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An einem strahlenden Sommertag kreuzen sich die Wege von vier Menschen am Hafen von Sydney, in der Nahe der beruhmten Oper. Scharen von Touristen vermischen sich hier mit Einwohnern der Stadt. Alle vier tragen an ihrer Geschichte: Ellie erinnert sich an ihre Liebe zu James als Vierzehnjahrige in der kleinen Provinzstadt, in der sie aufwuchsen. James ist besessen von einer Tragodie, fur die er sich verantwortlich glaubt. Catherine trauert um ihren Bruder Brendan, der vor einigen Jahren in Dublin starb. Und Pei Xing fahrt jeden Samstag nach Sydney, um einer einstigen Lageraufseherin aus Pasternaks Doktor Schiwago vorzulesen. Gail Jones folgt diesen Figuren durch Sydney, auf ihren eigenen und doch verbundenen Wegen, eingehullt in Erinnerungen, Schuld und Bedauern, wahrend die Stadt um sie herumwirbelt. Aber es ist eine funfte Figur, ein Kind, dessen Anwesenheit am Hafen diesen Tag bestimmt. "Ein Samstag in Sydney" ist ein tief beruhrender Roman uber Liebe, Verlust und die Last der Vergangenheit. Das Buch ist auf den Shortlists fur den Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2012 und den australischen Festival Award for Literature 2012 und auf der Longlist fur die Australian Literary Society Gold Medal 2012 Получить ссылку |
Memoirs of Algernon Sydney
Автор: George Meadley
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Memoirs of Algernon Sydney : with an appendix / by George Wilson Meadley».
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
Автор: Bruce Knecht
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The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race – the most dramatic in yacht racing historyThe waters between Sydney and Hobart are famously treacherous. No one is fooled by the clear skies. In the hours before the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race, skippers gathered for a weather briefing. An intense low pressure was predicted, but three different forecasts disagreed about the exact course of the stormy weather. No one was unduly alarmed and all decided to sail. But within hours the yachts were confronted with hurricane-force winds and waves the height of a five-storey building. Six sailors died; fifty-five were pulled from the water. Of the 115 boats that started, just 43 would finish. In Hobart a memorial service replaced the legendary parties that normally follow the race. By focussing on a handful of yachts and those who crewed them, Bruce Knecht brilliantly recreates those dramatic hours and the stomach wrenching fear of those caught in the eye of the storm, battling, some forlornly, for their lives.
Sydney Harbour Hospital: Zoe's Baby
Автор: Alison Roberts
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Welcome to the world of Sydney Harbour Hospital From saving lives to sizzling seduction, these doctors are the very best!Sydney Harbour Hospital: Zoe’s Baby To single mum Zoe Harper, trying to be the best mother ever to beautiful baby Emma is a challenge – until gorgeous paediatrician Teo Tuala comes to her rescue.Behind his larger-than-life personality he’s wary of letting anyone close, but Zoe and her baby’s plight are breaching the barriers around his heart…
Sydney Harbour Hospital: Luca's Bad Girl
Автор: Amy Andrews
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One night in the on-call room can never be enough for this couple!Regular lovemaking is Dr Luca Di Angelo’s preferred antidote to his stressful life – fortunately his devilish Sicilian charm guarantees multiple opportunities to ‘unwind’! But even he is surprised by the passion a brush with danger inspires in prickly ER doctor Mia McKenzie…Mia is furious she slept with Luca – she’s no blushing virgin, but he has the worst reputation (and the biggest ego) in Sydney! Worse still, he knows she’s vulnerable. She’s determined to give her hot lover the cold shoulder, but the chemistry that blazes between them might just melt the hardest of hearts…Sydney Harbour Hospital From saving lives to sizzling seduction, these doctors are the very best!
Sydney Harbour Hospital: Lily's Scandal
Автор: Marion Lennox
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Welcome to the world of Sydney Harbour Hospital From saving lives to sizzling seduction, these doctors are the very best! To nurse Lily Ellis, Sydney Harbour Hospital seems the perfect refuge from her mother’s scandalous reputation…until she’s discovered in a compromising clinch with brooding plastic surgeon Luke Williams on her first day!To protect Lily from gossip they fake a relationship – only neither’s sure where fiction ends and fact begins!
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