The Essays Only You Can Write

 

Offers a perspective on essay writing that spotlights a writer’s uniqueness. Resisting the perception that personal and academic writing are at odds with one another, this book treats the impulse to write ‘personally’ as potential fuel for a variety of writing purposes.

Published by Broadview Press

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The Quaking of America

New York Times bestselling author, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem surveys the deteriorating political climate and presents an urgent call for action to save ourselves and our country. He takes readers through a step-by-step program of somatic practices addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence.

 

Published by Central Recovery Press

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Sensational Australian Animals

Covering more than 145 truly astounding animals - from sharp-eyed whale sharks to sticky-bellied green tree frogs - Sensational Australian Animals showcases the strange things these creatures can do with their eyes, ears, noses, mouths and skin! Meet birds that laugh, frogs that quack and fish that sing.

 

Published by CSIRO Publishing

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Using Medications Safely in Recovery

 

This pamphlet provides information on taking control of your health, providers who understand addiction, using pain medications, tolerance and withdrawal, talking to your recovery group, and becoming your own advocate. It lists medications to avoid and those that are safe for pain, mental health disorders, and physical conditions. 

Published by Hazelden Publishing

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The Persistence of Dance

 

Looks at the continuities and differences between the second-wave dance avant-garde in the 1950s-1970s and the third-wave starting in the 1990s. Through close readings of key artists, The Persistence of Dance traces the relationship between the third-wave and gallery-based work.

Published by University of Michigan Press

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Saving Lieutenant Kennedy

 

This story of wartime bravery and survival helped create John F Kennedy’s legend and paved his way to the White House. It also shone a spotlight on Australia and America's shared wartime experience. This book sets the heroic rescue and its colourful aftermath against the background of the Pacific war and the birth of the Australia-US alliance. 

Published by NewSouth Publishing

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The Work of Gender

 

Brings new perspectives to the much-studied field of gender in Japan by focusing on the ways in which gender presentation is turned into a commodified experience. It highlights the deliberate work that goes into the creation of gendered forms of intimacy in a broad range of settings: among female fans of pornography, cross-dressing escorts, gay bar service staff, street musicians in Tokyo and transgender people in Kyoto.

Published by NIAS Press

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