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Liza used to say that she saw her past life as a string of roughly-graded balls, and so did Hilda …
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Liza used to say that she saw her past life as a string of roughly-graded balls, and so did Hilda …
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'Bobby Wabalanginy never learned fear, not until he was pretty well a grown man. Sure, he grew up …
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With an introduction from UQP’s First Nations Classics series editor Yasmin Smith, Swallow the Air…
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An Australian classic, first published in 1903. Described by its author as of 'temper democratic; …
To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives …
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In The Pea-pickers, a novel based on Eve Langley's own experiences, Steve and Blue are two girls who…
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A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. August, 1943. …
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Passionate, headstrong and imaginative, Sybylla Melvyn is one of the most endearing heroines of …
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"Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers of whom it may be said that their books …
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The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington …
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