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Adolescent Country: A Lowy Institue Paper - Penguin Specials by Peter Hartcher
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
The great crises that threaten Australia's national prosperity come from abroad. So do the grandest opportunities. But in Australian politics the big matters are commonly crowded out by the small. International policy is used for domestic point-scoring. Leaders are criticised for travelling beyond the w ...Show more
Badlands: Penguin Special by Paul French
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
An evocative account of the infamous nightlife district of pre-communist Beijing, from the internationally acclaimed author of the book Midnight in Peking. The Badlands, a warren of narrow hutongs in the eastern district of pre-communist Peking, had its heyday in the 1930s. Home to the city's drifters, ...Show more
Beyond the Boom: Penguin Special by John Edwards
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
After decades of prosperity Australians are now worried about their jobs, their incomes and their future. The mining boom, said to explain Australia's past success, is declared to be over. Unemployment has increased, carmakers have folded, the government is running a huge deficit. In a striking analysis ...Show more
Coal Face by Tom Doig
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials
On 9 February 2014 a fire took hold in the Hazelwood coal mine near Morwell in Victoria; it wasn't brought under control until 25 March 2014. How was this small town affected by this huge disaster?
Does Cooking Matter? (Penguin Special) by Rebecca Huntley
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials
End of the Road?: Australia's love affair with the car industry, its current difficulties, and why we shouldn't rush into a divorce by Gideon Haigh
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
Australia is one of just thirteen countries in the world equipped to take a car from design concept all the way to a showroom - a remarkable achievement in a market so small. Yet the industry has few friends, and many vociferous critics who argue that the country should not make cars at all. In this eng ...Show more
Governor Bligh and The Short Man (Penguin Special) by Peter Cochrane
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Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Specials
A cultured young Englishwoman, Mary is a complete novice at sea. She is entirely unprepared for life on the convoy that sets sail from Portsmouth in 1806: for the unfamiliar rituals, the great emptiness of the ocean, the terrifying storms, the bedazzling natural wonders. Most troubling of all is the biz ...Show more
Is There No Place: Penguin Special by Kate Richards
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
Kate Richards experienced episodes of depression and psychosis well into her adult life. As a trained doctor working in medical research, she is well positioned to ask the hard questions about how we care for our people with mental illness. Using case studies and her own observations, Kate challenges th ...Show more
Life in Ten Houses: Penguin Specials by Sonya Hartnett
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Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Penguin Specials
The internationally celebrated writer Sonya Hartnett is firmly Melburnian but has restlessly moved from suburb to suburb in her search for the 'Last House' - that special corner of the world in which to settle and find contentment. Viewing her life and work through the lens of real estate, she vividly r ...Show more
Mistakes Were Made: Penguin Special by Liam Pieper
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials
Liam Pieper's made some poor life choices, but he's (usually) meant well. He's tried to write important stories, fight racial prejudice and rescue traumatised puppies. And he's ended up with life-threatening infestations, a punch in the face at a Leonard Cohen concert and brief detention by counter-terr ...Show more
Rudd, Gillard and Beyond (was Where Should Labor Go Next?) by Troy Bramston
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
Troy Bramston is a former principal speechwriter for Kevin Rudd and an adviser to the Rudd government. He spent 10 years working as an adviser to federal Labor politicians in government and in opposition. He has been a party member for nearly 20 years and has held many positions in the party at a local ...Show more
Take Your Best Shot The Prime Ministership of Julia Gillard by Jacqueline Kent
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Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Specials
Following from her successful biography The Making of Julia Gillard, here Jacqueline Kent analyses the tumultuous term in office of our first female prime minister. Take Your Best Shot is an insightful and immensely readable account of Gillard's time at the top, and of just how adversarial her environme ...Show more