Air Disaster Canberra: The Plane Crash That Destroyed a Government by Andrew Tink

$45.00 AUD

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1940. Wartime Australia. Key members of Menzies' government die in a fiery plane crash. What went wrong and what happened next? In August 1940 Australia had been at war for almost a year when a plane a Hudson A16-97 carrying ten people, including three cabinet leaders, crashed into a ridge near Canber ra. In the ghastly inferno that followed the crash, the nation lost its key war leaders. Over the next twelve months, it became clear that the passing of Geoffrey Street, Sir Henry Gullett and James Fairbairn had destabilised Robert Menzies wartime government. As a direct but delayed consequence, John Curtin became prime minister in October 1941. Controversially, this book also tells the story of whether Air Minister Fairbairn, rather than the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot Bob Hitchcock, had been at the controls. Andrew Tink tells an engrossing and dramatic tale of a little-known aspect of Australias political history. ...Show more

Project File 152A A4 Clear by Colby

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Project File 152A A4 Blue by Colby

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Leads 300C-HB 0.3mm HB tube/12

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Pens Signo UM-120NM Noble Metallic Assorted pk8 by Uniball

$21.95 AUD

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Waterproof pigment ink with a 0.8mm line, available in 8 metallic colours. Features acid free ink. Contains one piece each of Blue, Green, Violet, Pink, Red, Gold, Silver & Bronze.

Document Holder A4 Standup Portrait (47801) by Deflect-o

$11.00 AUD

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Copy Paper A5 80gsm Blue (ream) by Xerox

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Why We Can't Sleep: Generation X Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun

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When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that the women around her were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She lo oked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and the Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were largely overlooked. Speaking with women across America about their experiences as the generation raised to 'have it all', Calhoun found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, under-employed, and overwhelmed. Instead of being heard, they were told instead to lean in, take 'me-time', or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can't Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of this predicament and offers solutions for how to pull oneself out of the abyss--and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them. Ada Calhoun has written for the New York Times, New York Magazine and the New York Post. She is the author of Wedding Toasts I'll Never Giveand St. Marks Is Dead, which was named a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Boston Globe Best Book of the Year. 'This is the book of our generation. Ada Calhoun brilliantly encapsulates the struggle and confusion that is the Gen X woman's experience in middle age. And by placing this condition into the context of the generations coming before and after, she makes sense of how it is that we're so surprised that we have failed at having it all. Heavily researched, expertly paced and seamlessly woven together, Why We Can't Sleepprovides an 'aha' moment that at once validates our experience and establishes a sense of community and hope.' Janet Krone Kennedy, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, author of The Good Sleeper and founder of NYC Sleep Doctor 'Ada Calhoun's soulful investigation into the complex landscape women in midlife face today is downright stunning. Calhoun has captured the voices--some broken, some resilient, many barely staying afloat--of over 200 women from around the country and in doing so, shown us how much we share in divisive times. You will recognise yourself in these pages, breathe a sigh of relief, and think, I'm not alone.' Susannah Cahalan, author of the New York Times bestselling Brain on Fire ...Show more

The Five - The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

$19.99 AUD

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____________________ READ THE REAL STORIES OF THE FIVE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER - THE No. 5 Sunday Times BESTSELLER - A New York Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, GQ, Washington Post, Oprah Winfrey Magazine and Independent Summer read/History Book of the Year - SHORTLISTED for the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION - SHORTLISTED for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction - SHORTLISTED for the Historical Writers' Association Non-Fiction Crown Award 'An angry and important work of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. Powerful and shaming' GUARDIAN 'Gripping' NEW YORK TIMES Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden and Wales. They wrote ballads, ran coffee houses, lived on country estates, they breathed ink-dust from printing presses and escaped people-traffickers. What they had in common was the year of their murders- 1888. Their murderer was never identified, but the name created for him by the press has become far more famous than any of these five women. Now, in this devastating narrative of five lives, historian Hallie Rubenhold finally sets the record straight, and gives these women back their stories. __________________ 'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice... An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Devastatingly good. The Five will leave you in tears, of pity and of rage.' LUCY WORSLEY 'Dignity is finally returned to these unfortunate women.' PROFESSOR DAME SUE BLACK 'Haunting' SUNDAY TIMES 'What a brilliant and necessary book' JO BAKER, author of Longbourn 'Beautifully written and with the grip of a thriller, it will open your eyes and break your heart.' ERIN KELLY, 'An outstanding work of history-from-below ... magnificent' THE SPECTATOR ...Show more

Edison (HB) by Torben Kuhlmann

$27.99 AUD

Category: Special Orders | Series: Mouse Adventures Ser.

Award-winning illustrator Torben Kuhlmann's stunning new book transports readers to new depths where imagination lights the way   A long time ago, one mouse learned to fly, another landed on the moon...what will happen in the next Mouse adventure?   From the creator of Lindbergh--The Tale of a Flying Mouse and Armstrong, comes Edison--The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure.   When two unlikely friends build a vessel capable of taking them to the bottom of the ocean find a missing treasure--the truth turns out to be far more amazing. ...Show more

Graph Pad Isometric Grid A3 50 sheets (GP L110X) by Gormack Graph Paper

$15.95 AUD

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Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler

$21.99 AUD

Category: Special Orders | Series: Oberon Modern Plays Ser.

Nicole Kidman made her much-anticipated return to the London stage in the fall 2015 West End production of this new play by Anna Ziegler, about the woman who discovered DNA. Does Rosalind Franklin know how precious her photograph is? In the race to unlock the secret of life, it could hold the key.