Download or read book Great Australian Ute Stories written by John Bryant and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bumper collection of hilarious and heartwarming Australian stories collected by ute-aficionado John Bryant. We invented it. We love it. the ute is a national icon alongside the pie and sauce. It is the very symbol of our resourceful ingenuity. No matter what you drive, this collection of ute yarns will charm you with its laconic humour and Aussie warmth. Written by everyday Australians in praise of our love affair with the ute, this collection unashamedly celebrates the joy of circle work, the improbable allure of feral utes and the ute's perennial ability to save the day, win the girl and excite the dog. A bumper collection of hilarious and heartwarming Australian stories collected by ute-aficionado John Bryant. this book also publishes for the first time the winner of John's Number 1 Ute Legend competition. www.utelegend.com

Download or read book Great Australian Utility Vehicle Stories written by John Richard Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We invented it. We love it. The ute is a national icon alongside the pie and sauce. It is the very symbol of our resourceful ingenuity. No matter what you drive, this collection of 80 ute yarns will charm you with its laconic humour and Aussie warmth. Written by everyday Australians in praise of our love affair with the ute, this collection unashamedly celebrates the joy of circle work, the improbable allure of feral utes and the ute's perennial ability to save the day, win the girl and excite the dog. A bumper collection of hilarious and heartwarming Australian stories collected by ute-aficionado John Bryant.

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories written by Black Inc. and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of the best ... This essential book takes a decade of Best Australian Stories and selects the most outstanding short fiction by the country’s finest writers. These stories range widely in style and subject matter: there is drama and comedy, subtlety and extravagance, tales of suspense, love, fantasy, grief and revenge. Together they showcase the strength and diversity of Australian fiction at its very best. Contributors include: Murray Bail, Dorothy Johnston, Anna Krien, Patrick Cullen, Nicholas Shakespeare, Nam Le, Robert Drewe, Mandy Sayer, Paddy O’Reilly, Janette Turner Hospital, Delia Falconer, Kate Grenville, Peter Goldsworthy, Cate Kennedy, Eva Hornung, Gillian Mears, Steven Amsterdam, Tom Cho, Jessica Anderson, Campbell Mattinson, Luke Davies, Emily Ballou, Marion Halligan, Karen Hitchcock, Frank Moorhouse, Will Elliott, Amanda Lohrey, Tim Richards, Tara June Winch, Joan London, Liam Davison, Michael Meehan, Sonya Hartnett, Chloe Walker, Ryan O’Neill, Gerald Murnane and Tim Winton.

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories written by ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of the best This essential book takes a decade of Best Australian Stories and selects the most outstanding short fiction by the country's finest writers. These stories range widely in style and subject matter: there is drama and comedy, subtlety and extravagance, tales of suspense, love, fantasy, grief and revenge. Together they showcas...

Download or read book Great Australian Volunteer Firies Stories written by Bill Marsh and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Us firefighters do more than fight fires. We also assist those who have just gone through what's probably the worst experience of their lives.' The devastating 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires threw the importance of our volunteer firefighters into sharp focus. But these brave men and women don't just step up to protect life and property in fires; they are also there to help in road accidents, plane crashes, natural disasters like cyclones and floods - and, yes, they even rescue pets that have got themselves into strife. In this collection of first-hand stories, ranging from the 1880s to 2020, our courageous volunteer firies take us right up to the frontlines and reveal the stark realities of the dangers they face to keep our communities safe. This book serves as a tribute to the thousands of volunteer firies across Australia who roll up their sleeves and selflessly put their lives on the line to assist their fellow human beings.

Download or read book The Passion for Utes written by Joel Wakely and published by Woodslane Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers dozens of stories about many of the ute models imported and produced since the 1920s. Includes the history of utes: Fords first true ute in the 1930s, the first all-Australian (Holden) ute in the early 1950s, and more recent highlights. With stories and photographs from dozens of Holden enthusiasts, this is a Holden book from the heart.

Download or read book Great Australian Horse Stories written by Anne Crawford and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the saddle - from wild brumbies of the high country to trusty stock horses of the outback and from drovers to dressage riders - a collection of heart-warming tales for horse-lovers.

Download or read book The Wheels on the Ute Go Round and Round written by Loraine Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wombat drives the ute through the Aussie bush, collecting Aussie animals along the way. The ute looks big but is jam-packed full of animals by the time it arrives at the Aussie Bush Bash! But first, it must traverse the varied terrain, from coastal cliffs to mountain peaks and valleys, outback landscapes to leafy rainforests.

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2017 written by Maxine Beneba Clarke and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Best Australian Stories, acclaimed writer Maxine Beneba Clarke brings together our country’s leading literary talents. Herself an award-winning short-story writer, Beneba Clarke selects exceptional stories that resonate with experience and truth, and celebrate the art of storytelling. Previous contributors include Kate Grenville, Tony Birch, David Malouf, Kirsten Tranter, Anna Krien, Georgia Blain, Peter Goldsworthy, Fiona McFarlane, Elizabeth Harrower, Ryan O’Neill and Romy Ash. Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. In 2015 her short fiction collection Foreign Soil won the ABIA for Best Literary Fiction and the Indie Award for Best Debut Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Her critically acclaimed memoir, The Hate Race (2016), was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Indie Award for Non-Fiction and the Stella Prize. She is also the author of a picture book, The Patchwork Bike (2016), several poetry collections, and is a contributor to the Saturday Paper.

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2014 written by Amanda Lohrey and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The art of the story is mostly about the journey, and the economy of means with which the writers here carry us a great distance is at times breathtaking.’ – Amanda Lohrey In The Best Australian Stories 2014, Patrick White Award–winning author Amanda Lohrey selects the outstanding short fiction of the year. Sometimes fantastical, sometimes raw, and always a ‘shot of adrenaline to the mind and heart’, this collection features exciting new voices alongside the established and admired. The edges of reality blur in a corporate lawyer’s tale of working in a 1200-storey glass tower. A prized coffee table becomes the focus of a father’s anxieties and frustrations. Tense and fractured lines of communication shape the life of an interpreter on Christmas Island. Imaginative, remarkable, intimate – this unmissable anthology celebrates the art of consummate storytelling. Julienne Van Loon • Shaun Prescott • Lucy Neave • Anthony Panegyres • Nicola Redhouse • Edwina Shaw • Claire Corbett • Fiona Place • Kate Elkington • Arabella Edge • Claire Aman • Angela Meyer • J.Y.L. Koh • Rebekah Clarkson • Ryan O'Neill • Mark Smith • Anna Krien • David Brooks • Leah Swann • Kirsten Tranter • Lisa Jacobson • Melanie Joosten

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2009 Volume 1 of 2 EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2009 written by Delia C. Falconer and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Best Australian Stories 2009, Delia Falconer collects the year's most outstanding short fiction, showcasing the strength and diversity of Australian writing today. There are masterful stories from some of the country's best-loved authors, as well as exciting new work from up-and-coming young writers. This is a perfect book for summer and a delightful introduction to Australia's best contemporary writing. Contributors include: Cate Kennedy, DBC Pierre, Gail Jones, Karen Hitchcock, Peter Goldsworthy, Robert Drewe, Steven Amsterdam and more.

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2012 written by Sonya Hartnett and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories are breath-takers, the ones which render nothing more important than discovering what happens next. -Sonya Hartnett The Best Australian Stories 2012 is the country's premier annual collection of short fiction. This year sees Sonya Hartnett select thirty-two remarkable stories that roam widely in subject and style, but share "a delicate complexity and a vibrant cleverness." A travelling scout for a modern-day freak show meets a girl with a strange and wonderful gift. A winning lottery ticket tests the bonds of three mismatched siblings. A beast of burden offers an alternative account of Australian settlement. There is dark humour, stealthy and unsettling, and moments of terror, whimsy, romance and surprise. What unites them is a steadfast commitment to the storyteller's art - the art of making the reader want to turn the page. 'Almost all the stories curated by Hartnett were new to me and reading them was a treat ... As with the poems, this outstanding collection confirms the robust health of the Australian short story.' -the Australian 'You'd be hard to please if you found nothing in this collection to make you want to linger and relish what you'd discovered.' -Sydney Morning Herald Sonya Hartnett is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels. In 2003, her adult novel, Of a Boy, won the Age Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

Download or read book Beaut Aussie Utes written by Josh Bryce and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's favourite car is the ute. Beaut Aussie Utes showcases the best of Australia's utes - and their owners - in photographs taken at musters and shows around the country. If you're one of the many ute owners or ute lovers across Australia, Beaut Aussie Utes is for you. You could be in the city, you could be in the country or maybe your ute travels the outback. Maybe your ute has taken you to a campsite by the beach or maybe you're working it hard on a dusty bush road. You could be in any state or territory of Australia, because there's nothing more Australian than a ute. Josh Bryce has travelled around Australia meeting Aussie ute owners and their vehicles, and taking their photograph. In Beaut Aussie Utes there are photos from the Darwin ute muster, Lights on the Hill truck show, a B&S ball in Western Australia, and musters in Queensland. Some ute owners are on their Ps; some are old-timers who have seen the wide brown land from their utes and they're still travelling. There are utes polished up for musters, mud-spattered utes and utes that are home to quite a few interesting stickers and flags. So whether you're partial to Holden, Toyota, Ford, Nissan or even a Dodge pick-up truck, you'll find utes to love in Beaut Aussie Utes.

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2009 Volume 1 of 2 EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2010 written by Cate Kennedy and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Best Australian Stories 2010, Cate Kennedy selects the year's most exciting short fiction. Featuring established masters alongside fresh new voices, this diverse collection is a perfect companion for summer and an ideal introduction to Australia's best contemporary fiction writing.

Download or read book Great Australian Stories Slipcase written by John Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Australian Stories - Droving, Beer and Utes. Why is one of our prime ministers in the Guinness Book of Records? How did beer save the life of a bloke bitten by a bloody great big brown snake? The answers to these and many other burning beer-related questions can be found in the pages of Great Australian Beer Yarns. A funny, frank and fascinating book to flip through while you're enjoying a cold one! Great Australian Droving Stories is a collection of 60 adventures Bill 'Swampy' Marsh travelled around Australia to gather. Find out all about the tough, isolated, often funny and extraordinary lives on the road of the great Australian drover. No matter what you drive, Great Australian Ute Stories will charm you with its laconic humour and Aussie warmth. We invented it, we love it; the ute is a national icon alongside the pie and sauce. It is the very symbol of our resourceful ingenuity.