UH Book Club History & Politics Group. 5:00pm - 6:30pm, Leather Room, University House Professors' Walk

This months book

Feifer, Gregory (2014) Russians: The People Behind the Power. Publisher: Twelve, N.Y. 350 pp. Available from BD for $19.27. https://www.bookdepository.com/Russians-Gregory-Feifer/9781455509638?ref=grid-view&qid=1513290394326&sr=1-3

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30 and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Ehrenreich, Barbara (2018, 2019) Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control. 209 pp.; pub. Granta Books.
Available at Yarra libraries; at Baillieu (on order); at BD for $A18.94 (2019 edition for $A 16.44 if pre-ordered). For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Davidson, Ian (2017) The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny. 252 pp. pub. Profile Books. At Baillieu (with borrowing rights); at Yarra; at BD $A 21.90.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Harries, Richard (2019) Haunted by Christ: Modern Writers Struggle with Faith. [Religion in literature] 352 pp; pub: SPCK, UK; at: Abe Books $A26; on order at: Yarra; Baillieu and bookdepository.com; available in hardback at fishpond.com $A 33.74 (free delivery).

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Smee, Sebastian (2018) in Quarterly Essay no 72: ‘Net Loss: The inner Life in the Digital Age’, 112 pp; pub: Black Ink (Vic.) Available at Yarra libraries; Baillieu (with library access); at BD $A24.99, and at most Melbourne newsagents.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

McCarthy, Helen (2015) Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat. 346 pp, pub. Bloomsbury; available at fishpond.com for $A17.63; at BD for $ 17.18.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Storr, Anthony (2005) Solitude: A Return to the Self [psychiatrist Storr examines the benefits of solitude] 202 pp; pub: Free Press; available: Fishpond: $A21.89; at BD for $A20.83.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

McPherson, James (2015, 2017) The War that Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War still Matters. 219 pp, Pub: OUP; available at fishpond $A 22.28; o/o Yarra; at BD for $22.75.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Gascoigne, Bamber (2002) The Great Moghuls [India’s flamboyant rulers] 264 pp pub. Robinson Press, Yarra on order; at Baillieu; BD for $A 7.75.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Hamilton Clive 2018 The Silent Invasion: China’s influence in Australia. 281 pp; pub: Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne. Available: at Baillieu; at Yarra; at BD $A28.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)

UH Book Club History, Politics and Philosophy Group. 

N.B. The group meet for drinks 4.30pm and discussion begins promptly at 5.00pm, ends: 6.15 pm.

This months book

Nichols, Tom (2017) The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters. 280 pp, pub: OUP UK; at Baillieu; at Yarra; BD $A23.82.

For a summary of each book, see https://www.bookdepository.com/

Contact for more information:

Jacky Angus, HPP Convener (jsa17@bigpond.com)