A funny and poignant story of pioneers in the Australian outback, based on true facts. In 1960, two young tradesmen, a carpenter and butcher, leave the monotony of their German home. They travel to Australia in search of adventure and the reader is taken on a fascinating journey through the continent 'down under' of an earlier epoch. The adventurers become familiar with the Aborigine culture; the gangs of men known as 'the kangaroo hunters' and the ludicrous characters they meet in the outback. But disillusionment sets in and one of them returns. Will the other find his place in this fascinating country? Little does he realise that he is on the threshold of yet another adventure with this group of crazy Germans he has met in the pub. They work in the outback erecting farm buildings and return to Perth to spend their money on girls and their days on the beach. When cupid takes his bow, decisions must be made. The years have passed and they have become 'real dinkum Aussies'. Suddenly, they yearn for their homeland and the families they have left behind. Should they return? Where do they belong? Only one of them will know.
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- "A woman I won't forget ... a book that people will love." Diana Athill, Jean Rhys' publisher and award-winning biographer. - "My aunt's love of Dominica and its people is as freshly painted as if it happened yesterday." Katie Fforde, novelist. - Elma Napier's remarkable memoir chronicles her love affair with the wild Caribbean island of Dominica. It began in 1932 when she turned her back on London's high society to build a home in Calibishie, a remote village on Dominica's north coast. There are tales of literary house parties, of war and death, smugglers and servants and, above all, of stories inspired by her political life as the only woman in a colonial parliament. She writes deftly about the island's turbulent landscapes and her curiosity about the lives and culture of its people. Elma Napier was born in Scotland in 1892, the daughter of Sir William Gordon Cumming, who was accused of cheating while playing cards with the Prince of Wales. After living in Australia for nine years, Napier settled in Dominica with her second husband in 1932. She became the first woman to sit in any West Indian parliament. Apart from Black and White Sands (written in 1962), she wrote two novels and two memoirs of her early life. She died in Dominica in 1973.
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<p>Cassandra Williams po ośmiu latach nieobecności przylatuje do rodzinnego domu w Singleton (Zachodnia Australia) na odczytanie testamentu swojego wujka Denisa, który umarł od ukąszenia przez węża. Już pierwszego wieczoru po przylocie wokół Cassandry zaczynają dziać się dziwne, wręcz niewytłumaczalne rzeczy doprowadzając ją do obłędu. Z pomocą przychodzi jej ciotka, która daje jej namiary na prywatnych detektywów - Piotra i Annę Balickich, którzy postanawiają pomoc jej wyjaśnić wiele niezrozumiałych faktów. Zaskakujące wydarzenia oraz dokonane odkrycia w budynku oranżerii przez bohaterów książki sprawiają, że od początku aż po koniec tej historii trwająca akcja trzyma w napięciu i do końca nie można być pewnym, kto jest faktycznie przestępcą. <br />Jesteś ciekawy, kto morduje członków rodziny Williams...?</p> <p> </p> <p>Janusz Brzozowski<br />Urodził się 58 lat temu w Polsce, w tętniących studenckim życiem Gliwicach. Od najmłodszych lat marzył o tym, by zostać pisarzem. W grę nie wchodziło zarobkowanie, lecz możliwość przelania na papier swoich odczuć, myśli, wyobraźni, której mu do dnia dzisiejszego nie brakuje. Zadebiutował już w szkole średniej, pisząc prace, w której wcielił się w postać adwokata broniąc winną popełnienia zbrodni Antygonę. Praca jego została bardzo wysoko wyróżniona. W wieku lat 27 z żoną i 3-letnią córeczką emigruje do Australii, zaliczając po drodze Austrię, gdzie spędza 2 lata. Obowiązek utrzymania rodziny oraz nauka nie pozwalały mu na oddanie się mojej życiowej pasji - pisaniu. Dopiero teraz, gdy jest już wolny od obowiązków, może pozwolić sobie na swoje przyjemności.<br /><br />Janusz Brzozowski zadebiutował w roku 2010 dwoma książkami "Sen" oraz "Tydzień u rodziny" (wyd. Goneta). Książki te spotkały się z doskonałymi recenzjami krytyków oraz zainteresowaniem wśród internautów, zdobywając nagrodę w konkursie na najlepszą książkę na jesień 2010.<br /><br /></p>
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Australia selection of sideheads on stockcard. Fine used CDS POSTAGE: Free within the UK. Any number of lots can be sent in one mailing at the rate shown. All sendings are insured. We ship to all countries at the above rate. RETURNS: Any item may be returned within 30 days, for any reason, for full refund. SHOP: Many more items in L & R Stamps shop with new listings added daily. Click on link below to view.
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<p>Australia to kraina przyrodniczych cudów, niezwykłych roślin i osobliwych stworzeń.</p> <p>Właśnie one – psotne oposy, dziwaczne dziobaki i kolczatki, uprawiające boks kangury i wiele innych – zabiorą nas w urzekającą podróż po swoich norach i zakamarkach buszu, w którym żyją.</p> <p>Poznamy ich zwyczaje, upodobania, radości i troski. Dowiemy się, co trapi tatę emu, czym szczycą się czarne łabędzie, jak ucztują latające lisy, gdzie składa jaja morska żółwica i dlaczego małą quokkę rozbolał brzuch po kolacji.</p> <p>Małgorzata Przytuła-Sawicka – autorka książki dla dzieci pod tytułem „Busz tuż tuż” po raz pierwszy wydanej w 2016 roku. </p>
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Growing up as an only child in Stornoway could have been seen as idyllic - to a child, the island was a 'safe haven' with no serious crime and many unspoiled white sandy beaches. However, I discovered at the age of eight that I had been adopted from Glasgow. Although I knew that my parents loved me, very much, only one thing was missing from my life - a sister or brother to share my childhood fun. In 2008, with my own family and a successful career behind me, I revived a latent need to find out about my birth mother. During my search I was dismayed to learn that she had emigrated to Australia in 1973 with her new family. Along the way, I discovered more about my extended family - including my long desired siblings, their own lives and stories and the circumstances of my adoption. Writing this book, the first part in my series, took me on such an emotional journey as memories of love and loss were rekindled.
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2015 Native Shells set of 5 in se-tenant strip of 5. Very fine condition.
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Chance brings together Nina Thomas and elderly Laura Chadwick just at the time when Laura is in need of a friend to help with an interfering family member. Their growing bond is one thing that Nina will be sorry to leave behind as she relocates from Australia to England, but they promise to stay in touch. It will prove to be a significant friendship. In England, Nina's path soon crosses with handsome Sean Reynolds and she finds herself taking on a project larger than she had ever expected: Lavender Lane. Apparently, the appealing group of properties was a convalescent home for officers from the armed forces, although it has been closed for a few years. Reopening the site will be quite a challenge. As Nina begins to put down roots, Lavender Lane has a number of surprises awaiting her, but will this corner of the Wiltshire countryside become the home she craves?
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En el siglo XVI los barcos de la Corona Española comenzaron a surcar los mares del sur en búsqueda de la Australis Incognita. En este sentido, algunos autores apuntan incluso a que fue Luis Váez de Torres quien avistó por primera vez el territorio que hoy es Australia. Por ello, el estrecho que separa Papúa y Australia lleva su nombre. En todo caso y a pesar de esos primeros contactos Australia ha sido para España un gran desconocido. La gran distancia geográfica, que no cultural, ha provocado que las relaciones bilaterales entre España y Australia hayan sido cuanto menos escasas. Por ello, el objetivo de este volumen no es otro que el de dar a conocer a la sociedad española la política exterior de Australia, un estado que en los últimos años se ha convertido en un socio estratégico y un destino prioritario de las inversiones españolas.
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New Zealand 1910 SGO73 - 1/2d yellow green., mounted mint, catalogue value £15. Finally – For Peace of Mind –. If You want to wait/would Like it BUT at a lower price ….
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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".
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New Zealand 1907 SGO65 - 1/- orange red, fine used, catalogue value £25. Finally – For Peace of Mind –. If You want to wait/would Like it BUT at a lower price ….
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