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By Mary Raymond. 1985
Louise always took second place to her older, prettier sister, Claire. When they fall in love with the same man,…
it was Claire who married him. But when Claire was hurt in an accident, she persuades Louise to become their housekeeper.By Margaret Diesendorf. 1981
This collection of poems bridges space and time with insight, laughter, conscience and love. The poems are divided into two…
sections; the first inspired by painting and sculpture and the second inspired by the social situation of man.By Dennison Berwick. 1986
Speaking little Hindi and no Bengali, the author set out to journey alone and on foot from the mouth of…
the Ganges to its source in the Himalayas. The journey took him over six months and was undertaken for the charity 'Save the children fund'.By Barbara Hambly. 1988
Someone is murdering the vampires of London, while they sleep in their daytime coffins. James Asher is employed to trap…
the killer and save the vampires. He knows he has no choice, for when darkness falls there is nowhere he can hide from them ...By Margaret Rome. 1982
The one place Tarini had always dreamed of visiting was the tiny principality of Liechtenstein - and now her dream…
had come true. She was offered a job that meant she could stay on - but there were conditions, all of them imposed by Count Von Triesen.By Adrian House. 1993
George and Joy Adamson's great safari in Africa was an adventure through glorious landscapes inhabited by exotic tribes and teeming…
with game, which ended for each of them in a violent death. This biography is a detective story which uncovers the reality behind the myth of a modern Eden, and a couple remembered for the legend of their lioness Elsa, told in the book "Born Free", and for the contribution they made to wildlife conservation.By Carl Harrison-Ford. 1985
On 15 may 1932 Bertram and Klausmann took off aboard the Atlantis for Australia. However, they failed to arrive at…
Port Darwin. The two pilots disappeared into the hell of the north Australian bush. This is the amazing story of their fight for survival.By Brian Castro. 1983
The story of Seamus O'Young, an Australian-born Chinese who is on a collision course with his past. Shan is an…
ancestor of Seamus, one of many Chinese who came to Australia in the 1850s only to be driven from the goldfields by depravity, racism and greed. It is through the eyes of Shan that Seamus comes to understand the fight he is making for his own life and sanity in a society yet to come to terms with its own unease about difference and diversity.By Judy Harrison. 1985
A light-hearted look at the funny side of life in a shearing gang. For Judy, life with the gangs soon…
became second nature and she developed an intimate knowledge of their ways, sharing long hours on the board and the warmth of a shed full of sheep.By David Wiltse. 1985
As a member of an elitist special forces unit, an army sergeant is caught up in a freak accident that…
leaves him wildly crazed. After five years in a top-security mental institution, he escapes and heads for New York city which he believes he must destroy.By Amanda Browning. 1993
Maxi was the black sheep of the family, and her return was not welcomed. Kerr Deveraux believes Maxi intends to…
steal her sister's fiancée - again. When Fliss begins to believe the same, Maxi agrees to Kerr's suggestion that they appear to be lovers.By Ann Victoria Roberts. 1990
In 19th-century York the past is ever present, binding cousins Louisa and Edward with the stigma of their illegitimacy. Then…
a dashing dragoon, who is everything that Edward can never be, steals Louisa's heart, and she must face the hostility of his world.By Antony Lambton. 1985
Elizabeth and Alexandra, daughters of the Grand Duke of Hesse, were Queen Victoria's favourite grand-daughters. Historians doubt the official versions…
of their deaths. Here, the author tells their story, concluding with an intriguing variant on the mystery.By Roger Ormerod. 1983
A detective inspector, about to retire, discovers an unrecognizable dead body during a search for a missing husband. The inspector…
becomes torn between his desire to end his working days quietly, and his developing liaison with the lost man's wife.By James Ellroy. 1994
1950's Los Angeles: The city of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely…
violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness.By Dean Fuller. 1992
Chief Inspector Grismolet is called on to investigate the death in a park of an old American company director. Grismolet…
and his colleagues sift the evidence, trace a network of histories and relationships that leads back to the first World War. Contains some coarse language and violence.By James Spada. 1993
Bette Davis was one of Hollywood's greatest stars and perhaps its finest actress. She lived a life that rivalled the…
plot of any movie she ever made - a life steeped in triumphs and tragedies, sex and scandals, betrayal and heartache, violence and mystery. This biography reveals the brash, uncompromising woman, the tortured artist and the frightened child behind the superstar.By Bruce Beaver. 1966
A small party of railway labourers are assigned a week's work and are stationed at a large New South Wales…
country town. Their daily lives and their experiences after working hours are laconically described by a member of the group.By Jimmy Breslin. 1992
The author portrays the personal and professional lifestyles of Damon Runyon, the witty, cynical protégé of newspaper tycoon William Randolph…
Hurst. Runyon's tales and sketches of Broadway sports and underworld figures epitomized the roaring twenties and gave rise to the term "Runyonesque." Contains some coarse language.By Meg Hudson. 1987
Sharon Williams needed time to think, and the place to do it was on a train-heading for Miami and a…
well earned vacation. But instead of being alone to straighten out her life, a computer mix up had her sharing quarters with a handsome stranger.