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  • Mine

    by Adam Ouston ...
    ‘If he were to move there was the chance he might fall, perhaps this time to his death, there was no way to know, and for a long time his fear of the unknown kept him locked in place and counting; come, come, come, was it beckoning him over the precipice?’While searching for inspiration for what will be his final work, an unnamed poet and defender of Tasmania’s wild places finds himself trapped ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Waypoints

    by Adam Ouston ...
    In 1910, the famed escapologist Harry Houdini made an ill-fated attempt to become the first person to fly an aircraft over Australian soil-yet while Houdini is remembered today for his failure, the true record-holder has been forgotten.Now this quirk of history becomes fodder for the obsessions of one Bernard Cripp, the world-weary scion of an ailing family circus, as he tries to unearth every ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

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  • Skyfaring

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  • Sightlines

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  • Houses in Africa

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  • Outpost

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