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From Enid Lyons, to Julia Gillard and Kate Ellis, memoirs have become a critical way to highlight the ongoing problems faced by women in politics.
A psychologist unexpectedly realized that Obama’s memoir ‘Becoming’ mirrors the life stages she’s identified in a group of women she’s been tracking since 1970.
What happens to motivated, determined and egotistical men when they are forced to abandon the White House? As John Quincy Adams once said, ‘There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president.’
Greek tragedies shed light into human nature’s darker corners. They can also illuminate the character of former FBI chief James Comey, whose unbending adherence to principles evokes ancient themes.
The Australian’s former editor-in-chief has written a sometimes thrilling book. But it raises profound questions about relations between media executives and the politically powerful and the trust between journalists and their sources.
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Adjunct Professor, QUT Business School, and Director of Corporate Transition, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Classics, University of Florida
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Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Research Fellow, Global Institute for Women's Leadership (GIWL), Australian National University
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Professor of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University
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PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
