Error australis de pobjie ben (4 resultados)

Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Ben Pobjie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 We're obsessed with reality television these days yet we so often neglect the greatest reality of all: the reality of our nation, and how it came to be. In ERROR AUSTRALIS, TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie recaps the history of Australia from its humble beginnings as a small patch of rapidly cooling rock, to its modern-day status as one of the major powers of the sub-Asian super-Antarctic next-to-Africa region. Pobjie recognises that history can be as gripping as any reality show - as thrilling as it is to see Delta Goodrem's chair turn around, there is an argument that the Second World War was even more exciting - and like any good recapper, he provides an immediate, visceral sense of what it was like to be there in the moment at our nation's defining events. All historians know that it is only by looking at where we have been that we can understand who we are, what we stand for, and why nothing seems to work. ERROR AUSTRALIS is a scholastic and side-splittingly funny account of a young nation that has spent many years seeking its place in the world, and almost as many years not liking what it has found. Paperback.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Remnant of price sticker on top right front cover. Large format paperback. We're obsessed with reality television these days, yet we so often neglect the greatest reality of all: the reality of our nation and how it came to be. In Error Australis, TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie recaps the history of Australia from its humble beginnings as a small patch of rapidly cooling rock to its modern-day status as one of the major powers of the sub-Asian super-Antarctic next-to-Africa region. Pobjie recognises that history can be as gripping as any reality show; as thrilling as it is to see Delta Goodrem's chair turn around, there is an argument that the Second World War was even more exciting, and like any good recapper; he provides an immediate, visceral sense of what it was like to be there in the moment at our nation's defining events. All historians know that it is only by looking at where we have been that we can understand who we are, what we stand for, and why nothing seems to work. Error Australis is a scholastic and side-splittingly funny account of a young nation that has spent many years seeking its place in the world and almost as many years not liking what it has found.…

(rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 310pp. Col & b/w plates. Very good copy. Ben Pobjie's Error Australis is a humorous take on Australian history as told through larrikin humour of the First Fleet beginnings, the Gold Rush & rise of the notorious bushrangers to politics.