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A Bloody Good Rant: My Passions, Memories and Demons by Thomas Keneally
Category: Memoir
Following a lifetime observing Australia and its people, Tom Keneally turns inwards to reflect on what has been important to him. 'When I was born in 1935 I grew up, despite depression and World War II, with a primitive sense of being fortunate . . . The Utopian strain was very strong . . . if we weren ...Show more
A Dutiful Daughter by Thomas Keneally; Geordie Williamson (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
It is the duty of a good child to let his parents know the second they turn into animals.Barbara Glover?s parents metamorphosed when she hit puberty, becoming bovine from the waist down. Fearful of her transformative powers, she tends diligently to them, keeping them like animals on the family?s remote ...Show more
Australians: A short history by Thomas Keneally
Category: History
Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the vast range of characters who have formed the Australian national story. Here these volumes are brought together for a sto ...Show more
Australians: From Eureka to the Diggers: Volume 2 by Thomas Keneally
Category: History | Series: Australians | Reading Level: very good
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life. Immigrants and Aboriginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women, arti ...Show more
Australians: Origins to Eureka: Volume 1 by Thomas Keneally
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.
Australians (Volume 3): Flappers to Vietnam by Thomas Keneally
Category: History | Series: Australians
'A loving history of the Australian people' - Sydney Morning Herald..'.displays historical literacy, and plenty of humanity, empathy and compassion, all qualities rare in our public culture to be cherished when we find them.' - Weekend Australian. As in the two previous volumes of Australians, Thomas Ke ...Show more
Crimes of the Father by Thomas Keneally
Category: Fiction
A timely, courageous and powerful novel about faith, the church, conscience and celibacy.Tom Keneally, ex-seminarian, pulls no punches as he interrogates the terrible damage done to innocents as the Catholic Church has prevaricated around language and points of law, covering up for its own.Ex-communicat ...Show more
Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
Category: Fiction | Series: Hachette Essentials
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied P ...Show more
Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as Schindler's List' by Thomas Keneally
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Made into the award-winning film 'Schindler's List'. In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, w ...Show more
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