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Maggie Gee: Writing the Condition-of-England Novel
A detailed study of Maggie Gee's work that illustrates how she is rewriting the mid-Victorian condition-of-England novel for 21st-century Britain.
Sky High
Presents the life and career of the Chinese American woman who dreamed of flying as a child and who went on to become one of only two Chinese American Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to serve during World War II.
Blood
Adult children take revenge on their brutal father, but the victim crawls back. Literary black comedy with lashings of thriller.
Virginia Woolf in Manhattan
What if Virginia Woolf came back to life in the twenty-first century?Bestselling author Angela Lamb is going through a mid-life crisis. She dumps her irrepressible daughter Gerda at boarding school and flies to New York to pursue her passion for Woolf, whose manuscripts are held in a private collection. When a bedraggled Virginia Woolf herself materialises among the bookshelves and is promptly evicted, Angela, stunned, rushes after her on to the streets of Manhattan. Soon she is chaperoning her troublesome heroine as Virginia tries to understand the internet and scams bookshops with 'rare signed editions'. Then Virginia insists on flying with Angela to Istanbul, where she is surprised by love and steals the show at an International Conference on – Virginia Woolf.Virginia Woolf in Manhattan is a witty and profound novel about female rivalry, friendships, mothers and daughters, and the miraculous possibilities of a second chance at life.
Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide November 2004
Guide to Australian print, radio, television and electronic media organisations.
Mass Media
Mass media has become an integral part of the human experience. News travels around the world in a split second affecting people in other countries in untold ways. Although being on top of the news may be good, at least for news junkies, mass media also transmits values or the lack thereof, condenses complex events and thoughts to simplified sound bites and often ignores the essence of an event or story. The selective bibliography gathers the books and magazine literature over the previous ten years while providing access through author, title and subject indexes.
Greeniology
Being green is easier than you think. Greeniology is a practical, comprehensive and fun guide to local environmental action in your home, at work and on holiday. It's about living in comfort and style, and in harmony with the natural environment. Tanya Ha's green living advice, tips and ideas for the beginner and committed tree-hugger alike will compel you to change your life, and to be part of the solution to our planet's problems. As Gandhi said, 'Be the change you want to see in the world'. Find out how to: reduce the impact of your lifestyle on the health of the planet make your home more comfortable all year round save money on energy and water bills choose greener products cut your petrol costs, and make your home safer and healthier for your family.
2062
‘A compelling invitation to imagine the future we want’ —BRIAN CHRISTIAN, author of The Most Human Human By 2062 we will have built machines as intelligent as us – so the leading artificial intelligence and robotics experts predict. But what will this future look like? In 2062, world-leading researcher Toby Walsh considers the impact AI will have on work, war, economics, politics, everyday life and even death. Will automation take away most jobs? Will robots become conscious and take over? Will we become immortal machines ourselves, uploading our brains to the cloud? How will politics adjust to the post-truth, post-privacy digitised world? When we have succeeded in building intellige...
