A Bloody Good Rant : My Passions, Memories and Demons
| A Bloody Good Rant : My Passions, Memories and Demons |
| Autore | Keneally Thomas |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
| Disciplina | 994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, Australian - 20th century
Grandfathers - Australia Faith Death Refugees - Australia Republicanism - Australia Climatic changes - Australia Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of Authors, Australian Civilization Climatic changes Economic history Grandfathers Manners and customs Politics and government Refugees Republicanism History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Anecdotes.
Biographies. History |
| ISBN |
9781742698977
1742698972 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- About the Author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's note -- Commonwealth -- The ancient crowd: my hero (ancestor) -- Enigmas: history/myth story -- Two thousand generations -- The great Australian unease -- Enigmas: any mug can write a novel -- The climate and things around: selling them, buying them -- The shock of the global -- Enigmas: third phase, grandparency -- Mephistopheles and the boys from the CIA -- Women of Australia -- Fracking for the market -- The climate business: flames -- 'Unnatural males' and me -- And who is this Adam Smith bloke? -- The Yartz, god bless 'em -- Enigmas: the greatest scandal -- The CIA man I knew, and associated questions -- Enigmas: death, the cosmic 'ouch!' -- Our monarchical republic -- The people of the human god -- Enigmas: the presence/absence -- The reffos go multicultural -- Weeping for SIEV X -- Two sides of Australia: living in Chinese exile/being a Hajji -- That old chestnut: what is an Australian? -- Postscript: a new name, COVID-19 -- Notes -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bloody Good Rant |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911046662003321 |
Keneally Thomas
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| Sydney : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Come the revolution [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alex Mitchell
| Come the revolution [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alex Mitchell |
| Autore | Mitchell Alex |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney, : New South Publishing, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 p.) |
| Disciplina |
070.92
900 |
| Soggetto topico |
Journalists - Australia
Authors, Australian |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-74224-574-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Author's note; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART ONE; 1 A cadet on the Townsville Bulletin; 2 Going outback: The Mount Isa Mail; 3 On Murdoch's Sydney paper; 4 View from the Canberra press gallery; 5 Waking up in swinging London; 6 Halcyon days at the Sunday Times; 7 Chance to be a war correspondent; 8 Exit from Thomson House; 9 Tales of Jerome D Hoffman; 10 The Man Who Stole Uganda; PART TWO; 11 Introduction to Leon Trotsky; 12 Life of the party; 13 The revival of Trotskyism; 14 The state within the state
15 Police raid on the Red House16 How the GPU murdered Trotsky; 17 Opening doors to the Arab world; 18 High Court - high farce; 19 Comrades Vanessa and Corin; 20 Ambassador at large; 21 Faith, hope and charity; 22 The political fallout begins; 23 Breaking the faith; 24 The WRP implodes; 25 Decision time; 26 On reflection; Notes; Select bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480294403321 |
Mitchell Alex
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| Sydney, : New South Publishing, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Come the revolution [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alex Mitchell
| Come the revolution [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alex Mitchell |
| Autore | Mitchell Alex |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney, : New South Publishing, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 p.) |
| Disciplina |
070.92
900 |
| Soggetto topico |
Journalists - Australia
Authors, Australian |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-74224-574-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Author's note; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART ONE; 1 A cadet on the Townsville Bulletin; 2 Going outback: The Mount Isa Mail; 3 On Murdoch's Sydney paper; 4 View from the Canberra press gallery; 5 Waking up in swinging London; 6 Halcyon days at the Sunday Times; 7 Chance to be a war correspondent; 8 Exit from Thomson House; 9 Tales of Jerome D Hoffman; 10 The Man Who Stole Uganda; PART TWO; 11 Introduction to Leon Trotsky; 12 Life of the party; 13 The revival of Trotskyism; 14 The state within the state
15 Police raid on the Red House16 How the GPU murdered Trotsky; 17 Opening doors to the Arab world; 18 High Court - high farce; 19 Comrades Vanessa and Corin; 20 Ambassador at large; 21 Faith, hope and charity; 22 The political fallout begins; 23 Breaking the faith; 24 The WRP implodes; 25 Decision time; 26 On reflection; Notes; Select bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910649703903321 |
Mitchell Alex
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| Sydney, : New South Publishing, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Donald Horne : selected writings / / edited by Nick Horne
| Donald Horne : selected writings / / edited by Nick Horne |
| Autore | Horne Donald <1921-2005, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Disciplina | 994.040924 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, Australian
Pioneers - Australia |
| ISBN | 1-925435-75-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795932103321 |
Horne Donald <1921-2005, >
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| Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Donald Horne : selected writings / / edited by Nick Horne
| Donald Horne : selected writings / / edited by Nick Horne |
| Autore | Horne Donald <1921-2005, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Disciplina | 994.040924 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, Australian
Pioneers - Australia |
| ISBN | 1-925435-75-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819716303321 |
Horne Donald <1921-2005, >
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| Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Donald Horne : selected writings / / edited by Nick Horne
| Donald Horne : selected writings / / edited by Nick Horne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Disciplina | 994.040924 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, Australian
Pioneers - Australia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-925435-75-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466777603321 |
| Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / / Sam Furphy
| Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / / Sam Furphy |
| Autore | Furphy Samuel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 305.89915 |
| Collana | Aboriginal History Monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - Australia - Victoria
Authors, Australian |
| ISBN | 1-922144-71-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 'Claim sunk by pen of a swordsman'; 1. From Sheffield to Van Diemen's Land; 2. 'Troubles of a Beginner'; 3. 'A Station Formed at Tongala'; 4. Claiming the Moira; 5. Decline and Fall; 6. Rebuilding a Reputation; 7. Recollections of Squatting; 8. 'The native is a child'; 9. The Australian Race; 10. Ethnographic Rivalries; 11. 'My sable neighbours'; 12. The Tide of History; Epilogue: 'The Ghost of Edward Curr'; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141985603321 |
Furphy Samuel
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| Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inga Clendinnen : selected writings / / edited by James Boyce
| Inga Clendinnen : selected writings / / edited by James Boyce |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.914 |
| Soggetto topico | Authors, Australian |
| ISBN | 1-74382-147-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note from the Editor -- Introduction -- Encounters in Australia -- 1. Incident on a Beach -- 2. Spearing the Governor -- 3. Barangaroo -- 4. A Sinister Dance -- 5. Reading Mr Robinson -- 6. Inside the Contact Zone -- 7. Postcard from Townsville -- Mesoamerican Explorations -- 8. Tenochtitlan: The Public Image -- 9. Defeat -- 10. 'Fierce and Unnatural Cruelty': Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico -- 11. Crisis in the Yucatán -- 12. Landscape and World View: The Survival of Yucatec Maya Culture under Spanish Conquest -- Facing Gorgon -- 13. Beginnings -- 14. Adolf Eichmann -- 15. The Auschwitz SS -- 16. Representing the Holocaust: The Case for History -- 17. Building Treblinka -- On History and Writing -- 18. Agamemnon's Kiss -- 19. Mr Howard Wants a Structured Narrative -- 20. History and National Unity -- 21. Understanding the Heathen at Home: E.P. Thompson and His School -- 22. Backstage at the Republic of Letters -- On Life -- 23. At the Beach -- 24. In a Tiger Landscape -- 25. St Elsewhere -- 26. Liver Transplant No. 108 -- 27. Breaking the Mirror: From the Aztec Spring Festival to Organ Transplantation -- 28. Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794425503321 |
| Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , [2021] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inga Clendinnen : selected writings / / edited by James Boyce
| Inga Clendinnen : selected writings / / edited by James Boyce |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.914 |
| Soggetto topico | Authors, Australian |
| ISBN | 1-74382-147-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Note from the Editor -- Introduction -- Encounters in Australia -- 1. Incident on a Beach -- 2. Spearing the Governor -- 3. Barangaroo -- 4. A Sinister Dance -- 5. Reading Mr Robinson -- 6. Inside the Contact Zone -- 7. Postcard from Townsville -- Mesoamerican Explorations -- 8. Tenochtitlan: The Public Image -- 9. Defeat -- 10. 'Fierce and Unnatural Cruelty': Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico -- 11. Crisis in the Yucatán -- 12. Landscape and World View: The Survival of Yucatec Maya Culture under Spanish Conquest -- Facing Gorgon -- 13. Beginnings -- 14. Adolf Eichmann -- 15. The Auschwitz SS -- 16. Representing the Holocaust: The Case for History -- 17. Building Treblinka -- On History and Writing -- 18. Agamemnon's Kiss -- 19. Mr Howard Wants a Structured Narrative -- 20. History and National Unity -- 21. Understanding the Heathen at Home: E.P. Thompson and His School -- 22. Backstage at the Republic of Letters -- On Life -- 23. At the Beach -- 24. In a Tiger Landscape -- 25. St Elsewhere -- 26. Liver Transplant No. 108 -- 27. Breaking the Mirror: From the Aztec Spring Festival to Organ Transplantation -- 28. Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810906103321 |
| Carlton, Victoria : , : La Trobe University Press, , [2021] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My family and other animus / / James Jeffrey
| My family and other animus / / James Jeffrey |
| Autore | Jeffrey James <1972 or 1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlton, Victoria : , : Melbourne University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (134 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.999403 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, Australian
Journalists - Australia |
| ISBN | 0-522-87277-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793475503321 |
Jeffrey James <1972 or 1973->
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| Carlton, Victoria : , : Melbourne University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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