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The 21st Century Gold Rush: How The Refugee Crisis Is Changing The World Economy
he biggest refugee crisis in recorded history has engulfed continents, swung elections and fueled the rise of nativism. It has also made a lot of people very, very rich. These are the stories of the C...
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What Famous Literary Characters Might Text If They Had Mobile Phones
Perhaps Jane Eyre would be a drama queen, perhaps she would be blunt and business-like.
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The 18 Best Fiction Books Of 2016
Each year, when best-of lists start popping up all over promptly on Dec. 1, it feels too soon. Really? We're saying goodbye to the year already? It's barely 11/12ths over! For 2016, many have been wis...
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‘Fight Club’ Author Reflects On Violence And Masculinity, 20 Years On
"We're the middle children of history," a blond man preaches. He's slick, and leathery. "We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock...
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‘Girl On The Train’ Author Has A New Book Coming Out Next Year
Just weeks after the theatrical release of "The Girl on the Train," the author of the book it's based on has announced that she'll release a new suspense novel in May 2017. Paula Hawkins broke all kin...
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You Can't Help But Smile At These Adorable Echidna Puggles Born At Taronga Zoo
It's the first successful short-beaked Echidna birth in 30 years.
Elspeth Dehnert
Jordan’s Female Taxi Drivers Crash Through Stereotypes
A group of women in Jordan are defying gender roles for a career on the road. While it's not easy working in a male-dominated sector, the country's female taxi drivers are willing to challenge the nay...
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Relive The Splendour Of Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet,' 20 Years On
The moment the world fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, he was coated in the yellow shadow of a sunset, puffing on a cigarette and journaling about "brawling love" and "loving hate." He trudged acro...
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We May Finally Know The Real Reason Van Gogh Cut His Ear Off
By now, most art history devotees know that on Christmas Eve in 1888, painter Vincent van Gogh allegedly took a razor to his left ear and chopped the appendage right off. Nearly none of them, however,...
A Life Of Its Own
Helen Kapalos' Documentary Is What The Medicinal Cannabis Debate Needs
She left commercial TV to be the voice of Australians suffering in silence.
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Meet Shakespeare’s Official Co-Author
If this month's Elena Ferrante–related news has taught us anything about our reading habits, it's that we're obse ed with authorship. The woman behind the popular Neapolitan novels wished to rem...
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Skilled Trades Jobs Are The Most Difficult To Fill
Latest figures show tradies' positions are the most 'in demand'.
Liam Norris
Uniting Young And Old Is Not Just A Fairytale
Books can build bonds between generations.
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The Problem With Book Clubs
An obligation to read is no kind of incentive to pick up a book, and it often has the opposite effect, rendering the intended reader incapable of turning off the television or logging off Facebook.
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