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Australian books on a variety of subjects ranging from gardening and nature to cricket and bushfire safety to Austalian Bush and Wild Food books and field guides. New, used, out of print and collectable. Several kids' books including books about bilbies at Easter, historical fiction books, saving the planet and a guide to Free Stuff for Aussie kids.

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book Crime Coulthart Duncan Running softcover Ross

DEAD MAN RUNNING An insider's story on one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs ... The Bandidos by ROSS COULTHART and DUNCAN McNAB See other Biographies click here New softcover book 405 pages. Published 2009 They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running.' The Australian Federal police have identified motorcycle gangs as the greatest organised crime threat in Australia - more potentially harmful to the community than any terrorist cell. This book tells the bloody story of the criminal involvement of the feared Bandidos gang - and how one man broke their code and turned informant. 'We are the people our parents warned us about' is the motto of the Bandidos one of the wo more.....
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BUSH TUCKER FIELD GUIDE by LES HIDDINS To see other Bush Food books click here Pocket-sized new softcover book 184 pages. Published 2006. Discover the secrets of Australia's bush tucker. Les Hiddins the 'Bush Tucker Man' introduces more than 170 bush foods and medicines from bush banana to barramundi and golf plum to green ant. This pocket-sized Bush Tucker Field Guide is packed with fascinating information and is a must-have for everyone interested in unearthing Australia's remarkable wealth of bush tucker. Features: One entry per page including colour photo Uses including traditional and medicinal Other names Dangers and poisonous notes in red Wikipedia has an excellent article on bush tuc extra info.....
Irene

GROW YOUR OWN BUSHFOODS by KEITH AND IRENE SMITH To see other Bushfood books click here Softcover book in excellent condition apart from minor creasing at lower front corner. 140 pages published 1999. Think Italy - think pasta. Think India - think curry. Think Australia - now think bushfoods! Grow Your Own Bushfoods is the first-ever comprehensive and practical guide to growing and harvesting more than 140 kinds of Australian bushfoods right in your own back yard. Detailed plant profiles describe ideal growing conditions and characteristics of each species. In addition there are suggestions on the best ways to prepare and eat your bushfoods. A bushfood directory is also included which lists more.....
KALINDA The epic sequel to Adam's Empire by EVAN GREEN See other rare and out of print books click here Used trade-sized softcover book published 1991. Book measures 23 x 15 cms. 984 pages Book is in very good condition - not ex-library clean tight binding no loose torn or missing pages. Previous owner's name whited-out on FFEP no other writing or marks small minor creases at cover corners. In this epic sequel to Adam's Empire Evan Green returns us to Kalinda a vast desert sheep station in Australia's outback - the empire founded by Adam Ross. Adam is living openly on Kalinda with his voluptuous half-caste lover Nellie. But the visit of his old friend Josef Hoffman son of a Barossa wine-grow more here.....
hardcover Bush Herbal Jennifer Food

BUSH FOOD Aboriginal Food and Herbal Medicine by JENNIFER ISAACS To see other Bush Food books click here Large used hardcover book with dustjacket 256 pages superb full-colour photography. Minor creasing on dustjacket mainly at edges no writing marks torn loose or missing pages. For perhaps fifty thousand years the Aboriginal people have lived and lived well in Australia. They have developed a unique knowledge of native plants and a deep understanding of the value of many animal products. Bush Food is an exploration these traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. It indicates how food is caught or gathered hunted or picked how it is prepared and cooked an more details.....
softcover Winton Tim Australian Classic Modern book new

CLOUDSTREET by TIM WINTON See other Fiction and Modern Classics at The Bookshelf of Oz click here New softcover book 434 pages. Published 2007 Two rural families - the Pickles and the Lambs - flee to the city after separate catastrophes. They find themselves sharing a great breathing shuddering joint called Cloudstreet where they begin their lives again from scratch - and for twenty years they roister and rankle laugh and curse until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts. Cloudstreet chronicles the lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street over a period of twenty years 1943 - 1963. Precipitated by separate personal traged extra info.....
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FREE STUFF FOR KIDS 2009 by Rachel Williams See other Australian books at The Bookshelf of Oz click here New softcover book 144 pages published September 2008. More than 200 free (or almost free) ideas and activities to enjoy across Australia in 2009. The perfect book to have on hand when the kids are looking for something fun and worthwhile to do on weekends during school holidays or when school projects come around. Includes a 2009 Activities Planner outlining the best free activities in a month-by-month easy-to-read calendar. Includes a list of things to send for by mail. Kids love getting letters and stickers and brochures and posters and kits. This all new edition of Free Stuff for Kids more here.....
softcover Water book New Garden publication Earth Book

The EARTH GARDEN WATER BOOK an EARTH GARDEN PUBLICATION To see books on Permaculture and Sustainability click here New softcover book 128 pages published 2008 Learn how to slash your annual water will while helping the environment. The Earth Garden Water Book book is a proven help to city and country people who want to reduce water consumption recycle their household water and maintain a flourishing garden. Read about how to: Store and purify rainwater Reuse greywater from the bathroon Capture roof run-off in urban areas Choose or build a composting toilet or mini sewage treatment system Store city rainwater in recycled plastic fence panels The Earth Garden Water Book is the perfect resource more here.....
SavePlanetAussie book Helen new Guide Kid's softcover

SAVE THE PLANET - THE AUSSIE KID'S GUIDE by HELEN CHAPMAN See other books about the environment and sustainability click here New softcover book 96 pages published 2008. Our planet needs your help! But you don’t have to be a superhero to do your bit for the environment – all you need is this handy little guide! Jam-packed with important facts hilarious jokes and funny illustrations this book also features loads of awesome superhero challenges for you to complete. So no matter where you are in the great brown land of ours now you can do your bit to keep things green… and save the planet! Gardening Recycling Reusing Water Saving Energy Saving Pollution Green shopping and coo find out more.....
Riveren now book out My print Country Home Underwood

RIVEREN My Home Our Country by TERRY UNDERWOOD with foreword by Darryl Somers See other rare and out of print books click here Used hardcover ex-library book published 2000. Book measures 28 x 25 cms. 80 pages including many full-colour and B W photos taken by the author. Book is in very good condition - dustjacket covered in clear protective plastic the usual library stickers and stamps on back cover and end-pages of book. In the Middle of Nowhere Terry Underwood's unforgettable story of life on a remote cattle station in the heart of the Northern Territory became an overnight bestseller. Now in Riveren: My Home Our Country Terry captures the essence and colour of life on her beloved Outbac more details.....
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FROM THE GROUND UP A complete garden guide for South Australian Gardeners by SOPHIE THOMPSON For more Organic Gardening and Permaculture books click here Large hardcover book with dustjacket and lots of full-colour photos throughout 256 pages. Published 2008 Five years in the making From The Ground Up complete and comprehensive gardening guide specifically developed for all South Australian gardeners - from novices to experts. It is a collaborative effort utilising the recommendations of many South Australian plant experts combined with Sophie’s vast plant knowledge and experience. The book has a strong emphasis on plants and techniques which have a proven success rate here in our stat click here.....
McNaughton book Australian Malcolm hardcover Finches Parrots New

AUSTRALIAN PARROTS and FINCHES by MALCOLM McNAUGHTON Superb brand large new hardcover book 208 pages. Beautiful watercolour paintings and pencil drawings. Parrots and finches with their spectacularly colourful plumage are among the best loved and most admired birds both in the wild and in aviaries. Malcolm McNaughton's book lavishly illustrated with full-page lifelike watercolour paintings by the author will provide accurate information and reading pleasure for bird enthusiasts everywhere. The book contains extensive information and illustrations of fifty species of parrots and eighteen species of finches. Includes scientific names main identification features of males and females and distri more information.....
Waterwise book Edition

WATERWISE GARDENING Third Edition by KEVIN WALSH See other Gardening books click here New softcover book published 2007 3rd Ed. 176 pages. Waterwise Gardening sets out the Six Vital Principles by which we can have a beautiful garden and save water too. It describes over 200 drought-tolerant trees shrubs groundcovers perennials and bulbs and discusses their features and requirements. Full of information on waterwise design the power of mulch the pros and cons of various watering systems and products this third edition is a complete revision of Kevin Walsh's pioneering and best-selling book Water-saving Gardening. This new edition is rich with colour and includes easy-to-follow text and diagra more details.....
Cooking Jack

OUTBACK COOKING IN THE CAMP OVEN by JACK REG ABSALOM To see a selection of Australian Bush Food books and guides click here New softcover book 110 pages photography by Jocelyn Burt. There is an old bushman's joke about how to cook a cockatoo. Catch your cockatoo boil it with two stones and when the stones are soft your bird is ready. Jack and Reg Absalom two seasoned bush cooks explore with some wit the possibilities to create intriguing and often appetising dishes with the unusual ingredients found in the outback - goat kangaroo quandongs (wild peaches) are a few of the resources transformed into dishes eaten with great gusto in the bush. This book offers many delightful and amusing cooking extra info.....
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JACK ABSALOM'S OUTBACK by JOHN MABEY Jack and Reg Asbalom's Outback Cooking in the Camp Oven is also available click here Used hardcover book with dustjacket both in very good condition 112 pages. Published 1981. Name inside front cover no other writing marked torn loose or missing pages. Includes many colour photographs throughout the book. Jack Absalom has spent a lot of his life living and working in the remote outback of central Australia. He can enthuse almost anyone with his wonderful stories of the outback and also appal his audience with factual accounts of heartbreak and tragedy the same country can influct on even the most experienced traveller. In the early 1980s the ABC's Rural D more.....
book softcover Your Brick Russell Jeavons New Oven

YOUR BRICK OVEN Building it and Baking in it by RUSSELL JEAVONS To see other Cookbooks click here New softcover book 84 pages published 2009 Your Brick Oven is a step-by-step guide that takes you through the stages of building an oven from choosing the site to firing up for your first bake. Russell Jeavons owns and operates an eccentric pizza restaurant in Willunga on the Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia a region famous for its almonds olive oil and McLaren Vale wine. Known simply as ‘Russell’s’ the restaurant – which opens only on Friday nights – has gained a cult following due to the combination of fresh wholesome food served in a simple and informal style a more information.....
Seven Australian My Story books new

MY AUSTRALIAN STORY Diary Collection Seven books in the series by various well-known Australian authors See other children's fiction at The Bookshelf of Oz click here New hardcover books. Please note that some of the titles are different to what's shown in the photo - read below for the actual titles in this set. My Australian Story is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Australia which was inspired by the Dear America series. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in Australian history. Distinguished authors lend their voices to these extensively researched novels written in more information.....
Nigel New House Haynes Manual Eco Griffiths

ECO HOUSE MANUAL Eco-Renovation - Insulation - Heating - Water Use - Micro-Generation by NIGEL GRIFFITHS To see books on Permaculture and Sustainability click here New hardcover book 168 pages published 2007 How to carry out environmentally friendly improvements to your home. Whether you're planning a major renovation project or simply carrying out basic maintenance on a property this manual will help you to select the most eco-friendly materials for the job. By providing the basic information on energy consumption and water use it will put you in a position to assess how well your property is currently performing and to decide which alterations will really make a difference. All common hous more here.....
Australia ThroughYear RHS Gardening Spence book Ian softcover new

RHS GARDENING THROUGH THE YEAR IN AUSTRALIA by IAN SPENCE See other gardening books at The Bookshelf of Oz click here Large new softcover book 384 pages published 2010 by DK Books in association with The Royal Horticultural Society RHS Successful gardening depends on timing - knowing what to do and when to do it. Get ahead in your garden with this authoritative and easy-to-use gardener's companion to the horticultural year. Features more than 1300 seasonal tasks for every part of your garden including at-a-glance checklists of monthly jobs plus invaluable 'Get Ahead' and 'Last Chance' features to make the best use of your time. Inspirational DIY projects for every month - from creating a sma extra info.....
Magic

MAGIC BALLERINA 12 magical ballet adventures Books 7 - 18 in the series by DARCEY BUSSELL See other early readers and chapter books for children click here New set of 12 softcover books in slipcase. All 6 books in Series 2 - Rosa and all 6 books in Series 3 - Holly. Each book has 96 pages. Rosa's Adventures Return to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating second series of Magic Ballerina 7. Rosa and the Secret Princess 8. Rosa and the Golden Bird 9. Rosa and the Magic Moonstone 10. Rosa and the Special Prize 11. Rosa and the Magic Dream 12. Rosa and the Three Wishes Holly's Adventures Return to the magical world of Enchantia in the exciting third series of Magic Ballerina 13. Holl extra info.....

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