Essay genre books (3)


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How We Love : Notes on a Life by Clementine Ford EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Clementine Ford is a person who has loved deeply, strangely and with curiosity. She is fascinated by love and the multiple ways it makes its home in our hearts and believes that the way we continue to surrender ourselves to love is an act of great faith and bravery. This tender and lyrical memoir explores love in its many forms through Clementine's own experiences. With clear eyes and an open heart, she writes about losing her adored mother far too young, about the pain and confusion of first love - both platonic and romantic - and the joy and heartache of adult love. She writes movingly about... continue
Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

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Sand Talk

Sand Talk : How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
"A paradigm-shifting book from Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, who brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to history, education, money, power, and sustainability-and offers a new template for living"--

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We Are the Ocean: Selected Works by Epeli Hau‘ofa EN

0 Ratings
Country: Oceania / Tonga flag Tonga
Description:
Hau'ofa's essays criss-cross Oceania, creating a navigator's star chart of discussion and debate. Spurning the arcana of the intellectual establishments where he was schooled, Hau'ofa has crafted a distinctive - often lyrical, at times angry - voice that speaks directly to the people of the region and the general reader. He conveys his thoughts from diverse standpoints: university-based analyst, essayist, satirist and humorist, and practical catalyst for creativity. According to Hau'ofa, only through creative originality in all fields of endeavor can the people of Oceania hope to strengthen th... continue
Recommended: 18 Aug 2022


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