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7 y separately published work icon Vortex Jon Cleary , London : Collins , 1977 Z807293 1977 single work novel
15 1 y separately published work icon The Navigator Morris West , London : Collins , 1976 Z529900 1976 single work novel

'Son of a Norwegian master-mariner and grandson of Kaloni, the last of the great Polynesian navigators, Gunnar Thorkild is a man consumed by a dream. Convinced that the Polynesians' legendary Island of the Dead is real, he risks his career, his life—and those of his fellow adventurers—to find it.

'Shipwrecked on the very island they seek, the castaways are forced to leave behind everything they know and rely upon. To survive in this lush tropical paradise, they must make new laws of power and property, of sex and marriage.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
5 y separately published work icon Ransom Jon Cleary , London : Collins , 1973 Z807245 1973 single work novel crime detective
16 16 y separately published work icon Summer of the Red Wolf Morris West , London : Heinemann , 1971 Z529597 1971 single work novel

'A famous writer travels to the remote, windswept islands of Scotland's Outer Hebrides looking for peace of mind and a chance to dispel his inner demons.

'On the way, a car accident throws him together with the raven-haired doctor Kathleen McNeil. He also falls in with the Red Wolf, a man who lives by the old codes—some of them violent. As a love triangle develops, the refined, civilised writer finds himself pitted against the rough-hewn man of nature.

'Summer of the Red Wolf is an epic story for a modern age; a fast-paced narrative in a rugged landscape, driven by the timeless themes of love and jealousy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
8 y separately published work icon Fiona Catherine Gaskin , London : Collins , 1970 Z1050419 1970 single work novel
4 12 y separately published work icon The Half-Burnt Tree Dymphna Cusack , London : Heinemann , 1969 Z41725 1969 single work novel
1 17 y separately published work icon Distant Land Judah Waten , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1964 Z52668 1964 single work novel

This novel of present day migrant life centres on Joshua Kuperschmidt who arrives with his wife Shoshanah, from Poland, in 1925. He has given up his family and his traditional European ties to escape war and persecution, in the hope of a better life.

It is the moving story of a Jewish couple who have adapted themselves to a strange new environment in a distant land - a country where even the small Jewish community differs markedly from that they have known. Material success is the reward for Shoshanah's unrelenting ambition; but Joshua is never sure whether his own ambitions in this new society are ever fulfilled. (Publisher's blurb).
1 y separately published work icon Boy on a Chain Richard Parker , London : Peter Davies , 1964 Z1372030 1964 single work novel young adult
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.
1 y separately published work icon The Deadline Paul Brickhill , London Sydney : Collins , 1962 Z140210 1962 single work novel crime An Australian overseas in Paris gets caught up in the OAS (Organisation Armée Secrète) and French attempts to prevent Algerian secession from colonialist rule.
5 3 y separately published work icon I, the Aboriginal Douglas Lockwood , Adelaide : Rigby , 1962 Z1350618 1962 single work biography
2 5 y separately published work icon Mad as Rabbits Elizabeth Lane , (Manuscript version)x401474 Z1210280 1962 single work novel humour A 'humorous story of a girl growing up in a large family on a farm in the Victorian Wimmera'.
4 2 y separately published work icon The Mystery of Swordfish Reef Arthur W. Upfield , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1939 Z101751 1939 single work novel crime mystery detective 'An intriguing case for Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte begins on a calm October day in an Australian seaside town. Three men set out to sea for a day's fishing...and do not return. Despite intensive searches, no trace of the men or their boat is found until, weeks later, a passing trawler hauls in a gruesome catch - the head of one of the missing fishermen. It is quite clear that its owner was murdered with a pistol bullet. But by whom and why is for Bony to find out.' - (back cover, 1983 Arkon Paperback).
1 y separately published work icon On Top of the World Lesley Rowlands , Sydney : Ure Smith , 1961 Z1392229 1961 single work autobiography travel humour
1 y separately published work icon Craig's Spur E. S. Madden , London : Heinemann , 1961 Z1265594 1961 single work novel
2 y separately published work icon Shipmaster Gwyn Griffin , London : Collins , 1961 Z976059 1961 single work novel adventure
1 y separately published work icon Softly Tread the Brave : A Triumph Over Terror, Devilry, and Death by Mine Disposal Officers John Stuart Mould,G.C.,G.M., and Hugh Randal Syme, G.C., G.M. and Bar Ivan Southall , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1960 Z561248 1960 single work biography war literature
14 12 y separately published work icon Daughter of Silence Morris West , 1961 London : Heinemann , 1961 Z528871 1961 single work novel crime

'At high noon on a hot summers day, a beautiful young woman shoots the mayor dead.

'So begins a story of passion and betrayal in a Quiet Tuscan village, leading to a sensational trial. The defence team, headed by the brilliant but unhappy Carlo Rienzi, uncovers a sinister conspiracy of silence that threatens to split the community.

'Can Carlo persuade the judge to grant clemency in what appears to be an open-and-shut case? Can the law intervene in the brutal tradition of vendetta?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
2 9 y separately published work icon Cattleman R. S. Porteous , Sydney London : Australasian Publishing Co. Harrap , 1960 Z211165 1960 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Fair Dinkum Douglas Lockwood , London : Cassell , 1960 Z1369378 1960 selected work prose Anecdotes concerning the people and history of the Northern Territory.
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