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  • Wool Away, Boy!

    A Ripping Memoir of Life in the Shearing Sheds

    by Alan Blunt ...
    A firsthand account of the shearing sheds of the 1950s and 60s.The son of a shearer, Alan Blunt spent his teenage years in the woolsheds of the 1950s and 60s. As his father laboured, Alan would imagine himself opening the batting for Australia or boxing for the world middleweight championship, only to be startled out of his daydream with a cry of: ‘Wool away, boy. Wake up!’In this colourful memoir ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

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  • The Drowned: A Short Story

    by Graham Masterton ...
    The River Lee has always been a part of life – and death – in Cork. Now the bodies of five young men have been found by divers, locked in their car on the riverbed. A tragic accident? Or something more sinister?As the volunteer divers begin the macabre task of extracting the bodies, DCI Katie Maguire investigates a crime where all is not as it seems...What people are saying about THE DROWNED: A ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • A Simpler Time

    by Peter FitzSimons ...
    An affectionate and hilarious tribute to the childhood of another era, from one of Australia's favourite authorsA memoir of love, laughter, loss and billycarts Peter FitzSimons's account of growing up on the rural outskirts of Sydney in the 1960s is first and foremost a tribute to family. But it is also a salute to times and generations past, when praise was understated but love unstinting; work ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Great Australian Outback Police Stories

    by Bill Marsh ...
    Series series Great Australian Stories
    Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES.'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...'Boasting the biggest beats in the world -- some as large as France -- Australia's outback police have seen it all: natural ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memories of the Bush

    by Patricia Jones ...
    Patty spent the first thirty three years of her life living with her family on remote outback station properties - Old Bando, Minetta, Old Outstation - in south west Queensland, Australia. When her brother, Kerry developed a brain tumor, they moved to live in Charleville - a small outback town. Patty has an understanding of the land, and a great love of reading. Look beyond the words to a life ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under the Hawthorn Tree

    Children of the Famine

    by Marita Conlon-McKenna, PJ Lynch ...
    Illustrated by Donald Teskey ...
    The first book in the famine trilogyUnder the Hawthorn Tree is Ireland's top selling children's book. The phenomenal success of this original and enthralling book is celebrated with this beautiful hardback gift edition. This novel has become a classic for young readers worldwide. Under the Hawthorn Tree continues to go from strength to strength and this new edition is a must for any collection ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Droving Days

    Life on the long paddock

    by Peter Moore, Shirley Moore ...
    Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed - a long-distance drover. In My Droving Days we follow his progress through the 1950s as he rubs shoulders with the larger-than-life characters - and their dogs and horses - who trekked along the outback stock routes of western Queensland and New South Wales.Meet the world's worst cattle dog and the station hand, Charlie, who ... Read more

    $8.39 USD

  • Best of Aussie Slang

    by John Blackman ...
    If you don't buy this book you're one chop short of a barbecue!Is your knowledge of Aussie slang sadly lacking? Are you feeling like a bandicoot on a burnt ridge, and running around like a blue-arsed fly? If so, don't chuck a wobbly, simply take a squiz at John Blackman's Best of Aussie Slang and she'll be apples!This latest literary triumph from John Blackman is the ultimate guide to the lingo of ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • A Swag of Memories

    Australian bush stories

    by Brian Taylor ...
    A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a swag of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along the dusty plains and beside the dry creek beds under the endless southern sky.In A SWAG OF MEMORIES Brian Taylor shares with us these stories, of ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • Heroin Annie

    Cliff Hardy 5

    by Peter Corris ...
    Series Book 5 - CLIFF HARDY
    A collection of gripping short stories in the Cliff Hardy series from highly successful Australian crime fiction writer, Peter Corris.'The godfather of Australian crime fiction.'Cliff Hardy is in action again: trying to keep one step ahead of his client's troubles - and his own.He goes from sleazy backstreets to boardrooms in skyscrapers - dealing with everyone from fashion models and teenage ... Read more

    $5.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jack Taylor Series, Books 1-3

    The Guards, The Killing of the Tinkers, and The Magdalen Martyrs

    by Ken Bruen ...
    Series series Jack Taylor Series
    Ken Bruen's explosive Jack Taylor series, set in the streets of Galway, place him among the greats of modern crime fiction. Now, for the first time, the first three books in the series are available as an eBook bundle:The GuardsOusted from the Guards, Ireland's police force, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to, until a dazzling woman walks into the bar with a strange ... Read more

    $35.98 USD

  • Great Australian Outback School Stories

    by Bill Marsh ...
    Series series Great Australian Stories
    Fabulous yarns and memories of going to school and teaching in the Outback.If your teacher commuted to school in a plane; if you had to watch out for rogue bulls rather than traffic; if your daily pick-up was done by a horse - you probably went to an outback school.this collection of more than sixty stories, gathered by Bill 'Swampy' Marsh in his travels across Australia, perfectly captures the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD