Books (Featured)
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How Humane Wars are Inhumane
Samuel Moyn’s Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War argues that efforts to make war more ethical have…
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The best new books to read in October as selected by avid readers and critics
Each month, we’ll present a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf’s Kate Evans and The Book…
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Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the…
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David Lindenmayer’s new book is a reminder the world is still beautiful
But the world is still a beautiful place. And for Canberra scientist David Lindenmayer, it’s the ash forests of Victoria…
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The Late Career Switch
Lucy Kellaway had a dream job. Her self-proclaimed title was Chief Bullshit Correspondent for the Financial Times though in polite company she’d…
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Prisoners of Time by Christopher Clark review – bravura examination of political power
An acclaimed historian teases out the truth to exhilarating effect Andrew Antony The Guardian he Australian historian and Regius professor…
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For eight years I’ve served Australia. The racist hate and disgusting abuse still crushes me
I’ve been called a maggot, a cockroach, a whore and a cow – but I’m not going anywhere. Mehreen Faruqi…
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Best book club bets: the must-read books for winter
This gripping novel is the story of Lex, a New York lawyer with a dark past. Georgie Gordon The Age…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Australian-Indian author Aravind Adiga, who won the Booker in 2008 with his debut The White Tiger, is one of six…
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Growing up with trees: new books use story and science to connect kids with nature
But it really means I spend a lot of time thinking and finding out about people’s relationships with the natural…
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Book review: Geoffrey Robertson makes the case for naming and shaming human rights abusers
His latest book, Bad People – and How to Be Rid of Them, explains the history of international human rights…
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Who’s Afraid of Antiracism?
It seeks to rectify and repair, not terrorize and destroy. Chelsea Stieber Public Books Yet you wouldn’t know that if…
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Words perfect: favourite new books for Mother’s Day
If your mum loves Australian fiction, here are three that should please. In Claire Thomas’s The Performance, three women from…
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This former surgeon’s work ethic was maniacal – but it wasn’t enough for her to succeed
We are both Asian. Jessie Tu The Sydney Morning Herald We are both achievement focused. We didn’t get hugs as…
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How to unlock music as key to the art of remembering
During that time, people have regularly approached with me a similar set of befuddling stories and questions. Lisa Genove The…
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Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide: Denial, State Deception, Truth versus Politicization of History
This book follows the author’s gutsy campaign against his government and his quest to successfully hold the conference in the…
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