Nyoongar Legacy - The Naming of the Land and the Language of It's People by Bernard Rooney; Sheila Humphries (Illustrator); Wilo Humphries (Illustrator)
Category: Languages and Reference
The Nyoongar Legacy is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia. It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region.Each entry offer ...Show more
712 More Things to Write About by San Francisco Writers' Grotto
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: 642
Here are 712 more witty, outrageous, and thought-provoking writing prompts for fans of the superpopular 642 Things to Write About—all guaranteed to get the creative juices flowing: from listing childhood hiding places and describing the sensation of falling asleep to creating memorable characters, unusu ...Show more
The Mind-Body Stress Reset: Somatic Practices to Reduce Overwhelm and Increase Well-Being by REBEKKAH LADYNE
Category: Languages and Reference
Somatic or body-based skills are at the cutting edge of wellness and stress reduction. This book offers do-it-yourself techniques designed to help you reset your nervous system, beat stress, and cultivate calm. Stress--it's not just in your head. Whether you've experienced a racing heart, shortness of b ...Show more
Sun Tzu The Art of War Through the Ages by Bob Carruthers
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Military History from Primary Sources Ser.
'The Art of War' is an ancient Chinese military treatise that is attributed to Sun Tzu, a high ranking military general and strategist. It is composed of thirteen chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is accepted as a masterpiece on strategy, mastering conflict and winning batt ...Show more
Safe Space by Alyssa Huynh
Category: Languages and Reference
A collection of essays and advice about navigating racism in modern Australia, and creating your own safe space, for those who have faced racial discrimination and their allies. I’ve played the role of the quiet and embarrassed Asian girl who shyly laughs along more than I should have in my lifetime. ...Show more
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce; John Simpson
Category: Languages and Reference
The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce in a mysterious way," commonly with the property of another. Spring beckons All things to the call respond; The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond. Phela Orm ABSENT, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded ...Show more
Advanced Creative Nonfiction - A Writer's Guide and Anthology by Sean Prentiss; Jessica Hendry Nelson
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies Ser.
Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form-including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more-while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, ...Show more
The Unwinding: Thirty Years of American Decline by George Packer
Category: Languages and Reference
Just over a decade into the new millennium, America is beset by a sense of crisis. The seismic shifts that occurred in the space of a generation have created a country of winners and losers, leaving the social contract in pieces. In The Unwinding, George Packer narrates the story of America over the pas ...Show more
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
Category: Languages and Reference
The extraordinary #1 bestseller - a word-of-mouth literary phenomenon 'Do not read this book in public: it will make you cry' Anne Enright 'Every line pulses with the pain and joy and complexity of an extraordinary life' Mark O'Connell 'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disr ...Show more
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
Category: Languages and Reference
Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the struggle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential conditions ...Show more
So Sad Today : Personal Essays by Melissa Broder
Category: Languages and Reference
From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes the darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays that Roxane Gay called sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous. Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a h ...Show more