Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts

Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts PDF Author: Ben Pobjie
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1925972348
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Ned Kelly's tin helmet looms large over Australia's bushranging past, but what about all the unsung outlaws of the Australian bush? What about Black Caesar, who escaped his tyrannous British overlords four times and indeed invented the great Australian tradition of bushranging? Or Mad Dog Morgan who set out to write his name in blood on history's ledger, the dynamic Captain Thunderbolt and his loyal wife Mary Ann Bugg, bushranging's greatest queen, and Matthew Brady, the gentleman bushranger, who showed us all the cilivised side of armed robbery? In Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts Ben Pobjie celebrates the derring-do and revolutionary passion of all the wild colonial boys and girls who raided our towns and stole our hearts, all while wearing sensible headgear.

Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts

Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts PDF Author: Ben Pobjie
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1925972348
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Book Description
Ned Kelly's tin helmet looms large over Australia's bushranging past, but what about all the unsung outlaws of the Australian bush? What about Black Caesar, who escaped his tyrannous British overlords four times and indeed invented the great Australian tradition of bushranging? Or Mad Dog Morgan who set out to write his name in blood on history's ledger, the dynamic Captain Thunderbolt and his loyal wife Mary Ann Bugg, bushranging's greatest queen, and Matthew Brady, the gentleman bushranger, who showed us all the cilivised side of armed robbery? In Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts Ben Pobjie celebrates the derring-do and revolutionary passion of all the wild colonial boys and girls who raided our towns and stole our hearts, all while wearing sensible headgear.

Second Best

Second Best PDF Author: Ben Pobjie
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1922419273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the poor souls lurking in the shadows of history, the ones who were just as remarkable but perhaps didn’t stick their chests out as they crossed the line? In Second Best, Australia’s foremost historian and comedian Ben Pobjie celebrates the nobility and altogether more fascinating stories of the silver-medal getters. What drove them on their incredible feats, why did they just miss out, and how did they cope with the oblivion of finishing second? From the Second Fleet, the second man on the moon and Australia’s second prime minister whose name we consistently forget, Second Best shines a light on those plucky men and women who, through no fault of their own – or at least only a little bit of fault of their own – didn’t quite get there before everyone else, but did get there before almost everyone else.

100 Weirdest Tales from Across Australia

100 Weirdest Tales from Across Australia PDF Author: Ben Pobjie
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1922930849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Tales of the strange, unnerving and downright bizarre from one of the weirdest places on Earth Fish falling out of the sky, joggers relieving themselves on your doorstep, mysterious monsters constantly springing from the shadows, spooky lights and ill-conceived toast spreads: these are just some of the things you can expect on any given day in our surreal southern land. In 100 Weirdest Tales from Across Australia, comedy writer and accredited weirdness expert Ben Pobjie delves deep into Australia's past and present to serve up the weirdest stories of all, which will leave you smacking your gob with one hand while scratching your head with the other.

The Boy's Own Annual

The Boy's Own Annual PDF Author:
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Category : Adventure stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830

Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830 PDF Author: Daniel Cook
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192525352
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 785

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The pride o' a' our Scottish plain; Thou gi'es us joy to hear thy strain, (Janet Little, 'An Epistle to Mr Robert Burns') The 18th century saw Scotland become one of the leading international centres of literature, philosophy, and publishing and yet still retain its lively oral tradition of ballads and poetry. Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830 edited by Daniel Cook contains over 200 poems and songs written in Scots, English, and Gaelic which reflect this vibrant period of literary flourishing. The collection places Burns, Scott, and other major writers alongside lesser known or even entirely forgotten figures. Gaelic poets feature in their original language and in translation, along with many important long poems in their entirety. Lairds and ladies jostle with labouring-class writers, satirists with sentimentalists, Gaelic bards with Gothic balladists, rural singers with urbanite odists, and together they reveal the unrivalled range of Scottish poetry. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Poems. By a Bird at Bromsgrove [i.e. John Crane], etc

Poems. By a Bird at Bromsgrove [i.e. John Crane], etc PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Poems ... By a Bird at Bromsgrove [i.e. John Crane] ... The fifth edition, etc

Poems ... By a Bird at Bromsgrove [i.e. John Crane] ... The fifth edition, etc PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Littell's Living Age

Littell's Living Age PDF Author:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 848

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The Living Age

The Living Age PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 840

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Thorn In The Heart

Thorn In The Heart PDF Author: Chinh Nguyen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359625185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Mrs. Salle Hayden MA, NLP. Author, Editor v? publish. ----------- Thank you so much for sharing this book with me. Your feeling is quite clear. I know that there are many ""kids"" in the Vietnamese community who do not really know their parents' and grandparents' suffering. This book is an introduction to understanding the human tragedy that Vietnam had been for so long. I'm not sure that it has changed so much under the Communists, but we can't see into that window, can we? I appreciate your skill and fervor. Salle Hayden