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May 2006, no. 281

May 2006, no. 281

Welcome to the May 2006 issue of Australian Book Review.

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Full Contents

Fiction

An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang

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Poetry

Phosphorescence by Graeme Miles & Peeling Apples by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

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Poem

'Opus 77' a poem by Peter Porter

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Biography

Strategic Command: General Sir John Wilton and Australia's Asian Wars by David Horner

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Law

The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems edited by Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell, George Williams

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Letters

'Letter from Mozambique' by Nicola Walker

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Letters

Letters to the Editor - May 2006

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Poetry

The Bird, The Belltower by Peter Lyssiotis

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Biography

Alan Moorehead: A Rediscovery by Ann Moyal

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Short Stories

Sunday Menu: Selected Short Stories of Pham Thi Hoai by Pham Thi Hoai

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Fiction

The House at Number 10 by Dorothy Johnston

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Fiction

Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn by Marshall Browne

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Art

Voyage and Landfall: The Art of Jan Senbergs by Patrick McCaughey

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Society

The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation by Rebecca Huntley

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Society

The War over Work: The Future of Work and Family by Don Edgar

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Politics

The Rise of Anti-Americanism edited by Brendon O'Connor and Martin Griffiths

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Fiction

The Berlin Cross by Greg Flynn

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Media

'The small picture' by Bridget Griffen-Foley

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Non-fiction

Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal by David Owen and David Pemberton

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Memoir

Making And Breaking Australian Universities: Memoirs of an academic life in Australia and Britain 1936–2004 by Bruce Williams

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Memory, Monuments And Museums: The past in the present edited by Marilyn Lake

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Australian History

Singing Australian: A History of Folk and Country Music by Graeme Smith

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Photogenic: Essays/photography/ccp 2000-2004 edited by Daniel Palmer

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Diaries

Notebooks: 1970–2003 by Murray Bail

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Australian History

Sense and Nonsense in Australian History by John Hirst

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Commentary

'The Outlandish Workshop: On Essays' by Alan Gould

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Poetry

Glassmaker by Shane McCauley & Geology by Kevin Murray

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Children's Non-Fiction

Margaret Robson Kett reviews children's non-fiction books

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Gender

Breastwork by Alison Bartlett & Mixed Blessings by Deborah Lee

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Fiction

Head Shot by Jarad Henry

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Essay

'Going Public: A Decade of Australian Autobiography' by David McCooey

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Advances

Advances - May 2006

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Poem

'Ice House' a poem by Craig Sherborne

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Fiction

Ludmila's Broken English by D.B.C. Pierre

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Biography

Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland by Carmen Callil

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Fiction

Out of Place by Jo Dutton & Beyond the Break by Sandra Hall

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Biography

Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins by Peter Edwards

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Fiction

Safety by Tegan Bennett Daylight & The Corner of Your Eye by Kate Lyons

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Australian History

Tucker Track: The Curious History of Food in Australia by Warren Fahey

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Biography

Lindy Chamberlain Revisited: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective by Adrian Howe

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Economics

The Flight of the Creative Class by Richard Florida

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Art

Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism by Hal Foster

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Biography

No Time For Dances: A Memoir Of My Sister by Gillian Bouras

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Biography

Behind the News: A Biography of Peter Russo edited by Prue Torney-Parlicki

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Fiction

Billy's Tree by Nicholas Kyriacos

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Fiction

Candle Life by Venero Armanno

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History

Divided Korea: Toward a culture of reconciliation by Roland Bleiker

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Australian History

Edward Eyre: Race and Colonial Governance by Julie Evans

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Memoir

Many Lifetimes: A Memoir by Audrey Evans

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