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Book Paper Sparrow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Magda Palmer
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2022-08-22
  • ISBN : 1663243085
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Paper Sparrow written by Magda Palmer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-08-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper Sparrow is a historical novel inspired by real-life events, Australia 1943 to 1955. PEGGY is born to circumstances that deny her opportunities afforded to others. Before her thirteenth birthday, she has no choice but to work as a Nursing Aide in a home for the elderly. Aged fourteen, Peggy is drugged and raped. She travels from Sydney to Melbourne to see out her pregnancy without family or financial support. Her dark journey reveals a massive baby farming industry, untold sufferings, and life-long consequences to thousands of post-WWII victims-single women. Their babies are officially recognised today as The Stolen White Generation. Peggy's core conflict comes from her necessary involvement with a network of welfare officers and medical teams, all fuelled by monetary greed. Torment, near-slavery, and degradation are encouraged through social bigotry. Peggy meets PETER, a man of the cloth, BINEHAM, a master of Chinese psychology and LILY, a welfare officer fighting for social justice. They foster her potential and lighten her journey. Peggy's baby is kidnapped from the birthing table and sold to a couple who have a ruthless plan to forbid Peggy to approach her child legally. This action leads Peggy to incite reform through civil society to end social prejudice against single mothers and their children. Fortune brings work in the fashion industry, and Peggy wins a scholarship which will lead to a career in live theatre. Peggy has a heart-rending meeting with her child aged one year, but the cherished experience loses its worth when he spits at her feet under instruction from his adoptive parents. This action and a sordid society party meant to launch Peggy in the Miss Australia quest destroy her will to live. Yet, she miraculously survives a deep-sea baptism and finds the strength and means to promote benevolence, communication, and beauty.

Book Kangaroo

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Herbert Lawrence
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1923
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 444 pages

Download or read book Kangaroo written by David Herbert Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s. The novel includes a chapter ("Nightmare") describing the Somers' experiences in wartime Cornwall, vivid descriptions of the Australian landscape, and Richard Somers' sceptical reflections on fringe politics in Sydney. "Kangaroo" is the nickname of one of Lawrence's characters, Benjamin Cooley, a prominent ex-soldier and lawyer, who is also the leader of a secretive, fascist paramilitary organisation, the "Diggers Club". Cooley fascinates Somers, but he maintains his distance from the movement itself.

Book Kangaroo  Historical Novel

Download or read book Kangaroo Historical Novel written by D. H. Lawrence and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kangaroo is a tale of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers and his German wife Harriet in the early 1920s. "Kangaroo" is the nickname of Benjamin Cooley, a prominent ex-soldier and lawyer, who is also the leader of a secretive, fascist paramilitary organisation, the "Diggers Club". Cooley fascinates Somers, but he maintains his distance from the movement itself. The novel is autobiographical, based on a three-month visit to Australia by D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda, in 1922.

Book Kangaroo

    Book Details:
  • Author : David H. Lawrence
  • Publisher : E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
  • Release : 2024-11-02
  • ISBN : 6057566378
  • Pages : 847 pages

Download or read book Kangaroo written by David H. Lawrence and published by E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books. This book was released on 2024-11-02 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s. This appears to be semi-autobiographical, based on a three-month visit to Australia by Lawrence and his wife Frieda, in 1922. The novel includes a chapter ("Nightmare") describing the Somers' experiences in wartime Cornwall (St Columb Major), vivid descriptions of the Australian landscape, and Richard Somers' sceptical reflections on fringe politics in Sydney. Australian journalist Robert Darroch — in several articles in the late 1970s, and a 1981 book entitled D.H. Lawrence in Australia — claimed that Lawrence based Kangaroo on real people and events he witnessed in Australia. The extent to which this is true remains a matter of controversy - particularly by Joseph Davis in his 1989 "D.H. Lawrence at Thirroul"(Collins, Sydney). Davis is sympathetic to the view that "Kangaroo" may be based on real events but argues that it is impossible that Lawrence had time to meet clandestine political leaders in Sydney when he was too busy writing his novel in Thirroul. Davis feels it is more likely to have been a local south coast identity associated with Thirroul who would have provided some of the details of Lawrence's political plot. "Kangaroo" is the fictional nickname of one of Lawrence's characters, Benjamin Cooley, a prominent ex-soldier and lawyer, who is also the leader of a secretive, fascist paramilitary organisation, the "Diggers Club". Cooley fascinates Somers, but he maintains his distance from the movement itself. It has been suggested by Darroch and others that Cooley was based on Major General Charles Rosenthal, a notable World War I leader and right wing activist. It has also been alleged that Rosenthal was involved with the Old Guard, a secret anti-communist militia, set up by the Bruce government. Similarly, according to Darroch, the character of Jack Calcott — who is the Somers' neighbour in Sydney and introduces Richard Somers to Cooley — may have been based on a controversial Australian military figure, Major John Scott, who was both an associate of Rosenthal, and an Old Guard official. Another central character is Willie Struthers, a left wing activist reputed to have been based partly on Willem Siebenhaar, who made Lawrence's acquaintance in Western Australia. Kangaroo's movement, and the "great general emotion" of Kangaroo himself, do not appeal to Somers, and in this the novel begins to reflect Lawrence's own experiences during World War I. Somers also rejects the socialism of Struthers, which emphasises "generalised love". The novel is sometimes cited as an influence on the Jindyworobak movement, an Australian nationalist literary group, which emerged about a decade later. Gideon Haigh saw fit to dub it "one of the sharpest fictional visions of the country and its people".

Book Kagami

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Kata
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2017-04-27
  • ISBN : 1448215609
  • Pages : 453 pages

Download or read book Kagami written by Elizabeth Kata and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passions and intrigues abound in this epic historical novel. Kagami follows three families in 19th Century Japan, the Yamamotos and the Okuras, traditionalists dedicated to the old feudal Samurai ways, and the commercial Fukudas, eager to seize trading opportunities opened up by the arrival of Commodore Perry's force in 1853. The Kagami, or sacred mirror, is said to reflect the secret self of anyone who looks into it; what will it reveal of Lady Masa, the gentle aristocrat; her son, Renzo, a student at one of the mysterious Seignorial schools, once Japan's only point of contact with the outside world; the swaggering Samurai, Kenichi, and his sharp witted friend, Fukuda; free-thinking Aiko, with her quick tongue, and Osen, the beguiling courtesan?

Book Kangaroo

    Book Details:
  • Author : D. H. Lawrence
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2019-11-19
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book Kangaroo written by D. H. Lawrence and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kangaroo" is a novel by D.H. Lawrence set in Australia. Richard Somers and his wife Harriet are an English couple who had moved to Australia with a search for a better life. While there they meet the oddly nicknamed 'Kangaroo' a revolutionary who is leading a band of rebels intent on causing anarchy to Australian society. And Kangaroo has an interesting proposition for Richard... The book is considered one of D.H. Lawrence's most ideological and politically motivated pieces.

Book Kangaroo

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lawrence D.H.
  • Publisher : Рипол Классик
  • Release : 1923
  • ISBN : 5521072055
  • Pages : 543 pages

Download or read book Kangaroo written by Lawrence D.H. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1923 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and industrialization. “Kangaroo” is writer’s eighth novel, based on a three-month visit to Australia by Lawrence and his wife Frieda in 1922. This book fuses lightly disguised autobiography with an exploration of the political situation in Sydney.

Book Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse

Download or read book Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse written by Judith Rossell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the death of his Great-Uncle Mungo, Jack learns to his dismay that, as the tenth-generation descendant of the Caribbean pirate Blackstrap Morgan, he is next in line to inherit the Pirate Curse and is fated to spend his life running from a vengeful band of pirates--unless he finds a way to outsmart them.

Book Hello  Barney

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary K. Pershall
  • Publisher : Viking Juvenile
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN : 9780670824069
  • Pages : 46 pages

Download or read book Hello Barney written by Mary K. Pershall and published by Viking Juvenile. This book was released on 1988 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of passing years and changes as viewed by an aging domestic cockatoo, picture book.

Book The Best Australian Stories 2009  Volume 2 of 2   EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition

Download or read book The Best Australian Stories 2009 Volume 2 of 2 EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Little Place Called Home

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexandria Blaelock
  • Publisher : BlueMere Books
  • Release : 2022-11-08
  • ISBN : 1922744220
  • Pages : 68 pages

Download or read book Little Place Called Home written by Alexandria Blaelock and published by BlueMere Books. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home is where the heart is You can struggle to find the place you call home. It's not a place, it's a feeling. You’ll know it when you find it. This collection of short stories explores our search for a place we can call home. ∙ In Cry in the Darkness Tom struggles to find his place taming a grant of land. ∙ While Millie and the Mountain shows sometimes the place finds you. ∙ As Mrs Pearson discovers in Dream House, letting it go can be harder than you expect. ∙ Meanwhile, in Dingo Hunting, Katie finds her place when she finds a new family. ∙ And in Dance of Death, Li Quan finds his place in the afterlife changes according to where his heart is. Short, sweet and relatable, these stories will make you homesick for places you've never been.

Book Dance of Death

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexandria Blaelock
  • Publisher : BlueMere Books
  • Release : 2022-09-09
  • ISBN : 1922744468
  • Pages : 16 pages

Download or read book Dance of Death written by Alexandria Blaelock and published by BlueMere Books. This book was released on 2022-09-09 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you die far from home An abandoned Australian outback town. Pulled by four skeletal horses, the ghost of a Cobb & Co carriage careens down the street. A light breeze blows red dust from one side of the road to the other. Li Quan is far from home. The last person in town. Grows vegetables. Feeds cockatoos. When he dies, who will collect his soul?

Book The Best Australian Stories 2009

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.

Book I Can Remember Robert Louis Stevenson

Download or read book I Can Remember Robert Louis Stevenson written by Rosaline Orme Masson and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal memories about Stevenson from various members and friends of The Robert Louis Stevenson Club.

Book How to Measure the Distance of Things

Download or read book How to Measure the Distance of Things written by Paul Whitby and published by Interactive Publications Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny and heartbreaking, Paul Whitby’s book How to Measure the Distance of Things resides somewhere between the head and the heart. Follow the narrator as he drifts through rural Victoria and New South Wales, house-sitting. See him hug an alpaca, walk in an old quarry by moonlight, and wake up with a cat on his face. Entwined with plenty of navel-gazing and manic episodes, these little poems ask big questions with a natural voice that speaks to you like a trusted confidante. In the tradition of Charles Bukowski, but with Walt Whitman’s connection with nature, Whitby creates a poetic style that wins you over, entertains, makes you think and keeps you wanting more.

Book The Story of the 34th Company  Middlesex  Imperial Yeomanry

Download or read book The Story of the 34th Company Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry written by William Corner and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mullumbimby

    Book Details:
  • Author : Melissa Lucashenko
  • Publisher : University of Queensland Press(Australia)
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 0702250953
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book Mullumbimby written by Melissa Lucashenko and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 2013 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbors, and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. Told with dark humor and a sharp, satirical eye, "Mullumbimby "is a modern novel about romantic love and cultural warfare set against an ancient land.