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There It Is Again
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This collection will appeal to readers who enjoy sharp, thoughtful essays on politics and culture, and anyone fascinated by the power of language to illuminate and provoke.
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Speechwriter, historian, essayist, word doctor; Don Watson has a gift for gently guiding us to the nub of a matter and a grinding of the teeth, an aha or a chuckle with his fine facility with words.
Over the years, Don has written on politics and politicians—Australian and North American, sport, birds and nature, horse-racing, history, and military events. Sometimes in celebration of a moment or a creature of beauty and other times because he deplores something he has seen and must take a stand.
At the heart of all of his work is the knowledge that words, with meaning, matter.
There It Is Again is a testament to his ability to capture both the essence and the complexities of life through language.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780143787006
Publisher: Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 November 2017
Country: Australia
Imprint: Vintage (Australia)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Don Watson's Recollections of a Bleeding Heart- Paul Keating Prime Minister, won the Age Book of the Year and Non-Fiction Prizes, the Brisbane Courier Mail Book of the Year, the National Biography Award and the Australian Literary Studies Association's Book of the Year. His Quarterly Essay, Rabbit Syndrome- Australia and America won the Alfred Deakin Essay Prize. Death Sentence, his best-selling book about the decay of public language won the Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year. Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words was also a bestseller. American Journeys won the Age Non-Fiction and Book of the Year Awards. It also won the inaugural Indie Award for Non-Fiction and the Walkley Award for Non-Fiction.
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