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Take Your Best Shot: The Prime Ministership of Julia Gillard: Penguin Special
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Take Your Best Shot: The Prime Ministership of Julia Gillard: Penguin Special
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jacqueline Kent
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:144 | Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 113 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780143570561
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Classifications | Dewey:320.00 324.29407 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Random House Australia
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Imprint |
Penguin Random House Australia
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Publication Date |
27 August 2013 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
No Australian prime minister has had to face such a difficult and challenging political environment as did Julia Gillard. Her impressive legislative record was overshadowed by pitched battles with jealous rivals and a remarkably hostile media, as well as her own struggles to communicate effectively with the public. Following her successful The Making of Julia Gillard, award-winning biographer Jacqueline Kent analyses our first woman prime minister's tumultuous term in office, drawing on a range of views and including an exclusive new interview with Gillard herself. Take Your Best Shot is an insightful, revelatory and immensely readable account of Julia Gillard's leadership - and its abrupt ending.
Author Biography
Jacqueline Kent was born in Sydney and grew up there and in Adelaide. Originally trained as a journalist and broadcaster, she has also been a book editor and a reviewer for numerous publications, and has a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. As well as biography and general social history, she has written fiction for young adults. A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, A Literary Life won the 2002 National Biography Award and the Nita B. Kibble Award. An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin won the 2009 Nita B. Kibble Award. She lives in Sydney.
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