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(Paperback, 17th edition)

The Family Court was a progressive reform of the 1970s. Now it is the most hated institution in Australia. What went wrong This is a searching critique of its failures and injustices, supported by accounts of those who have suffered at its hands, with suggestions for change.

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In Lives , an extraordinary writer encounters some remarkable people; and evokes their inner lives. Peter Robb has an uncanny ability to get into the skin of other people: to show them in a new light, to home on what makes them tick. In Australia, these range from Alex Dimitriades to Ivan Milat, from Marcia Langton to Julian Assange.

(Paperback, 29th edition)

The author looks at the challenge of balancing love and economics, and the value our society places on both. Examining how paid work has become 'sacred' for many, she argues that any true definition of equality has to take into account the fact of dependency and care for others. Australian author.

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From the pubs of the Sydney Push to New York's nightclubs, Lillian Roxon set the pace for an era that changed the world. Her Rock Encyclopedia, published in 1969, was the first book of its kind and established Roxon as a leading critic and chronicler of rock culture. Mother of Rock is a riveting portrait of an Australian trailblazer.

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(Paperback, 24th edition)

In this scholarly, yet passionate essay the author explores the paradoxes and strengths of nomadism, in both its traditional and modern forms.

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From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the non-fiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors.

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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.

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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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Collects Kate Jennings' best short work from the last four decades. She writes incisively about manners and morals, politics and economics, feminism and the writing life. She describes America with the keen eye of an outsider, and looks back at Australia with an expatriate's frankness. A fragmented autobiography and a record of remarkable times.

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Kyle Tackwell Balls light-hearted memoirabout transforming an ancient church in Italy that once served as a way station for Crusaders and religious pilgrims into a livable spaceunearthing skeletons in the backyard, encountering mysterious biting bugs, and hosting occasional visitations from a ghostly presence who smoked Marlboro Lights along the way.

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Kyle Tackwell Balls light-hearted memoirabout transforming an ancient church in Italy that once served as a way station for Crusaders and religious pilgrims into a livable spaceunearthing skeletons in the backyard, encountering mysterious biting bugs, and hosting occasional visitations from a ghostly presence who smoked Marlboro Lights along the way.