Product Description: Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this handbook contemplates the meanings of privilege. From the concept of legal privilege to the privilege of being born into wealth, this essay alludes to the author’s own childhood as well as to the treatment of asylum seekers in Australia and Cubans in Guantanamo Bay...read more

Product Description: Articulating a sensitive and intelligent defense of asylum seekers and refugees, this survey depicts the importance of protecting human rights and maintaining the rule of law. Exploring the foundations of many key tenets of civil society, this study recaps some of the world’s most famous trials, where the outcomes often turned on prejudice, complacency, chance, the tenacity of supporters, or the skill of advocates...read more

A lighthearted exploration of the origins and misuses of numerous English-language words contains essays that cite instances of borrowed language to illustrate larger processes of cultural influence and change, in a volume that argues that the English language's instability is a source of its strength and vitality. Original.

When Matilda slips out one night, she encounters a dragon and lands in his cooking pot