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He was a plumber with the worst job in the world—until the job killed him in the most ironic way imaginable. To say his death was “crappy” would be an understatement… or maybe the perfect summary.Instead of eternal rest, he finds himself trapped in cosmic bureaucracy, shuffled through the paperwork of reincarnation like a number in a broken system. And what’s his grand reward? Life as a rose bush. No sight, no sound, no movement—just roots, thorns, and the occasional breeze.

Fifteen years after merging the lower pantheons, Robert uncovers a staggering new structure: a 100‑tier hierarchy filled with gods more ruthless and dangerous than any he has faced. War becomes inevitable. As he prepares his fleets for the coming storm, an unexpected marriage to a peaceful goddess forces him to confront the grief and emotional walls he has carried for far too long. In a defining act, he strips godhood from all he once elevated — from now on, divinity must be earned.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, David Campese thrilled spectators both in Australia and overseas with his footloose, crazy-brave style of free running. This book tells the story of his rise from humble beginnings to the very top of a global sport.As a rugby player, David Campese seemed to operate on cross-grained pure instinct, one that left many a defender clutching at him in vain, stranded in the slipstream of his audacity. Hailed as the ‘Bradman of rugby’ by forme...

Alarmist stories about Australia' s relationship with China, and concerns about whether China is plotting to take control, insidiously or overtly, are regular front-page news. In Australia' s China Odyssey, acclaimed historian James Curran explores this crucial and complicated relationship through the prism of the prime ministers who have handled relations with Beijing since Whitlam in 1972. Much recent analysis assumes that managing China has been difficult only since 2017. Yet this relat...

Media and Society is an established title, popular worldwide for its insightful and accessible essays from leading international academics on the most pertinent issues in the media field today.The book is organised into three key areas of debate: media and society, media production and mediations. Each new edition of the book has sought to be a textbook that encompasses the field, including essays on political communication, media and feminism, media political economy, soc...

When Mars and Earth merge into a single, impossible world, chaos erupts across the new frontier. Strange mimics—born from chickens, vegetables, and even goblins—roam the land, while warriors, archers, and mages struggle to survive the shifting rules of a universe rewritten by Source power.In the midst of this upheaval, a reclusive hermit is pulled into a conflict he never sought. As factions clash and political tensions rise, he and a small band of pioneers push the boundaries of g...

As Robert climbs into the higher pantheons of godhood, the cost of divinity grows heavier. Enigmatic directives from an unknown source restrict his path, forcing him to confront the widening gap between his expanding power and the suffering it brings. To survive the mounting pressure, he constructs a healing house within his Dyson sphere and seeks guidance from ancient deities, hoping to quiet the memories that refuse to fade.But the universe has no intention of granting him peace....

In the early 1970s, two titans of Australian and American politics, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and President Richard Nixon, clashed over the end of the Vietnam war and the shape of a new Asia. A relationship that had endured the heights of the Cold War veered dangerously off course and seemed headed for destruction. Never before—or since—has the alliance sunk to such depths.Drawing on sensational new evidence from once top-secret American and Australian records, this book portrays...

Australia has long been a reliable ally of the United States. But has it become too reliable?Sixty-five years after the signing of the ANZUS treaty, and at a time of great strategic change caused by the rise of China, it is time for a fresh look at the Australian–American alliance.In Fighting with America, historian James Curran argues that the current intensity in Canberra’s relations with Washington has led Americans and Australians to forget past disagr...

The subjects of this book are five fascinating prime ministers—Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard—and how they view Australia.Until the 1960s, our nation believed itself to be British. Then, during a decade of momentous change, this concept of our national identity collapsed. It was buried by the forces of cultural and political renewal; by disturbing and exciting developments in Asia; and by a dawning recognition that the global era of colonial p...

On the newly separated world of Avalon, Robert’s quiet life as a hermit is shattered by a choice that binds him to cosmic responsibility. Armed with a colossal Dyson sphere, a powerful new ally, and rapidly growing skills, he is thrust into the impossible task of repairing a universe scarred by devastation and unseen threats. But the burden only deepens when he is summoned to the Universal Nursery and ascends to a godhood he never wanted.The power is overwhelming. The cost is worse...