Reid’s collection of poems relate to the beauty of the Australian countryside, creating realistic images. He also offers humor and vision in his observations of people, animals, philosophy, emotions and of course, love.
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Commander William Mallett tried hard to rehabilitate himself after being dismissed from his destroyer for drunkenness. Ignored by his fellow officers and subjected to the indignity of minor duties, he pestered the naval hierarchy to give him another ship. The Wanderer was old, worn and manned mostly by misfits. His job was to work up Wanderer to fighting efficiency in time to participate in the American invasion of Tarawa Island… -
In this volume: The Family Streak andThe Old Fault, Shirley Grey; Hiking On Horseback, Cora Gordon; The Scotch Society, Constance Savery; The Monster Of Loch Shee, Dorita Fairlie Bruce; 'For The Best Disguise', Evelyn Simms; The Three Workers, Frances Joyce; Mr Stewart's Nuggets, Wallace Carr, The Fairies' Gift: A Welsh Story, Ann Vaughan; The Parrot That Did Not Talk, Elizabeth Whitely; Caroline And The Smuggler, Jocelyn Oliver; Good Aunt Earle, M.A. Peart; Camping Out, A.G. Holman; Jill Repays, Anne Page; Pamela's Piebald, Gunby Hadath; The Wanderer, Thora Stowell; How To Dive, W.J. Howcroft; Sally's Sunday, Alice Massie; The Poison Cupboard, Frances Joyce. -
The post-Revolution years saw a state of flux with the balance of power shifting back to the bourgeoisie. Napoleon's rise to power was meteoric and he is a successful young general when this book opens. Hortense Beauharnais finds life very different when he mother becomes Bonaparte's wife and she lives her life on the chessboard of the French court amid jealousy and greed. She is married off the Napoleon's brother but is in love with Charles de Flahaut, a gallant young officer. History, brought to life. -
Simon Templar tangles with the notorious ‘Snake’ Ganning, tracks down a stash of stolen jewels and busts a drug-smuggling racket. He may not always stay on the right side of the law, but with his swashbuckling charm and Robin Hood morality, he is clearly on the side of the angels. Three short stories: The Man Who Was Clever; The Policeman With Wings; The Lawless Lady. -
Volume XII of Sharpe. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine the dangers that await them in Chile…Cover art by Gino D'Achille. -
Zulu Dawn: Cy Endfield
$5.0022 January 1879. Across the slopes of Isandhlwana, there came the sound of thunder. Assegai shafts pound against drum-tight shields. Fifty thousand voices cry in one dread voice the Zulu word for kill: U-SU-THU! U-SU-THU! Against the sweeping landscapes of Southern Africa, Lord Chelmsford’s army of eight thousand soldiers moves inexorably into Zululand. Their aim: to subdue a proud and unyielding warrior nation. But what starts as an imperial adventure turns into one of the bloodiest episodes in African history. It becomes a struggle to the death between Chelmsford’s Redcoats and a fearsome army of fifty thousand Zulus, fighting for their nationhood and birth right. This is the story of the tragedy and shattering human drama of that struggle. A powerful action adventure tale, it was made into the hit film Zulu Dawn in 1979. -
The sequel to The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4: Sunday May 9th: I have just realised I've never seen a dead body or a real female nipple. This is what comes of living in a cul-de-sac. Thursday July 1st: Nigel has arranged for me to have a blind date with Sharon Botts. I am meeting her at at the roller skating rink on Saturday. I am dead nervous. I don't know how to roller-skate, never mind make love... All the comical teen angst of this famous fictional lad. -
Book/DVD: The Painted Veil: W. Somerset Maugham
$5.00–$30.00Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful, love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love. A story which demonstrates that it is possible for human nature to learn to grow, change and forgive. DVD: Naomi Watts; Edward Norton: Preloved; region 4; very good condition. DVD: The Seventh Sin:Eleanor Parker; Bill Travers; George Sanders In post-World War II Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man, Paul . Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village, where he will fight a cholera epidemic - or face the scandal of a very public divorce. Based on Somerset Maugham's The Painted Veil. DVD: preloved; print-on-demand; all regions; very good condition; uncommon title
