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From the image of a small boy entranced by his mother's GI escort, yet still hoping for the return of his father 'missing in action', to the portrait of an...

In a time of reckoning, this year's National Magazine Awards finalists and winners focus on abuse of power in many forms. Ronan Farrow's Pulitzer Prize-winning revelation of Harvey Weinstein's depredations...

Over half of the short stories written during this century have been writen by women. This book is an anthology of British women's short stories and authors represented include Rebecca...

Sixteen 'whitefellas' explore their relationship with Aboriginal Australia, looking at events in their own lives which shaped their understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal culture and history. Each contributor has shown...

From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps-the largest oral history project in the nation's history-presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people...

A Cosmological Manifesto This book consists of an essay, a credo, twelve poems and 205 aphorisms. The essay provides a personal, scholarly reflection on where Paul Monk started, forty years...

Granta 100 will be edited by William Boyd and will include pieces by: Martin Amis Julian Barnes Bill Buford AM Homes Ian Jack Mario Vargas Llosa Nicholas Shakespeare Ian McEwan...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania,...

The ultimate festive anthology of the best Christmas stories of all time, selected from around the world - and now in beautiful clothbound edition Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in...

RISE ABOVE - beyond ordinary This collection of stories shows the might and power of 8 women who refuse to be beaten. Together, they have endured hardship, broken marriages, health...

A literary anthology celebrating every variety of animal life from microbe to mouse, eagle to elephant, in verse and prose from ancient times to the present, including imaginary monsters and...

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds , and series editor Heidi Pitlor. "There have...

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A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience...

A collection of short stories and poems by members of Scribes Writers. Covering a range of topics this engaging collection brings to life the lives and histories of both the...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman. "Imparting some piece of yourself-any part-is arduous and warrants some...

A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears, and series editor Steph Cha....

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enriquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart,...

Awash with superstition and folklore, the Yangtze river has been an inspiration for more than a thousand years to those who have lived beside it or sailed along it. This...

Taking the reader through the course of the party, from conception to its, sometimes messy, aftermath, this book is a mix of the funny and wry. It combines modern quotes...

This is an anthology of poetry, fiction and prose, designed to introduce the English language reader to contemporary Indian writing. Contributors include well knownn names in Asian writing, such as...

A must-read collection for all music fans. Delve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times . From the rock'n'roll pioneers of the...

This engaging collection presents the outstanding Australian poems of the last year - a fascinating array of voices and styles, subjects and moods. This engaging collection presents the outstanding Australian...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enriquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart,...

Now more than ever, we need a human-centred approach to the big dilemmas of the day, learning from literature and philosophy and drawing on the creative imagination.

Jim Haynes, Australia's favourite tale teller, loves the sport of kings as much as he loves Aussie yarns and bush verse. From country picnic tracks to the thoroughbred racecourses of...

From legendary journalist Gay Talese, a collection of his greatest reporting on New York City. "Along with Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe and others, Mr. Talese has been acclaimed...

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds , and series editor Heidi Pitlor. "There have...

For decades, George R.R. Martin - bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire and creator of A GAME OF THRONES - has collaborated with an ensemble of science...

This book draws together the finest writing in the Guardian from 2001. From eyewitness reports to obituaries, art criticism to sports reporting, diary stories to editorials, politics to travel, The...

Mothers of the 1950s were wasp-waisted, dutiful, serene, and tied to the kitchen with apron strings. Or so we thought. This collection of searing and startling poetry and prose unties...

"The Bedside Guardian 2010" brings together the very best writing and photography from a tumultuous year in Britain and abroad. The centrepiece of the political year was an enthralling general...

A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears, and series editor Steph Cha....

A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author of the Silo series Hugh Howey and series editor John Joseph...

Celebrate the Joys That Are Sweet, Rich, and Delicious Chocolate is a blessing. It makes us feel warm and wonderful. But as we learn from the true stories in Chocolate...

How can you feel anchored when you have no place to call your own? Australia has a large shadow population of people who experience homelessness - whether couch-surfing, staying in...

Soon to be a film directed, written and produced by Baltasar Kormakur, co-written by Olaf Olafsson. Only In Theaters July 12. A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one mans search to...

Australia has had a long and proud tradition of political cartooning and Bill Leak, the daily editorial cartoonist for The Australian, is one of our most potent and exhilarating. This...

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual event whereby entrants are invited to compose the worst opening sentence to the worst possible novel. Attracting around 10,000 entries, the competition is...