| (Ellen (Mrs Charles) Clacy)
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| This well-written and interesting story describes a visit by the author to the Australian gold fields in 1853.
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| (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
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| In 1928 the Rawlingses purchased a 72 acre property in Cross Creek, Florida, USA. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings brought the place to international fame through her writing. She was fascinated with the remote wilderness and the lives of Cross Creek residents. When published in 1942 "Cross Creek" was chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club and was later released in a special armed forces edition, sent to servicemen during World War II. [Wikipedia]
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$4
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| (George Orwell)
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| This is Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War.
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$4
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| (Emily Carr)
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| "Klee Wyck" was the name given to Emily Carr by the people in Ucluelet; it means 'laughing one.' Carr stated that in the book she relived "those beautiful, calm places among the dear Indians. Their quiet strength healed my heart. Of course it could not heal old age..." The book was first published when she was 70 years old and she wrote it in hospital after a heart attack. There she "relived the villages of Klee Wyck. It was easy for my mind to go back to the lovely places. After fifty years they were as fresh in my mind as they were then, because while I painted I had lived them deep. I could sail out of hospital and forget about everything."
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| (E J Banfield)
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| This book, published posthumously, was the last of a number of books published by E J Banfield which told of his experiences as a "beachcomber" on Dunk Island off the Queensland cost.
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$4
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| (Clarence Shepard Day)
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| This is a humorous autobiographical book about Day's family and life. The more Day's father rails against his staff, his cook, his wife, his horse, salesmen, holidays, his children and the inability of the world to live up to his impossible standards, the more comical and lovable he becomes to his own family who love him despite it all.
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| (Clarence Shepard Day)
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| The sequel to "Life with Father," this is a humorous autobiographical book about Day's family and life.
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$4
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| (Allan Macpherson)
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| An account of the many difficulties and dangers Allan Macpherson experienced in taking up the pastoral station of 'Mount Abundance,' near the present town of Roma in Queensland.
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| (Jack McLaren)
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| In 1911, Jack McLaren landed at Simpson's Bay on the west coast of Cape York in Queensland and, with the help of local Aborigines, built a house and established a coconut plantation. Some of his experience are recounted in this book. He also makes observations on the small fauna inhabiting his land and provides anecdotes about his Aboriginal companions. My Crowded Solitude is counted as an Australia's classic.
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$4
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| (Emma Macpherson)
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| A woman visits New South Wales with her husband and child in 1856. They travel to "Keera," a "station" near Bingara, in the New England area, along a route which has become the New England Highway. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the past and highlights the obstacles which had to be overcome to travel anywhere in the mid 19th century.
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$4
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| (E J Banfield)
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| This is the sequel to "Confessions of a Beachcomber." E J Banfield continues the story of his life on Dunk Island in the early twentieth century and provides many observations regarding the flora and fauna.
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$4
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| (George Witton)
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| George Witton was a Lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa. He was sentenced to death for murder after the shooting of Boer prisoners. He was subsequently reprieved by Kitchener, although Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry "Breaker" Morant who had been court-martialed with him were executed by a firing squad on 27 February 1902. [Wikipedia]
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| (T E Lawrence)
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| This autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918, is considered a modern classic.
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$4
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| (Zane Grey)
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| Zane Grey writes about a fishing expedition to New Zealand where he sets out to catch some big fish and to show the locals how it is done. As well as the fishing, Grey's love of nature shines through as he describes the sea and sky and the bird and animal life he encounters in the Bay of Islands.
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| (E J Banfield)
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| In this classic Australian book, Banfield tells of his experiences on Dunk Island, a tropical island off the east coast of Australia, where he and his wife settled in the early 1900s. His observations on the bird, animal and plant life are intriguing, as is his interaction with the aborigines.
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$4
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| (Robert Dean Frisbie)
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| The subtitle to the book is 'The Story of a South Sea Trader.' In the 1940s, after the death of Frisbie's wife, the Frisbie family visited the uninhabited Suwarrow atoll (Northern Cook Islands Group) and lived there for almost a year.
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$4
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| (Clarence Darrow)
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| Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks (1924) and defending John T. Scopes in the Scopes Trial (1925), in which he opposed William Jennings Bryan (statesman, noted orator, and 3-time presidential candidate). Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", Darrow remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians. [Wikipedia]
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$4
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| (E J Banfield)
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| In this book Banfield continued the description of his life as a "beachcomber" on Dunk Island, off the Queensland coast.
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$4
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