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This evocative new biography of James Fairfax businessman, philanthropist, collector and champion of Australian art from his nephew, Alexander Gilly, pieces together Fairfax's life through the prism of his collection.

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An essential guide to making picture books for writers and illustrators from award-winning writer Libby Gleeson.

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Newcastle finds itself on shifting ground. But it's not an earthquake, or subsidence due to an old mine. It's perception that's shifting.

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Antonia Pont's Plain Life presents a series of essays that think through central ideas of happiness, rest and relaxation, talking and allowing for silence, community and leadership.

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Unfinished Revolution is a clarion call to reignite revolutionary feminist action.

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Being a woman on a board, running an ASX top -listed company, or running a government department remains an exception rather than the norm. Catherine Fox labels these the seven myths about women and work.

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A perceptive, clear-eyed account of Australian universities, recounting their history from the 1850s to the present. Investigating the changing nature of higher education, this book asks whether this success is likely to continue in the 21st century, as the universitys hold over knowledge grows ever more tenuous.

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A Modern Dog's Life offers a new approach to owning and training a dog. The book explores the challenges faced by modern dogs (and their owners) while exploring what motivates dogs, how to train them effectively, and how to meet their needs for fun and exercise. It will appeal to every dog owner, vet, trainer or breeder.

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An honest and deeply personal story of how a privileged white woman deals with the realisation that the children she grew up with were part of the Stolen Generation. A Tear in the Soul is a frank, beautifully written account of Amanda Websters personal journey towards the realisation that she, like generations of Australians, grew up with a distorted and idealised version of the past.

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Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock its politics into the fossil fuel age. This book exlores the role of the Adani Carmichael mine in the conflict over coal. We see the rise of a fossil fuel network linking mining companies, oligarchs, big banks, think tanks, the media and all sides of Australian politics.

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Arguably Australia's most influential political journalist, Alan 'the red fox' Reid covered Australian politics from the 1930s to the 1980s. During his career he was both a chronicler of, and player in, Australian politics. A look at a Machiavellian behind-the-scenes world of recurrent plots, crises and leadership challenges.

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A core textbook of anthopometry - human body measurement - for sports science and human movement courses, with applications in ergonomics, psychology, nutrition, physiology and other health subjects.

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In Anzacs Dirty Dozen a team of renowned historians resume the battle to expose a host of stubborn fantasies and fabrications that obscure the real story. Did their military history start at Gallipoli Did they really punch above our weight in military might Are our soldiers more ethical than others in combat

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For the first time, this book tells the powerful, and until now neglected, story of how Australian humanitarians helped people they had barely heard of and never met, amid one of the twentieth centurys most terrible human calamities. With 50,000 Armenian-Australians sharing direct family links with the Genocide, this has become truly an Australian story.

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People have long told machines what to do by pushing buttons. Now, with advances in technology, machines are pushing our buttons. Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks takes us from the origins of human behaviour to the latest in artificially intelligent technologies, providing a fresh and original view of the very near future of human relationships.

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Take a wonderfully sentimental trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne as he shows us bits of Australia we'd forgotten, identities and landmarks we loved and let him remind us that some of the best things about Australia haven't changed.

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Presents the story of eight Australian fighter pilots who were engaged in the Battle of Britain, the first major battle of World War II (or any war) fought entirely in the air. Only one came home. Kristen Alexander gives a personal account of each airman, following them from childhood through to their experiences in the war, and their commemoration since.

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Explores the paradox of a nation rich in language resources, yet characterised by monolingual thinking. This title with insight, illustrates the ways in which our language resources can be consolidated and further developed for universal benefit.