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Faith, Power And Money by Simons, Margaret
$17.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
"Pentecostal religion is the fastest-growing religion in Australia - recording a huge growth at a time when more traditional Christian congregations are shrinking. Award-winning author and journalist Margaret Simons explores the rise of the religious right in Australia, and in particular the influence o ...Show more
Journalism At The Crossroads by Margaret Simons
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Our mainstream press is in crisis, and the future of journalism is uncertain. In response to plunging sales and profitability, and an inexorable increase in online and social-media platforms, the Fairfax and News Limited organisations have embarked on major cost-cutting and restructuring exercises. Hund ...Show more
Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons
$45.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
Plucked from an orphanage as an infant, Kerry Stokes grew up in the slums and streets of post-Depression Melbourne with his itinerant, adoptive parents. As a boy he trapped, skinned and sold rabbits to make ends meet, and seemed destined to a life of hardship and poverty. Today Stokes is one of Australi ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion And Principle - The Biography by Margaret Simons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from workplace relations to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide. In this first-ever biography of Penny Wong, a ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from climate change to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide.In this first-ever biography of Wong, acclaimed jou ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 15: Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders by Margaret Simons; Chris Feik (Editor)
$13.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In the third Quarterly Essay of 2004, Margaret Simons takes a long hard look at Mark Latham, the self-proclaimed 'club buster' and the man who would be prime minister. Few doubt Latham's intelligence and ambition, but what will this amount to in government? Simons argues that if Labor is elected, it wil ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 77: Cry Me a River, The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin by Margaret Simons by Margaret Simons
$22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay
The Murray-Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia, and it's in trouble. What does this mean for the future - for water and food, and for the people and towns that depend on it? In this Quarterly Essay, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the basin, all the way from Queensland ...Show more
Resurrection in a Bucket : Rich & Fertile Story of Compost by Margaret Simons
$24.95 AUD
Category: Gardening
One woman's slightly obsessed search for the history and meaning of compost.Say the word 'compost' at any social gathering and chances are you'll get a lively discussion. There might be a couple of faintly apologetic people who can't compost due to domestic circumstances, or a few who feign compliance o ...Show more
Six Square Metres : Reflections from a Small Garden by Margaret Simons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
Life lessons from the ground up. Sometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening. In this thoughtful and beautifully observe ...Show more
Six Square Metres: Reflections from a Small Garden by Margaret Simons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gardening
Life lessons from the ground up. Sometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening. In this thoughtful and beautifully observe ...Show more
Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms by Margaret Simons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
A fascinating portrait of one of Australia's most influential women Elected to federal parliament aged just twenty-eight, Tanya Plibersek has lived almost half her life in the public eye - and is the longest-serving woman in Australia's House of Representatives. But how much do we know about what drives ...Show more
The Content Makers: Understanding the Media in Australia by Margaret Simons
$34.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
What is news? What do we want journalists to tell us and what do they need to tell us? Who makes the content and where does it come from? What is quality journalism and how might it be done better? This provides a timely reminder of the power of the media and the part we can play in making sure we are i ...Show more
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