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Letters, notes, newsclippings, drafts, typescripts, magazines, galleys, and cassettes, for works including 'The green mosaic', 'A million wild acres', 'Celebration of the senses', 'Doorways', and for his history of the Chinese in Australia.
Celebration of the Sensesis a joyous testament to life, and a frank and powerful exploration of the five senses- sight, taste, hearing, touch and feelings, and smell. It is also a celebration of writing and words, of sex - 'the finest celebration of being alive' - of farming, of water and soil.
The award-winning poet and writer's account of his twenty years living by the Namoi river at Boggabri, in western New South Wales, illustrated with line drawings. It tells of the bond between his family and the land. This is a reissue of the original hardback edition published in 1974 by Angus & Robertson but with a new jacket. In 1992, the author was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to literature and environmental awareness. His other works include TA Million Wild Acres', TCelebration of the Senses' and TSojourners'.
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Henry Lawson - Miles Franklin - Henry Handel Richardson - Kenneth Slessor - Eleanor Dark - Christina Stead - Kylie Tennant - Patrick White - Thomas Keneally - Mem Fox.
One day during an afternoon at the ball park, author Eric Gray asked his wife, daughter, and friend to identify their favorite game that they had been to. Little did he know, that simple question would soon take on a life of its own. As the question made its way to family members, friends, friends of friends, strangers and beyond, it gave way to a surprising collection of incredibly diverse stories and perspectives. Thus, Bases to Bleachers was born. Much more than your average baseball book, the many special and unique stories shared with readers here, whether they're about watching or playing, either at the Major League level or Little League, represent a wide gamut of experiences. Some en...
Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century. Ecological disorder and inequity is at the heart of our food system. This thoughtful and confronting book tells the story of how the development of modern agriculture promised ecological and social stability but instead descended into dysfunction. Contributing to knowledge in environmental, cultural and agricultural histories, it explores how people have tried to live in the aftermath of ‘ecological imperialism’. The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress: An environmental history journeys to the dry inland plains of Australia where European ideas and agricultural technolo...
Sushi and sashimi are by now a global sensation and have become perhaps the best known of Japanese foods—but they are also the most widely misunderstood. Oishii: The History of Sushi reveals that sushi began as a fermented food with a sour taste, used as a means to preserve fish. This book, the first history of sushi in English, traces sushi’s development from China to Japan and then internationally, and from street food to high-class cuisine. Included are two dozen historical and original recipes that show the diversity of sushi and how to prepare it. Written by an expert on Japanese food history, Oishii is a must read for understanding sushi’s past, its variety and sustainability, and how it became one of the world’s greatest anonymous cuisines.
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