Australasian History

As Bruce Roe who competes in the Wild West division dressed as Wyatt Earp comments; 'A month isn't enough to get much going at all.' He has been growing his...

The story is set in the city of Melbourne in the latter half of the 19th century, when it was growing rapidly, due to the gold flowing from Ballarat and...

Out of nowhere in 2004, this obscure religious sect burst on to the political stage in Australia. Almost unheard of until then, the Exclusive Brethren was suddenly spending up big...

Uranium is a common element in the Earth's crust and the only naturally occuring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After WWII, it reshaped the...

For years Rupert Murdoch's newspapers had been hacking, spying, blagging, bribing and destroying the evidence. They thought they were untouchable. They were wrong.This is the book that exposed the shadow...

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in Venice. Discover the best of everything the city has to offer with this essential, pocketsized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide-...

After a long and happy marriage, Frances is suddenly plunged into mourning. Her international celebrity husband Steven has died leaving her unprepared and vulnerable. At first she is completely submerged...

A delightful tale of an elephant handler written by Patrick O'Brian when a very young man. HUSSEIN tells the story of a young mahout - or elephant handler - his...

In 1993, Kate Leeming became the first woman in history to cycle the breadth of the 'New Russia', completing the 13,400-km Trans-Siberian Cycle Expedition to aid the children of Chernobyl....

The famous Grace College, located in a remote valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, is an elite school for the highly gifted. But to Julia and her brother, it's a...

Meat includes a delightful collection of delicious meat recipes using the tastiest ingredients. Beef, veal, lamb, and pork are all represented, with lots of family friendly dishes that are quick...

This text attempts to answer the most crucial questions asked surrounding youth suicide - why do so many young people resort to suicide, and what can family and friends do...

After all, this year brought Hannah Davis nothing but the memory of her wandering fiance marrying someone else behind her back. Now, sitting alone at a bar in Coronado, California,...

"Designers League" - Twenty contemporary design luminaries from around the world and at the top of their areas of expertise are brought together in one stunning volume.From Word Art and...

Hold onto your sombreros, amigos! THE FULL MONTEZUMA is the latest hilarious adventure from Peter Moore, author of the bestselling NO SHITTING IN THE TOILET and THE WRONG WAY HOME...

An unputdownable assortment of facts and quotes, anecdotes and tall tales about the history and mystery of international travel. No need to move from the comfort of your armchair in...

This problem-solver covers 150 of the most commonly-asked questions and answers, from hanging peonies to encouraging love in the home to energizing your desk top for career success. Each tip...

The Little Princess loves to win - and at home everyone usually lets her. At school, even though she tries her hardest, it seems she can't do anything right, but...

The Nanny Goat wants kids more than anything in the world. When she can't have any of her own, she adopts one instead, but he's different to the others. One...

First in the Pantasia series Gwyn's landed in a once-in-a-lifetime fantasy. Donning the costumes of Peter Pan characters, Gwyn and boyfriend Peter go to a Halloween party-where Tink meets a...

The most out-of-this-world vacations ever! It's not just astronauts who get to travel into space anymore. Forward-thinking entrepreneurs have now made space flight a reality for adventure-seekers of all kinds....

Ever meet a hot billionaire while your hand's in a toilet in the men's room of one of his stores? No? So it really is just me. Hm. When you're...

[Menage Amour: Erotic Menage Romance, M/F/M/M/M, public exhibition, spanking, sex toys, HEA] Tammy Palmer can barely control her uniform fetish when she walks by Station 23. The four firefighters she...

Love flourishes in these contemporary tales of gentle romance. From camping in the wilds to Christmas at Disneyland to the woman next door, readers will be drawn into the lives...

The Innocent's Forgotten Wedding - Lynne Graham The Italian husband she can't remember... or resist! After a terrible car crash, Brooke can't remember her own name - much less her...

A startling story of Abeba Tesfagiorgis' experience in the hands of Ethiopians in Asmara and her subsequent escape.

This work reviews in detail the relations between mining and indigenous peoples in diverse national, political, and cultural settings. With case studies from five nations and covering gold, uranium, diamonds,...

In a journey that took five years to complete, property magnate Richard Buxton circumnavigated Australia by air and sea in an effort to raise public awareness and funds for research...

The real Great Barrier Reef is not just a single clown fish or a colony of branching stag horn coral. Nor is it simply the crystal clear water, cocktails and...

This authoritative alphabetical reference work covers every major development and significant figure in the history of Australian theatre, from the earliest colonial times to the present day.

On Remembrance Day, 1975, the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, sacked the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict, as...

Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe...

Biography of "The Voice of Australian Racing", Greg Miles, a must-read for horse racing and sports enthusiasts. Foreword by Bruce McAvaney. Greg Miles My Life Behind the Binoculars is a...

The worst disaster in recent ocean racing history began on Boxing Day 1998, a perfect summer day on Sydney Harbour. Among the starters was Sayonara, owned by Larry Ellison, the...

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