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The Land Before Avocado by Richard Glover
Category: Australiana
'It was a simpler time'. We had more fun back then'. 'Everyone could afford a house'. There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like? In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. It's a vivid portrait ...Show more
The Land Before Avocado MP3 by Richard Glover (Read by)
Category: Audio
The new book from the bestselling author of Flesh Wounds. A funny and frank look at the way Australia used to be - and just how far we have come. 'It was simpler time'. We had more fun back then'. 'Everyone could afford a house'. There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but ...Show more
The Mud House by Richard Glover
Category: Design
In this frank, funny and thought-provoking memoir, Richard Glover describes how he and his friend Philip and their partners built a house in the bush on weekends. It was a huge and exhausting undertaking, not least because they decided to use mudbricks. In the end it took three years simply to make the ...Show more
The Mud House How Four Friends Built A Place In The Australian Bush by Richard Glover Read By
Category: Audio
The Mud House: How Four Friends Built a Place in the Australian Bush - CD by Richard Glover
Category: Audio
Four friends. One block of land. No power tools. 'One day,' Philip said, 'I'd like to build something bigger ...Like a house. We could just buy a block of land, you know, the four of us, and have a go.' It was just an idea. Then it started to take shape. In this frank, funny and thought-provoking memoir ...Show more
Why Men Are Necessary: and More News from Nowhere by Richard Glover
Category: Non-Fiction
Meet the sexy and feisty Jocasta; confront teenage rebellion in the form of a fish called Wanda; do battle with magpies the size of small fighter jets; and try to work out which font you use when speaking the language of love. In Richard Glover's stories, everyday life becomes vivid, magical and laugh-o ...Show more