Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession

Hill, Barry

The biography of T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal possession. ‘A group of men… chanting with the enthusiasm that made them forget age & weakness & becoming young again in spirit…the rising and falling of the chant melody, like the breathing that gives us life – what an unforgettable scene!’ Th...

Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken

Lodro Rinzler

Buddhist-inspired advice for working through romantic breakups and other painful emotional periods--by the best-selling author ofThe Buddha Walks into a Bar... Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering--and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner...

Minotaur

Peter Goldsworthy

Peter Goldsworthy's new novel features a blind detective determined to deliver justice to the man who shot him, even though his failed assassin has broken out of jail and is equally determined to finish the job. Cleverly structured around the five senses, and with the action confined to one week, it's ...

Reaper Man

Terry Pratchett

'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It can't just stop happening.' But it can. And it has. Death is missing, presumed . . . gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn't co...