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August 2005
Issue No. 273   A$8.95 (incl.GST)

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ADVANCES

 

LETTERS

Robert Manne, Tony Kevin, Sylvia Martin, Sara Hardy, John Monfries, Andrew Ley, Judith Bishop, Chilla Bulbeck, Ray Raison

 
FICTION Kate Grenville: The Secret River Kerryn Goldsworthy
 

Delia Falconer: The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers

James Ley

Robert Drewe: Grace Judith Armstrong
 

Stephanie Bishop: The Singing

Gregory Day: The Patron Saint of Eels Sarah Kanowski
 
BUSINESS Peter Hartcher: Bubble Man
Andrew Main: Rivkin Unauthorised
Richard Walsh
Philip Clark
 
ECONOMICS Paul Roberts: The End of Oil
Sonia Shah: Crude
Peter McLennan
 
SOCIETY Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss: Affluenza
Amanda McLeod
 
RELIGION

Anne O'Brien: God's Willing Workers

Pamela Bone
 
POEMS

Judith Bishop
Clive James

 
 
 

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ESSAY

Copyright, Guns and Money: Copyright and Culture in the Digital Age Colin Golvan
 
GALLERY NOTES

The Importance of Reverie

Mary Eagle
 
LETTER FROM THE NETHERLANDS

From Bruegel to Brecht

James Upcher
 
POLITICS

Chris Aulich and Roger Wettenhall (eds): Howard's Second and Third Governments

Judith Brett

John Uhr: Terms of Trust

James Walter
 

MILITARY HISTORY

Paul Ham: Kokoda

John Coates

Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson: The Somme

Martin Ball

Elena Govor: Russian Anzacs in Australian History

Peter Pierce
HISTORY

Philippe Roger: The American Enemy

Colin Nettelbeck

Amin Saikal: Modern Afghanistan

Samina Yasmeen

Nicholas Thomas, Anna Cole and Bronwen Douglas: Tattoo

Kate Darian-Smith

Gwenda Tavan: The Long, Slow Death of White Australia

John Lack
 
FILM

Ingo Petzke: Phillip Noyce

Brian McFarlane
 
POETRY David Brooks: Walking to Point Clear

David Gilbey

 
ABORIGINAL

Mary Ellen Jordan: Balanda

Travis Cutler
STUDIES Jack Horner: Seeking Racial Justice

Sue Taffe: Black and White Together

Matthew Lamb

 
SPORT Lionel Frost: Immortals

Steve Strevens: Keeping the Faith

Brian Matthews

 
JOURNALS Chris Healy & Stephen Muecke (eds): Cultural Studies Review

Joy Damousi (ed.): Australian Historical Studies

Melinda Harvey

 
PROFILES IN WORLD LITERATURE AND IDEAS Emile Zola

Brian Nelson

 
COMMENTARY A Vision Splendid

Stephanie Owen Reeder
 
JUNIOR FICTION

Susan Arnott: The Astrolabe

  Jenny Blackman: Our Enemy, My Friend

Susan Geason: All Fall Down

Wendy Macdonald: The Castaway Convict

Katharine England

 
CHILDREN'S

Leon Davidson: Scarecrow Army

NON- FICTION Anthony Hill: Animal Heroes

Carole Wilkinson: Alexander the Great

 
YOUNG ADULT Gary Crew: The Lace-Maker's Daughter

FICTION Scott Monk: The Never Boys

Kristen Murphy: The King of Whatever

Kevin Steinberger

 
AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW AUGUST 2005

 

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