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On Humbug (On Series) by Robert Dessaix
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this examination tackles the meanings of the word humbug in the modern world. Blending pop culture, current events, and literary references, this essay explores the spectrum of lying, from dishone ...Show more
On Identity by Stan Grant
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
Stan Grant asks why when it comes to identity he is asked to choose between black and white. Is identity a myth? A constructed story we tell ourselves? Tribalism, nationalism and sectarianism are dividing the world into us and them. Communities are a tinderbox of anger and resentment. He passionately ho ...Show more
On Life's Lottery by Glyn Davis
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences last a lifetime.We like to think of Australia as the land of the 'fair go', a land of choice and equal opportunity. But behind the facade of meritocracy lies an uncomfortable truth: much of your life is already decided by the lottery of where you are born a ...Show more
On Luck (On Series) by Anne Summers
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Category: No Category | Series: On Ser.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay explores the idea of luck and of being lucky. Analyzing and challenging Australians' fervent belief in luck, this perceptive examination investigates topics such as Australia's nickname ...Show more
On Lust & Longing by Blanche d'Alpuget
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
On Lust and On Longing together for the first time. When On Lust was first published it caused a media sensation: Blanche d'Alpuget wrote of a pillar of society who had molested children and of events that ended in mystery. Now she reveals all. On Longing caused a similar sensation, for different reason ...Show more
On Merit (On Series) by Paula Matthewson
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
'Real equality is when a female mediocre fool gets the same job that a male mediocre fool has now.' Amanda Vanstone Merit has very little to do with the increasing dominance of men in the modern Liberal Party. Yet Liberal women continue to defend it. Until now. On Meritexplores this imbalance, its impli ...Show more
On Money by Rick Morton
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
Money makes the world go round, but does it make us happy? Money is one of the most fraught subjects; it raises powerful emotions in all of us. Too much money often corrupts people - too little can make people feel desperate. Growing up in rural Queensland, journalist Rick Morton has known poverty ...Show more
On Mother by Sarah Ferguson
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
A mother's love over decades and across continents. The sudden death of Sarah's mother reveals their relationship with poignant clarity and shows her the individual who existed beyond motherhood. A reflection on mothers and daughters.
On Obsession (on series) by Malcolm Knox
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay contemplates obsession. Discussing topics such as love, Marcel Proust, soul mates in fiction, numerical palindromes, and bloodlines, among other fixations, this personal examination exp ...Show more
On Passion (On Series) by Dorothy Porter
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
In On Passion celebrated Australian poet Dorothy Porter delves headfirst into the passions, both literary and earthly. We discover the young Dorothy Porter's 'drug of choice' was none other than romantic love and that 'some of the most deeply passionate experiences of [her] life happened between the cov ...Show more
On Quiet by Nikki Gemmell
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
International bestselling author Nikki Gemmell writes on the power of quiet in today's shouty world.Quiet comes as a shock in these troubled times.Quietism means 'devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will ... a calm acceptance of things as they are'. Gemmell makes the case for why quiet is st ...Show more
On Rage ( On Series) by Germaine Greer
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: On Ser.
On Rage is Germaine Greer's enduring essay about Aboriginal dispossession. With characteristic acuity and passion, Greer looks to the causes of rage and its consequences in Indigenous Australian men. Originally published six months after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generations in ...Show more