Chris feik editor (4 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 185 pages. David Marr "The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard" (SL#106).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 94 pages. John Birmingham "A Time For War Australia as a Military Power" (SL#106).

Softcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: N/A. 1st Edition. 260pp. Laminated printed light card covers. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. Presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be - with essential statements from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - taking us from Federation to the present-day.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Slight curve to front cover. Pages are sunned.This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead, it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be.These are the essential statements - from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - that take us from Federation to the first decade of the 21st century, and tell a story of national self-discovery.There is the Frenchman who saw that Australia was a 'workingman's paradise', and the historian who explained why. The two reporters who realised the true significance of Gallipoli and conveyed it to the nation. Russel Ward on theAustralian Legend, Robin Boyd on theAustralian Ugliness, Donald Horne on the Lucky Country, W E H Stanner on theGreat Australian Silence and Anne Summers on Manzone Country. Real Matildas, Cultural Cringers,Future Eaters and Forgotten People - and much more.Memorably written and cohesive, this is the essential sourcebook of the words that made Australia. (back cover).…