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Dreamspinner Press
Lifeand lovedoesnt follow a script. Struggling actor Oswell Outterridge thinks hes hit the jackpot when hes chosen to play a scene opposite his idol, Kane Teague, in a superhero movie. However, things take an unexpected turn when the slime he …
Dreamspinner Press
As the famous riverboat Le Beau Soleil lazily steams down the mighty Mississippi into the heart of the South, distractions of every sort attempt to pull agent for the Treasury Johnny Stanley away from his assignment. While liquor and gaming …
Dreamspinner Press
A Jan Phillips StoryA life cut short; unsolved robberies plaguing Philadelphias Jewelers Row; a cryptic message scrawled on a paper napkin; a Romanov prince; a young man held captive in Iran; a terrorist cell bent on revenge; and an opera …
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Managing Uncertainty While Blazing a Trail to Success
J. Ross Publishing
Unlike other books on industrial planning and control, this one contains a wealth of information on the people factor the most important of the three elements required for success in any commercial business. This book will be useful to people …
Graywolf Press
A new high point for a master novelist, an emotionally charged reckoning with art, marriage, and the pastKevin Pace is working on a painting that he wont allow anyone to see: not his children; not his best friend, Richard; not …
University of New South Wales Press
I unpick and put in chronological order thousands of pieces of paper lay out the facts as they arrived the first time, unadorned, uninterpreted, flying in from dozens of sources and every corner of the world. What really went on? …
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The story of a festival, its fans & a town called Parkes
University of New South Wales Press
Where do thousands of people in wigs, jumpsuits and fake Priscilla eyelashes go each January to swelter in 42-degree heat as they celebrate The King? Parkes, of course 365 kilometres west of Sydney for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival. But …
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A Book of Lamentations
Atlantic Books
This is Joanne's account of coming to terms with her brother's suicide and through that process, the entirety of her family life. In Small Pieces Joanne explores her childhood, her Jewishness and her mother's death as well as that of …
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Origins of Australia's Refugee Policy
University of New South Wales Press
In the late 1970s, 2000 Vietnamese arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing persecution. Their arrival presented a challenge to politicians, but the way the Fraser government handled it, and the resettlement of tens of thousands more Indochinese refugees, marked a …
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Australia's Train, Advise and Assist Missions
University of New South Wales Press
Helping neighbors and partners stabilize their political systems and work towards peace and security is a core activity for the modern Australian Defence Force. The Long Road analyzes the successes and failures of ADF's 'train, advise, assist' missions in Iraq, …
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The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner
Atlantic Books
A celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its eraJonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment …
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From Felafel to Now
University of New South Wales Press
John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping …
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Language, Society and Culture
University of New South Wales Press
The past few decades have seen a rapid growth in Chinese language teaching materials, but very little for advanced learning. This textbook is designed specifically for advanced Chinese learners in Western universities. Postgraduate students in Chinese studies, anthropology and international …
Atlantic Books
Shortlisted for last year's MIND Book of the Year Award, this controversial expose of a multimillion-pound industry argues that the term 'stress', when applied to human beings, is completely meaningless. We seem to be living through an epidemic of stress. …
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The Golden Years
University of New South Wales Press
The first ever book devoted entirely to the golden years of the Sydney underworld. In the late 1960s Sydney was one of the most prosperous places on earth and one of the most corrupt. A large proportion of the population …
University of New South Wales Press
The Royal Australian Air Force base at Butterworth was Australia's largest and most enduring overseas military garrison in post-war Southeast Asia.Home to the majority of Australian airpower for over three decades, Butterworth was also home to a vibrant Australian community. …
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Trust and Morality in the Business of PR, Journalism and Communications
Atlantic Books
The relationship between the serious news media and the truth is under scrutiny as never before. In recent years, the BBC and the New York Times have been knocked sideways by scandals alleging exaggeration and distortion. At the same time, …
Atlantic Books
England, 1652: since Charles I's execution the land has remained untethered, the people longing for change. When Patience Johnson meets preacher Sidrach Simmonds, she believes her destiny is to become his wife and help him spread the Lord's word. Simmonds …
Atlantic Books
Tamil Nadu, 1968. Village landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer beatings as punishment. In the misery of their daily lives it is little wonder that the Communist Party …
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Why Public Art Matters
University of New South Wales Press
Leading Australian curator Felicity Fenner profiles activity-based and pop-up contemporary public art projects from Australia and around the globe. Running the City explores art projects that bring together diverse disciplines and cultures including running, cycling, architecture, and guerilla gardening. From …
Atlantic Books
"Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?" Arthur Conan Doyle In The Murders in the Rue Morgue, all of Paris is in shock following the ghastly murder of two womenbut with all witnesses claiming …
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John Bolton and a New Window on the Universe
University of New South Wales Press
The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton (192293), was born in Sheffield and educated at Cambridge University. After wartime service in the Royal Navy, he arrived in Sydney and joined the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory. In the late 1940s …
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The Howard Government
University of New South Wales Press
In the first of four volumes on the Howard Government's nearly 12 years in office, The Ascent to Power covers the 1996 election and the practical challenges of the Coalition's first year in power, including its handling of the Port …
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks But Were Afraid to Ask
Atlantic Books
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical, and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy, and comedy; and debated everything …
Atlantic Books
Tackling the Essex underworld takes nerve. Is hard-bitten lawyer Daniel Connell up to the job? A mother's nightmare: her children taken from her because of unexplained injuries all over their bodies. Who will believe her story? When lawyer Daniel Connell …
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