A thinking reed
The life of Barry Jones, an Australian polymath, a passionate advocate for Australia, a politician held in great affection by all sides of politics - now in paperback. From quiz kid to Australian Minister for Science, from frustrated school teacher to Nat
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9781741765595, 9781282091009, 1741765595, 128209100X
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Cover
Title Page
Foreword
Contents
Illustrations
Overture: 'An abundant life . . .'
1 Family
2 Childhood
3 Death Penalty
4 Quiz Show
5 Fifty Years Hard Labor
6 Faces
7 'Bump Me Into Parliament'
8 Life of My Mind
9 Sleepers, Wake!
10 Inside the Hawke Government
11 Ministering to Science
12 Backbench Explorations
13 Beliefs
14 'The Third Age'
15 Years of Exile: 1979, 1989, 2001
Afterword
'The Second Coming'
Lists
Blbliography
Acknowledgments
Index