Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak; Max Hayward (TRN) Manya Harari (TRN)

On they went singing 'Eternal Memory', and whenever they stopped, the sound of their feet, the horses and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing...Doctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. Yuri Zhivago, physician an...

The Lost Boy: Tales of a Child Soldier

Ayik Chut Deng

In episode 1 of the Ray Martin fronted SBS series Look me in the eye two South Sudanese migrants now resident in Brisbane sat across from each other and looked into each other's eyes. One of them, Ayik, was once a ten-year-old boy soldier training in the junior forces of the SPLA and like many of the yo...

Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal

Tim Parks

How does Italy actually work? The bestselling writer on Italian culture sets out to answer this question -- and the results are often surprising'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The TimesHow does Italy really work?When Valeria travels...

Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine

Ed. Michele Borba D.

The bestselling author of UnSelfie offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. We think we have to push our kids to do more, achieve more, BE more. But we're modeling the wrong traits-like rule-following and caution-and research shows it's NOT working. This kind of "Striver" m...