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Josef Fritzl’s House of Horrors
01/01/09 | Elly Byrne
In the quiet Austrian town of Amstetten in the balmy spring of April 2008, a truly horrifying vision of hell was discovered by police in the cellar of a normal suburban home.
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Eat. Pray. Love
29/12/08 | Maree Sirois
I laughed out loud when I first read Elizabeth Gilbert’s description of her and a friend eating a margherita…
I laughed out loud when I first read Elizabeth Gilbert’s description of her and a friend eating a margherita…
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Tolkien On Fairy-Stories
25/12/08 | Steven Nicholson
When popular surveys were conducted for the best book of the last millennium and of the last century The Lord…
When popular surveys were conducted for the best book of the last millennium and of the last century The Lord…
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2008’s credit crash and what it means
04/12/08 | Elizabeth George
There are two main parts to this book. In the first, the author tries to come up with an economic theory that explains…
There are two main parts to this book. In the first, the author tries to come up with an economic theory that explains…
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God, Actually - Simon Manchester responds
28/11/08 | Simon Manchester
Roy Williams has written a popular defence of his own Christian faith in the ABC book God, Actually. I have…
Roy Williams has written a popular defence of his own Christian faith in the ABC book God, Actually. I have…
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Unstoppable Global Warming
27/11/08 | Peter Kirsop
This book's thesis is that global warming is happening but that it is a natural process.
This book's thesis is that global warming is happening but that it is a natural process.
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Human Rights Overboard
19/11/08 | Alison Watts
In a recent Sydney Morning Herald Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans was quoted as acknowledging the…
In a recent Sydney Morning Herald Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans was quoted as acknowledging the…
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The A-Z of Bradman
12/11/08 | Stephen Yeo
As the title suggests, The A–Z of Bradman is less a biography and more a collection of assorted snapshots…
As the title suggests, The A–Z of Bradman is less a biography and more a collection of assorted snapshots…
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The Shack
10/11/08 | Lisa Byrnes
The Shack has been something of a phenomenon in Christian publishing. The book, written by William P. Young…
The Shack has been something of a phenomenon in Christian publishing. The book, written by William P. Young…
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All the days of my life
05/11/08 | Cathy Krimmer
A beautiful, young widow sets out to Australia in this second installment of the life of Heléna, by Sydney…
A beautiful, young widow sets out to Australia in this second installment of the life of Heléna, by Sydney…
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My Guantanamo Diary
29/10/08 | Elizabeth George
Mahvish Rukhsana Khan whose parents migrated as doctors to the USA from Afghanistan in the 1970s is a Muslim lawyer…
Mahvish Rukhsana Khan whose parents migrated as doctors to the USA from Afghanistan in the 1970s is a Muslim lawyer…
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Crashing Through
23/10/08 | Elly Byrne
Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records…
Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records…
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Paul Keating’s Unfinished Business
13/10/08 | Mark Tough
Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution is more a book about economics than a political…
Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution is more a book about economics than a political…
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No Ordinary View
08/10/08 | Elly Byrne
Naomi Reed’s No Ordinary View is the sequel to 2008’s Australian Christian Book of the Year runner up…
Naomi Reed’s No Ordinary View is the sequel to 2008’s Australian Christian Book of the Year runner up…
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God, Actually
29/09/08 | Simon Smart
There are at least two situations where it would be good to have Roy Williams by your side. The first is in a courtroom…
There are at least two situations where it would be good to have Roy Williams by your side. The first is in a courtroom…
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Typo
26/09/08 | Alison Watts
Typo is a cautionary story of the collapse of one man's dream, told with personal honesty, insight and wry…
Typo is a cautionary story of the collapse of one man's dream, told with personal honesty, insight and wry…
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The Anatomist
17/09/08 | Chris Little
Just to make things clear Gray’s Anatomy is not Grey’s Anatomy. The first (look for the ‘a’)…
Just to make things clear Gray’s Anatomy is not Grey’s Anatomy. The first (look for the ‘a’)…
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Blood and Rage
12/09/08 | Alan Dungey
After September 11, 2001, some Western intellectuals sought for the root causes of terrorism. Why did they hate…
After September 11, 2001, some Western intellectuals sought for the root causes of terrorism. Why did they hate…
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Pitcairn: Paradise Lost
04/09/08 | Alison Watts
As the book Pitcairn: Paradise Lost - Uncovering the dark secrets of a South Pacific fantasy paradise records,…
As the book Pitcairn: Paradise Lost - Uncovering the dark secrets of a South Pacific fantasy paradise records,…
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