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Alan Moore - A Critical Guide by Jackson Ayres; Derek Parker Royal (Series edited by)
Category: Biography | Series: Bloomsbury Comics Studies
A complete guide to the comics work of the writer Alan Moore, this book helps readers explore one of the genre's most important, compelling and subversive writers. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers- e Moore's comics career from his early work in 2000AD to his breakthrough gr ...Show more
Arthur Phillip Australias First Governor by PARKER Derek
Category: Australian History | Series: HISTORY and BIOGRAPHY Ser.
Over the two centuries since his appointment, commentators have been as surprised at the choice of Arthur Phillip as some were at the time (the First Lord of the Admiralty, to mention only the most distinguished critic). But was it really so surprising? What did the Home Office and the Admiralty expect ...Show more
Arthur Phillip: Australia's First Governor by Derek Parker
Category: Australian History
Over the two centuries since his appointment, commentators have been as surprised at the choice of Arthur Phillip as some were at the time (the First Lord of the Admiralty, to mention only the most distinguished critic). But was it really so surprising? What did the Home Office and the Admiralty expect ...Show more
Astrology by Derek Parker
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Eyewitness Companions
Helps you to trace astrology through the ages, from its place in ancient times onwards, and explore the intriguing relationships it has with science and religion. This book enables you to unravel the secrets of each sign and discover how the movements of stars, planets and moons influence our lives.
'Banjo' Paterson: The Man Who Wrote 'Waltzing Matilda' - His Life and Poetry by Derek Parker
Category: Australian History
This new biography draws heavily from his own writing and includes full copies of all his major works of poetry including: Waltzing Matlida, Clancy of the Overflow, The Man from Snowy River.
Banjo Paterson - the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda: His Life and Poetry by Derek Parker
Category: Australian History | Series: Bus Plus Publishing Ser.
J. B. 'Banjo' Paterson was not simply the author of the words of 'Waltzing Matilda', Australia's unofficial national anthem, and many other classic ballads such as 'The man from Snowy River' and 'Clancy of the Overflow'. Though it is now almost forgotten, he was a first-rate war correspondent for the Sy ...Show more
Conversations with Casanova - A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts by Derek Parker; Dita Von Teese (Foreword by)
Category: Biography | Series: Conversations With Ser.
Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Casanova, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of history's most famous lover. A quiet chat with Casanova turns into a catalogue of racy encounters set in 18th-century Venice and other cities ... and we can even ask questions ...Show more
Governor Macquarie by Derek Parker
Category: Australian History
The first new biography of Lachlan Macquarie in decades, this book draws on a wealth of sources to paint a picture of the man and his times. It must be seen as one of the great ironies of Australian history that as far as the British Government was concerned he failed in his duty as Governor of New Sout ...Show more
OUTBACK THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIAS INTE by PARKER DEREK
Category: Fiction | Series: Sutton Ser.
In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent, and routes across its deserts and mountains from north to south and east to west lay all undiscovered. By 1874, its lands had been all but won. Derek Parkers new and exciting book gathers together the sto ...Show more
Outback: The Discovery of Australia's Interior by Derek Parker
Category: Australian History | Series: Bus Plus Publishing Ser.
In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent, and routes across its deserts and mountains from north to south and east to west lay all undiscovered. By 1874, its lands had been all but won. Derek Parker's new and exciting book gathers together the st ...Show more