Trace - Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy
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Category: Literary Studies
Sand and stone are Earth's fragmented memory. Each of us, too, is a landscape inscribed by memory and loss. One life-defining lesson Lauret Savoy learned as a young girl was this: the American land did not hate. As an educator and Earth historian, she has tracked the continent's past from the relics of ...Show more
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd
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Category: Literary Studies
Stolen by Jane Harrison
$23.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies | Series: Cts Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'Stolen' tells of five Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families, brought up in a repressive children's home and trained for domestic service and other menial jobs. Segregated from their community, after their release they begin their journey 'home', not all of them successfully.
Boys Will Be Boys - Power, patriarchy and the toxic bonds of mateship by Clementine Ford
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: very good
Clementine Ford reports that one of the questions she is most asked in person and online is 'how do I raise my son to be a feminist? How do I make sure he's a supporter rather than a perpetrator?' That is a question that many parents with sons are haunted by. Now that Clem is mother to a baby boy of her ...Show more
Your First Novel Revised and Expanded Edition - How to Write Your Story, Pitch It Successfully, and Achieve Your Dream by Ann Rittenberg (Contribution by); Laura Whitcomb (Contribution by); Camille Goldin (Contribution by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
In this revised and expanded edition of Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitecomb seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg, and her knowledgeable assistant, Camille Goldin, team up to provide you with the essential skills needed to craft the best novel you can-and the savvy business know how to get it pu ...Show more
The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists by Timothy Parrish
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
This Companion examines the full range and vigor of the American novel. From the American exceptionalism of James Fenimore Cooper to the apocalyptic post-Americanism of Cormac McCarthy, these newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics chronicle the major aesthetic innovations that have ...Show more
Dangerous Women by Kimberly L. Mary D.; Dennis Garrard
$40.00 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
-Dangerous Women presents works from the rich holdings of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art that explore different artists' responses to the women of the Bible -Evokes a politically charged theme celebrating the strength of women and their ability to take back power in adverse circumstances -Fea ...Show more
The Travel Writer's Way - Turn Your Travels into Stories by Jonathan Lorie
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Other Guides) Ser.
Whether you want to be the next Bill Bryson, set up a brilliant blog or simply make the best of your travel journal, this book will lead you along the travel writer's way. The Travel Writer's Way takes a ground-breaking approach to the craft of travel writing, with a 12-step programme of 'creative journ ...Show more
On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present by Karen Stollznow
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Category: Literary Studies
I'm not a racist, but... You look good, for your age... She was asking for it... You're crazy... That's so gay... Have you ever wondered why certain language has the power to offend? It is often difficult to recognize the veiled racism, sexism, ageism (and other -isms) that hide in our everyday discours ...Show more
The Cambridge Introduction to Comedy by Eric Weitz
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature Ser.
'Laughter', says Eric Weitz, 'may be considered one of the most extravagant physical effects one person can have on another without touching them'. But how do we identify something which is meant to be comic, what defines something as 'comedy', and what does this mean for the way we enter the world of a ...Show more
A Kind of Confession: The writer's private world by Alex Miller
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Category: Literary Studies
A deeply personal, behind-the-scenes exploration of Alex Miller's six-decade writing life. A Kind of Confession is a secret look into Alex Miller's writing life, spanning sixty years of creativity and inspiration. As a young man in 1961 Miller left his work as a ringer in Queensland and set out to achi ...Show more
Bookstores - A Celebration of Independent Booksellers by Horst A. Friedrichs (Photographer); Stuart Husband
$95.00 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Explore the magic of independent bookstores in this beautiful photographic journey across the world. Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners' personalities in ways internet behemoths could never re-create. In this book, photo ...Show more