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  • The Package on the Tram

    by Ian Burns ...
    The world's largest dog that vanishes or re-appears out of nowhere, with hairs larger than trees.Creatures larger than mammoths that can help the tiniest.A cobweb that changes colour according to whether...Where Jess can be killed at any moment by anyone she loves, and who love her.And a decision that leads to a desperate loss.A mystery story involving a thirteen-year old girl, her unwanted ... Read more

    $2.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thomas Bulford's English Companion

    by Ian Burns ...
    An extraordinary book, giving seminal insights into such diverse matters as Amazons and aardvarks, and the mythical or legendary Eve (of Eden), Helen (of Troy), and Joan (of Arc ).A mass of common and archaic words re-pronounced and/or re-defined, often quirky, sometimes risque, maybe even wise...Of great importance is the clever Table of Contents – located conveniently for Americans near the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Alone Man

    by Ian Burns ...
    The Alone Man draws on the concept of Aboriginal 'dreamtime', the Australian aboriginal mythology of creation and relationships to and custodianship of the land. It is a 'double love story' about a man's love for his wife and family and his love of the land and nature.Set in outback Australia around 100 years ago, the story is of a simple man in a simpler time creating a micro-world as many ... Read more

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  • Lissie Pendle

    by Ian Burns ...
    Lissie Pendle is about trouble. But not trouble with a capital T. It's trouble which just...well, it just happens. Usually with the help of her little brother, or Scratcher and his friends, or just....things.Lissie is busy, pre-occupied, if you like, coping with events and trying to sort out and put in their proper place (ie beside and slightly in awe of her) the various eligible boys of the town. ... Read more

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  • The Search for Quong

    by Ian Burns ...
    Who is he?Is he a kangaroo? Does he live in a rain forest? Does he eat possums? Or children?!What does the encyclopaedia say?'Quong was a creature of the olden olden days, even before grandmother. He was a short fellow, with long, thin legs and an even longer, thinner tail. His face was fat and wrinkly, and big bushy eyebrows kept out the sun and flies. He lived far away from anywhere, especially ... Read more

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  • Possum and Python

    by Ian Burns ...
    She lay on a great branch high above the rain forest floor, a splendid creature, shimmering black hair glistening in the starlight.Above her, on an even higher branch, another splendid creature, a mortal enemy.She didn't know it was there, and it wasn't interested in her, but an extraordinary adventure was about to begin.A tale of surprise, dedication, and, above all, love (which, as we all know, ... Read more

    $1.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scratcher

    by Ian Burns ...
    Have you ever wondered why clocks have hours, and minutes, and seconds…but not firsts?You will not find the answer to this question in this book, but Scratcher will tell you what happens ifyour dog goes wild in a butcher's shop,or if an eel gets up your trouser leg when you're standing in the middle of the creek in the rain,or if you fall in love with your teacher.And he'll tell you about the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dialogue

    Writings in art history

    by Ian Burn ...
    Ian Burn has been one of Australia's most important artists since the mid-1960s. He was involved in the development of the Conceptual Art movement and in the activities of the Art & Language group, working first in London and then New York between 1965 and 1977. His work is found in art museums and collections in the United States, Europe and Australia.Writing has always been central to his ... Read more

    $11.19 USD

  • Tall Poplars

    by Ian Burns-Woods ...
    Leading interior designer, Sally Hampstead and prestige furniture manufacturer, Max Scarponi meet at an interstate furniture exposition. Instant attraction leads to the dapper Max being inveigled by Sally, a glamorous divorce four years his senior, into a hitherto unimaginable tryst.Max finds Sally utterly irresistible. He leaves his young family and moves with her into a luxurious harbourside ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Floatplanes Over The Desert

    The Adventures of French & British Naval Airmen Over Sea & Desert Sand 1914-1918

    by Ian M. Burns ...
    This book chronicles the operations of the French Navy's Aéronautique maritime and the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean between 1914 and 1918.Operating in what was considered a 'sideshow' theatre far from the Western Front, these pioneering airmen developed critical techniques for naval aviation, performing vital intelligence gathering, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Above and beyond Palestine (Annotated)

    An account of the work of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron, 1916-1918

    by C E Hughes, Ian M Burns ...
    "The work of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron was very seldom mentioned in published official reports and its record is accordingly very little known, yet without its story the familiar one of the campaign in Palestine and Syria is incomplete."A unique first-hand account of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron during the First World War by its intelligence officer. Through ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Best British Short Stories 2025

    by David Bevan, Rose Biggin, Christopher Burns, Ian Critchley, Pippa Goldschmidt, Linden Hibbert, Hannah Hoare, Catrin Kean, Roger Luckhurst, Baret Magarian, Wyl Menmuir, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, Simon Okotie, Imogen Reid, C. D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Elizabeth Stott, Mark Valentine, Naomi Wood, Nicholas Royle ...
    Series Book 15 - Best British Short Stories
    The definitive showcase of the year's finest British short stories'Bravo to Salt's beacon of delight and intrigue – its annual collection of the UK's best short stories, from established and emerging voices.' —Duncan MinshullNow relaunched for a new era, Best British Short Stories returns with a bold new look and a renewed commitment to celebrating the art of the short story. As we enter our ... Read more

    $11.29 USD