Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge’s satirical Small...
Oxbrook is like so many country towns in Australia, everyone knows everyone else and most young people want to get out. Sam, the butcher's daughter and closet vegetarian, is no...
'I don't know what I'm doing here. Well, I do really I have been sent here to learn to talk again. Sent here because my mother can't stand my silent...
Now in its eighth edition, this continues to be the indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead. Revised and updated throughout, it remains unrivalled...
On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima - bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old.Soldier Boy is Jim's extraordinary true...
Joey knows there is a Japanese soldier hiding in the hills. It was a Japanese man, a soldier, who hauled him out of the mineshaft, who lit the fire to...
Sophocles (translated by David Franklin & John Harrison)
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed...
Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course...
When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis,...
When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis,...
When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a...
When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a...
When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the magical world of special effects explains how experts make the impossible seem real in films and includes a host of diagrams and movie stills from...
Speed-the-Plow sees two old-time movie collaborators manipulate the aspirations of a young woman who will do anything to attain her dream of success in "a brilliant black comedy, a dazzling...
The six Spelling Diary books are designed to help children learn and apply some of the basic spelling strategies, rules and skills required to become good spellers.
Spelling Matters, 3rd edition brings you stimulating and proven activities designed to enhance spelling skills and strategies. This highly successful spelling series addresses the curriculum and provides teachers and parents...
Spelling Matters, 3rd edition brings you stimulating and proven activities designed to enhance spelling skills and strategies. This highly successful spelling series addresses the curriculum and provides teachers and parents...
This sharp and snappy collection of short stories will grab students' attention right from the start. This unique anthology contains chilling and challenging tales that can be easily read, discussed...
A full colour text written to the NSW HSC Studies of Religion I syllabus covering the five prescribed religions and extending into topics such as significant people, ideas and practices,...
Wedekind's play about adolescent sexuality is as disturbing today as when it was first produced. "Spring Awakening "was written in 1891 but had to wait the greater part of a...
Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England. This is a tale of a dashing French officer who is captured during the Napoleonic Wars and imprisoned in Scotland St....
Turning the best stories inside out and upside down! Stalking the Story 1 and 2 explore where stories come from, how they develop, what shapes they take and why we...