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Category: Travel Writing
From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, 'dark tourism' is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or ...Show more
An Innocent Abroad - Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; John Berendt; Dave Eggers; Richard Ford; Pico Iyer; Alexander McCall Smith; Jane Smiley
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Literature Ser.
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley.About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has be ...Show more
An Innocent Abroad : Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; John Berendt; Dave Eggers; Richard Ford; Pico Iyer; Alexander McCall Smith; Jane Smiley
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature Ser.
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has ...Show more
Ben Hall by Jane Smith
Category: Reference SPECIALS | Series: Australian Bushrangers
Ben Hall, sometimes referred to as the 'gentleman bushranger', was the son of poor ex-convicts. His early adult life held promise though; he was hard-working and well respected. He had a family and a partnership in his own cattle station. Then a series of misfortunes befell Hall and his path crossed tha ...Show more
Captain Moonlite by Jane Smith
Category: Children's Reference & Craft SPECIALS
In 1869 Mt Egerton was outraged by the armed hold-up of the local bank by a masked villain calling himself 'Captain Moonlite'. The shock deepened when the perpetrator turned out to be the new lay preacher, Andrew George Scott. On his release from prison Moonlite led a ragged bunch of young desperadoes t ...Show more
Captain Starlight by Jane Smith
Category: Australiana SPECIALS
The fifth book in the series features the two men known as "Captain Starlight". Both were bushrangers who travelled widely across the country in the second half of the 19th Century, and although their backgrounds and their crimes differed greatly, they are linked by their connection with a character fro ...Show more
Captain Starlight (The Strange but True Story of a Bushranger, Imposter and Murderer) by Jane Smith
Category: Australian History
Perth, 1899: a respected public servant mistakes a bottle of cyanide for his heart medicine, swallows it and dies. Months later on the other side of the country, a prisoner of Pentridge gaol with the same name as the deceased reads of the inquest with alarm. He writes to the coroner with his suspicions: ...Show more
Captain Thunderbolt by Jane Smith
Category: Australiana SPECIALS | Series: Australian Bushrangers Ser.
Frederick Wordsworth Ward, better known as 'Captain Thunderbolt', had one of the longest bushranging 'careers' in history. Plaguing New South Wales for almost seven years, he enjoyed much public support as he was intelligent, and charming. This book describes some of Thunderbolt's exploits and refutes m ...Show more
Carly Mills: A New World: A Time Travelling Adventure with Caroline Chisholm by Jane Smith
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: Carly Mills Pioneer Girl Ser.
It’s not easy coming to the city all alone when you’re a young country girl. It’s even harder when a strange discovery sends you right back in time to 1841! Carly Mills is about to learn how dangerous Sydney can be for a lonely colonial girl … and how hard it is to move in a corset. Mrs Chisholm tells h ...Show more
Carly Mills: Emergency: A Time Travelling Adventure with Dr. Lillian Cooper by Jane Smith
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
Carly heads off on another timetravelling adventure; this time with one of the world's most renown inspirational women ever Dr Lilian Cooper – another trailblazing pioneer! When Carly Mills moves from the farm to boarding school in the city, she knows it’s going to be tough. But then her magical shawl ...Show more
Carly Mills Pioneer Girl - A New World by Jane Smith
Category: Children's History | Series: Carly Mills Pioneer Girl Ser.
It's not easy coming to the city all alone when you're a young country girl. It's even harder when a strange discovery sends you right back in time to 1841! Carly Mills is about to learn how dangerous Sydney can be for a lonely colonial girl… and how hard it is to move in a corset. Mrs Chisholm tells he ...Show more