The Penalty Is Death
An updated edition of the classic study of capital punishment originally published 50 years ago, with a new introduction by Barry Jones. The Penalty Is Death was first published in 1968, in the aftermath of the hanging of Ronald Ryan in Victoria - the last man executed in Australia. At the time, capital punishment had been abolished as the penalty...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
What Is to Be Done
A follow-up to the prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society. When Sleepers, Wake! was released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world — it was read by Deng Xiaoping and Bill Gates; was published in China, Japan, South Korea, and...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
A Thinking Reed
From quiz kid to Australian Minister for Science, from frustrated school teacher to National President of the ALP, from the suburbs of Melbourne to UNESCO in Paris, Barry Jones has had a prodigious public life. Barry Jones first came to public prominence as Pick-a-Box quiz champion, and from then on he has embraced a myriad of passions and causes. A...PaperbackSold Out
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