{"product_id":"9781863954280-secondhand-up-from-the-mission-selected-writings","title":"Up from the Mission: Selected Writings","description":"Up from the Mission charts the life and thought of Noel Pearson, from his early days as a native title lawyer to his position today as one of Australia's most influential figures.    This is writing of great passion and power, which introduces a fascinating man and a compelling writer. Many of the pieces included have been hard to find until now. Gathered together in a cohesive, broadranging book, they show a key Australian thinker coming into being.   Pearson evokes his early life in Hopevale, Queensland. He includes sections of his epoch-making essay Our Right to Take Responsibility, which exposed the trap of 'passive welfare' and proposed new ways forward. There are pieces on the apology; on Barack Obama and black leadership; on Australian party politics - Keating, Howard and Rudd; and on alcoholism, despair and what can be done to mend Aboriginal communities that have fallen apart.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50705631445211,"sku":"9781863954280-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cd3b385e-197f-498c-891f-a933058abd4f.jpg?v=1792069418","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781863954280-secondhand-up-from-the-mission-selected-writings","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}