{"title":"David Marr","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the compelling and insightful works of David Marr, a celebrated Australian author and journalist known for his extensive contributions to the understanding of politics, culture, and history. With a keen eye for detail and a reputation for thorough research, Marr crafts narratives that challenge and inform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Victory\u003c\/em\u003e delves deep into immigration and refugee policies, presenting a powerful commentary on a significant chapter in Australia's political landscape. Meanwhile, \u003cem\u003eFaction Man\u003c\/em\u003e offers an engrossing portrait of one of Australia's most fascinating political figures, exploring the intricate workings of modern political dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKilling for Country: A Family Story\u003c\/em\u003e, Marr takes readers on a historical journey, uncovering the often-unspoken tales within Australian family histories, revealing the interconnectedness of personal and national narratives. For those interested in the intersection of arts and politics, \u003cem\u003eMy Country\u003c\/em\u003e provides an acute analysis of Australian identity and its expression through the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, \u003cem\u003eThe White Queen\u003c\/em\u003e captures the essence of political powerplays and media intrigue, weaving a narrative that is both informative and engaging. David Marr's works are essential reading for anyone interested in the intricate tapestry of politics, history, and culture in Australia – each book offering a unique lens through which to view the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"killing-for-country-a-family-story-by-david-marr-9781760642730","title":"Killing for Country: A Family Story","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. \u003cem\u003eKilling for Country\u003c\/em\u003e is the result—a soul-searching Australian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a richly detailed saga of politics and power in the colonial world—of land seized, fortunes made and lost, and the violence let loose as squatters and their allies fought for possession of the country—a war still unresolved in today's Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is more than a personal reckoning with Marr's forebears and their crimes. It is an account of an Australian war fought here in our own country, with names, dates, crimes, body counts and the ghastly, remorseless views of the 'settlers'. Thank you, David.\u003c\/em\u003e – Marcia Langton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarr is one of the country's most accomplished non-fiction writers. 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But it is also a book concerned with our collective shame. No one who reads his important and necessary account with an open mind could consider more decades of voicelessness an acceptable outcome for this nation's First Peoples.\u003c\/em\u003e – Geordie Williamson, The Saturday Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eKilling for Country\u003c\/em\u003e ... shines a light into the dark shameful corners of our collective national experience. What we will find when we look and listen won't be pretty, but it is necessary to confront—not to be captives of history, but to learn from it and transcend it.\u003c\/em\u003e – Julianne Schultz, The Conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe family truth telling ... reminds us once again of the terrible cost of the colonisation of Australia\u003c\/em\u003e – Henry Reynolds, Pearls and Irritations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2024 Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2024 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReadings Best Non-Fiction of 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46338518122732,"sku":"9781760642730","price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23814243482814.jpg?v=1743733438"},{"product_id":"dark-victory-by-david-marr-9781741144475","title":"Dark Victory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Victory\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a fascinating description of past events: between the lines there are dark portents of repercussions yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Button, The Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarr and Wilkinson have pulled together the whole confronting tale of how, through iron will, subterfuge, disregard for conventions of a civilised seafaring nation, the misuse of secret intelligence and the use of military force against the helpless, the federal government closed its borders in the quest for votes. Through forensic research, the authors have managed to build a story that both thrills and appals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTony Wright, The Bulletin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey put lives at risk. They twisted the law. They drew the military into the heart of an election campaign. They muzzled the press. They misused intelligence services, defied the United Nations, antagonised Indonesia, and bribed poverty-stricken Pacific States. They closed Australia to refugees - and won a mighty election victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Marr and Marian Wilkinson, two of the country's most accomplished investigative journalists, burrow deep into the ways of the Howard government. 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Marr presents a man willing to deal with his enemies and shift his allegiances, whose ambition to lead has been fixed since childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut does he stand for anything? Is Shorten a defender of Labor values in today's Australia or a shape-shifter, driven entirely by politics? How does the union world he comes from shape the prime minister he might be? Marr reveals a man we hardly know — a virtuoso with numbers and a strategist of skill who Labor hopes will return the party to power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAustralians distrust Shorten almost as much as they distrust Abbott. That's why this election will be fought on trust. It's going to be dirty. At the heart of the contest will be Shorten's character. 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In Marr's hands, reportage and commentary are elevated to artful and illuminating chronicles of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Country\u003c\/em\u003e collects his powerful writing on religion, sex, censorship, and the law; striking accounts of leaders, moralists, and scandalmongers; and elegant ruminations on the arts and the lives of artists. This updated edition includes reflections on his award-winning history \u003cem\u003eKilling for Country\u003c\/em\u003e and his explosive investigation of George Pell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This is a book of power and poetry, an essential documenting of this place and of the people, the ideas, the political and cultural transactions in it ... 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