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A Fistful of Stars - Communing with the Cosmos by Gail Collins-Ranadive
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We are made up of star stuff! This elegant idea became tangibly real when the liberal clergy author was handed a cottonwood twig with a tiny star hiding inside. Gathering up fists full of these star sticks, and in collaboration with her 'rocket scientist' partner, she set out to reframe the human exper ...Show more
A Letter to My Daughters - Remembering the Lost Dimension and the Texture of Life by Theodore Richards
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Before you were born, I went on a journey that would take me around the world completely, a spherical, three-dimensional journey. A journey of dirt and blood. A journey of taste and bodily sensation. A journey of texture. I am writing you because I want you to live in this world, to feel it in its fulln ...Show more
Great Pan Is Dead by Eric D. Lehman
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From the small-world accidents of finding lost toys and meeting old friends in strange places, to apparent twists of fate that lead to historical events, people continue to find meaning in coincidence. In Great Pan is Dead, author Eric D. Lehman investigates this phenomenon through the lens of his own m ...Show more
Liberty: The Evolution of an Idea by John Bew (Text by); Adrian Bradshaw (Text by); Alexander McCall Smith (Text by)
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Category: Essays Language and Writing | Series: Essay Ser.
Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story contains multitudes - humanity's eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors' long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of religion, the rise of democratic liberties in society at large and the modern fight against au ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 26 - His Master's Voice: Public Debate in Howard's Australia by David Marr; Chris Feik (Editor)
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
John Howard has the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGOs, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and shut down parliamentary scrutiny. Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a part ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 38: Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd by David Marr
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
This irreverent, controversial account is sure to be one of the most talked-about publications of election year 2010 - a ground-breaking, in-depth profile that traces Kevin Rudd's years in Queensland, in China, in opposition and finally in government. Based on extensive research, observation and intervi ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 43: Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation by Robert Manne
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch's empire in Britain. But what about in Australia, where he owns 70 per cent of the press? In Bad News, Robert Manne investigates Murdoch's lead political voice here, the Australian newspaper, and how it shapes debate. Since 2002, under the edi ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 47: Political Animal: David Marr on Tony Abbott by David Marr
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Winner of the 2013 John Button Prize The essential work on Tony Abbott is now an expanded, updated short book - and a crucial election-year companion. Australians want to know: what kind of man is Tony Abbott, and how would he perform as prime minister? In this dramatic portrait, David Marr shows tha ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 59: Faction Man: Bill Shorten's Path To Power by David Marr
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The top job is within Bill Shorten's grasp. But who is he? How did he rise to become Labor leader? And does he have what it takes to beat Malcolm Turnbull and lead the country? In this dramatic essay, David Marr traces the hidden career of a Labor warrior. He shows how a brilliant recruiter and formidab ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 66: The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock by Anna Krien
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Category: Australian | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In this vivid, urgent essay, Anna Krien explores the psychology and politics of a warming world. She visits the frontlines of Australia's climate wars - the Reef, the Galilee and Bowen basins, South Australia. She investigates the Adani mine, with its toxic politics and controversial economics. Talking ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 83: Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power by Lech Blaine
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Category: Australian | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Who can be a larrikin and how is it used politically? The figure of the larrikin goes deep in Australian culture. But who can be a larrikin, and what are its political uses? This brilliant essay looks at Australian politics through the prisms of class, egalitarianism and masculinity. Lech Blaine exami ...Show more
The Comet's Tail - A Memoir of No Memory by Amy Nawrocki
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I do not remember the tubes, the tests, or the icy cold of space. I do not remember losing six months of my life. At age nineteen, Amy Nawrocki returned from her first year of college, scribbled a few notes in her journal, and took a terrifying summer trip. She remembers one night of disorientation, the ...Show more
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