by NRB | 21 Sep 2017 | Non-fiction |
The Pilbara is an important book for anyone thinking about the world of work and how it might be shaped in Australia. Bradon Ellem tells us at the outset that his approach will be historical and geographical, that the past does not stay the same, and that the vast...
by NRB | 29 Jan 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
With notable exceptions – Ian Fleming’s fulsome praise (to his face) of Raymond Chandler in a 1958 BBC broadcast interview, for example – writers are not usually particularly generous to each other. It’s a competitive business with everyone, as it were, fighting for...
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