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A Mother's Disgrace by Robert Dessaix
Category: Biography | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
The frank and intimate journey of self-discovery by author, critic and arts commentator Robert Dessaix. Confronting, revealing and candid, the book traces his life from adoption towards the end of World War II, to a most unusual childhood on Sydney's North Shore, to his fascination with Russia and his t ...Show more
Because A White Man'll Never Do It by Kevin Gilbert
Category: History | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Kevin Gilbert's powerful expose of past and present race relations in Australia is an alarming story of land theft, attempted racial extermination, oppression, denial of human rights, slavery, ridicule, denigration, inequality and paternalism. First published in 1973, Gilbert's controversial account of ...Show more
Clean Straw for Nothing and A Cartload of Clay by George Johnston
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
In the sequel to his semi-autobiographical novel My Brother Jack, George Johnston concludes his Meredith trilogy in this brilliantly evocative, single volume of books two and three: Clean Straw for Nothing (winner of the Miles Franklin Award) and A Cartload of Clay. Set against the backdrop of a Greek ...Show more
Coonardoo by Katherine Prichard
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
A tough, uncompromising novel about the difficult love between a white man and a black woman. Coonardoo is the moving story of a young Aboriginal woman trained from childhood to be the housekeeper at Wytaliba station and, as such, destined to look after its owner, Hugh Watt. The love between Coonardoo a ...Show more
EXILES AT HOME by MODJESKA, DRUSILLA
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Exiles At Home traces the lives of a generation of Australia's women writers through letters, diaries, notebooks and the memories of their contemporaries. 'Invaluable to all readers seriously interested in the history of Australian literature.' - Weekend AustralianAt the end of the 1920s Christina Stead ...Show more
Haxby's Circus by Katharine S Prichard
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Run away to the circus with this book by award-winning Australian novelist Katharine Susannah Prichard. Welcome to Haxby's Circus, the lightest, brightest little show on earth. From Bendigo to Narrabri, the Haxby family and their troupe pitch the big top, hang the lights and call out their menagerie. Gi ...Show more
Hell West and Crooked by Tom Cole
Category: Biography | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
The bestselling story of a real-life Crocodile Dundee. the bestselling story of a real-life Crocodile Dundee. In this remarkable memoir, tom Cole tells the stories of his life in the outback during the 1920s and 1930s. With great humour and drama, he recounts his adventures as a drover and stockman in t ...Show more
Henry Lawson Poems by Henry Lawson
Category: Poetry | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
First published in 1979, this edition includes 30 new selections, including highly significant poems addressed to his lost love, Hannah Thorburn, and some for young children.
Henry Lawson Selected Stories by Henry Lawson
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
An essential collection of Henry Lawson's best-loved stories. Rogues, larrikins and the lost people - these timeless stories range from inspired, laconic comedies to pathos and tragedy. this selection showcases Lawson's range as a fiction writer and highlights his profound influence on how Australians ...Show more
JONAH by LOUIS STONE
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Jonah by Louis Stone is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print ...Show more
Kenneth Slessor Selected Poems by Kenneth Slessor
Category: Poetry | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
One of Australia's finest poets, Kenneth Slessor would be outstanding in any company. His brilliance of technique gives an impression of unconscious mastery in poems that are always arresting in conception and illuminating in image. Slessor was born in 1901 in Orange, New South Wales. He was educated in ...Show more
MAN SHY AND DUSTY by DAVISON FRANK DALBY
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
two classic tales of adventurous animals - a wild red heifer and a dingo/kelpie cross. First published in 1931 Man-Shy tells the story of a young red heifer who flees the grazing herd for a life of adventure on the open ranges. First published in 1946 Dusty tells the story of a dingo/kelpie cross who is ...Show more