{"title":"Stephen Pyne","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen Pyne’s works bridge the realms of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering thought-provoking explorations that challenge conventional perspectives. Whether examining complex cultural phenomena or engaging with pressing political debates, his writing invites readers to think deeply about the forces shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom vivid storytelling to incisive analysis, Pyne’s books such as \u003cem\u003eJulius von Bismarck: Talking to Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Still-Burning Bush Updated Edition\u003c\/em\u003e combine artistic insight with timely commentary, appealing to those who appreciate a nuanced approach to contemporary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-still-burning-bush-updated-edition-by-stephen-pyne-9781922310309","title":"The Still-Burning Bush Updated Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong a fire continent, Australia now finds itself at the leading edge of a fire epoch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAustralia is one of the world's fire powers. It not only experiences regular bushfires, but in no other country has fire made such an impact on the national culture. Over the past two decades, bushfires have reasserted themselves as an environmental, social, and political presence. Now, they dominate the national conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Still-Burning Bush\u003c\/em\u003e traces the ecological and social significance of the use of fire to shape the environment through Australian history, beginning with Aboriginal usage and the subsequent passing of the firestick to rural colonists, then to foresters, ecologists, and back to Indigenous people. Each transfer kindled public debate not only over suitable fire practices but also about how Australians should live on the land. The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and the 2019-2020 season have heightened the sense of urgency behind this discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn its original 2006 edition, \u003cem\u003eThe Still-Burning Bush\u003c\/em\u003e concluded with the aftershocks of the 2003 bushfires. A new preface and epilogue update the narrative, including the global changes affecting Australia. Especially pertinent is the concept of a Pyrocene—the idea that humanity's cumulative fire practices are fashioning the fire equivalent of an ice age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo-one has quite synthesised the questions of fire, science, history and society in Australia as Stephen Pyne has done ... Stephen Pyne, at his best, is—if not a poet—a beautiful writer. His prose has clarity and passion, filled with knowledge and understanding of a subject that has consumed much of his attention since the first of his 15 summers as a seasonal firefighter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- John Schauble, History Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn eloquent and provocative book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Simon Caterson, The Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn elegant and passionate contribution to a conversation that's often caught in spin, agendas, fear.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- Ashley Hay, The Bulletin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46850688254188,"sku":"9781922310309","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11514213482872.jpg?v=1759097437"},{"product_id":"julius-von-bismarck-talking-to-thunder-by-stephen-pyne-9783775745611","title":"Julius von Bismarck: Talking to Thunder","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFocus on Natural Forces\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a historical moment gripped by environmental catastrophes of our own making, Julius von Bismarck confronts the forces of nature at their unruly extremes. Deploying sculpture, photography, video and technological devices designed to harness the elements, Bismarck stills water droplets and fragments of exploding stone, shaping them into slow-motion disasters calibrated to the rate of human perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough performative encounters with lightning, wildfires, hurricanes and ocean waves, the artist stages a timely reckoning with the fate of age-old ideas of nature. 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