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Brennan, Niall Chronicles of Dandenong Hawthorn Press 1973 Hard Cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or577073. ISBN #072560087X / 9780725600877. (keywords: AUSTRALIA) (filed under: Australia ) *
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Callicott, J. Baird Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback University of California Press 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Notes and marking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or708608v1. ISBN #0520085590 / 9780520085596. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Callicott, J. Baird Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback University of California Press 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Notes and marking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or708608v1. ISBN #0520085590 / 9780520085596. (filed under: Australia ) *
The environmental crisis is global in scope, yet contemporary environmental ethics is centered predominantly in Western philosophy and religion. Earth's Insights widens the scope of environmental ethics to include the ecological teachings embedded in non-Western worldviews. J. Baird Callicott ranges broadly, exploring the sacred texts of Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism, as well as the oral traditions of Polynesia, North and South America, and Australia. He also documents the attempts of various peoples to put their environmental ethics into practice. Finally, he wrestles with a question of vital importance to all people sharing the fate of this small planet: How can the world's many and diverse environmental philosophies be brought together in a complementary and consistent whole?
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Chilton, Chas. (Editor) Subantarctic Islands Of New Zealand hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or995372. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Clergyman, A Australia As It Is hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058817. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Frow, John; Morris, Meaghan (edited by) Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader University of Illinois Press 1993 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067623. ISBN #0252063538 / 9780252063534. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Frow, John; Morris, Meaghan (edited by) Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader University of Illinois Press 1993 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067623. ISBN #0252063538 / 9780252063534. (filed under: Australia ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The harvest of a long and deep acquaintance with Joyce's fifteen enigmatic stories of Dublin life, Narrative Con Texts in "Dubliners" creatively widens the definition of "context" to include networks of theme and symbol. By treating Dubliners as an expanding document of lives in the process of being lived and by paying attention to how the boundaries between stories break down, Benstock is able to notice how characters and situations come uncannily to resemble each other. There are several innovative approaches here for example, the thorough inspection of the economic conditions of Joyce's Dublin, down to the halfpenny as well as new twists on established ideas. Benstock attempts a global, integrated reading of the stories, substituting his more holistic "con texts" for the current fashion of context-hunting. His is an old ambition for full coverage in a new, upbeat format.
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Helmericks, Constance Australian Adventure Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1971 hardcover. Previous owners name inked on bottom edge of pages. . BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Price clipped. Book #or869240. ISBN #0130538922 / 9780130538925. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Helmericks, Constance Australian Adventure Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1971 hardcover. Previous owners name inked on bottom edge of pages. . BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Price clipped. Book #or869240. ISBN #0130538922 / 9780130538925. (filed under: Australia ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary 1971 Prentice Hall hardcover with dust jacket as shown. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, former library book with pocket inside back cover, no interior writing, no tears, smokefree. Jacket has been taped inside covers with arichval jacket cover, back inside flap cut off with continued synopsis taped on first page, faded spine.
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Hirst, John Sense & Nonsense in Australian History 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076361. ISBN #0977594939 / 9780977594931. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Hirst, John Sense & Nonsense in Australian History 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076361. ISBN #0977594939 / 9780977594931. (filed under: Australia ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance, multiculturalism and nationalistic history, as well as a substantial essay on Aboriginal dispossession and the history wars. In Sense and Nonsense in Australian History, John Hirst overturns familiar conceptions and deepens our sense of Australia's development from convict society to distinctive democracy. 'one of the nation's most independent and original historians' - Geoffrey Blainey 'John Hirst is the gadfly of Australian history, stinging and provocative' - Stuart Macintyre 'essential reading for those who want to ponder, let alone write and teach about, Australian history' - Robert Murray, The Weekend Australian
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Horwitz, Tony One for the Road Vintage 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Some Staining. Book #or967362. ISBN #0375706135 / 9780375706134. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Horwitz, Tony One for the Road Vintage 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Some Staining. Book #or967362. ISBN #0375706135 / 9780375706134. (filed under: Australia ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "A high-spirited, comic ramble into the savage Outback populated by irreverent, beer-guzzling frontiersmen." -- Chicago Tribune "A fascinating insight into what we're all about on the highways and byways along the outback track." -- The Telegraph Sydney Swept off to live in Sydney by his Australian bride, American writer Tony Horwitz longs to explore the exotic reaches of his adopted land. So one day, armed only with a backpack and fantasies of the open road, he hitchhikes off into the awesome emptiness of Australia's outback. What follows is a hilarious, hair-raising ride into the hot red center of a continent so desolate that civilization dwindles to a gas pump and a pub. While the outback's terrain is inhospitable, its scattered inhabitants are anything but. Horwitz entrusts himself to Aborigines, opal diggers, jackeroos, card sharks, and sunstruck wanderers who measure distance in the number of beers consumed en route. Along the way, Horwitz discovers that the outback is as treacherous as it is colorful. Bug-bitten, sunblasted, dust-choked, and bloodied by a near-fatal accident, Horwitz endures seven thousand miles of the world's most forbidding real estate, and some very bizarre personal encounters, as he winds his way to Queensland, Alice Springs, Perth, Darwin--and a hundred bush pubs in between. Horwitz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of two national bestsellers, Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad Without a Map , is the ideal tour guide for anyone who has ever dreamed of a genuine Australian adventure. "Lively, fast-paced and amusing . . . a consistently interesting and entertaining account." -- Kirkus Reviews "Ironical, perceptive and subtle . . . will have readers getting out their maps and itching to follow Horwitz's tracks. . . . The internal journey is his finest achievement; he allows the reader into his heart, to go travelling with him there, sharing his adventures of the spirit." -- Sunday Times London
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Keenan, Michael In Search Of A Wild Brumby Bantam Books 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or793406. ISBN #186325319X / 9781863253192. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Keneally, Tom The Commonwealth of Thieves Random House Australia 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or937101. ISBN #1741661218 / 9781741661217. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Keneally, Tom The Commonwealth of Thieves Random House Australia 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or937101. ISBN #1741661218 / 9781741661217. (filed under: Australia ) *
History. A vivid a ccount of exile and endurance in the earliest days of modern Australia. With the authority of a renowned historian and the narrative grace of a brilliant novelist, Thomas Keneally offers an insider's perspective into the dramatic saga of the birth of a vibrant society in an unfamiliar land. A Commonwealth of Thieves immerses us in the fledgling penal colony and conjures up colorful scenes of the joy and heartbreak, the thrills and hardships that characterized those first four improbable years. Trade paperback 509 pgs.
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Molony, John The Penguin Bicentennial History of Australia: The Story of 200 Years Viking 1988 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or893396. ISBN #0670821144 / 9780670821143. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Nightengale, Neil; Clevers, Jeni; Pearson, Hugh Wild Australasia Firefly Books 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1136838. ISBN #1552978559 / 9781552978559. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Nightengale, Neil; Clevers, Jeni; Pearson, Hugh Wild Australasia Firefly Books 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1136838. ISBN #1552978559 / 9781552978559. (filed under: Australia ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Natural history down under. Stretching from the equator to the sub-Antarctic, Wild Australasia is an illustrated tour of the Australian region's natural history and ecology. Australasia -- once a part of prehistoric supercontinents -- has been physically isolated from the rest of world for some 45 million years. As a result, it contains a breathtaking array of distinct and one-of-a-kind species. Readers will discover that 90 of its reptiles and 70 of its birds are unique to this environment. Australasia is home to mammals that lay eggs, huge birds that can't fly, marsupials that can, and the world's highest concentration of deadly reptiles and venomous snakes. The landscape is also quite exceptional: Australia is the flattest and driest inhabited continent on earth. The surrounding seas contain dazzlingly colorful reefs and are dotted with exotic strings of islands. This book covers the main continent of Australasia and surrounding islands of New Zealand, New Guinea, New Britain, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island. Wild Australasia is filled with stunning color photographs, including unique aerial photos and groundbreaking images revealing locations and animal behavior never seen before.
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Pilkington, Doris Rabbit Proof Fence 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117580. ISBN #0786887842 / 9780786887842. (filed under: Australia ) *
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Pilkington, Doris Rabbit Proof Fence 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117580. ISBN #0786887842 / 9780786887842. (filed under: Australia ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-wining author Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp.
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