The Spinoza Problem by Irvin D Yalom

The Spinoza Problem by Irvin D YalomIn 1909, sixteen year old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster's office for making anti Semitic remarks. He is punished by having to memorise passages from the autobiography of Goethe and is stunned to discover that his idol was a great admirer of the seventeenth century philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza himself was no stranger to punishment: accused of heresy, he was excommunicated from the Jewish community and banished from the only

a gunshot amongst the trees changes everything

all-singing sisters

through my blood and flesh to the bones of truth and country

Western Australia incarcerates the Aboriginal people of its State at 9 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa

challenging them to pursue a better

'Interesting and provocative

Yawulyu from Yuendumu

This book explores what happens when well-meaning people

Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER

of having 'bad' ideas

'Miraculous

This collection weaves words across lands and seas