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The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious)

Don Watson

A modern classic- Don Watson’s history of Australia for children of the twenty-first century.

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American Journeys

Don Watson

In May 2005, on a sudden impulse, Don Watson took a train called The Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles: like a woodworm, he thought, drilling a tiny groove…

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On the US election

Don Watson

Is the United States disintegrating?

Don Watson offers a report from America that catches the madness and the politics of an election like no other.

This is a deeply historically…

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A Single Tree

Don Watson

A Single Tree assembles the raw material underpinning Don Watson's award-winning The Bush. These diverse and haunting voices span the four centuries since Europeans first set eyes on the continent.

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Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart

Don Watson

The long awaited authorised biography of Paul Keating’s four years as Australia’s Prime Minister. Written by his speech writer, this book is based on notes made during his term of…

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The Bush

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Taking you a on a journey through Australias landscape, and its inhabitants, this book examines what we have made, what we have destroyed, and what we have become in the…

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Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language

Don Watson

Part diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia’s public language, Don Watson’s Death Sentence is scathing, funny and brilliant.

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On Indignation

Don Watson

Don Watson takes us on a journey of indignation and how it has been expressed in his forebears. His ire towards US politicians has a new moving target: Donald Trump…

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The Passion of Private White

Don Watson

From the bestselling author of The Bush, the highly acclaimed story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land - a unique…

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The Passion of Private White

Don Watson

From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land - a unique, astonishing window…

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Theatre with a Purpose

Don Watson

This study of British amateur theatre in the inter-war period examines five different but interwoven examples of the belief, common in theatrical and educational circles at the time, that amateur…

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1984 & Animal Farm

George Orwell

Two of the greatest and most influential works of the twentieth century, together in one edition.

George Orwell’s novels about the dangers of tyranny, the corruption of the state and…

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Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia

Don Watson

After their military defeat in 1745, the Scottish Highlanders suffered a worse humiliation. They were displaced from their ancestral lands. This is a tale of their dispossession. It also tells…

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Quarterly Essay 63: Enemy Within - American Politics in the Time of Trump

Don Watson

In Enemy Within, Don Watson takes a memorable journey into the heart of the United States in the year 2016 - and the strangest election campaign that country has seen.

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A Single Tree

A Single Tree assembles the raw material underpinning Don Watson’s award-winning The Bush. These diverse and haunting voices span the four centuries since Europeans first set eyes on the…

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The Passion of Private White

Don Watson

From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land - a unique, astonishing window…

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Worst Words: A compendium of contemporary cant, gibberish and jargon

Don Watson

Dr Don Watson - with his trademark wit and wisdom - says enough already! The English language is complex and evolving, and can win minds, hearts and nations. Why don’t…

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There It Is Again

Don Watson

Historian, essayist, speechwriter, humourist, anti-cant crusader; Don Watson has a gift for luring us to the nub of a matter, or at least to a new view of it, there…

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Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump

Don Watson

In Enemy Within, Don Watson takes a memorable journey into the heart of the United States in the year 2016 - and the strangest election campaign that country has seen…

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American Journeys

Don Watson

In May 2005, on a sudden impulse, Don Watson took a train called The Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles: like a woodworm, he thought, drilling a tiny groove…

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American Journeys

Don Watson

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The Passion of Private White

Don Watson

From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land - a unique window into…

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Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Austrtalia

Don Watson

After their military defeat in 1745 the Scottish Highlanders suffered a worse humiliation. They were displaced from their ancestral lands and became curiosities: objects of romantic nostalgia, charity, scorn anthropology…

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There It Is Again: Collected Writings

Don Watson

Speechwriter, historian, essayist, word doctor; Don Watson has a gift for gently guiding us to the nub of a matter and a grinding of the teeth, an aha or a…

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Watson’s Dictionary of Weasel Words,Contemporary Cliches, Cant & Management Jargon

Don Watson

The prime minister speaks of core and non-core election promises, your boss asks you to commit to an involuntary career event (you’re fired), and hospitals refer to negative patient outcomes…

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Watsonia: A Writing Life

Don Watson

No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale…

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The Passion of Private White

Don Watson

From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and…

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Indians of the Mesa Verde

Don Watson

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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Up and Down: Victories and Struggles in the Course of Life

Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson shares his powerful story of the breaking point that gave him clarity.

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Watsonia: A Writing Life

Don Watson

‘When you write speeches for other people for a living, any audience is a good audience. I address walls and poultry: I stand on a wheelbarrow and give after-dinner speeches…

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Watsonia: A Writing Life

Don Watson

‘When you write speeches for other people for a living, any audience is a good audience. I address walls and poultry: I stand on a wheelbarrow and give after-dinner speeches…

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Boy From The Bush: The Songs and The Stories

Don Watson,Hamish Hamilton

Lee Kernaghan is ‘the Boy From the Bush’, an iconic star and 2008 Australian of the Year whose music has shaped a generation of country music fans. For the first…

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The Bush

Don Watson,Hamish Hamilton

Taking you a on a journey through Australias landscape, and its inhabitants, this book examines what we have made, what we have destroyed, and what we have become in the…

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The Bush

Don Watson,Hamish Hamilton

Taking you a on a journey through Australias landscape, and its inhabitants, this book examines what we have made, what we have destroyed, and what we have become in the…

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Boy From The Bush: The Songs and The Stories

Don Watson,Hamish Hamilton

Lee Kernaghan is ‘the Boy From the Bush’, an iconic star and 2008 Australian of the Year whose music has shaped a generation of country music fans. For the first…

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The Wayward Tourist: Mark Twain’s Adventures In Australia

Mark Twain,Don Watson

This republishes Mark Twain’s Australian travel writing, in which he recounts his impressions of Sydney and his view of Australian history. Includes introduction from Don Watson.

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Up and Down: Victories and Struggles in the Course of Life

Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson shares his powerful story of the breaking point that gave him clarity.

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Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia

Ian Hoskins

*Longlisted for the 2021 Indie Book Awards: Illustrated Non-Fiction*

Rivers have long run in the blood of Australians.

Givers of life and subjects of anguish, Australian rivers have shaped the…

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Verdi Don Carlos Opera In English

Gavin Julian Watson Bayley Dazeley Miles

Julian Gavin (tenor), Janice Watson (soprano), Clive Bayley\n(bass), William Dazeley (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Jane\nDutton (mezzo), Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Orchestra and Chorus of\nOpera North, Richard Farnes

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Little Books On Audio: Volume One

Mark Scott,John Birmingham,Tony Wheeler,Blanche d'Alpuget,Don Watson

The ‘On’ series - little books on big ideas - pairs Australia’s leading thinkers and cultural figures with some of the big themes in life.

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Little Books On Audio: Volume One

Mark Scott,John Birmingham,Tony Wheeler,Blanche d'Alpuget,Don Watson

The ‘On’ series - little books on big ideas - pairs Australia’s leading thinkers and cultural figures with some of the big themes in life.

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On Us…

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Rumble

The biggest underdog story ever.

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The Story of Australia: For the Young (And the Curious)

American Journeys

On the US election

A Single Tree

Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart

The Bush

Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language

On Indignation

The Passion of Private White

The Passion of Private White

Theatre with a Purpose

1984 & Animal Farm

Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia

Quarterly Essay 63: Enemy Within - American Politics in the Time of Trump

A Single Tree

The Passion of Private White

Worst Words: A compendium of contemporary cant, gibberish and jargon

There It Is Again

Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump

American Journeys

American Journeys

The Passion of Private White

Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Austrtalia

There It Is Again: Collected Writings

Watson’s Dictionary of Weasel Words,Contemporary Cliches, Cant & Management Jargon

Watsonia: A Writing Life

The Passion of Private White

Indians of the Mesa Verde

Up and Down: Victories and Struggles in the Course of Life

Watsonia: A Writing Life

Watsonia: A Writing Life

Boy From The Bush: The Songs and The Stories

The Bush

The Bush

Boy From The Bush: The Songs and The Stories

The Wayward Tourist: Mark Twain’s Adventures In Australia

Up and Down: Victories and Struggles in the Course of Life

Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia

Verdi Don Carlos Opera In English

Little Books On Audio: Volume One

Little Books On Audio: Volume One

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