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May 2006, no. 281
Welcome to the May 2006 issue of
Australian Book Review
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ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Fiction
An Accidental Terrorist
by Steven Lang
by
Christina Hill
Poetry
Phosphorescence
by Graeme Miles
&
Peeling Apples
by Tessa Morris-Suzuki
by
Jaya Savige
Poem
'Opus 77' a poem by Peter Porter
by
Peter Porter
Biography
Strategic Command: General Sir John Wilton and Australia's Asian Wars
by David Horner
by
Peter Dennis
Law
The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems
edited by Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell, George Williams
by
James Upcher
Letters
'Letter from Mozambique' by Nicola Walker
by
Nicola Walker
Letters
Letters to the Editor - May 2006
by
Hidden Author
Poetry
The Bird, The Belltower
by Peter Lyssiotis
by
Stathis Gauntlett
Biography
Alan Moorehead: A Rediscovery
by Ann Moyal
by
Gillian Dooley
Short Stories
Sunday Menu: Selected Short Stories of Pham Thi Hoai
by Pham Thi Hoai
by
Patrick Allington
Fiction
The House at Number 10
by Dorothy Johnston
by
Jo Case
Fiction
Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn
by Marshall Browne
by
Rebecca Starford
Art
Voyage and Landfall: The Art of Jan Senbergs
by Patrick McCaughey
by
Vivien Gaston
Society
The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation
by Rebecca Huntley
by
Jake Wilson
Society
The War over Work: The Future of Work and Family
by Don Edgar
by
Jo Case
Politics
The Rise of Anti-Americanism
edited by Brendon O'Connor and Martin Griffiths
by
Peter Haig
Fiction
The Berlin Cross
by Greg Flynn
by
Simon Williamson
Media
'The small picture' by Bridget Griffen-Foley
by
Bridget Griffen-Foley
Non-fiction
Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal
by David Owen and David Pemberton
by
Emily Fraser
Memoir
Making And Breaking Australian Universities: Memoirs of an academic life in Australia and Britain 1936–2004
by Bruce Williams
by
Ros Pesman
Memory, Monuments And Museums: The past in the present
edited by Marilyn Lake
by
Paul Brunton
Australian History
Singing Australian: A History of Folk and Country Music
by Graeme Smith
by
Gillian Wills
Photogenic: Essays/photography/ccp 2000-2004
edited by Daniel Palmer
by
Kyla McFarlane
Diaries
Notebooks: 1970–2003
by Murray Bail
by
Patrick Allington
Australian History
Sense and Nonsense in Australian History
by John Hirst
by
Alan Atkinson
Commentary
'The Outlandish Workshop: On Essays' by Alan Gould
by
Alan Gould
Poetry
Glassmaker
by Shane McCauley
&
Geology
by Kevin Murray
by
David Gilbey
Children's Non-Fiction
Margaret Robson Kett reviews children's non-fiction books
by
Margaret Robson Kett
Gender
Breastwork
by Alison Bartlett
&
Mixed Blessings
by Deborah Lee
by
Rachel Buchanan
Fiction
Head Shot
by Jarad Henry
by
Michael X. Savvas
Essay
'Going Public: A Decade of Australian Autobiography' by David McCooey
by
David McCooey
Advances
Advances - May 2006
by
Australian Book Review
Poem
'Ice House' a poem by Craig Sherborne
by
Craig Sherborne
Fiction
Ludmila's Broken English
by D.B.C. Pierre
by
Owen Richardson
Biography
Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland
by Carmen Callil
by
Colin Nettelbeck
Fiction
Out of Place
by Jo Dutton
&
Beyond the Break
by Sandra Hall
by
Shirley Walker
Biography
Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins
by Peter Edwards
by
Jeffrey Grey
Fiction
Safety
by Tegan Bennett Daylight
&
The Corner of Your Eye
by Kate Lyons
by
Kate McFadyen
Australian History
Tucker Track: The Curious History of Food in Australia
by Warren Fahey
by
Eleanor Collins
Biography
Lindy Chamberlain Revisited: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective
by Adrian Howe
by
Steve Gome
Economics
The Flight of the Creative Class
by Richard Florida
by
Ilana Snyder
Art
Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism
by Hal Foster
by
Luke Morgan
Biography
No Time For Dances: A Memoir Of My Sister
by Gillian Bouras
by
Pamela Bone
Biography
Behind the News: A Biography of Peter Russo
edited by Prue Torney-Parlicki
by
Grant Bailey
Fiction
Billy's Tree
by Nicholas Kyriacos
by
Peter Pierce
Fiction
Candle Life
by Venero Armanno
by
Kerryn Goldsworthy
History
Divided Korea: Toward a culture of reconciliation
by Roland Bleiker
by
Anthony Burke
Australian History
Edward Eyre: Race and Colonial Governance
by Julie Evans
by
Kay Schaffer
Memoir
Many Lifetimes: A Memoir
by Audrey Evans
by
Lisa Bennett
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