Download or read book The Waddi Tree written by Kerry McGinnis and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2007-01-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As authentic as it gets." Australian Outback Books 'Heartbreaking one moment but full of hope with the turn of the page.' Adelaide Advertiser 'An epic that will touch all hearts and inspire others.' Bendigo Advertiser Diverging Paths Two branches of the McAllister family lead very different lives on cattle stations in Central Australia. Rob, a stickler for correctness, manages a wealthy, company-owned property, while his easygoing brother, Sandy, struggles to support his wife and son on an impoverished leasehold. Bound by Blood When tragedy throws the families together, before ultimately driving them even further apart, it's Sandy's young son Jim who suffers most. Left to rebuild his shattered world, he depends on the larger-than-life station characters and the comfort of horses. Harsh Beauty, Hard Lessons This is tough country, where personal heartache is kept in perspective by drought, fire and isolation. The times are just as unforgiving, and as the years pass, Jim discovers that he must pay for his father's mistakes as well as his own. Yet this harshly beautiful land is full of promise, a source of strength to Jim on his road from innocence to independence. ___________________ Praise for Kerry McGinnis "McGinnis is a natural storyteller with a deep understanding of life on the land." - The Weekly Times "McGinnis has the eye of a painter; she writes as she sees and the land comes alive." - Weekend Australian "Anything McGinnis writes begs to be read aloud around a campfire." - Country Style "Kerry McGinnis writes like poetry . . . The way she recalls places and feelings and is able to write about them with such authority is why she stands out among Australian authors. " - Fleur McDonald ___________________ Additional Books by Kerry McGinnis Expand your collection with these captivating novels from Kerry McGinnis: *Bloodwood Creek *Gathering Storms *The Missing Girl *Croc Country *The Roadhouse *The Heartwood Hotel *Secrets of the Springs *Out of Alice *Tracking North *Wildhorse Creek *Mallee Sky *The Waddi Tree Experience the captivating narratives and immersive landscapes of Kerry McGinnis's books. Order now!
Download or read book Pieces of Blue written by Kerry McGinnis and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2000-06-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of six, Kerry McGinnis loses her mother. Her father, left with four young children to raise, gathers up his family and leaves the city to go droving. For the next fifteen years, the McGinnis clan travels the continent, droving, horse breaking and living off the land. Kerry grows up in the harsh outback, and the animals that inhabit the land are her closest friends. With the memory of her absent mother ever present, Kerry begins her difficult journey into young womanhood.
Download or read book Heart Country written by Kerry McGinnis and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2002-01-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After seven years on the road with her family, Kerry McGinnis is tired of the wandering life and yearns for a proper home. When her father, the irascible but loveable Mac, buys a property in Queensland's Gulf Country, it seems like she might have found one. But not everything goes smoothly. In their struggle to make a go of things, the McGinnis family encounters fire, flood, a three-metre python, and other, human obstacles. Sian, the eldest son, is at loggerheads with his father, while Mac soon develops itchy feet. And Kerry and her sister Judith discover that life in a man's country is far from easy. At a time when young women are expected to settle down and have a family, Kerry must make some difficult decisions about love, marriage and her passionate desire to write. Full of exuberance, humour and courage, this sequel to Kerry McGinnis's highly successful Pieces of Blue is an uplifting account of life in a land of incredible beauty and harsh demands.
Download or read book Harlequin Presents June 2023 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Caitlin Crews and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Presents brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a world of luxury, wealth and exotic locations. This box set includes: WHAT HER SICILIAN HUSBAND DESIRES by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews Innocent Chloe married magnate Lao for protection after her father’s death. They’ve lived separate lives since. So, when she’s summoned to his breath-taking Sicilian Castello, she expects him to demand a divorce. But her husband demands the opposite – an heir! THE BABY BEHIND THEIR MARRIAGE MERGER (A Cape Town Tycoons novel) by Joss Wood After one wild weekend with tycoon Jude, VP Addison must confess a most unprofessional secret…she’s pregnant! But Jude has a shocking confession of his own. To inherit his business, he must legitimize his heir, by making Addison his bride! DESERT KING’S FORBIDDEN TEMPTATION (A The Long-Lost Cortéz Brothers novel) by Clare Connelly To secure his throne, Sheikh Tariq is marrying a princess. It’s all very simple until his intended bride’s friend and advisor, Eloise, is sent to negotiate the union. And Tariq suddenly finds his unwavering devotion to duty tested… CINDERELLA AND THE OUTBACK BILLIONAIRE (A Billionaires of the Outback novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Kelly Hunter When his helicopter crashes, a captivating stranger keeps Reid alive. Under the cover of darkness, a desperate intimacy is kindled. So, when Reid is rescued and his Cinderella savior disappears, he won’t rest until he finds her! For more stories filled with passion and drama, look for Harlequin Presents June 2023 Box Set – 1 of 2
Download or read book The Enchantment of the Long haired Rat written by Tim Bonyhady and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising and absorbing new work of scientific, historical and environmental investigation, featuring one of Australia’s most misunderstood native animals, the long-haired rat.
Download or read book Wildhorse Creek written by Kerry McGinnis and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Anything McGinnis writes begs to be read aloud around a campfire.' Country Style Billy Martin runs from home, burying his past in the quest for a future. He finds it in Queensland's spectacular Gulf Country, on the sprawling cattle runs. The Gulf breeds tough men, and Billy is quickly drawn to the excitement and adventure of working with the fiery cattleman and ex-con Blake Reilly and his daughter Jo. Billy finds mateship, danger and romance in the Gulf, but he also finds an untamed and violent land. In the brooding heat and unpredictable storms, the future he had sought unfolds – in ways as turbulent and unexpected as the country itself – and Billy discovers a place where he can at last belong. 'A compelling read...The landscape flourishes briefly to create tranquil moments of intense beauty and serenity. This is the strange allure of the Gulflands and the essence of McGinnis' passionate storytelling.' Hobart Mercury
Download or read book Australian Words and Their Origins written by Joan Hughes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a concise edition of the Australian National Dictionary (OUP 1989) which was hailed as a major asset for readers studying Australian literature that made all earlier dictionaries of Australian English obsolete. The volume contains nearly as many headwords as the original edition, yet provides fewer collations, and indicates the first recorded, and most recent, use of a word. It retains the parent volume's comprehensive coverage of uniquely Australian words and phrases; words for indigenous flora, fauna, and pastimes; and Aboriginal terms.
Download or read book A Nurse on the Edge of the Desert written by Andrew Cameron and published by Massey University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International humanitarian-aid nurse and New Zealander Andrew Cameron is the winner of the coveted Florence Nightingale Medal. In this gripping book he recounts his remarkable life nursing in some of the world's most dangerous and challenging locations, including South Sudan, Yemen, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. He also details his nursing career in some of Australia's most remote settlements, where anything can be waiting at the end of a long and dusty outback road: a major road accident, a suicide, a broken arm, a stabbing. With mordant humour, wisdom and insight, he recounts the challenges, excitements, and huge rewards of a nursing life.
Download or read book Mango Hill written by Patricia Shaw and published by Headline. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hunger for land and a hatred for each other... Patricia Shaw transports readers to the land of danger, passion and promise in her stunning saga Mango Hill, the sequel to Valley of Lagoons. The perfect read for fans of Tricia McGill and Fleur McDonald. A ruthless aristocrat and an Irish squatter, Lord Jasin Heselwood and Pace MacNamara, arrived in Australia with a hunger for land and a hatred of each other. Pace's pioneering spirit lives on through his three sons, John Pace, Paul and Duke, who find themselves at odds over their late mother Dolour's extraordinary will. Youngest son Duke is determined his brothers will not stand in the way of his ambitions, and purchases the splendid Mango Hill cattle station. Eager for land and rejected by the woman he loves, he joins a team heading west with a thousand head of cattle and encounters Edward, son of scheming Lord Heselwood. But bloodshed is on the horizon, as the group moves relentlessly towards a gathering storm of war with the warrior tribes of the great Kalkadoon nation... What readers are saying about Mango Hill: 'A good read that represents the young Australia' 'Another great book from Patricia Shaw' 'Fascinating'
Download or read book A History of the Arabs in the Sudan written by H. A. MacMichael and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the indigenous people of Sudan based on interviews and local genealogies, first published in 1922.
Download or read book Mallee Sky written by Kerry McGinnis and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it all goes wrong, where is there left to run to but home? Kate Gilmore hasn't been home in years, but with her marriage over and her job in jeopardy she doesn't know where else to turn. Desperate for comfort, Kate retreats to the Mallee, a place crawling with dark secrets and lingering childhood memories. When she's offered a carer's job on the isolated Rosebud Farm, Kate soon meets old Harry Quickly, an intriguing young boy called Maxie, and a handsome harvest contractor who's not shy about making his intentions known. Under the endless Mallee skies, Kate discovers that she might just have a future in the place that has haunted her past. But are some family secrets better left in the grave or can new friendships heal old wounds? A moving and evocative novel of mystery, heartbreak and courage by the bestselling author of Wildhorse Creek. 'Gripping.' Courier Mail 'McGinnis has the eye of a painter; she writes as she sees and the land comes alive.' Weekend Australian 'Anything McGinnis writes begs to be read aloud around a campfire.' Country Style
Download or read book Australian Forest Woods written by Morris Lake and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2019-01-20 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and usefulness of forest trees. The book examines the forest tree species and their wood with photographs, botanical descriptions and a summary of the characteristics of the wood. A section on wood identification includes fundamental information on tree growth and wood structure. With over 900 images, this is the most comprehensive guide ever written on Australian forest woods, both for the amateur and the professional wood enthusiast. Macrophotographs of the wood are shown in association with a physical description of wood characteristics, which will aid identification. This technique was developed by Jean-Claude Cerre, France, and his macrophotographs are included in the book.
Download or read book The Dendroglyphs Or carved Trees of New South Wales written by Robert Etheridge and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flora of Australia written by A. E. Orchard and published by CSIRO. This book was released on 2001 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information in the Flora of Australia online website was first published in the Flora of Australia series.
Download or read book The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society written by Royal Geographical Society and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Following Burke and Wills Across Australia written by Dave Phoenix and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Australian has heard of Burke and Wills but few have travelled in their footsteps. In 2008, historian Dave Phoenix decided to walk across Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, following the track taken by the ill-fated Burke and Wills Expedition. Now you can follow them too. Following Burke and Wills Across Australia guides you on a road trip that follows one of history’s great transcontinental journeys, sharing the explorers’ experiences on the way. Maps lay out a route that takes you as close as possible to the Expedition’s track. As you travel the outback roads, you can learn all the details of the day to day journey of the Expedition from the explorers’ own words, and compare what you see with their descriptions of the country in 1860–61. Each chapter provides information about what to see now: the location and descriptions of the markers and memorials placed along the route over the 150 years since the Expedition, and places where you can stand where the explorers stood and look out over prospects they drew and described. The book is a perfect companion for those wanting to see outback Australia, and at the same time understand a journey that has attained mythic status in the history of Australian exploration. Even if you want to follow only part of the track, this is the book for you.
