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yhteensä 20 hakutulosta
Billie Holiday
Palkitun kirjailijan lumoava muotokuva jazzin kuningattaresta.Billie Holiday on musiikkimaailman kiistaton ikoni. Elämänmakuinen taiteilijaelämäkerta hyppää kiiltokuvaimagon taakse …
The Feast of the Wolf
Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines
In 1913, at the age of 54, Daisy Bates went to live in the deserts of South Australia. Brilliantly reviewed, astonishingly original, this "eloquent and illuminating portrait of an …
Dreaming the Karoo: A People Called the /Xam
A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial …
Old Man Goya
An account of the life of Francisco de Goya from 1792 when he was 47 and contracted a serious illness which left him totally deaf. Through times of war and political turmoil he …
Thin Paths
Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award and the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Julia Blackburn and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of …
I Dream of Popo
With tender language and striking art, I Dream of Popo follows a young girl as she and her family emigrate from Taiwan to San Diego, leaving behind the narrator's maternal …
The Leper's Companions
In this fascinatingly imaginative novel, Julia Blackburn has decimated all the rules, creating a magical tale that is part fable, part allegory, part present, part past, and wholly …
Time Song: Journeys in Search of a Submerged Land
Shortly after her husband's death, Julia Blackburn became fascinated with Doggerland, the vast once-populated stretch of land that connected Great Britain to Continental Europe …
Gender-based Violence and Rurality in the 21st Century
Gender-based violence (GBV) can take many forms and have detrimental effects across generations and cultures. The triangulation of GBV, rurality and rural culture is a challenging …