No Place Left to Bury The Dead by Nicole Itano
No Place Left to Bury the Dead - A Book by Nicole Itano Denial, despair and hope in the African AIDS pandemic EVERY DAY in Africa, approximately 7,000 men, women, and children are erased from the face of this planet by the devastating AIDS virus that - even after more than two and a half [...]
What Are You Optimistic About? - By John Brockman
What Are You Optimistic About? - A Book by John Brockman The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge the influential online salon, recently asked more than 150 high-powered scientific thinkers [...]
Australia’s Natural Disasters by Richard Whitaker
Australia’s Natural Disasters - A Book by Richard Whitaker On Christmas Eve 1974, Darwin pubs were busting with festive people joking that ‘cyclones never hit Darwin’. Cyclone Tracy was expected to be another ‘near miss’. But in the early hours of Christmas Day, the slow moving tropical cyclone tore the city apart, with sustained winds [...]
Dancing with Dr Death by Virginia Kennedy and Dot Walker
Dancing with Dr Death - A Book by Virginia Kennedy and Dot Walker Dr Jayant Patel started work at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland in 2003. In the years that followed, he was linked to the deaths of over 100 patients and was dubbed ‘Dr Death’. He then fled to the US to escape prosecution. [...]
Victor Chang - Murder of a Hero by Ron Stephenson
Victor Chang - Murder Of a Hero - A Book by Ron Stephenson Victor Chang was a brilliant man certainly a hero in our culture. Through his ground-breaking medical work he saved lives and helped many others - he left a legacy that will stand through time. So why exactly was he senselessly murdered in [...]
The Harry Gordon Story - How I Faked My Own Death by Harry Gordon
The Harry Gordon Story - How I faked my own Death - A Book by Harry Gordon In 2001 Harry Gordon, feeling under extreme pressure, faked his own death on the NSW mid-north coast. When his empty dinghy was found floating in a river on the north coast of New South Wales, an extraordinary chain [...]
Crimes of the Century - by Alan J Whiticker
Crimes of the Century - A Book by Alan J Whiticker These are the crimes that have shocked our world -assassinations, terrorism, kidnappings, sex crimes, society scandals and cold-blooded murders. From the attack on Pearl Harbour and massacre of innocence at Dumblane and Columbine, to the tortured worlds of Ed Gein, Fred West and Ted [...]
Sydney - From Settlement to the Bridge - a Pictorial History by Ian Co
Sydney - From Settlement to the Bridge - a Pictorial History - A Book by Ian Collis Sydney: From Settlement to the Bridge, a Pictorial History is a celebration of Sydney’s past in both photos and drawings. Many of the photos in the book have never been published before. The images are divided into broad [...]
The Don Lane Story - Never Argue with a Mug - the Autobiography with J
The Don Lane Story - Never Argue with a Mug the Autobiography with Janise Beaumont Don Lane was born in New York and, after arriving Australia in 1965, became one of the most loved and successful starts in Australian television history. In ‘Never Argue with a Mug’, the Don Lane Story, Don reveals in detail [...]
Sage-ing While Age-ing - by Shirley MacLaine
Sage-ing While Age-ing - A Book by Shirley MacLaine Award-winning actor and bestselling author, in this book Shirley MacLaine reflects on life, spirituality and ageing. This eagerly awaited new book features an irresistible blend of stories from her life as a Broadway and Hollywood star, combined with her lifelong quest for spiritual, physical and personal [...]
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