In this trilogy, David Williamson explores community conferencing—a process which brings together the victims and the perpetrators of a crime in an attempt at some kind of reconciliation.Face to Face: When Glen comes face to face with the employee who rammed his Mercedes, he must acknowledge some responsibility for a series of incidents that helped provoke the crime.A Conversation revolves around the confrontation between the family of a rapist and murdere...

Forty years ago, a young playwright muscled his way onto the scene with a clutch of time-defining plays, including Don’s Party. With this sequel, David Williamson celebrates four decades of telling the tribe their story.It’s 21 August 2010, the night of yet another Federal election and, of course, yet another election night party at Don’s place. Over the decades, as he and his friends watched governments come and go, they have also closely followed the incoming results fro...

This title is endorsed for the Cambridge Pathway to support the syllabuses for examination from 2027.Develop knowledge and analytical skills with engaging, comprehensive coverage of the International History 1870-1939 Option from the Cambridge International AS Level History syllabuses 9489 (outside the US) and 9982 (US only) for examination from 2027.- Trust in the high-quality, in-depth narrative and analysis written by experienced authors and reviewed by ...

Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools brings together the collective wisdom of more than thirty experts from a variety of fields to show how school leaders can create communities that support the social, emotional, and academic needs of all students. It offers an essential guide for making sense of the myriad evidence‐based frameworks, resources, and tools available to create a continuous improvement system.Chapters illustrate how leaders can leverage...

A symphony of discord unfolds at Monique's annual family gathering, celebrating her three beloved sons' birthdays. While Monique's adoration for her boys knows no bounds, disdain for their wives is palpable.Festivities crescendo and Monique takes the spotlight with a performance of a renowned opera aria, a poignant reminder of the dreams she sacrificed to raise her brood. In her mind, she was destined for the illustrious stages of La Scala, the Met and Covent Garden.But ben...

Stephen has, with ill grace, returned home to his mother’s deathbed. As he and his sister rake through the family photographs and childhood memories, they find conflicting versions of their parents’ unhappy marriage.

Golden sands, turquoise waters and a lush green golf course — Penny Poulter leads an almost idyllic life in one of Australia's best kept secrets, Wallis Heads. But when this hidden coastal gem is discovered by the ruthless and immensely wealthy Alex Whittle, ambitious plans to put the town firmly on the tourist map spark a bitter rivalry. Can this human bulldozer with money to burn ever be stopped?Australia's most prolific playwright David Williamson steps out of retirement to pen ...

Travelling North is David Williamson's moving homage to age and the old radicals who changed the course of Australian history.Frank and Frances find new life in a twilight love affair, to the consternation of their conventional children. Their dream takes them north to the sun; but no sooner do they find their idyll than signs of mortality betray Frank's lion spirit.

A celebrated federal judge.His son, a born-again Christian.His daughter, a Border Force officer.Her partner, the captain of a Border Force ship.His other daughter, a left-wing activist.His wife, who has worked all her life to keep the family together.Saba, an asylum seeker on the run from Nauru.On the eve of his birthday, is it too much to expect his wife and three children celebrate with him?For 50 years, David Williamson has...

The most comprehensive examination to date of the claim that Islam, as a system of scripture, law and spirituality, is antiblackIt is commonly claimed that Islam is antiblack, even inherently bent on enslaving Black Africans. Western and African critics alike have contended that antiblack racism is in the faith's very scriptural foundations and its traditions of law, spirituality, and theology. But what is the basis for this accusation?Bestselling scholar J...

What do you do when divine law and the justice demanded by your conscience clash? Muslims have wrestled with this problem since the earliest caliphates. The mazalim courts, dating back to the eighth century, were the answer: courts where any subject could appeal directly to an Islamic ruler regarding any matter of justice. Mazalim courts, which were not bound by the rulings of an established school of Islamic law, could address crises in authority and order that Shari...

It's election night 1969. Don and Kath hope that there will be a change of government, and give a party to watch the results. As the tide turns against Labor, the good cheer palls and the faded ideals and disappointed hopes of the characters begin to show.Williamson's brilliant satire examines a society on the threshold of emerging from a generation of comfortable, conservative political and social values.