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Melbourne

AvSophie Cunningham

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

259 kr

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Melbourne’s a city you get to know from the inside out — you have to walk it to love it. My favourite time to do this is at night. That’s when you capture glimpses of people — eating, laughing, talking, arguing, watching TV and reading — through halfopen terrace house doors and windows. That’s when you see a shaft of moonlight shoot bright down a bluestone lane, though, as often as not, by the time you look up to see the source of the light a cloud has moved across the sky and the moon has disappeared. It is a city of inside places and conversation. Of intimacy. It’s a city that lives in its head. Melbourne begins on Black Saturday, the day that bushfires tore through the outskirts of Melbourne, destroying the townships of Marysville and Kinglake and shattering thousands of lives. In this bestselling book, Sophie Cunningham writes about what happened over the year that followed. She tries to capture the texture of the city, journeying into her own recollections of the city she grew up in and its history, along the way. Sit through a heatwave, visit the drains underneath the city, participate in a letterpress workshop, wander alongside the Yarra now protected by its traditional custodians the Wurundjeri, cycle alongside tram tracks and cheer at the footy. Live through the drought before the storm, the rain before yet more fire and days of searing heat. Along the way Cunningham shares her Melbourne, its stories and its characters, loving and hating its weather all the while. City of conversations, city of literature, layered and connected, Melbourne evokes the city’s spirit and heart. In her new Introduction Cunningham returns to Melbourne after a period away and reflects on how much her city has changed since Melbourne was first published in 2011: it is hotter, growing more trees and well and truly on the rise. A deeply personal portrait of Melbourne by renowned writer and previous editor of Meanjin, Sophie CunninghamExplores the major influences that have shaped the city – Indigenous water management, weather, music, laneways, AFL, theatre, coffee, food, books, the Yarra River, creeks, cycling, pubs, suburbia and transportConsiders how bushfires and drastically changing weather patterns have affected MelburniansAuthor is one of our most prominent writers and essayists, and a regular at writers’ festivals and literary eventsUpdated edition of a classic with a new Introduction in which Cunningham reflects on how Melbourne has changed since her book was first published in 2011Melbourne was the bestselling title of all the books in the City SeriesShe notes that Melbourne is on track to become Australia’s most populous city

Shirley Streshinsky, Jane Smiley, David Shafer, Mandy Sayer, Francine Prose, DBC Pierre, Keija Parssinen, Christina Nichol, Lydia Millet, Alexander McCall Smith, Jack Livings, Marina Lewycka, Catherine Lacey, Lily King, Fiona Kidman, Porochista Khakpour, Lloyd Jones, Suzanne Joinson, M J Hyland, Steven Hall, Dave Eggers, Avi Duckor-Jones, Rebecca Dinerstein, Sophie Cunningham, Stefan Merrill Block, Marie Helene Bertino, Natalie Baszile, Steven Amsterdam, Karen Joy Fowler - Better than Fiction 2, E-bok

Better than Fiction 2

True adventures from 30 great fiction writers

AvShirley Streshinsky,Jane Smileym. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2015

97 kr

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From Lonely Planet, the world''s leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012''s Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world''s best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler.

Varied in place, plot and voice, these are stirring and evocative pieces that all share one common characteristic-they manifest a passion for the precious gift of travel, from its unexpected but inevitably enriching lessons about other peoples and places, to the truths, sometimes uncomfortable but always enlarging, it reveals about ourselves.

By turns comic, dramatic, and moving - from Francine Prose''s confrontation of the mysteries of India to DBC Pierre''s search for Hemingway''s muse in Italy - these 30 short tales reveal the joys, perils, and surprises of travel, and that truth can often be stranger (and better) than fiction.

Whether on a plane en route to your own travel adventure, or at home settling in for a vicarious experience of world adventures, embark on this literary journey around the world and explore your passion for travel now!

Authors: Lonely Planet, Don George, Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley, Karen Joy Fowler, Stefan Merrill Block, Francine Prose, DBC Pierre, Fiona Kidman, Alexander McCall Smith, Keija Parssinen, MJ Hyland, Catherine Lacey, Rebecca Dinerstein, Lloyd Jones, Porochista Khakpour, Jack Livings, Marina Lewycka, Lydia Millet, Suzanne Joinson, Sophie Cunningham, Christina Nichol, Mandy Sayer, Steven Amsterdam, Marie-Helene Bortino, Shirley Streshinsky, Steven Hall, David Shafer, Avi Duckor-Jones, Lily King, Aliya Whitely, and Natalie Baszile

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world''s leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet''s mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

Lonely Planet''s award-winning list travel literature anthologies include An Innocent Abroad (Independent Publishers Award, Silver for Essays, 2015) and A Fork in the Road (Lowell Thomas Award, Bronze for Travel Book, 2014; James Bear Award, Nominated for Travel Fiction, 2014).

''Lonely Planet. It''s on everyone''s bookshelves; it''s in every traveller''s hands. It''s on mobile phones. It''s on the Internet. It''s everywhere, and it''s telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.'' -- Fairfax Media

''Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.'' - New York Times

Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler''s Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Fire Flood and Plague

AvSophie Cunningham

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

141 kr

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Fire Flood Plague

Australian writers respond to 2020

AvSophie Cunningham

E-bok

Engelska, 2020

273 kr

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2020 began with firestorms raging through the country, followed by floods, and then a global pandemic that has changed how Australians think, feel and live. We all experienced this year differently, but one thing rings true for all of us: this is a year we won’t forget.This anthology brings together original work from a diverse collection of Australian voices, from writers to scientists, journalists to historians, all expressing what 2020 meant to them. They write of ash falling from the sky, fish dying on riverbanks, loved ones lost, loved ones reunited, the historical resonance of fire and plague for Indigenous Australians, geopolitical tensions, the changed nature of travel, friendships rekindled on Zoom, the urgency of the Black Lives Matter movement, the state of the arts and the media, the importance of nurturing our inner lives, communities destroyed and communities rebuilding.FIRE FLOOD PLAGUE is a vital cultural record of the resilience and humanity needed in these extraordinary times.Including original pieces from Lenore Taylor, Nyadol Nuon, Christos Tsiolkas, Melissa Lucashenko, Billy Griffiths, Jess Hill, Kim Scott, Brenda Walker, Jane Rawson, Omar Sakr, Richard McGregor, Jennifer Mills, Gabrielle Chan, John Birmingham, Tim Flannery, Rebecca Giggs, Kate Cole-Adams, George Megalogenis, James Bradley, Alison Croggon, Melanie Cheng, Kirsten Tranter, Tom Griffiths, Joëlle Gergis and Delia Falconer.

This Devastating Fever

AvSophie Cunningham

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

123 kr

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Sometimes you need to go deep into the past, to make sense of the present. Alice had not expected to spend the first twenty years of the twenty-first century writing about Leonard Woolf. When she stood on Morell Bridge watching fireworks explode from the rooftops of Melbourne at the start of a new millennium, she had only two thoughts. One was: the fireworks are better in Sydney. The other was: was the world’s technology about to crash down around her? The world’s technology did not crash. But there were worse disasters to come: Environmental collapse. The return of fascism. Wars. A sexual reckoning. A plague. Uncertain of what to do she picks up an unfinished project and finds herself trapped with the ghosts of writers past. What began as a novel about a member of the Bloomsbury set, colonial administrator, publisher and husband of one the most famous English writers of the twentieth century becomes something else altogether. Complex, heartfelt, darkly funny and deeply moving, this is Sophie Cunningham’s most important book to date – a dazzlingly original novel about what it’s like to live through a time that feels like the end of days, and how we can find comfort and answers in the past.

Mango and Hopscotch: The Inspiring Story of a Brave Kangaroo and Her Joey Rescued from Floodwaters

AvSophie Cunningham

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

254 kr

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Flipper and Finnegan - The True Story of How Tiny Jumpers Saved Little Penguins

AvSophie Cunningham

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

171 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Flipper and Finnegan live on a beautiful island. Every morning they hunt for fish in the clear blue ocean waters.Every evening they waddle up the beach together with all their friends - it's a penguin parade.But one day, when Flipper comes up for air she gets covered in something that is black and smelly and sticky - and Finnegan is nowhere to be seen...This is the miraculous true story of how a viral knitting campaign helped save the lives of Millowl/Phillip Island's Little Penguins.This book is perfect for: - kids who love true stories of animal rescue - celebrating community and small kind acts - talking to kids about oil spills and other ecological disasters, in a gentle and hopeful tone, focusing on rescue, care, and recovery - exploring environmental themes

This Devastating Fever

AvSophie Cunningham

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

219 kr

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'This Devastating Fever is a very good novel.’ – Howard Jacobson, New Statesman'I loved this book. I absolutely loved it.’ – Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap and Barracuda'This is a great novel of enduring significance and enormous beauty.’ – Sydney Morning HeraldSometimes you need to delve into the past, to make sense of the present. Alice had not expected to spend most of the twenty-first century writing about Leonard Woolf. When she stood on Morell Bridge watching fireworks explode from the rooftops of Melbourne at the start of a new millennium, she had only two thoughts. One was: the fireworks are better in Sydney. The other was: is Y2K going to be a thing? Y2K was not a thing. But there were worse disasters to come. Environmental collapse. The return of fascism. Wars. A sexual reckoning. A plague. Uncertain of what to do she picks up an unfinished project and finds herself trapped with the ghosts of writers past. What began as a novel about a member of the Bloomsbury Set becomes something else altogether. Complex, heartfelt, darkly funny and deeply moving, this is a dazzlingly original novel about what it’s like to live through a time that feels like the end of days, and how we can find comfort and answers in the past.

Tippy and Jellybean: The True Story of a Brave Koala who Saved her Baby from a Bushfire

AvSophie Cunningham

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

147 kr

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Tippy and her baby Jellybean live in a beautiful eucalyptus forest.One day, they wake up and sniff the air. It's smokey, hot and windy.Kangaroos and wallabies are bounding.Lizards and snakes are slithering.Wombats are heading to their burrows.The cockatoos take off in an enormous flock.Tippy can't hop. Or run. Or fly.Instead she shelters her baby in the only way she can…This is the uplifting story of a mother koala who saved her baby from a bushfire, and the dedicated vets who look after them until they are healed and ready to go home.Proceeds from this book will raise money for the Bushfire Emergency Wildlife Fund.

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Sophie Cunningham – författare

Melbourne

Better than Fiction 2

Fire Flood and Plague

Fire Flood Plague

This Devastating Fever

Mango and Hopscotch: The Inspiring Story of a Brave Kangaroo and Her Joey Rescued from Floodwaters

Flipper and Finnegan - The True Story of How Tiny Jumpers Saved Little Penguins

This Devastating Fever

Tippy and Jellybean: The True Story of a Brave Koala who Saved her Baby from a Bushfire

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