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Where Seagulls Go To Be Lonely

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Series series Unconventional Women
Helena, grand dame of the Melbourne and Sydney theatre scene, thinks she has settled nicely into a restful performance regime of comedy classics in judiciously subsidised spaces. When her somewhat intense undergraduate daughter, Emmeline, hurls an asylum seeker/detention centre drama at her, Helena’s professional certainties are shaken not so much by the play’s contents as by its lead actor, ... Read more

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Helena, grand dame of the Melbourne and Sydney theatre scene, thinks she has settled nicely into a restful performance regime of comedy classics in judiciously subsidised spaces. When her somewhat intense undergraduate daughter, Emmeline, hurls an asylum seeker/detention centre drama at her, Helena’s professional certainties are shaken not so much by the play’s contents as by its lead actor,
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Sir Walter Raleigh

In Life and Legend

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New biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy.Mark Nicholls is President and Librarian of St John's College, Cambridge. ... Read more

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New biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy.Mark Nicholls is President and Librarian of St John's College, Cambridge.
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A Limited Season

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by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
Showfolk duo Joan and Peter defer the usual pre-lunch cocktail and anxiously await the arrival of their bright new young director. Reviewing their career high and lowlights to date, this exciting new project promises them a big break in the face of their comically fast-maturing professional viability. At this point, when their careers are about to go over the top, the action of the play retreats ... Read more

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Showfolk duo Joan and Peter defer the usual pre-lunch cocktail and anxiously await the arrival of their bright new young director. Reviewing their career high and lowlights to date, this exciting new project promises them a big break in the face of their comically fast-maturing professional viability. At this point, when their careers are about to go over the top, the action of the play retreats
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The Gentle Rain from Heaven

by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
Athena, an Australian nurse working overseas, is raped and murdered. Her father, John, must decide whether to grant clemency to her murderer, who is facing execution by beheading. Margaret, an ex-school teacher on a career change as a junior Australian Government official, is sent in to counsel and assist the grieving man. When the situation proves predictably challenging, Margaret’s daughter, ... Read more

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Athena, an Australian nurse working overseas, is raped and murdered. Her father, John, must decide whether to grant clemency to her murderer, who is facing execution by beheading. Margaret, an ex-school teacher on a career change as a junior Australian Government official, is sent in to counsel and assist the grieving man. When the situation proves predictably challenging, Margaret’s daughter,
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Watch for the Longest Day

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Series series Unconventional Women
It is December 1948. While their husbands self-sacrificingly remain at work in town, Sarah and her sister-in-law Jennifer spend yet another summer by the sea, watching the children in the deep water and trying to avoid the annual judgement-by-mother-in-law at the hands of the indomitable Alice. Secret relief comes for Jennifer when she meets an older man, Henry, who listens to her and provides an ... Read more

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It is December 1948. While their husbands self-sacrificingly remain at work in town, Sarah and her sister-in-law Jennifer spend yet another summer by the sea, watching the children in the deep water and trying to avoid the annual judgement-by-mother-in-law at the hands of the indomitable Alice. Secret relief comes for Jennifer when she meets an older man, Henry, who listens to her and provides an
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The Rise and Fall of Treason in English History

by Allen Boyer, Mark Nicholls ...

This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context.Describing many high-profile prosecutions and trials, the book focuses on the statutes, ordinances and customs that have at various times governed, limited and shaped this worst of crimes. It explores the reasons why ... Read more

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This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context.Describing many high-profile prosecutions and trials, the book focuses on the statutes, ordinances and customs that have at various times governed, limited and shaped this worst of crimes. It explores the reasons why
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April and May

by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
Every weekday April has the 4WD waiting at the school gate well before 3.30pm and a raft of afterschool activities in hand to keep them all occupied. But seven years’ worth of long lunches with her single friend Louis and two half-days a week at the gallery have left this doctor’s wife wondering if there is anything else. When Jeremy the private tutor comes into her life, and her foster daughter ... Read more

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Every weekday April has the 4WD waiting at the school gate well before 3.30pm and a raft of afterschool activities in hand to keep them all occupied. But seven years’ worth of long lunches with her single friend Louis and two half-days a week at the gallery have left this doctor’s wife wondering if there is anything else. When Jeremy the private tutor comes into her life, and her foster daughter
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The Reason Why We Can't Be Friends

by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
Finally, the new play is up and running but Ellen’s problems are just beginning. Imogen, her daughter and primary theatrical asset, is tiring of the spotlight. Glenn, her co-producer with privileges, is demanding something more. Then on opening night, Lana appears. Ten years ago, she walked into Ellen’s life, changed it and left. Ever since Ellen has been wondering why. Now she is also wondering ... Read more

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Finally, the new play is up and running but Ellen’s problems are just beginning. Imogen, her daughter and primary theatrical asset, is tiring of the spotlight. Glenn, her co-producer with privileges, is demanding something more. Then on opening night, Lana appears. Ten years ago, she walked into Ellen’s life, changed it and left. Ever since Ellen has been wondering why. Now she is also wondering
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Sharks in the Arts

From Feared to Revered

by Vivienne Westbrook, Shaun Collin, Dean Crawford, Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Routledge Environmental Humanities
This book is the most thorough exploration to date of the many ways in which a wild creature has been absorbed, reimagined and represented across the ages in all of the major art forms. The authors consider not only how the identity of sharks in the natural environment became incorporated into a cultural environment but also how sharks came to be considered the most feared creatures in the open ... Read more

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This book is the most thorough exploration to date of the many ways in which a wild creature has been absorbed, reimagined and represented across the ages in all of the major art forms. The authors consider not only how the identity of sharks in the natural environment became incorporated into a cultural environment but also how sharks came to be considered the most feared creatures in the open
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It's a Wonderful Mid-Life Crisis

The Gay Disruptor

by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
Max and Marion are usually the sort of friends who can go for a year without seeing each other and catch up on everything in a second once they do. In these four strange and amusing encounters, however, something new seems to be happening. Max finds himself increasingly flummoxed by his interesting friend, as Marion plays about with various scenarios in which she sidesteps work, suspends the kids ... Read more

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Max and Marion are usually the sort of friends who can go for a year without seeing each other and catch up on everything in a second once they do. In these four strange and amusing encounters, however, something new seems to be happening. Max finds himself increasingly flummoxed by his interesting friend, as Marion plays about with various scenarios in which she sidesteps work, suspends the kids
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Patronage

by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
When internationally renowned and self-confessed soloist Rachael Marlin comes to live with Holly and James in their Salon d'Art, everyone falls madly in love with her. Only Joy, a young doctor, sounds a note of caution when she sees Rachael's effect on her fiancé, Matthew, and her potential to turn their little Salon d'Art into a large theatre of the absurd. As Joy anticipates, when Rachael's ... Read more

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When internationally renowned and self-confessed soloist Rachael Marlin comes to live with Holly and James in their Salon d'Art, everyone falls madly in love with her. Only Joy, a young doctor, sounds a note of caution when she sees Rachael's effect on her fiancé, Matthew, and her potential to turn their little Salon d'Art into a large theatre of the absurd. As Joy anticipates, when Rachael's
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Suit Yourself

by Mark Nicholls ...

Series series Unconventional Women
A hillside with an ocean view seems an ideal spot to spend a lonely Christmas Eve. When Jessica, a journalism major, and Beth, a high-profile politician, discover they both have the same idea, they exchange the sort of explosive little gifts that are usually left wrapped. Although barely acquainted, over the course of the day they discover that through their mutual relationship with Jeff, a ... Read more

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A hillside with an ocean view seems an ideal spot to spend a lonely Christmas Eve. When Jessica, a journalism major, and Beth, a high-profile politician, discover they both have the same idea, they exchange the sort of explosive little gifts that are usually left wrapped. Although barely acquainted, over the course of the day they discover that through their mutual relationship with Jeff, a
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