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| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Lieutenant Kate Grenville, 2010-09-14 A young astronomer in colonial Australia faces tragedy on the ground in this follow-up to the award-winning The Secret River—“A triumph. Read it at once” (The Sunday Times, UK). A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Grenville’s The Lieutenant is a gripping story of friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales, Australia. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was an outsider. Ridiculed in school for his intellect and misunderstood by his parents, he finds a path for himself in the British Navy—and in his love for astronomy. As a young lieutenant, Daniel joins a voyage to Australia. And while his countrymen struggle to control their cargo of convicts and communicate with nearby Aboriginal tribes, Daniel constructs an observatory to chart the stars and begin the work he prays will make him famous. Out on his isolated point, Daniel becomes involved with the local Aborigines, forging an intimate connection with one girl that will change the course of his life. But when his compatriots come into conflict with the indigenous population, Daniel must turn away from the stars and declare his loyalties on the ground. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Secret River Kate Grenville, 2011 'Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year. After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a de... |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Searching for the Secret River Kate Grenville, 2010-05-16 Searching for the Secret River is the extraordinary story of how Kate Grenville came to write her award-winning novel, The Secret River. It all began with her ancestor Solomon Wiseman, a convict who later found fortune and settled on the Hawkesbury. Grenville pursued him from Sydney to London and back, and then up the Hawkesbury itself. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Case Against Fragrance Kate Grenville, 2017-01-30 Read The Case Against Fragrance and you will never think about fragrance in the same way again. If you have been suffering fragrance in silence, you will know you are not alone.’ Conversation Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beauty. Then the headaches started. Like perhaps a quarter of the population, Grenville reacts badly to the artificial fragrances around us: other people’s perfumes, and all those scented cosmetics, cleaning products and air fresheners. On a book tour in 2015, dogged by ill health, she started wondering: what’s in fragrance? Who tests it for safety? What does it do to people? The more Grenville investigated, the more she felt this was a story that should be told. The chemicals in fragrance can be linked not only to short-term problems like headaches and asthma, but to long-term ones like hormone disruption and cancer. Yet products can be released onto the market without testing. They’re regulated only by the same people who make and sell them. And the ingredients don’t even have to be named on the label. This book is based on careful research into the science of scent and the power of the fragrance industry. But, as you’d expect from an acclaimed novelist, it’s also accessible and personal. The Case Against Fragrance will make you see—and smell—the world differently. When I was little, my mother had a tiny, precious bottle of perfume on her dressing-table and on special occasions she’d put a dab behind her ears. The smell of Arpege was always linked in my mind with excitement and pleasure–Mum with her hair done, wearing her best dress and her pearls, off for a night out with Dad. When I got old enough to have my own special occasions I also had my favourite perfume. I loved the bottles: those sensuous shapes. I loved the names and the labels, so evocative of all things glamorous. Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Her bestselling novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History. Kate lives in Sydney and her most recent works are the non-fiction books One Life: My Mother’s Story and The Case Against Fragrance. ‘One spritz of aftershave or perfume can leave other people retching and clutching their heads—you never see that in the ads.’ Kaz Cooke ‘Beginning with her own physical reaction to fragrance that begins with a headache a lot of us know ourselves, she investigates the fragrance industry and its side-effects and interweaves these facts with the personal to create an accessible work of non-fiction.’ ArtsHub ‘Fact-dense and extensively referenced, the book is a delight to read and never gets bogged down...While some of the science has been simplified, the book generally conveys the sense of it correctly...Well developed and thoughtful. Read The Case Against Fragrance and you will never think about fragrance in the same way again. If you have been suffering fragrance in silence, you will know you are not alone.’ Conversation ‘Grenville sets out to unlock the dark science—the volatile compounds, conspiracies and carcinogens—hiding in perfume, the ingredients of which are regularly listed as alcohol, water and the mysterious catch-all “fragrance”.’ New Statesman ‘In this appealingly written exploration, Kate uncovers the dark side of the fragrance industry, from the carcinogens in after-shave to the hormone disruptors in perfume that mimic oestrogen.’ Child ‘An insightful and frightening book.’ Readings ‘Readable, interesting and informative.’ Big Book Club ‘Grenville expresses hope though that our society will find solutions to the fragrant violation of personal space based on courtesy and civility rather than on regulation and policy.’ Australian Book Review ‘You may be familiar with Australian novelist Kate Grenville’s work but she enters new territory here. After exposure to perfumes and scents delivered ill-health her way, Grenville got curious as to why...The result is a fascinating (and worrying) exposé of the potentially damaging health effects of fragrances and the laxity of their regulation. Grenville digs into the science of scent as well as the intrigue of a multi-billion-dollar industry and makes it beautifully accessible in the process.’ WellBeing ‘The Orange Prize-winning novelist’s discovery that she reacts badly to the artificial fragrances all around us led her to investigate what is in fragrances, what it does to people and whether it is properly tested for safety...The result is this accessible and personal book on the science of fragrance’ Bookseller ‘[Grenville] raises valuable questions about the potentially harmful chemicals surrounding us every day and why we so unabashedly live in ignorance of them.’ Reader’s Digest UK, Best New Books to Read This Summer ‘In some places, though, the danger [of fragrance] is beginning to be taken as seriously as passive smoking 30 years ago...it sounds silly, until you read Kate Grenville’s explosive exposé and wonder why no one ever told you this stuff before.’ Mail on Sunday ‘An accessible, intelligent, seriously researched—and terrifying—book’ Daily Mail UK |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Body in the Clouds Ashley Hay, 2017-07-18 Originally published: Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction K. Cooper, E. Short, 2012-10-29 From The Other Boleyn Girl to Fingersmith , this collection explores the popularity of female-centred historical novels in recent years. It asks how these representations are influenced by contemporary gender politics, and whether they can be seen as part of a wider feminist project to recover women's history. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: A Room Made of Leaves Kate Grenville, 2020-07-02 The first new novel in almost ten years from award-winning, best-selling author Kate Grenville. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Lighting Dark Places Sue Kossew, 2010 This is the first published collection of critical essays on the work of Kate Grenville, one of Australia's most important contemporary writers. Grenville has been acclaimed for her novels, winning numerous national and international prizes including the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Her novels are marked by sharp observations of outsider figures who are often under pressure to conform to society's norms. More recently, she has written novels set in Australia's past, revisiting and re-imagining colonial encounters between settlers and Indigenous Australians.This collection of essays includes a scholarly introduction and three new essays that reflect on Grenville's work in relation to her approach to feminism, her role as public intellectual and her books on writing. The other nine essays provide analyses of each of her novels published to date, from the early success ofLilian's Story and Dreamhouse to the most recently published novel,The Lieutenant. Her work has been the subject of some debate and this is reflected in a number of the essays published here, most particularly with regard to her most successful novel to date,The Secret River. This intellectual engagement with important contemporary issues is a mark of Grenville's fiction, testament to her own analysis of the vital role of writers in uncertain times. She has suggested that “writers have ways of going into the darkest places, taking readers with them and coming out safely.” This volume attests to Grenville's own significance as a writer in a time of change and to the value of her novels as indices of that change and in “lighting dark places.” |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: All the Men I Never Married Kim Moore, 2021-10-04 'All The Men I Never Married' is the highly anticipated second collection by Kim Moore. The author portrays relationships with a passionate realism that encompasses complicity and ambiguity, violence and tenderness, and an understanding of the layers of complexity and complicity that exist between men and women. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Foundations of U.S. Air Doctrine Barry D. Watts, 2001-09-01 |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Peace Like a River Leif Enger, 2001 Davy kills two men and leaves home. His father packs up the family in a search for Davy. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: One Life Kate Grenville, 2015-05-07 *NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024* FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN’S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST Kate Grenville often takes inspiration for her fiction from her family history and this extraordinary memoir about the life of her own mother, Nance Russell, reveals why. Born to an unhappy marriage and into a deeply sexist society, Nance worked hard for everything she had, and while the world changed around her, she went on to university, opening businesses and raising a family. One Life is just as much a universal story as it is Nance’s. Beautifully captured by her daughter, it draws on the tales passed down by word of mouth, creating an evocative portrait of life in twentieth-century rural Australia and a deeply intimate and caring homage to a mother’s struggle. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Birth of Sydney Tim Flannery, 2015-01-07 The author of the #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, provides a stunning portrait of Australia’s cultural capital. Sydney, Australia, is one of the world’s most beautiful and fascinating cities, home to over five million people and a popular tourist destination. In The Birth of Sydney, scientist and historian Tim Flannery blends the writings of Australian explorers, settlers, leaders, journalists, and visitors to construct a compelling narrative history of the great metropolis—from its founding as a remote penal colony of the British Empire in 1788 to its emergence as a vital trading power in the nineteenth century. Together, their voices and experiences create an unforgettable panoramic portrait of the early life of the majestic harbor city. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Sing Them Home Stephanie Kallos, 2009-09-08 One of Entertainment Weekly’s Ten Best Books of the Year: “A magical novel that even cynics will close with a smile” (People). Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of Hope Jones, who was lost in the tornado of 1978. Her three young children found some stability in their father, a preoccupied doctor, and in their mother’s spitfire best friend—but nothing could make up for the loss of Hope. Larken, the eldest, is now an art history professor who seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger. Gaelan, the son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable. And the youngest, Bonnie, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs roadsides for clues to her mother’s legacy, and permission to move on. When they’re summoned home after their father’s sudden death, each sibling is forced to revisit the childhood event that has defined their lives. With lyricism, wisdom, and humor, this novel by the national bestselling author of Broken for You explores the consequences of protecting those we love. Sing Them Home is a magnificent tapestry of lives connected and undone by tragedy, lives poised—unbeknownst to the characters—for redemption. “Comparisons to John Irving and Tennessee Williams would not be amiss in this show-stopping debut.” —KirkusReviews, starred review “Sing Them Home constantly surprises . . . A big cast of vividly portrayed characters.” —TheBoston Globe “Fans of Ann Patchett and Haven Kimmel should dive onto the sofa one wintry weekend with Stephanie Kallos’ wonderfully transportive second novel.” —Entertainment Weekly |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: So Brave, Young, and Handsome Leif Enger, 2009-04-01 “An almost perfect novel” of yearning, adventure, and redemption in the dying days of the Old West from the bestselling author of Peace Like a River (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). Minnesota, 1915. With success long behind him, writer, husband, and father Monte Becket has lost his sense of purpose . . . until he befriends outlaw Glendon Hale. Plagued by guilt over abandoning his wife two decades ago, Hale is heading back West in search of absolution. And he could use some company on the journey. As the modern age marches swiftly forward, Becket agrees to travel into Hale’s past, leaving behind his own family for an adventure that will test the depth of his loyalties and morals, and the strength of his resolve. As they flee the relentless former Pinkerton Detective who’s been hunting Hale for years, Becket falls ever further into the life of an outlaw—perhaps to the point of no return. With its smooth mix of romanticism and gritty reality, So Brave, Young, and Handsome examines one ordinary man’s determination to risk everything in order to understand what it’s all worth, in “an old-fashioned, swashbuckling, heroic Western . . . [An] adventure of the heart and mind (The Washington Post Book World). |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: That Deadman Dance Kim Scott, 2012-01-01 Throughout Bobby Wabalanginy's young life the ships have been arriving, bringing European settlers to the south coast of Western Australia, where Bobby's people, the Noongar people, have always lived. Bobby, smart, resourceful and eager to please, has befriended the settlers, joining them as they hunt whales, till the land, and work to establish their new colony. He is welcomed into a prosperous white family and eventually finds himself falling in love with the daughter, Christine.But slowly - by design and by hazard - things begin to change. Not everyone is so pleased with the progress of the white colonists. Livestock mysteriously starts to disappear, crops are destroyed, there are 'accidents' and injuries on both sides. As the Europeans impose ever-stricter rules and regulations in order to keep the peace, Bobby's Elders decide they must respond in kind, and Bobby is forced to take sides, inexorably drawn into a series of events that will for ever change the future of his country.That Deadman Dance is haunted by tragedy, as most stories of first contact between European and native peoples are. But through Bobby's life, this novel exuberantly explores a moment in time when things might have been different, when black and white lived together in amazement rather than fear of the other, and when the world suddenly seemed twice as large and twice as promising. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Anglican Eucharist in Australia Brian Douglas, 2021-11-29 In The Anglican Eucharist in Australia, Brian Douglas explores the History, Theology, and Liturgy of the Eucharist in the Anglican Church of Australia. The story begins with the first white settlement in 1788 and continues to the present day. The three eucharistic liturgies used in the ACA, and the debates that led to them, are examined in depth: The Book of Common Prayer (1662); An Australian Prayer Book (1978); and A Prayer Book for Australia (1995). The deep sacramentality of the Aboriginal people is acknowledged and modern issues such as liturgical development, lay presidency and virtual Eucharists are also explored. The book concludes with some suggestions for the further development of eucharistic liturgies within the ACA. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Dark Places Kate Grenville, 2011 'Winner of the Vance Palmer Award for Fiction, Victorian Premier's Literary Prize, 1995. Albion Gidley Singer creates his world as a vast collection of facts, facts he uses to support his own power and status. After an awkward childhood, aware that he is a disappointment to his father, he acquires, the trappings of respectability success in busi... |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Links in the Chain of Life Baroness Orczy, 2021-11-09 Baroness Orczy's novel, 'Links in the Chain of Life', delves into the complexities of human relationships and the interconnectedness of individuals across generations. Written in a gripping and emotionally charged style, the book explores themes of destiny, love, and the impact of personal choices on one's life path. Set against the backdrop of an ever-changing society, the novel weaves together multiple narrative threads to create a rich tapestry of interconnected lives, ultimately illustrating the profound ways in which our actions shape our fates. Baroness Orczy, a prolific writer known for her historical fiction and romantic novels, draws upon her own experiences and observations of human nature to craft a compelling narrative that resonates with readers. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of the human psyche, Orczy creates memorable characters and thought-provoking scenarios that invite readers to reflect on the intricacies of life's interconnectedness. I highly recommend 'Links in the Chain of Life' to readers who appreciate well-crafted storytelling and intricate character development. Baroness Orczy's exploration of fate, love, and the enduring connections that bind us together makes this novel a must-read for those interested in the complexities of human relationships and the mysteries of life's journey. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Claiming Space for Australian Women’s Writing Devaleena Das, Sanjukta Dasgupta, 2017-06-29 This volume explores the subterfuges, strategies, and choices that Australian women writers have navigated in order to challenge patriarchal stereotypes and assert themselves as writers of substance. Contextualized within the pioneering efforts of white, Aboriginal, and immigrant Australian women in initiating an alternative literary tradition, the text captures a wide range of multiracial Australian women authors’ insightful reflections on crucial issues such as war and silent mourning, emergence of a Australian national heroine, racial purity and Aboriginal motherhood, communism and activism, feminist rivalry, sexual transgressions, autobiography and art of letter writing, city space and female subjectivity, lesbianism, gender implications of spatial categories, placement and displacement, dwelling and travel, location and dislocation and female body politics. Claiming Space for Australian Women’s Writing tracks Australian women authors’ varied journeys across cultural, political and racial borders in the canter of contemporary political discourse. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers, 2001 The moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Spare Room Helen Garner, 2009-02-03 From “the Joan Didion of Australia” a novel of female friendship written “with a diamond drill, depicting human relationships with such brutal clarity” (April Smith, Los Angeles Times). How much of ourselves must we give up to help a friend in need? Helen has little idea what lies ahead—and what strength she must muster—when she offers her spare room to an old friend, Nicola, who has arrived in the city for cancer treatment. Skeptical of the medical establishment, and placing all her faith in an alternative health center, Nicola is determined to find her own way to deal with her illness, regardless of the advice Helen offers. In the weeks that follow, Nicola’s battle for survival will turn not only her own life upside down but also those of everyone around her. The Spare Room is a magical gem of a book—gripping, moving, and unexpectedly funny—that packs a huge punch, charting a friendship as it is tested by the threat of death. “Helen Garner is a great writer; The Spare Room is a great book.” —Peter Carey, Booker Prize–winning author of Oscar and Lucinda “The work gains focus from Garner’s characteristically controlled and unsentimental tone: the train station is “a seven-minute walk from my house, twenty if you had cancer.” —The New Yorker “Swift, beautiful, and relentless, The Spare Room is a brutal novel in the best sense.” —Alice Sebold, New York Times–bestselling author of The Lovely Bones “My favorite discovery of the year.” —Anne Enright, Booker Prize–winning author of The Gathering “Luminous.” —Claire Messud, Newsweek “A Molotov cocktail of a book.” —Emily Carter, Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: After Darkness Christine Piper, 2015 Winner of The 2014 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Neo-Victorian Tropes of Trauma Marie-Luise Kohlke, Christian Gutleben, 2010 This collection constitutes the first volume in Rodopi’s Neo-Victorian Series, which explores the prevalent but often problematic re-vision of the long nineteenth century in contemporary culture. Here is presented for the first time an extended analysis of the conjunction of neo-Victorian fiction and trauma discourse, highlighting the significant interventions in collective memory staged by the belated aesthetic working-through of historical catastrophes, as well as their lingering traces in the present. The neo-Victorian’s privileging of marginalised voices and its contestation of master-narratives of historical progress construct a patchwork of competing but equally legitimate versions of the past, highlighting on-going crises of existential extremity, truth and meaning, nationhood and subjectivity. This volume will be of interest to both researchers and students of the growing field of neo-Victorian studies, as well as scholars in memory studies, trauma theory, ethics, and heritage studies. It interrogates the ideological processes of commemoration and forgetting and queries how the suffering of cultural and temporal others should best be represented, so as to resist the temptations of exploitative appropriation and voyeuristic spectacle. Such precarious negotiations foreground a central paradox: the ethical imperative to bear after-witness to history’s silenced victims in the face of the potential unrepresentability of extreme suffering. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Sorry Gail Jones, 2008 In the remote Australian outback during World War II, the emotionally stuntedchild of an English couple is befriended by equally adrift strangers, in thisstory that explores the values of friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Smile Roddy Doyle, 2017-10-17 From the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a bold, haunting novel about the uncertainty of memory and how we contend with the past. It's his bravest novel yet; it's also, by far, his best. -- npr.org “The closest thing he’s written to a psychological thriller.– The New York Times Book Review Just moved into a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly’s for a pint, a slow one. One evening his drink is interrupted. A man in shorts and a pink shirt comes over and sits down. He seems to know Victor’s name and to remember him from secondary school. His name is Fitzpatrick. Victor dislikes him on sight, dislikes, too, the memories that Fitzpatrick stirs up of five years being taught by the Christian Brothers. He prompts other memories—of Rachel, his beautiful wife who became a celebrity, and of Victor’s own small claim to fame, as the man who would say the unsayable on the radio. But it’s the memories of school, and of one particular brother, that Victor cannot control and which eventually threaten to destroy his sanity. Smile has all the features for which Roddy Doyle has become famous: the razor-sharp dialogue, the humor, the superb evocation of adolescence, but this is a novel unlike any he has written before. When you finish the last page you will have been challenged to reevaluate everything you think you remember so clearly. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: An Imaginary Life David Malouf, 2012-11-30 In the first century AD, Publius Ovidius Naso, the most urbane and irreverant poet of imperial Rome, was banished to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea. From these sparse facts, one of our most distinguished novelists has fashioned an audacious and supremely moving work of fiction. Marooned on the edge of the known world, exiled from his native tongue, Ovid depends on the kindness of barbarians who impate their dead and converse with the spirit world. But then he becomes the guardian of a still more savage creature, a feral child who has grown up among deer. What ensues is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature, as enacted by a poet who once catalogued the treacheries of love and a boy who slowly learns how to give it. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Matterhorn Karl Marlantes, 2010-04-01 Intense, powerful, and compelling, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and James Jones’s The Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever. Written by a highly decorated Marine veteran over the course of thirty years, Matterhorn is a spellbinding and unforgettable novel that brings to life an entire world—both its horrors and its thrills—and seems destined to become a classic of combat literature. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Cultural Memory and Literature Diane Molloy, 2015-09 Diane Molloy suggests a new way of reading novels that respond to Australia's violent past beyond trauma studies and postcolonial theory to re-imagine a different, syncretic past from multiple perspectives. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Death of Bunny Munro Nick Cave, 2011-12-02 ‘I am damned,’ thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die. He feels that somewhere down the line he has made a grave mistake, but this realisation passes in a dreadful heartbeat and is gone—leaving him in a room at the Grenville Hotel, in his underwear, with nothing but himself and his appetites. Bunny Munro drinks too much, smokes too much and thinks of sex all the time. Following his wife’s suicide, he takes his nine-years-old son on a trip to recover from the tragedy. But he is about to discover that his days are numbered. Dark, funny and raunchy, The Death of Bunny Munro is the story of a man full of emotional atyachar. Written in the high octane, charged prose that has made Nick Cave one of the world’s most acclaimed lyricists, it is an unforgettable book. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: A Kindness Cup Thea Astley, 2018-04-30 • This May, Text will concurrently publish four Text Classics by the prolific and highly awarded Thea Astley • As with previous suites of Text Classics by Randolph Stow, Christina Stead, Amy Witting and Robin Klein, the concurrent publication of these four Astley novels demonstrates Text’s belief in the importance of this author • Astley is among the most significant Australian woman writers of the twentieth century—typified by her ironic style and her social consciousness, particularly of the injustices faced by indigenous Australians • At the time of her death in 2004, she held the record for the most Miles Franklin Literary Award wins by one author, a record she now jointly holds with Tim Winton • Collectively these four works of fiction are an opportunity for readers to rediscover parts of Astley’s catalogue that have been unjustly out-of-print, guided by two established and two emerging contemporary Australian woman authors • A Kindness Cup won the Age Book of the Year when it was first published in 1974 • A man returns to his hometown two decades after a massacre of local Aboriginal people, where former residents have reunited to celebrate the progress and prosperity of their community—but Tom Dorahy insists that the town confront its dark past • This Text Classics edition will be introduced by winner of the Australia Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award and author of The Secret River Kate Grenville, in an essay based on the 2005 inaugural Thea Astley lecture |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Somewhere Towards The End Diana Athill, 2009-07-02 What is it like to be old? Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs - her commitment, in her words, 'to understand, to be aware, to touch the truth'. Now in her nineties, and freed from any inhibitions that even she may once have had, she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taught her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Idea of Perfection Kate Grenville, 2012-01-30 Kate Grenville's Orange-Prize winning novel The Idea of Perfection is the story of the small town of Karakarook, and of Douglas Cheeseman and Harley Savage—two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection, they come to understand that what looks like weakness can be the best kind of strength. Kate Grenville is one of Australia's finest writers. Her bestselling novel The Secret River has been published in more than twenty countries. It has received numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The companion memoir, Searching for the Secret River, was released in 2006. The Idea of Perfection won Britain's prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction, and her other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History. 'An extraordinary comedy of manners.' Guardian 'A rare treat to read.' The Times 'Each word, each sentence, each paragraph shines and gleams.' West Australian |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Lighting Dark Places Sue Kossew, 2011 Preliminary Material -- Reading Feminism in Kate Grenville's Fiction /Susan Sheridan -- Kate Grenville as Public Intellectual /Brigid Rooney -- Author, Author!: The Two Faces of Kate Grenville /Elizabeth Mcmahon -- Madness and Power: Lilian's Story and the Decolonized Body /Bill Ashcroft -- “Africa and Australia” Revisited: Reading Kate Grenville's Joan Makes History /Kwaku Larbi Korang -- “Mobility is the Key”: Bodies, Boundaries, and Movement in Kate Grenville's Lilian's Story /Ruth Barcan -- Homeless and Foreign: The Heroines of Lilian's Story and Dreamhouse /Kate Livett -- “Impossible Speech” and the Burden of Translation: Lilian's Story from Page to Screen /Alice Healy -- Constructions of Nation and Gender in The Idea of Perfection /Sue Kossew -- Poison in the Flour: Kate Grenville's The Secret River /Eleanor Collins -- History, Fiction, and The Secret River /Sarah Pinto -- Learning From Each Other: Language, Authority and Authenticity in Kate Grenville's The Lieutenant /Lynette Russell -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: A Break in the Chain Tangea Tansley, 2011-07-01 In 1856, Simon Kozminsky travelled from Prussia to begin a new life in the fledgling colony of Victoria. In the heady days of the gold rush, he established a jewellery house that would gain world renown. But behind the glittering facade of wealth, glamour and influence lay a darker, sadder story: a mysterious rift between Simon and his eldest son. In an extraordinary coincidence, the answer to this life-long estrangement was painted by Australia’s pre-eminent artist of the time, Frederick McCubbin. The portrait depicted the beautiful young Irish woman, Eileen Watkins, who unwittingly drove a wedge between father and son. A Break in the Chain is a brilliant imagining of three generations of real-life Kozminskys. With authenticity and dramatic verve, Tangea Tansley brings alive Melbourne of the past in a tantalising tale of fortune and faith, love and betrayal. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Victorian era Joseph Black, 2015 Shaped by sound literary and historical scholarship, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors and includes a broad selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to matters such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation ... Highlights of Volume 5: The Victorian Era include the complete texts of In Memoriam A.H.H., The Importance of Being Earnest, Carmilla, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as Contexts sections on Work and Poverty, Women in Society, Sexuality in the Victorian Era, Nature and the Environment, The New Woman, and Britain, Empire, and a Wider World. The third edition also offers expanded representation of writers of color, including Mary Prince, Mary Seacole, Toru Dutt, and Rabindranath Tagore.--Provided by publisher. |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: Voices in the Storm Walter Kaufmann, 1953 |
| the lieutenant kate grenville read online: 100 Poems to Save the Earth Zoe Brigley, Kristian Evans, 2021-06-28 100 Poems to Save the Earth is a concise, eclectic and engaging anthology of poems in English addressing the climate crisis, edited by Welsh poets and enviromentalists Zo Brigley and Kristian Evans and including poems from America, UK, Ireland and beyond, such as Roger Robinson, Rhian Edwards, Tishani Doshi, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and George Szirtes. |
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Lieutenant - Wikipedia
A lieutenant (UK: / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ən t / lef-TEN-ənt, US: / l uː-/ loo-; [1] abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well …
U.S. Army Ranks List - Lowest to Highest - FederalPay.org
Lieutenant General: LTG: General Officer: $217,152 - $221,900 per year: O-10: General: GEN: General Officer: $18,492 per month: O-10: General of the Army: GA: General Officer: $18,492 …
LIEUTENANT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LIEUTENANT is an official empowered to act for a higher official. How to use lieutenant in a sentence.
LIEUTENANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
LIEUTENANT definition: 1. (the title of) an officer of middle rank in the armed forces: 2. (the title of) an officer of…. Learn more.
Lieutenant | Officer, Commissioned, Rank | Britannica
Lieutenant, company grade officer, the lowest rank of commissioned officer in most armies of the world. The lieutenant normally commands a small tactical unit such as a platoon. In the British …
lieutenant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
5 days ago · lieutenant (plural lieutenants) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, …
What does lieutenant mean? - Definitions.net
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different military formations, but is often subdivided into senior and junior …
Lieutenant - definition of lieutenant by The Free Dictionary
lieutenant - an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
lieutenant noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage …
Definition of lieutenant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Lieutenant vs. Captain — What’s the Difference?
Mar 5, 2024 · A lieutenant is a junior officer in the military or police, typically ranking below a captain and responsible for leading smaller units. Captains rank higher, leading larger units or …
Lieutenant - Wikipedia
A lieutenant (UK: / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ən t / lef-TEN-ənt, US: / l uː-/ loo-; [1] abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well …
U.S. Army Ranks List - Lowest to Highest - FederalPay.org
Lieutenant General: LTG: General Officer: $217,152 - $221,900 per year: O-10: General: GEN: General Officer: $18,492 per month: O-10: General of the Army: GA: General Officer: $18,492 …
LIEUTENANT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LIEUTENANT is an official empowered to act for a higher official. How to use lieutenant in a sentence.
LIEUTENANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
LIEUTENANT definition: 1. (the title of) an officer of middle rank in the armed forces: 2. (the title of) an officer of…. Learn more.
Lieutenant | Officer, Commissioned, Rank | Britannica
Lieutenant, company grade officer, the lowest rank of commissioned officer in most armies of the world. The lieutenant normally commands a small tactical unit such as a platoon. In the British …
lieutenant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
5 days ago · lieutenant (plural lieutenants) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, …
What does lieutenant mean? - Definitions.net
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different military formations, but is often subdivided into senior and junior …
Lieutenant - definition of lieutenant by The Free Dictionary
lieutenant - an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
lieutenant noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage …
Definition of lieutenant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Lieutenant vs. Captain — What’s the Difference?
Mar 5, 2024 · A lieutenant is a junior officer in the military or police, typically ranking below a captain and responsible for leading smaller units. Captains rank higher, leading larger units or …
