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Per J Andersson and Anna Holmwood

ā€œThe word caste is derived from the Portuguese casta meaning race, breed, or ancestry. Historically, there were four levels of caste. At the top, the Brahmin (intellectuals), then the Kshatriya...

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Claudia Rowe

Why would an author want to initiate a four year correspondence with a serial killer behind bars, who hid the eight bodies of his victims in the loft of his...

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John Kubrzycki

This narrative history about Alexander Jacob has been well researched, and paints a realistic picture of the times in India. It is set in the late 1800s and is intense...

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James M Miller

There is an expectation by the general public that priests are not only the disciples of the Lord on earth but that their behaviour is beyond reproach; after all they...

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Ouyang Yu

William, or ā€œBillyā€ Sing, was an Australian born and raised in rural Queensland, in 1886.Ā  He was to achieve greatness, but little is known of him today. His father was...

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Sarah Harry

For many people who do not fit the modern stereotype of slim, trim, flexible and ā€˜fab’, exercising can be a considerable challenge, not just on a physical level but also...

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Louis Nowra

Ā Once again Louis Nowra takes a loving look a suburb of Sydney where he has found, much to his surprise, a place where he belongs, a place that fits, a...

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Kate Callaghan

Any book that tells you to eat dark chocolate has to be good, indeed encourages you to eat chocolate, in moderation of course, is definitely good, but let us not...

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Rebecca Katz

Soup could very easily be considered as a staple in any style of culture or dietary regime and when a book of this calibre comes along, although we all feel...

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Peter Brune, Neil McDonald

Neil McDonald and Peter Brune, have both written extensively about Australia's role in the second World War. This biography about the journalist Chester Wilmot , is well researched, with comprehensive...

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Peter Bussian

The introduction to this defining work is stark in its simplicity, summing up in few words what thousands of news reports over the past 10 years or more, have failed...

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Clive Hamilton, foreword by Germaine Greer

Protest is nothingĀ  new in Australian society with the most historic occurrence being Eureka Stockade in 1854, where the miners, having had more than enough of the taxes being applied...