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The Songlines
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
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Bruce Chatwin—author of In Patagonia—ventures into the desolate land of Outback Australia to learn the meaning of the Aborginals' ancient "Dreaming-tracks." Along these timeless paths, amongst the fortune hunters and redneck Australians... (read more)

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Australian Colors: Images of the Outback
Australian Colors: Images of the Outback
by Bill Bachman
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For more than two years, photojournalist Bill Bachman explored the unique beauty of this mystical terrain, returning with the more than 300 dazzling, and sometimes perplexing, photographs featured in Australian Colors. The entertaining text he weaves... (read more)

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Respectable Lives: Social Standing in Rural New Zealand
Respectable Lives: Social Standing in Rural New Zealand
by Elvin Hatch
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"Trees of the California Landscape combines in a single volume just about everything landscape design professionals or home gardeners need to know about California trees. This excellent reference book/field guide will be particularly welcomed by... (read more)

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The Dig Tree: The Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Fontier
The Dig Tree: The Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Fontier
by Sarah Murgatroyd
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The harrowing true story of the Burke and Willis expedition team who took on the Australian wilds 150 years ago--and lost. They departed Melbourne's Royal Park in the summer of 1860, a misfit party of eighteen amateur explorers cheered on by thousands of... (read more)

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Intimations of Infinity: The Mythopeia of the Iqwaye Counting System and Number
Intimations of Infinity: The Mythopeia of the Iqwaye Counting System and Number
by Jadran Mimica
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This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system... (read more)

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A History of New South Wales:
A History of New South Wales:
by Beverley Kingston
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How New South Wales has developed and differentiated itself from other Australian states.... (read more)

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Impressions of Australia (Impressions of)
Impressions of Australia (Impressions of)
by Aa Publishing
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Featuring stunning photographs and articles by local travel experts, these breath-taking volumes highlight some of the worlds most popular tourist destinations. Each guide offers insight into the landscapes, cultures, people, and architecture of the... (read more)

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While in Darkness There Is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune
While in Darkness There Is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune
by Louella Bryant
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A look at the lives of five young men who, during the Vietnam era, start a commune in Australia—and a look at how young men often look to the wild to find themselves and the consequences this sometimes yields. The Rosebud Farm project was born of... (read more)

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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
by Robert Hughes
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Here is history on an epic scale — a riveting, brilliantly written account of the birth of Australia out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. Eighty years lay between the landing at Botany Nay in 1788... (read more)

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The Road From Coorain
The Road From Coorain
by Jill Kathryn Conway
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Jill Ker Conway grew up in New South Wales in the 1940s and '50s. This is her account of an Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney, encompassing family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert environment, and an evocation... (read more)

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Sean & David's Long Drive (Lonely Planet Journeys)
Sean & David's Long Drive (Lonely Planet Journeys)
by Sean Condon
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Sean Condon is young, urban and a connoisseur of hair wax. He can't drive, and he doesn't really travel well. So when Sean and his friend David set out to explore Australia in a duck-egg blue 1966 Ford Falcon, the result is a decidedly offbeat look at... (read more)

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The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain
by Jill Ker Conway
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One women's journey from a childhood in Australia's outback to adulthood as a successful American career woman. The Road From Coorain is about Everywoman, for it is about childhood loneliness, anguished parent-child relationships, dawning sensibility... (read more)

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Unpolished Gem: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me
Unpolished Gem: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me
by Alice Pung
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After Alice Pung’s family fled to Australia from the killing fields of Cambodia, her father chose Alice as her name because he thought their new country was a Wonderland. In this lyrical, bittersweet debut memoir—already an award- winning... (read more)

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30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account
30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account
by Peter Carey
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“This is a fabulously idiosyncratic small masterpiece ... it’s so good it takes your breath away.”—Times (UK) After living abroad for years, novelist Peter Carey returns home to Sydney and attempts to capture its character... (read more)

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Mrs. Fraser on the Fatal Shore
Mrs. Fraser on the Fatal Shore
by Michael Alexander
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A true story with more drama and excitement than fiction. In 1836, the barque Stirling Castle shipwrecked on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, leaving the crew, Captain Fraser, and his wife at the mercy of cannibalistic aborigines. The captain was soon... (read more)

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Australia and the Islands of the Pacific: Myths and Wonders of the Southern Seas
Australia and the Islands of the Pacific: Myths and Wonders of the Southern Seas
by Marco Moretti
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The entire Oceanic region is covered in this vibrantly photographed record of the stunning landscapes and tribal customs in the South Pacific from Australia to Easter Island. Vintage maps, photos and paintings combine with modern aerial shots and... (read more)

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Sydney
Sydney
by Geoff Moorhouse
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Sydney's harbor establishes it as one of the most attractive modern cities, but its beginnings suggest something different. In 1770, the British Parliament saw the area as a solution to England's overcrowded prisons. On arriving at the harbor, the first "... (read more)

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Australian Science in the Making: A Bicentennial History, Published in Association with the Australian Academy of Science
Australian Science in the Making: A Bicentennial History, Published in Association with the Australian Academy of Science
by R W Home
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The Australian Academy of Science celebrates and assesses two centuries of Australian science, as a contribution to the nation's bicentenary. Authors with wide-ranging fields of interest present a group of general surveys and case studies on the... (read more)

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Australia :beyond the dreamtime
Australia :beyond the dreamtime
by Thomas Keneally
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Three Australian writers celebrate the bicentennial of Australia's first settlement; each depicts a period of the continent's varied history. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more)

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Being All Equal (Global Issues,)
Being All Equal (Global Issues,)
by Judith Kapferer
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- Is there such a thing as an Australian national identity? Or is Australia just a melting pot of different peoples and cultures without a common culture? - What is distinctive and what is universal about everyday life in Australia? In a post-colonial... (read more)

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