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Mo is about to hit the big 50, and some uncomfortable truths are becoming quite apparent: She doesn't understand either of her teenage kids, which as a child psychologist, is fairly embarrassing. She has become entirely grey. Inside, and out. Her face has surrendered and is frightening children. Dora is about to hit the big 18 ...and about to hit anyone who annoys her, especially her precocious younger brother Peter who has a chronic Oscar Wilde fixation. Then there's Dad ...who's just, well, Dad. And a dog. Called Poo. A tale of a modern family, isolated from each other and heading for meltdown. -
The story of Lady Mary's courtship - the strangest courtship at that - which culminates in her romantic elopement and becoming Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is told here with a good humor and shrewd psychological approach to this enigmatic character. Having married a British ambassador, the scenes of her life range from the Courts of Queen Anne and George I to the harems of Constantinople - a story full of adventure. The poet, Alexander Pope, was infatuated by her and infuriated by Lord Hervey's apparent interest that Pope satirised him as 'Lord Fanny'. Lady Mary was known for her flamboyant behavior, often wore elaborate Turkish clothing and took snuff. Whether she was writing letters, ballads or mock epics, her talents revealed a strikingly independent and clever mind. She made a niche for women writers, making her a pioneer. -
A Town Like Alice: World War II...The Japanese Army invades Malaya and Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is taken prisoner with other English women and children then forced on a brutal seven-month death march. They trudge from camp to camp, always turned away, leaving graves behind them and secretly learning to trade jewellery for medicines and extra food just to survive. Jean meets Australian P.O.W. Joe Harman, who tells her about the Gulf Country, the vast stock stations and a town called Alice - a town of lovely homes, green lawns, water and gardens. He steals food for the women, is caught by the Japanese and condemned to death by lashing and crucifixion. The women are forced to watch. When their guard dies, they are taken in by a village and work with the locals to grow rice for the Japanese army. After the war, Jean tries to put the nightmare behind her. Then an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved the life of the group of prisoners. There she learns astonishing news which lead her to travel to the desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she takes on an unusual challenge - to make Willstown a town like Alice. The Far Country: Jennifer travels from London to Australia on a small bequest from her late grandmother to visit her married cousin on a rural property. She falls in love with the rugged beauty of Australia and meets Zlinter, a Czech refugee who is a qualified medical practitioner but may not practise in Australia. When two stockmen are injured, Zlinter must make a decision - to break the law and do what he can to save them - or let them die. On The Beach: The classic nuclear war story first published in 1958 and made into a major film less than a year after publication. Nuclear war erupts and lasts less than 30 days - and no-one even knows how it started. The last operating U.S. submarine Scorpion makes its way to Australia ahead of the deadly fall-out creeping down the globe from the Northern hemisphere. The Australian Navy picks up Morse code signals coming from Seattle - could there be survivors? The Scorpion, with Australian officer Lieutenant-Commander Peter Holmes aboard is sent to investigate while Australians hope and prepare for the possible end of life on earth. -
In World War II the Japanese Army invades Malaya and Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is taken prisoner with other English women and children then forced on a brutal seven-month death march. They trudge from camp to camp, always turned away, leaving graves behind them and secretly learning to trade jewellery for medicines and extra food just to survive. Jean meets Australian P.O.W. Joe Harman, who tells her about the Gulf Country, the vast stock stations and a town called Alice - a town of lovely homes, green lawns, water and gardens. He steals food for the women, is caught by the Japanese and condemned to death by lashing and crucifixion. The women are forced to watch. After their guard dies, they are taken in by a village and work with the locals to grow rice for the Japanese army. After the war, Jean tries to put the nightmare behind her. Then an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved their lives. There she learns astonishing news which lead her to travel to the desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she takes on an unusual challenge - to make Willstown a town like Alice. -
In World War II the Japanese Army invades Malaya and Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is taken prisoner with other English women and children then forced on a brutal seven-month death march. They trudge from camp to camp, always turned away, leaving graves behind them and secretly learning to trade jewellery for medicines and extra food just to survive. Jean meets Australian P.O.W. Joe Harman, who tells her about the Gulf Country, the vast stock stations and a town called Alice - a town of lovely homes, green lawns, water and gardens. He steals food for the women, is caught by the Japanese and condemned to death by lashing and crucifixion. The women are forced to watch. When their guard dies, they are taken in by a village and work with the locals to grow rice for the Japanese army. After the war, Jean tries to put the nightmare behind her. Then an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved the life of the group of prisoners. There she learns astonishing news which lead her to travel to the desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she takes on an unusual challenge - to make Willstown a town like Alice. -
Richard Bolitho No. XVI. Plymouth, July 1801: Richard Bolitho's small squadron, still repairing the scars of battle earned in heavy action at Copenhagen, has been months away from the sea. After eight years of war with France, Britain must make a gesture that will show strength and determination - and one which will dramatically weaken the French cause. Rear-Admiral Bolitho must follow his flag's tradition of victory, even though - for the first time in his life - he is torn between the demands of public duty and personal need. -
Book III of the Allways chronicle. Having taken his readers down the garden path and over his thatched roof, Beverley Nichols now takes on for a walk through the village of Allways '...a very tiny village in the quietest county of England. It is the story of doors opening and shutting on empty lanes, of smoke ascending into tranquil skies, of whispers about nothing borne on the winds over wide fields and broad brooks.' Yet even in such sylvan contentment there are many adventures, many country thrills, village rumours and of course, dramas - some of which are sad, more are hilarious but all are unforgettable. Illustrations by Rex Whistler. -
Here is the tale of a Suffolk drinking place, from the end of the Roman occupation of Britain until the 1980s. Roman veteran Paulus, crippled, is left behind. Being a worshipper of Mithras, the tavern became known as the One Bull. From then on it changed with the times: a clearing house for contraband, a miniature Hellfire Club, a fashionable hotel, a pub. Just across the Bull's yard was the church of St. Cerdic: king and martyr, who fought the Danes and was once famous for miracles performed at the shrine. His remains were lost during the Reformation, yet something of the saintly presence lingered and had its effect on the fortunes of the One Bull. Through the times and and changes, one passion always ruled at the inn - to retain possession. Don't be misled by the cover - this is a very good read and NOT a romance novel. -
A Wild Justice: Craig Thomas
$10.00In one of the most hostile and lawless places in the Russian Federation, an American gas company executive is found dead, the apparent victim of a casual robbery or the local mafia. Alexei Vorontsyev, chief of detectives, finds his investigation blocked from every side. In Washington, the chief executive of the gas company and his wife are found murdered in their mansion. John Lock, State Department expert on Russia and former CIA agent, vows revenge on the killers of his beloved sister and brother-in-law. There seems no connection between the two crimes ; they are merely two eruptions of modern lawlessness - or are they? -
This volume forms part of the Peverill family history ( The Peverills, Folly's End) but can be read as a stand-alone. Antonia, daughter of Chritina Lady Tyson, is as headstrong and impulsive as her mother ever was, and proves it by eloping to Gretna Green with her young lover, and thence with him to the West Indies, where his father, also a Peverill 'on the wrong side of the blanket', has amassed a considerable fortune in sugar and slavery. Her daughter Pauline, equally impulsive, betroths herself to a undesirable fortune hunter, embraces philanthropy and in an amusing scene with her lawyers, quixotically disposes of her immense fortune. The themes of the story are the agricultural revolution of the early 19th century, political change, the abolition of slavery and dramatic rebellion of the slaves. -
The sequel to Abbie. The further outrageous, funny and entirely credible adventures of Lady Abbott-Acland (and her best friend Maud) - the prototype of all impossible female relations. Abbie can cause a peculiar gut-guilt reaction; since most of us have done - or wish we'd done - some of the appallingly brazen things that she gets away with! And she is still observed with clear-sighted affection by her long-suffering nephew, and revealed through her copious letters from unlikely addresses and erroneous headings. -
A collection of authentic myths and legend, including the Creation Myths, the Legends of Sun, Moon and Stars and the Legends of Animals. -
It is the summer of 1939. A young Oxford don, Richard Myles and his wife Frances are about to leave for their usual long vacation on the continent. At the request of a Foreign Office friend of Richard's they agree to serve as messengers to a man who has been involved in rescue work and anti-Nazi espionage, a man who now seems to have gone missing. Their qualifications? Next to nothing except for Richard's superb memory and the fact that they look so very innocent. Across a continent on the brink of war from Paris to Innsbruck and beyond, Richard and Francis travel ever deeper into danger. Made into a film in 1943 starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray. -
Adam’s Empire: Evan Green
$40.00It's a great country, but never trust it, son. It's beautiful but it's treacherous. Adam Ross had seen the way his country could destroy a man. Growing up in the Australian outback in the first half of the twentieth century with no formal education, orphaned at the age of nine, he learned to fend for himself. But when he forms an unlikely friendship with Jimmy, who works in the opal mines, his luck begins to change. He dreams that he will one day have land of his own. The land that stole Adam's father gives him an opportunity to start anew. Armed with determination and ambition, Adam treks west to carve himself an empire. However, success doesn't come easy and Adam, a man who spent much of his life devoid of love, soon finds himself caught between two women. Torn between his love for his cold-hearted wife and his mistress, Adam must make decisions about his future and the type of man he wants to be. Cover art by Gregory Bridges. -
He's baa-aack - aged 30 and a 1/4. Now in his thirties, he's still worrying. Can he be a good father? Is Viagra cheating? Why won't the BBC produce 'The White Van', his serial killer comedy? Will he find the fulfilment he seeks as a celebrity offal chef, single parent and celibate novelist? Is there a place for Adrian Mole in Blair's Britain?
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They decided to call the fishing boat Aphrodite. But when Mac and Tunny took possession, they found Joe had got it wrong and there it was across the stern for-bloody-ever: Afro Dite. Tunny was furious. He should've written it down for Joe. This story, set on the northern coast of New South Wales, is the story of two boats: one a bark canoe built by an Aborigine before white settlement, the other a fishing boat restored in 1956. Both represent the fulfillment of their owners' dreams and both boats are doomed. The interwoven narratives in this tale are linked by Aboriginal boy Lance, a descendant of the canoe builder and who works as a hand on the Afro Dite. Cover art: Ngalyod and the Great Wave by Darian Causby. -
Superficially, this is the story of a man who returns to his home town to investigate the misappropriation of a family trust fund. Psychogically, it is the study of the failure of that man to find his place outside the ancestral family home and the changes he undergoes as a result. Reid's first novel, set in the oppressive life in a small Australian country town. Reid's first novel. -
Bradly Mudgett is fed up with beer-swilling, gossip-ridden small town life.o he packs up his paintbrushes and his dog and heads for the beach. Pacing the shores, dreaming of the perfect seascape, Bradly thinks he's found the peace his heart desires. But into the picture steps Cora - a girl who can reach the parts every middle-aged man would like refreshed. Nor had he reckoned on Cora's grandmother, eccentric and unpredictable and well aware that Cora is under the age of consent! Cover art: Solly by Norman Lindsay. Interior illustrations by Norman Lindsay.
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