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Aussie Yarns

Author : John McAulay
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462849636
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Aussie Yarns written by John McAulay and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aussie Yarns: some serious, some funny, and some philosophical. Most are about down-to-earth country folk. Some, like ‘Rusty’ and ‘A Farmer’s Wife’ have a lesson in them. Others are even a bit romantic, for example, ‘Blind Love’ and ‘Best Friends’. In a number of cases, the story is inspired by a poem already written, and in other cases, one is written specially, but in any case, all are accompanied by a poem or two and an explanation as to how it all came about. Primarily these yarns were written with an Australian readership in mind, most of whom would understand and appreciate the slang words and phrases used, particularly by unsophisticated bushies. However, I imagine some of the terms may leave non-Australians a bit perplexed. Stick with it, and by the time you’ve read Witness for the Defence you will have probably worked out what a “sheila’ is, along with all the other words and expressions that are uniquely Australian country in origin. Enjoy the adventures of the 110 characters who play some role in these yarns.

Pull the Other One: Ripsnorting Aussie yarns

Author : R.M. Winn
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742534287
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Pull the Other One: Ripsnorting Aussie yarns written by R.M. Winn and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHOCK-A-BLOCK FULL OF CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN YARNS, JOKES AND NONSENSE Ryle Winn is the master of the cock and bull tale, and this is a collection of the funniest yarns he's ever heard. There's something for everyone – life-of-the-party jokes, rib-tickling pub stories and fair dinkum yarns, which are worth the wait for the punch line. All of them remind us that we're a motley mob who view the world from down under. This book is full of the short irreverent storytelling you hear too little of these days – it's a little gem that shines with quintessential Aussie humour.

Painful Yarns

Author : G. Lorimer Moseley
Publisher : Painful Yarns.
ISBN 13 : 0980358809
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Painful Yarns written by G. Lorimer Moseley and published by Painful Yarns.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much anticipated collection of stories, written by Oxford University Fellow and Pain Scientist, Dr GL Moseley, provides an entertaining and informative way to understand modern pain biology. Described by critics as 'a gem' and by clinicians as 'entertaining and educative', Painful Yarns is a unique book. The stories, some of his travels in outback Australia, some of experiences growing up, are great yarns. At the end of each story, there is a section "so what has this got to do with pain?" in which Lorimer uses the story as a metaphor for some aspect of pain biology. The level of the pain education is appropriate for patients and health professionals. The entertainment is good for everyone. You don't have to be interested in pain to get something from this book and a laugh or two!

The Best Australian Yarns

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743316836
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book The Best Australian Yarns written by Jim Haynes and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collection of factual and fanciful Aussie stories, humor and anecdotes—the result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates and other colorful characters from all parts of Australia and all walks of life. This collection includes tall stories from the bush, reminiscences from the racetrack and shearing shed, railway yarns, stories from the world of show business, Aboriginal legends and humor, digger yarns from both world wars, ghost stories, monsters, bunyips, and yowies... and many things you never knew about our amazing history and the characters who made it—the pioneers, heroes, convicts, bushrangers, eccentrics, and brave and forgotten men and women whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit that we all love. While the stories range from poignant to hilarious, many simply describe unusual coincidences, strange occurrences, or simple everyday humorous events with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia where looking for a good laugh was a key component of a cheekier national character and a simpler lifestyle.

Australia's Funniest Yarns

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760872911
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Australia's Funniest Yarns written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever the circumstances, Australians have always found something to laugh about, laugh at or laugh off. Graham Seal has been gathering traditional stories from country towns and the outback for decades, and here he compiles the very funniest stories he has encountered. 'Graham Seal writes ripper, fair dinkum, true-blue Aussie yarns.' - The Weekly Times Australians traditionally like their humour irreverent, crude and with very sharp teeth. Perhaps you've heard of the vicious drop bears that fall on unsuspecting tourists as they walk through the bush? Or the hoop snakes that put their tails in their mouths as they roll down the hill towards you? Or how about the Citizenship Test for Aspiring Australians which begins with this question about an essential life skill: 'How many slabs can you fit in the back of a Falcon ute while also allowing room for your cattle dog?' The bush is the source of traditional Aussie humour. Pioneering, settlement and battling fire, flood and drought have produced yarns of tough cocky farmers, shearers, bush workers, swaggies and dreadful cooks. Much of this humour relates to the resilience and fortitude necessary to endure the realities of rural life. Australians took this sensibility with them to war and to work in the cities, and the tradition continues today. Whatever the circumstances, Australians have always found something to laugh about, laugh at or laugh off. 'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller.' - Warren Fahey AM

Great Australian Beer Yarns

Author : Peter Lalor
Publisher : Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780733333279
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Beer Yarns written by Peter Lalor and published by Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beer barrel full of yarns, laughs and beer-related facts, this is the perfect book to flip through while you're enjoying a cold one! Why is one of our prime ministers in the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS? How many beers did Rodney Marsh really drink? How did beer save the life of a bloke bitten by a bloody great big brown snake? the answers to these and many other burning beer-related questions can be found in the pages of the great Aussie volume, GREAt AUStRALIAN BEER YARNS. With this collection of funny, frank and fascinating beer stories, Peter Lalor has managed to create every beer lover's dream - the perfect book to flip through while you're enjoying a cold one!

Great Australian Outback Yarns

Author : Bill Marsh
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460714393
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Outback Yarns written by Bill Marsh and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the funniest yarns and most colourful characters from the bestselling 'Great Australian Stories' series from beloved storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh. When he'd finished playing, a solemn silence fell as Brian and the gravediggers stared down into that three-quarter-filled hole. 'I must apologise,' Brian said to the two men, 'this's the first time I've played at a pauper's funeral, and I'm a bit emotional.' 'Well,' said one of the diggers, sniffling back the tears, 'it's the first time we've ever had a piper play at one of our septic tank installations.' The Australian Outback can be harsh, but it's the kind of place where you either learn to laugh off your troubles or fold under the pressure. Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has a deep affection and respect for people living in the Australian Bush, and he's spent more than twenty years travelling to every corner of our wide brown land, talking to people from all walks of life, collecting their memories and stories. Great Australian Outback Yarns captures the funniest tales from Swampy's many books in one volume. The colourful characters in these pages are full of generosity, humour and a larrikin Aussie spirit. These true stories of life in remote and regional Australia from Australia's master storyteller will leave you grinning from ear to ear. Bill 'Swampy' Marsh is an award-winning writer and performer of stories, songs and plays. He spent most of his youth in rural south-western NSW and now lives in Adelaide. This is his twenty-fifth book.

The Bill Wannan Book of Australian Yarns

Author : Bill Wannan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780701800277
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Bill Wannan Book of Australian Yarns written by Bill Wannan and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inventing Anzac

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 9780702234477
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Inventing Anzac written by Graham Seal and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

The Big Book of Great Australian Bush Yarns

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761060856
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Great Australian Bush Yarns written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of Graham Seal's bestselling collections of stories from around Australia, now in one volume. 'Aussies know how to spin a good yarn, and Graham Seal knows how to tell them.' - Weekly Times Graham Seal is one of Australia's master storytellers. This bumper collection of yarns from the bush gathers some of our best stories since colonial times, retold in Graham's warm style. It takes a certain character to make a living in the Australian bush. In the most difficult situations, laughter often comes to the rescue. Here are pioneers and battlers, convicts and settler's children, and a land that tests them with fire, flood and drought, in stories resonant with Australia's distinctive wry humour. Originally published as two bestselling collections: Great Australian Stories and Larrikins, Bush Tales and Other Great Australian Stories. 'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller.' - Warren Fahey AM

One More Friend

Author : Bill Condon
Publisher : Omnibus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781742991184
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book One More Friend written by Bill Condon and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting at a new school is scary. It's lucky then that Jack knows how to make people laugh. But not everyone finds him funny, so he has to think of another way...

Great Australian Places

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761185810
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Places written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's master storyteller takes us all around the country, uncovering tales of unsolved crimes, early exploration and military exploits, fascinating natural phenomena and iconic destinations. Wherever you go in Australia, you'll stumble across traces of ancient settlement, remnants of exploration, yarns from the roaring days of gold and bushranging, unexplained events and a never-ending cast of eccentric characters. Graham Seal takes us on a storytelling tour, from iconic destinations to tiny settlements, remote landmarks and little-known corners of this vast continent. He discovers the true stories behind the immortal Aussie songs about the pub with no beer and the land where the crow flies backwards. He visits sites precious to First Nations people and others precious to recent arrivals; he uncovers hair-raising stories in dangerous places; and he tracks down the elusive Everywhere Man. He also investigates mysterious natural phenomena and unsolved crimes, and takes us to locations of gruesome crimes and secret installations. Whether you're planning a road trip or indulging in an evening of armchair travel, Graham Seal's Great Australian Places will surprise, amuse and entertain you. 'Graham Seal finds and writes ripper, fair-dinkum, true blue Aussie yarns' - The Weekly Times

Australian Folklore

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Australian Mysteries

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761063421
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Great Australian Mysteries written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's master storyteller Graham Seal brings to life the enigmas and puzzles behind famous unsolved crimes, long-held secrets, buried loot and strange phenomena from the bush and the city. Australia has always been a land of mysteries. Some are ancient, some are historical, and many continue to perplex us today - and will probably continue to do so tomorrow. More often than most of us would like to think, things simply vanish, and people disappear without explanation, leaving a trail of heartbreak across generations. Australia also has its fair share of buried loot and fabulous riches gone missing - somewhere. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered mysteries from around Australia. There are riddles of lost explorers, unexplained phenomena, and yarns of fish, frogs or pebbles falling from the sky. There are unsolved crimes and long-held secrets; hidden tunnels and wartime enigmas; and hair-raising tales from the bush and from the city. 'Graham Seal brings to life stories of missing treasures, shipwrecks, First Nation legends, mysterious happenings and the occasional murder... I had often wondered what happened to Cook's vessel the Endeavour, Ned Kelly's skull and The Pyjama Girl's murderer. Graham's book answers most of these queries but, as with any good mystery, raises further questions and makes you think.' - Rob Willis OAM, National Library of Australia Oral History and Folklore Collections

The Early Reader in Children’s Literature and Culture

Author : Jennifer Miskec
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317394771
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Early Reader in Children’s Literature and Culture written by Jennifer Miskec and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume to consider the popular literary category of Early Readers – books written and designed for children who are just beginning to read independently. It argues that Early Readers deserve more scholarly attention and careful thought because they are, for many younger readers, their first opportunity to engage with a work of literature on their own, to feel a sense of mastery over a text, and to experience pleasure from the act of reading independently. Using interdisciplinary approaches that draw upon and synthesize research being done in education, child psychology, sociology, cultural studies, and children’s literature, the volume visits Early Readers from a variety of angles: as teaching tools; as cultural artifacts that shape cultural and individual subjectivity; as mass produced products sold to a niche market of parents, educators, and young children; and as aesthetic objects, works of literature and art with specific conventions. Examining the reasons such books are so popular with young readers, as well as the reasons that some adults challenge and censor them, the volume considers the ways Early Readers contribute to the construction of younger children as readers, thinkers, consumers, and as gendered, raced, classed subjects. It also addresses children’s texts that have been translated and sold around the globe, examining them as part of an increasingly transnational children’s media culture that may add to or supplant regional, ethnic, and national children’s literatures and cultures. While this collection focuses mostly on books written in English and often aimed at children living in the US, it is important to acknowledge that these Early Readers are a major US cultural export, influencing the reading habits and development of children across the globe.

Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else

Author : Eamon Evans
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733635598
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else written by Eamon Evans and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names. From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going - now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book. Australia's vast spaces and irreverent, larrikin history have given us some of the best place names in the world. Ranging from the less than positive (Linger and Die Hill, NSW), to the indelicate (Scented Knob, WA), the idiotic (Eggs and Bacon Bay, TAS) to the inappropriate and the just plain fascinating, MOUNT BUGGERY TO NOWHERE ELSE is a toponymical journey through this nation of weird and wonderful places. 'A hilarious and unusual tour of Australia and its history.' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Australia's Greatest Stories

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761189808
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Australia's Greatest Stories written by Graham Seal and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tall tales and colourful characters, from ancient times to today; these are the stories that reveal what makes us distinctively Australian. Some of the world's oldest stories are told beneath Australian skies. Master storyteller Graham Seal takes us on a journey through time, from ancient narratives recounted across generations to the symbols and myths that resonate with Australians today. He uncovers tales of ancient floods and volcanic eruptions, and shows us Australia's own silk road. He locates the real Crocodile Dundee and explores the truth behind the legend of the Pilliga Princess. He retells old favourites such as the great flood at Gundagai, the boundary rider's wife and the Australian who invented the first military tank, and presents little known figures like mailman Jimmy, who carried the post barefoot across the Nullarbor Plain, architect Edith Emery and Paddy the Poet, as well as the unusual sporting techniques of the Gumboot Tortoise. These yarns of ratbags, rebels, heroes and villains, unsettling legends and clever creations reveal that it's the small, human stories that, together, make up the greater story of Australia and its people. 'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' - Warren Fahey