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December 2005–January 2006, no. 277

December 2005–January 2006, no. 277

Welcome to the December 2005-January 2006 issue of Australian Book Review!

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Full Contents

Fiction

On, Off by Colleen McCullough

Fiction

The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker

Language

Australia's Language Potential by Michael Clyne

Memoir

Martini: A memoir by Frank Moorhouse

Fiction

Man of Water by Chris McLeod & Sunnyside by Joanna Murray-Smith

Climate Change

The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery & Living In The Hothouse by Ian Lowe

Animal Rights

In Defence of Animals: The second wave edited by Peter Singer

Fiction

Heart Cancer by Bill Leak & Moments Of Truth by Bill Leaks

Australian Fiction

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004 edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt & A Tour Guide in Utopia by Lucy Sussex

Biography

T.W. Edgeworth David: A life by David Branagan

Australian History

'Men And Women of Australia!': Our greatest modern speeches edited by Michael Fullilove

Fiction

The Grasshopper Shoe by Carolyn Leach-Paholski & A New Map of the Universe by Annabel Smith

Fiction

Original Face by Nicholas Jose

Fiction

Subtopia by A.L. McCann

Fiction

Snapshot by Garry Disher & A Thing of Blood by Robert Gott

Fiction

Evil: A novel by Diane Bell

Australian History

Encyclopedia of Melbourne edited by Andrew Brown-May and Shurlee Swain

Politics

A Figure of Speech: A political memoir by Graham Freudenberg

Australian History

Crackpots, Ratbags and Rebels by Robert Holden & Up Close by Peter Wilmoth

Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Nigel Pearn reviews five children's books

Politics

The Third Try by Alison Broinowski and James Wilkinson & Australian and US Military Cooperation by Christopher Hubbard

Poetry

The New Arcadia by John Kinsella

Poetry

Avenues & Runways by Aidan Coleman & Throwing Stones at the Sun by Cameron Lowe