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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Joanna Murray-Smith
A reconciliation between a mother and the daughter she gave away at birth. Anna is a successful film editor in her 40s who has defined herself through her political conscience. Living alone in a cold, stylish apartment she believes she has come to terms with her history, until a young woman called Billie arrives at her door.
A play that shines a light on Australia's unsettled soul. It is set among smart and educated people whose cynicism appears to answer various questions.
When a great singer lets her voice float out over the anonymous crowd, or form the grooves of thousands of records, or flow through radios into millions of homes across the world, she makes countless unknown connections with people. In Joanna Murray-Smith's Songs for Nobodies we meet five anonymous women whose brushes with fame had a profound effect on their lives, interweaved with the songs that gave them heart.
'I'm ignited by three small words. I will not.' It's 9 October, 2012. She's been PM for two years and four months and she's worn down. She's been hounded, slurred, dissected, libelled. She's been violated over and over again by words. Julia Gillard's prime ministership was marred by the Australian media monopoly's inability to step over one thing: that she was a woman. A woman who, as a young aspiring lawyer, was told, 'When you are on your way up, don't forget the flowers that grow on the roadside'. There, in the spotlight of Australia's politics and patriarchy, she encounters thorns of the sharpest, cruellest kind. Joanna Murray-Smith's Julia peels back the public mask to attend to the private woman; one who harbours compassion, doubt, rage and ambition. A woman compelled not simply by her own voice, but by the voices of a million others speaking to, and with, her. 'The writing teems with wit, desire and tenderness.' ArtsHub
1995, the Swiss Alps. Patricia Highsmith, the queen of the thriller, now ageing and ailing, hides away in her study, surrounded by her collection of books and antique weaponry, finding solace in her seclusion, her cats and her cigarettes. A polished young man turns up, sent by her New York publisher to persuade her to write one final instalment of her best-selling series featuring the master manipulator, Tom Ripley. But as day breaks over the mountains, it becomes clear that the charming stranger is set on a far more sinister mission. Joanna Murray-Smith's play Switzerland is a gripping psychological thriller, filled with razor-sharp dialogue. It was first performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2014. The play received its UK premiere at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath, in 2018, before transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End.
A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male. From the author of the West End-hit, Honour. Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970's Women's Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work, The Cerebral Vagina. Numerous best-sellers and international adulation followed, but now she has writer's block. As she sits in her country house struggling with a deadline, in walks Molly Rivers, student, idealist and daughter of one of Margot's most dedicated followers. Initially flattered, Margot is less pleased when Molly handcuffs her to the desk and pulls a gun... Joanna Murray-Smith's play The Female of the Species was premiered in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. This revised version was premiered at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End in 2008.
An unsettling play about infidelity seen from the perspective of the three women involved: the wife, the lover and the daughter. George and Honor have been happily married for thirty-two years. She is a successful writer, he is a revered columnist. They have a perfect understanding of each other. Until a pushy young female journalist - on an assignment to 'profile' George - quite deliberately seeks to undermine that understanding. The fallout is dreadful - but beautifully and convincingly portrayed in all its painful consequences. Joanna Murray-Smith's play Honour was first performed at the Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, in November 1995. It received its UK premiere, in this revised version, at the National Theatre, London, in February 2003, and was revived in the West End in 2006.
Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life. Meryl Davenport – A mother who tells the story of her non-stop day in a rapid-fire internal monologue. Tiggy Entwhistle – A cactus lover bravely attempting to rise above her relationship crisis. Mary O'Donnell – A feisty teenage schoolgirl competing in a talent quest. Theresa McTerry – An increasingly disillusioned bride on her wedding day. Winsome Webster – A widow with an appetite for the unexpected. Zoe Struthers – An American cabaret singer who's had her fair share of personal problems. Joanna Murray-Smith's play Bombshells was first performed by Caroline O'Connor at the Fairfax Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia, in December 2001. It was revived at the same venue in 2004, transferring to the York Theatre in Sydney in April 2004. A reduced version consisting of four monologues was performed by Caroline O'Connor as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, in 2004. This production – now consisting of all six monologues – transferred to the Arts Theatre in the West End in September 2004.
Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 Set in a tiny coffee shop on the London-bound platform of St Leonards Warrior Square station and told by the female owner, Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 is a current portrayal of an eccentric community, a how-to business book, and an uplifting story of healing. It's about how the narrator (Jo Murray) unwittingly became a therapist to her customers - and how in turn – they changed her life for the better. Coffee, trains and travellers prove to be a powerful combination. The narrator, the customers, the vignettes are all real people and their stories are true, some funny, some incredulous, some simply heart-breaking. The coffee shop is still very much ‘business as usual’ – new customers have become regulars – old regulars have remained loyal – the door opens promptly at 6am – as do the conversations. The narrator writes as she is: practical, straight talking, compassionate, and with a dry sense of humour. A middle-aged single mother of three, she was broke and broken-hearted when she threw her all into starting up her coffee shop. With no entrepreneurial experience, within a year she'd made it a great success. Part of the reason was her coffee and work ethic - but the other part was the amazing trust and human interactions that happened across the counter in the time it takes to pull a flat white before the Charing Cross train. And also, the extraordinary true stories that people shared with her. We all know how we become anonymous strangers when we travel - and this funny compassionate book reveals just how much we all share, how we all have our private struggles and joys - and how the most unlikely looking person might actually be a hero.
The alphabet is seen through many eyes every day but in different ways. Many people do not understand the meaning of autism or children on the autism spectrum. This book was designed to show children pictures of different animals that are unique in their own way, like a bird with an umbrella on their head or a fish you can see through. The author wrote this book having hope that children, no matter where they live or what they look like, can be different and still feel like they fit in.
Tiddalik in Dunolly
Faye Arnold; Deborah Murray; Joanne Osborne
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
nidottu
Tiddalik was a Pobblebonk frog who lived in the Dredge Hole in Dunolly. He was so thirsty he swallowed up all the water. This caused a terrible drought. The plants began to wilt and the animals became so thirsty. What could all the animals do?
Public Management and Complexity Theory
Mary Lee Rhodes; Joanne Murphy; Jenny Muir; John A. Murray
Routledge
2010
sidottu
That public services exhibit unpredictability, novelty and, on occasion, chaos, is an observation with which even a casual observer would agree. Existing theoretical frameworks in public management fail to address these features, relying more heavily on attempts to eliminate unpredictability through increased reliance on measurable performance objectives, improved financial and human resource management techniques, decentralisation of authority and accountability and resolving principal-agent behaviour pathologies. Essentially, these are all attempts to improve the ‘steering’ capacity of public sector managers and policy makers.By adopting a Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) approach to public services, this book shifts the focus from developing steering techniques to identifying patterns of behaviour of the participants with the ultimate objective of increasing policy-makers’ and practitioners’ understanding of the factors that may enable more effective public service decision-making and provision. The authors apply a CAS framework to a series of case studies in public sector management to generate new insights into the issues, processes and participants in public service domains.
Public Management and Complexity Theory
Mary Lee Rhodes; Joanne Murphy; Jenny Muir; John A. Murray
Routledge
2012
nidottu
That public services exhibit unpredictability, novelty and, on occasion, chaos, is an observation with which even a casual observer would agree. Existing theoretical frameworks in public management fail to address these features, relying more heavily on attempts to eliminate unpredictability through increased reliance on measurable performance objectives, improved financial and human resource management techniques, decentralisation of authority and accountability and resolving principal-agent behaviour pathologies. Essentially, these are all attempts to improve the ‘steering’ capacity of public sector managers and policy makers.By adopting a Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) approach to public services, this book shifts the focus from developing steering techniques to identifying patterns of behaviour of the participants with the ultimate objective of increasing policy-makers’ and practitioners’ understanding of the factors that may enable more effective public service decision-making and provision. The authors apply a CAS framework to a series of case studies in public sector management to generate new insights into the issues, processes and participants in public service domains.
NOVELLER
Anders Jacobsson; Johanna Sandberg; Jesper Lundqvist; Sarah Vegna; Tommy Gustafsson; Capri Norrman; Kristina Murray Brodin; Annelie Strömberg; Robert Halvarsson; Karin Salmson; Anna Hellerstedt
Ja förlaget
2021
sidottu
I Noveller samlas elva författare med elva mycket olika röster. Den gemensamma nämnaren är berättelsen, den korta historien. Om det är om kärlek som gått sönder, historia som upprepar sig, uppvaknanden och utveckling, hämnd och försoning, död och liv, eller om det är om något helt annat – det är upp till varje läsare att utläsa. Anders Jacobsson, Anna Hellerstedt, Annelie Strömberg, Capri Norrman, Jesper Lundqvist, Johanna Sandberg, Karin Salmson, Kristina Murray Brodin, Robert Halvarsson, Sarah Vegna och Tommy Gustafsson skapar en mosaik av berättelser om livet, om det absurda, det roliga, det såriga, det vackra och lekfulla.
I've figured out that the best guidance comes from within. Essentially our life story. Here's my guide on how I achieved mental wealth, full of many life lessons and reflection. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Read how I built up my self-esteem. I've learned I don't have to hide or omit anything in my life. Every struggle I've been through is a success story. While living your story, go back and reread the important parts. Process--heal. Then move forward with your book in hand.*Let go of past traumas and struggle.*No more self-sabotaging or negative talk. I'm ready to open my book and tell you my story. Read how I broke free from a six year-long abusive relationship. *Identify red flags and get away from self-limiting people. *Commit to yourself. Life is a continuous journey. You live, you learn, and you grow through every experience and encounter, negative or positive. *Turn losses into lessons. *Rewrite your habits. *Create your own narrative. Ready, set, read Domestic Violence, Eviction, Arrested, Psychiatric Crisis, Harassed, Fired, Near Death Experience, Rare Syndrome: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, Faith Based
Personal poetry of Joanna Jeanine Schmidt. The subject matter maybe too intense for some.