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| Quarterly
Essay: Beautiful Lies |
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In the first Quarterly essay for 2003, Tim
Flannery launches an attack on the various
lies that we tell ourselves about our resourses,
our past and our future. The lie of terra
nullius that made us ignore the Aborigines'
knowledge of the environment. The lie of the
Snowy Mountains scheme that did untold damage
to our river system for the sake of white
immigration
Also in-store this month is Tim Flannery's
The Eternal Frontier, in this ground-breaking
sequel to The Future Eaters, which changed
the way we think about ecological history.
Now Flannery tells the astonishing story
of North America from the day 64 million
years ago
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| The
Point: Marion Halligan |
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On a promontory in a lake rises an elegant
glass confection which is home to the best
restaurant in the city - The Point - where
well-heeled patrons come to break bread. But
when a man is murdered, the paths of the "haves"
and "have-nots" cross and what looked like
difference now seems familiar.
Full
Story »
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| Manhattan
to Baghdad: Paul McGeough |
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From one of Australia's most respected foreign
correspondents, this is eloquent and powerful
storytelling, and essential reading for all
who want a better understanding of the enormous
changes in the world we thought we knew. On
September 11, Paul McGeough stood transfixed
on the streets of downtown Manhattan. Only
a month earlier he had been in Afghanistan,
reporting on the humanitarian crisis gripping
the country under Taliban rule. Now he was
forced to run for his life as the World Trade
Center's second tower collapsed in a cloud
of smoke and debris.
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| Illuminations:Gillian
Polack |
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Rose is an Australian medievalist on sabbatical
in modern France. She finds an inexplicable
manuscript that tells the story of Ailinn
and Guenloie, two women who lived in Arthurian
Britain. Rose's world parallels theirs. And
theirs is about to come to an agonizing close.
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