Quarterly Essay 61: Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal. by George Megalogenis
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Australia is in transition. Saying it is easy. The panic kicks in when we are compelled to describe what the future might look like. There is no complacent middle to aim at. We will either catch the next wave of prosperity, or finally succumb to the Great Recession. What has gone wrong with our politics ...Show more
PLUTARCH'S LIVES VOL 1 by Plutarch
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Modern Library
The brilliant social history of the Greek and Roman world, "Lives" is Plutarch's best known work, translated by Dryden. It is edited with a foreword by Arthur Hugh Clough and a new introduction by James Atlas.
La Literatura Nazi En America by Roberto Bolano
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Category: Literary Studies
This is an anthology of the study of the Nazi Literature produced in America from 1930 to 2010. The book is composed of short biographies of Pan-American authors that wrote in a social context that, according to Bolao, has no conscience and glorifies the excess.
Notes on an Exodus by Richard Flanagan
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Category: Literary Studies
Notes on the exodus of refugees from Syria, by Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan. With illustrations from Archibald Prize winner Ben Quilty. In January 2016 Richard Flanagan and Ben Quilty travelled to Lebanon, Greece, and Serbia to follow the river that is the exodus of our age: that of refugees ...Show more
Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups by Ben Holden (ed.)
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: very good
There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this invaluable ritual as grown-ups to the detriment of our well-being and good health? In this groundbreaking anthology, Ben Holden, editor of the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, challenges how we think ...Show more
Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 by Chloe Brien
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Category: Literary Studies
The ninth edition of Award Winning Australian Writing (AWAW) continues its commitment to showcasing the best short stories and poems that have won competitions around the country. The collection features over fifty writers and competitions, and includes a foreword by Sam Cooney, writer, editor, lecturer ...Show more
The Best Australian Stories 2016 by Charlotte Wood
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Category: Literary Studies
In The Best Australian Stories 2016, Charlotte Wood, author of The Natural Way of Things (winner of the 2016 Stella Prize, and the 2016 Indie Book of the Year), presents twenty pieces of outstanding short fiction. Featuring the work of exciting new voices alongside stories by established favourites, thi ...Show more
J.D. Salinger: The Last Interview by David Streitfeld
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
This book, a new edition in The Last Interview series, collects the rare, revealing, and essential public records of the elusive giant - from his very first interview to his last (a deposition in his lawsuit against his biographer Ian Hamilton, of all things) - to reveal a man fiercely resistant to the ...Show more
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Student Editions
A revised student edition of a classic modern play, Top Girls is seen as a benchmark for ushering in a new generation of playwrights after it was premiered by the Royal Court in 1982. Marlene hosts a dinner party in a London restaurant to celebrate her promotion to managing director of 'Top Girls' emplo ...Show more
Depends What You Mean By Extremist by John Safran
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Category: Literary Studies
No one turns up where they're not wanted quite like John Safran. In this hilarious and disorienting adventure he gets among our diverse community of white nationalists, ISIS supporters, anarchists and more, digging away at the contradictions that many would prefer be left unexamined. Who is this black p ...Show more
Writing True Stories: The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction by Patti Miller
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Category: Literary Studies
This book provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid world on the page, create structure, use research-and face the difficulties of truth-telling. The author first introduces and helps the reader ...Show more
The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville
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Category: Literary Studies
From the acclaimed author of The Secret River, a completely practical workbook that offers down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for writers or aspiring writers to get started and keep going Full of ideas and examples to get pen to paper or fingers on the keyboard, this guidedoesn't just talk about how to ...Show more