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(Paperback)

Climate change is happening. The world is changing. In this extraordinarily powerful and moving book, leading Australian writers come together to reflect on what it is like to be alive during an ecological crisis as the physical world changes all around us.

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Lost Boys of Anzac traces who these men were, where they came from and why they came to volunteer for the AIF in 1914. It follows what happened to them in uniform and, using sources overlooked for nearly a century, uncovers where and how they died, on the ridges and gullies of Gallipoli - where most of them remain to this day.

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In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Robert Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. This is an original and insightful book about Menzies 193941 government and his so-called wilderness years.

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There are few memorials to colonial businesswomen, but if you know where to look, you can find many traces of their presence as you wander the streets of Sydney. This book brings the stories of these entrepreneurial women to life, with fascinating details of their successes and failures, their determination and wilfulness, their achievements, their tragedies and the occasional scandal.

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With an increasing number of Australian military personnel being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, this collection of insightful essays examines the unseen wounds sustained by combat and peacekeeping forces. They show there are no easy answers or simple solutions, and suggest where existing approaches are misguided.

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This revised edition of Newspaper Feature Writing is at the cutting edge of the revolution. It has three main aims: to maintain and enhance the systematic approach to feature writing pioneered in the earlier editions; to help lecturers integrate CAR into their courses; and to give working journalists some instruction in CAR.

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When Gough Whitlam died in October 2014, the outpouring of affectionate remembrances and genuine grief expressed across Australia was extraordinary. Not Just For This Life commemorates and celebrates Goughs life. It covers the big themes of Goughs lif eand legacy: transformation, belonging, courage, equality, enlarging, comrades and grace.

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What has happened on Nauru and Manus since Australia began its most recent offshore processing regime in 2012 This essential book provides a comprehensive and uncompromising overview of the first three years of offshore processing since it recommenced in 2012. It goes behind the rumours and allegations to reveal what is known about Australias offshore detention centres.

(Paperback, Revised ed.)

(Paperback, 6th edition)

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A raft of recent political scandals in Australia has generated widespread media and public interest in the role and accountability of ministerial staffers, and their impact on relations between ministers and their public service advisers. Such scandals include the notorious Children overboard affair and the more recent AWB imbroglio.

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The working-class suburbs to the south and west of Sydney were large and explosive places of marginalised ideas, bohemian neighbourhoods, dissident politics and contentious action. Radical Sydney traces its development from The Rocks in the 1830s to the inner suburbs of the 1980s.

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Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia about refugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong provide a wholly updated account of Australian refugee law and policy.

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On the 180th anniversary of the Myall Creek Massacre of 1838, acclaimed writers, historians, lawyers and artists explore the impact of one of the most horrifying events of Australian colonial history, showing why this event was and remains so important for Australia.

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Through his writing, teaching and public speaking, Charles Birch has drawn attention to the relationship between science and religion and the ways in which they shape our attitudes to the world around us.

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Marine biologist and underwater cameraman Richard Shark Tracker Fitzpatrick wrangles sharks and other deadly marine creatures for a living. From the coral gardens of the Great Barrier Reef to the murky depths of the Amazon, Fitzpatrick shares his real-life experiences with predators of the deep from sharks and box jellyfish to sea snakes.

(Hardback)

Crashing through the myths around Australias most famous artist, many of which he created himself as a masterful self-promoter, this book gives us, finally, the biography that Sidney Nolan deserves. In an authoritative biography that fully charts Nolans life and work, Nancy Underhill peels back the layers from a complicated, expedient and manipulative artistic genius.

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This book traces the life and times of Eric Worrell, the original reptile danger man and naturalist, and the iconic tourist attraction he established, The Australian Reptile Park, which continues to be a leader in wildlife tourism, conservation, education and research.

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John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, this book could have been much longer.