Events for "Believers"

Believers: Does Australian Catholicism have a future? by Paul Collins

Tuesday May 13, 7.30pm - Talk at "Spirituality in the Pub", Carlisle Castle Hotel, Newtown

Thursday June 26, 6.30 for 7pm - In Conversation with Stephen Crittenden at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 2037, RSVP: 9660 2333

Events for "The F Word"

The F Word: How we learned to swear by feminism by Jane Caro and Catherine Fox

Tuesday June 17, 5.30-7pm - Launch by Wendy McCarthy at Lord Nelson, The Rocks

Thursday June 19, 6.30 for 7pm - In Conversation with Jane Caro, Catherine Fox and Catherine Lumby at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 2037, RSVP: 9660 2333

Tuesday July 8, 1pm - Jane Caro at Stanton Library

Event for "Phnom Penh"

Milton Osborne, author of Phnom Penh : A Cultural and Literary History will be speaking at the Sydney Institute, 41 Phillip Street Sydney on Tuesday June 3 at 5.30 for 6pm. RSVP: 9252 3366

Politics in the Blood Launch

Politics in the Blood: The Anthonys of Richmond by Paul Davey will be launched at the National Party Conference from June 12-14 at Parliament House, Canberra.

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5. DOREEN KARTINYERI: MY NGARRINDJERI CALLING
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6. GOOD GARDENS WITH LESS WATER
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7. ABORIGINAL PLANT COLLECTORS: BOTANISTS AND AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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8. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOB
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9. BELIEVERS: DOES AUSTRALIAN CATHOLICISM HAVE A FUTURE?
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IMPRIMATUR Rita Monaldi , Francesco Sorti , HB Polygon $39.95 11 September 1683, Rome. The citizens of the city wait anxiously for the outcome of the battle for Vienna as Ottoman forces lay siege to the defenders of Catholic Europe. Meanwhile, a suspected outbreak of plague causes a famous Roman tavern to be placed under quarantine. One of its detainees, the mysterious Atto Melani, a spy in the service of France, discovers a secret passage leading deep into the Roman underworld. A plot to assassinate the pope and plans to use the plague as a weapon of mass destruction in the battle between Islam and the West are discovered. Meticulously researched and brilliantly conceived, Imprimatur contains startling revelations that have been concealed for centuries, drawing on original papers discovered in the Vatican archives. A thriller in the vein of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, this novel sheds new light on the power struggles of 17th-century Europe, the repercussions of which are still felt today. First published to great controversy in Italy in 2002, Imprimatur was boycotted by the Italian press and publishing world. Despite this, the novel has gained European bestseller status; it has been translated into 20 languages with editions published in 45 countries. Over 1 million copies have been sold to date. ELVIS IS TITANIC: CLASSROOM TALES FROM THE OTHER IRAQ Ian Klaus , PB UWA Press $26.95 In the spring of 2005, Ian Klaus, a twenty-six-year-old Rhodes Scholar, traveled eight hours from Turkey, via broken-down taxi and armed convoy, to reach Salahaddin University in Arbil, the largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan. Elvis Is Titanic is the poignant, funny, and eye-opening story of the semester he spent there teaching U.S. history and English in the thick of the war for hearts and minds. BLOOD IN THE WATER: AN ALICE RICE MYSTERY Gillian Galbraith , PB Polygon $19.95 This thrilling police-procedural debut from crime writer Gillian Galbraith introduces readers to Alice Rice, Edinburgh’s latest fictional detective and a new female presence in the macho world of crime detection. Galbraith draws on her own experience to give a realistic portrayal of the medical and legal worlds. Smart and capable, but battling disillusionment and loneliness, Alice races against time and an implacable killer to solve a series of grisly murders amongst the professional elite of Edinburgh’s well-to-do New Town. MELBOURNE TRAM BOOK 2nd Ed Dale Budd , Randall Wilson , PB UNSW Press $24.95 This new edition of The Melbourne Tram Book is a gloriously colourful and compact tribute to Melbourne’s famous and iconic trams, one of the city’s most enduring symbols. More than 200 photographs and illustrations show the trams in the streetscapes of today and yesterday. ABORIGINAL PLANT COLLECTORS: BOTANISTS AND AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Philip A. Clarke , HB Rosenberg Publishing $39.95 This book explores the impact of indigenous people upon the European discovery of Australian plants, spanning the period from the expansion of world exploration in the seventeenth century to the beginning of systematic scientific studies in the late nineteenth century. In the published accounts of the colonial period, indigenous people working with European explorers and plant collectors have too often been portrayed as silent partners. In order to readdress this imbalance, the present work investigates the role of particular Aboriginal groups and individuals in the botanical discovery of Australia. more ->