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Confucius Says No<\/strong>\u00a0by Leonard Yong<\/p>\n RRP $29.95<\/em><\/p>\n Leonard Yong, one of the most respected authorities on corporate governance, keeps a close eye on Asia and the global economy. His latest book\u00a0Confucius Says No<\/i>\u00a0was recently launched by The Hon Michael Kirby, and features a foreword by The Hon Bob Carr. It is an easy introduction to doing business in China, with analysis of China’s place in the world economy and the significance of Confucian thought in modern business.<\/p>\n The Invisible Thread\u2014One Hundred Years of Words<\/strong><\/p>\n edited by Irma Gold<\/em> Containing works from more than 70 eminent Australian writers, this sterling anthology of Canberra and it’s surrounds has recently launched to great acclaim. Editor Irma Gold has found unexpected connections in the threads spun by these strikingly different writers, illuminating and provoking in equal measure. Featuring a sparkling array of Australian talent: Miles Franklin, AD Hope, Judith Wright, Manning Clark, Don Watson, Les Murray, CEW Bean, Kate Grenville, Omar Musa, and many more stellar writers…<\/p>\n ” . . . representative of the best that Canberra writers can do when interacting with this special city over its one hundred years.”\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 FRANK MOORHOUSE<\/p>\n ”Although Melbourne’s the official city of literature, in fact Canberra punches above its weight in terms of the number of writers we’ve had here, and the literary landscape here, which is incredibly rich and diverse.”<\/em>\u00a0–\u00a0IRMA GOLD (in\u00a0The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n View<\/a>\u00a0photos from The Invisible Thread launch.<\/p>\n Watch the book trailer\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hope \u2014 Refugees and their Supporters in Australia since 1947 <\/p>\n Sceptics, supporters, students\u00a0and the plain curious will find something in\u00a0Hope<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n First recorded for the National Library, author and historian,\u00a0Ann-Mari Jordens<\/strong>, now brings to the page the voices of people\u00a0escaping persecution and conflict in world troublespots since WWII.<\/p>\n A rare chance to hear in their own words why and how people left families and homes and what they found resettling in Australia.<\/p>\n It’s also the story of ordinary Australians\u2014individuals, community groups and government workers\u2014who gave welcome and support. Through the accounts, Jordens also tracks shifts in government policy from Chifley to Fraser to present times.<\/p>\n Vivid accounts, simple language, maps, photographs and an index give the context usually lacking in coverage of this issue.<\/p>\n A foreword by outspoken Jesuit priest, Fr Frank Brennan, and preface by the UNHCR’s Director for Australia and the Pacific, Richard Towle, help clarify\u00a0what too often polarises Australia.<\/p>\n Cover from\u00a0<\/em>Partimento\u00a0by Christina Cordero, courtesy of\u00a0Beaver Galleries<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n See more at ABC TV’s\u00a07.30<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>or listen to Ann-Mari Jordens interview on Waleed Aly\u00a0Drive<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Editors: $28.95<\/p>\n To order your copy now<\/em><\/strong> Best-selling author\u00a0Barbara Blackman<\/strong>\u00a0unleashes her subversive sense of humour in this unusual\u00a0collection of verse about the dog in our language and our lives. Whimsical sketches by artist\u00a0Cheryl Westenberg<\/strong>\u00a0capture the humour and pathos of this collection.<\/p>\n Not necessarily for children Barbara says, but dog loathers and lovers will recognise themselves and their canines in this unusual new book.<\/p>\n ABC TV talks to Barbara Blackman and canine friend ‘Jack’<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>at home while arts writer Helen Musa takes a peek at a\u00a0Doggerel<\/a>\u00a0soiree.<\/p>\n Word Up: a Lexicon and Guide\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0Communication\u00a0in the 21st Century “Mark McCrindle deserves a medal. Mapless, he’s entered the alien terrains of text-speak, web slang, Gen-Z dialect, among other domains, and returned with a guidebook should we ever lose our way” Word Up\u00a0<\/strong>is a revealing, entertaining and sometimes confronting snapshot of Australia today\u2014across the generations. \u00a0Word Up<\/strong>\u00a0explains how we use and mangle our language in the classroom, the media, in politics or the pub. Let social researcher, Mark McCrindle, help you understand what the other gens are on about.<\/p>\n Canberra: City in the Landscape<\/strong><\/p>\n by Ken Taylor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is 100 years since Walter Burley Griffin won the 1911 international design competition to create a city in the landscape for Australia’s national city.<\/p>\n At a time when Burley Griffin’s vision is under siege in some quarters, highly regarded author, academic and landscape planning\u00a0consultant,Professor\u00a0Ken Taylor<\/strong>,\u00a0brings\u00a0his sharp eye and considerable understanding to the unique features of Canberra’s landscape design.<\/p>\n His book is also an account of the far-sighted people who brought the vision to life. In 1912 Walter Burley\u00a0Griffin wrote of his plan for\u00a0 ‘a city like no other’. Yet many Australians would be unaware that it was Prime Minister Menzies who, many years later, played a part in ensuring Australia had a\u00a0fitting capital.<\/p>\n Canberra: City in the Landscape<\/strong>helps us understand this grand design and how it came about.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He’s back\u00a0in a special new updated edition from Halstead Press to celebrate a sculpture in his honour.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Australia’s Oldest House\u00a0<\/strong>by Sue Rosen<\/em><\/p>\n Listen to author\u00a0Sue Rosen\u00a0<\/strong>on ABC Radio’s\u00a0Hindsight<\/a>\u00a0May 2011.<\/p>\n “Rosen has upset the applecart”<\/em><\/p>\n … Elizabeth Farrelly, SMH 10-11 July 2010<\/p>\n “Lusciously illustrated,\u00a0<\/em>nicely written and a bloody good read”<\/em><\/p>\n … Phillip Adams, Late Night Live ABC RN<\/p>\n Experiment Farm Cottage is languishing in obscurity and poor heritage practice has kept it there.<\/p>\n Built in the earliest days of the colony by surgeon John Harris, the cottage\u2014with its quintessential Aussie veranda and significance to two centuries of Australian homes\u2014deserves a better place in our heritage.<\/p>\n In her latest book,\u00a0Sue Rosen<\/strong>\u00a0reveals the mismanagement and red tape behind the story and the damage done when ‘experts’ refuse to engage with historians. Rosen’s book reminds us why such places matter.<\/p>\n It\u00a0\u00a0‘… reads like an epic battle between the historians and the architects’ (Elizabeth Farelly, Spectrum, SMH, 10-11 July 2010).<\/em><\/p>\n Listen to Sue Rosen on ABC Radio National’s\u00a0\u00a0Hindsight<\/a>\u00a0, 1 May 2011, on\u00a0By Design<\/a>\u00a0and in conversation with Phillip Adams on\u00a0Late Night Live.<\/a><\/p>\n The Haneef question won’t go away.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPolice and politicians had sent the media into a feeding frenzy of hostility towards the defendant.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n …\u00a0Geoffrey Robertson<\/a>, QC.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/em>I’m not the big fish<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n …Mick Keelty, former Federal Police Commissioner.<\/em><\/p>\n Without evidence and without a charge, Federal authorities held and interrogated Dr Mohamed Haneef for 11 days in 2007 after he lent his mobile SIM card to a cousin. His case dominated front pages for weeks. With access to the main players, only Ewart’s book reveals all the uncomfortable facts.<\/p>\n Jacqueline Ewart\u00a0<\/strong>is the one journalist who stuck with the infamous Mohamed Haneef case from day one. After a gifted journalistic career Ewart is now senior lecturer at Brisbane\u2019s Griffith University.<\/p>\n Jacqui Ewart talks about the Haneef case\u00a0<\/a>on ABC Radio<\/p>\n Follow the\u00a0compensation announcement<\/a>\u00a0online.<\/p>\n Read the full text of\u00a0Geoffrey Robertson’s Introduction to Haneef: A Question of Character<\/a>.<\/p>\n History at the Cross Roads:\u00a0<\/strong>Australians and the past\u00a0<\/strong>by Paul Ashton and Paula Hamilton<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Australia’s passion for the past simply gets stronger. More people are researching family history and visiting museums than ever before.<\/p>\n History books are one of the strongest-selling categories.<\/p>\n Paula Hamilton and Paul Ashton<\/strong>\u00a0visit each room in the ‘house of history’ using national research, personal interviews and close observations of social and educational trends to illuminate our attitudes to the past.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not a Poor Man’s Field<\/strong>\u00a0by Michael Waterhouse<\/em><\/p>\n This big richly illustrated book tells a between-the-wars story of gold, aviation, race relations and Australia’s inept colonial administration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea\u2014His Excellency Charles Lepani\u2014 and Ross (Climate Change) Garnaut heaped praise on Michael Waterhouse’s fascinating book about Australia and PNG’s long inter-connected history. A\u00a0‘wonderful book, rich in insights into the human condition.’\u00a0<\/em>…Ross Garnaut.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This vividly told story of a little-known chapter in Australia and PNG relations is available now.<\/p>\n Read the\u00a0PNG High Commissioner’s comments on election claims and Australia\/PNG relations<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n Find out more about\u00a0Not a Poor Man’s Field\u00a0<\/a>and how it came to be written.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wild Cattle Wild Country: Old mates and memories from the Top End<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n by Anne Marie Ingham<\/em><\/p>\n Forget about butchers and fast food outlets.\u00a0 Ingham’s\u00a0Wild Cattle, Wild Country\u00a0<\/strong>shows where the meat really came from. Not so long ago, the US hamburger market couldn’t get enough of wild shorthorn cattle from northern Australia, chased across dangerous country by men\u00a0 using horses, helicopters and 4-wheel drives.<\/p>\n The Top End is fenced in now. Managed Brahman herds have taken over from the wild shorthorns and buffalo. The legendary Toyota bull catcher with its \u201cbionic arm\u201d has gone to the\u00a0National Museum<\/a>\u00a0in Canberra.\u00a0Wild Cattle, Wild Country\u00a0<\/strong>reminds us of the hard working, hard living stories of those days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An Irish Woman in Czarist Russia\u00a0<\/strong>by\u00a0Jean Lombard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n “a remarkable story of survival and courage”<\/em><\/p>\n … Frank O’Shea<\/p>\n Canberra Times<\/p>\n Headstrong child of a Russian heiress and an Irish diplomat, Kathleen ffrench lived a storybook life, in a world on the brink of destruction. While her Australian cousins raised sheep, she toured Europe with barons and princesses. Escaping the horrors of War and her Bolshevik prison, she became the first woman to drive into Eastern Siberia, searching for her missing lover.<\/p>\n To order, visit the Australian Book Group’s catalogue\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Annotated Such is Life\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Joseph Furphy<\/em><\/p>\n The prose classic of Australian Literature. Joseph Furphy\u2019s novel of the bush and the outback is a tour de force of genius and originality, published in 1903 and reprinted dozens of times. A book of wit, learning and unforgettable characters and bush philosophy. The Halstead Classics edition is the best ever published, with the fullest annotation. Learn more about the fascinating world of\u00a0Joseph Furphy<\/a>\u00a0at ABC Radio’s\u00a0Hindsight<\/a>\u00a0program.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>by Mark McCrindle with Emily Wolfinger<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 David Astle, columnist, cross-word compiler and co-host of SBS TV’s Letters and Numbers.<\/em><\/p>\nThe Monster That Ate Canberra
\nby Michael Salmon<\/em><\/h4>\nIt’s 40 years since he first chomped his way through the Capital but\u00a0The Monster that Ate Canberra\u00a0<\/strong>by Michael Salmon has remained a big favourite with children and adults.<\/h4>\n
Just days before Christmas, lawyers for Mohamed Haneef confirm that he will receive ‘substantial compensation’ from the Australian government for his wrongful detention on terrorism related charges.<\/em><\/h4>\n
Haneef: A Question of Character<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Jacqui Ewart<\/a>\u00a0follows Mohamed Haneef’s ordeal from the beginning.<\/em><\/h4>\n
Click here for\u00a0Wild Cattle\u00a0<\/em>and the NT History Award<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n