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Fitzpatrick reveals a complex portrait of an Australian family. As her relationship with her father, author, journalist and historian Brian Fitzpatrick fades from girlhood adoration to adolescent scepticism, she flees Melbourne for Oxford to start a new life. But it's not so easy to escape being her father's daughter.

Anthony Waterlow left his decrepit, rubbish-filled room in a run-down boarding house at 4.45 pm on Monday 11 November 2009. By 6 pm, the 42-year-old was seen leaving another home: his sister Chloe's in Randwick .He left behind her slaughtered body and that of their father; celebrated art curator Nick Waterlow.

In this frank and engaging memoir, Christine Nixon reflects on the journey of a woman deep into a man's world, describing the experiences that shaped her commitment to a model of policing as a community service, committed to caring for society's most vulnerable.

Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Neither Power Nor Glory fills an important gap in Australian political history and our understanding of the Labor Party. It is also a timely antidote to nostalgia about Labor's past. In Victoria at least, that past was anything but golden.

In 2005, the AFP referred eight Islamic books to the Australian Classification Board. After nearly a year of review, and intense public debate, two of the books were refused classification and effectively banned in a move that would have severe repercussions for librarians, scholars, authors and the state of free speech in Australia.

Combining original observation with deep emotional engagement, this provocative book argues that, despite claims to the contrary, the quality of life of indigenous Australians did not improve between 1970 and 2000.

Details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Melbourne from the late 1800s to the present day.

Marauding bushrangers, lost explorers, mad shepherds, new chums and mounted troopers: these are some of the characters who populate the often perilous world of colonial Australian adventure fiction. This anthology collects the best examples of this genre, with stories by Ernest Favenc, Louis Becke, Rosa Praed, Guy Boothby, and many others.

When it comes to Australia's most baffling, bizarre and brutal modern murders, very little is as it seems. This unpacks the compelling psychological riddles, inspired investigations and sensational plot twists of 13 sordid contemporary homicides.

A powerful Melbourne crime family. A teenage protected witness. The killing of two policemen. Terror. Violence. Loyalty. In Walsh Street, Australia's most famous criminal family comes to life. This edition includes a new foreword from the author with updates on all the major players.

More than just a campaign diary of the extraordinary 2010 Australian election and its aftermath, this is a rip-roaring, incisive analysis of a tumultuous nine months in politics that even surprised veteran journalists such as Barrie Cassidy. This is a must read for anyone interested in Australian politics of any persuasion.

Australia's Curriculum Dilemmas tells the story of Australia's recent attempts to come to grips with the big challenges of curriculum and sets up the background to understanding the debates that continue to surface as we move for the first time towards a national approach.Detailing some of the inside stories and arguments of the last 30 years about what schools should do, as well as some of the politics and lessons that have been learnt along the way, it brings together accounts from a national research project and reflections from people who have been actively involved in developing curriculum policies for each state. Expert contributors examine the challenges of the public management of curriculum, drawing on the different experiences of curriculum reforms in different states. They take up the problems of framing vocational and academic education for the new century and of confronting equity and diversity issues. They show the fundamental differences that exist in Australia regarding the impact of examinations and assessment, and the very different policy approaches that have been taken to tackle these issues.Many people in this country are unaware of how much their experience of education has been formed by the particular values of the state in which they were educated. For the first time, this book demonstrates the effects of those differences, now and into the future.

A book of inspirational stories from Australian A-League football star Archie Thompson that shares his love of the game and his family through the highs and lows. He writes on everything from the importance of discipline and loyalty to how to build confidence in yourself and overcome life's challenges while enjoying the good times.

An inside story of how two key players, politicians, advisers and public servants - Paul Keating and John Howard - changed Australia. It sees Keating and Howard as conviction politicians, tribal warriors and national interest patriots. It captures the authentic nature of Australian politics as distinct from the polemics advanced by both sides.

A book about organized crime and the professional criminals who have recklessly cut a swathe through Australia. It provides accounts of murder, robbery, standover, prostitution, drugs, great escapes, revenge, betrayal, corruption, police, lawyers, doctors and politicians.

Examines the complex debates and dilemmas facing Islam today, both internally and in its relations with Western civilisation. Rane provides a concise, comprehensive introduction to Islam and modern developments in Muslim thought, and tackles questions of Islamic law, human rights, democracy, jihad and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

A celebration of the love that developed between a dog and his human friend.

In the rush to avoid or reduce the repercussions of climate change, we need to ensure that the burden is evenly distributed or run the risk of creating injustice. This book demonstrates that the problem of how to distribute the costs of climate change is fundamentally a problem of justice.

Explores Harold Mitchell's remarkable personal journey from son of a sawmiller to the owner of a $100 million business, rubbing shoulders with Australia's most powerful people. This title traces Mitchell's philosophies about business and life, and presents guidance for young business executives trying to make it in the corporate jungle.

Demonstrates that most of the rewards of victory in modern warfare are either exaggerated or false. When the ostensible benefits of victory are examined a generation after a war, it becomes inescapably evident that the defeated belligerent rarely conforms to the demands and expectations of the victor.

Presents an examination of the effects of hyperconsumerism on contemporary life that provides a comprehensive look at how choices affect the balance between work and life in society. Using past experiences, the author explores issues that concern many and asks the question, Is it possible to have too much choice?

With November 2007's federal election loss, and with Labor running all state and territory governments, the Liberal Party has been forced to re-think its raison d'etre. This book examines the contemporary debate over liberalism, the Howard legacy, and the battle for the heart and soul of Australia.

Abortion was one of Australia's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. This book describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force.

Deals with the death of a loved one and the process of sorting through, living with, and discarding, the objects that are left behind. This book looks at the status of objects as property, metaphors, symbols of love and identity, and the power of things to bind and unbind family relationships.

When Kenneth Baillieu Myer's father fell dead on the footpath in 1934, Ken's life changed in that instant. Groomed by his mother to lead the Myer empire, Ken with his brother oversaw Myer's failure as a major retailing force and sold it to Coles. This biography is about money: making it, giving it and its responsibilities.

Offers an account of the many terminally ill people whom the author has assisted to end their lives. This book is a moving journey with those who came to him for help and a meditation on what it means to confront death in our culture. It is also a doctor's personal story about the moral dilemmas and ethical choices.

Draws together the ideological and psychological elements involved in historical denial. Survey many cases in twentieth- and twenty-first-century historical denial that illustrate the nature of prejudice and how it relates to techniques of the instigators of denial, including their use of popular media and the internet.

A memoir which takes us on an epic personal journey from the author's childhood in his father's renowned boxing troupe, via the international success of ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"", to Los Angeles, Tokyo and London.

Draws on wide-ranging empirical research to show the production, distribution and consumption of pornography, its content, its consumers and the public debates within which people make sense of it. This title provides insight into the everyday uses of pornography by ordinary consumers, and the place of pornography in society.