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1943: shopkeeper's son Brian Sherman is born into a tight-knit Jewish community in a small South African mining outpost. The Holocaust is raging in Europe and the Apartheid regime is at its height. In 1976, with only $5,000 to his name, he moves to Australia with his young family to start a new life. Nothing can prepare Brian for his meteoric rise or for the life-changing tests he will face. At his kitchen table he starts a fund management business with his friend Laurence Freedman. In 1986, they float a novel investment fund on the American Stock Exchange and raise over a billion Australian dollars. More billions follow, and opportunity flows. Brian goes on to direct the finances of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and together with Laurence, acquires an interest in Network TEN, taking it from receivership to record profits. He chairs the Australian Museum Trust and brings in a heist of priceless specimens. He and gallerist wife Gene become leading philanthropists in the arts, medical science and Jewish affairs while Brian mentors his son, Emile, now an Oscar-winning film producer. Prompted by daughter Ondine, he has an epiphany on animal suffering, and, with her, devotes himself tirelessly to ending factory farming. Triumphant highs are interwoven with profound lows. His beloved twin grandsons are born with a rare and devastating genetic disorder. Brian and his son-in-law, Dror, go all out in search of a cure. Facing his own health challenges, and a lifelong accumulation of unexplored grief, Brian will be tested to the limits of his being. |
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Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; Part I: Childhood; 1. October 1943; 2. Brakpan; 3. Home, family, community; 4. Childhood; 5. Bar mitzvah to boarding school; 6. The mosquito, the cram school and the army; Part II: Youth and its aftermath; 7. University life; 8. Auditing hell and the call of the kibbutz; 9. Gene; 10. A sudden death, a long goodbye; Part III: Best of times, worst of times; 11. Escape, interrupted; 12. Children; 13. Immigrants; 14. Smooth sailing; 15. Stormy weather; Part IV: Scaling Everest; 16. The germ of an idea; 17. From little things ... |
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18. Next stop USA19. The long road up; 20. FAX conquers the USA; 21. The crash; 22. A new beginning; 23. A step forward, a step back; 24. Home fires burning; 25. Flesh of my flesh; 26. The call of the Rings; 27. Battle stations; 28. Freewheeling; 29. Roots; 30. Letting go; 31. The end of a story; Part V: After EquitiLink; 32. The turn; 33. The museum and the factory farm; 34. A major glitch; 35. A bust and a boon; 36. Goodnight from the museum; 37. The little pig; 38. Voiceless; 39. Many ways to make a difference; Part VI: The greatest test; 40. The twins; 41. The diagnosis |
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42. Chasing a cure, part 143. Chasing a cure, part 2; 44. Journeys' end; 45. The jar of honey; 46. Bat mitzvah; Further reading; Acknowledgements; Index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library Victoria Online access with authorization. AU-CaNED |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sherman, Brian.
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Businesspeople -- Australia -- Biography.
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Businesspeople. |
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Australia. |
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Biographies.
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Philanthropists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Philanthropists. |
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Capitalists and financiers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Capitalists and financiers. |
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Australian |
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Autobiography.
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Jonson, AM, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sherman, Brian. Lives of Brian : entrepreneur, philanthropist, animal activist. Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2018 xii, 322 pages 9780522873405 |
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9780522873412 (electronic book) |
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0522873413 (electronic book) |
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0522873405 (Trade Cloth) |
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9780522873405 |
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9780522873405 (paperback) |
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9780522873405 |
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