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Kings Cross - a biography (Paperback): Louis Nowra Kings Cross - a biography (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Celebrated playwright, author and screenwriter Louis Nowra loves King Cross. A long-time resident, he makes us reimagine the most infamous and misunderstood place in Australia, a magnet for bohemianism, cosmopolitanism and organised crime. In a wildly energetic book that walks the streets, sits in bars, chats with the locals, and spends time in clubs and apartments where you wish the walls could talk, Nowra traverses the history and the future of his beloved neighbourhood. He burrows beneath the sensationalist Underbelly 'sex and sin' narrative, revealing stories and a cast of characters - some household names, others little-known - that not even a writer could conjure up. Kings Cross is a no-holds barred place where backpackers, prostitutes, strippers, chefs, mad men, poets, beggars, booksellers, doctors, gangsters, sailors, musicians, drug traffickers, eccentrics, judges and artists live side by side. Part flaneur, part historian and part eyewitness, Louis Nowra is the best possible guide to a place that is both real and a state of mind.

Into That Forest (Paperback, 1): Louis Nowra, Sally Nicholls Into That Forest (Paperback, 1)
Louis Nowra, Sally Nicholls
R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Following a ferocious storm, Hannah and Becky find themselves lost in the dangerous Tasmanian bush. Recused and adopted by a pair of Tasmanian tigers, the girls must adapt to a new life in the wild, where every day is a brutal fight for survival.

Cosi (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Louis Nowra Cosi (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Louis Nowra
R502 R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Save R74 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lewis arrives fresh from university to direct a play at a mental institution. Roy demands Cosi Fan Tutte. An affectionate look at madness and mayhem (3 acts, 5 men, 3 women).

The Lewis Trilogy - Summer of the Aliens, Cosi, This Much is True (Paperback): Louis Nowra The Lewis Trilogy - Summer of the Aliens, Cosi, This Much is True (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R621 R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Save R43 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Visions (Paperback): Louis Nowra Visions (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sydney - a biography (Paperback): Louis Nowra Sydney - a biography (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens.' In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra - author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo - expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of selfimportance of his adopted city. This big, bustling portrait of Sydney is told through profiles of people, high and low, with a cast of criminals and premiers, ordinary folk, entertainers, artists, thieves and visionaries. Along with its people, Nowra surveys the city's architecture and its global identity. And as Sydney's history unfolds throughout the twentieth century and beyond, Nowra revels in its neon lighting, music, skyscrapers and sense of optimism.

Inner Voices and Albert Names Edward: Two plays (Paperback, Revised Ed): Louis Nowra Inner Voices and Albert Names Edward: Two plays (Paperback, Revised Ed)
Louis Nowra
R359 R300 Discovery Miles 3 000 Save R59 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These two plays first brought Louis Nowra to public attention as a playwright, and now published together in a revised edition, vividly demonstrate his early preoccupation with isolation and the exercise of power through the imagination. Both plays' central characters are held prisoner by men whose ignorance is matched only by their ambition. In Inner Voices the son of Catherine the Great, locked away since childhood, is set upon the throne of Russia knowing only his name (1 act, 10 men, 3 women, extras). In Albert Names Edward, a black comedy about an amnesiac who takes shelter with an urban hermit, the world they enter is that of Mickey Spillane (1 act, 2 men).

Radiance (Paperback): Louis Nowra Radiance (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R496 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R75 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Summer of the Aliens (Paperback): Louis Nowra Summer of the Aliens (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R498 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R75 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Louis Nowra is a well-known Australian playwright. He has also written fim scripts and for television.

Prince of Afghanistan (Paperback): Louis Nowra Prince of Afghanistan (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Black parachutes fall from the sky: young soldiers - and a dog - on a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan.But the mission ends in chaos, and Mark and Prince embark on a perilous journey through enemy territory. Will they make it back to base? All they have is each other. All they can do is survive, today, tomorrow and the next day.A dramatic, powerful story of war and the bond between a young soldier and a dog, from the acclaimed author of Into That Forest.

The Golden Age (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Louis Nowra The Golden Age (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Louis Nowra
R500 R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Save R74 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Inspired by the true story of a group of people who were discovered in the wilds of Tasmania in 1939 (2 acts, 10 men, 6 women).

Woolloomooloo - a biography (Paperback): Louis Nowra Woolloomooloo - a biography (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Told in his vivid and entertaining style, Louis Nowra writes Woolloomooloo's biography, drink in hand, from the vantage point of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, the cosy, eccentric and wonderful pub on Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo. It's a world of sex, sin, sly grog, sailors, razor gangs, larrikins, workers, artisans, fishermen, activists, drinkers, fashion designers, tradies, and artists. It's also a story of courage, resilience, tolerance, compassion. And though the pub has a real theatre, it's the cast of real-life characters that are the stars of this show. Woolloomooloo's past wraps around its present. Louis - often accompanied by Coco the Chihuahua and other two-legged locals, often walks the streets, uncovering history - some official, some never revealed. He stumbles across pockets of beauty and charm, and the derelict and abandoned. Unforgettable - and unspellable - Woolloomooloo in this book is a place as fascinating as its name.

The Boyce Trilogy - The Woman with Dog's Eyes/The Marvellous Boy/The Emperor of Sydney (Paperback): Louis Nowra The Boyce Trilogy - The Woman with Dog's Eyes/The Marvellous Boy/The Emperor of Sydney (Paperback)
Louis Nowra
R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After an extensive period of writing for film, Louis Nowra returns to the stage with "The Boyce Trilogy", an epic saga about the Boyce family, a family made wealthy through property development. The trilogy starts with The Woman with Dog's Eyes which introduces us to the Boyce family as they gather to celebrate the parents' 40th wedding anniversary. Inspired by events that traumatised Sydneys Moran family, the play explores the universal themes of family, love and disappointment. The second part of the trilogy , "The Marvellous Boy", unwraps the story of this notorious Sydney family. Malcolm Boyce is dying at a time when his biggest building project -- and so his whole empire -- is threatened by protesters. He hires an important criminal, the charismatic Ray Pollard, to threaten his enemies. Malcolm gets his son, Luke, to liaise with Ray. Luke not only falls under Ray's spell but also finds himself involved with his father's mistress. The results are tragic. This story follows Luke from detachment into an emotional involvement that will be liberating and then shattering as the consequences of his and his father's moral duplicity emerge. In the final instalment of the trilogy, "The Emperor of Sydney" , the three sons fight for control of the company as their father lays dying in the master bedroom above the huge Beauchamp mansion living room. The company is near bankruptcy because of a huge stalled project (their father's personal vision) and they are facing a criminal investigation into the father's role in the suspicious death of the project's outspoken critic.

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