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Montebello by Robert Drewe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Montebello continues where Robert Drewe's much-loved memoir The Shark Net left off, taking us into his mature years. In the aftermath of events, both man-made and natural, that have left a permanent mark on the landscape and psyche of Western Australia - the British nuclear tests in the Montebello Islan ...Show more
Montebello: A Memoir by Robert Drewe
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'Listen to me,' my mother says. 'They've let off an atom bomb today. Right here in W.A. Atom bombs worry the blazes out of me, and I want you at home.' In the sleepy and conservative 1950s the British began a series of nuclear tests in the Montebello archipelago off the west coast of Australia. Even tod ...Show more
Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
The untold story of Johnny Day, Australia's first international sports hero - a tale of mishap, adventure, chase, chance and luck - from one of Australia's finest writers. At the age of ten, and just short of four feet tall, a boy from Ballarat named Johnny Day became Australia's first international sp ...Show more
Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
The untold story of Johnny Day, Australia's first international sports hero - a tale of mishap, adventure, chase, chance and luck - from one of Australia's finest writers.At the age of ten, a small boy from Ballarat named Johnny Day became Australia's first international sporting hero. Against adult com ...Show more
Our Sunshine: Popular Penguins by Robert Drewe
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Ned Kelly's reputation as an outlaw is growing. To the masses he's a folk hero, but to the Establishment he's the most wanted man in the British Empire--by Royal decree the only person that everyone is permitted to kill. When the authorities bring in an army of police to catch him, Ned plans a showdown ...Show more
Sand by Robert Drewe
$27.95 AUD
Category: Poetry & Plays
Renowned novelist and creative non-fiction writer Robert Drewe teams up with internationally acclaimed poet John Kinsella to explore a common geography in poetry and prose. Sand is quintessentially Australian. It is a property from which many of our stories, assumptions and geographical reckonings are d ...Show more
Savage Crows,the by Robert Drewe
$24.95 AUD
Category: General
This story, of a tragic, cruel, brave and misguided episode in Australia's history - the "saving" of the Tasmanian Aboriginies - is seen through the eyes of an obsessive young narrator, looking back over time. It portrays the collision of worlds, generations and mythologies.
Swimming to the Moon by Robert Drewe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the non-fiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors. These pieces encompass suburban portraits and coastal living, affec ...Show more
The Body Surfers by Robert Drewe
$24.95 AUD
Category: General
Set among the surf and sandhills of Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - this is a short-story collection which has been adapted from film, television, radio and the theatre.
The Bodysurfers - Penguin Australian Classics by Robert Drewe
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
Set among the surf and sandhills of the Australian beach - and the tidal changes of three generations of the Lang family - this bestselling collection of short stories is an Australian classic. The Bodysurfers vividly evokes the beach, with the scent of the suntan oil, the sting of the sun and a lazy se ...Show more
The Bodysurfers: Popular Penguins by Robert Drewe
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
A short-story collection which has become a bestseller and been adapted for film, television, radio and the theatre, The Bodysurfers on its first publication marked a major change in Australian literature.