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Paul Keating’s Unfinished Business
13/10/08 | Mark Tough
Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution is more a book about economics than a political biography; although it is not devoid of biographical detail about Paul Keating.
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Walking the Camino
08/10/07 | Elly Byrne
This is a book not to be hurried through. It is not a murder mystery to be rushed through to the end. It is not…
This is a book not to be hurried through. It is not a murder mystery to be rushed through to the end. It is not…
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The Atheist Manifesto
01/10/07 | Stephen Bell
It seems that in recent times that some atheists have become more and more ‘evangelistic’, in the sense of…
It seems that in recent times that some atheists have become more and more ‘evangelistic’, in the sense of…
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By Hook or by Crook
24/09/07 | Chris Little
Here’s your experiment. You travel towards a new planet knowing that, of the two races, one is friendly towards…
Here’s your experiment. You travel towards a new planet knowing that, of the two races, one is friendly towards…
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The Lucifer Effect
10/09/07 | Alan Dungey
In The Lucifer Effect Zimbardo assembles disturbing evidence that any one of us, if subjected to the right…
In The Lucifer Effect Zimbardo assembles disturbing evidence that any one of us, if subjected to the right…
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Kevin Rudd: An Unauthorised Political Biography
03/09/07 | Karin Sowada
There is something about Kevin Rudd’s ascendancy to the Labor leadership that resembles that famous scene from…
There is something about Kevin Rudd’s ascendancy to the Labor leadership that resembles that famous scene from…
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The Secret
27/08/07 | Louise Cummins
With The Secret claiming to hold the key to our happiness (as well as holding the key to finding the perfect…
With The Secret claiming to hold the key to our happiness (as well as holding the key to finding the perfect…
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He’ll Be Ok
20/08/07 | Heather Smith
He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men takes us to the heart of how teenage boys think. It’s…
He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men takes us to the heart of how teenage boys think. It’s…
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Amazing Grace
13/08/07 | Brett Hall
I must confess that until reading Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery,…
I must confess that until reading Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery,…
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The Jesus Family Tomb
06/08/07 | Richard Humphrey
Part Indiana Jones, part The Da Vinci Code, and part Discovery Channel with a bit of CSI and…
Part Indiana Jones, part The Da Vinci Code, and part Discovery Channel with a bit of CSI and…
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Jesus for the Non-Religious
30/07/07 | Mark Thompson
Jack Spong is back. Once again he is visiting Australia to promote a new book. This one is called Jesus for…
Jack Spong is back. Once again he is visiting Australia to promote a new book. This one is called Jesus for…
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Jesus for the Non-Religious 2
30/07/07 | John Dickson
Spong paints a portrait of a Jesus who overturned the barriers of race, creed and sexuality in order “to free…
Spong paints a portrait of a Jesus who overturned the barriers of race, creed and sexuality in order “to free…
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Curious Obsessions
25/07/07 | Alan Dungey
Ideas that were once widely credited but that we now find absurd or horrifying are a limitless source of human…
Ideas that were once widely credited but that we now find absurd or horrifying are a limitless source of human…
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Vietnam
11/07/07 | Peter Denham
With a title like this one, you can get a feel for what is coming. I wasn’t really surprised that a definitive…
With a title like this one, you can get a feel for what is coming. I wasn’t really surprised that a definitive…
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Michael Moore: A Biography
13/06/07 | Alan Dungey
“Love him or hate him” as the publisher’s blurb says, there’s no ignoring Michael Moore: one of the best…
“Love him or hate him” as the publisher’s blurb says, there’s no ignoring Michael Moore: one of the best…
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John Paul II: Legacy and Witness
23/05/07 | Adrian Stephens
Robert Gascoigne has collated a series of essays written by Australian Roman Catholic theologians and academics…
Robert Gascoigne has collated a series of essays written by Australian Roman Catholic theologians and academics…
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Cancer Vixen
16/05/07 | Craig Schwarze
Cancer Vixen tells the story of a New York Times cartoonist whose high energy, materialistic, glamourous…
Cancer Vixen tells the story of a New York Times cartoonist whose high energy, materialistic, glamourous…
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I Know You’re Out There
09/05/07 | Kathryn Roach
In a self-styled autobiography, Michael Beaumier takes an all-too-brief look at the characters he meets in his…
In a self-styled autobiography, Michael Beaumier takes an all-too-brief look at the characters he meets in his…
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Ministry in Disaster Settings
02/05/07 | Mark Williamson
I had never really given much thought to what I would do as a minister if confronted by a disaster situation but…
I had never really given much thought to what I would do as a minister if confronted by a disaster situation but…
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The Presidential Address delivered by the Most Rev. Dr. Peter Jensen, Archbishop of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church.
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