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Ragin, Derek Lee (singer)
Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.
John Lee: the man they could not hang
Using contemporary newspaper reports, letters and other documents, this book reveals the story of an horrific murder and the infamous attempts to hang John Lee for the crime. The book has a special focus on the letters of Stephen Bryan, who campaigned not only for the benefit of John Lee, but many others. Tragically, most of his activities have been forgotten, although his reputation lasted a long time after his death at the local level.
Dao De Jing
Compare any of the translations of the Dao De Jing that are available and anyone unfamiliar with the original Chinese might be perplexed that there are such great differences in translation to be found. Indeed, the differences can often be so great that one may wonder if the same original text has been used for the translations. Part of the problem is the abstracted and ambiguous nature of the original Chinese. To overcome the difficulties associated with that text, the translator of this work decided to offer the reader two versions: one a literal, word-for-word, translation, and, the other, a more conventional kind. The literal translation appears side-by-side with the original Chinese, no...
Zhuang Zi
Zhuang Zi is not unknown in the West, but his work is not appreciated nor understood as well as it deserves to be. Perhaps that is not surprising given that his work originates from the Warring States period of ancient China (475–221 bce). Of course, his ideas are sometimes quite abstruse and not as accessible as those of Plato; nor are they suited to the Western preference for linear methods of exposition. But Zhuang Zi does reveal a remarkably sophisticated philosophical outlook; a gentle, if sometimes, provocative humour; and, incidentally, displays and affirms our common humanity despite the passage of over two thousand years. Zhuang Zi writes mainly using allegory and example. The Wes...
Selected Tang Dynasty Poems of Li Bai
Li Bai is one of China’s most famous Tang Dynasty poets; affectionately known as the ‘drunken poet’. However, his drunkenness was not of the bacchanalian type, but rather, a good-natured form of intoxication, which gave rise to a sensitive appreciation of the beauties of nature, as well as the frailties and vulnerabilities of the human condition. There can never be a definitive translation of his poetry, but hopefully the translations presented here might possibly capture something of the original which the reader might appreciate, and which, at least, might serve as a reasonable introduction to the original Chinese, which is presented together with the translation. In the end, when we read the work of Li Bai, in the original or in translation, we find no real difficulty in appreciating his outlook on life, whilst his themes still find resonance with us today, either in China or elsewhere.
Squares and other shapes
If one is not to judge a book by its cover, should one judge book covers from their inclusion in a book? It is not the purpose of this book to offer any answers to such a question, but simply to present some historical cover designs for consideration.
Country Boy
Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the "guitar player's guitar player," renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect that he has garnered from other industry giants. This comprehensive biography tells the entire story of Lee's long career and personal experiences, beginning with his upbringing in south London and his early experimentations with skiffle music (the British equivalent of American rockabilly). It covers Lee's career in Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds and the British rock and country group Heads, Hands, and Feet, his move to th...
Stagger Lee
A graphic novel adaptation of the legend of Lee Shelton, better known as Stagger Lee, which tells of the dice game that led to Lee shooting and killing Billy Lyons, and which inspired the famous song.
