Books

Cricket’s Hall Of Shame

Cricket’s Hall Of Shame
A celebration of the dull, dud and dead of Test and First Class cricket. With a foreword by Greg Chappell, the book covers every ignoble cricket act from the Trevor Chappell underarm bowling incident to Dilip Doshi's unbelievably bad batting. The worst grounds, the worst sledging, and the most appalling umpiring decisions are all there....

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Horseracing’s Hall of Shame

Horseracing’s Hall of Shame
Having probed the murky depths of Aussie Rules and Cricket, Dave Warner and his mate Nicolas Brasch put the probe through the rank hay to be found at the back end of the stall in the Sport of Kings. Come on a ride through a field of the slowest horses, clumsiest jockeys, most crooked punters,...

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Great Australian Bites

Great Australian Bites
EDITED BY DAVE WARNER An anthology of comedic, contemporary Australian writing. Contributors include Linda Jaivin, Roy Slaven, H.G. Nelson, Bruce Beresford, Rob Sitch, Paul Dempsey, Dave Warner, David Dale, Wilbur Wilde, Max Cullen, Catherine Jennings, Dorinda Hafner, Greg Macainsh, Damien O'Doherty, John Doust and John Ryan. "Great Australian Bites is the perfect companion for a...

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Big Bad Blood

Big Bad Blood
Sydney 1965. The Beatles are on every radio, and Detective Ray Shearer's on the take. Shearer acts as muscle for Kings Cross businessman George Shaloub. George has problems. He wants to knock down some terraces in the Cross to build a business centre, but heiress and local newspaper publisher Jenny Wilson is running a high-profile...

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eXXXpresso

eXXXpresso
Just out of the big house, Rick is a good natured ex-crim with a plan to franchise a chain of cafés based on a prison theme. To finance his dream, he borrows from a low-life drug dealer and full-time paranoid, Guthrie. But moments before he is due to pay off his debt to Guthrie, his...

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Footy’s Hall Of Shame

Footy’s Hall Of Shame
  Footy's Hall of Shame is the ultimate compendium of the greatest bungles in the history of Australian Rules Football – from the biggest thugs to the most inept teams, from the worst grounds to the funniest footy cards. "This is a sprinkle that celebrates those who just turned up and played. It goes out...

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City Of Light

City Of Light
"Jesus Christ. I found one." These words, blurted over the phone to Constable Snowy Lane, signalled the beginning of a series of events which were to reverberate in his life and shake Perth to its foundations. It was 1979. Mr Gruesome had taken another victim and all of Perth was riveted by the emergence of...

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Murder in the Groove/Frame

Murder in the Groove/Frame
MURDER IN THE GROOVE & MURDER IN THE FRAME When reclusive former rock-star Andrew "The Lizard" Zirk accepts an invitation to a rock and roll party in honour of Australia's nastiest, sleaziest, crudest and most successful musician, Sydney Melbourne, he little realises he has just started a new career as Australia's most successful crime sleuth. Before...

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Mushroom 25

Mushroom 25
25 Years of Mushroom Records is the story of a musical journey that started out in a house in the suburbs and has earned a place in every recorded music collection in Australia. Dave Warner takes you from a time when local radio ignored the rapidly changing face of Australian music to the exciting performances,...

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Murder in the Off-season

Murder in the Off-season
Rock-star-turned-detective Andrew "The Lizard" Zirk decides to take a vacation with his gorgeous chauffeuse, Fleur. And what better destination than a new resort on the Indonesian island of Ulambor. But no sooner have they polished off their first plate of gado gado than their romantic retreat is ringing with the shouts of the Dynamos, an...

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Before it Breaks

Before it Breaks
Detective Inspector Daniel Clement is back in Broome, the tropical town where he grew up, licking his wounds from a busted marriage and struggling to be impressed by his new team of small-town, inexperienced cops. But stagnation and lethargy soon give way to a case with urgent purpose. On the edge of the desert, a...

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