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Stranger Country
Monica Tan is an ABC, (Australian Born Chinese) woman who grew up in a comfortable and loving family in a Sydney suburb. When she left […]
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Crystals and healing have been known about and have been an accepted feature of ancient and modern civilisations going as far back as the ancient […]
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Teatimes: A World Tour
Helen Saberi takes us on a world tour with a delightful difference in Tea Times, as she invites us into the genteel pastime associated with […]
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Headstrong Daughters
It seems the purpose of this book is to demystify and explain some of the customs and cultural differences that we are unaware of in […]
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Happiness certainly can be a red teapot, as hundreds of thousands, indeed possibly billions and billions of people will agree. Tea and its container the […]
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Gang Culture: Violent acts, drugs, drive by shootings, home invasions and rape! Brett Stevens has seen it all as part of his roles in the […]
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The author is not a foodie, but came up with the idea of how food had changed over a period of time. Even in our […]
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The Pacific Room
The Pacific Room is an interesting and clever novel. The author slowly unravels the tale, and involves the reader in the lives of the main […]
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In this collection of 19 essays we are introduced to another, perhaps more intimate, and definitely factual look at the basis of what has become […]
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We Come Apart
These two authors have combined to produce an amazingly powerful work of young adult fiction. The dual perspectives, given by two narrators, give authenticity to […]
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Black British
Congratulations must go to the author on her first novel. It is a wonderful read. It tells the story of her family life set in […]
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The story Mary Tennant has chosen to tell is a personal memoir of her life which will resonate with so many people. In 1974, as […]