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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Australia
Love boat
Errant women on a convict ship to Australia in the 1780s were sexual playthings, potential mothers and sometimes romantic partners -- if they didn't succumb to scurvy first.
America the scapegoat
An Australian woman who has made New York her home fires back at the smug U.S.-bashers in Europe and her native land.
"The Salt Letters"
In her debut novel, set in 1854, Christine Balint tells the story of a young woman's gruesome life aboard the ship that carries her from her native England to Australia.
"In a Sunburned Country"
Bill Bryson goes Down Under and finds an underdiscovered country with the friendliest inhabitants and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife on the planet.
Big duh
According to a survey, American executives like financial, shopping and sex Web sites best.
That's not cricket
Investigators are looking into allegations that prostitutes were used to fix sports matches.
Lusty ladies
A hotel survey Down Under shows gals are feistier than guys.
"True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey
Reviewed by Laura Miller
Reptile romance
Loud sex between carpet snakes keeps an Australian (human) couple awake for two days.
Gold, silver and bronze
What is it about Olympic medal ceremonies that is so moving? Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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