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Soft cover. Etat : Good+. Paperback. Binding sound, text unmarked (but a bit age darkened), moderate cover shelfwear with some slight stress marks. Serviceable condition. Anthology of writings by explorers of Australia. Heavy book: priority or international shipping may be extra. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. First Edition. Trade paperback, new in wraps. First edition, 1st printing.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. Hardcover in jacket. Book is sound and clean with mild shelfwear, jacket has a few small edge tears. Heavy book: priority or international shipping may be extra. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'Drunken Mr Jones of Manor Farm has neglected his livestock for too long. In a burst of insurgent fervour they rise up and he is deposed, with the pigs taking charge of the newly named Animal Farm. Everything runs smoothly, productivity soars, and all animals are well-fed and happy.But the further away the memory of the revolution, the more distant seem its ideals-and when Boxer the workhorse is betrayed, the horrifying extent of the pigs' corruption is revealed.Orwell's 'fairy story', a scathing satire of Soviet communism, is as potent now as it was in 1945. Animal Farm is one of literature's most electrifying examinations of power and corruption. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A unique, tender and heart-warming novel following a young girl's experience as an Iraqi refugee in Melbourne, her desire to belong, and the importance of friendship.Jamila has left her friends, her school and her home in Iraq, and now she has a new home. It's safe in Australia, but Jamila is finding it hard to settle in. She misses her best friend and worries for her dad's safety back in Iraq. It's hard to speak and write in English all day. And Jamila has a secret she wants to keep hidden.When she joins the choir, Jamila begins to feel happy. Singing helps take her worries away. And singing will help her find her place in her new life, a place where she can shine.Songbird is a tender story about belonging, about the importance of friendship and asking for help, and about the parts of our lives we keep concealed. A unique, tender and heart-warming novel following a young girls experience as an Iraqi refugee in Melbourne, her desire to belong, and the importance of friendship. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A collection of poems by the Australian poet Lesbia Harford, selected and introduced by Gerald Murnane.I love you moreThan God loves the world.Little published in her lifetime, Lesbia Harford died young in the late 1920s. Her short lyrical poems-about social justice, revolution, free love, feminism and the experience of women-display a candour and dynamism unusual for her time and place.This essential new selection of her finest work, chosen and introduced by Gerald Murnane, reaffirms Harford's position as one of Australia's pre-eminent modern poets. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. As we got closer I could see behind the sandstone a curved concrete building: a purpose-built structure. But still no fence, no wire. Not a bar in sight. For this, Id been told that morning, I should be grateful. This was a lifelinea last chance. That is what the judge said.Daniel is a sixteen-year-old drug dealer and he is going to jail.Then hes not.A courtroom intervention. A long car ride to a deluxe outback facility. Other gifted delinquents.Where are they?Its not a jail.Its not a psych unit.Its not like any school hes ever seen.He is sure he and the others are part of an experiment. But he doesnt know whos running it or what they are trying to prove. And he has no idea what the next seven months are going to do to him. A literary, and terrifyingly credible, novel about our juvenile justice system written by a lawyer working in the field. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. reprint edition". VERY GOOD Condition clean, solild,bright ; black titles on orange & whote paper covers.back cover has 1x2" photo of author & biog. ; 345pg pages; Australian Poet & novelis.Unique author.hymn to youth; sexual freedom; moral independence. Illustrated by Bird on red branch cover art (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. text Classics. 336 pages.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. He would relive for a long time everything she said to him in the room at the mission. He wouldrecall the way her voice had grown thicker and thicker, and how her head had begun to hang toone side from the exhaustion of her telling, and how he made himself face the photograph of thedead child.Shanghai, 1927: hot, teeming, mysterious. Kenneth Ayres, a disciple of Freud, is an anonymousexpatriate treating the lonely wives and daughters of British colonials. When Julia Paradise, thewife of an Australian missionary, is sent to him for psychoanalysis, he is seduced into her world,a kaleidoscope of incestuous eroticism and grotesque hallucinations. But Ayres hides an evendarker secret. He would relive for a long time everything she said to him in the room at the mission. He would recall the way her voice had grown thicker and thicker, and how her head had begun to hang to one side from the exhaustion of her telling, and how he made himself face the photograph of the dead child. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Brownie and Lola are young and in love. But the odds-not to mention their mothers, the cops, welfare officers and the stifling conventions of 1950s Brisbane-are against them. When they are forced to face adult responsibilities, will they rise to the challenge, or fall apart?The Delinquents, Criena Rohan's classic novel of rock and roll, youthful rebellion and big dreams, is a love story for the ages. Rohan's 1962 novel of rock 'n' roll, youthful rebellion and big dreams is a love story for the ages. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. There is no book in Australian writing like Gerald Murnane's The Plains.Introduced by Wayne MacauleyWinner, Patrick White Literary Award, 1999Twenty years ago, when I first arrived on the plains, I kept my eyes open. I looked for anything in the landscape that seemed to hint at some elaborate meaning behind appearances.This is the story of the families of the plains-obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology-and of the man who ventured into their world.'A distinguished, distinctive, unforgettable novel, with power of intelligence and imagination.' Shirley Hazzard A young man arrives on the plains to document the strange, rich culture of the landowning families. This quest becomes his life. Teju Cole calls Murnane 'a genius on the level of Beckett.' Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. On its initial release in 1976, Helen Hodgman's Blue Skies was met with critical acclaim. Blue Skies now takes its rightful place as a Text Classic, cementing Helen Hodgman's place in the Australian literary canon.In Helen Hodgman's dazzlingly written debut a young woman is trapped in a small city on an island at the end of the world - by motherhood and an absent husband, by busybody in-laws and neighbours, by a drab society yet to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.A darkly funny tale of a crack-up in stultifying suburbia, Blue Skies marked the emergence of a unique, acerbic voice in Australian fiction.This edition includes an introduction by the acclaimed Tasmanian author Danielle Wood. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds, set during World War Two.Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room flat. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute-she sneaks out to join him.So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Miss Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take in the two children. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan-and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity-a classic in the making.Praise for The War that Saved My Life:'Achingly lovely.Nuanced and emotionally acute, this vivid tale from the wartime home front will have readers ages 10-14 wincing at Ada's stumbles and rejoicing to the point of tears in her victories.' Wall Street Journal'Ada's voice is brisk and honest; her dawning realizations are made all the more poignant for their simplicity. Things come to an explosive head, metaphorically and literally. Ignorance and abuse are brought to light, as are the healing powers of care, respect and love. Set against a backdrop of war and sacrifice, Ada's personal fight for freedom and ultimate triumph are cause for celebration.' Kirkus, starred review'Proving that her courage and compassion carry far more power than her disability, Ada earns self-respect, emerges a hero, and learns the meaning of home.' Publishers Weekly, starred review Taitulo original: The war that saved my life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. An elegant and challenging portrait of the extraordinary, glamorous, complex and brutal revolutionary, Winnie Mandela.The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela charts the rise and fall-and rise, again-of one of South Africa's most controversial political figures. 'Ma Winnie' fought apartheid with uncommon ferocity, but her implication in kidnapping, torture and killings-including the murder of 14-year-old Stompie Seipei-would later see her shunned. Sisonke Msimang argues that this complicated woman was not witch but warrior: that her violence, like that of the men she fought alongside, was a function of her political views rather than a descent into madness. In resurrecting Ma Winnie, Msimang asks what it means to reclaim this powerful woman as an icon while honouring apartheid's victims-those who were collateral damage and whose stories have yet to be told. An elegant and challenging portrait of the extraordinary, glamorous, complex and brutal revolutionary, Winnie Mandela Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Originally published in 1933 George Orwell's first work is a memoir of working in grimy restaurant kitchens in Paris, and tramping the streets and living in hostels in London.Down and Out in Paris and London is one of the great accounts of life in the underclass: of being hard-up and hungry, of sleeping in seedy hostels and working in squalid restaurants. George Orwell's first book published - when he was not yet thirty - is alive with the sights and smells of poverty. It is a revelatory memoir of surviving at the margins. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Introduced by Tim FlanneryAt length, almost to our sorrow, we made the land upon the 3rd of June 1790, just one year all but one day from our leaving the river. We landed all our convicts safe.First published in 1822, this is the extraordinary story of John Nicol, a sailor who circled the globe twice, fought Napoleon's navy, was in Hawaii just after Cook's death, and went to Port Jackson on a Second Fleet vessel with its cargo of female convicts.Superbly edited and introduced by Tim Flannery, this is a classic tale by a brilliant observer of the savagery and tenderness of life when the modern age was in its infancy. At length, almost to our sorrow, we made the land upon the 3rd of June 1790, just one year all but one day from our leaving the river. We landed all our convicts safe. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Australian literature's strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist.It is the duty of a good child to let his parents know the second they turn into animals.Barbara Glover's parents metamorphosed when she hit puberty, becoming bovine from the waist down. Fearful of her transformative powers, she tends diligently to them, keeping them like animals on the family's remote farm and-along with her brother, Damian, who harbours incestuous longings for her-protecting their terrible secret from the world. First published in 1971, Thomas Keneally's A Dutiful Daughter is strange and disturbing, and utterly unlike any other Australian novel. Australian literatures strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Introduced byPeter GoldsworthyWinner, Nobel Prize for Literature 2003She pouts. I was expecting more of a story, she says. It is difficult to get into the swing when the subject keeps changing.An ageing writer fills his journal: he has opinions about everything. He is challenged by Anya, the smart, irreverent young woman he hires to type his notes. Anya's boyfriend scorns the writer and schemes against him.With its three simultaneous voices, Diary of a Bad Year is not only a novel about loneliness, friendship and the possibility of love, it changes the logic of reading itself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Introduced by Alex McDermott'I have been wronged and my mother and four or five men lagged innocent and is my brothers and sisters and my mother not to be pitied also who has no alternative only to put up with the brutal and cowardly conduct of a parcel of big ugly fat-necked wombat headed big bellied magpie legged narrow hipped splaw-footed sons of Irish Bailiffs or english landlords which is better known as Officers of Justice or Victorian Police.'The Jerilderie Letter is Ned Kelly's manifesto, the story of a widow's son outlawed. The Jerilderie Letter is Ned Kelly's manifesto, the story of a widow's son outlawed. ' Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every day in Fawn Creek feels exactly the sameuntil Orchid Mason arrives. There are twelve kids in the seventh grade at the Fawn Creek school. They've been together all their lives. In this tiny manufacturing town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that's not necessarily a great thing. There are twelve kids, but thirteen desks. That's because Renni Dean moved to Grand Saintlodgethe next-door townlast year. Renni might have left Fawn Creek, but she still knows their secrets. She's still pulling their strings. When Orchid Mason arrives and slips gracefully into Renni's desk, the other seventh-graders don't know what to think. Orchid is new and exciting. She was born in New York City and has travelled the world. She has lived in Paris, and she tells them stories of the Eiffel Tower and the Love Lock Bridge. She seems to float. Her dress skims the floor. She wears a flower behind her ear. Orchids arrival is about to upset the tightly knit friendship groups and challenge the hold Renni has over them. Who will claim Orchid Mason? Will she save them? Or will they save her?Those Kids from Fawn Creek is a delightful story of friendship and fitting in, of truth and lies and the things that matter most from beloved Newbery Medal-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly. Every day in the small town of Fawn Creek is exactly the sameuntil Orchid Mason arrives. From Newbery medallist Erin Entrada Kelly comes a contemporary school story about friendship, family, deception, and being true to yourself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. From the author of the bestselling Women in Black, an extraordinary novel about ordinary people.Alex and Andrew are friends. And Barbara . Barbara is a goddess. Here is the eternal triangle, the story of three people in an unhappy tangle of emotions, none able to articulate the precise quality of their longing and dissatisfaction.Are any of them truly interested in reaching the 'paradise' they claim to be seeking, or are they actually trying to avoid it?In St. John's hands, what is commonplace is transformed and transcendent. This is the work of an extraordinary writer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…