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New secondary English titles coming in 2008 Please note prices for new titles are estimates and will be confirmed on publication Scroll down for: Exploring Short Stories Vol 1  new edition Exploring Short Stories Vol 2  new edition Cousins across the seas - short stories from countries of the British Commonwealth Experiencing Shakespeare The Governor's Family Exit the King The Art of the Monologue HSC 2009 - Belonging: an area of study HSC 2009 Standard Modules and Electives HSC 2009 Advanced Modules and Electives Speaking and Listening Skills junior secondary new edition Speaking and Listening Skills middle secondary new edition     Exit the King By Eugene Ioensco Translated by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush  Exit the King was written by Eugene Ioensco in 1962. This translation from Ionesco’s French was prepared by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush for the 2007 production of Exit the King at the Malthouse and Belvoir Theatres.  Exit the King is an absurdist comedy about the decline and death of King Berenger and the descent of his court and Kingdom, and indeed the world, into chaos.  “The hallucinatory, dislocated play reveals a chasm in which there is an    absence of God, a kind of nothingness; the ridiculousness of people and their plights serve to illuminate a crazy, cruel world.”                                               Bryce Hallet, Sydney Morning Herald, June 15 2007  As well as being a superb piece of theatre, this edition of Exit the King provides the reader with an insight into the transition from original text to the stage. The text by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush shows  where changes have been to the original text, production notes used in the 2007 Malthouse / Belvoir production,       directed by Neil Armfield and starring Geoffrey Rush. It also includes ad libs which became part of the performance.   Exit the King  978-1-921085-65–9        $24.95 tbc        available May 2008     The Governor’s Family By Beatrix Christian  The Governor’s Family is a play by Beatrix Christian about a family in colonial Sydney   towards the end of the Nineteenth Century, and the social, moral and political issues of that time. It is a play about change, particularly the generational change represented by the parents’ ties with Britain, and the past, and the views and attitudes of the children as Australia moves away from its ties with Britain. Although the play does have a specific setting in time and place, it could be about any Australian family, in any place, and the issues it raises are as relevant now as they were when the play was set.   “It is a major new play, reaching back to the 1890s to give us a powerful story for the ...turn of the millennium. It offers hope for a future that is looking rather grim to Australians who care about  private and public truth and morality.” John McCallum, The Australian, May 16, 1997  The Governor’s Family 978-1-921085-72 –7   $22.95 tbc      available NOW 2008   The Art of the Monologue  by John Upton The Art of the Monologue contains several monologues, ranging from four or five minutes performance time to a full performance of around 45 to 60 minutes. There are parts for male and female actors. Also included is a complete play, from which a monologue has been developed. This allows students to see how a monologue can be created from a play using more than one actor. It also allows students to develop their own monologues from the other characters. There are two schools of thought on monologues as drama.  One view is that they’re not really drama at all because, it suggests, drama is conflict between two or more characters, which is impossible with just one person involved.  The other is that drama can be conflict within one character, and moreover, additional characters can be added by the imagination of performer and audience. In shorter forms, monologues exploit dramatic irony as the audience gradually, subtly becomes aware of things unknown to, or barely realised by, the character.  Thus the audience can achieve deep insight which enhances empathy, judgement and involvement in the drama.  A third, simpler form of monologue is as chorus, or reporter - an anonymous commentator speaking directly to the audience, briefly setting a scene or backgrounding a situation. The monologues in this book can be used for performances in their present form, but they can also be used and developed by individual students preparing their own performance. The book also includes a substantial introduction on the monologue as drama, looking at different types of monologue. It also provides specific suggestions for using the monologues in the book as performance pieces.  The Art of the Monologue                 978 1 876580 49 0               $22.95  to be confirmed      available NOW     Experiencing Shakespeare a resource book for teachers edited by Matthew Brown This is an essential resource book for every teacher doing anything with Shakespeare in the classroom. It has all the essential information you need about his works, his times and his language, with contributions from  some of the world’s most experienced Shakespeare practitioners. The book includes: o       a catalogue, with brief description, of all Shakespeare’s plays o       a comprehensive selection of quotations attributed to Shakespeare o       information about Elizabethan theatre and times o       an introduction to using Shakespeare’s language in the classroom o       strategies for introducing Shakespeare to students o       themes in Shakespeare’s plays o       Shakespeare’s women (the ones in the plays) o       directing Shakespeare o       acting Shakespeare o       sounds and music With each section of the book there are ideas and suggestions for classroom activities, including photocopiable worksheets. The contributors include John Bell, founder and artistic director of The Bell Shakespeare Company, Bille Brown, who has performed roles in Shakespeare with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and Bell Shakespeare, Peter Thomas, who has taught and written extensively on Shakespeare in the UK, Ken Watson, who has played a major role in drama education in Australia over many years, Matthew Brown, deputy head at Wagga Wagga High School and Education Consultant with Bell Shakespeare, Assoc Professor John Hughes, who has written extensively on drama and Shakespeare, particularly for teachers, and Helen Sykes, whose teaching and writing experience is combined with her passion for drama to produce practical ideas for teachers.   Experiencing Shakespeare          978 1 921085 11 6           $39.95                                        available May 2008   Exploring Short Stories Vol 1  new edition Exploring Short Stories Vol 2  new edition Exploring Short Stories Resource Book Vol 1  new edition Exploring Short Stories Resource Book Vol 2  new edition Edited by Peter Adams   This new edition of the popular Exploring Short Stories, comes in the form of two student anthologies - one suitable for junior and middle secondary students, and the other suitable for middle to senior secondary. There is a new design, making the stories easier and more enjoyable to read, some new stories, and some reorganisation of stories. The student anthologies are supported by two teacher’s resource books with information about the short story form, background information about the stories, and ideas and activities to use in the classroom.  Material in the teacher’s books is photocopiable.    Volume 1 Contents ‘The Smart Dog’ by Dal Stivens ‘I Used To Live Here Once’ by Jean Rhys ‘The Norfolk Island Pine Tree’ by Brian Matthews ‘The Star Beast’ by Nicholas Stuart Gray ‘Who Dares Wins’ by N. M. Cooper ‘Noah and the Flood’ King James Version of The Bible ‘The Windows of Heaven’ by John Brunner ‘I Fooled You, Didn’t I?’ by Michael Edom        ‘Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General’ by Ambrose        Bierce ‘Space Fantasies’ by Amy Burroughs ‘Just Right?’ by Steven Langsford ‘Nescience’ by Jim Finkemeyer ‘A Timeless Observation’ by Heath Manners ‘Conscience in Art’ by ‘O. Henry’ (William             Sydney Porter) ‘The Specimen’ by Ray Mason ‘In the Garden’ by Petrina Smith ‘The Fly–Paper’ by Elizabeth Taylor ‘Tiger in the Snow’ by Daniel Wynn Barber ‘The Loaded Dog’ by Henry Lawson ‘Moon–Face’ by Jack London Volume 2 Contents ‘Homecoming’ by Roger Woddis ‘The Empty Beach’ by James R. Allen ‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen ‘Bad Characters’ by Jean Stafford ‘An Ounce of Cure’ by Alice Munro ‘Homework’ by Farrukh Dhondy ‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich ‘Why I Live at the P.O.’ by Eudora Welty ‘The Summer People’ by Shirley Jackson ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ by Kathryn Clarke ‘Kay Petman’s Coloured Pencils’ by Carmel Bird ‘Attila’ by Karel Capek ‘Spring in Poland’ by Slawomir Mrozek ‘Sex in Australia from the Man’s Point of View’ by Michael Wilding ‘The Man at the Wall’ by John Morressy ‘Seven Floors’ by Dino Buzzati ‘Before the Law’ by Franz Kafka ‘One’s A Heifer’ by Sinclair Ross ‘A Day with Pegasus’ by Sinclair Ross ‘Cornet at Night’ by Sinclair Ross ‘The Lamp at Noon’ by Sinclair Ross Volume 1 Contents ‘The Smart Dog’ by Dal Stivens ‘I Used To Live Here Once’ by Jean Rhys ‘The Norfolk Island Pine Tree’ by Brian Matthews ‘The Star Beast’ by Nicholas Stuart Gray ‘Who Dares Wins’ by N. M. Cooper ‘Noah and the Flood’ King James Version of The Bible ‘The Windows of Heaven’ by John Brunner ‘I Fooled You, Didn’t I?’ by Michael Edom        ‘Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General’ by Ambrose        Bierce ‘Space Fantasies’ by Amy Burroughs ‘Just Right?’ by Steven Langsford ‘Nescience’ by Jim Finkemeyer ‘A Timeless Observation’ by Heath Manners ‘Conscience in Art’ by ‘O. Henry’ (William             Sydney Porter) ‘The Specimen’ by Ray Mason ‘In the Garden’ by Petrina Smith ‘The Fly–Paper’ by Elizabeth Taylor ‘Tiger in the Snow’ by Daniel Wynn Barber ‘The Loaded Dog’ by Henry Lawson ‘Moon–Face’ by Jack London Volume 2 Contents ‘Homecoming’ by Roger Woddis ‘The Empty Beach’ by James R. Allen ‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen ‘Bad Characters’ by Jean Stafford ‘An Ounce of Cure’ by Alice Munro ‘Homework’ by Farrukh Dhondy ‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich ‘Why I Live at the P.O.’ by Eudora Welty ‘The Summer People’ by Shirley Jackson ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ by Kathryn Clarke ‘Kay Petman’s Coloured Pencils’ by Carmel Bird ‘Attila’ by Karel Capek ‘Spring in Poland’ by Slawomir Mrozek ‘Sex in Australia from the Man’s Point of View’ by Michael Wilding ‘The Man at the Wall’ by John Morressy ‘Seven Floors’ by Dino Buzzati ‘Before the Law’ by Franz Kafka ‘One’s A Heifer’ by Sinclair Ross ‘A Day with Pegasus’ by Sinclair Ross ‘Cornet at Night’ by Sinclair Ross ‘The Lamp at Noon’ by Sinclair Ross Volume 1 Contents ‘The Smart Dog’ by Dal Stivens ‘I Used To Live Here Once’ by Jean Rhys ‘The Norfolk Island Pine Tree’ by Brian Matthews ‘The Star Beast’ by Nicholas Stuart Gray ‘Who Dares Wins’ by N. M. Cooper ‘Noah and the Flood’ King James Version of The Bible ‘The Windows of Heaven’ by John Brunner ‘I Fooled You, Didn’t I?’ by Michael Edom        ‘Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General’ by Ambrose        Bierce ‘Space Fantasies’ by Amy Burroughs ‘Just Right?’ by Steven Langsford ‘Nescience’ by Jim Finkemeyer ‘A Timeless Observation’ by Heath Manners ‘Conscience in Art’ by ‘O. Henry’ (William             Sydney Porter) ‘The Specimen’ by Ray Mason ‘In the Garden’ by Petrina Smith ‘The Fly–Paper’ by Elizabeth Taylor ‘Tiger in the Snow’ by Daniel Wynn Barber ‘The Loaded Dog’ by Henry Lawson ‘Moon–Face’ by Jack London Volume 2 Contents ‘Homecoming’ by Roger Woddis ‘The Empty Beach’ by James R. Allen ‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen ‘Bad Characters’ by Jean Stafford ‘An Ounce of Cure’ by Alice Munro ‘Homework’ by Farrukh Dhondy ‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich ‘Why I Live at the P.O.’ by Eudora Welty ‘The Summer People’ by Shirley Jackson ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ by Kathryn Clarke ‘Kay Petman’s Coloured Pencils’ by Carmel Bird ‘Attila’ by Karel Capek ‘Spring in Poland’ by Slawomir Mrozek ‘Sex in Australia from the Man’s Point of View’ by Michael Wilding ‘The Man at the Wall’ by John Morressy ‘Seven Floors’ by Dino Buzzati ‘Before the Law’ by Franz Kafka ‘One’s A Heifer’ by Sinclair Ross ‘A Day with Pegasus’ by Sinclair Ross ‘Cornet at Night’ by Sinclair Ross ‘The Lamp at Noon’ by Sinclair Ross Volume 1 Contents ‘The Smart Dog’ by Dal Stivens ‘I Used To Live Here Once’ by Jean Rhys ‘The Norfolk Island Pine Tree’ by Brian Matthews ‘The Star Beast’ by Nicholas Stuart Gray ‘Who Dares Wins’ by N. M. Cooper ‘Noah and the Flood’ King James Version of The Bible ‘The Windows of Heaven’ by John Brunner ‘I Fooled You, Didn’t I?’ by Michael Edom        ‘Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General’ by Ambrose        Bierce ‘Space Fantasies’ by Amy Burroughs ‘Just Right?’ by Steven Langsford ‘Nescience’ by Jim Finkemeyer ‘A Timeless Observation’ by Heath Manners ‘Conscience in Art’ by ‘O. Henry’ (William             Sydney Porter) ‘The Specimen’ by Ray Mason ‘In the Garden’ by Petrina Smith ‘The Fly–Paper’ by Elizabeth Taylor ‘Tiger in the Snow’ by Daniel Wynn Barber ‘The Loaded Dog’ by Henry Lawson ‘Moon–Face’ by Jack London Volume 2 Contents ‘Homecoming’ by Roger Woddis ‘The Empty Beach’ by James R. Allen ‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen ‘Bad Characters’ by Jean Stafford ‘An Ounce of Cure’ by Alice Munro ‘Homework’ by Farrukh Dhondy ‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich ‘Why I Live at the P.O.’ by Eudora Welty ‘The Summer People’ by Shirley Jackson ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ by Kathryn Clarke ‘Kay Petman’s Coloured Pencils’ by Carmel Bird ‘Attila’ by Karel Capek ‘Spring in Poland’ by Slawomir Mrozek ‘Sex in Australia from the Man’s Point of View’ by Michael Wilding ‘The Man at the Wall’ by John Morressy ‘Seven Floors’ by Dino Buzzati ‘Before the Law’ by Franz Kafka ‘One’s A Heifer’ by Sinclair Ross ‘A Day with Pegasus’ by Sinclair Ross ‘Cornet at Night’ by Sinclair Ross ‘The Lamp at Noon’ by Sinclair Ross   Exploring Short Stories Volume 1                     978-1-921085-61-1        $22.95 Exploring Short Stories Volume 2                     978-1-921085-62-8        $24.95 Teacher’s Resource Book Volume 1                978-1-921085-23-9        $36.95 Teacher’s Resource Book Volume 2                978-1-921085-24-6        $36.95   new edition available NOW   Cousins across the seas Short stories from countries of the Commonwealth Edited by Glenys Acland and Ken Watson The British Empire, and later the Commonwealth, was responsible for spreading the English language across the world. This selection of short stories comes from the writers of many of those countries which became part of what is now the British Commonwealth.  These include: Australia Canada England India Jamaica Malaysia and Singapore New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales   Australia Canada England India Jamaica Malaysia and Singapore New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales    The selection provides 29 stories, many by famous authors such as the Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer and the Nigerian Chinua Achebe, whose novel Things Fall Apart is the most widely read work of African literature.  As well as containing storytelling of the highest quality, the collection has the added value of providing insights into the societies from which the stories come. There is also a Cousins Teacher’s Resource Book, by Glenys Acland, Ken Watson and Rachel Duke, which includes ·  Using response journals ·  The short story form – an introductory unit ·  Activities on  groups of stories ·  Notes and Activities on individual stories ·  Activities applicable to a range of stories ·  Notes on the authors ·  Some background notes on the literature of the Commonwealth  Contents Australia   Gail Kennedy Life's Good When Ya' Know Him Frank Moorhouse Mechanical Aptitude Dal Stivens The Unicorn Tim Winton Neighbours Canada   David Amason A Girl's Story Margaret Atwood Gertrude Talks Back Jerome Berthelette Untitled WP Kinsella The Job Margaret Kaurence The Loons England   John Gordon The Place Gerald Kersh Something on his Mind Jan Mark Feet Frank Muir et al And so to Bed The Stars and Stripes Forwever William Sansom The Vertical Laddder India   Anita Desai The Accompanist Paul Zacharia The Last Show Jamaica   Michael Reckord Dog Food Malaysia / Singapore   Catherine Lim Monster New Zealand   Janet Frame Swans Bernard Gadd Where to Go Bill Manhire Flight of angels Nigeria   Chinua Achebe Civil Peace Ben Okri In the Shadow of War Northern Ireland   Jude Collins Travel Sickness Scotland   Brian McCabe The Face South Africa   Nadine Gordimer The Ultimate Soldier The Moment Before the Gun went Off Bessie Head The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses Wales   Leslie Norris Snowdrops   Cousins across the seas 978 1 921085 73 4 $22.95  to be confirmed Cousins TRB                    978 1 921085 74 1 $29.95  to be confirmed Both available July 2008 Belonging - area of study by Barbara Stanners   This photocopiable resource book provides a wide-ranging textual study of facets of the concept of belonging, with detailed coverage of all the three focus areas, with emphasis on · the process of representing meaning within texts · what is said about belonging and how it is said · intertextuality within and between texts The text provides: · suggestions and strategies for dealing with the prescribed texts, including detailed analysis and links to the area of study  · photocopiable student pages, with questions focusing on what is being said and how it is being said, and including essay questions and response tasks · clear references to the prescribed texts to make it easy to locate relevant extracts and examples · guidelines for  assessment and sample student essays Contents Belonging Basics The Language of Belonging Defining Belonging Belonging as a Fundamental Need A Sense of Community A Sense of Place Alienation and Disaffection Prescribed Texts Prose Fiction or Nonfiction Charles Dickens  ~ Great Expectations Raymond Gaita   ~Romulus, My Father Jhumpa Lahiri     ~The Namesake Drama or Film or Shakespeare Arthur Miller     ~The Crucible, Baz Luhrmann  ~Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare ~  As You Like It Poetry Peter, Skrzynecki ~Immigrant Chronicle, ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’, ‘St Patrick’s College’, ‘Ancestors’, ‘10 Mary Street’, ‘Migrant Hostel’, ‘Postcard’, ‘In the Folk Museum’ Steven Herrick   ~The Simple Gift Related Texts The Widower in the Country My Place Enter Without So Much as Knocking Originally Cob’s cartoons – schoolyard, old man High Noon Radiance The March of the Penguins The Ugly Duckling  Poetry Peter, Skrzynecki ~Immigrant Chronicle, ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’, ‘St Patrick’s College’, ‘Ancestors’, ‘10 Mary Street’, ‘Migrant Hostel’, ‘Postcard’, ‘In the Folk Museum’ Steven Herrick   ~The Simple Gift Related Texts The Widower in the Country My Place Enter Without So Much as Knocking Originally Cob’s cartoons – schoolyard, old man High Noon Radiance The March of the Penguins The Ugly Duckling Poetry Peter, Skrzynecki ~Immigrant Chronicle, ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’, ‘St Patrick’s College’, ‘Ancestors’, ‘10 Mary Street’, ‘Migrant Hostel’, ‘Postcard’, ‘In the Folk Museum’ Steven Herrick   ~The Simple Gift Related Texts The Widower in the Country My Place Enter Without So Much as Knocking Originally Cob’s cartoons – schoolyard, old man High Noon Radiance The March of the Penguins The Ugly Duckling Belonging - Area of Study   978 1 921085 76 5     $72.95  - photocopiable available October 2008