"Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry is an anthology of poems by more than one hundred award-winning poets, including Jericho Brown, Justin Philip Reed, and Tracy K. Smith, with themed essays on poetics from celebrated scholars such as Kwame Dawes, Meta DuEwa Jones, and Evie Shockley. The Furious Flower Poetry Center is the nation’s first academic center for Black poetry. In this eponymous collection, editors Jo ..."
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in The Ringing Ear alongside some of ..."
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South.Voices new to the scene appear in "The Ringing Ear" alongside some ..."
"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."
""Germanna Record 20: Germanna Studies: Essays Honoring John V. Blankenbaker" is a collection of essays by a range of contemporary scholars with a strong interest in Germanna. Each essay draws on the years of scholarship in Germanna-related topics on the part of each of the contributors to the volume, as their way of honoring John Blankenbaker for his many years of research, publication, and speaking on Germanna topics. The contents incl ..."
"Germanna Record 20: Germanna Studies: Essays Honoring John V. Blankenbaker is a collection of essays by a range of contemporary scholars with a strong interest in Germanna. Each essay draws on the years of scholarship in Germanna-related topics on the part of each of the contributors to the volume, as their way of honoring John Blankenbaker for his many years of research, publication, and speaking on Germanna topics. The contents includ ..."
"In Mother Mary Comes To Me, poets explore the intersection of the sacred and popular personifications of Mary that have evolved throughout the ages, and how she still holds sway in the 21st century as a figure to be praised and celebrated."
" Swashbuckler, daredevil racing-car champion, Winter Olympian, gambler, smuggler, scoundrel, stud and suspected spy - this is the fascinating story of the scandalous Freddie McEvoy.Born in Melbourne in 1907, Freddie's life took him from socialising with a young Errol Flynn in Sydney and on to the French Riviera in the heady years leading up to World War II. With his dashing good looks and charm, Freddie lived a swashbuckling life, quick ..."
Hugo Wolf A Biography by FrankWalker ISBN-13: 978-0-685-43694-3, ISBN: 0-685-43694-2
Maralinga The chilling expose of our secret nuclear shame and betrayal of our troops and country by FrankWalker Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1767 by Hachette ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3190-0, ISBN: 0-7336-3190-8
"Investigative journalist Frank Walker's Maralinga is a must-read true story of the abuse of our servicemen, scientists treating the Australian population as lab rats and politicians sacrificing their own people in the pursuit of power."
The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy The true story of the swashbuckling Australian rogue by FrankWalker 336 Pages, Published 2018 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3988-3, ISBN: 0-7336-3988-7
"Prologue 1 2 Cholly Knickerbocker, 'Heroic end of the fabulous playboy', The
American Weekly magazine, ... Robert Upe, 'Australian medal-winner “Suicide
Freddie” McEvoy was a killer on the slopes', Sydney Morning Herald, 21 January
1994, page 29. ... 5 Rupert Matthews, Hitler: Military commander, Arcturus
Publishing, London, 2003, page 115. ... 9 The bet between Freddie McEvoy and
Barbara Hutton is detailed in the book French Curve ..."
Maralinga The chilling expose of our secret nuclear shame and betrayal of our troops and country by FrankWalker Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3593-9, ISBN: 0-7336-3593-8
"'Utterly gripping. It reads like a thriller.' JON FAINE This edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light as a result of the groundbreaking original publication. Investigative journalist Frank Walker's MARALINGA is a must-read true story of the abuse of our servicemen, scientists treating the Australian population as lab rats, and politicians sacrificing their own people in the pursuit of power. D ..."
Traitors How Australia and its Allies betrayed our ANZACs and let Nazi and Japanese war criminals go free by FrankWalker 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3716-2, ISBN: 0-7336-3716-7
"Churchill ordered this ramshackle and under-equipped force to hold Crete at all
costs. The order to stand in Crete served no military purpose. It was just pride and
bluster from Churchill, a sacrifice he could once again show off to the Americans.
Two weeks later German warplanes bombed and strafed Allied positions. On 20
May 1941, German paratroopers shocked the defenders with the first mass aerial
parachute drop of the war. In th ..."
Traitors How Australia and its Allies betrayed our ANZACs and let Nazi and Japanese War Criminals Go Free by FrankWalker Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Hachette ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3717-9, ISBN: 0-7336-3717-5
"In October 1943 Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Josef Stalin signed a solemn pact that once their enemies were defeated the Allied powers would 'pursue them to the uttermost ends of the earth and will deliver them to their accusers in order that justice may be done'. Nowhere did they say that justice would be selective. But it would prove to be. TRAITORS outlines the treachery of the British, American and Australian governm ..."
The Man Verdi by FrankWalker, Philip Gossett Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-87132-5, ISBN: 0-226-87132-0
"In this classic biography of composer Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Walker reveals Verdi the man through his connections with the individuals who knew him best. “Walker focuses on some of the more significant people in Verdi’s life and carefully scrutinizes his relationships with them. His wife, Giuseppina Strepponi; his student and amanuensis, Emanuele Muzio; the conductor who first fully understood Verdi’s mature art, Angelo Mariani; the gre ..."
"This book describes 100 of the best buildings in Scotland since 1916, a period of unprecedented social and technological change. Bringing together highly detailed knowledge, significant insight and a liberal sprinkling of anecdote, this is more than an account of 100 individual buildings, it is a rich history of endeavour, creativity and pride."
Commandos Heroic and Deadly ANZAC Raids in World War II by FrankWalker Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3153-5, ISBN: 0-7336-3153-3
"Australian and New Zealand special forces are renowned for their bravery, their skill and their sense of duty - so much so that World War II Allied commanders turned to ANZAC soldiers, sailors and airmen to carry out the most dangerous and virtually impossible missions behind enemy lines. Paddling canoes 4,000 kilometres to attack enemy ships in Singapore; lightning raids on Rommel's forces in the deserts of North Africa. Flying bomber ..."
Commandos Heroic and Deadly Anzac Raids in World War II by FrankWalker 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3168-9, ISBN: 0-7336-3168-1
"It was run out of Townsville by Lieutenant Commander Eric Feldt, a 40yearold
Queenslander who'd served in the British Navy in the First World War. Feldt gave
Coast Watchers the codename Ferdinand; he said the name came from a Walt
Disney cartoon of the day about a bull called Ferdinand who liked to sit under a
tree and smell flowers. 'It was meant as a reminder to Coast Watchers that it was
not their duty to fight and so draw atten ..."
Ghost Platoon The critically acclaimed Vietnam War bestseller (Hachette Military Collection) by FrankWalker Paperback, Published 2015 by Hachette Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-3460-4, ISBN: 0-7336-3460-5
"But the price they all paid was far too high. GHOST PLATOON is a gripping story of the soldiers who should never be forgotten . . . or denied. Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION."
When Winter Come the Ascension of York by FrankWalker Published 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-23325-5, ISBN: 1-283-23325-8