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A Pleasure to Be Here: The Best of Clarke and Dawe 1989-2017 by John Clarke
Category: Humour
A hilarious collection of interviews discussing the highs and lows in the public and political life of Australia over the past three decades. Drawn from John Clarke's and Bryan Dawe's weekly broadcasts, these timelessly funny scripts will delight readers as they revisit the scandals and stuff-ups of our ...Show more
I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke
Category: Memoir
The first ever autobiography of John Cooper Clarke, the Bard of Salford, punk poet, rock star, fashion icon, national treasure and acerbic wit. John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. At 5 feet 11 inche ...Show more
John Cooper Clarke - I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: very good
John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator, reluctant national treasure. At 5 feet 11 inches (116lb, 32in chest, 27in waist), in trademark suit jacket, skin-tight drainpipes and dark glasses, with jet-black ...Show more
Pleasure To Be Here: Best of Clarke and Dawe by John Clarke
Category: Humour
Drawn from John Clarke?s and Bryan Dawe?s weekly broadcasts, these timelessly funny scripts will delight readers as they revisit the scandals and stuff-ups of our lifetimes. Politics was never so preposterous. All the old favourites are here- Bob Hawke, Margaret Thatcher, Bob Collins ('the front fell of ...Show more
Random Life: Cartoons by Judy Horacek by Judy Horacek (Drawings by); John Clarke (Foreword by)
Category: Humour
Random Lifeis a collection of over 200 recent cartoons by much-loved cartoonist Judy Horacek. Drawn for her regular spot in the Age(and other publications wise enough to employ her), Judy's ninth cartoon collection covers subjects as diverse as climate change, feminism, social media, fairy tales, Monday ...Show more
The Even More Complete Book of Australian Verse: Text Classics by John Clarke
Category: Poetry | Series: Text Classics
"For many years it was assumed that poetry came from England. Research now clearly demonstrates, however, that a great many of the world's most famous poets were actually Australians." Possibly the most important anthology ever published. The definitive collection featuring key works by such famous Aust ...Show more
The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke
Category: Memoir
The Luckiest Guy Alive is the first new book of poetry from Dr John Cooper Clarke for several decades – and a brilliant, scabrous, hilarious collection from one of our most beloved and influential writers and performers. From the ‘Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman’ to a hymn to the seductive properties of ...Show more
The Tournament: Text Classics by John Clarke
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Einstein's seeded fourth. Chaplin, Freud and van Gogh are also in the top rankings. World number one is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 of the world's most creative players - everyone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco ...Show more
Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke by John Clarke
Category: Humour
Introduction by Lorin Clarke This book tells the story of John Clarke's writing life, including the fan letter he sent to All Black Terry Lineen when he was ten, a golf instruction manual unlike any other, Anna Kareninain forty-three words, and the moving essays he wrote after the deaths of his parents. ...Show more
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