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    A Fence Around the Cuckoo: Text Classics

    Ruth Park

    The first volume of autobiography by celebrated writer Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South, and winner of the Miles Franklin Award, the Age Book of the Year…

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    The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins

    Ruth Park

    Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and rundown boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not…

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    The Harp in the South Trilogy

    Ruth Park

    The gritty realism of family life lived in the poverty-stricken slum of inner Sydney’s Surry Hills during the 1940s. Also includes Missus and Poor Man’s Orange.

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    The Muddleheaded Wombat

    Ruth Park

    This paperback edition brings together four stories: The Muddleheaded Wombat; The Muddleheaded Wombat at School; The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday; The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops. A delight to rediscover…

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    Missus

    Ruth Park

    Tracing the saga of the Darcy family over thirty years. The story has its beginnings in the awkward courtship of dreamily innocent Margaret Kilker and unwilling hero Hugh Darcy in…

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    The Harp in the South

    Ruth Park

    The Harp in the South is the debut novel by New Zealand-born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1948, it depicts the life of a Catholic Irish Australian family living…

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    Poor Man’s Orange

    Ruth Park

    Poor Man's Orange is a novel by New Zealand born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1949, the book is the sequel to The Harp in the South and continues…

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    Starlet and the Snow Star

    Ruth Parkes

    Starlet the Star is back!

    This time she meets a star called Snowfall and his silent friend, Flaky.

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    Playing Beatie Bow: Popular Penguins

    Ruth Park

    The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an…

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    Swords And Crowns And Rings

    Ruth Park

    Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a…

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    Playing Beatie Bow

    Ruth Park

    A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago…

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    Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics

    Ruth Park

    Following on from A Fence Around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one of Australia’s best storytellers, Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South…

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    Ruth

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    About the Book As a Jewish queen, Esther seems like she had every reason to be a biblical heroine. But Ruth is different. Ruth is the only Gentile woman whose…

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    When the Wind Changed

    Ruth Park

    A fresh new edition of a timeless classic Ages: 4+ Josh is a little boy who likes to make faces. He practises his scary faces every day. If only Josh…

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    The Harp In The South

    Ruth Park

    An Australian classic, this is the story of the Darcy family who live in the Depression era tenements of Surry Hills, Sydney.

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    A Fence Around the Cuckoo

    Ruth Park

    Written as vividly as any of her novels, Ruth Park’s autobiography is a moving, passionate, often funny account of the people and places which influenced her early years. Her isolated…

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    Fishing In the Styx

    Ruth Park

    The second volume of Ruth Park’s autobiography is the tender portrait of her partnership with D'Arcy Niland in life and work. They were two talented, volatile people who shared dreams…

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    The Harp in the South

    Ruth Park

    Three of Ruth Park’s best loved books - Missus, The Harp in the South and Poor Man’s Orange - are brought together in this volume, tracing the saga of the…

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    Serpent’s Delight; 0

    Ruth Park

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Serpent’s Delight; 0

    Ruth Park

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Callie

    Ruth Park

    Two favourites in one volume. Callie’s Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well, life. In Callie’s Family, we return to the Cameron…

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    Starlet and the Grand Star Race

    Ruth Parkes

    AN ADVENTURE OF THE NIGHT It is the Grand Star Race!

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    The Harp In The South

    Ruth Park

    This is the story of an Irish Australian family, the Darcys, who live in the inner-city slum of Surry Hills in the aftermath of World War II. Their daughter Rosie…

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    The Muddleheaded Wombat

    Ruth Park

    The Muddleheaded Wombat combines in one edition four of Ruth Park’s much-loved classics, The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat at School, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday and The Muddleheaded Wombat…

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    Missus

    Ruth Park

    ‘Missus’ takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and…

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    Poor Man’s Orange

    Ruth Park

    First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning The Harp in the South , this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also…

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    The Muddleheaded Wombat

    Ruth Park

    The Muddleheaded Wombat combines in one edition four of Ruth Park’s much-loved classics, The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat at School, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday and The Muddleheaded Wombat…

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    Swords And Crowns And Rings

    Ruth Park

    Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a…

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    Playing Beatie Bow

    Ruth Park

    A lonely Australian girl from a divided family is transported back to the 1880’s and an immigrant family from the Orkney Islands.

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    Playing Beatie Bow

    Ruth Park

    A lonely Australian girl from a divided family is transported back to the 1880’s and an immigrant family from the Orkney Islands.

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    Missus

    Ruth Park

    ‘Missus’ takes us behind the lives of Hughie and Mumma, out of the gritty realism of inner city slum life and into the past of the stations, the bush and…

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    Poor Man’s Orange

    Ruth Park

    First published in 1949 as the sequel to the award-winning The Harp in the South , this novel continues the story of the Darcy family of Sydney. The author also…

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    The Harp in the South Trilogy: the play

    Ruth Park

    The Harp in the South Trilogy follows the trials and tribulations of the Darcy family over thirty years, from country New South Wales in the 1920s to the inner-city slums…

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    Statius, Thebaid 4: Edited with an Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

    Ruth Parkes (Lecturer in Classics, Wadham College, Oxford University.)

    Thebaid is a Latin epic, composed by Statius in AD 80-92, about the mythological story of the expedition of the seven warriors against Thebes. In this volume Parkes offers the…

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    Playing Beatie Bow: adapted by Kate Mulvany from the novel by Ruth Park

    Kate Mulvany

    Abigail is a teenager who doesn't quite fit in. When a street game conjures up a mysterious girl, Abigail follows her down twisting alleyways to find herself stuck somewhere strangely…

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    Rosa Parks

    Ruth Daly

    Icons is a biography series that profiles and celebrates significant icons in American history. Each book explores the life of a well-known history maker and provides an overview of the…

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    Rosa Parks

    Ruth Daly

    Icons is a biography series that profiles and celebrates significant icons in American history. Each book explores the life of a well-known history maker and provides an overview of the…

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    Rosa Parks

    Ruth Daly

    Did you know that Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist? She fought to change unfair laws. Discover more in Rosa Parks, a title in the Historical Figures series.

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    Freddie the Spider at the Park

    Ruth Emanuel

    Freddie the Spider has always wanted to go to the park but didn’t know how to get there. He then has an amazing idea; the boys are going to the…

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    Rosa Parks

    Ruth Daly

    Did you know that Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist? She fought to change unfair laws. Discover more in Rosa Parks, a title in the Historical Figures series.

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    Rosa Parks

    Ruth Daly

    Did you know that Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist? She fought to change unfair laws. Discover more in Rosa Parks, a title in the Historical Figures series.

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    Rosa Parks

    Ruth Daly

    The Historical Heroes series introduces young readers to some of the most important individuals in U.S. history. Each book features easy-to-read text based on sight words, along with exciting photos…

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    Leo at the Park

    Anna McQuinn

    "First published in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2023 by Alanna Max ... London, as Zeki: play it cool!"--Back cover.

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    A Matter-of-Fact Magic Book: Magic in the Park

    Ruth Chew

    Jen Mace and her new friend Mike Stewart find magical adventures in Prospect Park –

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    Book Shops: How to Run Them

    Ruth Brown Park

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    Sunrise to Paradise: The Story of Mount Rainier National Park

    Ruth Kirk

    Explores the history of a symbol of the Pacific Northwest and the national park that preserves it. Interspersed between information on the mountain’s geological and glacial origins, its current ecological…

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    Zeki Goes To The Park

    Anna McQuinn

    Zeki and Mummy are off to the park to cool down. They meet up with Zeki's friend Yu and her mummy. Zeki and Yu play, dig in the sandbox, play…

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    Innovation, Investment and Intellectual Property in South Korea: Park to Park

    Ruth Taplin (Centre for Japanese and East Asian Studies, London, UK)

    This book charts the growth in innovation, investment and the development of intellectual property rights in South Korea during the Park to Park presidential period, exploring how far South Korea’s…

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