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1.Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand StoryCome on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story
from Bloomsbury USA
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2.The SonglinesThe Songlines
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.20

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The first sentence sounded promising:"In Alice Springs - a grid of scorching streets where men in long white socks were forever getting in and out of Land Cruisers - I met a Russian who was mapping the sacred sites of the Aboriginals." And indeed what follows in the next thirty or so chapters is a... more info

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3.The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia s FoundingThe Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
from Vintage Books
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Robert Hughes has written a towering account of the years during which Britain transported convicts to Australia, thereby beginning the colonization of a continent that would one day hold a place among the world's free nations. Hughes's fascinating text covers the exaggerated fear of a "criminal... more info

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4.The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle ClubsThe Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
from Allen & Unwin
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The author is very knowledgeable, but he writes like an apologist for OMG's or Bikies as he calls them in Australia. The majority of his arguments defending the bikers is based on statements from the members in the club, so people who live on the fringes and flaunt the law are given instant... more info

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5.The Road from CoorainThe Road from Coorain
from Vintage
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Not very interesting.
There's not much else I can say. Everybody has a story, including author Jill Conway. Her life began in western New South Wales, Australia:
"My father was elated as he surveyed the realization of his dream to own land and to raise his own flocks of sheep and cattle.... more info

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6.Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal s Journey from Down Under to All OverForeign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
from Anchor
Price: $11.16

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Geraldine Brooks has written a book that I can empathise with. I think of how I might have had that life in Australia had my parents not returned to England in the 1930's. I wanted, and still do, very much to talk to the author and ask her questions as she is such a good writer with a warm... more info

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7.Australia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Australia (Country Abcs)Australia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Australia (Country Abcs)
from Picture Window Books
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8.Ancient HawaiiAncient Hawaii
from Kawainui Press
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Herb Kawainui Kane (pronounced KAH-ney) is a master artist, voyaging canoe designer, and Hokule`a captain. He is also author of Ancient Hawaii, a visual extravaganza of his vision, based on research and his artistic interpretation, of the life and times of pre- and post-contact Hawaiians.
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9.Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive AgeAtlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age
from Belknap Press
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Daniel Rodgers' thesis in Atlantic Crossings is simple and direct: "the reconstruction of American social politics was of a part with movements of politics and ideas throughout the North Atlantic world that trade and capitalism had tied together." (3) He concludes that from the 1870s through World... more info

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10.The Mongols (The Peoples of Europe)The Mongols (The Peoples of Europe)
from Wiley-Blackwell
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David Morgan has written a fascinating book on the history of the Mongols and Genghis Khan. The book provides an overview of the government, religion, and politics of the Mongolian Empire and provides a very good start to understanding the Mongols. This is an excellent source to learn about one of... more info

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