Griffith Review 65

Griffith Review 65
Author: Ashley Hay
Publisher: Text Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781925773798

Griffith Review 65: Crimes and Punishments tells stories of reform and possibility from inside our institutions, from the greatest to the smallest of their participants.

Griffith Review 75: Learning Curves

Griffith Review 75: Learning Curves
Author: Ashley Hay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2022-02
Genre: Australian essays
ISBN: 9781922212689

What can we learn about learning? Australians have one of the highest levels of educational attainment in the world, but not every Australian has access to a world-class education. What represents a 'good' education in a country with an increasingly segmented school system and a tertiary sector that faces profound uncertainties, both financial and existential? Griffith Review 75: Learning Curves explores the full spectrum of educational experiences -- from preschool to postgrad, from private to public, and from sandstone to the school of life. How has the global information age reshaped our knowledge institutions? What potential and possibilities lie in embracing Australia's vast repositories of First Nations' knowledge? Are traditional subjects -- arts, humanities, social sciences - still relevant in an increasingly contested field? And what do those engaged in the different aspects of learning - students, teachers, policymakers -- make of their experiences? Learning Curves navigates a range of life-long learning pathways, and explores the necessity of rupture and transformation along the way. Contributors include: Gabbie Stroud -- Tegan Bennett Daylight -- Lisa Fuller -- Bri Lee -- Erin Hortle -- Miriam Sved -- Gwilym Croucher -- Catherine Ball -- Pasi Sahlberg -- Cath Keenan -- Winnie Dunn -- Andrew Leigh 'Where the news cycle tends to feed cynicism, Griffith Review is the necessary counterpoint: a place of ideas and possibility. It's a relief to find the quality writing, reflection and observation nurtured in its pages.' -- Billy Griffiths, historian and writer

Griffith Review 67: Matters of Trust

Griffith Review 67: Matters of Trust
Author: Ashley Hay
Publisher: GRIFFITH REVIEW
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-02-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1922212482

Are we ready to embrace the personal and political dimensions of trust? Griffith Review 67: Matters of Trust provides a fascinating and forensic examination of how we experience trust in our public and personal lives. With new work from Anne Tiernan, David Ritter, Cameron Muir, Alex Miller, Sophie Overett, Omar Sakr, John Kinsella, Damon Young and many more, this timely edition of Griffith Review explores the implications and opportunities of a collapse in trust, from politics and diplomacy to the dynamics of the most intimate personal relationships. In asking how we can find connection in increasingly divided and disrupted spaces, Matters of Trust offers stories of transformation, epiphany and hope.

The Stranding

The Stranding
Author: Karen Viggers
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2014-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1741768594

A memorable story of broken hearts trying to mend, of personal discovery and recovery - Weekend Australian.

Griffith Review 67

Griffith Review 67
Author: Ashley Hay
Publisher: Text Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781922268839

Griffith Review 67: Matters of Trust explores the transformation of society through the way we interact with institutions, in essays from top emerging and established writers.

No Friend but the Mountains

No Friend but the Mountains
Author: Behrouz Boochani
Publisher: House of Anansi
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2019-02-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1487006845

Winner of Australia’s richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani’s account of his detainment on Australia’s notorious Manus Island prison. Composed entirely by text message, this work represents the harrowing experience of stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. Winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature, No Friend but the Mountains is an extraordinary account — one that is disturbingly representative of the experience of the many stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. “Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.” — From the Foreword by Man Booker Prize–winning author Richard Flanagan

Battle in the Civil War

Battle in the Civil War
Author: Paddy Griffith
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-07-23
Genre:
ISBN:

Battle in the Civil War is a step-by-step explanation of how the Blue and Gray armies squared up to fight each other; how they maneuvered on the battlefield and what happened when they came to close combat. It is a concise summary of the art of war in that conflict. Military historian Paddy Griffith looks at the problems faced by the commanders in this fascinating conflict and examines in detail how they overcame them. Working closely with illustrator Peter Dennis, Dr. Griffith reveals in a new and exciting way the mechanisms of command, the instruments of victory and of defeat during those four terrible years. This second edition is edited by John Curry as part of the History of Wargaming Project series of books.

Behind the Laughter

Behind the Laughter
Author: Anthony Griffith
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0785219811

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart? Discover the powerful story of stand-up comic Anthony Griffith and how to navigate grief through persistence, faith, humor and love. Now available in trade paper. Just as Anthony’s career in stand-up comedy launched him onto the stage of The Tonight Show, he and his wife Brigitte faced an unimaginable personal nightmare: their two-year-old daughter, Brittany Nicole, was dying from cancer. While Anthony performed under bright lights, he struggled not to succumb to the darkness of losing a child. In this stirring memoir, Anthony Griffith and his wife of more than thirty years, Brigitte Travis-Griffin, share the powerful story of living between life’s funniest moments and its most heartbreaking tragedies. With humor and deep insights into the human spirit, Behind the Laughter explores Anthony’s life and career as well as the bonds between parent and child and husband and wife. The surprising twists along Anthony’s path highlights experiencing God’s sustaining presence in the darkest moments as well as the sweetest dreams. Behind the Laughter explores: Powerful, relatable emotions and lessons that are universal and inspiring New perspectives on difficult topics that everyone can relate to The power of finding humor in spite of adversity Find true inspiration along with laugh-out-loud humor in this remarkable story of resilience and grace in the face of loss.

Griffith REVIEW 45

Griffith REVIEW 45
Author: Julianne Schultz
Publisher: Text Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014-07-23
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781922182425

The way we work has changed profoundly in recent years. This timely edition of the multi-award-winning Griffith REVIEW explores the extraordinary structural changes triggered by globalisation, the internet and the collapse of unions. Job security is a thing of the past—many welcome the flexibility of the new environment while others find it hard to adjust. The Way We Work features stories from the coalface of work—traditional and non-traditional jobs described with insight, flair and passion. Contributors include Ashley Hay, Rebecca Huntley, Gideon Haigh, Peter Mares, Kathy Marks, Craig McGregor, David Peetz and more.

Griffith Review 68

Griffith Review 68
Author: Ashley Hay
Publisher: Text Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781922268761

Griffith Review 68: Getting On explores the demographic shift taking place in a society where seventy is the new fifty—featuring essays from Helen Garner, Tony Birch, Vicki Laveau-Harvie, Melanie Cheng and Charlotte Wood.