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1001) Blue Fire Lady
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
�2004
Language
English
Description
From the moment that she watches the birth of a chestnut foal, Jenny begins a life-long obsession for horses. Forsaking farm and parents for the racetrack stables, Jenny pursues her ambitions and love. Under Jenny's supervision and care, Blue Fire Lady finally accepts the routine of track work and a strong bond of affection and trust develops.
1002) Code of honor
Author
Series
Australian destiny volume 1
Language
English
Description
Escaping a bleak future in Ireland, Samantha emigrates to Queensland, Australia. There, her master is embroiled in legal tangles and economic woes. Samantha finds herself drawn to him, but callousness and unethical dealings have sullied the man, or is he just a victim of his past and present circumstances?
1003) Bush Christmas
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two children are heading home to Australia for Christmas. On their journey they encounter a group of thieves and they accidentally give them the information they need to steal their father's horses. The children then try to save the horses.
1004) Jungle drums
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tired of being teased, Ngiri, the smallest warthog in Africa, uses a set of magic drums to make wishes, but he is not careful enough and makes the rift between the Warthogs and the beautiful Other Beasts even worse.
1005) The dry
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it may have something to do with the town's more recent tragedies....
1007) Bandicoots
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs present bandicoots, their physical features, where they live, and what they do.
1009) Conspiracy 365 : June
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 6
Language
English
Description
With seconds to spare, Cal escapes from the burning wreck of the Orca. Helicopters search from the sky while Oriana's thugs chase on foot. There's no time to think about his dead great-uncle-- Cal must dodge the cops and crim's and return to his pursuit of the Ormond Jewel.
1010) The thorn birds
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The epic story of a priest torn between God and human passion and a beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have, spanning five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge, and set against the vast horizons of Australia's Outback.
1011) Mad Max : Fury road
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly...
1012) Taste of victory
Author
Series
Australian destiny volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
�1989
Language
English
Description
Cole Sloan's sugar plantation ends in disaster, but his career is only beginning. He and Samantha start a new business in the wool industry. The turbulent relationship heads toward a disastrous conclusion.
Publisher
Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When rebellious sixteen-year-old Grace takes off on her own, her exasperated parents enlist the help of a close-to-retirement detective, and begin the long drive from Perth to the West Australian Wheatbelt to try to find her. Looking for Grace is about how we make sense of the mess of our lives and what it all means. It is a wry drama about lies, secrets, small and large griefs and, of course, love.
1015) Power of Pinjarra
Author
Series
Australian destiny volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
�1989
Language
English
Description
The opal-rich area of Southwestern Queensland forms the backdrop for the unlikely freindship between aristocrat Marty Frobel and the daughter of the local preacher, Pearl Fowkes. Together, they face the difficulties and hardships of the rough-and-tumble Australian continent.
1016) Wolf on the fold
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When his father dies, fourteen-year-old Kenny has to leave school and find work. Includes flashbacks to previous generations of Kenny's family.
1017) Lizzie nonsense
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Her mother calls it nonsense when Lizzie pretends that their house is pretty or that a bath is the sea, but it turns out that imagination runs in the family.
1018) The bamboo flute
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
In a rural Australian community in 1932, twelve-year-old Paul has his predictable life brightened when a drifter helps him make a flute and teaches him how to play it.