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October 2003, no. 255

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The Global Reach of Empire: Britain’s maritime expansion in the Indian and Pacific oceans, 1764–1815 by Alan Frost

Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews 'Elizabeth Costello: Eight lessons' by J.M. Coetzee

The Anatomy of Truth by Kate Wild

The Bright Shapes and the True Names: A Memoir by Patrick McCaughey

Tony Birch reviews 'The History Wars' by Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark, and 'Whitewash' edited by Robert Manne

Rooms and Sequences by Mike Ladd

Lethal Factor by Gabrielle Lord

A Comet of Wonder Fallen to Earth: The diaries of Miles Franklin by Paul Brunton

Diary by Angus Trumble

The Last Respectable Prejudice?

Howard’s War by Alison Broinowski

From Rice to Riches: A personal journey through a changing China by Jane Hutcheon

Explorations in Creative Writing by Kevin Brophy

Blacklines: Contemporary critical writing by Indigenous Australians by Michele Grossman et al.

‘A Life Worth Living' by Nicholas Shehadie

A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies by John Murray

Robin Grove reviews 'Mao’s Last Dancer' by Li Cunxin

Letters - October 2003

Bamboo Palace: Discovering the lost dynasty of Laos by Christopher Kremmer

Blood and Old Belief by Paul Hetherington