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  • On Our Selection

    Sketches of the Queensland Bush

    by Steele Rudd ...
    Series series Comedy & Satire
    Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by David Roberts, Thomas Moran and George Catlin. The Rudd family take up a selection in Queensland scrub and spend twenty years failing at it — drought, bark huts, one plow, a cow that dies, a crop that does not come. Steele Rudd was Arthur Hoey Davis, a selector's son who wrote his own family's losing struggle and made Dad and Dave into ... Read more

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  • The Best Australian Bush Stories

    by Jim Haynes ...
    Stories that take us from the Mallee to the back of Bourke and beyond, an indispensable collection about the enduring appeal of the Australian bush.Australia's national character and spirit have always been defined, rightly or wrongly, by 'the bush'. This entertaining, thought-provoking, humorous, nostalgic and, above all, highly readable collection of stories for the modern reader shows why the ... Read more

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  • Australian Literature: Lawson's Poetry and Fiction

    by Henry Lawson ...
    This file includes seven books: In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses, Joe Wilson and His Mates, While the Billy Boils, Children of the Bush, Over the Sliprails, On the Track, and The Rising of the Court. According to Wikipedia: "Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Henry Lawson

    by Henry Lawson ...
    The Complete Works of Henry LawsonHenry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer".This collection includes the following:Joe Wilson and His MatesOn the TrackOver the SliprailsIn ... Read more

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  • On Our Selection

    by Steele Rudd ...
    whose names, whose giant enterprise, whose deeds of ... Read more

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  • Three Elephant Power and Other Stories, Australian short stories

    According to Wikipedia: "Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 5 February 1941)[2] was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include ... Read more

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  • On Our Selection

    by Rudd Steele ...
    In the backdrop of the Australian landscape this is a tale about the farmers of the area. The hardships sufferings and the tough lifestyle of those people is elucidated upon in these pages. The indomitable will of the people who stand in face of extreme adversity is also beautifully captured. Riveting! ... Read more

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  • The December Rose

    by Leon Garfield ...
    Secrets whispered up a chimney, a golden locket with a broken chain, murder in the streets of London – and suddenly young Barnacle is plunged into a terrifying mystery. The December Rose is a thrilling tale of deceit, espionage and murder set in the teeming, colourful Victorian London. ... Read more

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  • On Our Selection

    by Steele Rudd ...
    Australian author, pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis, and best known for On Our Selection.Towards the end of 1895 Rudd sent a sketch based on his father's experience 'Starting the selection' to The Bulletin in which appeared on 14 December 1895. This afterwards became the first chapter of On Our Selection when it was published in 1899. Encouraged by J. F. Archibald, Davis continued the series of ... Read more

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  • The Monkey's Paw

    by W.W. Jacobs ...
    When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they do what many people would do—they wish for money. But every wish has a consequence, and the White family finds they are completely unprepared for what comes next. This new 2017 edition of The Monkey’s Paw includes W. W. Jacob's chilling short story In the Library. ... Read more

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  • MRS. MARDEN'S ORDEAL (Murder Mystery Novel) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Thriller Classic

    In Mrs. Marden's Ordeal, James Hay constructs a murder mystery around the social and psychological pressures that gather when a respectable woman is drawn into the shadow of violent crime. The novel belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of clue-driven detective fiction, yet its interest lies not only in solution but in ordeal: suspicion, reputation, domestic secrecy, and the slow ... Read more

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  • Our New Selection

    Enriched edition.

    Steele Rudd's "Our New Selection" is a quintessential exploration of Australian rural life, woven with a rich tapestry of humor and poignancy that reflects the socio-cultural dynamics of the early 20th century. The book presents a collection of stories featuring the beloved character Dad and his family, showcasing the challenges and triumphs of farm life. Rudd's prose is notable for its vivid ... Read more

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