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Subtitled The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn, this is a self portrait of a passionate girl who needs to write - in this case the story of her teenage years. It is the last novel in the loosely connected sequence of novels which began with Breaktime in 1978.

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Not Now, Not Ever

Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks – Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Where were you then? And where are we now?

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How Civil Wars Start

Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book by an expert professor shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them

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