English Studies
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Prose Fiction
Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
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Contemporary Indigenous Plays by Jane Harrison et al
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Drama
Harrison, Jane, Rainbow’s End
Set in the 1950s in the northern Victorian area of Shepparton and Mooroopna, Rainbow’s End by Jane Harrison creates a “thought-provoking and emotionally powerful” (The Age) snapshot of a Koori family to dramatise the struggle for decent housing, meaningful education, jobs and community acceptance.
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I Am Malala by Christina Yousafazi, Malala & Lamb
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Nonfiction
I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls’ education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
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Kenneth Slessor Selected Poems by Kenneth Slessor
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Poetry
‘Wild Grapes’, ‘Gulliver’, ‘Out of Time’, ‘Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden’,
‘William Street’, ‘Beach Burial’The definitive collection of work from one of Australia’s preeminent twentieth century poets, Kenneth Slessor, drawing from his acclaimed books, Earth Visitors (1926), Cuckooz Contrey (1932) and Five Bells (1939).
this selection was first published as One Hundred Poems in 1944 (with the addition of three further poems in 1957), and includes an introduction by Dennis Haskell and an Author’s Note.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Prose Fiction
‘Who controls the past controls the future- who controls the present controls the past’
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
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Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Prose Fiction
Everyone loves Harry. Everyone except his father.
Three brothers, Joe, Miles and Harry, are growing up on the remote south coast of Tasmania. The brother’ lives are shaped by their father’s moods – like the ocean he fishes, his is wild and unpredictable. He is a bitter man, warped by a devastating secret.
Miles tries his best to watch out for Harry, the youngest, but he can’t be there all the time. Often alone, Harry finds joy in the small treasure he discovers, in the shark eggs and cuttlefish bones. In a kelpie pup, a big mug of Milo, and a secret friendship with a mysterious neighbour. But sometimes small treasures, or a brother’s love, are not enough.
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Rosemary Dobson Collected by Rosemary Dobson
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Poetry
‘Young Girl at a Window’, ‘Over the Hill’, ‘Summer’s End’, ‘The Conversation’, ‘Cock Crow’,
‘Amy Caroline’, ‘Canberra Morning’The Collected Works of an Australian Literary Luminary Since the publication of her first book in 1944, Rosemary Dobson has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most important poets. This volume celebrates her long and distinguished career, bringing together a vast and striking body of work.
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The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim Winton
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Nonfiction
‘Havoc: A Life in Accidents’, ‘Betsy’, ‘Twice on Sundays’, ‘The Wait and the Flow’, ‘In the
Shadow of the Hospital’, ‘The Demon Shark’, ‘Barefoot in the Temple of Art’‘Being a copper’s son, I’ve always got one eye out for trouble. I can’t help it. But I don’t go looking for it anymore.’
In Tim Winton’s fiction, chaos shapes the lives of his characters. So too Winton’s own life. The extraordinarily powerful true stories that make up The Boy Behind the Curtain take us behind the scenes, revealing the accidents, both serendipitous and traumatic, that have influenced his view of life and fuelled his distinctive artistic vision.
By turns impassioned, funny, joyous, astonishing, this is Winton’s most personal book to date, an insight into the man who’s held us enthralled for three decades and helped us reshape our view of ourselves. Behind it all, from risk-taking youth to surprise-averse middle age, has been the crazy punt of staking everything on becoming a writer. -
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Drama
Arthur Miller’s classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 – ‘one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history’ – and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations.
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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Drama
An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare’s imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare’s love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre. Substantially revised and extended in full colour, classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ‘Stagecraft’, ‘Write about it’, ‘Language in the play’, ‘Characters’ and ‘Themes’ features. Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference. Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and Shakespeare. Includes rich, exciting colour photos of performances of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ from around the world.
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Vertigo by Amanda Lohrey
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- Common Module: English Standard, English Advanced and English Studies
- Texts and Human Experiences
- Prose Fiction
Luke and Anna decide on a sea-change. They leave the city, fleeing a past and a future that fill them with fear. On the coast they discover a natural world that is both destructive and rejuvenating. Events sweep them up and they must confront what they have tried to put behind them.
Vertigo is a fable of love and awakening, a bush pastoral about the unexpected way emotions can return and life can change.
