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Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott: Quarterly Essay 47

David Marr

Quarterly Essay is a trailblazing Australian journal of politics and culture. Each issue contains a single essay written at a length of about 25,000 words, followed by correspondence on previous…

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Tony Abbott and the Times of Revolution

Gerard Charles Wilson

2021 REVISED EDITION AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. The author intertwines three themes: the character of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott as displayed in his fearless no-holds battle with the far-left radicals…

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Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott

David Marr

Winner of the 2013 John Button Prize. The essential work on Tony Abbott is now an expanded, updated short book - and a crucial election - year companion. Australians want…

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The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet

Tony Abbott

A small storage room underneath the staircase leading down to Eric’s basement is a magical doorway that takes Eric, Neal, and Julie to the magical land of Droon and to…

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Battlelines

Tony Abbott

New introduction on why good policy matters and why books debating big policy ideas matter. Abbott argues the battle of ideas helps ensure political parties come to power knowing who…

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Nicholas II - Tsar to Saint

Tony Abbott

This is the harrowing story of the last Russian Imperial Family of the Romanov dynasty - A Tsar with the potential to modernise an empire who instead led it unprepared…

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Nicholas II - Tsar to Saint

Tony Abbott

This is the harrowing story of the last Russian Imperial Family of the Romanov dynasty - A Tsar with the potential to modernise an empire who instead led it unprepared…

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Nicholas II - Tsar to Saint

Tony Abbott

This is the harrowing story of the last Russian Imperial Family of the Romanov dynasty - A Tsar with the potential to modernise an empire who instead led it unprepared…

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Nicholas II - Tsar to Saint

Tony Abbott

This is the harrowing story of the last Russian Imperial Family of the Romanov dynasty - A Tsar with the potential to modernise the empire, instead led it unprepared to…

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Battlelines

Tony Abbott

In Battlelines, Abbott looks at the values and instincts that drive the Liberal Party and proposes policy that the party should adopt.

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Denis Ever After

Tony Abbott

Written by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of…

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Junk Boy

Tony Abbott

Bobby, who is bullied by the kids at school for living in a home with a front yard that is filled with garbage, meets a young artist who teaches him…

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Wade and the Scorpion’s Claw

Tony Abbott

12 quests. 12 relics. And a race to save the fate of the world.

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The Serpent’s Curse

Tony Abbott

RICK RIORDAN meets DAN BROWN in this epic historical adventure series packed full of puzzles, clues and edge-of-your-seat excitement!

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Firegirl

Tony Abbott

* It’s a beautiful story, a sad story, brilliantly written, a story you’ll never forget

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The Postcard

Tony Abbott

A thrilling mystery featuring a bizarre cast of characters and a mystery within a mystery, now available in paperback.

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The Great Jeff

Tony Abbott

A troubled boy and his mother spiral downward into homelessness in this companion to the poignant middle-grade Firegirl from acclaimed writer Tony Abbott.

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The Summer of Owen Todd

Tony Abbott

A gripping novel from an award-winning author about a boy who must figure out how to save his best friend from abuse.

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The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone

Tony Abbott

Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just paying their respects, they wind up on a…

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The Copernicus Legacy: The Crown Of Fire

Tony Abbott

When the guardians of the Copernicus legacy are targeted for assassination by the evil Galina Krause, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca must find the remaining relics to defeat their enemies.

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How to Win the Constitutional War

Tony Abbott

This is make or break time for the Australian Constitution. Should we retain an allegiance to the Queen or should we reject two hundred years of constitutional heritage? These are…

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Lunch-Box Dream

Tony Abbott

Set in 1959, this novel presents Jim Crow, racism, and segregation from multiple perspectives. In this story of witnessing without understanding, a naively prejudiced boy, in brief flashes of insight…

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Battleground: Why the Liberal Party Shirtfronted Tony Abbott

Wayne Errington,Peter Van Onselen

Battleground chronicles the paradox of the Abbott prime ministership: steadfast loyalty when pragmatism was required; social values at odds with community attitudes; stubbornness when tactics and strategy were essential. All…

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Firegirl

Tony Abbott

From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica was in a fire and was badly burned, and…

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The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin destroyed their own government

Niki Savva

Kevin Rudd was given no warning, but even he lasted longer than Abbott. Julia Gillard had plenty of warnings, but even she lasted longer than Abbott. Abbott ignored all the…

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Abbott: The Defining Speeches

Tony Abbott

When Tony Abbott declared on election night, 7 September, 2013, that Australia was under new management and once more open for business , he was emphasising more than his incoming…

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The Great Jeff

Tony Abbott

A troubled boy and his mother spiral downward into homelessness in this companion to the poignant middle-grade Firegirl from acclaimed writer Tony Abbott.

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