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Editor Sarah Dawson - Paperback - 147 pages Printed in Australia. Don't know what the locals are saying - this mini Aussie Slang book should help! 'Aussie Slang' is the phrase book for vistors to Oz. It's ideal reading for local blokes and sheilas, too. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. Price:
Margaret Nicholson - Paperback - 124 pages Printed in Australia There is always something new to discover about Australia. This handy pocket size reference book gives you all the facts and figures in an easy-to-use format. Filled with information about Australia's history, its currency, its government, its native plants and animals and much more, The Pocket Aussie fact Book is essential reading for travellers, students and anyone interested in this fascinating country. Price:
Author: Bruce Elder - Paperback - 286 pages - Non-Fiction First published in 2005 this edition published in 2009 Printed in China Who was Lennie Lower? What is Aboriginal sign language? When was Canberra established? Where is Maralinga? The A-Z of Australian Facts, Myths & Legends details more than 800 anecdotes, facts and traditions that are part of Australia's diverse culture and vibrant history. Concise and entertaining, you'll find everything you need to know about this nation's remarkable past and present, from the Dreamtime and the arrival of the First Fleet to the death of Harold Holt, the Whitlam dismissal and the legend of Cathy Freeman. The essential reference for every Australian home. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. Price:
Author Bill Bryson - Paperback - 422 pages - Non Fiction Printed in United Kingdom It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring such dangers - and yet curiously obsessed by them - Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging; their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this ... 'The thing that Bryson most loves about Australia - its "effortlessly dry, direct way of viewing the world" - is, in fact, his own. They're a perfect fit' New York Times Book Review 'Bryson is the perfect travelling companion ... when it comes to travel's peculiars the man still has no peers' The Times 'As funny as ever' Daily Telegraph 'He arrives at his destination, finds a hotel, checks in, meanders around the neighbourhood, visits any museums or public monuments he happens to encounter, has a couple of drinks, eavesdrops on a conversation or two, then goes to bed. A year later, people on three continents are hospitalised as a result of ruptures caused by laughing so hard at his account of the experience' The Age, Melbourne Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. Only 1 left in stock. Price:
Author Nikki Gemmell - Hardback - 240 pages - non-fiction Printed in Australia When expatriate novelist Nikki Gemmell had her children in London, she chose to give them Aussie citizenship over British - this is why. 'Why you are Australian' is an examination of our country thirty years ago and today: all the glory of its sun and water - and all the darkness of tall poppies and Cronulla. How does our land look from way over there, and from right up close? A treatise about what it means to be Australian right now. Honest, moving, provocative, uplifting - an exile's story, a mother's story, an Australian's story. Why you are Australia for anyone who needs reminding. Price:
Author Matthew Benns - Paperback - 263 pages - non-fiction Printed in Australia The flying kangaroo was once the natural first choice for travelling Australians. Now it attracts an endless stream of media headlines about mid-air dramas and maintenance breakdowns. 'The Men Who Killed Qantas' is the story that every airline passenger needs to read. It is the full and frank history of Australia's national carrier - a story that includes greed, lies and crashes. It takes you into the boardroom, where giant golden parachutes are signed off, and onto the hangar floor, where engineers battle accounting cuts to keep planes flying. It takes you back to the foundation of the airline to disprove once and for all the official line that Qantas never crashes. This is the warts and all history the powerful Qantas PR department does not want you to see ... but you can bet they'll be reading it too! Price:
Author Mary Durack - Paperback - 397 pages - Biography Printed in Australia When Patrick Durack left Western Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a pioneering dynasty and build a cattle empire across the great stretches of Australia. With a profound sense of family history, his grand-daughter, Mary Durack, has reconstructed the Durack saga - a story of intrepid men and ground-breaking adventure. "The best saga of pastoral Australia ever published ... hard to describe without superlative ... in a hundred years the book will still be a classic." Meanjin Price:
Author Mary Durack - Paperback - 302 pages - Fiction "When 19 year old Stan Rolt strikes out for the Northern Territory, determined to manage an ailing family cattle station, he plays into the hands of his manipulative grandfather. Intending to spend two years at Trafalgar Station, he stays fifteen, his soul captured by the harsh but haunting country of the Kimberley. Try as he might, he can't seem to escape its clutches, even though it killed his father and threatens also to bring him down. He is held there by the dependence of the people, black and white, and the memory of a tragic love affair that still haunts him ..." '... for anyone with Australia in their blood it is compulsory reading.' The Age 'A powerful novel in a man's world of mustering, horse-breaking and crocodile hunting with an interlude of idyllic and tragic love. Leaves one with a lasting memory of white men and black working together in a strange wild country.' Times Literary Supplement 'Salty humour and a deep respect for those who come to terms with an uncompromising outback.' Canberra Times Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. Price:
Author Ion L. Idriess - Paperback - 282 pages - Biography Printed in Australia This book is the engrossing story of a remarkable Australian's life, and an inspiring tribute to one man's determination - Sir Sidney Kidman, The Cattle King. Click on the "Detail" button near the price for more information. 1 currently in stock. Price:
Author George Johnston- Paperback - 367 pages - Fiction Printed in Australia David and Jack Meredith grow up in a patriotic suburban Melbourne household during the First World War, and go on to lead lives that could not be more different. Through the story of the two brothers, author George Johnston created an enduring exploration of two Australian myths: that of the man who loses his soul as he gains wordly success, and that of the tough, honest Aussie battler, whose greatest ambition is to serve his country during the war. Acknowledged as one of the true Australian classics and winner of the Miles Franklin Award. 1 currently in stock. Price:
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