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Author's spirited account of the exploits of a group of land army women during WWII in Britain.

In 1905, Emma Hart is sixteen, single and pregnant. By 1968, she is one of the richest women in the world, ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to America and Australia.

Story goes back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forge a sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamour in a vast silk factory from dawn til dusk.

Louise and Ben Hunter have a happy, loving marriage, marred only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. But, when Ben's father, Ronnie dies, their whole world changes.

Presents a selection of Ted Egan's hilarious, very true tales. This is classic, down-to-earth humour.

Emmet Keogh, a young Irish gunman, is saved from the noose only to face death a dozen or so more times at the hand of the most dangerous man in Mexico.

Crew of the 'Sea Witch' board a steamer bearing down on them to find a solitary man aboard. A series of events follow, culminating in a struggle for survival.

Humorous Australian short stories.

Author has a personal connection to the WA wreck of the Alkimos, as the stories he recounts make clear.

The author and his wife live on their farm in Provence, southern France.

Aboriginal land rights in Australia.

The true life exploits of a zoo veterinarian called all over the world to attend his exotic animal patients.

Devastated by a love affair that had gone wrong, Sophie was determined to avoid any more heartache. Then one day the brilliant brain surgeon Rijk van Taak appeared in her life.

I wish to marry for the wrong reasons. I am not in love with you. Titus Taverner was a busy and successful medical man who lacked a wife.

A collection of stories from Mormon church history.