Jack Hibberd: Selected Plays by Jack Hibberd
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Play Collections | Reading Level: very good
Hibberd has been called the most innovative Australian playwright of his generation. His early plays have endured the test of time and continue to be performed, studied and read for pleasure. White with Wire Wheels (1967) satirises a culture of masculinity expressed in cars, booze and work. Women are ma ...Show more
How to Write Like a Bestselling Author: Secrets of Success from 50 of the World's Greatest Writers by Tony Rossiter
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Category: Literary Studies
Who hasn't dreamt of writing a bestseller? Illuminating the best-known works of 50 celebrated authors, writing coach Tony Rossiter shows you exactly how they achieved their phenomenal success. With an expert eye he explains how each author began writing, and examines their style, techniques and routine ...Show more
Nemo's Almanac: A Quiz for Book Lovers by PATTERSON, IAN
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Category: Literary Studies
You might recognise:'It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'But what about:'Time, like an ever-rolling stream'Or even:'I am soft sift / In an hour-glass-at the wall / Fast, but mined with a motion, a drift, / And it crowds and it combs to the fall.'Can you match each to the ...Show more
Big Porn Inc. by MELINDA TANKARD REIST
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Category: Literary Studies
It is now widely acknowledged that the unprecedented mainstreaming of the global pornography industry is transforming the sexual politics of intimate and public life, popularising new forms of hardcore misogyny, and strongly contributing to the sexualisation of children. Yet challenges to the pornograph ...Show more
Help! I'm Living With a (Man) Boy by Betty McLellan
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Category: Literary Studies
Are you tired of finding towels on the bathroom floor? Have you ever walked through a supermarket with a thirty-five-year-old child who wants only the most expensive things on the shelves? How do you go about making men understand the difference between helping out with the housework and doing it? And w ...Show more
Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan by Ted Scheinman
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Category: Literary Studies
The son of a devoted Jane Austen scholar, Ted Scheinman spent his childhood summers eating Yorkshire pudding, singing in an Anglican choir, and watching Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Determined to leave his mother's world behind, he nonetheless found himself in grad school organizing the first ever UNC ...Show more
Fear of Freedom by Erich Fromm
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Routledge Classics
Erich Fromm sees right to the heart of our contradictory needs for community and for freedom like no other writer before or since. In Fear of Freedom, Fromm warns that the price of community is indeed high, and it is the individual who pays. Fascism and authoritarianism may seem like receding shadows fo ...Show more
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
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Category: Literary Studies
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE ETYMOLOGICON Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as 'To be or not to be' and 'Bond. James Bond.' In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, h ...Show more
The Pen is Mightier than the Penis: Words for the Wise from the World's Greatest Female Writers by Quadrille Publishing Ltd Staff
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Category: Literary Studies
For nasty women everywhere, The Pen is Mightier than the Penis is a feminist quote book celebrating female writers throughout the centuries, from Sappho to Margaret Atwood. Find the perfect comeback for those infuriating 'you're not a feminist, are you?' dinner party moments, as well as words for any oc ...Show more
The Emotional Craft of Fiction["How to Write with Emotional Power, Develop Achingly Real Characters, Move Your Readers, and Create Riveting Moral Stakes"] by Donald Maass
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Category: Literary Studies
This intriguing new book from literary agent Donald Maass examines the use of emotions in fiction, examining not only how to write with emotion, and imbue characters with realistic emotions, but also from the point of view of reader engagement–the core principles of how developing an emotional connectio ...Show more
A Girl's Guide to Joining the Resistance : A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good by Emma Rose Gray
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Category: Literary Studies
"If not you, then who? If not now, then when? We need more women to speak up and make their voices heard. Young women have valuable experiences and perspectives. We need you in this fight." Senator Elizabeth Warren, from a Girl's Guide to Joining the Resistance So--the presidential election of 2016 ...Show more