New Release CONTEMPORARY ISSUES & SOCIETY  Elvis is Titanic
Ian Klaus 978 1921401 17 6 $26.95 Pb  Add to
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Why would an American go to Iraqi Kurdistan to teach American history? In the spring of 2005, Ian Klaus, a twenty-six-year-old American Rhodes Scholar, traveled eight hours from Turkey, via broken-down taxi and armed convoy, to reach Salahaddin University in Arbil, the largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Elvis Is Titanic is the poignant, funny, and eye-opening story of the semester he spent there teaching U.S. history and English in the thick of the war for hearts and minds.
A runaway success in the United States, we are pleased to bring Ian Klaus’ inspiring work to Australia.
“Captivating…A fascinating exploration of a society jolted by great change…Klaus imbues the narrative with an easy humor…[and he] also has an eye for the characters who are churned up in war’s aftermath…Klaus, who is not yet 30 displays greater insight than many authors twice his age and twice as self important. Elvis is Titanic beautifully captures the quotidian and often chaotic realities behind how history is made.” -The Wall Street Journal
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Conversations with the Mob
Megan Lewis
978 1921401 03 9 $49.95 Hb
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“In a word – vital.” - The Herald
Sun
“Pick of the Week – The result is a tour de force of
fine, spontaneous photography combined with remarkable
first-person narratives from a wide variety of Martu
people.” - The Sydney Morning Herald
When the Mob allowed a whitefella – photojournalist
Megan Lewis – to come and live with them, the understanding
was she was there to take photographs to share with outsiders.
But as two and a half years passed and Megan absorbed herself in
the Mob’s way, it became apparent that the project was more
than a book or an exhibition… it was a journey of marpan
(healing) for whitefellas and Martu alike.
Conversations with the Mob is a stunning collection
of over 100 photographs with oral stories capturing the beauty,
humour, sadness and friendship of a traditional Aboriginal
community grappling with the demands of Western culture.
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