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Demons At Dusk
“…..every Australian should read this book. Demons at Dusk is an extremely powerful account of one of the most tragic and remarkable chapters of Australia’s history…reading it helped me understand my own country.” Peter Stewart |
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Tea in the Library
Fulfilling the dream of many a book-lover, Annette Freeman bravely stepped outside her mid-life comfort zone and opened a bookshop café in the heart of Sydney. Annette Freeman |
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To Russia for Love
Tina Morris dreamt a handsome prince would come and take her away to live happily ever after, but the reality was that her father was an alcoholic and her siblings called her ‘the little bitch’. Tina Morris |
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The Dictates of Destiny
The Dictates of Destiny is an intriguing story concerning a most unusual and complex man. As a child, he suffers several traumatic experiences that are to have a lasting effect on his life. In spite of this, he retains his mischievous spirit which in Royce Hall |
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Ghost Whisperer
An intriguing journey into the world of Spirit. The impact of the Spirit Realm on the physical world comes alive with the documenting of psychic attacks and demonic interference. Caterina Ligato |
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Escape to Van Diemen’s Land
Martin Maynard is born into an English country family in the “hungry twenties” of the 1800’s, a period of depression, unrest and hopelessness.Fortunate to have a secure life because of his father’s position as bailiff of the g Bob Mainwaring |
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…regards, some girl with words
Articulate, perceptive, sensitive, quirky, and often hauntingly beautiful, Genevieve Ryan’s writing explores the innermost experiences of a young woman growing up in an exhilarating and confusing world. Elizabeth Ryan |
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A Pogo's Perspective
The term Pogo was a label given to every soldier in Vietnam whose role it was to support the troops involved in combat duties, supposedly a safe vocation. Examples would be Orderly Room, Q-Store, Cooks, Ordnance, Medical and Dental Staff, et cetera. Greg Smith |
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Ivory to Australia
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Jason Conway, a Kenyan born Australian resident now lives in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. He is fantatical about wildlife preservation — particularly that of his native Kenya. When a game conservation idea, simmering in his mind for many yea Jim Landells |
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A Look Through My Window
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A Look Through My Window is more than a look, rather it is a roller-coaster ride of humour, love, tragedy and hope, interspersed with historical events that should not be forgotten, all whilst sharing the author’s life from the early 1930s Peter Ginman |
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Australia 2050
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An examination of Australia's condition, outlook and option's for the first half of the 21st century.Authored by Gregory Copley, Andrew Pickford and Barry Patterson. Also available on CD for $19.95. Gregory R. Copley, Andrew Pickford |
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Wasp Season
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This contemporary Australian thriller is on one level a story of family disintegration and social alienation. It concerns Beth, her estranged husband Mark, and his beautiful young girlfriend, Helen. Jennifer Scoullar |
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Encounter
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A lonely but gifted thirteen year old schoolboy is drawn into a web of international intrigue and espionage. Ronelle Smith |
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Beside the River
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Celia, a young English immigrant, finds life in a remote Australian township lonely and dull. Then she becomes caught up in local affairs and finds that beneath the surface, things are not all what they seem.
Sally Graham |
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Whistler Street
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After a childhood in the surf of Western Australia, Vince Kelly is enthused with a burning desire to save mankind and enters the Catholic priesthood. In contrast, his lifelong mate from the beaches, Jamie Griffiths. Noel Braun |
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Crescent Moon Rising - The Bali Bombings
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At a time when Australians are wavering in support of a proposed US led invasion of Iraq, more than six hundred US Marines rotating on R & R in Bali suddenly disappear; then, Kuta erupts in a fireball and Australia falls into line with America. Kerry B. Collison |
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Hostage: How safe is Australia?
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Insurgents kill the Israeli prime minister in Tel Aviv, and the repercussions signal disaster. A fanatical Israeli group retaliates by exploding three American nuclear bombs in Cairo, devastating the city. Colin Mason |
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Home on the Frontline
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Nineteen forty-four was the worst year of my life. It exploded into my world with meteoric force, bringing with it a series of events which rewrote my destiny. Ruth Thomas |
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Despite Pain
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This book is written for people who are living with chronic pain, their family
and their friends. Peta Price |
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Shaking the Tree
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Not all true things are the Truth; nor should that truth which seems true according to human opinions be preferred to the true Truth – that according to the faith. Lindsay Gordon |
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One Man's Journey
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Running from the agony of betrayal, John McDouall Stuart sails across the globe to search for solace in the arms of a foreign, undiscovered land. Guy Sigley |
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Escape to Death
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In 1947 Marcel, Peter and Gerda, working for a special branch of the secret service, run an escape route from Germany, through France and Spain, to their castle on the Portuguese coast. Richard Le Normand |
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Jimmy’s Magical Christmas
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How will he get him back to Santa before he finishes his Australian run with
only the help of a grumpy sugar glider and his mate, a couple of koalas and a
mob of kangaroos? Bennie Lee |
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The Wasted Years
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Jane Breckener, from Sydney, receives her first teaching appointment at a high
school in a small town on the north coast of NSW. Here she falls in love with
Mark McMillan, an ambitious young dairy farmer who shows no interest in her except
as a fr Rhonda Scott |
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Behind The Pub Door
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From growing up after the Second World War in Western Australia where the chooks were psychotic and the dunny was dangerous, to serving beers to the
miners from the Kalgoorlie goldfields, Dorothy Dickhart Clarke |
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The Morutau Affair
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In the steamy jungle of Southern Papua in the early 1950s, a white plantation owner is murdered. An exciting and compelling story from start to finish.
Vernon H. Baker |
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Graves in the Wilderness
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Piper Campbell, the son of Ulster-Scott migrants befriends N’Kawa, the only survivor of the East Texas black Indian Karankawa tribe. As brothers, the two become inseparable. J.R. Gordon |
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The Calvanni
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The time is Storm Season on the world of Yos, when the twin suns eclipse and the planet is plunged into bitter cold. Chris McMahon |
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Horse Grows Horns
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I eventually opened the throttle and gathered speed and suddenly I soared into the air and the feeling was magical. Ken Sly |
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The Tinderbox
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The mysterious Tinderbox Penisula harbours a terrible secret…
The evidence from the press clippings is indisputable – a pattern of crime
spanning more than a decade and not a single arrest. Mark Whitelaw |
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From the Land Beyond the Forest
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John Irtel was born in Transylvania, a land rich in traditions and populated by resilient people. Somewhat naively, John absconds in 1947 to escape the ravages of change in postwar Eastern Europe. John Irtel |
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The Burning of the Rice
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In April 1975 Ngak Chhay Heng and his family loaded their car with their personal possessions, pushed it 20 kilometres from Phnom Penh, discarded anything that differentiated them from peasant farmers ... Don W. Puckridge |
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The Poppy Crop
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The Poppy Crop involves the adventures of an unusual farmer and two female lawyers with the story moving at a lively pace to and fro between Sydney and the Bush. Bill Hornadge |
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My Father, My Friend
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To the locals, Harry is an unknown entity who simply drives into town from somewhere and buys a derelict trucking business when prices are low and times are hard. Roy Douglas |
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Jail 4 Beginners
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How many times have you seen a person fall from grace and thought, ‘Wow, I never would have thought he would do that.’? Rex Donald |
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Catastroscopes
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A creative and adventurous Australian bloke’s battle with clinical depression
and Anno Domini. Max Sollitt |
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Celebrating Life
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The year 2006 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, but marks 20 years of triumph, friendship and even sorrow in the lives of those involved with this world renowned treatment cure. Sandra Slatter |
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Not Like My Father
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Together they rushed to the back steps where they could see over the dividing fence of corrugated iron. Joe was playing the whip like a man gone mad while Pat lay writhing on the ground, his Sunday shirt covered in dust and blood. Nancy Lacey |
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The Cherry Picker
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During six precarious weeks as an undercover cherry picker, Detective Brogden hunts a ruthless wanted criminal, enjoys the company of young Scandinavian backpackers and becomes involved in a torrid affair. June Cookson |
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Seige of Karabulduk
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Life ‘outside the law’ is exciting for Oya, Kenon and her band of Kurdish rebels, who spend their days smuggling money to various Turkish prisons in order to assist in the fight for independence. Harold Waller |
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To Travel Hopefully
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This is an account of the personal and professional life of a quiet, perceptive general practitioner and academic with a wide range of interests. Charles Bridges Webb |
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A Killer at Large
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A sixteen-year old boy is brutally raped by German soldiers and deported to France where he escapes, and becomes obsessed with revenge. Richard Le Normand |
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A Matter of Perspective
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Starting in his teenage years, Bill McGeever gradually developed a knowledge of the structure of society and its governance, and the economical framework in which it functioned in most countries of the world. Bill McGeever |
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The Durham Relics
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In 1539 a group of monks hide valuable church relics in an underground tunnel in order to avoid King Henry the Eighth’s plundering henchmen. Harold Waller |
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Jackanapes
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The future looks bleak for the ‘Artful Dodger’ as he languishes in Newgate Prison awaiting transportation. T. John Ward |
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Letters from Aceh
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A collection of letters and photographs exchanged between students from the tsunami devastated Aceh province, and children from international destinations.
The foreword has been written by the Indonesian President, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. |
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Walking into the Light
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People in all ages take different lessons from life. Some choose to learn distrust;some never learn to contribute to society, nor learn the joy of selflessness. In todays abundant society, it would be easy to forget that sacrifice for the greater goo Majorie Lindsay Copley |
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The Serpent Rising
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The Serpent Rising is a journey of spiritual seduction is based on my experiences in India during the 70's. It is essentially a memoir. Mary Garden |
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The Queen, Rupert & Me
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"A riveting memoir and a fascinating tale,
encapsulating the heart and soul of journalism in a thoroughly entertaining way." Desmond Zwar |
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Footsteps to Nowhere
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It’s 1980 and, in the shadow of better known political dictatorships, the isolated island state of St Christopher is in the uncompromising grip of lawyer Dean and his cohorts who have stepped over the line that separates duty from personal gain. David Hortle |
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Cyril & Desmond’s How-to-use Manual
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It really is quite an incredible achievement. Cyril and Desmond take us on a larrikins’ guide to birth, death and everything in between as well as throwing in the hereafter and pre-existence just for good measure. George Lake |
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Missing
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An heart-wrenching story of a woman whose husband disapperars on a ski-trip and the devastating impact this has on her family. Alison Lewis |
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A Mushroom of Glass
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I was drawn to her effortless smile. One could say that her smile is like the
moon, and that when you are close to her, she has the sensuous feel of a cat.
She could give you a look that suddenly chills to the bone; David R Cole |
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Sacred Quest
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Have two millennia of spiritual leadership by the Christian Churches come to an end? Are the Churches so compromised today by sexual scandals that such moral leadership is no longer possible? To where or to whom then, in this secular materialistic... Danny Kinane |
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Arrest the Silent Killer
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Arrest the Silent Killer is the author's personal account of her courageous battle with ovarian cancer, from the frustrating search to final diagnosis in 1997, then up to the present day. Marion Seferth |
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The Little Pond
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Norton Tees is a sleepy little village in rural England, the residents of which seem to be rather wealthy, yet rather idle. Or are they . . . Harold Waller |
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The Edge
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For six months, Alex lives on the edge. A twist of fate results in him failing to take his own life, and his desperation becomes a fight for survival as he first runs from then confronts others who are determined that his life should end. Bryan Clark |
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Rig Pigs
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Life on the oil rigs is tough. Aside from the constant danger of explosions, accidents and sub-standard safety procedures, there are the other workers to contend with. Tony May |
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From Horse and Cart to Rolls Royce
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John Carlshausen"s 200 years of family history- 100 years in Germany, and 100 years in Australia, is peppered with highs and lows,great joys and tragedies.Untimely deaths,accidents,murder, and much more.
Available from Amazon online John Carlshausen |
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Hidden Footprints of Unity
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What a beautiful mind! Hidden Footprints of Unity is a substantial work from an intelligent and spiritually perceptive man. Arasa has skillfully navigated his way through a vast array of subjects. Arasa (Raja) Ratnam |
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Nuclear Islam and Other Stories
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The threat of nuclear war or serious nuclear accident remains with us. Tom Law argues that these risks are increasing to a chilling degree with the continued proliferation of nuclear facilities, particularly in the emerging economies of Asia. Tom Law |
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A Matter of Course
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A Matter of Course is the narration of a time gone by as the dreamtime encompasses the listener of another era. Coleen Grundy |
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Project Integrens
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Why do intelligent people indulge in high-risk sexual behaviour? That is the question John Ashley and his research student and lover, Liz Brown, set themselves to answer John Biggs |
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Senses of Being
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The mind can be a frightening or comforting place. Some people may be scared
of what they may find there; Annette Hansen |
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Without Heroes
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When Ken Cameron, school teacher, meets ‘Sonny’ King, a talented
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