The Reith Papers

The Reith Papers

Author: Peter Reith

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2015-11-02

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0522862683

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Peter Reith was a senior cabinet minister under John Howard from 1996 to 2001. He was the face of the government’s tough waterfront reforms and architect of sweeping industrial laws, a major contributor to the Fightback policy, a potential leader of the Liberal Party, a key player in the introduction of the GST, an influential republican in the 1999 referendum and Minister for Defence during the time that it was wrongly claimed that asylum seekers had thrown their children overboard. A relentless diary keeper, Peter Reith kept extensive records of those tumultuous years in over a hundred notebooks he filled with recollections of conversations with his colleagues, discussions in cabinet and his private views and predictions. The Reith Papers is the best of those diary entries from the heart of a government that changed Australia.


Baldwin Papers

Baldwin Papers

Author: Philip Williamson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-09-02

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 9780521580809

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

As Conservative party leader from 1923 to 1937 and three times prime minister, Stanley Baldwin was one of the pre-eminent public figures of interwar Britain. This edition of his letters, reports of his private conversations and related documents and illustrations, has two purposes. It publishes sources giving considerable insight into the nature and conduct of Conservative politics and government, with inside accounts of such national events as the destruction of the Lloyd George coalition, the protectionist election, and the Abdication. It also provides a documentary life and portrait of an intriguing, much-liked but controversial statesman. The personal qualities of few modern politicians have aroused so much puzzlement and criticism as Baldwin's. This volume will therefore be indispensable for understanding his character and career and for future studies of British politics and public life in the 1920s and 1930s.


A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964

A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964

Author: Cameron Hazlehurst

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780521587433

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964 is the revised and expanded edition of a volume first published by The Royal Historical Society in 1974. Its aim is to provide up-to-date information on the papers of 323 ministers in the first edition and include all Cabinet ministers (or those who held positions included in a Cabinet) until the resignation of Sir Alec Douglas-Home as Prime Minister in 1964. Thus the scope of this edition has increased from the 323 ministers in the first Guide to 384, and therefore incorporates those who held relevant positions in the Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Home governments. Information is provided on 60 'new' ministers and the previously omitted Lord Stanley. This Guide therefore is a major research tool and a source of information on personal papers, often in private hands, of people who played major roles in twentieth-century political life.


Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

Author: Stephen Hawking

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2016-05-05

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1473541980

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers.” In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for decades – black holes. In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argued that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.


Remarkable Minds

Remarkable Minds

Author: BBC Radio 4

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1472262271

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

IDEAS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD The best of an extraordinary 70 year archive, gathered in one volume for the first time. The prestigious BBC Reith Lectures have been enriching the world with new ideas since 1948. Every year, a world-leading thinker is invited to speak on a topic of their choosing, spanning art, science, nature, technology, history, religion, society, culture, politics and much more. Unearthing forgotten gems as well as sharing the latest in intellectual thought, Remarkable Minds is a time capsule into our changing world that provides wise words for turbulent times. With a foreword by Anita Anand, presenter of the Reith Lectures, and an introduction by Gwyneth Williams, controller of Radio 4, 2010-2019.


The New Liberty

The New Liberty

Author: Ralf Dahrendorf

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-01-12

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1000533166

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Originally published in 1975, Ralf Dahrendorf’s Reith Lectures were an important contribution to public debate, exploring as they do the theme of the new liberty and being concerned to refashion liberalism to cope with the problems and tension of contemporary societies. The analysis covers endemic economic problems, such as growth, inflation and development, the complex nature of organizations, and the problems of political representation.


The Churchill War Papers

The Churchill War Papers

Author: Winston Churchill

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 1898

ISBN-13: 9780393019599

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The much-anticipated third volume of Churchill's fascinating papers.