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Author | : Nam Le |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012-04-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1742535798 |
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A young Vietnamese-Australian named Nam, in his final year at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, is trying to find his voice on the page. When his father, a man with a painful past, comes to visit, Nam's writing and sense of self are both deeply changed. Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice is a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat. 'A tight and densely emotional journey that sucked me in and contained as much power as the lengthy title.' Killings, the Kill Your Darlings blog
Author | : Nam Le |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1459621042 |
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In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world. The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an ageing New York artist to a boy coming of age in a small Victorian fishing tow...
Author | : Shaun Micallef |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2012-05-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1742536190 |
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Feel that War and Peace went on a bit? Wish there were more laughs in Catcher in the Rye? Then A Selection of Smithereens is for you. These pieces from one of Australia's funniest men (no, not John Clarke) feature the Borgias, Winston Churchill and the history behind cornflakes – and so much more! Fresh from the updated 2011 edition of Smithereens, these six short essays are small, perfectly formed and easily digestible pieces of Shaun Micallef.
Author | : Dorothy Hewett |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 2012-07-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1742537073 |
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A big old Victorian terrace in Jersey Road, Woollahra, is thought to be haunted by the two Darkling sisters from the 1920s. When a young family moves in, dark images of these sisters, and of relationships closer to home, hang over them. Beautifully crafted and keenly observed, this story from Dorothy Hewett's acclaimed collection A Baker's Dozen is a stunning evocation of family, memories and neighbourhood.
Author | : Barbara Baynton |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 2012-08-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1742537979 |
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Squeaker, a selector, is slowly clearing his piece of the Australian bush. However, lazy and shiftless, he leaves most of the work to his uncomplaining and hardworking mate. When she is crushed under a falling yellow gum, Squeaker responds only with selfish impatience. Taught to endlessly endure by her harsh surroundings, Squeaker's mate carries the burden of her injury quietly, with only her old dog for comfort. Published as part of Barbara Baynton's iconic collection Bush Studies in 1902, Squeaker's Mate is a visceral and lyrical story about the hostility faced by European settlers in the Australian bush during settlement. From an era when literature focused almost entirely on men and male experiences, Squeaker's Mate is an important depiction of the unique trials and strengths of women.
Author | : Michaela McGuire |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 2013-09-21 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1743482604 |
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When Jill Meagher went missing and was then found murdered in 2012, the city of Melbourne was shaken to the core. Emotional responses ranged from grief to guilt to rage to defensiveness, but no one was left untouched. The media coverage was unrelenting and overwhelming, constantly updating readers and viewers on the latest awful details, and friends and neighbours couldn't help but discuss it. Here acclaimed writer Michaela McGuire eloquently describes how, as the story continued to unfold, it wove itself through the fabric of the city. A Story of Grief is a deeply moving examination of the act of grief and how the death of someone we don't know personally can still consume us. 'Affecting and thought-provoking.' Newcastle Herald
Author | : Elizabeth Jolley |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012-09-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1742536743 |
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In a small Australian country town, a young woman is accused of the murders of her own daughter and the local rat catcher's wife. As she stands to face the charges in court, a stranger enters, determined to explain her crimes. This masterly story from Woman in a Lampshade perfectly displays Elizabeth Jolley's remarkable talent for character and story.
Author | : James Bradley |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2012-08-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1742537995 |
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Beneath its peaceful exterior, the city of Adelaide and its surrounding areas have a dark history. From the disappearance of the Beaumont children to the Snowtown killings in the 1990s, it has been home to a long series of brutal and baffling killings and abductions. In The Element of Need, acclaimed author James Bradley uses this long history of violence as the basis of a fascinating exploration not just of his own childhood and adolescence, but of the psychic landscape of this most haunted of cities.
Author | : Bob Brown |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 19 |
Release | : 2012-07-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1742537081 |
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The former leader of the Australian Greens, Bob Brown has long been one of Australia's most influential and admired environmental thinkers. Here he outlines the importance of a global, humane approach to the issue of overpopulation. At once compassionate, intelligent and straightforward, this is a valuable and significant extract from Brown's memoir, Memo for a Saner World.
Author | : Ita Buttrose |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2013-02-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1743481195 |
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In her extraordinary career, spanning over fifty years, Ita Buttrose has been involved in every aspect of the media, from newspapers and magazines to television and radio and now, electronic publishing. Starting as a copygirl on The Australian Women's Weekly, by the age of sixteen her journalism career was well underway when she was granted a cadetship on the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs. In Starting Out Ita describes discovering her love of journalism and publishing, how she overcame the challenge of being a woman in the workplace in the fifties and sixties, and the excitement of seeing her first byline in print. Starting Out is an engaging and insightful account of the early days of Ita Buttrose's career, depicting events that have shaped one of Australia's most prominent and distinguished women.