When backpacker Jarold Lake runs out of money in Australia, an acquaintance gives him an address where he can find an under-the-table job without needing a work visa. He’s greeted by Russ Bridger, who none too subtly lets him know that...
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Author:Byrne, AndrewSummary:This is the story of Christopher Wilder: the surf-loving son of a decorated naval war hero born in the suburbs of Sydney, who became the most wanted man in America - a psychopathic serial killer who slaughtered more than sixteen young...
- Author:Miller, Linda LaelSummary:
"She who loves and runs away, lives to love another day" was Jacy Tiernan's credo. Only this fair-haired beauty had never loved again after Ian Yarbro. Ten years ago, she had fled her beloved Australian homestead with a shattered soul....
- Author:MORRISSEY, DiSummary:
It is 1953 in a small town in Australia, a time of postwar prosperity and hope. The Holtens are wealthy, austere graziers who have been on the land for generations. The McBrides, a loving shearer's family are new to the district....
- Author:Grey, EmmaSummary:
A December Indie Next Pick A Book of the Month Selection and Book of the Year Nominee A Washington Post Noteworthy Book. You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years...
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Author:Moriarty, LianeSummary:Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one who got away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was going to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been...
- Author:McKinty, AdrianSummary:
You should not have come to the island. You should not have been speeding. You should not have tried to hide the body. You should not have told your children that you could keep them safe. No one can run forever.
- Author:Theroux, PaulSummary:
Noted travel writer Paul Theroux explores the many and varied lands of Melanesia, Polynesia and Australasia. Paddling around in his own canoe he roams from the cold wet alpine ranges of New Zealand and the dusty Australian outback to a...
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Author:Do, Anh.Summary:Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of...
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things: dancing at the Green Mill (Melbourne’s premier dance hall) to the music of Tintagel Stone’s Jazzmakers, the band who taught St Vitus how to dance. And she’s wearing a sparkling lobelia-...
- Author:Jamal, NadiaSummary:
We call the obsession with collecting household items for married life 'the glory garage syndrome: We're talking serious shopping here and it affects many Lebanese girls long before an engagement ring is on their finger. A...
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Author:Moriarty, JaclynSummary:Student essays, scholarship committee members' notes, and other writings reveal interactions between a group of modern-day students at an exclusive New South Wales high school and their strange connection to a young Irishman transported...
- Author:Kline, Christina BakerSummary:
Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded...
- Author:Neikirk, AliceSummary:
This ethnography follows Bhutanese refugees who fled Bhutan, resided in camps in Nepal, and finally settled in the vastly different culture of Australia. Along the way, they learn the ways that humanitarian compassion is used to oppress...
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:Phryne Fisher, her sister Beth, and her faithful maid, Dot, decide that Luna Park is the place for an afternoon of fun and excitement with Phryne’s two daughters, Ruth and Jane. But in the dusty dark Ghost Train, amidst the squeals of...
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Author:Keneally, ThomasSummary:Thomas Keneally, the bestselling author of The Daughters of Mars and Schindler's List, returns with an exquisite exploration of community and country, love and morality, taking place in both prehistoric and modern Australia. An award-...
- Author:FitzSimons, PeterSummary:
The Ballad of Les Darcy, a biography of the legendary Australian boxer, is the latest book from Australia's bestselling author Peter FitzSimons
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Author:London, StefanieSummary:American Angie Donovan has never wanted much. When you grow up getting bounced from foster home to foster home, you learn not to become attached to anything, anyone, or any place. But it only took her two days to fall in love with...
- Author:Gadsby, HannahSummary:
The memoir from Australia's much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, Nanette, played to sold-out houses in Australia, the UK and the US. Its launch on Netflix, and subsequent Emmy and...
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Author:EDRIC, RobertSummary:Private Investigator Leo Rivers finds himself at the overheated heart of an inquiry into the savage killing of several young women. Approached by the mother of the chief suspect, he soon discovers the suspect is not involved and that...
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