Richard Flanagan - Death Of A River Guide

 More Guardian columnists.

Fleur McDonald - Emerald Springs

Reading a lot of Guardian writers at this moment.

Also picked up Peter Knudtson/David Suzuki - Wisdom of the Elders

Wilbur Smith - The Angels Weep

 Check out your local book depot- it may surprise you!

Assorted

Tony Parsons - My Favourite Wife

Jane Green - Saving Grace

Book depots are great!

Assorted

David Suzuki - Time To Change

John Gray - Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 

Dave Eggars - What Is The What

David Suzuki And Holly Dressel- Naked Ape To Superspecies

All interesting books sourced from West Hobart book depots.

Jodi Picoult/ Patricia Cornwell - Picture Perfect/The Scarpetta Factorr

Splendid.

Jonathan Holslag - A Political History Of The World

Problems stemming from colonisation was thrusting the liberal ideals onto the colonised. Many people in the enlightenment periods in Europe thought that they had unearthed the world's secret and spread liberalism throughout the world. This concept of shared values, or to put it bluntly, nationalism, believes people have shared values. So it was pitting white Europeans against the significant ''other''. It was brutal systemic colonisation of Africa, America and the rest of the world, and what the colonisers left behind was boundaries, many that don't match up with the colonised. They may not be a nation, but merely a collection of a tribal, linguistic or ethnic group. They weren't obedient nations. Liberalism manifests itself into freedom, and the ultimate freedom is to discriminate against others. To pit yourself higher than others. Racism.