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  • A Witness of Fact

    the peculiar case of chief forensic pathologist Colin Manock

    by Drew Rooke ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIMEThe compelling story of South Australia’s disgraced former chief forensic pathologist and the legal scandals in which he became implicated.For nearly three decades, Dr Colin Manock was in charge of South Australia’s forensic pathology services, and played a vital role within the state’s criminal justice system: in cases of unexpected or ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • One Last Spin

    the power and peril of the pokies

    by Drew Rooke ...
    A poignant and compassionate work of literary journalism that tackles Australia’s most controversial pastime.Almost 200,000 poker machines sing and flash in pubs, clubs, and casinos in every corner of the country. They’re highly complex devices, their components designed by mathematicians, musicians, animators, and ergonomic experts. They’re also widely considered the most harmful form of gambling ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

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    A Witness of Fact

    The Peculiar Case of Chief Forensic Pathologist Colin Manock

    by Drew Rooke ...
    Narrated by Lockie Chapman ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 3 min

    For nearly three decades, Dr Colin Manock was in charge of South Australia's forensic pathology services. In cases of unexpected or unexplained death, it was his job to determine when a person took their final breath, and whether they had died naturally - or not. But Manock did not have the necessary training for such a specialist role, and made serious errors in several major cases. The full ... Read more

    $38.53 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Ultramarine 2024

    Stories from the oceanic frontline

    by Drew Rooke, Prianka Srinivasan, David Hancock, Kate Evans, Keely Jobe ...
    Narrated by Daniel Lizzote, Renee Garvin ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 46 min

    Welcome to Ultramarine, which takes a deep dive into the science seeking to understand and protect our precious aquatic world. As anyone who’s rolled out of a boat in diving or snorkelling gear into deep water knows, there’s nothing as thrilling as entering the ocean and peering inside it. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ultramarine 2023

    Stories from the oceanic frontline

    by Drew Rooke, Ellen Phiddian, Jacinta Bowler, Imma Perfecto, Melissa Marquez, Evrim Yazgin, Petra Stock, Tyler Fisher, Peter Puskic, Matthew Ward Agius ...
    Narrated by Daniel Townsend ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 42 min

    Welcome to Ultramarine, which takes a deep dive into the science seeking to understand and protect our precious aquatic world. As anyone who’s rolled out of a boat in diving or snorkelling gear into deep water knows, there’s nothing as thrilling as entering the ocean and peering inside it.Whether in warm tropical waters or the shiver- inducing briny of temperate and lower marine environments, ... Read more

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    $10.79 USD

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  • The Australian Book of True Crime

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    Twenty-one of Australia's most startling real-life crimes, from the late 1800s to the present day are collected here in one gripping volume. Using exhaustive research, court records, police statements and original interviews, Larry Writer offers fascinating new insights into the lives of some of Australia's most notorious villains and their victims. ... Read more

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  • The Wife Drought

    by Annabel Crabb ...
    'I need a wife'It’s a common joke among women juggling work and family. But it’s not actually a joke. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front. It’s a potent economic asset on the work front. And it’s an advantage enjoyed – even in our modern society – by vastly more men than women.Working women are in an advanced, sustained, and chronically under ... Read more

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  • The Art of Belonging

    by Hugh Mackay ...
    The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own.In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. Now in The Art of Belonging Mackay shows how strong communities develop our moral sense and build ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Forensics

    What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime

    by Val McDermid ...
    Bestselling author of Broken Ground "offers fascinating glimpses" into the real world of criminal forensics from its beginnings to the modern day ( The Boston Globe).The dead can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces, forensic scientists ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Free Schools

    by David Gillespie ...
    The bestselling author of Sweet Poison shows us how to get the better of an education system that is costing a fortune in fees, yet failing to deliver.David Gillespie has six kids. When it came time to select high schools, he thought it worth doing some investigation to assess the level of advantage his kids would enjoy if he spent the required $1.3 million to send them all to private schools ... Read more

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  • Face to Face with Evil

    Conversations with Ian Brady

    by Dr Chris Cowley ...
    ON 15 MAY 2017, IAN BRADY DIED IN HOSPITAL, ENTIRELY UNREPENTANT OF HIS EVIL CRIMES. WITH HIM ALMOST CERTAINLY DIED THE SECRET OF WHERE THE BODY OF TWELVE-YEAR-OLD KEITH BENNETT, THE LAST OF HIS AND MYRA HINDLEY'S YOUNG VICTIMS, LIES.Ian Brady was one of the most notorious and reviled serial killers in Britain. With his co-conspirator, Myra Hindley, he committed what became known as 'the Moors ... Read more

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