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“michael ferres”

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  • The World Sickness and the New Medicine

    The First Five Years of the Pandemic

    by Michael Ferres ...
    The first five years of the pandemic re-examined. This book explores the origins, management, and consequences of COVID-19 through a critical lens—drawing on medical literature, historical context, and emerging data. From transmission and treatment to vaccines and excess mortality, The World Sickness and the New Medicine challenges prevailing narratives and invites readers to question what was ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Property

    A Novel

    by Michael Ferres ...
    The murder of a young woman, a defection from Red China, suggestions of political interference in the workings of the police and of violence in the union movement—all these were great material for the daily newspapers in Sydney in the 1980’s, and even more so when they all appeared to be linked. The realities as they were worked out in the lives of the people involved might be something else again ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beards and Funny Hats

    Who Is Worshipped in Religion, and What God Has Got to Do With It

    by Michael Ferres ...
    Religion is … what? A way of thinking, an explanation of things that exist, a code of behaviour and morals, a social network? Perhaps a style of dress, and certain kinds of music. Surely included in it is adoration or fear of someone. Also some things that aren’t normally thought of as religion—works of art and of science —frequently offer such praise, even when the object of this isn’t recognized ... Read more

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  • The Morans

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    An insider look into the workings of Melbourne's famous crime family, from Australia's most notorious criminal lawyer - including stories on Lewis and Jason Moran, the central crime figures in Melbourne's gangland killings.This chapter ebook is an extract from In Any Case, a compelling blue-chip collection of Fraser's fascinating stories of people he has defended over the years as well as his own ... Read more

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  • The Pagan Christ

    Recovering the Lost Light

    by Tom Harpur ...
    After more than 52 weeks on the Toronto Star's bestseller list and 43 weeks on The Globe and Mail's bestseller list, Tom Harpur's groundbreaking book, The Pagan Christ, is now available in paperback.This new edition includes the twenty-page discussion guide, with more than 100 questions, to help facilitate a deeper, chapter-by-chapter analysis and more profound understanding of the findings and ... Read more

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  • Gentlemen and Players

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    by Joanne Harris ...
    The New York Times bestselling author takes a riveting new direction with this richly textured, multi-layered novel of friendship, murder, revenge, and class conflict set in an upper-crust English school—as enthralling and haunting as Ian McKewan’s Atonement and Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. RipleyAudere, agere, auferre.To dare, to strive, to conquer.For generations, elite young men have ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve

    The Story That Created Us

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    **“Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” —Jack Miles, author of God: A BiographyDaring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity.**The most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, acclaimed ... Read more

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  • Writing a Novel Anthology, 2013

    by James Bradley, Sophie Cunningham, Kathryn Heyman, Carrie Tiffany ...
    In sparkling prose and with a desire to express essential truths of life in stories ranging from historical sagas to incisive observations of contemporary life, the distinct voices of the students of Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin are united in this volume.Under the expert guidance of course directors Kathryn Heyman, Sophie Cunningham and Carrie Tiffany, a group of talented new writers embarked on ... Read more

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  • The Secret History of Lucifer (New Edition)

    by Lynn Picknett ...
    In her new account of an old religion, Lynn Picknett explains that Lucifer means 'the light bringer' and was a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus and its goddess. 'He' was originally 'she' -- a divine representation of love, light and human warmth. The early Christian Church appropriated the name Lucifer, and it became synonymous with darkness and the Devil. Yet many great ... Read more

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  • The Pagan Christ: Is blind faith killing Christianity?

    Is blind faith killing Christianity?

    by Tom Harpur ...
    A radical, ground-breaking examination of the role of ancient myth in the origins of Christianity, challenging the idea of the Gospels as historical truth - it will change the way many think about religion, faith, history, myth and belief. For centuries, the church has taught us that the Bible is a literal representation of actual events and people from millennia ago. But is it possible that the ... Read more

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  • Headstone

    by Ken Bruen ...
    Series Book 9 - The Jack Taylor Novels
    A dark, edgy novel from a master of Irish crime fiction who "is threatening to become a mass cult figure in the U.S. as well as a critical favorite" ( The Atlantic).An elderly priest is nearly beaten to death. A special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Evil has many guises, and private investigator Jack Taylor has encountered most of them. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him until he ... Read more

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