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Dick Hamer: The Liberal Liberal

Colebatch, Tim
Dick Hamer: The Liberal Liberal
He was the reformer who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised homosexuality, abolished capital punishment, and outlawed sexual discrimination in the workplace. Hamer and his team ended the demolition of the inner suburbs, preserved the best of the state's buildings and landscapes, and set aside large areas of diverse ecosystems as nation...

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The Western Front Diaries: The Anzacs' Own Story, Battle ...

King, Jonathan
The Western Front Diaries: The Anzacs' Own Story, Battle by Battle
A special 100th-anniversary edition.Long overshadowed by the national obsession with the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, the breathtaking story of what really happened on the Western Front has finally been brought into the bright light of day. The Anzacs' Western Front campaign had a greater impact than Gallipoli in almost every respect: five times more soldiers served and were killed there, more than five times as many battles took place - and...

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Growing Older Without Feeling Old: On Vitality and Ageing

Westendorp, Rudi / Shaw, David
Growing Older Without Feeling Old: On Vitality and Ageing
The past century has witnessed a revolution. Less than a hundred years ago, the average Western life expectancy was 40, now it is 80. And there is no end in sight: the first person who will reach 135 has already been born. It's the most radical change in our society since industrialisation, and naturally it raises many questions. What do longer life spans mean for the way we organise our societies? How can people best prepare themselves for...

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Jan Morris: Life from Both Sides

Clements, Paul
Jan Morris: Life from Both Sides
When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conundrum, and more than fifty other books, her work was known for its observational genius, lyricism, and humor, and had earned her a passionate readership around the world. Morris's life was no less fascinating than her oeuvre. Born James Humphry Morris in 1926, a childhood spent amidst Oxford's Gothic beauty and...

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