Browsing No 254 - September, 2003 by Issue Date
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Two Cheers For Cosmocracy. "Global Civil Society?" by John Keane. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)With the world apparently going to hell in a handbasket, the flood of contributions to ideas of global governance shows no sign of abating. John Keane is an Adelaide-born heavy-hitter in the area of studies of civil society ... -
Consolations in a Void. "The Right To Die? An Examination of the Euthanasia Debate" by Miriam Cosic. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Drawing on philosophical research and countless interviews with patients, families, health professionals and politicians confronting what decisions are to be made at the end of life, Cosic conveys very effectively the range ... -
Honest Governor. "James Stirling: Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia" by Pamela Statham-Drew. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Pamela Statham-Drew’s account of Stirling’s governorship is very detailed and will enhance his reputation for competence. Statham-Drew has been well served by the publishers. This is a handsome volume, with good maps and ... -
Elititis. "The Twilight of the Élites" by David Flint. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Accepted on its own terms, "The Twilight of the Élites" is just fine: a readable digest of various strands in current conservative thought, with some parts of which I disagree violently, to other parts of which I am far ... -
Liberal Tides. "Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard" by Judith Brett. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)This book is dedicated to Judith Brett’s grandparents, ‘none of whom ever voted Labor’, and their grand-children, ‘most of whom do’; and concludes with the observation that ‘the relationship between … emerging social ... -
Sea of Possibilities. "How the Light Gets In" by M. J. Hyland and "Tristessa and Lucido" by Miriam Zolan. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)M.J. Hyland’s novel "How the Light Gets In" has attracted attention because of its forthcoming publication by the Scottish publisher Canongate, but also because the author’s life resembles that of the novel’s central ... -
Late Bloomer. "Farewell Cinderella: Creating Arts and Identity in Western Australia" by Geoffrey Bolton, Richard Rossiter and Jan Ryan (eds) [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)As one who has lived in Western Australia for the greater part of her life and currently works in the arts, Wendy Were's interest was piqued by the claim of the editors of this collection that Western Australia may bid ... -
Orreries and Putti. "The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science" by J. L Heilbron (ed) [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)What should you expect from a companion? Resolute reliability? Occasional inspiration? Whimsical, even capricious distraction? The editor in chief of the work is J.L. Heilbron, who divides his time between Berkeley, Oxford ... -
Letter from Baghdad
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)In "Letter from Baghdad' D. T. Potts recounts the aftermath of the looting of the Iraq National Museum that took place in April 2003, the international response to it and his own efforts to assist the museum staff in ... -
Endless Crescendo. "Thicker Than Water" by Lindy Cameron, "The Castlemaine Murders" by Kerry Greenwood and "The Cutting: A Nullin Mystery" by Lee Tulloch. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Organisations such as Sisters in Crime Australia claim as part of their charter the need to correct the imbalance in the treatment of women in the field. This is odd, given that Australian female writers and female sleuths ... -
Wonderworlds. "The Circle: Dreamer" by Melaina Faranda, "Wolfchild" by Rosanne Hawke, "Gil's Quest" by Damien Morgan, "Rowan of the Bukshah" by Emily Rodda and "The Revognase" by Lucy Sussex. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Here we have five seemingly disparate books linked by genre: fantasy. Yet even fantasy, an often devalued term used to categorise a range of speculative and other fictions, doesn’t quite describe these entertaining and ... -
Award Time.
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Awards are the most significant awards for books aimed at young people in Australia. They guarantee short-listed books increased sales. The judges’ report is always an important ... -
Placing Preston. "Art and Australia by Margaret Preston: Selected Writings 1920 - 1950" by Elizabeth Butel (ed) [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)This collection of writings is a handy resource about an impressive woman, and will undoubtedly open people’s eyes to new aspects of Preston’s life, thought processes and artistic development, even if they may feel the ... -
The Paradox of Jazz. "Drumming on Water" by Geoff Page. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Like a series of attenuated conversation poems, "Drumming on Water" is a narrative in forty-five riffs. The individual poems are like extended song lyrics — spoken jazz: ‘ad lib, of course / but also well thought out.’ The ... -
Terrible Gifts. "Out of Darkness: A Memoir" by Zoltan Torey. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)The ‘secret’ world of the blind person is one that this autobiography goes to considerable efforts to make real to the sighted person. In this respect, an autobiography of a blind person is almost a paradigm for autobiography ... -
Hegemony of Violence. "Power Politics and the Indonesian Military" by Damien Kingsbury and "Politics and the Press in Indonesia: Understanding an Evolving Political Culture" by Angela Romano. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Damien Kingsbury witnessed the 1999 violence in East Timor as a UN observer, and uses the experience of being confronted with the Indonesian military’s campaign of violence there to introduce what is the most frank assessment ... -
A Rain of Dollars. "Playing God: The Rise and Fall of Gary Ablett" by Garry Linnell and "Bob Rose: A Dignified Life" by Steve Strevens. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Bob Rose epitomised all that was good about the era he played in; and he survived and triumphed over its pitfalls — everything from bog-muddy grounds and generally antediluvian player conditions through to a species of ... -
Missing Drafts
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)This is a review of Young Adult Fiction including the works: "Infamous" by Justin D'Ath, "An Earful of Static" by Archimede Fusillo, "Ferret Boy" by Sue Lawson and "Night Singing" by Kierin Meehan. -
Threads of PR. "Party Games: Australian Politicians and the Media from Wars to Dismissal" by Bridget Griffen-Foley. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)Griffen-Foley has provided readers with the information needed to make sense of relationships that now help to determine the practice of politics in Australia. The role of PR advisers, the power of the media, the capacity ... -
The Lost Gasometer. "A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football" by Geoffrey Blainey. [review]
(Australian Book Review, 2003-09)For the football enthusiast, "A Game of Our Own" will provide intriguing insights into the way the various rules and styles of play evolved. Despite Blainey’s qualification that some of his conclusions will be provisional, ...