On Our Best Behaviour: The Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
'A stunning, big and bold encyclopedia of how to live, the first post-pandemic book to take our latest measurements and provide something fresh to comfort, embolden, enlighten and enrich who we are today' LISA TADDEO Lust. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Wrath. Envy. Pride. These so-called 'deadly sins', conse ...Show more
What About Men? by Caitlin Moran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
A frank, funny and galvanising exploration of masculinity, and a manifesto for male allyship, from million-copy bestseller and feminist powerhouse Caitlin Moran. As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' ...Show more
The Writing Life by David Malouf
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Category: Literary Studies
Who else, but a writer, is really able to interrogate the work of other writers? From Christina Stead, Les Murray and Patrick White to Proust, Shakespeare and Charlotte Bronte, David Malouf reads and examines the work of writers who have challenged, inspired and entertained us for generations. He also e ...Show more
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
Stolen by Jane Harrison
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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.
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd
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Category: Literary Studies
Close to the Subject: Selected Works by Daniel Browning
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Category: Literary Studies
This book is a collected works of one of Australia’s most accomplished media personalities. Chronicling his career since 2007, Close to the Subject presents a selection of pieces from Daniel Browning’s stellar career as a journalist, radio broadcaster, critic and interviewer. Alongside conversations wit ...Show more
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)
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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
$34.99 AUD
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