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THE FLOWER SEEKER
Judy Cuppaidge was an intrepid explorer, acclaimed painter, a noted gardener, and a marvellous and witty storyteller. Her search for the perfect flower—before it became forever lost to deforestation, encroaching roads, houses and people—took her across the Pacific to remote islands, the Americas, Fiji, New Zealand, through bustling cities as well as mainland rainforests, via abandoned airfields and back to her own backyard in Australia....
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HEROIC, FORCEFUL AND FEARLESS
The history of tugboats and their crews is written large through the stories of the characters, of cheeky 'kisses' on a Queen's hull, of convenient collusions but also rivalry so intense there was more than a touch of skulduggery afoot....
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HISTORY OF BNP PARIBAS
In 1881, it was boldness and daring by the management of the Comptoird’ Escompte de Paris that led to the decision to open two branches: one in Melbourne and one in Sydney. It was a move motivated the bank’s wish to become a bigger player in financing the importation of Australian wool to France....
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LIFE IS A ZOO
Introduced by Bradley Trevor Greive*
Life is a Zoo takes you up close and very personal to get to know the animals the way their keepers do - as individuals with distinct personalities, behaviours, family backgrounds, quirks and funny antics.... -
THE LURE OF RUSSIA
Schoolteacher Gail Ford visited Russia 18 times in 20 years, so her unique travels provide snapshots of Russian life during the pivotal times of a crumbling Soviet Union and momentous change.
When Gail first took a group of students to Russia in 1989, disaster struck before they had even set foot on the Trans Siberian Railway. But they journeyed on through Siberia and Uzbekistan en route to Moscow and Leningrad and along the way were wooed with cakes and flowers by ardent young soldiers, shared a train carriage for far too long with a nappy-less baby, and were booked into a hotel–brothel by officials in Samarkand. ... -
THE MUMS’ GUIDE TO MELBOURNE FOR KIDS
Melbourne child-friendly venues reviewed by mums on what to do and where to go with kids.
Renny Koerner-Brown, her team of mums and their dedicated children have strolled, sung, swum, skated, snacked, biked, bowled, patted and partied their way through over 300 venues in and around Melbourne with an insider’s view on venues that may sound fabulous in advertisements but once you drive hours to get there and pay the exorbitant admission fees, are they really worth it?...
