Where Ya' Been, Mate?


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Unforgettable characters emerge from this vintage Herb Wharton collection which ranges from city to bush, from tall tales to amusing parables. There's 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's other life in the big city and on the literary trail.




General Leemy's Circus


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General Leemy's Circus: A Navigator's Story of the Twentieth Air Force In World War II is the action-packed account of the fearless men who flew the Superforts, the B-29's of General Curtis Lemay's XXI Bomber Command. The navigator's role was a critical one and involved making complex directional calculations during the chaos of combat. Navigator turned author Earl Snyder was a whiz at steering pilots through the whirlwinds of skirmishes and had a knack for thinking on the fly in the middle of the storm. His unique improvisational skills earned him a place in the Circus and the important series of bombings that ended the war. This is his story.




The Mate


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A prequel to the scorching paranormal romance, The Boss. Maddie Thompson’s life just fell down a rabbit hole. Finding out she's a dragon shifter was one thing—she never quite fit into the human world, and this new reality feels...strangely right. However, discovering the next step is to choose a mate, and if she chooses wrong she'll die, is the other side of crazy. Especially when she already left a piece of her heart with someone who didn't want it. To say dragon enforcer Fallon Conleth was shocked when the Mating Council summoned him as a potential mate for a newly found dragon doesn’t quite cover it. A mate is rare and precious and many dragons never find theirs. Fallon isn’t sure he’s worthy of the honor, not when so many deserve it more. He’ll just go through the motions and return home alone...until he sees Maddie. The human woman he reluctantly let walk away. Fallon already broke Maddie's heart once, but if he can't convince her that they're meant to be, she'll die... and he won't be far behind. Each book in the Fire's Edge series is STANDALONE: * The Mate (prequel) * The Boss * The Rookie * The Enforcer * The Protector




To the Bin And Back


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The Lights


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Is it Rapture, capture or slaughter? All over the world spheres of white light have descended from the sky, levitating into them anyone who strays too close. These people are never seen again. Many believe the Rapture is taking place; others are certain aliens are carrying out the mass abduction – or even the mass annihilation – of humankind. Teenage stammerer Steven Lesser doesn’t know what to believe. Caught between the incessant arguments of the faithful and the faithless, he spends his time watching every online video and TV news report about the Lights, looking for signs they’re approaching his sleepy seaside village. Steven and his father plan on driving to London when the Lights arrive, heading for the relative safety of the Underground. But when the time comes, Steven is faced with an unexpected choice. Should he stick to the plan? Or should he try to help the girl he’s secretly in love with?




The Australian Short Story


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Henry Lawson, Barbara Baynton, Henry Handel Richardson, Katherine Susannah Prichard, Christina Stead, Gavin Casey, Vance Palmer, Alan Marshall, Marjorie Barnard, Judah Waten, John Morrison, Peter Cowan, Hal Porter, Patrick White, Thelma Forshaw, Dal Stivens, Peter Carey, Murray Bail, Frank Morehouse, T.A.G. Hungerford, Elizabeth Jolley, Michael Wilding, Olga Masters, Beverly Farmer, Fay Zwicky, Barry Hill, Gerald Murnane, Archie Weller, Thea Astley, Helen Garner, Lily Brett, Susan Hampton, Gail Jones, Marion Halligan, Herb Wharton, David Malouf. This new expanded edition of the longrunning bestseller features the Australian short story from its Bulletin beginnings in the 1890s through to the 1990s and beyond.




Two be You


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Edge of your seat. Compelling dialogue. Moving connections. One evening in the very near future a young man sees a report on the evening news that changes his life forever. Humanity is being contacted for the first time by beings from outer space. Unable to contain the urge to see these visitors young Matt sets out to find his missing grandfather, sent by his mother with the promise of answers. Soon into his journey he finds travel almost impossible due to the visiting ship. Caught in unfamiliar surrounds far from home he must overcome the chaos now building worldwide. Not sure if he can make it or even survive Matt needs to rely on his wits alone as he tries to reach his goal. New friends, impossible odds and a single chance to make a difference.




Get Tank Laid


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Welcome to Bullamakanka a small one street Australian country town just south of Sydney often referred to as PPP Pigeon Poop Parade. Where Tank the manager and only employee of the local bowling club who is a virgin and is about to turn 40 years old. His buddies a unique bunch of characters which include a Publican, Pastry cook, Newsagent, Dairy farmer and a Veterinarian merge to conspire in typical Aussie mateship style and aptitude to pool their resources and get Tank laid by fair means or foul which include forming a syndicate to purchase and race a thoroughbred. The hilarious mind boggling, ingenious plots that they concoct prove to be a ribald romp, typical of real-life in a small country town where nothing is sacred.




Into a Dark Frontier


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In the near future, Africa collapses into an enormous failed state, leaving the continent lawless and severely depopulated. For most, the breakdown brings horror, but for others—the outcast, the desperate, the criminals, and the insane—it allows unparalleled opportunity: a new frontier of danger and unlimited possibility. In America, ex-Navy SEAL Slade Crawford, emotionally crippled after twenty years of frontline combat, the dissolution of his marriage, and the accidental death of his son, is falsely accused of terrorism. Slade flees to Africa to build a new life and escape his past when he is captured by an enigmatic American colonel, Gary Kraven, and blackmailed into tracking down a blood cult that is rampaging across the sub-Sahara. Struggling to stay alive and to free himself from Kraven’s grasp, Slade pursues the cult across the lawless African frontier. He soon learns that nothing is as it seems and that he is standing at the epicenter of a global struggle that will determine the course of history. Slade must decide whether to fight for his life—or his honor.




Parliamentary Papers


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