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Forever Words: The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash
$29.99 AUD
Category: writing poetry literature
Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In his newly discovered poems and song lyrics, we see the world through his eyes. The poetry reveals his depth of understanding, both of the world around him and within - his frailties and his strengths alike. He pens v ...Show more
Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson; Jen Bervin; Marta Werner
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Category: writing poetry literature
Although a very prolific poet--and arguably America's greatest--Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) published fewer than a dozen of her eighteen hundred poems. Instead, she created at home small handmade books. When, in her later years, she stopped producing these, she was still writing a great deal, and at her ...Show more
The Divine Comedy by Clive James, Dante Alighieri
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Category: writing poetry literature
The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and Clive James's translation--decades in the making--gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent, and compulsively readable lyric poem. For the first time ever in an English translation, James makes the bold choice of switching from the terza ...Show more
Collected Poems by Judith Wright
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Category: writing poetry literature
A new edition of the Collected Poems of Judith Wright, one of Australia's best-loved poets This definitive collection represents the impressive poetic achievement of one of Australia's best loved and most highly respected poets.Judith Wright's Collected Poems comprises her work from 1942 to 1985 and is ...Show more
The Best Australian Poems 2016 by Sarah Holland-Batt (Editor)
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Category: writing poetry literature
'Above all, poetry - for both its readers and its writers - is a form that demands attentiveness and active intelligence. It treats language as a volatile and charged commodity, and one whose subtleties and nuances are worth puzzling over.' Award-winning poet, critic, editor and academic Sarah Holland-B ...Show more
100 Australian Poems You Need To Know by Jamie Grant (Editor); Phillip Adams (Foreword by); Andy Warren (Designed by)
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Category: writing poetry literature
Poetry? For today's readers? Yes, and not just for those who buy their poetry collections religiously either: this book is for everyone. Frustrated by the perception that Australian poetry is dry, inaccessible and focused only on the country's landscape, acclaimed poet Jamie Grant decided to form his ow ...Show more
Literary Wonderlands by Laura Miller
$39.99 AUD
Category: writing poetry literature
From the advent of the first works of literature many millennia ago, writers have used imaginary worlds both to entertain their readers and to examine concepts, highlight key issues and consider their personal beliefs about the society, natural surroundings and experience of being of which they are a pa ...Show more
Collins Easy Learning: English Verbs by Sandra (CON) Anderson
$18.99 AUD
Category: writing poetry literature | Series: Collins Easy Learning English | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Collins Easy Learning English Verbs is an accessible guide to English verbs. With simple explanations of English verbs and the way they work, this book will prove indispensable for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of English verbs. Using clear explanations and examples, all the essential gram ...Show more
Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story by Michael Rosen
$35.00 AUD
Category: writing poetry literature
From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth ...Show more
Between You and Me - Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
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Category: writing poetry literature
The most irreverent and enjoyable book on language since Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding the New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage. Now she brings her vast experience and sharpened pencil to help the rest of us, in a charming language book as ...Show more
What is English?: and Why Should We Care? by Tim William Machan
$38.95 AUD
Category: writing poetry literature
What is English? Can we be as certain as we usually are when we say something is not English? To find some answers Tim Machan explores the language's present and past, and looks ahead to its futures among the one and a half billion people who speak it. His search is fascinating and important, for defini ...Show more
Story of Australian English by Kel Richards
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Category: writing poetry literature
The English language arrived in Australia with the first motley bunch of European settlers on 26 January 1788. Today there is clearly a distinctive Australian regional dialect with its own place among the global family of 'Englishes'. How did this come about? Where did the distinctive pattern, accent, a ...Show more