| (Watkin Tench)
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| This account of the first three years of settlement in Australia by Europeans, who sailed to Australia on the First Fleet, is still very readable. Tench, a humane and intelligent man, describes the difficulties of cultivation, relations with the natives and other relevant topics.
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| (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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| (Watkin Tench)
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| Watkin Tench was a lieutenant on one of the ships of the First Fleet which sailed from England to Australia in 1788. This, his account of the voyage and the first months of the new settlement, includes details of the the departure, the convicts, the arrival and other relevant subjects. Written more than 200 years ago it is, nevertheless, still very readable today.
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| (Virginia Woolf)
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| This essay is based on a series of lectures Virginia Woolf delivered to the Arts Society at Newnham College and Girton College. She begins by announcing her basic thesis: that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." She examines disadvantages in the social, financial and educational structures, as well as the prejudices which have prevented women writers from succeeding throughout English history.
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| (Zane Grey)
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| Zane Grey, besides being a best-selling writer of western novels, was an enthusiastic fisherman. He helped establish deep-sea sport fishing in New South Wales at Bermagui, on the south coast. He was patron of the Bermagui Sport Fishing Association for 1936 and 1937, and set a number of world records with his catches.
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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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| (Robert Byron)
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| Byron is best known for "The Road to Oxiana", however this book also displays his remarkable ability to describe a situation, a building or a scene in a few words. The book starts with a description of Bolshevism as Byron saw it during his visit to Russia in the early 1930s and then goes on to describe the people and architecture in Moscow and Leningrad. He then goes on to describe a hair-raising ride in a plane to India, from where he and two friends undertakes a journey by horse into Tibet.
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| (Joseph Lievesley Beeston)
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| This is a narrative of personal experiences of Joseph Lievesley Beeston, the officer commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force. The ship carrying the men from Australia cleared Albany, Western Australia, on the last day of 1914 and landed at what is now known as Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.
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| (Helen Simpson)
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| In this biography of Henry III, Simpson approaches her subject by comparing Henry's action with the art of government practised at the time, as outlined by Machiavelli in "The Prince," which was published about 1515. Henry III lived from 1491 to 1547.
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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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| (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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| (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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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| On reading this biography of Mary Queen of Scots, Hugh Walpole remarked that "I found it quite impossible to lay down until I had finished it. This is, for me, the most exciting historical biography since Stefan Zweig's 'Marie Antoinette.'"
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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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| (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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| (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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| (Frederick Lewis Allen)
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| This book deals with that decade from the end of World War I in November 1918 to the depression of 1929-30. It tells of of Woodrow Wilson's defeat, the Harding scandals, the Coolidge prosperity, the revolution in manners and morals, the bull market and economic depression.
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| (William Westgarth)
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| Westgarth, an early Victorian merchant and historian, was chairman of the commission of enquiry into the Eureka rebellion. He was in Australia from 1840 to 1857, when he returned to England. He visited Australia again in 1888. This book has been described as "one of the most fascinating accounts of early Victoria ever written."
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| (William Mogford Hamlet)
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| W. Mogford Hamlet twice walked from Brisbane to Sydney (1907 and 1913) and in 1912 he walked from Sydney to Melbourne, covering some 750 miles (1200 km) in thirty-three days. At the time, accounts of this trips were serialised in the Sydney Morning Herald. Those accounts are now, for the first time, presented here in one volume. Hamlet presents us with the sights and sounds of the country and describes many of the towns he passed through. He also draws word pictures of some of the characters he meets along the way.
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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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| (Frederick Lewis Allen)
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| This is the sequel to "Only Yesterday" which was "an informal history of the 1920s."
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| (Ernest Shackleton)
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| This is an account of an attempt to make the first crossing of Antarctica, from sea to sea, by a British Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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| (David Carnegie)
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| This book is a remarkable account of discovery and survival in a most inhospitable part of Australia. Carnegie was the fourth son of the Earl of Suffolk in England. After education as an engineer, he worked on tea plantations in Ceylon, but joined the rush to Coolgardie when gold was discovered in Western Australia in 1892. Over a period of five years he prospected, and led several important exploring expeditions into some of Australia's most arid areas. After leaving Australia, he was appointed Assistant Resident in Nigeria where, at the age of twenty-nine, he died as a result of a wound inflicted by a poison arrow. At the time he was involved in attempting to stop a native uprising.
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| (H P Lovecraft)
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| This long essay is a non-fiction survey of the field of horror fiction by the famed horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. In it he examines the roots of supernatural fiction and traces its development through such writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce. He names his four "modern masters" of horror: Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood and M. R. James.
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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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| (Frederick Lewis Allen)
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| As the author described it, "this book is an attempt to sketch some of the major changes which took place in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century." He went on to state that he had fixed his "chief attention upon the changes which have taken place in the character and quality of American life by reason of what might be called the democratization of our economic system, or the adjustment of capitalism to democratic ends; the way in which an incredible expansion of industrial and business activity, combined with a varied series of political, social and economic forces, has altered the American standard of living and with it the average American's way of thinking and his status as a citizen."
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| (Robert Byron)
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| Byron provides a detailed history of the art and culture of the Byzantine period from 330 to 1453.
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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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| (G. K. Chesterton)
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| The Everlasting Man is a two-part history of mankind, Christ, and Christianity. The first part is titled "On the Creature Called Man" and the second part is titled "On the Man Called Christ."
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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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| (Arthur Kitson)
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| This biography of Cook includes many quotations from his journal and includes details of his three voyages, including his journey along the east coast of Australia. Many of the places he named on the voyage are mentioned.
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| (Virginia Woolf)
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| A collection of thirty essays by one of the 20th century's best writers. Titles include: THE ART OF FICTION; AMERICAN FICTION; ON RE-READING NOVELS; LEWIS CARROLL; NOTES ON D. H. LAWRENCE.
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| (Robert Byron)
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| Paul Fussell wrote that "What 'Ulysses' is to the novel between the wars and what 'The Waste Land' is to poetry, 'The Road to Oxiana' is to the travel book." In this remarkable book, Byron describes his journey through the Middle East, along the way providing a rare account of the architectural treasures of an area now inaccessible to most Western travellers.
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| (Roald Amundsen)
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| On 14 December 1911, Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition became the first to reach the South Pole, a month before the expedition led by Robert Scott. This is Amundsen's account of the journey, remarkable for the organised way in which it was executed.
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| (Robert Byron)
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| Byron travels to Mount Athos in Greece, along the way describing his passage by ship from England, the monks of Athos and the treasures held in their monasteries.
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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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| (Virginia Woolf)
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| This is a book-length essay in which Woolf discusses ways to prevent war; government support for education of women; and women engaging in professional work. The essay is composed as a response to a series of letters.
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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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| (Henry David Thoreau)
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| Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau did not intend to live as a hermit, for he received visitors regularly, and returned their visits. Rather, he hoped to isolate himself from society to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. As Thoreau made clear in his book, his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles (3 km) from his family home. [Wikipedia]
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