Author : Valerie Sutherland
Publisher : Pascal Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781741250275
This book provides detailed information on the play 'Away', by Michael Gow, in the context of the specific requirements of the HSC. Contents include: - Detailed summary and analysis of the play - 'Physical Journeys' focus area - Background information about Michael Gow and the context of Australia in the 1960s - Analysis of characters and their physical journeys - Summary of key themes and issues.
Author : Michael Gow
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Drama
ISBN :
Text of a play which was commissioned by the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney and deals with young people facing end-of-year exams. This author's previous works include The Kid', The Astronaut's Wife', On Top of the World' and Away'. Away' won the 1986 Premier's Award for Best Play, the Sydney Theatre Critics Award and the 1987 Awgie Award.
Author : Mike Lupica
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0147514916
From the #1 bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Fantasy League comes a story of heroes, family, the thrills of skateboarding, and football. When the Brighton Bears suit up on game day, 12-year-old Tommy Gallagher is the toughest kid on the football field. And the bravest. After all, his father Patrick is a Boston firefighter--one of Boston's bravest. Tommy's dad taught him everything he knows about football--and life. Yet even Tommy isn't strong enough for what happens when the sirens ring and, for the first time, they're racing away from the fire. "First man in; last man out" had always been his dad's motto . . . yet he never said anything about leaving in an ambulance. Now Tommy's biggest battle has nothing to do with football. And the kid who always had such respect for risk on the gridiron finds himself drawn to it off the field. Set in New England, home of the Patriots' football dynasty, Mike Lupica shows off his trademark knack for spinning a tale that's equal parts sports action and heart. Last Man Out is a thoughtful tribute to the bravery of firefighters and the need we all have to live up to the level of our heroes. "As is characteristic of Lupica’s books, the sports segments, most particularly the football portions, are exceptionally well written." —VOYA "In the best traditions of sports writing, this will leave readers both breathless and thoughtful." —Booklist
Author : Michael Gow
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Australian drama
ISBN : 9780868198330
The play that launched Michael Gow's playwriting career returns to the stage. In blazing heat, a stolen Mini hurtles towards Sydney. Inside, three unstable teenagers from the country -- Snake, Aspro and Dean -- plan a future that will begin when they collect Aspro's accident compensation from the Department. Joined by Donald, an opera fanatic desperate for a change of scene, they travel to the city to take up residence in 'the largest block of flats in the Southern Hemisphere'. As bush fires rage on the edge of the city, they meet Desiree, a young girl from downstairs with apocalyptic predictions. Sparks fly. Tensions escalate. Twilight approaches...
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 1897
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Michael Gow
Publisher :
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Australian drama
ISBN : 9780868194301
Cast ages: adult.
Author : Tara June Winch
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0702250562
In 2006, Tara June Winch's startling debut Swallow the Air was published to acclaim. Its poetic yet visceral style announced the arrival a fresh and exciting new talent. This 10th anniversary edition celebrates its important contribution to Australian literature. When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn't seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity. Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong. Swallow the Air is an unforgettable story of living in a torn world and finding the thread to help sew it back together.
Author : David Malouf
Publisher : Random House
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1409029867
For three very different people brought together by their love for birds, life on the Queensland coast in 1914 is the timeless and idyllic world of sandpipers, ibises and kingfishers. In another hemisphere civilization rushes headlong into a brutal conflict. Life there is lived from moment to moment. Inevitably, the two young men - sanctuary owner and employee - are drawn to the war, and into the mud and horror of the trenches of Armentieres. Alone on the beach, their friend Imogen, the middle-aged wildlife photographer, must acknowledge for all three of them that the past cannot be held.
Author : Rajiv Joseph
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Friendship
ISBN : 9780822225294
THE STORY: Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.
Author : Timothy Conigrave
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 1996-07-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 174228406X
The mid-seventies – and satin baggies and chunky platforms reigned supreme. Jethro Tull did battle with glam-rock for the airwaves. At an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave fell wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So began a relationship that was to last for 15 years, a love affair that weathered disapproval, separation and, ultimately death. Holding the Man recreates that relationship. With honesty and insight it explores the highs and lows of any partnership: the intimacy, constraints, temptations. And the strength of heart both men had to find when they tested positive to HIV. This is a book as refreshing and uplifting as it is moving; a funny and sad and celebratory account of growing up gay.
