|
Bookstore
Category : fiction - 63 result(s)
View Details
|
Bit of Difference, A
Sefi Atta
At thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas. Deola works as a financial reviewer for an international charity. When her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her father’s five-year memorial service, she finds herself turning her scrutiny inward. In Nigeria, Deola encounters changes in her family and in the urban...
In stock.
|
$24.95
|
• Instant Download ( pdf mobi epub )
|
$14.95
|
View Details
|
Language in Common, A
Marion Molteno
‘Marion Molteno’s stories concern one community and her relationship with it that has been sustained and practical over the years… Their chief and overwhelming characteristic is her compassion and her talent for sensitive perception.’ —Anita Desai
A vivid collection of stories based on the author’s nine years as an adult education worker, mainly among women from India and Pakistan living in...
In stock.
|
$19.95
|
View Details
|
Aesop the Fox
Suniti Namjoshi
Aesop’s fables are brought to life by the timely intervention of Sprite from the future, who prods Aesop into debate about the meaning of stories: are they for fun, or do they have the chance to change the world? This book offers a virtuoso display into how the building blocks of fables can enchant, enrage, enlighten and educate us all.
Very little is known about Aesop who was supposed to have...
In stock.
Ships in 1-2 business days. |
$24.95
|
• Instant Download ( pdf mobi epub )
|
$14.95
|
View Details
|
All That False Instruction
Kerryn Higgs
A SPINIFEX FEMINIST CLASSIC
A Spinifex feminist classic, and winner of the Angus and Robertson manuscript prize.
Growing up in a rural working-class home, Maureen Craig rebels against her angry mother, the privileges of her favoured brother and the relentless conformity of 1950s Australia. University promises a new world both terrifying and exhilarating in its challenges. She explores her...
In stock.
|
$24.95
|
• Instant Download ( pdf mobi epub )
|
$14.95
|
|
Out Now
 In the cold winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits travel from the pale sunlight of England to the raw heat of Australia....  Beautifully written by First Nations women on Gurindji country where the fight for equal wages began. This book...  I am seen by many as a danger. As having failed to understand the new rules, the new paradigm of successful motherhood.
 NEW EDITION
The women in this book may be among the last to have babies without the medical stamp of approval.
Today's... |
