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These 5 items are available for $77, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAUS84)

Eyewitness Guide Sydney  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  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)
The Fatal Shore  •  Robert Hughes HISTORY •  1988 •  PAPER  • 752 PAGES • FAVORITE A celebrated social history, both scholarly and entertaining. Hughes traces the fate of those who were transported to the penal colonies of Australia between 1787 and 1868 in this engaging popular account, drawn from the experiences of the colonists themselves. A precursor to the gulags and prison camps of the 20th century, the British penal colonies in Australia are an oft-forgotten experiment in 19th century social reform and colonization. While the colonies were concentrated mainly in small coastal sections of New South Wales and Tasmania, the book helps elucidate how this first chapter in their history was the most vital factor in defining the early Australian character. (AUS04, $19.95)
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)
30 Days in Sydney, A Wildly Distorted Account  •  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)
Sydney Map  •  Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A laminated map of the center of Sydney at a scale of 1:12,000. (AUS104, $8.95)

New South Wales Map  •  Universal Press    •  A detailed map on New South Wales, imported from Australia. (AUS59, $8.95)
Australia, An Ecotraveler's Guide  •  Hannah Robinson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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. (AUS128, $23.95)
Fodor's Sydney's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide and map. (AUS166, $11.95)
Footprint East Coast Australia  •  Darroch Donald   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A detailed, practical guide to Queensland and the Australia's east coast from Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and Cairns. (AUS174, $23.95)
Lonely Planet Sydney  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical travel guide with excellent maps and color photography. (AUS68, $19.99)
Lonely Planet Sydney & New South Wales  •  Lonely Planet Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical, comprehensive guide to the Australian province of New South Wales, including Sydney, the Blue Mountains and over 60 national parks. It has a focus on adventure and outdoor activities.s. (AUS145, $23.99)
National Geographic Traveler Sydney  •  Evan McHugh   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A traveler's guide to the history, nature, culture, and attractions of Sydney, thoroughly illustrated in dependable National Geographic style. (AUS133, $22.95)
A Commonwealth of Thieves, The Improbable Birth of Australia  •  Thomas Keneally   • HISTORY • NEW  •  Keneally illuminates the birth of New South Wales with drama and flair, richly evoking the social conditions in London, long sea voyage and the conditions in Australia. (AUS177, $15.95)
A Traveller's History of Australia  •  John H. Chambers   • HISTORY  •  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)
Australia, A New History of the Great Southern Land  •  Frank Welsh   • HISTORY  •  In this authoritative, balanced history Frank Welsh focuses on the political development of Australia from the European discovery of the continent through the period of colonization. (AUS165, $37.50)
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia  •  David Day   • HISTORY • COMING IN  •  Written for a popular audience, this is an outstanding revisionist history of the country. Day tackles Australia's racial divisions, and the recent embrace of Aboriginal culture by white Australians. (AUS18, $17.95)
Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific  •  Richard Nile  •  Christian Clerk   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This handsome volume weaves together history, geography, archaeology, and the arts, covering the Australasian region from prehistory up to the founding of the modern nations. Features hundreds of illustrations. (AUS09, $50.00)
The Songlines  •  Bruce Chatwin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE  •  Chatwin transforms a journey through the outback into an exhilarating, semi-fictional meditation on our place in the world. (AUS01, $16.00)
Aboriginal Art  •  Wally Caruana   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This well illustrated survey focuses on the spiritual and geographic sources of art and ritual traditions in Australia. With 187 well produced black-and-white and color illustrations. (AUS14, $14.95)
In a Sunburned Country  •  Bill Bryson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  The intrepid, ever-resourceful Bryson revels in Australia's eccentric characters, dangerous flora and fauna, and other oddities in this wildly funny, effortlessly informative travelogue. (AUS83, $14.95)
The Road from Coorain  •  Jill Ker Conway   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An absorbing account of a young rural girl's coming of age in post-war Sydney. Conway paints a vivid picture of isolation and beauty -- and of the challenges of a bright, ambitious woman growing up Australian. (AUS03, $12.95)
Australia, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Robert Ross   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Arranged geographically, this collection of mostly local writers, including Patrick White, Peter Carey and other luminaries, introduces the cultures, geography and mindset of Australia. (AUS38, $13.95)
The Nutmeg of Consolation  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  This 14th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin Series finds Captain Aubrey and his crew shipwrecked and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay, the notorious first European settlement in Australia. (AUS17, $13.95)
True History of the Kelly Gang  •  Peter Carey   • LITERATURE  •  A powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia. Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset. (AUS119, $14.95)
Australia: The East, Travellers' Wildlife Guides  •  Les Beletsky   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Featuring 650 full-color illustrations of common fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds of Australia and an overview of parks and preserves including the Great Barrier Reef. (AUS167, $29.95)
Australian Wildlife  •  Raymond Leung  •  James Kavanaugh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This illustrated fold-out guide features almost 150 species of Australian animals. Laminated and pocket-sized. (AUS111, $5.95)
Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia  •  Peter Menkhorst  •  Frank Knight   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive guide to 376 species (kangaroos, bandicoots, koalas, wombats, and more), featuring 376 full color illustrations. (AUS117, $50.00)