This is an adventure story written in verse which is intended to be fun and educational and to teach children the importance of working together and embracing differences.

The true story of an unlikely romance in the Australian outback. At forty-nine, Deb Hunt stopped dating men. It was just too painful. The men she loved didn't love her back. When she found herself stalking her last boyfriend, who'd become engaged to another woman, Deb knew it was time to make changes. From her home in the UK, she applied for a job in Australia - a PR assistant with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She packed up her London home, said goodbye to everything that was familiar, and headed down under. There she encountered a land she never imagined and met a man unlike any other - a Royal Flying Doctor Service legend. He was a deeply practical, reasonable, steady, conservative person - in other words, the polar opposite of Deb. He wanted a relationship. She wanted to flee. This is the story of what happens when you finally ditch your life-long dreams of romance, only to discover that reality is not such a bad place after all.

What is it about the Australian outback? For nearly two centuries, narratives of outback journeys have been suffused with the aura of death. Why? It is not just that the desert is big, dry, hot and apparently empty. The outback is Australia’s “mythological crucible,” and journeys there have become rites of passage. It is where settler Australians go to die and perhaps be reborn. This book explores the landscape of this evolving national mythology. It argues that a more conscious engagement with the process of symbolic death and rebirth is needed for Australians to enter into a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationship to the land and its Indigenous people.

Escape to the glorious Australian Outback and the Montana countryside with the help of legendary Australian romance authors Amy Andrews, Marion Lennox, Kelly Hunter, and Alissa Callen in these four stellar romances! Some Girls Do by Amy Andrews Though fashion student Lacey Weston is desperate to leave the city and go home to Jumbuck Springs, her older brothers are adamant she finishes school first. But Lacey is deeply homesick and impulsive enough to try anything—even faking a pregnancy. Her brother’s best friend, Cooper Grainger, has been watching out for Lacey but he’s tired of cleaning up her messes. They return home, but before Coop knows it, he’s putting his hand up as Lacey’s fake baby daddy. Christmas at Waratah Bay by Marion Lennox Sarah’s committed to her stellar modelling career in New York, but Harold, who served as a Grandpa to her when she needed him most, wants one last Christmas in his beloved Waratah Bay Homestead. The only problem is, Harold no longer owns it. Farming tycoon Max Ramsey does, and he doesn’t like company, Christmas, and most of all, Sarah. When the two clash, enough sparks ensue to light a Christmas tree. Maggie’s Run by Kelly Hunter Orphaned as a child, Maggie Walker never called Wirra Station home. But when her great aunt dies, Maggie inherits everything and reluctantly returns to tidy the place up before selling. Ambitious cowboy-next-door Max O’Connor wants to buy Wirra Station and return it to its former glory. But first, he challenges Maggie to live at Wirra Station for three months—with him as farm manager. If she still doesn’t love the place, he’ll gladly pay up and she can move on. Three months. Two hearts. One Summer. His Outback Cowgirl by Alissa Callen Australian cowgirl Bridie Willis travels to Montana to escape the pain of losing her father. She plans to spend the summer alone photographing wild animals but instead finds herself saddled with a stubborn cowboy as a back-country guide. Ethan Morgan is tasked with ensuring the beautiful, risk-taking cowgirl doesn’t ditch him or come to any harm. But the biggest challenge Ethan must face is to accept how Bridie makes him feel. And the biggest risk Bridie must take is to trust in her heart.

With novels like Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman, award-winning writer Kaye Gibbons has gained both critical acclaim and a large, devoted following among readers. This literary companion equips the reader with information about characters, plots, dates, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from the bestselling author's works. After an annotated chronology of Gibbons' life, the work presents 103 A-Z entries that include Snodgrass's analysis, cover the writings of reviewers and critics, and provide selected bibliographies. Appendices offer an historical timeline with references to corresponding historical events from Gibbons' novels, along with a list of 42 topics for group or individual research projects.

In 1894 the SS Arcadia sets sail from Liverpool, carrying Eva and Frederick Hamilton--a young married couple determined to make a new start in an exciting new frontier: Australia. But as the ship nears its destination, it goes down in an unexpected storm. Years later, Olivia Hamilton makes the same journey, hoping to learn more about her mysterious origins. As Olivia draws closer to discovering the truth about her past, she realizes that, like Eva Hamilton all those years ago, this could be a journey with unexpected consequences.