugh President F Portrait John F Kennedy: Potrait of a President - Hugh Sidey Used hardback: .1965 edition good condition Hugh Sidey was White House Corrospondent for Time and knew JFK over six years. About the subject John F Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy often referred to by his initials JFK was the thirty-fifth President of the United States serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. After Kennedy's military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during World War II in the South Pacific his aspirations turned political with the encouragement and grooming of his father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives f more here..... Latham 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 click here..... McGinniss The Selling of The President by Joe McGinniss Used hardback: .1970 UK edition reasonable condition wrinkled dust jacket - ex-library book This is the book that catapulted Joe McGinniss to nearly icon-status at the age of 25 in 1969. At the time it was a shockingly revealing book at how presidential candidate Richard Nixon was being sold - gasp - like a product. The original book jacket featured Nixon's face on a pack of cigarettes as if the notion of Madison Avenue ad-men playing a pivotal role in a presidential campaign was dirty. The book became such a classic that it remains assigned reading in many government classes to this day. About the 1968 Presidential Election campaign The United S more information..... Aurelius NEW Meditations 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 find out more..... Jim Untried Road 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 find out more..... USED Bill 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 details..... One ex Gennifer Betrayal Clintons 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 extra info..... Dunstan Memoirs 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 information..... Paperback condition ofMatter USED Truth The Truth of the Matter - by Gough Whitlam Used paperback: .1979 edition (Good condition - sticker on front cover ) On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam's reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition's scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis.Whitlam famous for his 'crash through or crash' style refused to compromise with his political enemies. After cons more here..... USED Paul November Kelly November 1975 - by Paul Kelly The Inside Story of Australia's Greatest Political Crisis Used paperback: .1995 edition in good condition On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam's reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition's scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam famous for his 'crash through or crash' style refused to compromise with his politica more information.....

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