Description
The Book of (Almost) Everything brings together 39 lively and thought-provoking articles by long-time friends and accomplished authors Ross Fitzgerald and Dick Whitaker. Ranging across politics, history, crime, sex, sport, autobiography, alcoholism, religion, weather, the media and even astronomy, this collection reflects the extraordinary breadth of their interests and experience. They revisit significant events and personalities, illuminate stories in danger of being forgotten, and explore issues that remain relevant today.
About the authors:
Ross Fitzgerald AM, Emeritus Professor of History and Politics at Griffith University, is the author, co-author or editor of 47 books spanning history, politics, biography, satire, fiction and alcoholism. A long-standing member of Alcoholics Anonymous, he has also written extensively about recovery and sobriety, and now lives in Redfern, Sydney.
Richard (Dick) Whitaker is a scientist, meteorologist, author and lecturer with a lifelong passion for weather and history. After serving in the Australian Army, he spent thirty-one years with the Bureau of Meteorology and later became Chief Meteorologist with the Weather Channel and Sky News Weather. He has been author, co-author and consultant editor of seventeen books about the weather, and remains an active public speaker.