This collection of stories is designed for the sort of people who talk to their pets as if they are people, who sign birthday cards and include their cat, and who look forward to the welcome home they get from their pet dog.

Features texts by a range of male and female poets, political and philosophical writers, diarists, painters, broadside-balladeers, reviewers and letter-writers.

A collection of experiences that celebrate the incidents of daily courage, compassion and creativity that occur in workplaces everywhere.

A one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia.

Double cassette, running time approx 100 minutes, various readers. Love letters by historical figures from the Romantic era, including George IV, Nelson, Keats, Chopin and many more.

Gathering together 44 tales from around the world, from the 5th century on, this critical edition examines the genre, its cultural implications and its critical history. She has focused on six different tale types, and includes multicultural variants and literary rescriptings.

An anthology that covers 200 years of Australian literature in different genres, from the 1700s to the present. With 500 entries from 315 different authors, it features biographies of the authors, an introductory essay, major essays setting the works in their historical context and suggestions for further reading.

Presents a survey of American literature from its sixteenth-century origins onwards, which features the work of over 260 writers. This edition pays attention to cultural contexts through the inclusion of 45 colour plates, 12 contextual clusters, maps and timelines, and section introductions, headnotes, footnotes and bibliographies.

A collection of love stories for various moods and occasions.

Nothing reveals so much about a culture as the folklore and collective wisdom of Africa's proverbs. This book reflects this robust tradition.

A collected edition of three classic novels from the author of TWO MOONS, and one of Ireland's finest writers: 'She has created a world of her own... Of such material is the finest literature made' Derek Mahon, Irish Times

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... A female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... A young artist gets the biggest break of her career... A restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... How will they react? How would you?

Contributes essays on the evanescent art form of theater and its relationship to literature and the print culture. This title addresses aspects of performance and production, and the challenges of keeping live theater alive in the digital age, and the art of teaching theater and developing performance works in an academic setting with students.

Features quotations and extracts that provide the essence of the big ideas that have shaped our world. From relativity to gaia, from communism to eco-feminism, from Darwinism to racial equality, this title includes quotations from the bright sparks.

Includes contributions from Chris Abani, Diane Ackerman, Rick Bass, Charles Bowden, Kate Braverman, Akiko Busch, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Hamdy el-Gazzar, William Kittredge, Barry Lopez and Lydia Millet, featuring works of power, vision and beauty. This book also includes an architectural photo essay by Jon Fjortoft and cover art by Jayne Hileman.

There is no literature without a departure, a setting forth; and very often that has meant leaving the land for the more uncertain world of the sea. Many great writers have written about life at sea - this collection presents some of their more neglected works.