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Wrong about Japan

Wednesday, 1 November 2006 @ 22:00

Wrong about JapanA Father’s Journey with His Son
by Peter Carey (2004)

When Charley, Peter Carey’s shy 12-year-old son, became acquainted (and soon) obsessed with manga (Akira, Barefoot Gen) and anime (Gundam, Ghibli’s, Blood: The Last Vampire), Peter too was soon enticed by the foreign “strangeness” and “exoticism” of modern Japan. Together they went to Tokyo, guided by Charley’s visualist online friend, Takashi (and as always, baffled by the toilet).

Permalink | Australia, Carey, Peter, Japan, biography & memoirs

Drug Use in Australia

Wednesday, 1 February 2006 @ 18:34

Drug Use in AustraliaA Harm Minimisation Approach
edited by Margaret Hamilton, Allan Kellehear, Greg Rumbold (1998)

An introductory book containing essays about drugs and drug use in Australia that challenge the “prevailing” (?) judgemental, often insufferably simplistic views about drugs and drug use, and discuss instead the current “harm minimisation” approach, aimed mainly for tertiary students, but readable for general public.

Permalink | Australia, social science