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A vivid chronicle of a journalist's journey to reconnect with a beloved American classic. In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that would become the inspiration for his book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Among the many to fall under its spell was Richardson, who became a 'Pirsig pilgrim'.

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Coralie threw the life jackets one by one, as hard as she could, and watched them catch on the wind and blow into the sea.

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This is the first book-length biography of the remarkable Scottish pioneer who accompanied Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling to Western Australia's fledgling Swan River Colony in 1829. With the assistance of his Aboriginal guide, Collie's expeditions acr

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Perth, a city of 1.5 million relatively complacent people, is changing at a phenomenal rate. Latest predictions are that the city will grow from 1.5 million people to 4.2 million by 2056. This book is designed to help the community visualize the results of planning decisions and get everyone involved in the debate about how the city should grow.

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The first definitive, authorised biography of the late Elizabeth Jolley - one of the most distinctive and remarkable voices in Australian literature. Brian Dibble draws on Jolley's private letters and diaries as well as extensive interviews with family and friends in this revealing and surprising biography.

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It addresses questions such as: How is emotion embodied and performed in ritual Why are the senses significant in song How do musical sentiments communicate in an interconnected world It invites readers to rethink the place of ecology in music and emotion as well as how emotions transcend cultural difference.

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Written by three of Western Australia's most prominent orchidologists and featuring over 200 hundred full-page, colour illustrations by renowned botanical artist Pat Dundas, this long-awaited volume is the first modern text cataloguing all known species of Western Australia.

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Using Eva - the cleaning lady protagonist from her acclaimed 2003 novel "The Secret Cure" - as both catalyst and metaphor, the author explores Western science, psychology and epistemology for clues to better understanding the creative writing process.

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Photographs generated by NSW in the course of their investigations in 1945-60 form a visual reference for a richly imagined story to take place. Ross Gibson writes a fictional story behind each of these intriguing police photographs. Exhibition of photographs to be held in Sydney.

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Argues that the real opponents of democracy are conservatives, whose attack on the left reveals hostility for their ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. This book focuses on the published ideas of seven of Australia's most influential conservative media commentators.

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Explores the profound impact of time and place on the lives of two women, and questions the things we value, the places we call home and the spaces between life and death.

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In the First World War, Australian reactions to death were defined by distance, a circumstance that impelled mourners towards communal responses to their loss. It drove them to create and sustain links with the graves that most knew they would never see. This book deals with this topic.

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A history of the university grounds, their design, management and landscape evolution. It is also a reminder of the very rich educational resource the grounds can offer in botany, ecology, landscape design and social history. It includes sections on areas of special interest such as the Sunken Garden, Somerville Auditorium and Japanese Garden.

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Moving between Perth, Melbourne and the English village of Granston and shifting between two generations, this title illuminates the stories of Grace and her parents Peter and Madeleine. It explores the tragic consequences when people cease communicating with each other, and the suffering imposed on children by adults crippled by grief.

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This collection of short fiction explores what lies beneath the apparently normal, even mundane, surfaces of people's lives. Desire in its many manifestations is the unifying theme of these stories. This exploration of interior lives, from the young to the old and all in between, reveals some surprising insights.

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This work details the architecture of John Cyril Hawes (1876-1956), who left behind a legacy which spans England, Western Australia, the US and the Bahamas. He had two vocations in life: as artist/architect and as a strongly religious man who showed a devotion to holy work.