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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Worth Looking For
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia's Tropical Paradise
• Alison Cates
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES
• COMING IN
A handsomely illustrated overview of the nature and attractions of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. Divided geographically, it includes chapters on the Far North, Cairns, Townsville, Central and South regions.
(AUS71, $49.95) |
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Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station
• Herbert Guthrie-Smith
• William Cronon
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 464 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
• COMING IN
First published in 1921, this loving acount of the ecology of New Zealand focuses on Guthrie-Smith's 40,000-sheep shearing station on the shores of Lake Tutira. He covers the geologic setting, ecology and and impact of sheep on the region. With line drawings, maps and a few period photographs. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic, this edition of the classic environmental history is championed by historian William Cronon.
(NZL26, $24.95) |
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Janet Frame, An Autobiography: To the Island, An Angel at My Table, The Envoy from Mirror City
• Janet Frame
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1991 •
PAPER
• 435 PAGES
• COMING IN
The three-volume memoir of one of New Zealand's most original writers. From her impoverished upbringing to her misdiagnosis with mental illness to her transformation into a distinguished novelist/poet, Frame's is a story of courage and creativity. Told in haunting, evocative prose.
(NZL25, $19.95) |
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Indigenous Australian Voices: A Reader
• Jennifer Sabbioni
ANTHOLOGY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 330 PAGES
• COMING IN
This anthology brings together diverse stories, poems, novel excerpts and artwork by 36 contemporary Aborigine writers and artists.
(AUS45, $25.00) |
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
• 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. This more compact seventh edition features 16 new or revised color plates, new maps and condensed information.
(AUS06, $39.50) |
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