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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A new battle is brewing on Murray Island where the historic Mabo land rights case originated. This time, the outcome could have far-reaching implications for Australia's open waters. Growing numbers of large-scale commercial operators plunder the sea around the island (traditionally known as Mer) in spite of a 1975 treaty to protect the traditional way of life and livelihood of its indigenous fishing people. Murray Islanders now believe that gaining...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The four-part drama that tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The story of that little boy who would grow up to become arguably the most, and according to People Magazine, the sexiest man in America. In addition to personal photos from John's closest friends, the film features vintage footage of young John-John in the White House, on vacation with his family, and rare footage of John in the years after his famous father's assassination.
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Drawing upon a rich variety of techniques - dramatised re-enactment, actuality, cinema verite, archival footage and others - the producers have been careful not to subjugate fact to entertaining fictions about our past, yet The Migrant Experience is richly entertaining. It is also controversial. It hotly debates the White Australia policy in the very first episode, which offers a general history of migration to Australia over 200 years. In Part...
11) New faces
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Broadway musical stage production filmed in 1952. The then-unknown artists who appeared in New faces went on to major stage, screen, and television careers. Includes such hit songs as "C'est si bon, " "Santa Baby, " "Monotonous, " and "Lizzie Borden."
12) The Irish R.M
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Story about a retired English army officer who is appointed Resident Magistrate for the West of Ireland in the days before Irish independence.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Harry Mathews (1930-2017) was among the most inventive and unorthodox writers of his generation. His novels earned comparisons to Vladimir Nabokov and Thomas Pynchon and bear the mark of one who learned "never to settle for results that are merely reassuring." But Mathews was a poet first, and he prized poetry for its transformational and redemptive power. Collected Poems: 1946-2016 gathers seven prior collections, together with poems never before...
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volume. The most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published, Great Women Artists reflects an era where art made by women is more prominent than ever. In museums, galleries, and the art market, previously overlooked female artists, past and present, are now gaining recognition and value. Featuring more than 400...
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
American edition, first [American] edition.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of five hundred poems by poets from around the world explores themes of passion, spirituality, death, and friendship, in a collection that includes contributions by such writers as Mary Oliver, W.H. Auden, Charles Simic.
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