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Books
Frankl, V.E., (1984) Man's Search for Meaning, Revised and Updated; Washington Square Press, New York, 221 pp.
Peck, M.S., (1990) The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth, First published 1978; Arrow Books, London, 342 pp.
Merton, T., (1967) Mystics and Zen Masters, The Noonday Press, New York, x + 303 pp.
Merton, T., (1999) The Intimate Merton: His Life from His Journals, edited by P. Hart & J. Montaldo; Lion Publishing, Oxford, 448 pp.
Rawls, J., (1999) A Theory of Justice, Revised Edition; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA & London, xii + 538 pp.
Rawls, J. and Kelly, E., (2001) Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA & London, xviii + 214 pp.
Volf, M., (2005) Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI, 247 pp.
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Quotes
'Adopt as your fundamental creed that you will equip yourself for life, not solely for your own benefit but for the benefit of the whole community'
- Sir John Monash.
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For bibliography management, Endnote is superb.
For statistical analysis, Stata is very powerful. The R project for statistical computing is also a popular free stats package.
Metapad is an excellent text editor - all of MS Notepad's features and much more.
Filzip is a great free zip for many different file formats.
PrintKey 2000 is great for capturing screen shots in full or part.
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The ABC - Background Briefing is a great programme.
BBC News
Memri - The Middle East Media Research Institute, including MemriTV - English translations of Middle Eastern media - fascinating.
New Scientist - An excellent magazine for keeping up with scientific developments.
NPR - National Public Radio in the US.
PBS - The US Public broadcasting service, which has some great programmes, such as Frontline.
ReliefWeb - "ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters."
SBS - Australia's multilingual broadcaster which screens some wonderful documentaries.
The Age - Melbourne's broadsheet.
The Economist - The best news magazine in the world.
The Financial Times - The best newspaper in the world focusing on business & economics.
The Guardian - One of the best UK newspapers.
The Monthly - A great Australian magazine on politics, society and culture.
The New York Times - One of the best US newspapers.
The Washington Post - Another one of the best US newspapers.
UN Wire - An excellent daily roundup from news services around the world.
And of course ... YouTube.
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For when it all gets a bit much ...
Dilbert
This Modern World - Tom Tomorrow
Scratch Media - Australian political cartoons.
YouTube gems:
Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen
Monty Python - International Philosophy
The Apple iRack
Terry Tate - Office Linebacker
The Long Johns - Explaining the international financial system
Google Earth ... and why working for Google in Zurich is appealing!
TED - 'Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers'
Amazon - Amazon readers' lists and reviews are a goldmine of useful information.
Irish/Celtic Music Links
Celtic Art & Illumination - The bars used on these pages are from here.
Need a laser-guided missile launcher for your desk? For this and other oddities see ThinkGeek.
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This is a personal web page and does not necessarily reflect the views of Monash University.
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