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Commander William Bligh's official and private journals and his manuscript relating to the mutiny on HMS Bounty, made famous by Hollywood, are comprehensively examined and compared in this original study. Numerous surprising and important differences in these accounts are revealed, particularly those relating to food and drink and Bligh's relationships with his officers and men. The comparison of these works is preceded by a thorough historica...

This closely woven Chinese, Irish and Australian story begins in Canton during the Opium Wars and expands in the Australian Gold Rush of the 19th century. The Chinese miners are entwined in adversity with the rural Irish poor and notorious Kelly Gang.

If you know nothing about James Joyce but would like to this is the book for you. If you know a little about James Joyce and would like to know more but not too much, this is the book for you. And if you are a die-hard Joycean who has spent your life puzzling over his work but know nothing about his life, this is also the book for you.

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Two-up, a famous Australian soldiers' gambling game, has given Australian English over 140 words and phrases. It was and remains significant in Australia's cultural history. This book is the essential guide to the language and history of the "national game".

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The pieces in this seminal collection represent almost four decades of writing by historian and activist Jackie Huggins. These essays, speeches, and interviews combine both the public and the personal in a bold trajectory tracing one Murri woman's journey towards self-discovery and human understanding. As a widely respected cultural educator and analyst, Huggins offers an Aboriginal view of the history, values, and struggles of Indigenous peop...

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Safer Gardens has information about the flammability of over 500 plants based on scientific research. Most 'fire retardant' plant lists aren't based on research and include plants that research indicates are flammable. The book advises people how to design safer gardens in an increasingly flammable world.

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Helps the reader understand the very wide mental health effects of this pandemic, and thus to understand how distress may be better managed today and in the future.