DescriptionAnd Then the Darkness is a gripping account of the disappearance in the Australian Outback of English tourist Peter Falconio. His girlfriend, Joanne Lees, was found cut, bleeding and wandering the highway, her hands bound. Joanne's account of her ordeal sparked a frenzy of media interest and the biggest manhunt ever mounted in Australia. Questions arose about the police operation and about Joanne herself. Award-winning journalist and columnist Sue Williams delves into the saga as it unfolds, finding a policeman willing to risk everything to crack the case, a journalist hell-bent on proving Joanne a liar, endless conspiracy theories, countless devastated lives in both Britain and Australia, and, ultimately, an explosive finale.
DescriptionDot and the Kangaroo, written in 1899, is a children's book by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a group of marsupials. The book was turned into a movie in 1977 that featured animation over a live background. It was so popular, that another eight movies in the series were made by 1994.
DescriptionEleven-year-old Bella has a terrible guilty secret: something she did three years ago, when her English relatives were visiting. Now, in the last week in December, they were returning to Australia and Bella fears the worst: that they are coming to confront her; that they suspected her all along. But lots of things during this accident-prone holiday surprise Bella: families work in strange ways, and unexpected things do happen.
DescriptionCal and Ricky both stare at the one-eyed seagull. "You wanted food, " Ricky whispers. "There it is." "A seagull? You'd eat a seagull?" "I'd eat anythng, " says Ricky. "Anything." When Ricky and Cal wag school they bite off more than they can chew. At last, another amazing Gizmo story from Australia's master of madness.
