Download or read book Penguin Special written by Jeremy Lewis and published by Viking Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Alan Lane, publisher of Penguin books, who has had a major influence on the cultural and political life of post-war Britain. He revolutionized our reading habits by his insistence that the best writing in the world should be made available for the price of a packet of cigarettes.
Download or read book Penguin s Special Christmas Tree written by Jeannie St John Taylor and published by Lobster Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This sweet, quirky tree-trimming adventure delivers a message about teamwork, friendship, and the importance of never giving up."
Download or read book The Jewish Problem written by Louis Golding and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of antisemitism, stressing the Jews' lack of power and, hence, victimization. Christianity was responsible for the enduring anti-Jewish prejudice, which stemmed from the charge of deicide and was expressed in anti-Jewish legislation and attempts at forced conversion. The Jews suffered massacres during the Crusades and during ritual murder and host desecration accusations. Their role as moneylenders condemned them to calumny and stereotyping. Emancipation failed. With the rise of racial antisemitism and conspiracy theories, the Jews were rejected as aliens and as seeking to control the world. Describes Nazi persecution of Jews, such as economic boycotts and expulsions from schools and the professions, with the result of thousands of Jews committing suicide. Discusses Nazi propaganda in Britain, Eastern Europe, North America, and Italy. Highlights fascism in England, as well as in Romania and Hungary. Laments the West's failure to offer shelter to persecuted Jews. Considers Palestine the only real possible refuge. Hopes, but does not expect, that Germany will rescind its antisemitic policies. Calls for the British to reject antisemitic prejudice and for British Jews to assume a lower profile.
Download or read book Adam s Bride Penguin Special written by Elizabeth Jolley and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small Australian country town, a young woman is accused of the murders of her own daughter and the local rat catcher's wife. As she stands to face the charges in court, a stranger enters, determined to explain her crimes. This masterly story from Woman in a Lampshade perfectly displays Elizabeth Jolley's remarkable talent for character and story.
Download or read book The Tunnel Penguin Special written by Dennis McIntosh and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dennis McIntosh went to work on an underground construction site in Melbourne's west, he was twenty-seven and starting over. His years as a shearer had ended badly, he was an alcoholic, and his eldest daughter had a brain injury. Having been kicked out of school in ninth grade, he had no prospects. He'd been through four jobs in as many months. The tunnel was his last chance. That was in 1985, and when he resurfaced seven years later Dennis was a changed man. He had endured bitter clashes with his crew and management, lonely nightshifts and a marriage breakup, but had overcome his claustrophobia and drinking. His turning point was the realisation that, like his daughter, he could retrain his brain - by getting an education. 'A haunting picture of life underground reminiscent of Orwell's descriptions of going down the mine . . . A gritty portrait of a different universe.' Steven Carroll, The Age
Download or read book Fields of White Penguin Special written by Keyi Sheng and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason is a thirty-something, white-collar salesman on the verge of a mid-life crisis. The threat of redundancy and the demands of the multiple women in his life - wife, mistress and a business client with whom professional and personal boundaries have begun to blur – compound the symptoms of a mysterious affliction that appears to be taking over his body. When the seemingly separate strands of Jason's life start to converge, he discovers that the reality he knows and commands never existed in the first place . . . From Man Asian Literary Prize nominee Sheng Keyi comes an offbeat and true-to-life tale of the inconstancy of modern life.
Download or read book A Selection of Smithereens Penguin Special written by Shaun Micallef and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feel that War and Peace went on a bit? Wish there were more laughs in Catcher in the Rye? Then A Selection of Smithereens is for you. These pieces from one of Australia's funniest men (no, not John Clarke) feature the Borgias, Winston Churchill and the history behind cornflakes – and so much more! Fresh from the updated 2011 edition of Smithereens, these six short essays are small, perfectly formed and easily digestible pieces of Shaun Micallef.
Download or read book One Person One Value Penguin Special written by Bob Brown and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former leader of the Australian Greens, Bob Brown has long been one of Australia's most influential and admired environmental thinkers. Here he outlines the importance of a global, humane approach to the issue of overpopulation. At once compassionate, intelligent and straightforward, this is a valuable and significant extract from Brown's memoir, Memo for a Saner World.
Download or read book The Adolescent Country A Lowy Institute Paper Penguin Special written by Peter Hartcher and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great crises that threaten Australia's national prosperity come from abroad. So do the grandest opportunities. But in Australian politics the big matters are commonly crowded out by the small. International policy is used for domestic point-scoring. Leaders are criticised for travelling beyond the water's edge. Measured against its potential today and its needs tomorrow, Australia is seriously underperforming. It is wasting valuable opportunities to strengthen its position and help shape the world. Drawing on exclusive interviews with prime ministers, foreign ministers and other policy-makers, Gold Walkley award–winning journalist peter Hartcher argues Australia needs to shake off its 'provincial reflex' and become a mature player in global affairs. 'One of the most formidable intellects in journalism.' The Saturday Paper
Download or read book The Embarrassed Colonialist A Lowy Institute Paper Penguin Special written by Sean Dorney and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years after independence, Papua New Guinea is the largest single recipient of aid from Australia. Yet Australians seem to be largely ambivalent about the country. Few Australians know the history of our colonial rule in PNG and our long ties to the country are quickly being forgotten. PNG expert Sean Dorney examines PNG's weaknesses and strengths since independence and argues that, for moral and practical reasons, Australia needs to reconnect with Papua New Guinea. It is time we shed our embarrassment about our colonial past and embrace our relationship with our nearest neighbour.
Download or read book You re Just Too Good to Be True Penguin Special written by Sofija Stefanovic and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sofija Stefanovic visits her eighty-year-old friend Bill and suspects he's being scammed over the internet – not for the first time. Compelled by Bill's devastating stories of online dating, heartbreak and bankruptcy, Sofija gets drawn into the underworld of romance scams. Her investigations take her to victims, experts and ultimately to her computer, where she uses a dead relative's photo to set up her own senior's dating profile. In the hope of interviewing a scammer, Sofija wades into murky territory as her lies grow and her online relationships get personal. As she moves through this confusing world, Sofija finds herself confronted by questions about loneliness, love and greed. You're Just Too Good To Be True is a sometimes very funny and sometimes desperately poignant investigation into the dark underside of love in the digital age. 'So well done. Bill's story is an amplification of the madness and delusion we've all gone through chasing love.' John Safran
Download or read book Fighting with America A Lowy Institute Paper Penguin Special written by James Curran and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has long been a reliable ally of the United States. But has it become too reliable? Sixty-five years after the signing of the ANZUS treaty, and at a time of great strategic change caused by the rise of China, it is time for a fresh look at the Australian-American alliance. In Fighting with America, historian James Curran argues that the current intensity in Canberra's relations with Washington has led Americans and Australians to forget past disagreements between the two nations. As the alliance becomes more focused on Asia, Australian and American interests will sometimes coincide - other times they may clash.
Download or read book Rise of the Extreme Right A Lowy Institute Paper Penguin Special written by Lydia Khalil and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ASIO says right-wing extremism now makes up half its case load, and that it anticipates a terrorist attack on Australian soil within the year. There has been a 250 per cent increase in right-wing terrorism globally. So what exactly is right-wing extremism and how is its potential for violence growing? Why is it a global problem? How does it threaten democracy and what should we do about it? Rise of the Extreme Right answers these questions while situating Australia within the global threat landscape.
Download or read book The Penguin Classics Book written by Henry Eliot and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 1904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year** The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world. Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs.
Download or read book Penguin Dreams written by J.otto Seibold and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chongo Chingi the penguin has a dream in which he experiences the excitement of flying, but then he must wake up.
Download or read book Miss Julia s Gift written by Ann B. Ross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author, comes a delightful story in which Miss Julia discovers the joy of giving and receiving gifts—and just in time for Valentine’s Day! Featuring the beloved stars of the Miss Julia novels—Luanne, Lillian, Hazel Marie, and of course, Miss Julia herself—Miss Julia's Gift is a funny and moving meditation on love, marriage, and the purpose of gift-giving. Miss Julia finds herself reminiscing about her first year of marriage to Sam Murdoch. Everything seemed perfect—alarmingly so. Miss Julia feared that Sam would morph from a sweet and loveable man into a replica of her loathsome first husband, the boring and deceitful Wesley Lloyd Springer. Even Sam's adorable habit of giving her gifts for all holidays and occasions—no matter how minor—caused Miss Julia anxiety. When will the other shoe drop, she wondered? After some soul-searching and valuable advice from her friends, Miss Julia comes to understand that Sam is nothing like Wesley—and never will be. Then, just in time for Valentine's Day, she thinks up the perfect romantic gift for her husband and realizes which gift she values most of all.
Download or read book The Greek Tragedy written by Kōnstantinos Tsoukalas and published by Harmondsworth : Penguin. This book was released on 1969 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note sur la 4e de couverture: The suspension of ordinary liberties and the resulting political and cultural suffocation are all too familiar to the Greek people, for since the revolution of 1821 they have seldom been able to create the conditions for a stable parliamentary democracy. Strategically Greece is a gateway between Europe and Asia, through which has marched a succession of invading armies. And politically the frequent interventions of the monarchy and the constant juggling of parties and personalities have engendered an atmosphere of mistrust in which dictatorship can be imposed by the army as an alternative to Communism or instability-and even as a guarantee of firm government. In this Penguin Special a Greek lawyer now studying in Paris presents an anatomy of the current Greek crisis, and relates it to an unhappy history of intervention and repression. Constantine Tsoukala's moving book portrays, in historical perspective, the full anguish of contemporary Greece.
