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(Paperback, 34th edition)

Malcolm Turnbull has quite a job ahead of him as leader of the Liberal Party. How is he going so far What can we expect in the years ahead This is a scintillating look at Turnbull and the Liberals in opposition. It is based on extensive interviews with and observation of Turnbull, who emerges as a fascinating, aggressive, humorous character.

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Who really decides what we eat and how we think about food How did the stuffed outnumber the starved and why are so many of them poor Why is soy in almost everything we eat Stuffed and Starved is a groundbreaking inquiry into the workings of the global food industry that reveals the stories behind the products in our shopping trolleys.

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Known for her passionate, sensual and edgy poetry, Dorothy Porter was one of Australia's truly original writers. She was twice short-listed for Australia's premier literary award, the Miles Franklin, and her verse novel The Monkey's Mask is a modern Australian classic.

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'Above all, poetry - for both its readers and its writers - is a form that demands attentiveness and active intelligence. It treats language as a volatile and charged commodity, and one whose subtleties and nuances are worth puzzling over.' -Sarah Holland-Batt

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W.E.H. Stanner's words changed Australia. Without condescension and without sentimentality, Stanner conveyed the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. In his Boyer Lectures he exposed a 'cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale' regarding the fate of the Aborigines, for which he coined the phrase 'the great Australian silence'.

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Brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from the last four decades, as well as many superb new poems. Selected and arranged by the author, it provides an accessible introduction to Australia's foremost lyric poet and an insight into the recurring themes that have shaped his remarkable body of work.

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(Paperback, 41st edition)

David Malouf returns to one of the most fundamental questions and gives it a modern twist: what makes for a happy life With grace and profundity, Malouf explores new and old ways to talk about contentment and the self. In considering the happy life - what it is, and what makes it possible - Malouf returns to the 'highest wisdom' of the classics.

(Paperback, 23rd edition)

Looks past the skirmishes and pitched battles of the history wars, and asks what's at stake, what kind of history do we want and need The author discusses what good history looks like and, more specifically, what good Australian history looks like.

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In 2016 the Western Bulldogs stunned the AFL world by winning the premiership - the club's first in 62 years. It was an unprecedented rise to success, capped by a stunning grand final victory that left players and fans alike shedding tears of joy.

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A lucid forecast of the changes we can expect around the world in this century; where and why future wars will erupt, which nations will gain and lose economic and political power; how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era.

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(Paperback, 51st edition)

Cardinal George Pell is the most prominent Catholic leader in Australia at a time when Church's handling of sexual abuse is being closely investigated. He is also the confessor of prime-minister-in-waiting Tony Abbott. A news-breaking and definitive portrait of Pell, at a time of maximum tension and scrutiny for both him and the church.

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There has never been a more feared or respected policeman in Australia than Brian 'Skull' Murphy. His fearsome reputation and connections with organised crime have made him an infamous figure in Melbourne police history. In The Skull, Adam Shand tells the story of the last of the supercops.

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The Sound of Pictures is an illuminating journey through the soundtracks of more than 400 movies. How do filmmakers play with sound And how does that affect the way we watch their films Whether pop or classical, sweeping or sparse, soundtracks play a crucial role in how we experience cinema.

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New updated edition This book will change the way you think about your country... Australians now officially have the best living conditions in the world. Our country is both fair and free - and the only developed nation to have avoided a recession in the past twenty years.