James Boyce

The acclaimed history of colonial Tasmania 'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' - Tim Flannery Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia arrived at Van Diemen's Land. There, they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this multi-award-winning...

An internationally celebrated historian and highly original thinker, Inga Clendinnen compelled readers to re-examine accepted histories from new angles. Inga Clendinnen was one of Australia's greatest writers and thinkers. This selection covers the full scope of her writing, from Tiger's Eye to Aztecs, from her Boyer Lectures to essays on all manner of topics. The rich array is introduced by...

Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, The Age Book of the Year James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential that never fails. - David Marr With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land -...

Losing Streak by James Boyce offers a jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker machine in the state of Tasmania and the subsequent costs to democracy, the public purse, and problem gamblers and their families. The narrative begins with the toppling of a premier and ends with David Walsh, the man behind MONA, taking an eccentric...

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The supreme challenge of our time is tackling climate change. We urgently need to curtail our use of fossil fuels – but how can we do so in a just and feasible way? In this compelling book, leading economist James Boyce shows that the key to solving this conundrum is to put a limit on carbon emissions, thereby raising the...

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