This honest and compelling book follows the fraught, exciting and painful process of getting to know ‘others’, in this case Australian Aborigines in the suburbs who are already ‘known’ through shocking images and worrying statistics. Gillian Cowlishaw has written a book about the intimacy of the encounter, the practical and ethical dilemmas of research and the fun of engagement in the city’s outback.
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction 2009 Shortlist
Darwin's Armada: How Four Voyagers to Australasia Won the Battle for Evolution and Changed the World
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
Charles Darwin, HMS Beagle, 1831-36 Sent to Cambridge to join the clergy, the young Darwin emerged with a passion for naturalism and an invitation to sail on a naval survey vessel to South America, New Zealand and Austra... Buy or find out more →
House Of Exile
$32.95 – Paperback book / Giramondo Publishing
In 1933 the prominent author and political activist Heinrich Mann and his partner Nelly Kroeger were forced to flee Germany, finding refuge in France and later, in great despair, Los Angeles. There Nelly committed suicid... Buy or find out more →
Arabesques
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Picador
One Sunday afternoon in a secluded valley in Normandy, Robert Dessaix chanced upon the castle where the famous French writer Andr Gide spent his childhood. Recalling the excitement Robert felt when he first read Gide as ... Buy or find out more →
The City's Outback
$39.95 – Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr
This honest and compelling book follows the fraught, exciting and painful process of getting to know ‘others’, in this case Australian Aborigines in the suburbs who are already ‘known’ through shocking images and worryin... Buy or find out more →