With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant

With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan GrantA deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Australia's most experienced journalists and international commentators, Stan Grant. History is turning. In only a few short decades, we have come a long way from Francis Fukuyama's declaration of the 'end of history' and the triumph of liberal democracy in 1989. Now, with the inexorable rise and rise of China, the ascendancy of authoritarianism and the

the essence of every clan

won the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction

Author Lyn Hughes's love for her characters is evident

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deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life

putting ourselves through rebranded versions of the exact same thing

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She has become an international icon for a monumental tragedy - the so-called extinction of the original people of Tasmania

From the author of The Game Day series

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The book closes with Hill's diary in Chamonix