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Trick of the Light

By: Laura Elvery

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An art teacher sends four of her students on a guerrilla mission. A young runner struggles to make sense of his best friend's death. A health-food company adopts a farcical promotional strategy. A factory worker spends her days applying radioactive paint to watches, while dreaming of a future with her new suitor. With a keen eye for detail and rich emotional insight, Laura Elvery reveals the fears and fantasies of everyday people searching for meaning. Ranging from tender poignancy to wry humor, this beguiling collection marks the debut of one of a rising star.

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272

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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ISBN 10

0702261254

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9780702261251

Ordinary Matter

By: Laura Elvery

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Ordinary Matter

By: Laura Elvery

In 1895 Alfred Nobel rewrote his will and left his fortune made in dynamite and munitions to generations of thinkers. Since 1901 women have been honoured with Nobel Prizes for their scientific research twenty times, including Marie Curie twice. Spanning more than a century and ranging across the world, this inventive story collection is inspired by these women whose work has altered history and saved millions of lives. From a transformative visit to the Grand Canyon to a baby washing up on a Queensland beach, a climate protest during a Paris heatwave to Stockholm on the eve of the 1977 Nobel Prize ceremony, Ordinary Matter explores the nature of ingenuity and discovery, motherhood and sacrifice, illness and legacy. Sometimes the extraordinary pivots on the ordinary.

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249

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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ISBN 10

0702263990

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9780702263996

Things I Learned from Mario's Butt

By: Laura Kate Dale

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Things I Learned from Mario's Butt

By: Laura Kate Dale

Have you ever wondered why some video game characters wear trousers and others don’t? Or pondered the connection between a character’s toned, muscular derrière and their level of dexterity? What about the depth of a crack, the jiggle of a cheek? When it comes to video game character designs, one of the most overlooked aspects is the buttocks. Sure, we might appreciate a nice toned butt on a character or giggle at GIFs of farts from time to time, but how often do we stop to really think about the meaning of the butt? In Things I Learned from Mario’s Butt, video game critic Laura Kate Dale brings backsides to the foreground, analysing dozens of posteriors and asking the important questions: Has Mario let himself go? Do Link’s small buttocks hold him back? When he dies, is Pac-Man eaten by his own caboose? Wedged full of original artwork by Zack Flavin, and featuring interviews with game developers and guest butt reviews from gaming favourites such as Jim Sterling, Stuart Ashen, Brentalfloss and more, this book is a deep dive into why butts are downright integral to the games we play. So, crack it open and have a cheeky look inside at some of the most interesting bottoms the world of video games has to offer.

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163

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Unbound Publishing

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1783528915

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9781783528912

New Australian Fiction 2019

By: Rebecca Starford

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New Australian Fiction 2019

By: Rebecca Starford

A childless couple find an abandoned baby on the beach. A father is prosecuted by his small-town community. Two men on the coast share an unspoken love. A young woman has a threatening first date. A writer is terrorised by the ghosts of his fiction. City folk visit a room for crying. New Australian Fiction features brilliant writers with distinct experiences, voices and styles from all corners of Australia. Together they showcase the strength and diversity of Australian short fiction at its best. These stories will move, entertain and enlighten you. Featuring: Tony Birch • Zoë Bradley • Mikaella Clements • Craig Cormick • Laura Elvery • Andrea Gillum • Anne Hotta • Joshua Kemp • Jack Kirne • Julie Koh • Wayne Marshall • Chloe Michele • A.S. Patrić • Allee Richards • Melanie Saward • Gretchen Shirm • Khalid Warsame • Laura Elizabeth Woollett

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209

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Kill Your Darlings

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099448335X

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9780994483355

Egg Shooters

By: Laura Childs

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Egg Shooters

By: Laura Childs

Includes an excerpt from Laura Childs's next Tea Shop Mystery, Haunted Hibiscus.

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306

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Berkley

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0425281744

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9780425281741

Lavender Blue Murder

By: Laura Childs

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Lavender Blue Murder

By: Laura Childs

Includes recipes, tea time tips and resources.

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338

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Berkley

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0451489667

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9780451489661

Laura Owens

By: Laura Owens

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Laura Owens

By: Laura Owens

Edited by Beatrix Ruf. Text by Rod Mangham, Beatrix Ruf, Gloria Sutton. Interviews by Alex Katz, Elizabeth Peyton, Mary Heilmann, Scott Rothkopf.

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1905397011

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9781905397013

Blood Orange Brewing

By: Laura Childs

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Blood Orange Brewing

By: Laura Childs

When her delectable spread for socialite Delaine Dish's charity Candelight Concert is interrupted by the killing of local politician Duke Wilkes, tea shop proprietor Theodosia Browning is asked by the victim's widow to uncover the truth about the crime.

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1405638222

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9781405638227

Book's by Laura Elvery

Trick of the Light

Trick of the Light

Ordinary Matter

Ordinary Matter

Things I Learned from Mario's Butt

Things I Learned from Mario's Butt

New Australian Fiction 2019

New Australian Fiction 2019

Egg Shooters

Egg Shooters

Lavender Blue Murder

Lavender Blue Murder

Laura Owens

Laura Owens

Blood Orange Brewing

Blood Orange Brewing

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