The Cambridge Introduction to Comedy by Eric Weitz
$41.95 AUD
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
You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
A fresh, funny and furious look at the terrible advice women have been told for centuries. Stroll with bestselling author Kaz Cooke through instructions on how to day-drink, wear a dress made of arsenic, pretend you're an idiot, have sex with a billionaire biker, curtsey, get properly harassed at work, ...Show more
How to Lose Friends and Influence White People by Antoinette Lattouf
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
A guide through the balancing act of activist, advocate and ally, remembering that just because others are learning you don't need to be the teacher, from the dynamic and sharp co-founder of Media Diversity Australia, Antoinette Lattouf. Poignant, inspiring, funny and most importantly authentic, How to ...Show more
In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
What remains of the witch hunts? A stubborn misogyny, which still tints the way our societies look at single women, childless women, aging women, or quite simply, free women . . . Today more than ever, witches tell us about our world and lead the way.' - Telerama A source of terror, a misogynistic image ...Show more
Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution by Carol Hay
$19.95 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Think Like a Feminist is an irreverent yet rigorous primer that unpacks over two hundred years of feminist thought. In a time when the word feminism triggers all sorts of responses, many of them conflicting and misinformed, Professor Carol Hay provides this balanced, clarifying, and inspiring examinatio ...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
A Kind of Confession: The writer's private world by Alex Miller
$39.99 AUD
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
I Don't by Clementine Ford
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against marriage for the modern woman. Provocative, controversial and above all, compellingly and persuasively argued. I want this book to end marriages. But more importantly, I want it to prevent marriages. Women ...Show more
Fangirls by Yve Blake
$23.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Meet Edna: she's 14, she's a misfit, she's kind of a genius and ... she's in love. With Harry. There's just one problem: Harry doesn't actually know that she exists. Because Harry is in the world's biggest boy band, True Connection. But to Edna, that's just a small obstacle. When True Connection announc ...Show more
Simple Act of Reading by Debra Adelaide
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
For it is in the simple act of reading where the living and the dead, the real and the imagined, meet. It is in the simple act of reading where we exercise those two most sacred of human vocations: compassion and creativity. For as we know, without either of these primes there is no possibility for a hu ...Show more
Book in a MonthThe Fool-proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
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Category: Literary Studies
What Can You Accomplish in 30 Days?If you make time to write and put away all of your excuses, could you stay on track and finish your novel in only a month? With a structured plan and a focused goal, yes, you can!Using a combination of flexible weekly schedules, focused instruction, and detailed worksh ...Show more