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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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THE KIMBERLEY & NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

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30 Days in Sydney, A Wildly Distorted Account


by Peter Carey

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An impressionistic account of Carey's native city, the result of his return visit (with a tape recorder) after an absence of 17 years. (AUS123, $13.00)

Art in Australia, From Colonization to Postmodernism

Art in Australia, From Colonization to Postmodernism


by Christopher Allen

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 222 PAGES

An illustrated survey in the "World of Art" series, seeking to find the common thread binding Australian art over the past two centuries. (AUS143, $14.95)

Australasia Map


by Bartholomew Maps

  • MAP
  • OUT OF PRINT

A colorful map of the region from Australia to Samoa, including Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and many Pacific Islands. At a scale of 1:8.5 million. (AUS61, $13.95)

Australia and New Zealand Map

Australia and New Zealand Map


by Reise & Verkehrsverlag

  • 2001
  • MAP

A map of Australia and New Zealand at a good scale of 1:5,000,000. (AUS77, $15.95)

Australia Map

Australia Map


by ITMB

  • 2010
  • MAP

A handy, folded map at a scale of 1:3,500,000. (AUS23, $12.95)

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith


by Thomas Keneally

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

A classic story set in the Australian outback of one man against an unjust, racist society. (AUS30, $13.95)

Continent of Hunter-Gatherers, New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory


by Harry Lourandos

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 412 PAGES

A well-considered, scholarly survey of Aboriginal Australia that challenges older views. (AUS129, $57.00)

Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines

Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines


by Julia Blackburn

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

In this wonderfully original biography, Blackburn recreates the life of Daisy Bates (1861-1951), who abandoned her comfortable surroundings in 1913 to live for 30 years in the wilderness. It opens memorably "There was once a woman who lived in the desert." (AUS37, $15.00)

Discover the Northern Territory


by Jocelyn Burt

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

This photobook book captures the landscapes, people and wildlife of the Northern Territory. (AUS57, $19.95)

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia


by Ken Simpson | Nicholas Day

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

A handbook and field guide to Australia's birds with 2,000 vivid color illustrations, each accompanied by a brief description and revised range map. (AUS06, $39.50)

Insight Guide Australia

Insight Guide Australia


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Australia to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays on history, culture and nature. (AUS67, $24.99)

Joseph Banks, A Life


by Patrick O'Brian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

A biography of naturalist and explorer Joseph Banks. (AUS47, $20.00)

Lonely Planet Australia

Lonely Planet Australia


by denis O'Byrne

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 1092 PAGES

A practical guide to Australia by Melbourne-based Lonely Planet, featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and nuts-and-bolts travel details. (AUS92, $29.99)

Mutant Message Down Under


by Marlo Morgan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 187 PAGES

The best-selling account of a spiritual journey in the Australian outback by a 50-year-old Kansan woman. (AUS54, $13.00)

Northern Territory Australia Map


by Universal Press

  • MAP

A colorful, detailed map of the Northern Territory, imported from Australia. (AUS62, $8.95)

Northern Territory Map


by HEMA Maps

  • MAP

An excellent, colorful map of the Northern Territories of Australia at a scale of 1:1,800,000. (AUS36, $10.95)

On Dialogue, Contemporary Australian Art


by Anne Marie Freybourg | Les Murray | Juliana Engberg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A study of art in Australia over the last 40 years. (AUS144, $39.95)

Picnic at Hanging Rock


by Peter Weir

  • 1979
  • DVD

Peter Weir's thriller about a group of girls and a teacher at a boarding school in Victoria who go missing after a Valentine's Day picnic. (AUS158, $29.95)

The Singing Line, Tracking the Australian Adventures of My Intrepid Victorian Ancestors


by Alice Thomson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

The story of Charles and Alice Todd, who left Victorian England for South Australia as told by their great-great-granddaughter. (AUS88, $19.00)

The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean

The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean


by Paddy Ryan

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)

Tracks, A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

Tracks, A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback


by Robyn Davidson

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The true-life story of a woman's trek across the Australian outback -- an adventurous tale shot through with a feel for the landscape and empathy for the Aborigines she meets along the way. (AUS15, $15.95)

A Traveller's History of Australia

A Traveller's History of Australia


by 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. (AUS64, $14.95)

True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang


by Peter Carey

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

Carey's powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia, won him a second Booker (the first was for Oscar & Lucinda). Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset. (AUS119, $15.95)

Voyage of the Beagle

Voyage of the Beagle


by Charles Darwin

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America. (GPS02, $12.95)

 

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