Winner of the 2020 National Biography Award and the 2020 NSW Premier's Non-Fiction Award.
The oddly compelling story of a man regarded as Australia's worst prime minister.
William McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics in the second half of the twentieth century. This biography tells the story of his life, his career, and his doomed attempts to recast views of his much-maligned time as Australia's prime minister.
After a long ministerial career under Menzies, McMahon became treasurer under Harold Holt, and fought a fierce, bitter war over protectionism with John McEwen. Following Holt's death in 1967, McEwen had his revenge by vetoing McMahon's candidature for the Liberal Party's leadership, and thus paved the way for John Gorton to become prime minister. But almost three years later, amid acrimony and division, McMahon would topple Gorton and fulfill his life's ambition to become Australia's prime minister.
In office, McMahon worked furiously to enact an agenda that grappled with the profound changes reshaping Australia. He withdrew combat forces from Vietnam, legislated for Commonwealth government involvement in childcare, established the National Urban and Regional Development Authority and the first Department of the Environment, began phasing out the means test on pensions, sought to control foreign investments, and accelerated the timetable for the independence of Papua New Guinea. But his failures would overshadow his successes, and by the time of the 1972 election McMahon would lead a divided, tired, and rancorous party to defeat.
A man whose life was coloured by tragedy, comedy, persistence, courage, farce, and failure, McMahon's story has never been told at length. Tiberius with a Telephone fills that gap, using deep archival research and extensive interviews with McMahon's contemporaries and colleagues. It is a tour de force -- an authoritative and colourful account of a unique politician and a vital period in Australia's history.
Описание: This edited collection explores areas such as social enterprise, capacity building, volunteering and social value, and charts the historical development of the state-third sector relationship, reviewing the major debates and controversies accompanying recent shifts in that relationship.
Автор: Mullins, Patrick Название: Trials of portnoy ISBN: 1913348172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781913348175 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 3364.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fifty years after the event, here is the first full account of an audacious publishing decision that - with the help of booksellers and readers around the country - forced the end of literary censorship in Australia. For more than seventy years, a succession of politicians, judges, and government officials in Australia worked in the shadows to enforce one of the most pervasive and conservative regimes of censorship in the world. The goal was simple: to keep Australia free of the moral contamination of impure literature.
Under the censorship regime, books that might damage the morals of the Australian public were banned, seized, and burned; bookstores were raided; publishers were fined; and writers were charged and even jailed. But in the 1970s, that all changed. In 1970, in great secrecy and at considerable risk, Penguin Books Australia resolved to publish Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth's frank, funny, and profane bestseller about a boy hung up about his mother and his penis.
In doing so, Penguin spurred a direct confrontation with the censorship authorities, which culminated in criminal charges, police raids, and an unprecedented series of court trials across the country. Sweeping from the cabinet room to the courtroom, The Trials of Portnoy draws on archival records and new interviews to show how Penguin and a band of writers, booksellers, academics, and lawyers determinedly sought for Australians the freedom to read what they wished - and how, in defeating the forces arrayed before them, they reshaped Australian literature and culture forever.
Автор: Mullins G. W. Название: Daniel Returns a Ghost Story Continues Extended Edition ISBN: 1645168670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781645168676 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2206.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Daniel walked in the land of the dead. Now the dead want him back. If Daniel can survive until the next full moon, he will be free. But how can he escape the dead?
Автор: Mullins Larry, Sprunger Dr Meredith Justin Название: A History of the Urantia Papers ISBN: 1439272751 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781439272756 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3440.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
In Native American history, there are many legends about UFOs, gods and aliens. There has always been a connection between Native Americans and beings from other parts of the universe, referred to as Star People. Perhaps due to familiarity with celestial fixtures, it has been easier for Native Americans to relate events they have experienced on earth with things such as the formation of the Pleiades. The experience of tribal individuals with the Pleiades is featured quite proximately in legends across many tribes including Cherokee, Onondaga, Lakota and others. It is not hard to believe they would identify an event with a star, being the nature and history of tribes was to exist outdoors. The night sky would be paid much more attention by one who did not live indoors.
Through the many legends and tribes you can find instances where natives are either rescued or helped by gods or Star Beings. One Lakota legend tells of seven maidens who are pursued by a bear. Just as they are about to be killed, they fall to their knees and pray for intervention. Just as the bear charges, they are lifted high into the air, and the bear is left to claw at the risen ground. The basis of this story is Devil's Tower in Wyoming. The seven maidens became the Pleiades, and the bear's claws are said to have carved the geological features of the rock.
The Pleiades is also the basis of the creation of the Hopi Indians. The Dakota also speak of 'the abode of the ancestors' or Tiyami as a place of their origin. Other native oral histories, or legends, speak of an origin, in the stars generally, or other constellations. The Cree did not originate from human beings but from people from the constellations who later became humans. While others like the Lakota tell stories of beings from the skies.
Many prominent stories tell of the interbreeding with gods and star people and how their offspring must learn to interact and exist with the tribes. In many cases they are raised in a way that they are trained to bring a message or medicine to help the people. In some cases as Po a, they learn of a way to help their people through rituals such as the Sun-dance which cured illness and spread prosperity through the tribe.
Regardless of the tribe or the whether the interaction is through a god or star people, there is proof that the ancient people of North America believed they have been visited by unexplainable beings from the heavens. The stories in the collection tell of many different tribes and their experiences and the outcome of walking with these beings.
Best-selling author G.W. Mullins shares his personal journey towards understanding grief, death, the afterlife and communication with loved ones who have passed over. In "Messages From The Other Side Stories of the Dead, Their Communication, and Unfinished Business," Mullins writes about dealing with the grief of his mother passing and the reassurance of an after death communication that totally changed his outlook towards death.
In Mullins' book, he explores the possibility that death is not the final stage in life. He explains that with an open mind, communication with loved ones who have passed is possible and shows proof of life after death through After-death communications. His book goes on to explain how communication has happened for many different people and what are the signs a person should look for. Mullins says "Messages" is a beacon of hope for all those looking for a sign of the afterlife.
Автор: Mullins, E. (trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) Название: Statistics for the quality control chemistry laboratory ISBN: 0854046712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780854046713 Издательство: Royal Society of Chemistry Рейтинг: Цена: 9504.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides a sound introduction to the use of statistical methods in analytical chemistry, without requiring a strong mathematical background.
Автор: Mullins G. W. Название: Daniel Returns a Ghost Story Continues Extended Edition ISBN: 1645168689 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781645168683 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4596.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Daniel walked in the land of the dead. Now the dead want him back. If Daniel can survive until the next full moon, he will be free. But how can he escape the dead?
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