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The graves and gravesite locations of more than 300 famous and not so famous Welsh are presented along with brief biographical sketches. Individuals are grouped together by location, offering intriguing juxtapositions as, in death, strange next-door neighbors are created. Instructions on how to find the locations are provided.

Zafer Senocak, one of the most important German literary voices of the over two-million-strong Turkish community in Germany, is introduced in this book. Through a series of academic articles, the volume analyzes all aspects of Senocak's writing, including previously unpublished material. Also included are a biographical essay and an interview with the author.

- Part of the Contemporary German Writers series, which includes Hermann Peter Pewitt (0708316654), Christoph Hein (070831614X), and Peter Schneider (0708312896)

The underlying concern of this book is the issue of balancing the needs for national security with individual rights and freedoms. Author Jenny Hocking argues that, in the light of September 11 and Bali, the security legislation proposed, and in part passed, by the Howard government compromises the separation of powers and individual legal and political rights. The theme extends throughout the book, and her discussion of the establishment and ...

A history for every Australian who is interested in the story of settler-Australia's relations with Indigenous people--what happened between us, how we learnt to forget and, finally, how we came to confront the truth about our past and build a movement for reconciliation.

Stories and phrases can powerfully shape the ways in which we experience and manage our environment. What languages have been used to characterize Australian landscapes and how have they influenced the way we see and treat our environment? This work answers this question and more, while exploring the inter-relationship between Australia's landscape and language. It covers a collection of essays whose subjects range from the Ord River in the fa...

2003 marks the twentieth anniversary of the first case of HIV-AIDS in Australia. Despite an initial climate of panic and stigmatization, the country developed a pragmatic and innovative response to AIDS. Working from an extensive array of documents and interviews with key participants, Australia's response to the epidemic is examined to establish why it has been one of most effective responses in the world.

In this timely and exceptionally accessible work, philosopher John Wright tackles economic rationalism from a moral perspective. First, in non-technical language, he reviews the economic arguments for economic rationalism. Wright then sets out to examine the ethical defenses for economic rationalism, considers the many criticisms of economic rationalism - and then weighs up whether the moral defenses of economic rationalism are truly valid.