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Joyful strains: making Australia home
By Alice Pung, Ali Lemerm, Catherine Rey, Diane Armstrong, Danny Katz, Arnold Zable, Chris Flynn, Meg Mundell, Mark Dapin, Kent MacCarter, Maria Tumarkin, Paola Totaro, Alison Lemer, Amy Espeseth. 2013
Joyful Strains collects twenty-seven memoirs from writers describing their expatriation to Australia. These are stories about what they found, who…
they became and what they now think of Australia - stories that provide entertainment, perspective and cause to celebrate our increasingly diverse nation. This is an insightful, compelling and sometimes confronting collection for all Australians. Contributors include: Alice Pung, Danny Katz, Mark Dapin and Diane Armstrong, with an introduction from Arnold Zable.Pathways to success and happiness: Four Simple Steps To Creating The Winning Team
By Sharon Pearson. 2011
The closed circle: an interpretation of the Arabs
By David Pryce-Jones. 2009
As the violence of the Middle East has come to America, many Westerners are stunned and confounded by this new…
form of mayhem that appears to be a feature of Arab societies. This important book explains how Arabs are closed in a circle defined by tribal, religious, and cultural traditions.Of labour and liberty: distributism in Victoria 1891-1966
By Race Mathews. 2017
Of Labour and Liberty ... responds to evidence of a precipitous decline in active citizenship, resulting from a loss of…
confidence in politics, politicians, parties and parliamentary democracy; the rise of ‘lying for hire’ lobbyism; increasing concentration of capital in the hands of a wealthy few; and corporate wrong-doing and criminality ... It highlights the potential of the social teachings of the Catholic Church and the now largely forgotten Distributist political philosophy and program that originated from them as a means of bringing about a more equal, just and genuinely democratic social order. It describes and evaluates Australian attempts to give effect to Distributism, with special reference to Victoria.Eve and the new Jerusalem: socialism and feminism in the nineteenth century
By Barbara Taylor. 1993
In the early nineteenth century, radicals all over Europe and America began to conceive of a 'New Moral World', and…
struggled to create their own utopias, with collective family life, communal property, free love and birth control. In Britain, the visionary ideals of the Utopian Socialist, Robert Owen, attracted thousands of followers, who for more than a quarter of a century attempted to put theory into practice in their own local societies, at rousing public meetings, in trade unions and in their new Communities of Mutual Association. Barbara Taylor's brilliant study of this visionary challenge recovers the crucial connections between socialist aims and feminist aspirations. In doing so, it opens the way to an important re-interpretation of the socialist tradition as a whole, and contributes to the reforging of some of those early links between feminism and socialism.Living dolls: the return of sexism
By Natasha Walter. 2011
Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism, these terms have now been co-opted by a society that sells women…
an airbrushed, highly sexualised and increasingly narrow vision of femininity. While the opportunities available to women may have expanded, the ambitions of many young girls are in reality limited by a culture that sees women's sexual allure as their only passport to success. At the same time we are encouraged to believe that the inequality we observe all around us is born of innate biological differences rather than social factors. Drawing on a wealth of research and personal interviews, Natasha Walter, author of the groundbreaking THE NEW FEMINISM and one of Britain's most incisive cultural commentators, gives us a straight-talking, passionate and important book that makes us look afresh at women and girls, at sexism and femininity, today.Bypass: the story of a road
By Michael McGirr. 2007
Bypass: the story of a road, a quirky biography of Australia's main street, the Hume Highway. The heart of Bypass…
is a bike ride that Michael, not the fittest man on the road, made from Sydney to Melbourne with the ever-patient Jenny, now his wife and more patient than ever. By the end of the book, they were expecting their first child.The woman's money book
By Vivienne James. 1996
A user friendly guide to sorting out your finances and putting your money where it will work best for you.…
It covers topics such as stress-free ways to budget and save, being "credit-card clever", identifying the right investment paths and planning for your future.The borough and its people: Port Melbourne 1839 - 1939
By Margaret Bride, Graham Bride. 2013
Port Melbourne, simply known as The Beach, then Sandridge, in 1884 became the Borough of Port Melbourne. This book focuses…
on how events such as the gold rushes, wars and the fears of war, the foundation of unions for maritime workers, depressions and strikes all affected and helped to shape the lives of people living in the Borough.The Morgenthau Plan: Soviet influence on American postwar policy
By John Dietrich. 2013
The Morgenthau Plan, the Allies' post-war policy that preceded the Marshall Plan, devastated what remained of Germany after the war…
was officially over. Was this 'economic idiocy' or intentional destruction of a surrendered country? The current work documents the drafting and implementation of the Morgenthau Plan, a plan that was designed to completely destroy the German economy, enslave millions of her citizens, and exterminate as many as 20 million people.Core of my heart, my country: women's sense of place and the land in Australia and Canada, 1828-1950
By Maggie MacKellar. 2004
When Georgiana Molloy gave birth on the beach at Augusta in 1830 with boxes of her possessions lying where they'd…
landed, she was one of the many women who literally had to remake their homes out of the broken bones of their past. In this passionate book Maggie MacKellar tells the stories of women on the frontier in Canada and Australia who ventured out in bonnets and petticoats to collect seeds, who abandoned sidesaddles to ride in the mountains, who risked their reputations to climb mountains - and beyond this it tells of the risky business of women who put their lives on the page to claim the importance of their experience. Core of My Heart, My Country weaves together experience and insight from women who lived and wrote in different landscapes, in different climates and in different eras. It is a provocative and remarkable encounter with buried stories and persistent myths.Au revoir: running away from home at fifty
By Mary Moody. 2001
Living the good life in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales with her husband, four grown-up children and four…
(and counting) grandchildren, Mary Moody's life was full. At fifty, she had built a satisfying career as a writer and television presenter which allowed her time to look after her family, house and garden. The only thing missing was time for herself, a chance to reflect on life and its meaning. Like many women of her generation, caught up with the commitments of work and family, Mary had never had a moment alone - so she decided to say au revoir. She ran away to live on her own for six glorious months in the rural paradise of southwest France.Balcony over Jerusalem: a Middle East memoir
By John Lyons, Sylvie Clezio. 2017
A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents. Leading Australian journalist John…
Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving in Jerusalem with his wife and eight-year-old son, to the fall of dictators and his gripping account of what it feels like to be taken by Egyptian soldiers, blindfolded and interrogated, this is a memoir of the Middle East like no other. Drawing on a 20-year interest in the Middle East, Lyons has had extraordinary access - he's interviewed everyone from Israel's former Prime Ministers Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert to key figures from Hezbollah and Hamas. He's witnessed the brutal Iranian Revolutionary Guard up close and was one of the last foreign journalists in Iran during the violent crackdown against the 'Green Revolution'. He's confronted Hamas officials about why they fire rockets into Israel and Israeli soldiers about why they fire tear gas at Palestinian school children. Lyons also looks at 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank - the mechanics of how this works and the effect it now has on both Israelis and Palestinians. Lyons explains the Middle East through every day life and experiences - his son's school, his wife's friends and his own dealings with a range of people over six years.Arabesques: a tale of double lives
By Robert Dessaix. 2009
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, France, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French…
writer Andre Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as a teenager, he set off to recapture what it was that once drew him so strongly to this enigmatic figure.On a magic carpet ride from Lisbon to the edge of the Sahara, from Paris to the south of France and Algiers, Robert takes us to the places where the Nobel Prize-winning author, in ways still scandalous to modern sensibilities, lived out his unconventional ideas about love, marriage, sexuality and religion. Features meditations and conversations with fellow-travellers on such diverse subjects as why we travel, growing old, illicit passions, and the essence of Protestantism.Fight like a girl
By Clementine Ford. 2016
Online sensation, fearless feminist heroine and scourge of trolls and misogynists everywhere, Clementine Ford is a beacon of hope and…
inspiration to thousands of Australian women and girls. Her incendiary debut Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be, and exposes just how unequal the world continues to be for women. Using first person narrative, empirical evidence, media clippings, anecdotal storytelling and the words of young women themselves, Clementine Ford has written an essential companion for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised that will give them new language to articulate their rage and frustrations. Crucially, it is a call to arms for all women to rediscover the fury that has been suppressed by a society that still considers feminism a threat.Among the islands: adventures in the Pacific (Adventures #3)
By Tim F Flannery. 2011
Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna…
of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia - Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group - that young scientist found himself ghost-whispering, snake wrestling, Quadoi hunting and plunged waist-deep into a sludge of maggot-infested faeces in search of a small bat that turned out not to be earth-shatteringly interesting. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and historic scientific expeditions, Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular environments on earth.The barefoot bushwalker: a remarkable story of adventure, courage and romance
By Dorothy Butler. 1991
The author has climbed, walked and cycled all over the world and has many "firsts" to her name, especially in…
Australia and New Zealand where she has done much of her mountaineering over the past 70 years. Her story is filled with thrills, romance and challenges as she recalls her childhood, career, marriage and adventures.On the fall of the hammer: a personal history of Newmarket saleyards
By Lee White, Keith Vincent. 1992
Keith Vincent recreates the ambience, deals, agreements and memories of the Newmarket saleyards. This book also tells of the changing…
auction system, the establishment of slaughtering facilities and the development of transport networks to service it.Vagabond country: Australian bush & town life in the Victorian age
By Vagabond, Michael Cannon. 1981
Remember when: reflections on a changing Australia
By Bruce Elder. 2003
Remember when tomatoes tasted like tomatoes and the bank manager knew you by name? Do you ever wonder what happened…
to the Aussie hamburger, backyard chooks, your local soft drink factory or that yellow fat around the edge of your steak? Life for the average Autralian has changed enormously over the past 50 years. There was once a time when family life revolved around the backyard, and every town and suburb was a real community. It was a time of milk bars, local cordial factories, billycart derbies and Saturday nights at the pictures. Life is very different now. Where have all the general stores and friendly banks gone, and why have they disappeared? And what of Aussie mateship and uniquely Australian language? Or Australian larrikinism and disrespect for pretension? Do they still exist, or have the changes to Australian life completely transformed our society? What has been gained, and, more importantly, what has been lost? Bruce Elder - travel writer, music commentator and social historian - reflects poignantly, and often humourously, on how Australian life has changed since the 1950s.