{"product_id":"9781921825484","title":"Up from the Mission: Selected Writings","description":"\u003ci\u003eUp from the Mission\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, broad-ranging book, they show a key Australian thinker coming into being. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pearson evokes his early life in Hope Vale, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eUp from the Mission\u003c\/i\u003e is among the most relentless and exciting work I have read in recent years … Pearson’s analysis is blisteringly compelling’ —Waleed Aly, \u003ci\u003eSunday Age\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Pearson is a master of the essay as a literary form … [\u003ci\u003eUp from the Mission\u003c\/i\u003e] is a serious contribution to Australian letters’ —Peter Sutton, \u003ci\u003eMonthly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Noel Pearson is the best political and social essayist in the country’ —Michael Gawenda, \u003ci\u003eCrikey\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Noel Pearson is, I suspect, an historic figure … \u003ci\u003eUp From the Mission\u003c\/i\u003e is the most engaging book on Australian politics I have read since Mark Latham’s diaries.’ —Martin Flanagan, the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A powerhouse of a book’ —Jon Altman, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Noel Pearson is the most influential intellectual in Australia’ —John Hirst,  \u003ci\u003eAustralian Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Noel Pearson is a lawyer and activist, and the founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUp from the Mission\u003c\/i\u003e and two acclaimed Quarterly Essays, \u003ci\u003eRadical Hope\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Rightful Place.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175449608432,"sku":"9781921825484","price":19.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921825484_p0.jpg?v=1763631809","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921825484","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}