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| American Journeys by Don Watson . In May 2005, on a sudden impulse, Don Watson took a train called The Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles: like a woodworm, he thought, drilling a tiny groove into the bark of the republic. Long before it reached LA, Watson had decided to catch more trains to more places in America. The Southwest Chief had cast an irresistible spell: long days with the American landscape and American towns and American history unfolding on the outside, while on the inside a tiny particle of the American people talked among themselves. Here was a unique and seductive means of peering into the United States. $ 49.95 |
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Block #5 by . The ANU Writers group is a collective of students with the aim of promoting and fostering creative work by up and coming artists. Block is a showcase of poetry, prose and artwork by members of the ANU community.
Block#6 will be launched at our bookshop on Thursday 29 May 2008. Check
out what is new and happening in literature at Australia's premier educational
institution. $ 6.00 |
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Cities on the Edge Griffith Review 20 by Schultz, Julianne . For the first time in history most people in the world now live in cities. This is an enormous change of profound importance. The sheer pressure of numbers will test the old adage, that cities are the heart of civilisation. Many already teeter on the brink of chaos. Other writers include: James Woodford, Peter Meredith, John Kinsella, Wendy Steele, Kate Fitzpatrick, JT Glazebrook, Gabrielle Gwyther, Adam Aitken, Marcus Westbury, Chris Womersley, Hamish Townsend, Brett Caldwell, Tony Barrell, Jorge Sotirios. Poems by Gregory Day and Geoffrey Lehmann. Photo essay by John Wright. $ 19.95 |
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 | Etchings 3 by Hopfer, Sabina, Allington, Patrick, Lappas, Christopher . In lieu of an editorial, this third edition of literary magazine Etchings opens with Reflections on Literary Journals and the Writing Life by poet, screenwriter and novelist Emily Ballou. $ 28.95 |
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Going Down Swinging by Various . New poetry, short fiction, comic art, spoken word CD plus a special street art feature! With cover art by Tom Civil. $ 24.95 |
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 | House of Rain by Childs, Craig . A feat of historical detection. The most significant, and certainly the most enthralling, book on American prehistory to appear in decades. The greatest unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest relates to the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the 11th century converged on Chaco Canyon (now New Mexico) and built a flourishing cultural centre that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world. The Anasazis' accomplishments in agriculture, in art, in commerce, in architecture and engineering were astounding, rivaling those of the Mayans in distant Central America. By the 13th century, however, the Anasazi were gone from Chaco. Vanished. What was it drought, pestilence, war, forced migration, mass murder or suicide? Craig Childs draws on scholarly research and a lifetime of adventure and exploration in the American Southwest, to pursue the mystery of their disappearance. Considering many possibilities he points the way to a new understanding of how a vibrant civilization collapsed. HOUSE OF RAIN is a landmark work in the literature of ancient Native American culture, a key to a fascinating and mysterious lost civilization. $ 39.95 |
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 | Quarterly Essay - Love and Money by Manne, Anne . Quarterly Essay, 29 Love & Money, Anne Manne looks at the religion of work, its high priests and sacrificial lambs. As family life and motherhood feel the pressure of the market, she asks whether the chief beneficiaries are child-care corporations and self-interested employers.$ 15.95 |
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 | The Politics of Official Apologies by Nobles, Melissa . Examines the political uses of official apologies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. $ 46.95 |
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 | Translating Lives by Besemeres, Mary, Wierzbicka, Anna . Although Australians (well perhaps not Little Johnnie and his lovers) pride themselves on being multicultural, many Australians have little awareness of what it means to live in two cultures at once, and of how much there is to learn about other cultural perspectives. This book explores how language and customs can create interesting and fretful encounters for newcomers and old stayers alike. $ 32.95 |
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 | Voice no 25 by Various . Justice denied to Aboriginals, Reading and Renewal, Collectivity and Life, Canberra's Mall Monopoly. Opinions and literature reviews by clever people from Canberra and around Canberra. This edition has a particularly good article espousing how malls are destroying imagination in Canberra! $ 5.00 |
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