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This volume revisits the notions of Orientalism, Occidentalism and, to a certain extent, Reverse Orientalism/Occidentalism in the 21st century, adopting post-modern, constructionist and potentially non-essentialising approaches. The representations of the...

As early modernists with an interest in the literary culture of Shakespeare's time, we work in a field that contains many significant losses: of texts, of contextual information, of other...

More tham 450 stunning photographes taken on expeditions to the South and North Poles with descriptions of the explorations and biographies of the men taking part.

A young boy with 11 brothers; favourite of his father; chosen of God. Joseph, Rachel's son, lived a privileged life in Canaan until his jealous brothers sold him into slavery...

Fiction Favours the Facts - Book 3 Yet another collection of 22 Bible-based micro-tales. Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of...

The leaders of the pitiful remnants of Judah's army reject God's command to stay in Judah. Afraid of Nebuchadnezzar and his hordes, they flee to Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch...

A self-portrait by one of Australia's greatest artists, a man mistakenly portrayed as a hermit. When he died in 1974 after a long period of self-imposed austerity and improvisation on...

Disillusioned chef and sustainable food advocate Lucy Ridge is sick of the barked orders, the long hours, the inappropriate comments in a male-dominated hospitality environment. It's ruining her love for...

Abandoned by their Dutch partner after giving up their home and their job to follow him to the Netherlands, Seasonal finds themself single in a strange place for the first...

Exquisitely written and profoundly moving-the new literary novel from an award-winning Irish author. 'An exceptional, compulsive novel of love, loss and courage.' Sinead Gleeson 'Mary Costello is a writer of...

My mother's first memory was more rooted in emotion than in any particular event. If she had to describe it, it would be the colour of blood. Spanning a century...

**Shortlisted, Queensland Literary Awards 2026, Fiction Book Award** Before the Anthropocene, the air pulsed with birdsong. Now, a silence is falling. Ava spends her days at The Department, rebuilding lost...

I looked at the streets of Yagoona through eyes stinging with melted Maybelline liquid liner. Yagoona looked back at me, the wannabe hipster who dreamed of moving to a share...

What exactly is the message of Robert Rose? One year after his death, twenty-six years afterjust another of our crashes, knowing the effect it had on his family and friends,...

On an ordinary morning, Maria Colson takes her baby son Dylan to the corner store. She only turns her back for a few seconds. When she looks again, she sees...

There are many issues raised when talking about Australia's literature. The main criterion for inclusion in these essays is not the canonical status of authors but their fruitful engagment ewith...

On a triangle of land that points out to sea at the mouth of the Swan River is Fremantle's heritage district, the West End, renowned for its colonial architecture. Although...

A million girls would kill for the chance to meet The Point, but Nina's not one of them. She's the new assistant to the lead singer's diva fiancee, and she...

If you get hold on texts, articles and interview featuring Ryan Gander, one word will pop-up in particular - storyteller. Through his work he always tries to narrate in form...

In this highly-acclaimed series, John Watson helps chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. He explains not only the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but...

Now available in paperback! `A lovely, motivating book, which will work if you follow it' The Times For women (and men) over 40, belly fat is incredibly stealthy and incredibly...

For over 50 years one family dominated England's high offices of state. William and Robert Cecil, father and son, held unparalleled power as statesmen, diplomats, counsellors and spymasters throughout Elizabeth's...

Now extensively updated, "The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam" contains all aspects of the religion, from its rituals, sects and prayers to its political movements, social institutions and spiritual and political...

This best-selling, beautifully illustrated children's book was the very first title in our hugely popular sailing series for young readers. Featuring a warm and inspiring foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur,...

For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a...

For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a...

For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a...

The book titled A Forgotten Kingdom by the author Mike Nelson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In Easter at Tobruk Christianity and war collide in an Australian context. In this context the novel explores changing values in our society since the Second World War. The narrative...

In this compulsively readable book John Button reflects on the patterns in his life, from growing up in his father's house in Ballarat to his days as a Cabinet Minister...

The book titled Nature'S Plenty: A History of the City of Whittlesea by the author Mike Jones. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Seven strange and disturbing stories - computer-generated collaborations based on pieces by different writers, and shaken, stirred and transformed by the poet John Tranter. In a Norwegian fiord, Biggles clashes...

Recent discoveries suggest that construction of defensive walls in northern China began about 688 BC. Today, the dragon-like walls that follow the mountain ridges and valleys north of Beijing were...

This textbook assembles key writings on the modern history of the Middle East by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field. The book aims to meet the needs...

This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages...

Poussin's scenes of bacchanalian revelry, tripping maenads and skipping nymphs are often described as 'dancelike' and 'choreographed'. The artist's dancing pictures helped him develop a new approach to painting that...

Robert Louis Stevenson was an influential travel writer, who said "to travel hopefully is better than to arrive". He is best-known for his literary travels in the past, in such...

This issue of Art & Design takes its theme from an important exhibition, proposed by the American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth for the Camden Arts Centre in London. It brings...

The book titled Cary Grant: A Celebration by the author Richard Schnickel. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Futurism, brainchild of the Italian writer and impresario, F.T. Marinetti, was the defining avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. This book traces it from its origins in dissident underground...

One of a series introducing major movements in modern art to general readers, students and gallery visitors, this text looks at Cubism, perhaps the seminal movement for the arts of...

Modernism is a broad term, used generally to convey a faith in progress and a healthy scepticism for received ideas and traditional values. More specifically, the Modernist tendency has often...

Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha (c. 1770-1849), often dubbed "the founder of modern Egypt", was one of the most important figures in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Born in what...

The book titled Kane and Abel by the author Jeffrey Archer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.