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Utzon and the Sydney Opera House (Penguin Special) by Daryl Dellora
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Category: Essays | Series: Penguin Specials
Jorn Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House so that every element would be in harmony. But its construction, while it began in just that way, ended in complete discord. The visionary state government that commissioned the project was replaced by one that did not appreciate it and stopped funding it. Utzo ...Show more
What Would Gandhi Do? by Michael Kirby
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Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Penguin Specials
Former High Court justice Michael Kirby reflects on the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, analysing how the Mahatma might respond to some pressing issues facing modern society
What's Wrong with Diplomacy?: The Future of Diplomacy and the Case of China and the UK by Kerry Brown
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Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Penguin Specials
Traditional methods of diplomacy are fast becoming antiquated. Secrecy, pomp and elitism may have dictated diplomatic strategy of the Cold War era, but in a digitised twenty-first century, inclusivity and transparency are values of increasing importance. Access to information is being democratised for a ...Show more
Xi Jinping - The Backlash by Richard McGregor
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Category: Asian | Series: Pengun Special
Xi Jinping has transformed China at home and abroad with a speed and aggression that few foresaw when he came to power in 2012. Finally, he is meeting resistance, both at home among disgruntled officials and disillusioned technocrats, and abroad from an emerging coalition of Western nations that seem de ...Show more
You're Just Too Good to be True (Penguin Special) by Sofija Stefanovic
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Category: Essays | Series: Penguin Specials
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 ...Show more