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The Awful Truth. [poem]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-04)
The World As It Is. "The Hot Seat: Reflections on Diplomacy From Stalin's Death to the Bali Bombings" by Richard Woolcott. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-04)
One of the puzzles of Australia’s diplomatic service is the comparative lack of informative memoirs by senior diplomats. Of the sixteen heads of Foreign Affairs mentioned in this book, only three apart from Richard Woolcott ...
The Next Wave? "Groundswell: The Rise of the Greens" by Amanda Lohrey. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-04)
Amanda Lohrey is a political scientist and novelist with a real interest in the Greens. If you want a comprehensive short history of the Greens movement, an account of the significant events that have formed it, a study ...
Cappo Commies. "New Faces of Leadership" by Amanda Sinclair and Valerie Wilson and "Executive Material: Nine of Australia's Top CEOs in Conversation With Richard Walsh" by Richard Walsh. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-04)
"The Economist" is the Pepole's Republic of Capitalism's "Das Kapital". But other reading matter for PRC citizens' educational entertainment includes the recently released thesis/book "New Faces of Leadership", by Amanda ...
Keep It Honest. "Frontier Conflict: The Australian Experience" by Bain Attwood and S.G. Foster (eds). [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-04)
How violent was the Australian frontier? At the moment, this is the biggest debate in Australian history. As most would know, the question has gained national attention largely through the efforts of Keith Windschuttle ...
Up There Cow Punk. "Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia" by John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell (eds) [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)
This hefty volume begins with an article on a cappella singing (ensembles with names like Café of the Gate of Salvation and Voices from the Vacant Lot) and ends with the zither, which instrument, the editors assure us, ...
Fraying Nerves. "The Hamilton Case" by Michelle de Kretser. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-05)
"The Hamilton Case", Michelle de Kretser’s magnificent second novel, takes as its philosophical focus the opposition of forms of knowledge, but presumes from the outset that fiction knows more than the law does. Its modes ...
Orchid Business. "Orchids of Australia" by John J. Riley and David P. Banks. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-05)
This beautiful book showcases the botanical orchid illustrations of John Riley, a retired shearer whom some regard as Australia's finest living botanical illustrator. Riley started drawing Australian orchids in the 1970s, ...
Index for 2002: Nos 238-247.
(Australian Book Review, 2003-02)
This item is an index to all reviews published in Australian Book Review during 2002.
The Long Trek. "Burke's Soldier" by Alan Attwood. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-05)
Alan Attwood's fictional account of the Victorian Exploration Expedition, long known as the Burke and Wills Expedition, is told through the eyes of a man who has often been overlooked. John King - a soldier, not a gentleman ...