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A Thinking Reed
by Jones, Barry
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1741753619
- ISBN 13
- 9781741753615
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 560 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. From quiz kid to Australian Minister for Science, from frustrated school teacher to National President of the ALP, from the suburbs of Melbourne to UNESCO in Paris, Barry Jones has had a prodigious public life. Barry Jones first came to public prominence as Pick-a-Box quiz champion, and from then on he has embraced a myriad of passions and causes. A Thinking Reed spans his remarkable career, from a lonely childhood in Melbourne of the 1930s and 1940s to the fight he led against the death penalty to his crusade to make science and the future prominent issues on the political agenda. He has worked tirelessly on both a global and local scale to rethink education, to improve and preserve our heritage, to revive the nations's film industry, and to build a better Australia. Almost unique among politicians, Barry Jones is held in enormous public affection. And while he reveals many insights into the political process - both the problems of office and the atrophy of Opposition - he concentrates above all on the life of the mind; a mind with deep, passionate and often witty insights into history, philosophy, music and literature. A Thinking Reed is a generous gift from an extraordinary Australian. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Politics & Government, Current Affairs. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781741753615. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6848. . 9781741753615
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6848
- Title
- A Thinking Reed
- Author
- Jones, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1741753619
- ISBN 13
- 9781741753615
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB137 barry jones, pick-a-box, quiz shows, television, politics, government minister, labor party, alp, Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Politics & Government, Current Affairs. EAN: 9781741753615 Jones, Barry A Thinking Reed
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