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🎧 MINI AUDIOBOOK | Chapter 7B – ICAC, Integrity and Perception 📖 From Red Mass, Black Robes: How the St Thomas More Society Engineered a Catholic Coup in Australia's Courts ✍️ By Charlie Armstrong Adams Part B asks a broader constitutional question: How should integrity institutions demonstrate their independence from every organised interest capable of coming before them? This chapter explores: ⚖️ The relationship between public perception and institutional legitimacy. ⚖️ Why disclosure, transparency and accountability strengthen public confidence. ⚖️ Whether influential professional, political, commercial and religious networks should all be subject to the same standards of openness. ⚖️ Why scrutiny should apply consistently across every institution exercising public power. The chapter concludes by arguing that institutions entrusted with protecting integrity should welcome scrutiny rather than fear it, because transparency strengthens public confidence in democratic government. 🎧 Listen to Part A first, then continue with Part B to hear the complete chapter. #MiniAudiobook #RedMassBlackRobes #ICAC #NSW #RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence #PublicConfidence #Integrity #PublicLaw #LegalEthics #Transparency #Accountability #AustralianPolitics #CharlieArmstrongAdams

📚 Book Review Village Manager by Andrew Karevik ⭐ 8/10 Ok so I went on a bit of a 4x binge and after getting through the entirety of CivCEO in less time than I probably should have, what’s more apt than heading down another Andrew Karevik rabbit hole? Seriously for those of you who enjoy large-scale economic and political growth - he’s your guy. I’d actually avoided these civilisation-style books for a... Read the full review: https://lnkd.in/eVeYVC6i Book cover: https://lnkd.in/e5Pkmv6D #LitRPG #Gamelit #4x #Strategy

What if modern progress is merely a mechanism for a slow, collective suicide? In our relentless pursuit of efficiency and institutional contractualism, have we systematically dismantled the very foundation of human bonds? In my latest book, "FROM AMITY TO ANTIMONY," I offer a rigorous psycho-political critique dissecting the shifting paradigms of liquid modernity—examining the friction between human instinct and systemic contractualism. 💬 Read the full inquiry and explore the book. The link to Amazon is provided in the first comment below. #PoliticalPhilosophy #LiquidModernity #SocialTheory #AcademicPublishing #BookRelease

The publishing industry has experienced a sustained boom in mythological fiction over the last decade, with Greek mythology taking the lead across bookshelves through never-ending retellings and popularity driven by books like Rick Riordan’s PERCY JACKSON and Madeline Miller’s THE SONG OF ACHILLES. However, it is not without competition, as Norse mythology, fueled by its ever-growing presence in pop culture through franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the GOD OF WAR series, is creating new demand for Viking-inspired fiction. Michael Pogach is stepping into a new era of storytelling with his latest novel, VALHALLA BURNING. Inspired by Norse literature and ASSASSIN'S CREED: VALHALLA, the book follows a grieving father on a bloody quest for vengeance. Perfect for those looking to add something new and exciting to their shelves. Read the full review below: https://lnkd.in/e_mV7hm3 Featured: VALHALLA BURNING by Michael Pogach | Diversion Books #BookRecommendations #PublishingInsights #BookCommunity #BookReview

😬We live in an era of limitless options, but infinite choice might actually be paralyzing our ability to make decisions and find satisfaction. 🎙️Our guest this week on What Could Go Right? David Epstein, bestselling author of "Range" and the new book "Inside the Box," joins TPN founder Zachary Karabell to argue that we severely overvalue complete freedom. https://lnkd.in/gDMR5Z75

The latest #BetweentheLines for Kitaab SG is on literary detours. Excerpt: "These moments can feel like interruptions, especially to readers trained to expect relentless narrative momentum. But what if they are not interruptions at all and rather, they are the story’s true method. What if these novels are not losing their way but asking us to rethink what it means for a story to move forward?" Read the full piece at: https://lnkd.in/d_UbKn5p

Authors are supposed to dream of nothing but five-star reviews. But perhaps a five-star average rating is not always the objective. Tumult in Mecca was never written to please everyone. It combines humour, international business, cultural confrontation, moral ambiguity and the dramatic events surrounding the 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque. Some readers will sympathise with the characters. Others may question their choices, attitudes and motives. That is part of the point. In this article, I explain why four out of five stars may be the ideal rating for a novel that aims not only to entertain, but also to challenge its readers: https://lnkd.in/eXQG5vwx #TumultInMecca #HistoricalFiction #BookReviews #AuthorLife OBS: The image is AI-generated based on a scene from the book.

More Latina executives are in senior rooms today than at any point before. What isn't told is what it costs to stay there. Representation is being celebrated. Integration is still invisible. Women Activating Women #IdentityIsPower #UnapologeticallyLatinaTheBook

Thrilled to say that the great Archie Brown has written a 29(!)-page review of To Run the World, and Una Bergmane's excellent book, Politics of Uncertainty, for The English Historical Review. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eYHWFJ5w.

A book written in 1910 inspired one of the most watched films of the 21st century. You've probably heard of The Secret. You may not have heard of the book that started it all. The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles - and it contains one idea so simple and so radical that most people dismiss it immediately. Here it is: Getting rich is an exact science. Not luck. Not talent. Not who you know. A science - meaning it follows laws, and those laws work every time for anyone who applies them correctly. Wattles wrote this in 1910. Over a century later, the laws he described still hold. The central premise: There is a thinking substance from which all things are made. When you impress a clear, specific thought upon that substance - with absolute faith and purposeful action - it takes form in your physical reality. That sounds abstract. The practical application is anything but. This week I'm sharing the 5 biggest lessons from this timeless, controversial and surprisingly practical book. Follow me so you don't miss them. Do you believe getting rich follows a science - or is it mostly luck? #ScienceOfGettingRich #WallaceWattles #Mindset #WealthBuilding #TechLeadership