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Phillip Hughes (HB) by Malcolm Knox
Category: Sport
Phillip Hughes - the Official Biography is a celebration of the life and career of the Macksville boy who played 26 Tests and 25 one-day matches for Australia, 2009-13. The book is an illustrated biography in the mould of The Master by Les Carlyon. Personal photos from the Hughes family archives meld wi ...Show more
Scattered - Inside Story of Ice in by KNOX Malcolm
Category: Non-Fiction
"I don't know in the time I've been a policeman, which is 41 years, of a greater scourge on the community. The physical and mental manifestations of ice are absolutely horrific. It has the potential to destroy generations." - Former NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney. An act of violence while on crysta ...Show more
Secrets Of The Jury Room by KNOX Malcolm
Category: True Crime
Lawyers and judges speak platitudes about the wisdom and commonsense and community values juries bring to bear, but it's clear from Malcolm Knox's recent experience of a long jury trial that this is a legal fiction. He found chillingly apposite an old legal adage: you'd love to be in front of a jury if ...Show more
Supermarket Monsters: the Price of Coles and Woolworths' Dominance: Redback by Malcolm Knox
Category: Australiana | Series: Redback Ser.
Down, down . . . In hardware, petrol, general merchandise and liquor, and above all in groceries, Coles and Woolworths jointly rule Australia's retail landscape. On average, every man, woman and child in this country spends $100 a week across their many outlets. What does such dominance mean for supplie ...Show more
The Captains by Malcolm Knox
Category: Sport
From Australia's first Test cricket captain Dave Gregory, through to the current captain Ricky Ponting, Malcolm Knox's new book tells the colourful story of how Australian cricket has evolved since it's earliest days, how the captain has influenced or stood apart from that evolution, and how the captain ...Show more
The Captains: The Story Behind Australia's Second Most Important Job by Malcolm Knox
Category: Sport
The Australian cricket team has been a glittering thread running through the course of our national history, personifying the dreams and disappointments of a changing nation. The most singular individual inside that team is the captain, a human being full of human ideals and frustrations and quarrels an ...Show more
The Greatest by Malcolm Knox
Category: Sport
Reflects on the golden age of Australian cricket, it revisits the key moments, major players and personalities, and important influences.
The Greatest : The Players, the Moments, the Matches 1993-2008 by Malcolm Knox
Category: Sport
During 1993 to 2008 the Australian cricket team reached the highest of heights. They won three world cups in a row and 16 consecutive test matches. They continually dominated England in the Ashes, destroyed the once great West Indies, and outplayed South Africa and India, both at home and abroad. Austra ...Show more
The Life by Malcolm Knox
Category: Fiction
"He looked into the Pacific and the Pacific looked back into him." The Life tells the story of former-world-champion Australian surfer, Dennis Keith, from inside the very heart of the fame and madness that is 'The Life'. Now bloated and paranoid, Keith is holed up in his mother's retirement village, shu ...Show more
The Life: A Novel by Malcolm Knox
Category: Fiction
He looked into the Pacific and the Pacific looked back into him. The Life tells the story of former-world-champion Australian surfer, Dennis Keith, from inside the very heart of the fame and madness that is 'The Life'. Now bloated and paranoid, former Australian surfing legend Dennis Keith is holed up ...Show more
The Seventh Circle: A Former Australian Soldier's Extraordinary Story of Surviving Seven Years in Afghanistan's Most Notorious Prison by Malcolm Knox (As told to); Robert Langdon
Category: Military
In the tradition of Midnight Express, The Damage Done, Marching Powder and Hotel Kerobokan comes an extraordinary story of Australian resilience and survival in Afghan's notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison, a place that's been described as 'the world's worst place to be a westerner'.
The Wonder Lover by Malcolm Knox
Category: Fiction
'Some books read as if they are touched by magic, so wondrous and astonishing is the experience of immersing yourself in them. That's how I feel about The Wonder Lover. It is written with confidence and daring, with a joyous freedom and a love for story and language that is only possible when an artist ...Show more