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February 2004, no. 258
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Letters - February 2004
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Australian Book Review
Non-fiction
Fact or Fission?: The truth about Australia's nuclear ambitions
by Richard Broinowski
by
Wayne Reynolds
Philosophy
Evil in Modern Thought: An alternative history of philosophy
by Susan Neiman
by
Tamas Pataki
Fiction
The Slapping Man
by Andrew Lindsay
by
Thuy On
Reviews
Haunted Earth
by Peter Read
by
Robyn Tucker
Essay
Nyima Drapka
by
Gaby Naher
Reviews
A Place on Earth: An Anthology of Nature Writing from Australia and North America
edited by Mark Tredinnick
by
Kim Mahood
Fiction
Cape Grimm
by Carmel Bird
by
James Ley
Cultural Studies
Chinese Women and the Global Village
by Jan Ryan
by
Helene Chung Martin
Car Wars: How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities
by Graeme Davison
by
Gideon Haigh
Car Wars: How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities
by Graeme Davison
by
Gideon Haigh
Bond
by Alan Bond (with Rob Mundle)
by
Craig Sherborne
Fiction
The Great Fire
by Shirley Hazzard
by
Brenda Niall
Essay Collection
The Best Australian Essays 2003
edited by Peter Craven
by
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Biography
Paddy's Road: Life stories of Patrick Dodson
edited by Kevin Keeffe
by
Ceridwen Spark
Politics
Keith Murdoch: Founder of a Media Empire
by Ronald M. Younger
by
Bruce Page
Fiction
Turtle Nest
by Chandani Lokugé
by
Bronwyn Rivers
Fiction
Wonderful
by Andrew Humphreys
by
Brian McFarlane
Politics
Tampering with Asylum
by Frank Brennan
&
From Nothing to Zero
by Julian Burnside
by
Sylvia Lawson
Australian History
The Law of the Land: Third Edition
by Henry Reynolds
by
Maria Nugent
Essay
La Trobe University Essay ‘Rupert Murdoch and the Culture War’ by David McKnight
by
David McKnight
Reviews
Notes from the Esplanade
by Igor Gelbach
by
Judith Armstrong
Politics
Australia's Ambivalence Towards Asia: Politics, neo/post-colonialism, and fact/fiction
by J. V. D'Cruz and William Steele
by
Hsu-Ming Teo
Fiction
A War for Gentlemen
by Jackie French
by
Heather Neilson
Commentary
'Gallery Notes' by Michael Desmond
by
Michael Desmond
Cultural Studies
Ingenious
edited by Melissa Butcher and Mandy Thomas
&
Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes
by Ian Maxwell
by
David Nichols
Poetry
The Imageless World
by Michael Brennan
by
David McCooey
Poetry
A Cold Touch
by Lawrence Bourke
&
All Day, All Night
by Cath Kenneally
by
Richard King
'Conference-Ville' by Libby Robin
by
Libby Robin
Biography
Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson
by Kevin Keeffe
by
Ceridwen Spark
Politics
Global Responses to Terrorism
edited by Mary Buckley and Rick Fawn
&
Terror Laws
by Jenny Hocking
by
Richard Broinowski
International Studies
Islam
by F. E. Peters
&
Islam and the West
by Amin Saikal
by
Raiz Hassan
Australian History
The Artificial Horizon: Imagining the Blue Mountains
by Martin Thomas
by
Rachel Buchanan
Poem
'Diversionary Tactics' a poem by Stephen Edgar
by
Stephen Edgar
Non-fiction
The Encyclopedia of British Film
edited by Brian McFarlane
by
Noel King
Journals
Dreams of Land
by Griffith Review
&
Happy Days
by Heat 6
by
Nicola Walker
‘National News’ by Paul Cliff
by
Paul Cliff
Poetry
All in Time
by Brian Edwards
&
Dark River
by John Jenkins
by
Mike Ladd
Politics
Sexing It Up
by Geoffrey Barker
&
Why the War was Wrong
edited by Raimond Gaita
by
Nathan Hollier
Politics
Fact or Fission?: The truth about Australia's nuclear ambitions
by Richard Broinowski
by
Wayne Reynolds
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