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1 y separately published work icon Manhunt : USA vs. militia Ian Slater , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1999 Z1454930 1999 single work novel thriller
1 y separately published work icon WW III : Warshot Ian Slater , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1997 Z1454944 1997 single work novel thriller

'General Cheng has studied the American strategy in the Iraqi war from top to bottom, back to front, and now he is massing his divisions on the Manchurian border. To the west, Siberia's Marshal Yesov is readying his army. Their aim: To drive the American-led U.N. force back to the sea.

'The counterstrike: Unleash the brilliantly unorthodox American General Douglas Freeman. If this eagle can't whip the bear and the dragon, no one can....' (Publication summary)

2 7 y separately published work icon Murder on the Ballarat Train Kerry Greenwood , Ringwood : McPhee Gribble , 1991 Z194640 1991 single work novel crime mystery 'When the 1920s' most glamorous detective, the Honourable Phryne Fisher, arranges to go to Ballarat for the week, she eschews the excitement of her red Hispano-Suiza racing car for the sedate journey by train. But as the passengers sleep they are poisoned by chloroform gas. Phryne is left to piece together the clues'. (Source: back cover, 1992 edition)
1 y separately published work icon WW III : Asian Front Ian Slater , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1993 Z1454939 1993 single work novel thriller

'At Manzhouli, near the border of China, Siberia, and Mongolia, the Chinese launch their charge into the woods. There is the roar of fire–and from the other side, the eruption of the SAS/D's Heckler & Koch 9mm parabellums firing at over eight hundred rounds a minute, the crash of grenades, and the terrible whistling of flechettes. Suddenly the sky is aglow with phospherous flares like shooting stars, as the ChiComs' four 120-pound Soviet-type Aphid missiles streak toward the B-52 at 2,800 meters per second. It's all-out war....' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon WW III : Arctic Front Ian Slater , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1992 Z1454967 1992 single work novel thriller

'The American tanks smashed through the snow blockades in the terrible minus-seventy-degree Arctic battle. But they were outnumbered by troops of the Siberian Republic by five to one. In this, the worst winter in twenty years, blizzards wreaked havoc with U.S. air cover, and the smart money was on the Siberians. Their forebears had destroyed the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad. Now they would do the same to the Americans–unless the colorful and highly unorthodox U.S. General Feeman could devise a spectacular breakout....' (Publication summary)

13 35 y separately published work icon So Much to Tell You John Marsden , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1987 Z386831 1987 single work novel young adult 'Fourteen year old Marina does not speak, and has not done so for some time. As the story starts, we do not know the reasons why, or for how long. Only that on her release from hospital she was sent to Warrington Boarding School. Soon after term begins, her English teacher gives her class the task of keeping a journal. It is through Marina's entries in this journal, that we learn some of her history. During a fight between her parents, she was accidentally scarred by some acid thrown by her father but intended for her mother. It was this event that brought on her mutism and withdrawal into herself. Gradually, Marina starts to open up, both in her journal entries and in her interactions with others, slowly, slowly, slowly recovering from her traumas, and cultivating the beginnings of new friendships.' (Source: Bookshelf)
4 6 y separately published work icon The Sundowners Jon Cleary , London : Werner Laurie , 1952 Z128334 1952 single work novel Chronicles a year in the life of a nomadic Australian family as they work their way across the continent earning money to buy a farm. Focuses on the father's refusal to accept adult responsibilities and the son's longing for a true father-son relationship.
2 6 y separately published work icon Edens Lost Sumner Locke Elliott , New York (City) : Harper and Row , 1969 Z256015 1969 single work novel

Located in the Blue Mountains in the late 1930s, this compelling story has as its centre a wealthy upper middle class family, the St. James. The focus is on Eve, the mother, and the two daughters, Stevie and Bea, and a young man who becomes a frequent visitor to the St. James' household; taken in by Eve after the death of his guardian, Angus Weekes cannot resist becoming involved in the ultimately tragic patterns of their lives. The story is told from the viewpoints of Angus (part one), Bea (part two) and Eve (part three).

1 y separately published work icon 12 Great Classics of Science Fiction Groff Cronklin (editor), New York (City) : Gold Medal Books , 1963 Z1829109 1963 anthology short story science fiction This anthology of classic science fiction stories comprises: 'Due Process' (Algis Budrys), 'Earthmen Bearing Gifts' (Fredric Brown), 'Things' (Zenna Henderson), 'The Top' (George Sumner Albee), 'My Object All Sublime' (Poul Anderson), 'Human Man's Burden' (Robert Sheckley), 'On The Fourth Planet' (J. F. Bone), 'The Ballad of Lost C'mell' (Cordwainer Smith), 'Thirty Days Had September' (Robert F. Young), 'The Cage' (Bertram Chandler), 'Star-Crossed Lover' (William W. Stuart) and 'Immortality...For Some' (J. T. McIntosh).
8 y separately published work icon The File on Devlin Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1965 Z1049083 1965 single work novel When a Nobel Prize-winning author vanishes while travelling near the Russian border his daughter finds herself entrusted with the unfinished book he was working on before his trip. She subsequently become embroiled in a power struggle over the material with her estranged stepmother. Suspiciously befriended by a journalist in the midst of the crisis, the daughter ultimately learns that no one is to be trusted - as her father's work is of interest to the intelligence departments of several countries.
8 20 y separately published work icon Careful, He Might Hear You Sumner Locke Elliott , London : Gollancz , 1963 Z256618 1963 single work novel (taught in 2 units)
— Appears in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books : Volume One, 1964, Winter Selections 1963;

'It’s the Great Depression. Six-year-old PS is an orphan. He lives in Sydney with his Aunt Lila. But all that is about to change. Now his Aunt Vanessa has decided to take proper care of him.

'Careful, He Might Hear You is one of the most extraordinary portraits of childhood in Australian fiction.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)

4 3 y separately published work icon Back of Sunset Jon Cleary , London : Collins , 1959 Z128028 1959 single work novel

'It is about Dr Stephen McCabe, Sydney doctor who takes a working holiday with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia. When the doctor who runs the practice is injured, McCabe must step up in his absence as he deals with a variety of crises.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_of_Sunset)

1 y separately published work icon The Reward Michael Barrett , London : Longmans, Green , 1955 Z1643714 1955 single work novel crime adventure
1 y separately published work icon The Sea Waifs (International) assertion John Vail , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1952 Z1323402 1952 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Bride of the Sword (International) assertion Homer Hatten , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1952 Z1323394 1952 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon City of Women (International) assertion Nancy Morgan , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1952 Z1314469 1952 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Sheltering Night (International) assertion Steve Fisher , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1952 Z1310404 1952 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Sharp Edge (International) assertion Richard Himmel , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1952 Z1296789 1952 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Golden Women (International) assertion Eric Hatch , New York (City) : Fawcett Publications , 1952 Z1296782 1952 single work novel
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