Author: Linsay Knight
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780759320376
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A gaggle of googly ghosts, ghouls, spectres and spirits... a ragbag of unruly presences trying to find new homes in other people's bodies... a series of spooky happenings and spells that no one can explain... these are just some of the things sent to haunt you in 30 AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORIES FOR CHILDREN. This collection is sure to have readers on the edge of their seats or shivering under the sheets - a combination of old favourites and contemporary classics in one collection designed to inspire children of all ages. The well-known authors who provide these spooky tales include Paul Jennings, Anna Fienberg, Andy Griffiths, Catherine Jinks, Ruth Park, John Marsden and Emily Rodda. Entertaining black and white illustrations from Gregory Rogers make the stories come alive.
30 Australian Ghost Stories for Children
Author: Linsay Knight
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780759320376
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A gaggle of googly ghosts, ghouls, spectres and spirits... a ragbag of unruly presences trying to find new homes in other people's bodies... a series of spooky happenings and spells that no one can explain... these are just some of the things sent to haunt you in 30 AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORIES FOR CHILDREN. This collection is sure to have readers on the edge of their seats or shivering under the sheets - a combination of old favourites and contemporary classics in one collection designed to inspire children of all ages. The well-known authors who provide these spooky tales include Paul Jennings, Anna Fienberg, Andy Griffiths, Catherine Jinks, Ruth Park, John Marsden and Emily Rodda. Entertaining black and white illustrations from Gregory Rogers make the stories come alive.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780759320376
Category : Children's stories, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A gaggle of googly ghosts, ghouls, spectres and spirits... a ragbag of unruly presences trying to find new homes in other people's bodies... a series of spooky happenings and spells that no one can explain... these are just some of the things sent to haunt you in 30 AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORIES FOR CHILDREN. This collection is sure to have readers on the edge of their seats or shivering under the sheets - a combination of old favourites and contemporary classics in one collection designed to inspire children of all ages. The well-known authors who provide these spooky tales include Paul Jennings, Anna Fienberg, Andy Griffiths, Catherine Jinks, Ruth Park, John Marsden and Emily Rodda. Entertaining black and white illustrations from Gregory Rogers make the stories come alive.
Trust Me!
Author: Paul Collins
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 1921665351
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Collects short stories and poetry in different genres from the leading authors of Australian young adult fiction today.
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 1921665351
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Collects short stories and poetry in different genres from the leading authors of Australian young adult fiction today.
Australian National Bibliography: 1992
Author: National Library of Australia
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Uncanny Australia
Author: Ken Gelder
Publisher: Melbourne University Publish
ISBN: 9780522848168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Aboriginal claims for sacredness in modern Australia may seem like minor events, but they have radically disturbed the nation's image of itself. Minorities appear to have too much influence; majorities suddenly feel embattled. What once seemed familiar can now seem disconcertingly unfamiliar, a condition Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs diagnose as 'uncanny'. In Uncanny Australia Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes, and misfortunes, of the modern nation. They look at Coronation Hill, Hindmarsh Island, Uluru and the repatriation of sacred objects; they examine secret business in public places, promiscuous sacred sites, ghosts and bunyips, cartographic nostalgia, reconciliation and democracy, postcolonial racism and New Age enchantments. Uncanny Australia is a challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the Aboriginal sacred inhabits the modern nation.
Publisher: Melbourne University Publish
ISBN: 9780522848168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Aboriginal claims for sacredness in modern Australia may seem like minor events, but they have radically disturbed the nation's image of itself. Minorities appear to have too much influence; majorities suddenly feel embattled. What once seemed familiar can now seem disconcertingly unfamiliar, a condition Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs diagnose as 'uncanny'. In Uncanny Australia Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes, and misfortunes, of the modern nation. They look at Coronation Hill, Hindmarsh Island, Uluru and the repatriation of sacred objects; they examine secret business in public places, promiscuous sacred sites, ghosts and bunyips, cartographic nostalgia, reconciliation and democracy, postcolonial racism and New Age enchantments. Uncanny Australia is a challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the Aboriginal sacred inhabits the modern nation.
Great Australian Stories
Author: Graham Seal
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742693733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country, and this?new edition contains?10 extra stories. Australia has a rich tradition of story telling that reflects?a unique history and experience. Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories?Aussies tell about themselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742693733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country, and this?new edition contains?10 extra stories. Australia has a rich tradition of story telling that reflects?a unique history and experience. Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories?Aussies tell about themselves. Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.
Australian National Bibliography
Author:
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
Australian Literary Studies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town
Author: Michael Pryor
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760871575
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
So, how's my gap year going? Is it giving me a taste of the ghost-hunting business or is it just dumping me into situations where I could end up dead, or worse? Lingerers. Moaners. Thugs. Weepers. So many ghosts. Not enough graveyard shifts in a night. When an extreme ghost plague descends on the city, Anton and Rani must work overtime to keep the city safe and to find the source of the new aggressive ghost outbreak. And it amps up to another level after ghost hunters become the hunted. Anton and Rani will need all their wits and wiles about them if they are to manage the ghost influx, get to the truth about the Elsewhere and navigate the night with all their limbs intact. Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town is thoroughly entertaining and full of nail-biting ghostly action and adventure.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760871575
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
So, how's my gap year going? Is it giving me a taste of the ghost-hunting business or is it just dumping me into situations where I could end up dead, or worse? Lingerers. Moaners. Thugs. Weepers. So many ghosts. Not enough graveyard shifts in a night. When an extreme ghost plague descends on the city, Anton and Rani must work overtime to keep the city safe and to find the source of the new aggressive ghost outbreak. And it amps up to another level after ghost hunters become the hunted. Anton and Rani will need all their wits and wiles about them if they are to manage the ghost influx, get to the truth about the Elsewhere and navigate the night with all their limbs intact. Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town is thoroughly entertaining and full of nail-biting ghostly action and adventure.
Westerly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Frighteners
Author: Peter Laws
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510726772
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Frighteners is a bizarrely compelling, laugh-out-loud exploration of societies’ fascination with the dark, spooky, and downright terrifying side of life. The author--self proclaimed “sinister minister”--opens the book by reflecting on how he went from a horror-obsessed atheist to a God-fearing Christian and then reconciled his love of the macabre with his new faith. In the chapters that follow, Laws takes us on a worldwide romp to shine light on the dark corners of our own minds. An American hell house--controversial Christian “haunted houses” that act out the horrors of abortion, drug use, etc.—hosts his reflection on the use of horror in religion. A party in London with real life “vampires” exemplifies modern sexual fascination with the parasitic undead. He goes ghost hunting in an underground barbershop where a murderer used to cut hair. A professor in Denmark who is an expert on the recent Slenderman court case helps him explore the link between technology and the supernatural. In accessible and light-hearted prose, Peter Laws takes us from the dark corners of his mind to the underbelly of various macabre cultures to illuminate society’s preoccupation with death and horror. The Frighteners combines psychology, religious theory, and personal memoir to create a dynamic and fascinating read that is informative and entertaining.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510726772
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Frighteners is a bizarrely compelling, laugh-out-loud exploration of societies’ fascination with the dark, spooky, and downright terrifying side of life. The author--self proclaimed “sinister minister”--opens the book by reflecting on how he went from a horror-obsessed atheist to a God-fearing Christian and then reconciled his love of the macabre with his new faith. In the chapters that follow, Laws takes us on a worldwide romp to shine light on the dark corners of our own minds. An American hell house--controversial Christian “haunted houses” that act out the horrors of abortion, drug use, etc.—hosts his reflection on the use of horror in religion. A party in London with real life “vampires” exemplifies modern sexual fascination with the parasitic undead. He goes ghost hunting in an underground barbershop where a murderer used to cut hair. A professor in Denmark who is an expert on the recent Slenderman court case helps him explore the link between technology and the supernatural. In accessible and light-hearted prose, Peter Laws takes us from the dark corners of his mind to the underbelly of various macabre cultures to illuminate society’s preoccupation with death and horror. The Frighteners combines psychology, religious theory, and personal memoir to create a dynamic and fascinating read that is informative and entertaining.