Books of Australians
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Our House is Not in Paris
By Susan Cutsforth' 'What a catchy title. What a great little holiday read. I loved this book. I could think of nothing better than to buy a little house in France...with this book I was able to partake in the journey with Susan Cutsforth.
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A Fair Exchange
By Gillian BourasWhen Gillian Bouras went to live in a Greek village for a few months in 1980 she never imagined she would still be there 10 years later. In A Fair Exchange, she explores the upheavals and pleasures of exchanging one home for another.
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Shantaram
By Gregory David RobertsAll&í conoci&ó el para&íso y el infierno, el amor y el odio, la pasi&ón y la guerra. Y se gan&ó un nombre otorgado con el coraz&ón: Shantaram.
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Shantaram
By Gregory David RobertsShantaram
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The Mountain Shadow
By Gregory David RobertsBut Lin can't leave the Island City: Karla, and a fatal promise, won't let him go.Fans of Vikram Seth, John Irving and David Mitchell will love Shantaram and The Mountain Shadow.
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The Jerk Next Door
By Komal KantSingle, lacking cooking skills, and too awkward to function, Isla Matthews is content to spend her nights alone, and her days struggling to keep her cute little flower shop afloat.
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Mother Stayed at Home: Letters to a Travelling Daughter
By Gwen BadgeryMother Stayed at Home: Letters to a Travelling Daughter
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But You Are in France, Madame
By Catherine P. M, Catherine P. M. BerryThis book is testament to the joyous, but not always easy, journey that we took along the way.
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Circumnavigation!: Ocean Passages to Exotic and Fabled Landfalls
By Rob GaleThis nine year circumnavigation by a South Australian couple encompasses 55 countries, including destinations as diverse as the canals of Venice to 130 miles up the Gambia River in West Africa.The despair of being dismasted mid-Atlantic ...
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Head Over Heel: Seduced by a Southern Italian
By Chris HarrisonOn a holiday trip to Dublin, Australian Chris Harr
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If You Could Go Anywhere
By Paige Toon"Angie has always wanted to travel.
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Mac Australia Topics: Australians all
By Mac Aust Topics Teacher Staff, Heather HammondsAustralians All looks at many aspects of Australias diverse communities.
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Every Parent's Nightmare: Jock Palfreeman and the true story of his father's fight to save him from a lifetime in...
By Belinda HawkinsWhat would you do if your son was jailed for life in a hellhole of a Bulgarian prison for a crime he didn't commit? This is the harrowing story of one father's fight to prove his son's innocence.
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Australian Painters in Etaples
By Jean-Claude LesageIn 1900, 30 Australian artists were working in Etaples, a French fishing village west of Paris. Charles Conder, Rupert Bunny, Isobel Rae and John Peter Russell were among these wo lived and worked in France.
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The Bridge Builder
By Beverley RybarzIt is 1951. Beverley is 21 when she arrives in New Guinea dressed in 'safe' pale blue and pearls, to live with her new husband.
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Vanuatu 1972 - 1981: When Three Cultures Collide
By Neil BegleyAlthough his contract was for two years he stayed for nine, such was the pull of this magical country. In a light-hearted, anecdotal style this book explores expatriate life on a Pacific island.
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Spin the Bottle
By Monica McInerney. .It's going to take more than a game of spin the bottle to sort this one out!A warm and funny story about love, letting go, friendship and families from the author of A Taste for It and Upside Down Inside Out.
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La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italy and the Most Enchanting Language in the World
By Dianne HalesDianne Hales is no exception, but she also fell truly, madly and deeply in love with the language. The result is La Bella Lingua, a joyous, funny and warmly affectionate celebration of Italy.
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Dreamtime Alice: A Memoir
By Mandy SayerI danced and danced because the neon light across the road had just blinked on, because it was the middle of spring, because I was twenty-one, because my father was playing beside me...
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Once in a Blue Moon
By Joshua ParapuramOnce in a Blue Moon