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Author : Robert Pullan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789070017576
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Bob Hawke, a Portrait written by Robert Pullan and published by . This book was released on with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Pullan
Publisher : Sydney : Methuen of Australia
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bob Hawke, a Portrait written by Robert Pullan and published by Sydney : Methuen of Australia. This book was released on 1980 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Blanche d'Alpuget
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1760853267
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Bob Hawke written by Blanche d'Alpuget and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark Bob Hawke’s extraordinary life and legacy, this master work brings together the story of the man in full in a definitive hardback commemorative biography. Bob Hawke began life as a good Christian boy from a teetotal family, became a wild, drinking, womanising student, a Rhodes Scholar, a champion of workers, a folk hero recognised throughout the country, a dynamic politician who was elected four times as Australia’s Prime Minister - and transformed his country. He was our longest serving Labor Prime Minister and considered by many our greatest. By the early 1980s Australia was on the road to becoming ‘the poor white trash of Asia’. Hawke as prime minister, with Paul Keating as treasurer, changed all that. Australia became a forward-looking and humane country whose voice commanded respect on the international stage. Hawke was an environmentalist before it was fashionable, he loathed racism, helped end apartheid in South Africa, sent ministers to end the war in Cambodia, foresaw that China would become a great world power and established the first Chinese investment in an iron ore mine in Australia. His journey from the manse of a small South Australian country town to the palaces of Europe, Asia and the United States is the odyssey of a leader it is hard to imagine we will ever see the like of again - a man of towering passions and commitment to causes, and an unshakeable love of humanity.
Author : Derek Reilly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369319968
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Wednesdays With Bob (16pt Large Print Edition) written by Derek Reilly and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Wednesdays, Robert J. Hawke - Australia's 23rd and oldest living prime minister - has welcomed Derek Rielly into his home to share fine cigars and irreverent conversation. On a sun-soaked balcony, the maverick young writer and the charismatic old master talk life, death, love, sex, religion, politics, sport ... and everything in between. On other days, to paint his subject's enigma from the outside, Rielly interviews Hawke's Liberal MP rival John Howard, Labor allies Gareth Evans and Kim Beazley, wife and lover Blanche d'Alpuget, live-in stepson Louis Pratt, and friends - diplomat Richard Woolcott, economist Ross Garnaut, advertising guru John Singleton, and longtime mate Col Cunningham. The result is an extraordinary portrait of a beloved Australian - a strange, funny, uniquely personal study of Bob Hawke ruminating on his (and our) past, present and future.
Author : Troy Bramston
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 0143788094
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Bob Hawke written by Troy Bramston and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2022 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The definitive full-life biography of Australia's 23rd prime minister; the only one that Hawke cooperated with after exiting the prime ministership. This unprecedented biography of Hawke includes an exclusive series of interviews with him, the last that he gave, as well as unfiltered access to his extensive trove of personal papers. It features new interviews with more than 100 people who knew and worked with Hawke, including his family and friends; political and union colleagues, and rivals; advisers and public servants; and journalists; along with international contemporaries of Hawke such as George H.W. Bush, John Major, Brian Mulroney, James Baker and George Shultz. It also brings together an extraordinary array of never-before-seen archival documents - family diaries, notes, letters and scrapbooks; school and university reports; cabinet, departmental and vice-regal papers; party strategy documents, polling and caucus minutes; and secret correspondence and meeting records between Hawke and other Cold War leaders. Troy Bramston tells the remarkable story of Hawke's upbringing and education, the people and events that shaped him, his rise through the union movement, his complex personality and personal life marked by womanising and the demon drink, his nine-year government from 1983 to 1991, plus his post-prime ministerial life and legacy. This book is about the real Hawke, chronicling the stunning triumphs and shocking failures, a life riddled with huge flaws and great virtues marked by redemption and reinvention, which changed Australia and shaped the world. Revelatory and compelling, it will shock and surprise those who think they know the story of Australia's most popular prime minister"--Publisher's description.
Author : Bob Hawke
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781760554262
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Wednesdays with Bob written by Bob Hawke and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Wednesdays, Robert J. Hawke - Australia's 23rd and oldest living prime minister - has welcomed Derek Rielly into his home to share fine cigars and irreverent conversation. On a sun-soaked balcony, the maverick young writer and the charismatic old master talk life, death, love, sex, religion, politics, sport ... and everything in between. On other days, to paint his subject's enigma from the outside, Rielly interviews Hawke's Liberal MP rival John Howard, Labor allies Gareth Evans and Kim Beazley, wife and lover Blanche d'Alpuget, live-in stepson Louis Pratt, and friends - diplomat Richard Woolcott, economist Ross Garnaut, advertising guru John Singleton, and longtime mate Col Cunningham. The result is an extraordinary portrait of a beloved Australian - a strange, funny, uniquely personal study of Bob Hawke ruminating on his (and our) past, present and future.
Author : Troy Bramston
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760143928
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Bob Hawke written by Troy Bramston and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented biography of Hawke includes an exclusive series of interviews with him – the last that he gave – as well as unfiltered access to his extensive trove of personal papers. It features new interviews with more than 100 people who knew and worked with Hawke, including his family and friends; political and union colleagues, and rivals; advisers and public servants; and journalists; along with international contemporaries of Hawke such as George H.W. Bush, John Major, Brian Mulroney, James Baker and George Shultz. It also brings together an extraordinary array of never-before-seen archival documents: family diaries, notes, letters and scrapbooks; school and university reports; cabinet, departmental and vice-regal papers; party strategy documents, polling and caucus minutes; and secret correspondence and meeting records between Hawke and other Cold War leaders. Troy Bramston, an award-winning and best-selling author, tells the remarkable story of Hawke’s upbringing and education, the people and events that shaped him, his rise through the union movement, his complex personality and personal life marked by womanising and the demon drink, his nine-year government from 1983 to 1991, plus his post-prime ministerial life and legacy. This book is about the real Hawke, chronicling the stunning triumphs and shocking failures, a life riddled with huge flaws and great virtues marked by redemption and reinvention, which changed Australia and shaped the world. Revelatory and compelling, it will shock and surprise those who think they know the story of Australia’s most popular prime minister.
Author : Bob Hawke
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Hawke Memoirs written by Bob Hawke and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1994 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Blanche D'Alpuget
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522858511
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Hawke written by Blanche D'Alpuget and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on exhaustive research and interviews, this record is a meticulous portrait of wily and brilliant Australian politician, Bob Hawke. Candid and detailed, this account underscores Hawke’s achievements, such as his victory over Labor leader Bill Hayden, his appointment as prime minister, and his involvement in the precarious game of international politics in the last days the Cold War. Rich with intrigue and drama, this reference also includes an in-depth analysis of how power is deployed and how elections are won in Australia.
Author : Blanche d’Alpuget
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522860915
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Hawke written by Blanche d’Alpuget and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY NOW BACK IN PRINTBlanche d'Alpuget's classic 1982 biography of Robert J. Hawke remains one of the finest examples of political biography in Australian literature.Robert James Lee Hawke is one of the great men of Australian public life and his story makes compelling reading. Blanche d'Alpuget's sensitivity and psychological insight into Hawke's early years reveal how the son of devout Christian parents was reared to public duty and to the ambition of political leadership.Known throughout his life as a tireless campaigner for workers' rights and a man of wild personal habits, Hawke was a Rhodes Scholar, educated in three universities, before rejecting an academic career to commit himself to the trade union movement. As President of the ACTU from 1970 to 1980 he was a master negotiator and peacemaker in industrial life. He agitated for social and economic reforms, becoming a folk hero and the most popular Australian of his time. While he was President of the Australian Labor Party he sought to heal its wounds after the sacking of the Whitlam government; as the leader of Australia's unions he held back potentially violent industrial action over this most divisive issue. To unionists he was a giant killer; to some employers, a crypto-Communist bent upon their destruction. Hawke: The Early Years is an intimate portrait of a man of extraordinary achievements who struggles to overcome his drinking and philandering in order to rise to the highest office in Australia.
Author : Hazel Hawke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781863723008
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (23 download)
Download or read book My Own Life written by Hazel Hawke and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback edition of the frank autobiography by the wife of ex-prime minister Bob Hawke. It describes her childhood in a working-class suburb of Perth, her teenage romance with Hawke, her life as a young mother and her experiences as the prime minister's wife up to the time of his replacement by Paul Keating in late 1991.
Author : Sue Pieters-Hawke
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760872784
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Remembering Bob written by Sue Pieters-Hawke and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm, moving and revealing collection of stories and memories about Bob Hawke from across the nation, edited by his eldest daughter Bob Hawke's death in May 2019 sparked national mourning across the country as we remembered just how important Bob had been in the shaping of modern Australia. In an age when political personas have become increasingly formulaic and predictable, Bob was a man of glorious contradictions. He was a Rhodes Scholar who also had a deep affinity and understanding for mainstream Australia. He was a passionate ACTU officer and president who also knew how to work with big business. He loved his sport, a drink and a bet, yet was also deeply intellectual in his approach to policy. In an age when our respect for politicians has never been lower, we respected Bob. The huge public outpouring of grief after his death showed that we loved him too. Remembering Bob, instigated and edited by Bob's eldest daughter, Sue Pieters-Hawke, is a collection of stories and memories about Bob by his friends, colleagues, old political foes, and ordinary Australians whose paths crossed that of their everyman Prime Minister. They are by turns funny, serious, warm, illuminating and inspiring, and, taken together, they offer a true reflection of the extraordinary person he was, and what he meant to us all. A royalty on every copy sold will go to The Exodus Foundation, one of Bob Hawke's favourite charities.
Author : Daniel Oakman
Publisher : Melbourne Books
ISBN 13 : 1925556336
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Oppy written by Daniel Oakman and published by Melbourne Books. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was only one Phar Lap: There is only one 'Oppy' - Courier Mail, 1932. Hubert 'Oppy' Opperman was a sporting icon, a cycling phenomenon whose epic feats of endurance captivated the world. For over two decades, he dominated almost every race he entered and shattered record after record in Australia and Great Britain. In 1928, he led the first Australasian team to ever contest the Tour de France. But Oppy was more than just a champion. During the Great Depression, a time of painful economic and social change, he became a transcendent symbol of Australian fortitude. He became a household name, a legend - as popular as the cricketer Don Bradman and the racehorse Phar Lap. As well as vividly retelling his sporting triumphs, this book is the first to consider the legacy of Opperman's post-cycling career. It explores the emotional pain of his private life, the controversies that dogged his seventeen-year political career including his term as Minister for Immigration in the Menzies Government, and the far-reaching changes he helped bring to Australian immigration policy. This meticulously researched biography gives readers a thrilling insight into the brutal world of professional cycling and an intimate portrait of an extraordinary Australian.
Author : Blanche D'Alpuget
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780522858006
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Hawke written by Blanche D'Alpuget and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered a giant killer to unionists and a crypto-Communist to some employers, Robert James Lee Hawke is one of the great men of Australian government. An intimate portrait, this account reveals how the son of devout Christian parents was reared to public duty and to the ambition of political leadership. It details Hawke’s many achievements—as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions as well as of the Australian Labor Party—and demonstrates how an extraordinary man struggled to overcome his drinking and philandering in order to rise to the highest office in Australia.
Author : Rosalind Coward
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740767925
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Diana: The Portrait written by Rosalind Coward and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplemented by photographs, offers a personal look at the woman known for her humanitarian inspiration to the world.
Author : Beck Feiner
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460709217
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Aussie Legends Alphabet written by Beck Feiner and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THIS VIBRANT LOOK AT AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL ICONS, A IS FOR ADAM GOODES, B IS FOR BOB HAWKE AND C IS FOR CATHY FREEMAN. Forget Alpha, Bravo, Charlie ... Meet the ultimate A to Z of amazing Aussies who make thiscountry legendary. Sometimes irreverent, always charming and vividly brought tolife by Beck Feiner. PRAISE 'Aussie Legends Alphabet will thrill readers, children andadults alike ... An ideal starting point for students who are looking at famousAustralians in class, as well as being a fabulous gift and talking point foradults.' -- ReadPlus AWARDS Shortlisted - 2018 Australian Book Design Awards Shortlisted - 2018 Speech Pathology Awards
Author : Richard Woolcott
Publisher : Scribe Publications
ISBN 13 : 1921372311
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Undiplomatic Activities written by Richard Woolcott and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "International politics is a serious business. But, as Richard Woolcott shows in these witty reminiscences, the diplomatic world has more than its fair share of absurdity, and even high comedy."--Provided by publisher.
