| Author | : Miriam Dixson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
Convict women - Irish women - The "frontier woman.frontier woman.__
The Real Matilda
| Author | : Miriam Dixson |
| Publisher | : UNSW Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Women |
| ISBN | : 9780868407371 |
The Real Matilda book investigates the Australian experience of women in colonial times, and asks how far Australians have moved beyond formative influences - elites, convicts, the Irish - which have led to discriminatory attitudes towards women.
Where Am I Now?
| Author | : Mara Wilson |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2016-09-13 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0698407016 |
"Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." —NPR's "Guide To 2016’s Great Reads" “Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight.” —Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad City Named a best book of the month by GoodReads and Entertainment Weekly A former child actor best known for her starring roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and out of place: as the only kid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything from what she learned about sex on the set of Melrose Place, to discovering in adolescence that she was no longer “cute” enough for Hollywood, these essays chart her journey from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity. They also illuminate universal struggles, like navigating love and loss, and figuring out who you are and where you belong. Candid, insightful, moving, and hilarious, Where Am I Now? introduces Mara Wilson as a brilliant new chronicler of the experience that is growing up female.
Princess Matilda
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Parragon Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010-05 |
| Genre | : Imagination |
| ISBN | : 9781445402796 |
A little girl named Matilda spends her time playing the roles of a beautiful princess, an angry witch, a clown, and a butterfly.
Matilda Bone
| Author | : Karen Cushman |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2000-10-16 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0547533233 |
Into the fascinating, pungent setting of Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to disdain worldly affairs and focus on spiritual matters. To Matilda's dismay, her work will not involve Latin or writing, but practical tasks: lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients. She is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings, and the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice are no help at all. Filled with the witty dialogue and richly authentic detail that Karen Cushman’s work is known for, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel about a girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to live contentedly in this world. Author’s note.
Hey Harry, Hey Matilda
| Author | : Rachel Hulin |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2017-01-17 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0385541686 |
Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is the story—told entirely in hilarious emails—of fraternal twins Harry and Matilda Goodman as they fumble into adulthood, telling lies and keeping secrets, and finally confronting their complicated twinship. Matilda Goodman is an underemployed wedding photographer grappling with her failure to live as an artist and the very bad lie she has told her boyfriend (that she has a dead twin). Harry, her (totally alive) brother, is an untenured professor of literature, anxiously contemplating his publishing status (unpublished) and sleeping with a student. When Matilda invites her boyfriend home for Thanksgiving to meet the family, and when Harry makes a desperate—and unethical—move to save his career, they set off an avalanche of shame, scandal, and drunken hot tub revelations that force them to examine the truth about who they really are. A wonderfully subversive, sensitive novel of romantic entanglement and misguided ambition, Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is a joyful look at love and family in all its forms.
Matilda's Cat
| Author | : Emily Gravett |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2014-03-18 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1442475285 |
This delightful picture book with Emily Gravett’s signature twist ending sweetly depicts the relationship between a child and her beloved pet. Matilda is desperate to figure out what her cat will enjoy. She tries everything she can think of: climbing trees, playing with wool, even tea parties and dress-up games, but as Matilda gets more and more creative in her entertainment attempts, her cat moves from unimpressed to terrified. Will Matilda ever figure out what her cat likes? In the style of Dogs and Monkey and Me, this young picture book from Emily Gravett is an insightful, fond, and funny look at the relationship between a little girl and her cat that’s sure to strike a chord with anyone who’s ever loved a pet.
The Best of Roald Dahl
| Author | : Roald Dahl |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 583 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0140066942 |
Twenty wickedly anarchic tales from the master of the unpredictable, chosen from his bestsellers Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch.Stylish, outrageous and haunting, they explore the sinister side of the human psyche with unexpected outcomes. There's the wife who serves up a murderous new dish to her husband, the gambler who collects little fingers from losers, the sound machine that can hear grass scream, and the night-time seduction that has macabre consequences, to name a few.
Matilda
| Author | : Roald Dahl |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2020-10-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0593203372 |
Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
