The Oxford Book of Exploration by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
$27.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Selected by Robin Hanbury-Tenison, described by the Sunday Times as the 'greatest explorer of the last twenty years', this is a comprehensive anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages, now fully revised and updated. The ultimate in travel writing, these are the words of those who changed t ...Show more
The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories by WILLIAM TREVOR
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
Ireland has long been a nation of story-tellers. What began as a lively form of entertainment has grown into an unrivalled literary genre. Although Ireland may mourn the loss of the seanchai, the old hearthside story-teller, the Irish art of story-telling is by no means lost. This varied anthology trace ...Show more
The Oxford Book of Short Stories
$19.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
V. S. Pritchett, one our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Great Britain, America, and especially Eire have fine traditi ...Show more
McSweeney's Issue 34 by Dave Eggers
$29.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
Our laurels went unrested on for this one: Issue 34 features new stories of shipwrecks and kidnappings and bad vacations by (among others) Anthony Doerr, Daniel Handler, and T. C. Boyle, new letters about wine and Hawaii from John Hodgman and Sarah Vowell, twenty-one dead-on self-portraits drawn by the ...Show more
Believer, Issue 70 by Editors of the Believer
$15.50 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
The Language God Talks - On Science and Religion by Herman Wouk
$32.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
In one rich, compact volume, Wouk draws on stories from his life as well as key events from the 20th century to address the eternal questions of existence, the purpose of faith, and how scientific fact fits into the picture.
Making an Elephant by Graham Swift
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
'An immensely readable volume. On every page, Swift emerges as a considerable essayist, who upholds the sterling virtue of good writing combined with emotional and intellectual engagement' Evening Standard As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way in ...Show more
Detritus: Addressing Culture and the Arts by Robyn Archer
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
UWA Publishing has gathered together a selection of Robyn Archer's most memorable keynote speeches and memorial lectures from the past seven years. These words were written to be 'performed' and as such Robyn regards them as Detritus, that which remains of the act of public speaking. Grappling with the ...Show more
Beirut 39: New writing from the Arab world by various
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
'Beirut39' is a Hay Festival project which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best young Arab writers as a centrepiece of the Beirut World Capital festivities in April 2010. Following the successful launch of 'Bogota 39', which identified many of the most interesting upcoming Latin American talents, ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 38: Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd by David Marr
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
This irreverent, controversial account is sure to be one of the most talked-about publications of election year 2010 - a ground-breaking, in-depth profile that traces Kevin Rudd's years in Queensland, in China, in opposition and finally in government. Based on extensive research, observation and intervi ...Show more
The Possessed : Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED―ABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!―TO THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS No one who read Elif Batuman's first article (in the journal n+1) will ever forget it. "Babel in California" told the true story of various human ...Show more