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2 y separately published work icon Mask of Paradise Jennifer Bacia , Chippendale : Macmillan , 1993 Z295264 1993 single work novel Brilliant, beautiful, driven. Eve wanted it all. Never in her wildest nightmares could she have dreamed what it would cost her. Paris, Warsaw, Sydney, Surfers Paradise, backdrops to a tale that links the terrifying legacies of love and blood. (Source: Trove)
2 y separately published work icon Whisper from the Gods Jennifer Bacia , Chippendale : Macmillan , 1992 Z255009 1992 single work novel crime

'When Elizabeth Eden, screen goddess and sex symbol, is found dead at 33, the official verdict is suicide. Just a few weeks later President Tom Madigan is assassinated. His son's succession seems assured until the announcement that a block-buster movie is to be made about Elizabeth Eden.' (Publication summary)
2 2 y separately published work icon Angel of Honour Jennifer Bacia , Chippendale : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1991 Z545328 1991 single work novel 'Her mother was a legendary screen goddess who gave up her career to follow the man she loved. Her father was president of a country at the mercy of powerful forces determined to overthrow him. But Noella de Bartez, still guilty over a long-ago sin, no longer feels she has a rightful place in the family dynasty. Wild and wilful, she rejects the land of her birth for the temptations of Paris and London. There, her uncanny likeness to her late mother opens doors to high society, but also entraps her in a decadence capable of destroying all her father has worked for.
'Then a single shattering event changes everything and Noella must find the courage to become a woman who will honor the family name and do her duty to her country in its darkest hours.' (Publication summary)
2 4 y separately published work icon Adam's Empire Evan Green , Sydney : Pan , 1986 Z341385 1986 single work novel

'Nine-year old Adam is orphaned when his father is buried during an Australian desert sandstorm. A childhood of roaming the outback with his father's drilling partner instills in him a fierce determination to have a place of his own. In this fast-paced, gripping saga, the reader follows the hard-working Adam and his mates, Jimmy, the practical Aboriginal, and Josef, the impetuous young German immigrant, from the opal mines to the desert. They feint with death in mine disasters, at the hands of Mailey, the revenge-seeking law officer, and in the ravages of flash floods.' (Source: Goodreads website)
6 10 y separately published work icon Evil Angels John Bryson , Ringwood : Viking , 1985 Z809307 1985 single work non-fiction (taught in 1 units)

Non-fiction account of the prosecution of Michael and Lindy Chamberlain for the alleged murder of their daughter Azaria at Uluru in 1980.
6 4 y separately published work icon Shadows of Power Jennifer Bacia , Sydney : Pan , 1988 Z372817 1988 single work novel A tale of one woman's driving ambition and all-consuming passion. Sexually abused by her father and raised by her Irish landlady (later discovered to be the owner of Sydney's most notorious brothel), Lenore Hamlyn is determined to escape her sordid past. Defiant and determined, she emerges from her working-class background to become the charismatic and calculating Anthea James - Australia's most powerful and highly-paid media personality. Driven by her dream of achieving freedom for all women, Anthea James has her sights set on gaining the ultimate in political power. But out of Anthea's past emerges the only man she has ever loved, who now has the power to destroy her. (Source: Trove)
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