Remembering Josh: Bali, A Father's Story (Brian Deegan)

Remembering Josh: Bali, A Father's Story

Brian Deegan

Blurb: 'I've not slept for 70 hours or more, walking, watching, waiting, praying for the end of this nightmare from which, at some stage, I must awake. But the reality is beginning to set in and I know only too well that at least in this life I shall never speak openly with my son. Never again shall I laugh with him, drink with him, discuss his future or watch him take to the field.'

So begins a father's descent into hell.

On 12 October 2002, Brian Deegan's son Joshua was killed in the terrorist explosion that ripped apart the Sari Club in Bali's Kuta Beach. Through grief and anger, this father has gone on a journey no parent should have to take. He has confronted the ghosts of his son's death, challenged the government's version of the truth and fought for the answers nobody wanted to give.

Raw and powerful, Remembering Josh cuts to the heart of love and honesty. Nobody reading this book will be left unaffected by it.

ISBN: 1741142776 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Pages: 240 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Buy from the ABC

3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. Wikipedia page on the Bali bombings

5. Australian government article on the event

Rome - miniMONOGRAPHS of Art Places (Various)

Rome - miniMONOGRAPHS of Art Places

Various

Blurb: The history of Rome goes back about three thousand years. It is one of the oldest and most important cities in the world. Latin, which has its origins in Rome, has dominated culture for two thousand years; law, born in Rome, has inspired Western law codes; art and Roman architectural styles have been used as models for centuries in the most advanced countries. The influence of this city, first as the centre of the Roman Empire, then as the centre of Christianity, has no equal in the history of the Western world. 

ISBN: 8875711984 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Roma Editrice

Pages: 48 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy online

2. Collection of art books

3. Wikipedia page for Rome

4. Info on Rome

5. Things to do in Rome

Hover Car Racer (Matthew Reilly)

Hover Car Racer

Matthew Reilly

Blurb: Meet Jason Chaser, hover car racer. He's won himself a place at the International Race School, where racers either make it on to the Pro Circuit - or they crash and burn.

But he's an outsider. He's younger than the other racers. His car, the Argonaut, is older. And on top of that, someone doesn't want him to succeed at the School and will do anything to stop him.

Now Jason Chaser isn't just fighting for his place on the starting line, he's racing for his life.

ISBN: 0330422308 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Pan

Pages: 438 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Publisher's page for the book

3. Wikipedia page for the book

4. Goodreads page

5. Buy from Amazon

The Outsider - The O.C. Novelization #1 (Cory Martin)

The Outsider - The O.C. Novelization #1

Cory Martin

Blurb: It's not who you are, it's who they think you are.

Ryan Atwood comes from a world where fists do the talking. In Orange County, it's about debutante balls, pristine beaches and designer boutiques. It's a world where money does the talking; the other kind is done behind your back. They think Ryan is the ultimate outsider.

Marissa Cooper is to the O.C. born. Beautiful, sweet, raised in riches, she's living, SUV-driving, poster-model for sunny popularity. They think she's the ultimate insider.

Seth Cohen is from the O.C., but not of it. He's got it all, but somehow does 'it' all wrong. He's klutzy and quirky when his peers are snarky and smooth. They think he's the ultimate geek.

Welcome to the O.C., to the story behind the story. There's so much more than what you're allowed to see on TV.

ISBN: 0141319070 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 308 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Buy from Indigo

3. Wikipedia page for the TV series

4. IMDB page for the TV series

5. Goodreads page for the book

The Misfit - The O.C. Novelization #2 (Aury Wallington)

The Misfit - The O.C. Novelization #2

Aury Wallington

Blurb: Break the rules... or make some new ones.

Seth Cohen has grown up among the beautiful rich kids, but he's never been one of them. Cohen? He's always been the geek, the weirdo, the misfit. But not any more. Suddenly Seth's got a friend, Ryan Atwood, who's looking out for him. The popular girl next door, Marissa Cooper, is talking to him. And he's got not one but two girls on the line.

Seth's not playing by the same rules any more. In fact, he's out to break them all. 

ISBN: 0141319089 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 194 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Goodreads page

3. Author's page

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Youtube clip from the episode the book is based on

The Way Back - The O.C. (Cory Martin)

The Way Back - The O.C.

Cory Martin

Blurb: Everything's different.

The Newport summer scene: days at the beach and nights spent partying. It's the same as always, but it isn't. Ryan's in Chino helping Theresa prepare for the baby, and trying to find a family to replace the one he lost. Seth's gone, sailing his boat to places unknown, hoping to find himself. Marissa's losing herself in a bottle, and Summer's falling for a new love. Everything's changed. Nothing is the same. Can it ever be?

Get the inside story, the story you won't see on TV. 

ISBN: 0141319097 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 189 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Goodreads page

3. Wikipedia page for the TV series

4. Wiki on the TV series

5. Buy used copies of the book

Through My Eyes - The Autobiography of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton)

Through My Eyes - The Autobiography of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton

Blurb: 'This is the story of a little girl who lived, and breathed, and loved, and was loved. She was part of me. She grew within my body and when she died, part of me died, and nothing will ever alter that fact. This is her story, and mind.' - Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton

'Page after page demolishes the myth and fables that have been spun around a nation's obsession with the baby's disappearance.' - The Sydney Morning Herald

'What first struck me on meeting Lindy was her sense of humour and surprising lack of bitterness. Here is a woman who has been under such macabre and intense public scrutiny and yet through all the tabloid hysteria they haven't managed to capture the real Lindy at all. There are so many myths about Lindy and the Chamberlain case that have still not been dispelled and to read this book is to get closer to the truth behind the story that has continued to fascinate Australia for the past 24 years.' - Miranda Otto, Actress

ISBN: 0975114530 (Paperback)

Year: 1990/2004

Publisher: East Street Publications

Pages: 804 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Wikipedia page for the author

3. Publisher's page for the book

4. Goodreads page

5. Buy from Dymocks

Hard Revolution (George Pelecanos)

Hard Revolution 

George Pelecanos

Blurb: In the spring of 1968, Martin Luther King preaches in vain for non-violent protest against the US government; the world is enthralled but the new black communities of Washington, DC still seethe with anger against the iniquities of their society.

Derek Strange has witnessed the white establishment crush his mother, father, and friends their entire lives. Yet, barely out of school, Derek chooses to become a rookie cop in a police-force run by those he despises. Can one young man possibly make a difference? Derek believes that he can, but many of his own kind feel that he's a traitor. Meanwhile his older brother, Dennis, has recently returned from a stint in the military and with no job and no prospect of getting one, is drifting towards drugs and deadly alliances. And in another part of the city, a group of young men, twisted with racial hate, thrill-kill a young black man and plan a shotgun robbery that will have devastating implications for Derek, his partner Troy Peters, and Vaughn, a hard homicide investigator with ties to the Strange family.

Then, on April 4th, 1968, Dr King is assassinated on the balcony of his motel in Memphis, Tennessee. And the black nation rises as one to condemn the slaying of one of their prophets. For one week, it seems that the whole country will fall into the abyss. Derek, his family, and his whole community find themselves in the midst of a battle for the heart and soul of this new world as the violent side of the civil rights movement comes upon America in a volcanic fury.

Hard Revolution is the new epic novel from one of America's most powerful crime writers, a story of one man's journey into the fires of a revolution. 

ISBN: 0752856308 (Hardback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Orion

Pages: 376 (Fiction)

Links

1. Review of the book

2. Goodreads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Another review