Download or read book The Old Man in the Mountain and Other Stories written by Fairbanks and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring widely diverse settings-from the wilds of the Australian Outback to urban adventures to biblical lands-this collection of short stories, poems, and other writings celebrates what it is to be Australian. It encompasses love, revenge, debauchery, wonder, loss, and uncertainty, but a common thread of hope emerges from the colourful and eccentric writings of bush author Fairbanks. An elder Aboriginal storyteller regales a group of eager tourists with an ancient story of betrayal, loss, and clever deception by "The Old Man in the Mountain." In "Tjamiti Ngunytji," an American youth is rescued by a character living in a remote outback Aboriginal community. After the devastating Black Saturday Bushfire destroyed his Victoria home and manuscripts, Fairbanks was inspired to capture the fleeting reflections of such an experience in "The Smouldering Stump." Life is, has always been, and will continue to be a complex thing, shaped by friendship and love bonds, ugliness and conflict, anticipation and uncertainty, comedy and joy, tragedy, mystery, and more. Above all, there is hope and beauty for those who look for it. The Old Man in the Mountain and Other Stories celebrates the many threads in the colourful tapestry of life with the quirky, sometimes irreverent Aussie sense of humour.

Download or read book Trackless written by M.A. Hill and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRACKLESS: A JOURNEY THAT FOLLOWS NO TRAILS by MA Hill tells of the power of dreams and destiny. Is what we want what we need? Can we choose our path in life? Set in Australia between the 1950's and 80's this book evokes a poetic vision of the vast distances of the land and the dissolving polarities between the truth of reality and the mystery of illusion. Magic and myth interweave in this novel of betrayal and deceit. This is the story of Aidan Randell, who abandons his career as an architect in a quest for art and freedom. When he meets gifted musician, Gwenyth Chamberlain, the ramparts of the safe world she has constructed fracture into chaos. Is it fate, foretold by Viking Ru nestones cast by the strange dancer, Dolfine? Random chance? Or the inevitable consequences of cause and effect of action and reaction? Are they driven by profound love and devotion, or lust and desperation? Is the treasure a priceless antique violin, or just a wooden box with strings a worthless fake? From the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, to beach shacks and remote desert camps from sailing super-yachts and driving 4WD on outback tracks they journey into the wilderness of the soul and discover bedrock.

Download or read book Along My Way written by Harold Hunt and published by Interactive Publications Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Harold Hunt charts his life from his childhood during the Great Depression to the present. One of eight children raised by a single Mum in New South Wales bush towns, with only a primary school education, he forged a career as a stockman and shearer, but then graduated as a drunk. His recovery set him on a path to help others experiencing the same horrors he had. Though he never achieved his dream of becoming a boss drover, Harold was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2014 for services to the community. This is a good yarn by an ordinary man at 90 years who has led an extraordinary life – with humour, sorrow and ambition. Harold has lived a big life in every sense, traversing most of the changes of the 20th Century. From the Corner Country, out the back of Bourke, we follow a hard and resilient man through the drover’s camps, the dust storms and drought, meeting shearers, wandering swaggies and other memorable characters of the Australian bush. In the end, it is Harold’s compelling honesty that makes this Everyman remarkable, confiding with us about the pain and pointlessness of racism, his own human failings and the love of a woman he adored but could not hold. –Jeff McMullen AM, Journalist, Author, Film Maker What makes this a remarkable story is not only Harold’s extraordinary memory for detail, but also the way his life charts how Aboriginal people survived in “the bush” in the twentieth century. Harold’s honesty in describing his own battle with alcohol and how he overcame his addiction is a tale of triumph and will inspire readers with his courage and determination. Harold’s autobiography, one of few written by a male, joins a distinguished list of female indigenous memoirs and sits well alongside those by Sally Morgan, Anita Heiss, Doris Pilkington and Ruby Langford Ginibi. – Irina Dunn, Director, Australian Writers Network

Download or read book Kangaroo s Comments and Wallaby s Words written by Helen Jonsen and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal book for those interested in things and people Australian, as well as travellers to Australia.

Download or read book Where Ya Been Mate written by Herb Wharton and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unforgettable characters emerge from this vintage Herb Wharton collection which ranges from city to bush, from tall tales to amusing parables. There? Rainbow Jack the opal digger; Dr Roo, who when the dingbats are upon him boxes his own shadow; and stockmen with nicknames such as Wild Duck, Grease Paint and Diamond Jim. Along with campfire yarns and memories drawn from childhood are stories from Herb? other life in the big city and on the literary trail.

Download or read book The Cameron Box Set written by Angelin Sydney and published by Massachusetts Books. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFESAVER IN A BIKINI When ballistics expert Queen Gomez finds herself thrust into the middle of a murder mystery, the media hails her 'the lifesaver in a bikini'.' Her husband, New York SWAT Officer Giorgio Gomez, tells her to stay in the crime lab and let the detectives handle it. She wouldn't listen. Now, she is in a world of trouble. As a matter of fact, the mystery had started with Belle. A forensic accountant who got in the way of a sociopath's criminal enterprise. Enter Australian Special Forces Bryce Cameron. About the gamine beauty, he sums it up best: 'I know why you're in hot water. You ask too many questions.' As tragedies mount, it's up to them to solve the mystery and catch the madman before the game gets too rough to play. RETURN TO CAMERON COUNTRY Belle doesn't know Bryce Cameron well, but she knows one thing for certain: she loves him and would follow him anywhere, even to the ends of the Earth. She leaves New York to follow him to his homeland. Soon, she discovers just how hard life would be once she got to the end of the Earth, otherwise known as Australia's Gulf Savannah. Belle has to confront being a step-­mom, dangerous wildlife, scorching heat, thick dust, and deadly cyclones. Worse still, Bryce is often called away for clandestine missions which are fraught with danger. Each time he went, she is never certain he'd be able to return. Will love be enough to keep Belle with Bryce, or will the harsh world of her romantic warrior be too much for her? CAMERON OF THE SKIES Banjo Cameron is an Australian Black Hawk helicopter pilot, married to the Royal Australian Air Force. Andrea 'Andy' Cosgrove is a Second Warrant Officer, married to the U.S. Air Force. Fate brings them together through a joint training program in the Mojave Desert, but from the start, everything seems to conspire against them. Adding to the complications is Henry Moran, Andy's spurned lover turned sadistic serial killer who will stop at nothing to possess her. Only the good Captain stands in the way of his evil scheme. Highly intelligent and deranged, Henry succeeds in getting them captive. Will they survive their ordeal? In the process of finding love, Andy also discovers the truth about her father and learns of a love story so divine and beautiful: that of her own parents. This love story within a love story reminds us that our lives are intricately intertwined. CAMERON OF THE SEAS Bernard "Duck" Mabo Cameron, a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Australian Navy, lost a leg in a black ops mission. As bad as it is, his amputated limb is the least of his problems. More worrying is the damage to his psyche. Emotionally damaged and mentally scarred, his sleep is filled with nightmares. Frightened of what he could do, the only thing he could think of to protect his loved ones is to leave them. His long-term girlfriend Bonita tries to live without him. She makes sure that her daughter Megan is not badly impacted by the fracture in their relationship. For although she isn't his biological daughter, he is the only father she has ever known. Life takes a turn for the worse when her ex-husband, Megan's biological Dad asks to share custody. On top of that, Duck has decided to return to Somalia for an unfinished business. How many more challenges can she take? Would he make it back alive? Could there be a happy ending?

Download or read book Just Visiting written by Graham Wilson and published by Graham Wilson. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan is on an idyllic holiday in Australia, The Barrier Reef is beautiful, Sydney and Melbourne wonderful. She wants to see the Outback. An Australian man offers to take her. She likes him. Yet now she is a captive. Her hands and feet are tied and her mouth is gagged. She is being taken to a river full of crocodiles and she is terrified. How could it have come to this?

Download or read book The Trip written by George Papaellinas and published by re.press. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Odysseus, an Olympian god. Homeric hero and Greek migrant who is mystically as old as Australia where he migrated and in whose history he participated.

Download or read book I Saw a Strange Land written by Arthur Groom and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While living in Central Australia Arthur Groom fell under the spell of our harsh and fascinating country, captivated by its limitless distances and unbelievable colour. Hermannsburg, the home of artist Albert Namatjira and of other well-known painters, became Groom's headquarters, and from there he made numerous expeditions into wilder and more inaccessible regions. Travelling on foot with an Indigenous guide and a team of camels, Groom explored the Macdonnell and Krichauff ranges, the desert country past the salty Lake Amadeus, Uluru and the Olgas. Based on the notes and photographs he took as he travelled, I Saw a Strange Land is Groom's wonderful record of his extensive journey through the heart of our continent - our 'strange land.' Arthur Groom (1904-1953) was the son of Arthur Champion Groom, member for Flinders in Australia's first Federal Parliament. Groom grew up on a cattle station in Rosabelle Downs, Queensland and later worked as a jackaroo and a journalist. Groom was passionate about the promotion of national parks and environmental protection and he went on to become the first honorary secretary of the National Parks Association of Queensland in 1930. He founded Binna Burra Lodge on the edge of Lamington Nation Park in Southeast Queensland in 1933 with Romeo Lahey. He is the author of four books including One Mountain After Another (1949) and I Saw A Strange Land (1953).

Download or read book Wallaby written by Rod Maclean and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rod Maclean, author, journalist and television news presenter, is 48 and has cancer. In the final year of his life he writes of his work, of travels with his beloved wife Teddi, and of the sadness of dying.

Download or read book Spirit of a Crocodile written by Graham Wilson and published by Graham Wilson. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She loves a man who loves crocodiles. This huge predator is a source of pure terror. Inside the man she sees his spirit and the predator in equal shares. Now it seeks to possess her too. Could he have hurt others, is she next? She is a visitor, far from an English home. She must escape! She gets away. But it pulls her back. Now locked in a cage, this other being her only company. What can she do? She loved a man but a part of his soul belongs to a crocodile Love and terror - two parts shared. Had he hurt others, girls whose photos she finds? She knew she must escape. She fled from him but could not leave this spirit behind - now it possesses her too. It draws her to itself. She finds herself locked in a cage with only this demon for company. Where can she safely go? Susan is an English backpacker who goes on a holiday to outback Australia. She meets a charming man, is drawn into a passionate affair and travels with him into the remotest parts. But all is not as it seems. He has a fascination with crocodiles, they are his spirit totem ancestor. She realises he is dangerous and may have harmed others. Finally she escapes but the consequences follow her and the thing she thought she had left behind is trying to take over her mind. This box set contains the first two books of the 'Crocodile Spirit Dreaming Series', "Just Visiting' and "Creature of an Ancient Dreaming" Set in the outback of Australia it is an impossible love story, about blinding love and then loss and pain which follows when it is suddenly ripped away.

Download or read book Australia written by Margo Daly and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With fresh journalistic writing and reams of information on what to see and do, this guide takes readers from the big cities to the countryside. Includes candid reviews on restaurants and accommodations for all budgets. 83 maps. Full-color insert. Two-color throughout.

Download or read book Gunnedah Hero written by Clancy Tucker and published by Morris Publishing Australia. This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The English Language written by Simon Horobin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In this Very Short Introduction Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at the English we know today, and celebrates the way new speakers and new uses mean that it continues to adapt. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements, or evidence of slipping standards. What is the future for the English language? Will Standard English continue to hold sway, or we are witnessing its replacement by newly emerging Englishes? ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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Download or read book Such Is Life written by Joseph Furphy and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such Is Life is an Australian novel written by Joseph Furphy under a pseudonym of “Tom Collins” and published in 1903. It purports to be a series of diary entries by the author, selected at approximately one-month intervals during late 1883 and early 1884. “Tom Collins” travels rural New South Wales and Victoria, interacting and talking at length with a variety of characters including the drivers of bullock-teams, itinerant swagmen, boundary riders, and squatters (the owners of large rural properties). The novel is full of entertaining and sometimes melancholy incidents mixed with the philosophical ramblings of the author and his frequent quotations from Shakespeare and poetry. Its depictions of the Australian bush, the rural lifestyle, and the depredations of drought are vivid. Furphy is sometimes called the “Father of the Australian Novel,” and Such Is Life is considered a classic of Australian literature.