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Grace is both mysterious and hard to define. It can be found when we create ways to find meaning and dignity in connection with each other, building on our shared humanity, being kinder, bigger, better with each other. If, in its crudest interpretation, karma is getting what you deserve, then grace is the opposite: forgiving the unforgivable, favouring the undeserving, loving the unlovable. But we live in an era when grace is an increasingly rare currency.

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Victoria. A fascinating, provocative and authoritative new biography of Queen Victoria that will make us see her in a new light, from one of Australia's most admired and respected journalists and commentators, Julia Baird.

A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, Victoria: The Queen is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth - a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.

Over the last decade, we have become better at knowing what brings us contentment, well-being and joy. We know, for example, that there are a few core truths to science of happiness. We know that being kind and altruistic makes us happy, that turning off devices, talking to people, forging relationships, living with meaning and delving into the concerns of others offer our best chance at achieving happiness. But how do we retain happiness? It often slips out of our hands as quickly as we find it. So, when we are exposed to, or learn, good things, how do we continue to burn with them?

Based on a series of extensive interviews, this audiobook provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of a generation of prominent female politicians on the Australian political system, exploring the part played by the press in their downfall. Almost two decades later, it is evident how little has changed. Revisited and updated, Media Tarts is essential listen from one of our foremost journalists and political commentators, providing a powerful, sobering and incisive insight into how deep the currents of misogyny run and how the media continues to treat female politicians.

Best-seller internacional, Fosforescência é uma surpreendente investigação da luta da humanidade moderna para encontrar e alimentar a alegria. Aqui, Julia Baird reflete sobre o que iluminou seu caminho através da escuridão, destacando a força que encontrou na conexão com a natureza e na admiração pelo mundo ao redor.

Wie können wir Hoffnung schöpfen und Kraft finden, wenn wir mit Krankheit, Kummer, Schmerz oder Tod konfrontiert sind? Diese Frage beschäftigt auch Julia Baird, als sie schwer an Krebs erkrankt. Im Phänomen der Phosphoreszenz findet sie schließlich die geeignete Metapher für das, was uns in dunklen Stunden Licht bringt: So, wie es die Phosphoreszenz Glühwürmchen, Quallen und sogar ganzen Ozeanen ermöglicht, aus sich selbst heraus zu leuchten, können auch wir Menschen unsere eigene Phosphoreszenz erschaffen.