The price of genius is one hell of a hangover.In 1892, New South Wales' most promising writer and least promising teetotaller, Henry Lawson, is banished to Bourke to 'find the real bush'. The goal: sober up, gather fresh material, and stop being such a disappointment. But what Australia's favourite literary son discovers in the river town is less a glorious national frontier than a collective nervous breakdown.History records this as the trip that defined h...

A lonely yowie emerges from the bush to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball. Mysterious creatures descend from the sky to place a ban on footy. A shark named Bruce turns up in the local swimming pool. A fisherman enjoying a boys' weekend on the Murray River finds perspective where he least expects it.In Shirl, Wayne Marshall takes a range of what-if scenarios to their fabulist and comedic extremes. Superbly inventive and powerful, these fourteen stories skewer contemporary Austr...

The price of genius is one hell of a hangover.In 1892, New South Wales' most promising writer and least promising teetotaller, Henry Lawson, is banished to Bourke to 'find the real bush'. The goal: sober up, gather fresh material, and stop being such a disappointment. But what Australia's favourite literary son discovers in the river town is less a glorious national frontier than a collective nervous breakdown.History records this as the trip that defined h...

★ Accept who you were yesterday, continue to love who you are today, but never stop building who you will be tomorrow ★✓ Inside A Champion’s Guide to Growth Mindset, you’ll discover:A comprehensive introduction to a growth mindset, how it differs from a fixed mindset, and how you can use positive thinking to unlock your greatness.Five powerful good habits you can incorporate into your life right now to resist negativity, grow f...

Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia materials help enliven course content and foster interactive learning and participation. Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music Classroom: Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube provides ideas and techniques for teaching music clas...

The Cultural Matrix seeks to unravel a uniquely American paradox: the socioeconomic crisis, segregation, and social isolation of disadvantaged black youth, on the one hand, and their extraordinary integration and prominence in popular culture on the other. Despite school dropout rates over 40 percent, a third spending time in prison, chronic unemployment, and endemic violence, black youth are among the most vibrant creators of popular culture in the world. They also espouse severa...

¿Te has preguntado de donde viene la imagen del payaso asesino que se ha usado en incontables películas, series y libros? ¿Sabías que el 23 de diciembre de 1978 fue un día que el vecindario de Summerdale recordará para siempre? ¿cómo te sentirías si uno de tus vecinos esconde una verdad espeluznante? Entonces sigue leyendo…“No se puede ser un personaje que lleva una vida secreta con éxito, si no se manipula a veces” - John Wayne GacyFilas de casas decoradas con luces brilla...

Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions is the only text to introduce marketing from the perspective of real people who make real marketing decisions at leading companies everyday.Timely, relevant, and dynamic, this reader-friendly text shows students howmarketing concepts are implemented, and what they really mean in the marketplace. With this book, the authors show how marketing can come alive when practiced by real people who make real choices. This edit...

¿Has escuchado o leído el nombre miles de veces sin saber toda su historia? ¿Te gustaría conocer todo lo que se esconde detrás de este psicópata? ¿Hay manera de evitar a otros individuos como Ted Bundy de acuerdo a la psicología? ¿Te has preguntado de donde viene la imagen del payaso asesino que se ha usado en incontables películas, series y libros? Sigue leyendo…“El mal está sólo en tu mente y no en lo externo. La mente pura siempre ve solamente lo bueno en cada cosa, pero la mala...

Scholars of the African Americas are sometimes segregated from one another by region or period, by language, or by discipline. Bringing together essays on fashion, the visual arts, film, literature, and history, this volume shows how our understanding of the African diaspora in the Americas can be enriched by crossing disciplinary boundaries to recontextualize images, words, and thoughts as part of a much greater whole.Diaspora describes dispersion, but also the seeding, sowing, or...

Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges and departments within the university, the diverse holdings and collections of the libr...

Es war so heiß in Amarillo, dass sich nicht einmal die Hunde auf die Mainstreet wagten. Die Sonne stand wie eine riesige Feuerkugel am strahlendblauen, wolkenlosen Texashimmel. Niemand sah oder hörte den hochgewachsenen Mann, der aus dem Schatten der Passage neben dem General Store trat. Er war dunkelhaarig, breitschultrig und bewegte sich mit der lässigen Eleganz eines Pumas. Keiner wusste, wer der Mann, der sich Chet Quade nannte, wirklich war und dass ein blutiger Mord die Männer von de...