Issue #209 February 2007

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Kofi Annan Skylight Confessions
A Man of Peace in a World of War Alice HOFFMAN 272pp Tp $29.95
Stanley MEISLER 486pp Hb $39.95 A new book by Alice Hoffman is always something to
This is the first and only biography in English of look forward to. And her latest offering will not
one of the world's most widely admired leaders, disappoint her many fans. With just a touch of magic,
published to coincide with his retirement from the this strange story of love and loss unfolds, revealing
UN. Born in Ghana and educated in North its characters with warmth and tenderness. It is
America and Europe, Kofi Annan was elected beautifully told through the lives of Arlyn Singer and
Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1996, John Moody. On the eve of the funeral of Arlyn's
the first Black African to serve in that position and father, she makes a bargain with herself to find the
the first to come up through the ranks. As a man of her dreams, who will simply walk into her life
Secretary-General, many regard him on par with Dag Hammarskjold, that very evening. John Moody is an architecture student from out of town.
his great predecessor 50 years ago. Written by a distinguished foreign Heading to a party, he gets hopelessly lost and asks Arlyn for directions,
affairs correspondent who has known him for many years, this and ends up staying with her for a few days. Arlyn gives herself to John
describes Annan's real achievements, but does not soft-pedal his totally. After all, she sees him as her future and her fate. But as their lives
problems. Due Feb entwine, John feels he was trapped by Arlyn, that he fell under a spell that
he couldn't escape. As love, passion and dreams subside, one of them will
escape and the other will be haunted for the rest of their life. Not everyone
Silencing Dissent can have their 'happy ever after' dream after all. Stephanie Hoy
How the Australian Government
is Controlling Public Opinion
and Stifling Debate Valentine’s Day 14 February
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For over a decade, the Howard government has
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the proverbial frog in boiling water, Australians Paul TORDAY 321pp Tp $32.95
have become accustomed to repeated attacks Every now and then you come across a novel that is beguiling, unexpected
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 Fiction
Dreams of Water Conversations with Mr Prain
Joan TAYLOR 268pp Pb $24.95
Nada Awar JARRAR 240pp Pb $23.00 As this erotic mystery unfolds, the lost art of
Set in Beirut and London, this is a lovely, dreaming conversation seems to have been rediscovered in
novel of the strengths sometimes found in family. the scintillating dialogue that whips and snaps
Although loss and grief stalk Aneesa and her mother between Stella, a vivacious Bohemian writer and
Waddad, hope survives and so does love. Life in the eco-activist, and Edward Prain, a refined
war-torn city of Beirut during the 1980s is described connoisseur of the rare books in Stella's fusty
simply, as are the relationships of each of Aneesa's London bookshop. While Prain is mysteriously
family members to each other. Upon the abduction of aloof about his background, Stella finds his
her brother Basssem, she moves to London and insights into art more and more stimulating. Then
endures an exile made bearable by an unlikely one rainy afternoon, she makes a startling discovery: Prain is the head of
friendship with Salah, an older man who left Lebanon England's most prestigious publishing house and a leading collector of art.
upon his wife's death. Eventually, she returns home What's more, he knows more about her than she realised - such as the fact
to discover her widowed mother investing love into a young boy she is that she has posed nude as an artists' model. He would like her to come to
convinced is the reincarnation of her missing son. Although it takes time, tea at his country estate to discuss her writing. Stella is too intrigued - and
Aneesa learns there are many ways in which to love and create families. Cara too eager to escape her starving artist's life - to say no. But the cat-and-
mouse game intensifies at the sumptuous estate, where she finds herself
Maquis engaged in an increasingly devilish conversation on the making of art, the
A Novel selling of art and the protection of self, as if her life depended on it.
Ian Lloyd NEUBAUER 272pp Pb $24.95
With a sentimental streak a mile wide, this Boy's Own Adventure set in a The Song Before it is Sung
Cambodian hell is lots of nihilistic fun. Filled with slapstick humour and Justin CARTWRIGHT 288pp Tp $32.95
narrated with an engaging pseudo-cynicism, I was surprised by how much I On 20 July l944, Adolf Hitler escaped death by a
enjoyed the breakneck pace and relentless enthusiasm of Jerry Delaropa, miracle when a bomb failed. He found the main
asshole extraordinaire. If you need a break from the real world, this is great conspirators, had them hung from meat-hooks and
escapism which beats (the always breathless) Matthew Reilly hands down. their executions filmed. Axel, Count von Gottberg, is
Cara one of those hanged. 60 years after his death, his old
friend Elya Mendel leaves a legacy of papers and
Love Without Hope letters to former student Conrad Senior. With the
Rodney HALL 288pp Pb $22.95 legacy comes a mysterious duty. Drawn into a web of
The elderly Mrs Shoddy suffers acute depression as a jealousy, betrayal, passion and terrible
result of a bushfire that kills her beloved horses. A misunderstandings, Conrad's own life and marriage begin to suffer as a
capable countrywoman, she loses her grip and is living result of his obsession with the events of that momentous day in 1944.
in squalor when the district nurse finds her and has her Cartwright recreates the events of one fateful day which could have
committed to an insane asylum. The time is 1982; the changed the world and ended the war, weaving an extraordinary story of
place, a country town in NSW. The NSW Department of human frailty, degradation and nobility, spanning Oxford in the 1930s, pre-
Lunacy is still in operation, headed by an official with the war Prussia and contemporary Britain. Due Feb
title The Master in Lunacy. In this powerful novel, Mrs
Shoddy finds herself pitted against the power of the Miss Webster and Cherif
state and calls on memories of her missing husband, on Patricia DUNCKER 256pp Pb $22.95
the spirit of her horses and on the recovery of her self-respect and resilience to Elizabeth Webster is a spinster pushing 70. Forced
create a world in which she can remain sane and survive the institutional out of her teaching job, she unleashes her sharp
brutality to which she is subjected. The characters in her mind become as tongue and dogmatic opinions on everyone in the
palpable as real people. A hymn of praise to human tenderness, the power of English village of Little Blessington. Then one night,
memory and the power of music, this confirms Hall's status as one of she grinds to a dead halt. To recover from this illness,
Australia's finest storytellers. Due Feb she travels to North Africa where she has a brush
with terrorism, not that she cares about politics.
Second Honeymoon Three weeks after she returns home, her doorbell
Joanna TROLLOPE 384pp Pb $23.95 rings. There stands a beautiful young Arab man
Ben is, at last, leaving home. At 22, he is the youngest carrying a large suitcase. Who is he, why is he there and what does he
in his family. His mother, Edie, an actress, is want? Due Feb
distraught. His father, Russell, a theatrical agent, is
rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother,
Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn
Matthew, is struggling in a relationship in which he Sarah MILLER 304pp Tp $29.95
achieves and earns less than his girlfriend. And his If you need a 'junk read' for the beach or your next
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One afternoon in the streets of an East African hearted and amusing for most of the right reasons,
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and loses a leg. Among the stunned witnesses whose Cara
lives are changed forever are a Belgian woman, Sarie
Turner, and her young daughter. Sarie has learned Turned Skyward
not to expect too much from her bookish, ne'er-do- Edward Myles GORDON 244pp Tp $29.95
well British husband, or indeed from life. But in the In this memorable debut novel, Gordon captures with insight the
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 Fiction
Oystercatchers Wolf of the Plains
Conqueror #1
Susan FLETCHER 384pp Tp $28.00 Conn IGGULDEN 464pp Tp $33.00
Amy lies in a coma. Her older sister, Moira, comes to
After his bestselling Emperor series on Julius Ceasar,
her in the evenings and sits beside her in the green-
this is the much anticipated beginning of the
walled hospital room. Here, Moira confesses. She
Conqueror series on Genghis Khan and his
admits to her childhood selfishness, which deeply hurt
descendants. "I am the land and the bones of the
her family, and to the self-imposed exile from the
hills. I am the winter." Temujin, the second son of the
dramatic Welsh coast that had dominated and
khan of the Wolves tribe, was only 11 when his father
captivated her childhood; to her savagery at boarding
died in an ambush. His family were thrown out of the
school; to the wild, bitter and destructive heart she
tribe and he was left alone, without food or shelter, to
carried into her adult life. Moira knows she's been a poor daughter and a
starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains. It was
deceptive wife. But it is while Amy lies half-dying that she sees the real
a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult
truth: she has also been a cruel sister, and it is this cruelty that led them
world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. A
both here, to this hospital bed. A novel about trust, loss and loneliness, this
man, a small family, without a tribe was always at risk, but he gathered other
is a love story with a profound darkness at its core. Due Feb
outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was during some of his worst
times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bringing the silver people
A Concise Chinese-English together came to him. He will become the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis.
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Xiaolu GUO 256pp Tp $32.95 Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Who would believe that reading a novel written in
deliberately bad English could be so uplifting? Vanora BENNETT 528pp Tp $28.00
Somehow, Guo, writing in English for the first time, The year is 1527. Hans Holbein makes his first visit to
has pulled it off. Her narrator, who calls herself Z England, sent by the great Erasmus to paint Thomas
(because no one can pronounce her name) is a 23- More - courtier, scholar and patron - and his family.
year-old Chinese language student who goes to More's splendid house on the river in Chelsea is at
London to learn English. When the book begins, she the centre of Tudor society, frequented by
can barely ask for a cup of tea, but when language distinguished astronomers, artists, politicians and
comes, so does love. As she gets to know British men of religion, as well as wards of court, protégés
culture, she also falls for an older English man who lives a resolutely and many others. Two visitors to the great house find
bachelor life in Hackney. It's a million miles away from the small Chinese themselves irresistibly drawn to Meg Giggs, one of
town where she is from, where her parents want nothing more for her than More's foster daughters. John Clement - dark, tall,
that she should follow them into the shoe business. Z learns about sex, elegant and studying to be a doctor - is a man of
humour, companionship and passion, but also learns the painful truth that compelling presence and mysterious background. The other man is Holbein
language can be a barrier and the more you know about it, the less you himself - warm, ebullient, radical and a painter of great renown. Meg finds
understand. Written in short chapters, each the definition of a word, this is herself powerfully drawn to these two wildly contrasting men. She will love
a brilliantly clever book that pokes fun at England and China, explores the one, and marry the other. A wonderful, rich novel presenting the atmosphere
endless possibilities for misunderstanding between East and West, and of this Tudor household as rarely achieved, with an astounding ability to
paints a portrait of a relationship that everyone will understand, no matter present the world of Holbein's paintings, as well as a gallery of vividly realised
what their nationality. characters. Due Feb

The Guest
Hwang SOK-YONG 240pp Pb $29.95 Poetry
During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in
North Korea was the setting of a gruesome 52-day Blistered Days
massacre. In an act of collective amnesia, the Lily BRETT 140pp Pb $22.95
atrocities were attributed to American military, but Rich with the noise, rhythm, soul and sorrow of
in truth they resulted from strife between Christian post-9/11, 21st-century New York, Brett's sixth
and Communist neighbours. 40 years later, Ryu book of poetry soars as high as the Twin Towers
Yosop, a minister living in America, returns to his once stood and digs as deep as the most
home village, where his older brother once played subterranean of the city's subway lines. Vibrant,
a notorious role in the bloodshed. Besieged by urgent, savage at times, but still so beautiful - and
vivid memories and visited by the troubled spirits of the deceased, Yosop so human. In Brett's words, "It embraces the
must face the survivors of the tragedy and lay his brother's soul to rest. exuberance of life and the tragedy, the absurdity
Internationally renowned author Hwang Sok-yong brings to life a dark and the pain." Due Feb
chapter of history, a story of a family's quest to redeem one brother's
legacy of hate and a generation's struggle for reconciliation. Orpheus
Don PATERSON 96pp Pb $35.00
Historical Fiction Rainer Maria Rilke was one of the 20th century's
great lyric poets. His 59 Sonnets to Orpheus were
completed in less than a month and famously
Daughter of the Crocodile described by the poet as "perhaps the most
House of the Ptolomies Quartet #2 mysterious - in the way they arrived and entrusted
Duncan SPROTT 464pp Tp $29.95 themselves to me - the most enigmatic dictation I
Having waited two years for this book, I'm pleased have ever received". For poets, Orpheus
to report that it does not disappoint. The Ptolomies represents the ultimate journey into life and death
- Greek Pharaohs in Egypt for 12 generations - - the mythical poet who could enchant any living
were a family whose flaws were legion and whose thing - even the beasts and the trees. In this, his
legend lives on. Sprott has done a mountain of fifth collection of poems, Paterson, himself a
research and produced a rip-roaring tale of master of the sonnet form, offers a radiant and at
murder and incest to rival any soap opera. The times distressing version of the great work. His
pace is excellent, moving from Ptolomy II through translation is an act of intense and sustained attention that yields new poems
to Ptolomy V and the first of the Kleopatras, told in the slinkiest of tones by of striking authority, independence and lyric grace.
none other than Seshat the Writer, Goddess of History, the Lady of
Hieroglyphs. Cara

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 Biography
In the Name of Honour Beyond These Walls
Mukhtar MAI 192pp Tp $29.95 Escaping the Warsaw Ghetto
Mukhtar Mai came to prominence in June 2002 when A Young Girl's Story
journalists in Pakistan learned of her gang rape, Janina BAUMAN 289pp Pb $22.95
punishment for an 'honour crime' allegedly committed Bauman was 13 when Hitler invaded Poland, her
by her brother, an offence for which there was never pleasant, middle-class upbringing in no way
any proof. After the horrific rape, custom dictated that preparing her for the horrors to come. Using her
she kill herself. But Mai defied custom. In an childhood diaries, she reconstructs her life in the
unprecedented act of courage, she took her rapists to infamous Warsaw Ghetto in a manner reminiscent of
court, pitting herself against the system with Anne Frank. Her teenage hopes and dreams are laid bare as she
extraordinary courage. Timely and topical, this is an struggles to create her own identity. Terrifyingly unsentimental, she recalls
inspirational true story of a woman who fought and the crooks, profiteers, Nazis and anti-Semites, while turning the same
triumphed against exceptional odds. Due Feb dispassionate eye upon her own immaturity and ability to live in the
Infidel moment, mostly inured to the suffering of those around her. Her
experience of being Jewish in Poland during WWII taught her that the
My Life hardest of struggles is to remain human in inhuman conditions. Her post-
Ayaan HIRSI ALI 368pp Tp $34.95 war life has been defined by an ongoing battle for justice for all, first in
The brutal murder of the Dutch film-maker Theo van Poland, from where she and her husband were eventually deported, then
Gogh in 2004 shocked the world. Shot and mutilated in Israel, where the injustices against the Palestinians were so blatant that
by a Muslim fanatic as he cycled to work, it was a stark they could no longer take pride in their country, emigrating to England
reminder of the dangers of challenging an extreme where she and her family have lived since the early 70s. Cara
Islamic worldview. It also changed the life of Ayaan
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Jonathan WALKER 352pp Pb $32.95 much, much more. A vastly entertaining book - and plenty of girls will love
This is a highly original biography of Geralamo Vano, it too!
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A Human Being Died That Night Taste of Lightning
Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer Kate CONSTABLE 288pp Pb $15.95
Pumla GOBODO-MADIKIZELA 193pp Pb $26.95 Tansy works as a laundry maid in the castle of Arvestel. She is coerced
The author served on the Human Rights Violations Committee in South into helping the Witch Woman to trap the young priest-king Skir, who is
Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission for two years. This officially a guest, but in reality a hostage. They escape with the help of
extraordinary book is the result of her interviews with Eugene de Kock Perrin, who has unusual powers of communication. These three
(nicknamed Prime Evil), the commanding officer of the apartheid death youngsters, representing the warring Three Kingdoms, must put aside
squads, who was sentenced to 212 years for crimes against humanity. The their natural animosities to help each other. A thrilling adventure, a little
practicalities of remorse, forgiveness and understanding are redefined as the slow while the scene is set, but building to an exciting finish, with the
author's questions about the nature and value of vengeance are answered by promise of more to come. Ages 12+
a man who symbolises the worst excesses of Apartheid South Africa. In The Adventures of Marco Polo
finding and cherishing de Kock's humanity, the author's empathy and
Russell FREEDMAN, Bagram IBATOULLINE (Illus) 64pp Hb $30
compassion should be an inspiration to all. Cara Was Marco Polo one of the greatest travellers in the history of the world or
Fun Home was one of the greatest liars? According to this book, his travels most
likely happened, explaining that the different translations have omitted and
A Family Tragicomic expanded details of the journeys he undertook. The text is clear and fills
Alison BECHDEL 232pp Tp $39.95 most of the pages, while the illustrations are a mixture of original artwork
Acclaimed for her affectionately spiky cartoon satires of and archival images. A fascinating account. Aimed at upper primary ages.
domestic gay/lesbian/transgender life, Bechdel has
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 History Power, Faith, and Fantasy
Pompeii Awakened America in the Middle East
A Story of Rediscovery 1776 to the Present
Judith HARRIS 320pp Hb $59.95 Michael OREN 608pp Hb $44.95
This book tells of the re-emergence in 1755 of an evocative, From the first cannonballs fired by American
vanished world, which profoundly inspired a later age - from warships at North African pirates to the
its arts and architecture to its science, sex and religion. The conquest of Falluja by the Marines - from the
story of Pompeii lies not just in its uniquely preserved early American explorers who probed the
classical remains but also in its extraordinary impact on sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove
Europe's cultural imagination. In Harris's rich account of for Arab-Israeli peace - the US has been
those who sifted through its artefacts, we read of Nelson, Napoleon and Mussolini; involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American
of poets who sought melancholy fulfilment from Pompeii's shattered walls; of statesmen, merchants and missionaries, both men and women, have
Victorian preachers who equated it with Sodom and Gomorrah; and of the many had a profound impact on the shaping of this crucial region. Yet their
others - engineers and architects, artists and cinematographers - for whom the city story has not been told until now. Drawing on thousands of
has never ceased to resonate. Harris has flown over Pompeii in a hot-air balloon, government documents and personal letters, featuring original maps
delved into ancient diaries and descended deep underground to assess the latest and photographs, this book reconstructs the diverse and remarkable
excavations. As the sleeping city re-awakens in her hands, Pompeii casts its spell ways in which Americans have interacted with this alluring yet often
once more, bewitching those who seek to unearth its buried secrets. Due Feb hostile land. Due Feb
Pharaoh's People Ghost Plane
Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt The Untold Story of the CIA's
T G H JAMES 288pp Pb $38.00 Secret Rendition Programme
Popular interest in ancient Egypt has too often tended to focus on the deeds of
rulers, great nobles and priests. James, by contrast, examines the daily working
Stephen GRAY 320pp Tp $32.95
Gray tells the inside story of secret international
lives of ordinary Egyptians. What sort of houses did they live in and how were they
prisons sanctioned by the US government and
furnished? What do we know about their family relationships, their rivalries and
used by the CIA to abduct, hold and torture
quarrels and the daily minutiae of their lives? Drawing on the evidence of paintings
people suspected of terrorism. Using contacts
and inscriptions from tombs and temples, from official archives, private
deep inside the US government, he reveals how
correspondence, accounts and dispatches, he reveals how much our lives have in
deeply the Bush administration is involved in the
common with those who worked along the Nile nearly 4,000 years ago. Due Feb
program and questions the truth of statements made by US Secretary
The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare of State Condoleezza Rice and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He
Jim BRADBURY 384pp Pb $54.00 also shines a spotlight on the heads of European nations who turned
Providing easily accessible factual material, and covering the whole geographical a blind eye to the program when it showed up in their backyards.
area of medieval Europe, including Eastern Europe, this comprehensive volume is Grey takes an unflinching look at horrendous practices that scorn the
the perfect companion to all aspects of medieval warfare. In themed, illustrated Geneva Convention and are powered by corruption at the highest
sections, each preceded by a narrative outline offering a brief introduction, levels of governments worldwide. Through interviews with senior
Bradbury presents clear information on battles and sieges, and generals and figures in the current and former US administration, and the CIA's
leaders. Practical topics examined include: castle architecture, with examinations department of operations, and through unprecedented access to CIA
of specific castles; ship building techniques; improvements in armour; specific flight records, Gray reveals how the agency's program, known by the
weapons; developments in areas such as arms and armour fortifications, tactics euphemism 'extraordinary rendition', has transported hundreds of
and supply. Readable and engaging, this detailed volume provides students with prisoners to foreign jails and its own secret facilities in the full
an excellent collection of archaeological information and clear discussions of knowledge they will face harsh torture. Due Feb
controversial issues. Due Feb United States V George W Bush et al
The Last Roman Elizabeth de la VEGA
Romulus Augustulus and the 160pp Pb $22.95
Decline of the West Former federal prosecutor de la Vega brings
her 20 years of experience and her passion
Adrian MURDOCH 224pp Hb $60.00 for justice to the most important case of her
This is the only biography about Romulus Augustulus. It career. The defendants are George W Bush,
focuses on the personalities behind this powerful story and Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld,
reveals the world into which Romulus was born - an empire Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell. The
that was about to die. Murdoch explores how Romulus's crime is tricking the nation into war or, in legal
father Orestes, secretary to Attila the Hun, rose through the terms, conspiracy to defraud the United
ranks to become kingmaker; how all was lost to another States. She has reviewed the evidence,
usurper in an Italy wracked with civil war; and how Romulus researched the law, drafted an indictment,
found peace at last, founding a monastery. Drawing on extensive new and in this lively, accessible book, presented it to a grand jury. If the
archaeological and historical research and using numerous contemporary sources, indictment and grand jury are both hypothetical, the facts are
many translated for the first time since the 19th century, this is the vivid story of an tragically real: over half of all Americans believe the president misled
empire breathing its last. the country into a war that has left over 3,000 American soldiers and
A History of Modern Palestine countless Iraqis dead. The cost is $350 billion and counting...
One Land, Two Peoples Paris
Ilan PAPPE 384pp Pb $39.95 Capital of Modernity
Pappe traces the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in David HARVEY 384pp Pb $45.00
the 19th century, through the British Mandate, the Collecting Harvey's finest work on Paris
establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the during the second empire, this book offers
subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this brilliant insights ranging from the birth of
troubled region. This second edition has been updated to consumerist spectacle on the Parisian
include the dramatic events of the 1990s and the early 21st boulevards, the creative visions of Balzac,
century. These years, which began with a sense of optimism, Baudelaire and Zola, and the reactionary
as the Oslo peace accord was being negotiated, culminated in the second intifada cultural politics of the bombastic Sacre
and the increase of militancy on both sides. Pappe explains the reasons for the Couer. Stunning in scope and form, this is a
failure of Oslo and the two-state solution, and reflects upon life thereafter as the long-awaited essential collection of Harvey's magnificent writing on
Palestinians and Israelis battle it out under the shadow of the wall of separation. 19th century Paris. Due Feb

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 History Platform Papers #11
Khrushchev's Cold War Making Art Outsite Metropolitan
The Inside Story of an American Adversary Australia
Aleksandr FURSENKO & Timothy J NAFTALI Lyndon TERRACINI Pb $13.95
640pp Hb $53.95 The author proposes a new structure for the
Nikita Khrushchev was a leader who risked war to get making of Australian art, which he calls a regional
peace during the most dangerous years of the 20th state of mind. A cultural pyramid with a broad
century. The authors bring to life head-to-head community base rooted in community culture and
confrontations between Khrushchev and Presidents tied to its place of origin and its own special quality
Eisenhower and Kennedy. Drawing from their unrivalled of life. He points to works like The Summer of the
access to Politburo and Soviet intelligence materials, 17th Doll (Pb $21.95) and Cloudstreet (Pb
they reveal for the first time three moments when Khrushchev's inner circle $26.95), that have resonated profoundly within us and describes how his
restrained him from plunging the superpowers into war. Combining new work in northern NSW and Queensland has shown him that every town,
insights into the Cuban crisis, startling narratives on the hot spots of Suez, Iraq, city and suburb has a deep understanding of its own culture.
Berlin and Southeast Asia, and vivid portraits of leaders in the developing world
who challenged Moscow and Washington - Castro, Lumumba, Nasser and Cabinet Government in Australia, 1901-2006
Mao - this is one of the most gripping and authoritative studies of the crisis Practice, Principles, Performance
years of the Cold War. Patrick WELLER 304pp Pb $49.95
The first comprehensive study of the development of the central
Virtue & Terror institution of government over the first century of its life. Based on
Maximilien ROBESPIERRE 160pp Pb $29.95 detailed archival research and 30 years experience writing about central
In this dazzling new series, philosopher and cultural government in Australia, Weller provides an understanding of both the
critic Slavoj Zizek introduces key writings on revolution. history and the working of the institution. Packed with political insights
Robespierre's account of the French Revolution and anecdotes, lively portraits of our prime ministers and their cabinet
remains one of the most powerful and unnerving colleagues along with the airing of many fascinating details of memos
justifications for political violence ever written, and has and meetings long buried in the archives, this is a detailed history, as
extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with well as a politics primer. Due Feb
terrorism and appalled by the language of its
proponents. Yet today, the French Revolution is Communism
celebrated as the event which gave birth to a nation A Love Story
built on the principles of enlightenment. So how should Jeff SPARROW 386pp Pb $24.95
a contemporary audience approach Robespierre's vindication of revolutionary For more than 70 years, idealists and rebels of
terror? Zizek takes a helter-skelter route through these contradictions, all stripes saw in the Communist Party the best
marshalling all the breadth of analogy for which he is famous. hope for a world remade. Who were the people
who dedicated themselves to that beautiful
Beneath the Metropolis dream? How did they experience its shimmering
The Secret Lives of Cities promise-and cope with its shattering collapse?
Alex MARSHALL 257pp Hb $44.95 This is the story of Guido Baracchi, the playboy
The pulse of great cities may be most palpable above and dilettante whose love affair with Marxism
ground, but it is below the busy streets where we can took him from his father's astronomical
observe their rich archaeological history and the observatory to the rough halls of the legendary
infrastructure that keeps them running. Marshall Wobblies. He debated Bob Menzies at the University of Melbourne, he
investigates how geological features, archaeological wooed novelist Katharine Susannah Prichard on a luxury ocean liner
remnants of past civilisations and layered networks and he belonged to illegal organisations in two world wars. The Sun
transporting water, electricity, and people, have shaped dubbed him 'Melbourne's Lenin', and ASIO classified him "a person of
these cities through centuries of political turbulence and bad moral character and violent and unstable political views". From
advancements in engineering - and how they are determining the course of the Weimar Germany to Stalin's Russia, from Melbourne's Pentridge gaol to
cities' future. From the first century catacombs of Rome, the New York subway the bohemian colony of Montsalvat, Baracchi entwined political intrigue
system, and the swamps and ancient quays beneath London, to San with a series of tempestuous romances with poets, artists and
Francisco's fault lines, the depleted aquifer below Mexico City and Mao Tse- playwrights. Yet communism remained his real love and broke his heart -
tung's extensive network of secret tunnels under Beijing, these subterranean in a betrayal that still resonates in the political choices available today.
environments offer a unique cross-section of a city's history and future. Impassioned, funny and beautifully written, this book rediscovers a
Stunningly illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps, this book reveals fascinating life - and makes a provocative argument about the history
the hidden worlds beneath our feet, and charts the cities' development through and the future of radical politics. Due Feb
centuries of forgotten history, political change, and technological innovation.
Due Feb Voyages to the South Seas
In Search of Terres Australes
The Furthest Shore Danielle CLODE 216pp Hb $32.95
Images of Terra Australis from the This is an epic narrative encompassing a
Middle Ages to Captain Cook remarkable period of French and Australian
William EISLER 192pp Hb $49.95 history, when Australia was France's Mars and
The unknown and mysterious Great Southland, or Terra marsupials were her aliens. Tracing the often
Australis, captured the European imagination for tragic voyages of Bougainville, Lapérouse,
centuries before it became a documented fact. This book D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet, d'Urville
traces the history of pictorial imagery associated with the and others to Australia from 1768-1828, Clode
Fifth Continent. It discusses and presents imagery from documents the changing society that launched
all parts of the southern continent: Java, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, these ambitious endeavours and the scientific
the South Pacific Islands and Tierra del Fuego as it evolved up to the discoveries they brought back. Australia may
Enlightenment. Many European explorers had a passionate interest in have been colonised by England but for many years, by sheer weight of
depicting the plants, animals and native inhabitants of the southern world. The specimens and scientific documentation, Australia's biodiversity
images associated with the search for the southern continent - paintings, hand- belonged to France. This is the story of noble men impoverished by their
coloured maps, drawings, tapestries and artefacts - are discussed in the passion and nobodies who made their names through physical courage
context of the link between art and exploration. Beautifully illustrated with and intellectual achievement. It is the story of the young men who risked
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch and English images, this book is an their lives for adventure and excitement and, above all, the pursuit of
exciting visual account of the construction of Terra Australis, both in the scientific knowledge. Due Feb
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 From the Academic Presses Philosophy & Religion
Ove Arup: Masterbuilder of the Twentieth The Twenty Greatest Philosophy Books
Century (352pp Hb $80.00) by Peter Jones tells the James GARVEY 208pp Pb $29.95
complete story of Ove Arup's extraordinary life, his From Plato to Popper, Descartes to Wittgenstein, the
social, aesthetic, and environmental concerns, and greatest books in philosophy have had a huge impact on
his practical contributions during a period of political the development of contemporary society, politics,
and technological upheaval. Arup founded a firm of economics and culture. In this witty and engaging book,
consulting engineers that produced such iconic Garvey offers an introductory account of the must-read
structures as the Sydney Opera House, the Channel books from the whole history of philosophical writing. He
Tunnel Rail Link, and London's Millennium Bridge, introduces the key themes and terms, before exploring
among many others. Jones also offers a revelatory each of the 20 great philosophy books with humour and
new account of the Sydney Opera House and the character of those clarity. The book presupposes no background in
involved in its complex construction. philosophy and encourages the reader to actively engage
Political history in the industrial world has indeed ended, argues The in philosophical thinking. Due Feb
Primacy of Politics (238pp Pb $47.95), but the winner has been social
democracy - an ideology and political movement that has been as
A Brief History of Spirituality
influential as it has been misunderstood. Sheri Berman looks at the history Philip SHELDRAKE 200pp Pb $35.50
of social democracy from its origins in the late 19th century to today and A leading commentator on spirituality, Sheldrake tells the story of Christian
shows how it beat out competitors such as classical liberalism, orthodox spirituality from its origins in the New Testament to the present day. Moving
Marxism, and its cousins, Fascism and National Socialism by solving the
through the main figures and historical periods, he shows how and why
central challenge of modern politics - reconciling the competing needs of
spirituality has changed and developed over the centuries and draws out the
distinctive themes of Christian spirituality, exploring the historical and cultural
capitalism and democracy.
events that changed people's attitudes and practices. The major spiritual
In George III: America's Last King (448pp Hb teachers are described, along with the ideas, images and experiences that so
$70.00), Jeremy Black deals comprehensively with strongly affected those around them. Due Feb
the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues. But,
using George III's own prolific correspondence, he The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad
also interrogates the man himself, his strong religious And the Roots of the Sunni-Shia Schism
faith, and his powerful sense of moral duty to his Barnaby ROGERSON 432pp Pb $27.95
family and to his nation. Black considers the king's The Prophet Muhammad taught the word of God to the
scientific, cultural, and intellectual interests as no Arabs. Within a generation of his death, his followers - as
other biographer has done, and reveals his strong vivid a cast of heroic individuals as history has known -
personal engagement in the struggle for America, had exploded out of Arabia to confront the two great
arguing that George himself, his intentions and policies, were key to the superpowers of the 7th century and establish Islam and a
conflict. new civilisation. That the protagonists originated from the
Alms for Jihad (368pp Hb $59.95) by J Millard Burr and Robert Collins small oasis communities of central Arabia gives their
considers the evidence that funds given by Muslims to some charitable adventures, rivalries, loves and achievements an
organisations have in fact been diverted to support terrorist groups, such additional vivacity and intimacy. On the one hand, this
as al-Qaeda. Through a detailed investigation of the charities involved, book is a swaggering saga of ambition, immense
their financial intermediaries, and the terrorist organisations themselves, achievement, self-sacrificing nobility and blood rivalry, while on the other it
they discovered that money from these charities has funded conflicts allows us to understand some of the complexities of our modern world. For
across the world, from the early days in Afghanistan, to subsequent within this 50-year span of conquest and empire-building, Rogerson also
terrorist activities in Asia, Africa, Palestine and, most identifies the seeds of discord that destroyed the unity of Islam, and traces the
recently, Europe and the United States. roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims to the rivalry of the two
In The Writer of Modern Life: Essays on Charles
individuals who best knew and loved the Prophet - his cousin and son-in-law Ali
Baudelaire (320pp Pb $35.00) Walter Benjamin
and his wife Aisha.
challenges the image of Baudelaire as late-Romantic A Byzantine Journey
dreamer, and evokes instead the modern poet caught in John ASH 352pp Pb $32.00
a life-or-death struggle with the forces of the urban A high point of civilisation and artistic accomplishment, the Byzantine Empire
commodity capitalism that had emerged in Paris around has also been the object of great misunderstanding and prejudice. This is a
1850. These essays revolutionised not just the way we portrayal of its cultural history, focusing on its surreal landscapes and fantastic
think about Baudelaire, but our understanding of monuments. The book starts in Istanbul and crosses the Sea of Marmara to
modernity and modernism as well. travel through Anatolia, the region of Asiatic Turkey which was the source of the
Delusions of Intelligence: Enigma Ultra and Empire's wealth and manpower. Ash finds his way through a country of
the End of Secure Ciphers (332pp Hb $49.95) by anachronisms and contrasts, of bloody feuds and frescoed cave-churches, of
R. A. Ratcliff is the first comparative study of WWII saints and sinners, of emperors and sultans. The book introduces the reader to
SIGINT (SIGnals INTelligence), and it analyses the an exotic cast of characters, including the impassioned aesthete Theophilus,
characteristics that allowed the Allies SIGINT the great mystical poet Rumi, the bishop and necromancer Theodore
success and that fostered the German blindness to Santabarenos and the Empress Theophano.
Enigma's compromise. How were the Allies able to
so thoroughly exploit Germany's secret messages? Rethinking Islamism
How did they keep their tremendous success a The Ideology of the New Terror
secret? What flaws in Germany's organisation Meghnad DESAI 204pp Pb $32.00
allowed this counter-intelligence failure and how can Despite increasingly frantic calls for Western leaders to
today's organisations learn to avoid similar "understand Islam better", especially after the London
disasters? bombings of July 2005, there is a still a critical distinction
In Unbearable Cost: Bush, Greenspan and the that needs to be made between 'Islam' as religion and
Economics of Empire (256pp Pb $58.00) James 'Islamism' in the sense of the militant mindset. As Desai
Galbraith wrote the history of Bush's presidency sees it, it is not a more nuanced understanding of Islam
while it happened. This work contains Galbraith's that will help the Western powers defeat the jihadi threat,
most influential writings on current affairs along with but rather a proper understanding of Islamism: a political
new commentary, and explores the descent to ideology which is quite distinct from religion. While Islamism may be draped in
disaster in Iraq and the ongoing transformation of the
religious imagery and suffused by apocalyptic language, it is nevertheless
American economy under the steerage of Alan
similar in nature to secular ideologies of terror. And once this is properly
appreciated, Desai argues, the ways to defeat it will become much more
Greenspan. Dave
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 Science
The Emergence of Probability Reading the Rocks
A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas The Autobiography of the Earth
about Probability, Induction and Marcia BJORNERUD 256pp Pb $29.00
Statistical Inference To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient,
Ian HACKING 244pp Pb $44.95 unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly
Historical records show that there was no real illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm
concept of probability in Europe before the mid and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in
17th century, although the use of dice and other sand, granite and garnet schists, the planet has kept a
randomising objects was commonplace. Hacking rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright
presents a philosophical critique of early ideas Scholar Bjornerud takes us on an eye-opening tour of
about probability, induction and statistical inference, and the growth of Deep Time, explaining in elegant prose what we see
this new family of ideas in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The and feel beneath our feet. Using anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that
contemporary debates centre around figures such as Pascal, Leibniz, our home is a living thing with lessons to teach, she shows us how our planet
and Jacques Bernoulli. Hacking invokes a wider intellectual framework has long maintained a delicate balance and how the global give-and-take has
involving the growth of science, economics and the theology of the sustained life on Earth through numerous upheavals. But with the rapidly
period. He argues that the transformations that made it possible for escalating effects of human beings on their home planet, that cosmic balance
probability concepts to emerge have constrained all subsequent is being threatened, and the consequences may be catastrophic. Containing a
development of probability theory and determine the space within which glossary and detailed timescale, plus vivid description and historic accounts,
philosophical debate on the subject is still conducted. First published in this is literally a history of the world, for all friends of the Earth. Due Feb
1975, this edition includes a new introduction that contextualises his
book in light of new work and philosophical trends. From Clockwork to Crapshoot
A History of Physics
Ethically Challenged? Roger G NEWTON 364pp Hb $59.95
Big Questions for Science Newton, whose previous works have been widely praised for erudition and
Johathan MILLS (Editor) 128pp Pb $9.95 accessibility, presents a history of physics from the early beginning to our day
From stem cell technology and genetic - with the associated mathematics, astronomy and chemistry. Along the way,
screening to new reproductive possibilities, the he gives brief explanations of the scientific concepts at issue, biographical
unprecedented developments in science are thumbnail sketches of the protagonists and descriptions of the changing
among the most contentious issues of our times. instruments that enabled scientists to make their discoveries. He traces a
In the second volume of The Deakin Debates, a profound change from a deterministic explanation of the world - accepted at
leading surgeon, lawyer, ethicist, religious leader least since the time of the ancient Greek and Taoist Chinese civilisations - to
and two scientists pose crucial questions about the notion of probability, enshrined as the very basis of science with the
the future we all face. These incisive and wide- quantum revolution at the beginning of the 20th century. With this change,
ranging essays explore the ethical decisions we Newton finds another fundamental shift in the focus of physicists - from the
must make and ask the question: what must we protect about our cause of dynamics or motion to the basic structure of the world. His work
humanity for future generations? Due Feb identifies what may well be the defining characteristic of physics in the 21st
century.
The Universe
A Biography The Man Who Ran the Moon
John GRIBBIN 256pp Hb $59.95 James Webb, JFK and the Secret
Gribbin navigates the latest frontiers of History of Project Apollo
scientific discovery to tell us what we really Piers BIZONY 266pp Hb $39.95
know about the history of the universe. In spring 1961, the former Washington businessman
Along the way, he describes how the James Webb took charge of the grandest
universe began, what the early universe exploration project ever known: America's bid for the
looked like, how its structure developed and Moon. He persuaded John F Kennedy to support
what emerged to hold it all together. He him and gained control of 5% of the US federal
describes where the elements came from, budget. Webb's NASA supervised half a million
how stars and galaxies formed and the workers across America as they built new machines,
story of how life emerged. He even looks to launch pads and control centres. But in 1967, a
the future: is the history of the universe spacecraft caught fire, killing three astronauts. The press exposed a series of
going to end with a Big Crunch or a Big Rip? failures, as well as the profiteering of Webb's business partners. To protect
Due Feb NASA's future, Webb faced political and press interrogations and took the
Ancient Australian Landscapes blame for the corruption and deaths. His sacrifice enabled his colleagues to
land on the Moon by the end of the decade.
C R TWIDALE Pb $34.95
Some parts of the Australian landscape are
more than 100 million years old. The dinosaurs
GM Crops
roamed a land in which Kakadu, the The Impact and the Potential
Macdonnell and Flinders ranges, the Arcoona Jennifer THOMSON 168pp Pb $39.95
Plateau and the Mt Lofty Ranges, and many Genetically modified crops - are they monsters of
parts of the Yilgarn Craton of Western nature or could they provide answers to some of
Australia and the Eastern Uplands were our most pressing environmental concerns? Will
recognisably present. Landscape remnants of they create super-weeds, run amuck and change
equal age are probably preserved in other life as we know it, or are these fears greatly
continents, in parts of southern Africa and exaggerated? Internationally respected
South America, for instance, but a combination microbiologist Jennifer Thomson takes us through
of circumstances has permitted many of the the issues and concerns surrounding the
very old Australian surfaces to be dated with reasonable confidence. development of GM crops and their impact on the
Thus, in Australia, some landscape elements are much older than the environment. She explains how such crops are
accepted theory suggests they ought to be. This has serious implications developed and assessed, and discusses the likelihood of negative effects on
for general geomorphological theory and for the conventional models of biodiversity, pollen spread and organic farming.
landscape evolution. Due Feb

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 Briefly noted... Miscellaneous
The Ideas of Particle Physics: An The Aeneid
Introduction for Scientists, 3rd Ed (266pp Pb Virgil (Robert FAGLES Trans) 496pp Hb $59.95
$99.00) by Guy Coughlan et al is a readable The city of Troy has been ransacked by conquering Greeks
introduction to the world of particle physics. It and lies in smouldering ruins. A warrior, Aeneas, manages to
bridges the gap between traditional textbooks on escape from the ashes. He will go on to change the history of
the subject and popular accounts that assume the world... With this stunning modern verse translation,
little or no background knowledge. Carefully Fagles reintroduces the Aeneid to a whole new generation,
revised and updated, this new edition covers all and completes the classical triptych at the heart of Western
of the important concepts in our modern civilisation. It retains all of the gravitas and humanity of the
understanding of particle physics. original, as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. With
In Postcards from Mars (196pp Hb $100.00) an illuminating introduction to Virgil's world from noted scholar
Jim Bell, the scientist and photographer who led Bernard Knox, this new 'Aeneid' gives a vibrant, contemporary voice to the literary
the photography team for the Spirit and achievement of the ancient world.
Opportunity rovers, tells the story of what it was
like to be the first person to see the spectacular The Pedant's Return
images sent back by the rovers. The images are Why Things that you Think are Wrong are Right
superbly reproduced in the book, and they really Andrea BARHAM 162pp Hb $24.95
make it possible to imagine what it must be like to stand on the surface How many times have you encountered an extraordinary 'fact' in your everyday life that
of Mars. has led you to think, 'That can't possibly be true!'? Or heard something highly
The Top 10 Myths About Evolution (200pp improbable and completely dismissed the chances of it being in the least bit authentic?
Pb $27.95) by Cameron Smith and Charles Through careful and committed research, Barham examines a range of surprising
Sullivan is a concise, accessible, "myth-buster's statements that sound as though they could not possibly be genuine, revealing that
handbook" which clearly dispels the 10 most they are, in fact, correct.
common myths about evolution. Using a
refreshing, jargon-free style, they set the record
The Lost Art of Travel
straight on claims that evolution is ‘just a theory’,
A Handbook for the Modern Traveller
that Darwinian explanations of life undercut Vic DARKWOOD 256pp Hb $29.95
morality, that Intelligent Design is a legitimate "Do not dread an occasional night in the open when you are
alternative to conventional science, that humans benighted and have no camp. There are few beds more
come from chimpanzees, and six other popular but erroneous notions. comfortable than a dry ditch in England in June." - Frank
Tatchell, Vicar of Midhurst, 1923. "Every lady should, to my
New in paperback is Power, Sex, Suicide (354pp Pb $32.95) by
mind, know how to use a revolver. She may at any time be in
Nick Lane, which looks at mitochondria, those tiny structures located
China or some other country where there are savage
within our cells that give us our energy, explain the origin of the sexes
natives." - Walter Winans, 1904. Fully illustrated with over
and control our ageing and death. Once regarded as virtually
150 drawings and woodcuts, this is an hilarious antidote to
irrelevant compared to the cell's nucleus, mitochondria are now seen
the depressingly anodyne and hectic modern era of travel
as the key ingredient that made life possible.
writing. Featuring chapters on Clothing, Food,
Also new in paperback is The March of Accommodation, Modes of Conveyance, Personal Defence and Holiday Pursuits, it is
Unreason (310pp Pb $32.95) by Dick Taverne, sure to instil a wanderlust satiated only by prising oneself from one's armchair,
which examines the public reaction against science gathering up portmanteau and umbrella, donning a favourite tweed hunting jacket and
and its implications for democratic society. He shows setting off on a sterling voyage of discovery.
the dangers of disregarding an evidence-based
approach and the harm done by the Back-to-Nature Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring
movement to medicine and agriculture, especially in A Gallimaufry
the Third World. Alice Thomas ELLIS 416pp Pb $24.95
Between the microscopic world of quarks and atoms, and the From the cooking methods of Ulysses to Victorian nursery
macroscopic one of pebbles, planets and galaxies, there is another fare, from Biblical food facts to modern food fads, Ellis
world, strangely neglected by science since Isaac Newton. It is takes delight in all things gastronomical, generously
inhabited by pollen, DNA and viruses - not to mention globules of seasoning her gallimaufry with anecdote and wit. This
paint, shampoo, milk and chocolate. Mark Haw's Middle World delectable culinary history caters to all tastes and reveals
(256pp Hb $49.95) tells the story of how scientists finally saw the some unusual ones: we learn that Charles Darwin
restless middle world 200 years ago, having ignored it for so long. proclaimed roast armadillo "a most excellent dish", that
How, at the beginning of the 20th century, it spectacularly answered Elvis Presley adored cooked squirrel, and that British
Einstein's most basic question about the nature of matter. And how we infants once devoured sugared mice - real ones!
then ignored it again until the past decade or so. Garnished throughout with extracts from famous food
The Bell That Rings Light: A Primer in writers, including Brillat-Savarin, Mrs Beeton and
Quantum Mechanics and Chemical Bonding Elizabeth Craig, there are recipes to relish and historical titbits to savour. We also learn
(152pp Pb $34.95) by Dorothy Wallace and the grisly fates of those not so highly favoured (King Henry VIII boiled two of his cooks,
Joseph Belbruno is an introduction to quantum whereas Ivan the Terrible preferred his fried!)
mechanics and mathematics that leads to the
solution of the Schrodinger equation. It can be
London
read and understood by undergraduates without City of Disappearances
sacrificing the mathematical details necessary for Iain SINCLAIR (Editor) 672pp Hb $55.00
a complete solution giving the shapes of London is a city of disappearances and fallible memories.
molecular orbitals seen in every chemistry text. Alongside the contemporary city, of noise and celebrity, is
that other city: of the dead, the unvoiced, the erased. Here
In The Mathematical Century (224pp Pb $39.95) Piergiorgio
there are fabulous identities which, freed from their
Odifreddi provides a fascinating and authoritative overview of the
mundane reality, survive as eternal fictions, and urban
history of mathematics in the 20th century. He concentrates on 30
myths with more blood and vigour than the contemporary
highlights of pure and applied mathematics. Each tells the story of an
cartoons of manufactured notoriety. Sinclair turns away
exciting problem, from its historical origins to its modern solution, in
from official versions and approved histories, and, with the
lively prose free of technical details. The book opens by discussing the
help of Tibor Fischer, Rachel Lichtenstein, Nicholas
four main philosophical foundations of mathematics of the 19th
Royle, Sarah Wise and others, brings to light the fugitive
century and ends by describing the four most important open
scraps, ragpicker's bundles, faded newspaper cuttings
mathematical problems of the 21st century. Dave
and patterns in the dust.

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 Miscellaneous Gittinomics
Immigrants Living the Good Life Without Money, Stress,
Your Country Needs Them Overwork and Joyless Consumption
Philippe LEGRAIN 384pp Tp $35.00 Ross GITTINS 264pp Pb $26.95
Immigration divides our globalising world like no other While the very word 'economics' strikes fear into the
issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers hearts of many, as the great English economist
and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit Alfred Marshall puts it, economics is the study of
system abused, our way of life destroyed - or so we mankind in the ordinary business of life. And it's this
are told. Legrain, author of the critically acclaimed ordinary business of life that Gittins wants to
Open World (Pb $26.95), has written the first book explain to us: be it to do with work, leisure and the
that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising shortage of time; homes and housework; buying
numbers of people from poor countries arriving in Europe, North America and and saving; parents and their kids; kids and their education; or our
Australasia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining happiness and the things that may threaten it - crime, taxation, health and
compelling first-hand reporting from around the world, incisive socio- ageing. Economics is the stuff of life, our life, and we need to understand it.
economic analysis and a broad understanding of what is at stake politically Written in a friendly and accessible style, Gittins sums up all the things he
and culturally, this is a passionate, but lucid, book. In our open world, more wants to share with us after more than 30 years as an acclaimed journalist
people will inevitably move across borders, says Legrain, and we should with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Due Feb
generally welcome them. They do the jobs we can't or won't do, while their
diversity enriches us all. Left and right; free-marketeers and campaigners for The Woman at the Washington Zoo
global justice; enlightened patriots - all should rally behind the cause of free Writings on Politics, Family and Fate
migration, because They Need Us and We Need Them! Due Feb Marjorie WILLIAMS & Timothy NOAH 240pp Pb $27.00
One of Washington's finest writers on people, politics
Helen Garner and the Meaning of Everything and life is collected here for the first time. Williams
Alex JONES 190pp Pb $25.00 knew Washington from top to bottom. Beloved for her
An improvisation on a number of themes by Helen Garner, on one level this sharp analysis, elegant prose and exceptional ability
book is a study of literary semiotics and linguistic meaning. Perhaps more to intuit character, she wrote political profiles for the
importantly, it is a careful picture of what it was like to be in Sydney, and living Washington Post and Vanity Fair that came to be
the life of the mind, during the Big Brother season of 2005. considered the final word on the capital's most
powerful figures. Her accounts of playing ping-pong
Plus ca Change with Richard Darman, of Barbara Bush's stepmother
The Story of French from Charlemagne quaking with fear at the very thought of angering the
to the Cirque Du Soleil First Lady, and of Bill Clinton angrily telling Al Gore
Jean-Benoit NADEAU & Julie BARLOW 368pp Hb $50.00 why he failed to win the presidency - to name just three treasures collected
This is the story of the French language - second only to English for the here - open a window on a seldom-glimpsed human reality behind
number of countries where it is officially spoken and the official tongue of two Washington's determinedly blank facade. Williams also penned a weekly
G-7 countries and three European nations. It is a language with rules so column for the Post's op-ed page and epistolary book review for the online
complex that only a few people ever completely master it. Through their own magazine Slate. Her essays for these and other publications tackled
experiences of living in, and travelling to, French-speaking countries, the subjects ranging from politics to parenthood. During the last years of her
authors show how the French language developed and changed over the life, she wrote about her own mortality as she battled liver cancer, using this
centuries, how it came to be spoken in the Americas, Africa and Asia, and harrowing experience to illuminate larger points about the nature of power
how it gained and maintained its global appeal. Written in a chronological and the randomness of life. Due Feb
narrative spanning more than 10 centuries, from ancient French dialects of
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and more, this book unravels the mystique of a language that has been Joan SAUERS Tp $34.95
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For the past 30 years, our school kids have been subjected to more feel, but really have no idea. In early 2006, Sauers conducted an
experimentation than your average CSIRO lab rat! Donnelly argues that anonymous online survey to find out. Teenagers from around Australia
we've bred a generation of under-educated Australians and demonstrates the responded, talking openly and honestly about issues such as intimacy and
perils of non-competitive assessment and the current anti-academic relationships; masturbation and sexual fantasies; sexual texting and chat
approach to the curriculum. He provides an alternative, a blueprint for the room liaisons; sexual orientation and coming out; contraception and
future: a system based on a liberal/humanist approach where the focus is on protection against STIs; pornography and the media; and coercion and
learning in a balanced and impartial way, and where students are taught to sexual violence. This book presents over 100 of their responses in their
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holidays, she found that the weight melted off as she For several years now, Rothwell has travelled the
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February already and many of you will be out buying books for your new I can't begin to count the number of publishers and
courses. If languages are on your menu, remember that Language Book editions of English dictionaries, but I can tell you
Centre, on the first floor here at Abbey's, has Australia's largest selection of that the dictionary that many Australians regards
texts and materials, as well as wonderful staff to advise you, whether you as their one, The Macquarie Dictionary, has now
are studying at home, or teaching or learning at a school or college. The issued a Fourth Edition ($120 Hb), large and
LBC staff speak more than 20 languages between them. We can supply resplendent in green and gold with green slipcover.
dictionaries for languages from Aboriginal, Afrikaans and Arabic to Yoruba, Lots of new words, as well as encyclopaedic
Zulu and Zapotec (a language spoken in parts of Mexico). We now have entries for significant Australian people and places,
more space devoted to Russian and Eastern European languages, perhaps origins for many phrases, and helpful notes about
because Victor has returned to us again from his travels overseas! Victor is usage problems.
also responsible for the very interesting selection of foreign films on DVD,
including some documentaries, mostly on art and cinema. Do go upstairs So what was our Christmas bestseller? Richard Dawkins' The God
and have a look at these. Delusion ($35 Pb 406pp incl index), an unlikely Christmas title. Perhaps not
so surprising considering the number of our customers who are interested in
I scarcely need to remind you that Abbey's always carries a large selection science or religion. I read a sympathetic review by a US psychiatrist, Robert
of Classics in both paperback and hardback. We regard these Classics as Hardy, in The Skeptics' Magazine. He suggested that those who cannot
part of our image and, although some titles sell only once or twice a year, we conceive how anyone else could live without religion would find much to
do still carry them. I noticed some new arrivals which I should tell you about. think about here, but that quite possibly few would be persuaded. If you are
These nicely produced paperbacks, with wrap-around covers, are published interested in joining the Australian Skeptics, call (02) 9417 2071 or visit
by Hesperus Press, publishers of unjustly neglected works by great writers, www.skeptics.com.au. The Editor of the magazine is a longstanding
always with a foreword by an interesting modern writer. Charlotte Bronte's customer of Abbey's. Another magazine that may interest our scientific
The Secret ($21.95 Pb 120pp) contains six stories, four of which are customers is Australasian Science. You can view previous editions or
additional juvenilia rediscovered in 1978, while Salley Vickers gives a subscribe online at australasianscience.com.au.
perceptive and encouraging introduction. Tony Robinson introduces
Captain Pamphile by Alexandre Dumas ($24.95 Pb 186pp). Captain I had my front yard paved recently with a grey pebbled path across ochre
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menagerie (that is, between his other adventures). I was most intrigued by bonus CD ($26.95 Pb 215pp). I didn't tell them that he recently died from
The Wreck of the Golden Mary by Charles Dickens ($21.95 Pb 126pp). By lung cancer! But I imagine that was largely explained by all the time he
who?! Actually, this is a compilation of stories written for the Christmas spent in smoke-filled clinics trying to persuade other people that their
edition of Household Words in 1856. The first story is by Dickens, the last addiction was an illusion.
story by his friend and deputy editor, Wilkie Collins, and the ones in between I read recently that children in the formerly communist East Germany are to
by various contributors to the magazine. Titanic-like, The Golden Mary hits be given lessons about the dreaded Stasi secret police because it is feared
an iceberg on her way to the Californian goldfields and the survivors keep up those times are being forgotten or seen through rose glasses, so I must
their spirits by telling tales in the open boat. Simon Callow fills you in on all again recommend Anna Funder's Stasiland ($24 Pb 286pp), an important
this and he can string a few words together, can he not? We have copies of and fascinating book that won the Samuel Johnson Award for Non-Fiction. It
the second volume of Simon Callow’s biography of Orson Welles: Hello is an absolutely riveting read, almost unbelievable. Language Book Centre
Americans ($79.95 Hb 506pp incl index). This is in Film Biography along will soon have stock of the German edition in paperback.
with What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? by Joseph McBride ($59.95
Hb 344pp incl index). I should also mention that we have more stock of the People forget all too easily. For instance, one of the comments on the front
beautiful Nonesuch Facsimile Editions of seven titles by Charles Dickens of Shelley Gare's The Triumph of the Airheads:
(all $69.95 Hb). And the Retreat from Commonsense ($32.95 Pb
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Do I need to remind you that we keep Australian fiction separate from other "Was there a World War II in Germany?"
fiction? After Classics, we have Crime Fiction, Modern Fiction, Historical
Fiction and Australian Fiction. We made this change before 2000 when all Shelley Gare told me a nice story. She was talking to
the Olympic visitors were expected. Now I think we should reconsider this a bookseller in "another bookshop", just checking
section, bearing in mind so many Australian authors are writing books not where they had her book. Before she finished, the
set in Australia, such as Marcus Zusak's wonderful The Book Thief ($32.95 bookseller had decided to definitely buy the book for
Pb 584pp), which is set in Munich during WWII. This was a big success in themself! And guess what? I'm taking a copy home
America and has now received excellent reviews in England too. Also to read right now!
Catherine Cole's lovely book, set in France and Hanoi, The Grave at Thu Those of a certain age who remember A Clockwork
Le ($22.95 Pb 330pp). Perhaps it would be better to call this section Orange ($17.95 Pb) or even listening to O Lucky
Australian Authors? Man will enjoy The Real Life of Anthony Burgess
I mention this section because I recently read a by Andrew Biswell ($29.95 Pb 434pp incl index).
wonderful book by an Australian author whom I did not This polymath, composer and writer led a chaotic
know, although she has previously won the Steele Rudd life, always in love with writing. He spent time at a
Award for Short Stories. Her name is Deborah Teachers' College in Kota Bharu in Malaysia, where
Robertson and the book is Careless ($32.95 Pb 293pp). a colleague remembers that in return for his healthy
This deeply thoughtful novel begins when a distraught dislike of his less literate co-workers, they in turn
father runs over some children playing in a park in hated his use of "obscure, ostentatious and
Fremantle. Only one child survives - a self-contained 8- sesquipedalian lexis"! Well, I had to look that one up
year-old who already takes care of her little brother and too. It's time another generation of readers latched
keeps a watchful eye on her foolish mother. The stories on to the inimitable Burgess.
of the various living, breathing characters who become involved in this Keep well.
tragedy are cleverly intertwined, their lives inspected and the result never
judgemental. Despite the intimacy of the narrative, there are times when the Eve
book feels like a thriller. Highly recommended.

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