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Richard M. Flanagan
Robert Wagner was New York City’s true New Deal mayor, killed Tammany Hall. The world Wagner shaped delivers municipal services efficiently at the cost of local democracy. The story of…
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Big city mayors rank among the most powerful and colorful politicians in America. Yet few books focus on the leadership challenges the occupants of the office face. Mayors and the…
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Richard Flanagan
As a river guide is trapped under a rapid and begins to drown, the entirety of his life in Tasmania–flora and fauna–sings him home. Aljaz arrives at a world where…
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FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 Trapped within a waterfall on the wild Franklin River, Tasmanian river guide, Aljaz Cosini, lies drowning. As the tourists he has…
An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best.
An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best. In a world of perennial fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother…
Kif Kehlmann, a young penniless writer, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for…
A young Aboriginal girl, Mathinna, is adopted by the most celebrated explorer of the age, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane, to show that the savage can be…
The Unknown Terrorist is a relentless tour de force that paints a devastating picture of a contemporary society gone haywire, where the ceaseless drumbeat of terror alert levels, news reports…
Notes on the exodus of refugees from Syria, by Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan. With illustrations from Archibald Prize winner Ben Quilty.
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Nelson Algren
The book that inspired Lou Reed’s ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ and was made into a screenplay by John Fante
David Flanagan, Richard Creagh
Exploring Ireland is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the outdoors, from families looking for gentle Sunday strolls to experienced adventurers seeking out challenging hikes, paddles and cycles.
Felix Unger
Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seinar), course: Contemporary Australian Narratives in English, language: English, abstract: In…
Daniel C. Kramer,Richard M. Flanagan
This book chronicles how the forgotten borough has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics…
H Bedford-Jones
Under Nostradamus’ care, wounded Scottish gentleman Cameron of Glenlyon was soon healed, and he told of his mission: he bore a secret message from Scotland to young Queen Mary; and…
Richard Kirkham,Halim Boussabaine,Roger Flanagan
This book de-mystifies whole life-cycle costing (WLCC) by engaging the reader in the theoretical aspects as well as the practice based issues. The editors have brought together contributions from the…
Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious Blue Book Magazine, author H. Bedford-Jones crafted the most ambitious work of his career: a massive, 34-part saga of seafaring…
Spanning ancient Roman times, Normandy, medieval England and Germany, France, and colonial America, and including appearances by Cleopatra, d'Artagnan, and Cyrano de Bergerac, author H. Bedford-Jones details some of the…
Richard Dean Burns,Joseph M. Siracusa,Jason C. Flanagan
This book provides a succinct and accessible interpretation of the major event and ideas that have shaped U.S. foreign relations since the American Revolution-historical factors that now affect our current…
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