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1.In a Sunburned CountryIn a Sunburned Country
from Random House Audio
Price: $31.16

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I read this book before returning to Australia after forty years. I'd been there as an exchange student in 1967 and returned in 2008 with my grown son, for two weeks. I'd asked my son to read it to after I finished so that he'd have an idea what Australia was about. Bryson reports fairly and with... more info

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2.The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the TalibanThe Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $10.88

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"The Punishment of Virtue" gives the reader great insight into the political conflicts that went on in Afghanistan during the early years of US occupation. It has much relevence to what is going on today. The book also provides a brief history of the country as well as some cultural background, good... 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
Price: $13.57

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"The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes is the one book which is always mentioned when it comes to books about the history of Australia, and for good reason. Hughes' brilliant work covers in great detail the transportation of criminals from England to Australia, and the history of those penal colonies.... more info

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4.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
Price: $16.49

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Ms. Thompson makes a good point in her book, saying that she always got the feeling that `she never quite got what was going on in NZ.' Unfortunately she went on to write this book anyway, and that is regrettable.
There are two parts to this book, history and memoir. The history is narrow and... more info

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5.The Road from CoorainThe Road from Coorain
from Vintage
Price: $10.36

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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.Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Canto)Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Canto)
from Cambridge University Press

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This book sets out what Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies does, but in a less original way. It basicaly sets up a straw man by claiming that most people think Europeans conquered the New World and Oceania through weapons but in fact they were 'biologically' programmed to win. This... more info

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7.Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the WorldIsland of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
from Algonquin Books
Price: $16.47

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Auckland Island? Where in the world was that I wondered when I fist picked up this book. As a lover of adventure stories I thought I had heard and read of most remote spots and incredible tales of survival. This was a new part of the world for me. I have been to New Zealand but was never aware of... more info

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8.A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of AustraliaA Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia
from Anchor
Price: $10.85

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This book provides an excellent and detailed feel for what life must have ben like for the early settlers of Australia and the environment from which they came. It is difficult to imagine how anybody survived those early days and the hardships they had to put up with.

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9.Batavia s Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History s Bloodiest MutinyBatavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
from Crown

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This was a very well researched story about history's bloodiest mutiny. I found the most interesting parts of the book were the details of life on board a Dutch spice trading ship in the early 1600's. The story of the shipwreck & the life of terror that followed for the survivors was also well... more info

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10.Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive AgeAtlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age
from Belknap Press
Price: $26.55

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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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