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Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions

How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy

by Clare Wright ...

Narrated by Clare Wright, Greg Fryer ...

Unabridged

22 hours 19 min

In 1963 – a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide – the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Näku Dhäruk. 'The land grew a tongue' and the land-rights movement was born. Näku Dhäruk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient and enduring culture of Australia's ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

In 1963 – a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide – the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Näku Dhäruk. 'The land grew a tongue' and the land-rights movement was born. Näku Dhäruk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient and enduring culture of Australia's
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Context Matters in SLA

Edited by Dr. Clare Wright, Pauliina Peltonen, Anja Steinlen, Prof. Thorsten Piske ...

Series Book 175 - Second Language Acquisition
Offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to and exploration of the role of context in the acquisition of a variety of L2 competencies.This book makes a seminal contribution to understanding the role of context in different kinds of acquisition, taking forward current debates on inter- and transdisciplinarity in second language acquisition (SLA). It aims to both highlight and foster ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to and exploration of the role of context in the acquisition of a variety of L2 competencies.This book makes a seminal contribution to understanding the role of context in different kinds of acquisition, taking forward current debates on inter- and transdisciplinarity in second language acquisition (SLA). It aims to both highlight and foster
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Laying Ghosts

by Clare Reddaway, Emily Wright ...

Narrated by a full cast ...

Unabridged

50 min

When Connie’s beloved husband, Jack, dies after twenty-seven years of marriage, Connie hopes that her only son, Gary, will console her. Gary, however, finds that level of commitment a bit, well, too much of a commitment. Connie is left with interfering neighbor Val until Gary’s girlfriend Sandra rings with some unexpected news.This sets Connie on a journey from a village in the Midlands to Hackney ... Read more

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When Connie’s beloved husband, Jack, dies after twenty-seven years of marriage, Connie hopes that her only son, Gary, will console her. Gary, however, finds that level of commitment a bit, well, too much of a commitment. Connie is left with interfering neighbor Val until Gary’s girlfriend Sandra rings with some unexpected news.This sets Connie on a journey from a village in the Midlands to Hackney
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You Daughters of Freedom

The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World

by Clare Wright ...

Narrated by Clare Wright ...

Unabridged

17 hours 50 min

For the ten years after 1902, when Australia's suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright's epic new history tells the story of that victory – and of Australia's role at the forefront of the subsequent international struggle – through the eyes of five remarkable players: the redoubtable Vida Goldstein, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

For the ten years after 1902, when Australia's suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright's epic new history tells the story of that victory – and of Australia's role at the forefront of the subsequent international struggle – through the eyes of five remarkable players: the redoubtable Vida Goldstein,
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The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka

by Clare Wright ...

Narrated by Kate Hosking ...

Unabridged

16 hours 38 min

The Eureka Stockade. It's one of Australia's foundation legends – yet the story has always been told as if half the participants weren't there. But what if the hot-tempered, free-spirited gold miners we learned about at school were actually husbands and fathers, brothers and sons? What if there were women and children right there beside them, inside the Stockade, when the bullets started to fly? ... Read more

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The Eureka Stockade. It's one of Australia's foundation legends – yet the story has always been told as if half the participants weren't there. But what if the hot-tempered, free-spirited gold miners we learned about at school were actually husbands and fathers, brothers and sons? What if there were women and children right there beside them, inside the Stockade, when the bullets started to fly?
... Read more
Confronting Climate Change in Bangladesh

Policy Strategies for Adaptation and Resilience

Edited by Saleemul Huq, Jeffrey Chow, Adrian Fenton, Clare Stott, Julia Taub, Helena Wright ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Due to its vulnerability to a wide variety of climate change impacts, Bangladesh has become a laboratory for adaptation and resilience strategies in the developing world. The knowledge shared by experienced practitioners who have a deep understanding of the complex context of this country is an invaluable resource. The International Centre for Climate Change and Development has brought together a ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

Due to its vulnerability to a wide variety of climate change impacts, Bangladesh has become a laboratory for adaptation and resilience strategies in the developing world. The knowledge shared by experienced practitioners who have a deep understanding of the complex context of this country is an invaluable resource. The International Centre for Climate Change and Development has brought together a
... Read more
Mind Matters in SLA

Edited by Dr. Clare Wright, Prof. Thorsten Piske, Dr. Martha Young-Scholten ...

Series Book 126 - Second Language Acquisition
This book examines key issues in theories of what language is and what happens in the mind during second language acquisition (SLA), inspiring readers to think in new and exciting ways about language learning and teaching. Chapters, written by both established and rising star scholars, provide cutting-edge insights and new empirical findings on major topics of formal and cognitive linguistics, ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This book examines key issues in theories of what language is and what happens in the mind during second language acquisition (SLA), inspiring readers to think in new and exciting ways about language learning and teaching. Chapters, written by both established and rising star scholars, provide cutting-edge insights and new empirical findings on major topics of formal and cognitive linguistics,
... Read more
Second Language Speech Fluency

From Research to Practice

by Parvaneh Tavakoli, Clare Wright ...

Series series Cambridge Applied Linguistics
Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an
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GenderQueer

Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary

by Riki Wilchins, Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, Silvia Rivera, Susan Wright, Gina Reiss ...

When GenderQueer was first published in 2002, it was groundbreaking, even inventing a new word for those whose voices had been hidden behind the walls of the gender binary. Now—finally!—it's republished, and those voices are still fresh and compelling in a volume that can take its place as one of the field's early and most original "classics."Michael KimmelSUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

When GenderQueer was first published in 2002, it was groundbreaking, even inventing a new word for those whose voices had been hidden behind the walls of the gender binary. Now—finally!—it's republished, and those voices are still fresh and compelling in a volume that can take its place as one of the field's early and most original "classics."Michael KimmelSUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology
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Confidential Daydreams

by Maggie Clare-Wright ...

This book is a very sensual exploration of what sex can be. Each episode offers a different scenario to open doors to the exquisite imagination.Warning: For mature readers only ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

This book is a very sensual exploration of what sex can be. Each episode offers a different scenario to open doors to the exquisite imagination.Warning: For mature readers only
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A Man Called Ove

The global bestselling phenomenon

by Fredrik Backman ...

Narrated by Joan Walker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

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The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community
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The Lost Apothecary

A Novel

by Sarah Penner ...

Narrated by Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, Lauren Irwin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

This mystical audiobook will have you hooked from the first word! Performed by Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, and Lauren Irwin.“A bold, edgy, accomplished debut!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose CodeA forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to the Lost Apothecary…Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

This mystical audiobook will have you hooked from the first word! Performed by Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, and Lauren Irwin.“A bold, edgy, accomplished debut!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose CodeA forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to the Lost Apothecary…Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret
... Read more

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