The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
$49.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
These are the complete journals of Sylvia Plath. "Everything that passes before her eyes travels down from brain to pen with shattering clarity - 1950s New England, pre-co-ed Cambridge, pre-mass tourism Benidorm, where she and Hughes honeymooned, the birth of her son Nicholas in Devon in 1962. These and ...Show more
Freeman's: Family: The Best New Writing on Family by John Freeman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
"Freeman's: Family" is the second literary anthology in the series reviewers are calling bold ("Minneapolis Star-Tribune") and refreshing (Chicago Literati). Following a debut issue on the theme of Arrival, Freeman circles a new topic whose definition is constantly challenged by the best of our writers: ...Show more
Best Australian Comedy Writing 2 by Luke Ryan (Editor)
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Category: Literary Studies
'...Comedy writing is a tough art. It requires concision, precision and an intuitive sense of how the reader is going to formulate your sentences in their mind. It needs a poet's grasp of language, an encyclopaedic knowledge of culture, high and low, and a vast array of euphemisms for embarrassing bodil ...Show more
Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower by Roseann Lake
$38.95 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Forty years ago in China, marriage was universal, compulsory and a woman's only means to a livelihood. Then the one-child policy resulted in China's first generations of urban only-daughters-girls who were pushed to study, achieve and succeed as if they were sons. Now, enough of these women have decided ...Show more
Daughters of Copper Woman (revised edition 2002) by Anne Cameron
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Since its first publication in 1981, "Daughters of Copper Woman" has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after twenty-two years of gathering dust, ...Show more
Buzz The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie Lieberman
$38.95 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Once only whispered about in clandestine corners, vibrators have become just another accessory for the suburban soccer mom. But how did these once-taboo toys become so socially acceptable? The journey of the devices to the cultural mainstream is a surprisingly stimulating one.In Buzz, Hallie Lieberman p ...Show more
15 Heroines: 15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid by Jermyn Street Theatre (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women--queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians--in a series of fictional letters called The Heroines. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus, Hercules, U ...Show more
Extempore 1 by Miriam Zolin (ed.)
$27.95 AUD
Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: very good
Inspirations: Selections from Classic Literature by Paulo Coelho
$39.95 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a sort of reminder of something else, a small token of something much larger. In the case of flowers, they bring with their fragrance and colorfulness the reminder of the fields, of a seas ...Show more
Writing from Start to Finish: A Six-step Guide by Kate Grenville
$24.95 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Do you find yourself staring at a blank piece of paper, waiting for the words to pour out? If you find writing difficult, this book is for you. Award-winning novelist Kate Grenville shares her method - the "Six Steps" approach to writing. Whether you're writing a short story, essay, review or report, ...Show more
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction by Ken Gelder
$39.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Marauding bushrangers, lost explorers, mad shepherds, new chums and mounted troopers: these are some of the characters who populate the often perilous world of colonial Australian adventure fiction. Squatters defend their hard-earned properties from attack, while floods and other natural disasters threa ...Show more