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Readers may be aware that Thomas Bulford died recently (though not as recently as before), and that I had what I then regarded as the onerous honour of editing his lexicographical work. Following this, his son presented the Publisher with a box of scribblings that he said were his 'distinguished' father's. My impression was that they were, indeed, Thomas Bulford's (the senior). Firstly, they bore a striking resemblance to the 'essays' that ...

A grandfather reminisces about his conversations with a wise man (from the Punjab), about his grand wish as a boy to play cricket against Australia. Many, if not most, of the remembered conversations contained material that was puzzling to him, and not much less so as a relatively old man. However, the wish became reality, and led to a lifetime relationship with the land Down Under.

CHILDREN 9-12 Possum and Python is a story from the rain forest, of birth and love and companionship - of a most unusual (but splendid) kind. You can also find out more about Ian's books at http://iansbestchildrensbooks.googlepages.com and http://www.thegreathallofdreams.com

ADULTS The Alone Man is a simple story full of understated insights that will have deep emotional resonance with readers all over the world. It tells of a pioneering man's life, and his love for his land, his wife, his children. You can find out more about Ian's books at http://lulu.com/spotlight/ianburns

An extraordinary book, giving seminal insights into such diverse matters as Amazons and aardvarks, and the mythical or legendary Eve (of Eden), Helen (of Troy), and Joan (of Arc ). Of great importance is the clever Table of Contents - located conveniently for Americans near the beginning of the book - setting out the subjects of the book's twenty-seven categories, together with the page numbers that each of these categories begins on. As an ...

Have you ever wondered why clocks have hours, and minutes, and seconds...but not firsts? You will not find the answer to this question in this book, but Scratcher will tell you what happens if your dog goes wild in a butcher's shop, or if an eel gets up your trouser leg when you're standing in the middle of the creek in the rain, or if you fall in love with your teacher. And he'll tell you about the McPhees, and his friends, and about the...

Can you carry two contradictory thoughts in your mind at the same time and still tie your shoelaces? What about three, four, five, six...?Where a lot of people get into desperate trouble. In Australia, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Netherlands.From almost commonplace personal histories to the almost unbelievable present. Stretching over eighty years or so. A Dutch woman blows up her husband and then becomes best friends with an Australia...

It's only four years after the end of WW2, when there were no great cricket matches. But now things are getting back to normal: the Australians have thrashed the Poms in England, India has played its first Test series in Australia, and 'the Don' has retired. In a small Bangalore village young Ranganathan Rao is musing about life in general and cricket in particular. The weather's been hot and dry for ever - everyone's eyes are skywards, lookin...

La dieta chetogenica è apparsa sulla scena della Salute e del Benessere come un potente strumento per la trasformazione personale. Storie di diabete, malattie autoimmuni, morbo di Alzheimer, ed anche il cancro vanno sparendo, non sono più comuni.La dieta chetogenica venne progettata per trattare una serie di malattie. Tuttavia, ha anche degli effetti sorprendenti per quanto riguarda la perdita di peso. Questa incredibile dieta ha una ricchezza...

…before then, all birds were white. They didn't mind. They were happy, though sometimes there were little problems-when it snowed, you can imagine, for instance. Life could generally go on, however, with few serious collisions, as only some places had snow.But change was coming. Change in its common guise, unnoticed. Stealthily.Until parrot…And thirty-eight other stories…Australia, England, France, Ireland, Holland, India, Africa, America…in t...

An anthology of stories, written between 1984 and 2017.Where do they come from?They must come from somewhere, and these certainly do.From outback Australia, from England, from France, Malaya, Singapore, Thailand...From the past...drama and farce, fantasy and stark reality, the deeply personal and the absolutely frivolous. Childhood escapades....and more...

Four women murderers?Can you carry two contradictory thoughts in your mind at the same time and still tie your shoelaces? What about three, four, five, six...? What would you do for $20 million? $60 million? Does doing something good justify doing something bad?Was the vastly experienced and decorated detective really responsible?Can you work it out? Is there a plot or is it a plot? Is it possible to work it out?When everything comes together ...

An extraordinary book, giving seminal insights into such diverse matters as Amazons and aardvarks, and the mythical or legendary Eve (of Eden), Helen (of Troy), and Joan (of Arc ).Of great importance is the clever Table of Contents - located conveniently for Americans near the beginning of the book - setting out the subjects of the book's twenty-seven categories, together with the page numbers that each of these categories begins on.As an addi...

Lissie Pendle is about trouble. But not trouble with a capital T. It's trouble which just...well, it just happens. Usually with the help of her little brother, or Scratcher and his friends, or just....things. Lissie is busy, pre-occupied, if you like, coping with events and trying to sort out and put in their proper place (ie beside and slightly in awe of her) the various eligible boys of the town. In these endeavours she succeeds quite glorio...

A murder mystery where the murders are not the mystery. Four murderers in three of six countries. One, two, three women - four? They don't know each other. Why did they do it? What are their stories? How does a detective recently allocated to his last case get mixed up in it all? And are there coded clues in the text? Ranging from wartime Holland to central Australia and the Burma-Thai Railway, this story takes you on an eighty-year journey le...

A fantasy adventure set in Melbourne, the main characters being two young girls. They experience something amazing, puzzling, and life-threatening, and meet the world's largest dog - well, they more than meet him! A terrible decision has to be taken by one of the girls.

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Leading interior designer, Sally Hampstead and prestige furniture manufacturer, Max Scarponi meet at an interstate furniture exposition. Instant attraction leads to the dapper Max being inveigled by Sally, a glamorous divorcée four years his senior, into a hitherto unimaginable tryst. Max finds Sally utterly irresistible. He leaves his young family and moves with her into a luxurious harbourside apartment from where they indulge their hedonist...

Quong was a creature of the olden olden days, even before grandmother. He was a short fellow, or, at least, thatÕs what they said, with long, thin legs and an even longer, thinner tail. His face was fat and wrinkly, and big bushy eyebrows kept out the sun and flies. At least thatÕs what I think he looked like, though noÐone has actually seen him that IÕd believe. Which, of course, was the trouble. Some people say that there are no such things ...