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AUSTRALIA
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Australia Map
• ITMB
2010 •
MAP
This large folded map of Australia, at a scale of 1:3,500,000, includes national parks, reserves and roads, all clearly marked. Two Sides. 34x40 inches.
(AUS23, $12.95) |
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Australia, An Ecotraveler's Guide
• Hannah Robinson
GUIDEBOOK •
2003 •
PAPER
• 290 PAGES
A handbook and guide to wildlife, habitats and travel in Australia with 400 color photographs and excellent descriptive information on birds, mammals and other creatures. Organized geographically, each section includes suggested places to visit, national parks and reserves, maps and sidebars on habitats, flora and fauna.
(AUS128, $23.95) |
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The Birth of Sydney
• Tim F. Flannery
HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
Flannery's engaging portrait of Sydney from its initial settlement to the present day, incorporating observations by early visitors including Mark Twain, Charles Darwin and Captain Cook.
(AUS100, $14.00) |
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Carpentaria
• Alexis Wright
LITERATURE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 528 PAGES
Wright's award-winning novel, steeped in myth and magical realism, is driven by vivid characters who transcend their circumstances and challenge assumptions about the indigenous people of northern Queensland. This story, set in the fictional coastal town of Desperance, exposes the realities of aboriginal life through the loyalties and rivalries between families, mobs and white officials.
(AUS241, $16.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide Sydney
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 264 PAGES
This superb guide to Sydney features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(AUS25, $23.00) |
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Footprint East Coast Australia
• Darroch Donald
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A detailed, practical guide to Queensland and the Australia's east coast from Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and Cairns, jam-packed with maps, coverage of attractions, practical information on transportation, food, activities and lodgings, and a handful of well selected photographs. This is the Australia where most people travel, encompassing Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, and the Great Barrier Reef.
(AUS174, $24.99) |
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Peter Weir
1979 •
DVD
Peter Weir's confounding thriller about a group of girls and a teacher at a turn-of-the-century boarding school in Victoria, Australia, who go missing after a Valentine's Day picnic. Beautifully photographed, the film depicts the arid landscape of the outback in all its majesty and eeriness. Part of the Criterion Collection.
(AUS158, $29.95) |
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Queensland Central Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of central Queensland, imported from Australia, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Two Sides. 22x37 inches.
(AUS33, $10.95) |
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Queensland South East
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A locally produced, detailed map of southeast Queensland, scale 1:500,000. Two Sides. 38x28 inches.
(AUS80, $10.95) |
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Queensland's Outback Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A detailed map of Outback Queensland, imported from Australia, at a scale 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 30x23 inches.
(AUS35, $10.95) |
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Reefs at Risk
• Dirk Bryant
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 56 PAGES
Subtitled "A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World's Coral Reefs," this slim book details the conservational challenges facing reefs today.
(OCE119, $20.00) |
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The Songlines
• Bruce Chatwin
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1988 •
PAPER
• 294 PAGES
• FAVORITE
This celebrated travelogue is as much about its gifted author -- and the meaning of travel -- as about the Aboriginal people and their ways of life. In this unusual book, Chatwin combines straightforward reporting, history, dream-time stories, and a heady mix of quotations from his notebooks. Along the way, he transforms a journey through the outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world.
(AUS01, $16.00) |
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Tall Man, The Death of Doomadgee
• Chloe Hooper
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 258 PAGES
Australian novelist Hooper investigates the death of an Aboriginal man and the trial of the police sergeant charged with his killing. Set in remote Queensland, this chilling story delves deeply into the culture and history of the Palm Island community.
(AUS232, $24.00) |
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The Thorn Birds
• Colleen McCullough
LITERATURE •
1978 •
PAPER
• 692 PAGES
A best-selling classic about life in the Australian Outback. This absorbing saga spans three generations, detailing all of the tragedies and dramas that the resilient members of the Cleary family face. Turned into an acclaimed television miniseries.
(AUS66, $7.99) |
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A Traveller's History of Australia
• John H. Chambers
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 347368 PAGES
A brief history of Australia from the arrival of the Aborigines to the first European settlement and the development of the modern nation state -- quite an accomplishment for such a short book. It's very well written and includes a glossary, timeline and gazetteer.
(AUS64, $14.95) |
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World Upside Down Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A souvenir map (in its own envelope ready to mail) of the world with Australia at its center. The Americas are relegated to a secondary, and upside down, position. One Side. 24x33 inches.
(ANT142, $12.95) |
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