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Gee, Helen (Ed)
For the Forests: a history of the Tasmanian forest campaigns

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The Wilderness Society, GPO Box 716 Hobart 7001 Tel: 1800 030 641
Non-fiction (Wilderness)
ISBN: 1875768092
RRP: $49.95
The Book: Lavishly illustrated and beautifully bound, this magnificent compendium details, with graphic candour, the great forest campaigns of the twentieth century. 275 x 210mm, 408pps, includes chronology, bibliography and index, section-sewn with head and tail bands, dust jacket.
The Editor: Helen Gee, a founding member of The Wilderness Society, is an environmentalist and educator who has helped galvanise public opinion to end the logging of old growth forests. This project was assisted by the Government of Tasmania through Arts Tasmania.


Gee, Helen (Ed)
River of Verse: A Tasmanian Journey 1800 - 2004

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Back River Press, Buckland 7190
Poetry (Anthology)
ISBN: 0646441825
RRP: $27.50
The Book: The variety is startling and the voices extraordinarily diverse with 200 years of Tasmanian poetry in one kaleidoscopic anthology. This is an indispensable volume for the student of Tasmanian literature. Includes 288pps, 180 poems, endnotes, biographies & bibliography.
The Editor: Helen Gee is a Tasmanian-born writer and editor with a passion for Tasmanian history whose research skills have enabled her to present the major preoccupations of successive generations of Tasmanians. This project was assisted by the State Government of Tasmania through the Tasmanian Bicentenary Grant Program, Arts Tasmania and the Tasmanian Community Fund.

 

Gee, Helen & Janet Fenton (eds)
The South-West Book: A Tasmanian Wilderness

Australian Conservation Foundation 1978 & Collins ACF 1984
ISBN: 0858020564
RRP:  variable $100+
The Book: The South-West Book is a comprehensive resource book that informed public debate over South-West Tasmania at the time of the Franklin Blockade.  Over 300pp, lavishly illustrated, it contains invaluable appendices for those with an interest in South-West Tasmania.

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Gill, Jennifer S
Engraved in Memory
Self Published
Non-fiction
ISBN: 0731624394
RRP: $22.50
The Book: Local history of Launceston.  Details and inscriptions of all memorials in Launceston churches built before 1920.  Includes notes on the people named and their church and community activities.
The Author: Born and bred in Launceston, educated Broadland House School.  Currently Archivist and Historian at Launceston Church Grammar School.  Interests lie in local history.  Passionate about nineteenth century 'Dame School' education in Tasmania.

Gill, Jennifer S
The Story of the Launceston Homeopathic Hospital
Self Published
ISBN: 0646022857
RRP: $12
The Book: Gives details of Homeopathic interests in Launceston, the work of the Homeopathic League and the eventual establishment of the hospital, culminating with its conversion to St Luke's Hospital and its story up to 1989.

Gill, Jennifer S
The Handsome Deckhand: A Collection of Poetry and Prose
Self Published
ISBN: 0646216562
RRP: $8
The Book: A collection of works of hilarity.

Gill, Jennifer S
The Fat Kitty
Self Published
ISBN: 0646291297
RRP: $8
The Book: A second book of poetry and prose.


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Giordano, Margaret       
Tasmanian Tales of the Supernatural                      
Fiction
ISBN: 0949457698      

                            
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Goc, Nicola          
Tasmanians Remember 1900 - 1969                       
Gentrx Publications   
History
ISBN: 0957714904        
RRP: $60      

             
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Goodrick, Joan      
The Turning Wind              
Self Published
Memoir
ISBN: 095901814X        
RRP: $25       
The Book: Two American girls arrived in Van Diemensland in 1853.  Their lives and the Eureka Stockade uprising intermingle in the story. The Author: Joan Goodrick published her fourth book in 2003 when she was 83, possibly making her Tasmania's oldest writer still going strong!!

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Gowlland, Ralph & Kathleen 
Trampled Wilderness Volume 1                  
Nature
ISBN: 1876261323        
RRP: $29.95     
The Book: A History of South West Tasmania     

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Graeme-Evans, Alex & Peter Wilson           
Built to Last

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History
ISBN: 1876261307        
RRP: $29.95     
The Book: Shipwrights of Port Cygnet Tasmania and their boats.

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Grant, Peter 
Habitat Garden

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ABC Books distributed by Allen & Unwin
Non-fiction (Gardening)
ISBN: 0733312799
RRP: $27-95
The Book: Design and create a garden full of Australian native plants that connects you and your garden with the natural environment.
The Author: Peter Grant is writer with a bias towards nature who loves to write about Tasmania. He is the Co-founder of the WildCare Tasmania Nature Writing Prize.

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Guiler, Dr Eric  
The Tasmanian Tiger                     
St Davids Park Publishing      
Nature/ Children’s literature
ISBN: 0724622098        
RRP: $10.95
The Book: Informative children's picture and fact book.     

Guiler, Dr Eric
The Tasmanian Devil                     
St Davids Park Publishing      
Nature/ Children’s literature
ISBN: 0724622578        
RRP: $10.95
The Book: Informative children's picture and fact book.

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Guy, Molly 
Terminal Velocity              

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Interactive Press        
Short Stories
ISBN: 1876819197        
RRP: $23
The Book: Collection of short stories by the author.

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Halim, Tunku
Dark Demon Rising

 

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Pelanduk Publications
ISBN/ISSN: 967 978 608 0
R.R.P $24.95
Distributed by: Elmvale Enterprises Pty Ltd, GPO Box 1719, Hobart TAS 7001
(Tel: 0438 638 881)
About the book: Malaysian Horror brought to the Western World. A tale of shamanic inheritance and the demons of childhood resurrected.
About the author: Writing as Tunku Halim, Hal Radin is an author of 11 books. He is married with 2 children and lives in Taroona. His blog is at tunkuhalim.wordpress.com

Halim, Tunku
Vermillion Eye

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Pelanduk Publications
ISBN/ISSN: 967 978 783 4
R.R.P $24.95
Distributed by: Elmvale Enterprises Pty Ltd, GPO Box 1719, Hobart TAS 7001
 (Tel: 0438 638 881)
About the book: A Vietnamese prostitute. A taxi driver. A serial killer. A Sydney pimp battles a ghastly evil and a horrific curse.
About the author: Writing as Tunku Halim, Hal Radin is an author of 11 books. He is married with 2 children and lives in Taroona. His blog is at tunkuhalim.wordpress.com

 

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Halls, Julian      
The Death of a Drag Queen            

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Ginninderra Press      
Short Stories
ISBN: 1740272196        
RRP: $24
The Book: First collection of short stories by the author.  

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Hammond, David    
Maritime Australia: The Port of Hobart                     
Southern Holdings     
History
ISBN: 0749089400        
RRP: $16.95     
The Book: A pictorial record       

Hammond, David and Peter Boyer   
Heroes of the Huon                       
Huon Eldercare Foundation    
History
ISBN: 064644039X        
RRP: $45     
The Book: A compilation of different stories and anecdotes and photographs of the region and its history.     

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Harper, Amanda J 
Treading the Boards                      
Pierrot Productions    
History
ISBN: 0975672703        
RRP: $65
The Book: A popular history of the Theatre Royal, Hobart.

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Harper, Linda         
Jelly Wobbles       
Blueberry Hills Books
Children’s literature
ISBN: 0957836805        
RRP: $9.95      
The Book: Children's story and picture book.  

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Harrison, Byron & Jean Clyde        
Reading Through Tears                  
Self Published
Autobiography
ISBN: 0646451669        
RRP: $33     
The Book: About children and the struggles and triumphs of learning to read.

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Harwood, Gwen     
Selected Poems   
Penguin        
Poetry
ISBN: 0141006684        
RRP: $24.00         

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Harwood, Jonothan 
The Ghost Writer 

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Jonathan Cape, Random House          
Fiction
ISBN: 0224071130        
RRP: $32.95                 
The Author: First novel; has previously published political journalism, biographical, satire and poetry.

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Hawes, Martin
Twelve Principles: Living with integrity in the twenty-first century

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Finch Publishing Sydney distributed by Simon & Schuster
Non-fiction (Philosophy)
ISBN: 1876451483
RRP: $24.95
The Book: Twelve Principles proposes practical ways in which individuals can contribute to positive change in their communities and the wider world.
The Author: Martin Hawes is a wilderness photographer and environmental philosopher whose recent works include Imperfections and the multimedia production The Island.

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Hawkins, Mary
Australia
Barbour Publishing, INC, Ohio, US; distributed by Border, but mainly through religious bookshops, including Koorong, Word. Wholesaler is Harvest Christian Products, Mt Gravatt, Qld. 
Fiction

ISBN: 1577486412 
RRP: $11
The Book: Characters that make you laugh, perhaps shed a tear, but always leave you happy for their future. Do you enjoy emotional stories with romance, history, adventure, and faith? You’ll find some or all in these volumes containing four reprinted, linked stories in each - Australian Outback (historical), Australia (contemporary), and four contemporary novellas by different authors in Christmas Dreams – Mary’s title is  Search for the Stars.
The Author: A conference/seminar speaker, nurse and minister's wife, Mary loves “happy ever after” novels. She was first published in 1993, has signed 16 contracts and had over 800,000 medical and inspirational romance novels released - including translations in 9 languages. Unfortunately all her books, along with her other single titles, are currently out of print! Mary has several copies herself of Australia ( 4-in-1 volume) and Christmas Dreams (HC) she can sell.

 

Hawkins, Mary 
Australian Outback
Barbour Publishing, INC, Ohio, US; distributed by Border, but mainly through religious bookshops, including Koorong, Word. Wholesaler is Harvest Christian Products, Mt Gravatt, Qld. 
Fiction

ISBN: 1586609688 
RRP: $11

 

Hawkins, Mary 
A Novella in Christmas Dreams (HC)
Barbour Publishing, INC, Ohio, US; distributed by Border, but mainly through religious bookshops, including Koorong, Word. Wholesaler is Harvest Christian Products, Mt Gravatt, Qld. 
Fiction

ISBN: 159789141X
RRP: $22

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Hay, Pete
Vandemonian Essays

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Walleah Press
Essays
ISBN: 1877010014        
RRP: $20

 

Hay, Pete         
Silently on the Tide

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Walleah Press          
Poetry

ISBN: 1877010073        
RRP: $20.00     
The Book: The most recent collection of poems by Tasmanian Pete Hay. 
The Author: Pete Hay is a reader in Geography at the University of Tasmania. He has published collections of poems and essays on the environment.

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Haygarth, Nic                    
Baron Bischoff: Philosopher Smith and the birth of Tasmanian mining

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Self Published
History
ISBN: 0958583110
RRP: $29.95

Haygarth, Nic   
A View to Cradle               
Self Published
History
ISBN: 0646342932        
RRP: $27.95     
The Book: A History of Tasmania's Forth River High Country. 

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Heathcote, Beverley       
A Walk Through Launceston's History                     
History
ISBN: 0949458663        
RRP: $10.95  

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Hetherington, Graeme
Red Dirt

Paper Bark Press distributed by Cornford Press
www.cornfordpress.com
Poetry
ISBN: 0-9577565-0-X
RRP: $15.00
The Book: An unrelenting excoriation of a society whose ugliness, pain, complacency and intolerance re met with powerful poetic language.
The Author: Born in Latrobe, grew up on West Coast; former lecturer at the University of Tasmania; currently divides his time between Hobart and the Czech Republic.

 

Hetherington, Graeme   
In the Shadow of Van Diemen's Land 

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Cornford Press          
Poetry
ISBN: 095775650X        
RRP: $16.50                 

 

Hetherington, Graeme    
A Tasmanian Paradise Lost                     
Walleah Press          
Poetry
ISBN: 1877010022        
RRP: $20.00     

 

Hetherington, Graeme    
Life Given 
Indigo, Ginninderra     
Poetry
ISBN: 1740271432        
RRP: $18.00                   

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Hetherington, Paul 
Blood and Old Belief

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Pandanus Books       
Poetry
ISBN: 1740760239        
RRP: $19.80
The Book: A poetic verse novel.    

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Hildyard, Mollie      
Richmond Tasmania and other verses         
Self Published
Poetry   
RRP: $13.75     

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Hill, Joy    
Unloved, Unwanted, but Undaunted 
Dunorlan Press
Autobiography    
ISBN: 0646386972                                  
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Hlis, Danijela
Hideaway Serenade


Hlis, Danijela
Whisper

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Holmes, Joan        
The Best of Two Worlds                 
Self Published
Memoir
ISBN: 0646400991        
RRP: $24.95     
The Book: A life from England to Australia, 1920 - 2000      

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Honey, John
Threatened Species

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Red Hill Books www.redhillbooks.com/
Fiction
ISBN: 0975215221
RRP: $24.95
The Book: Thriller set in Hobart, about Tasmanian Devils research.  

Honey, John
Paint                    

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Red Hill Books www.redhillbooks.com/
Fiction
ISBN: 0975215213        
RRP: $29.95     
The Book: A novel about Hobart, artists and romance.

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Hope, Anthony
A Quarry Speaks

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Self Published
ISBN: 0646450034
RRP: $70.00
The Book:  A Quarry Speaks is a richly illustrated pictorial history of Hobart’s Sullivans Cove, Salamanca Place and Battery Point from the perspective of the Salamanca Quarry.

The Author: Tony Hope returned to Hobart in 2000. His love of geology and interest in the local history of Hobart prompted his detailed research into the influence of the Salamanca Quarry. He is a professional geologist with a long history in the mining industry within Australia and overseas.

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Hopkins, David L
Bass Strait Crossings
National Library of Australia
History
ISBN: 0646186353
RRP: $14.95
The Book: A Shipping History 

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Hyde, Steve and Howard Smith       
Pubs of Tasmania             

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Self Published
History
ISBN: 0646448781        
RRP: $35.00     
The Book: Researched information, descriptions and photographs of the Tasmania's 307 licensed hotels and taverns.             

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Hyland, Jeanette E.

Maids, Masters and Magistrates. Twenty women of the convict ship New Grove : Maidservants in Van Diemen’s Land. 

 

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Clan Hogarth Publishing.ISBN:  978-0-9803209-0-9R.R.P:  $35.00Available from:Hobart and Launceston Bookshops, various historic centres round Tasmania, Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne andDistributed by.

Clan Hogarth Publishing
Email jehyland@ozemail.com.au

 

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Hyland, T Garth    
Thanks a lot, Guv!             
Self Published           
History
ISBN: 0975161008        
RRP: $39.95     
The Book: Stories of Eight convicts from trial in England to detention and freedom in Van Dieman's Land.

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Irvine, Jack        
In Praise of Younger Women 

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Book Agencies of Tasmania   
Fiction
ISBN: 0975719904        
RRP: $19.95     
The Book: Short stories by the author.      

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Isham, Marion & Steve 
Joey the Roo        

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Bandicoot Books http://www.bandicootbooks.com/       
Children’s Book
ISBN: 0975049801        
RRP: $9.95      
The Book: Children's picture and story book.  

Isham, Marion & Steve
Tasmanian Tiger   

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Bandicoot Books http://www.bandicootbooks.com/       
Children’s Book
ISBN: 0958653615        
RRP: $13.95     
The Book: Children's picture and story book.

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Iten, Moses (ed)
Viva la Raza Sparkles When the Sun Hits

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Chale Chole Productions
Non-fiction (Essays)
RRP: $10.00
The Book: Escape, impunity, assassination, love, anarchy, truth: six stories. The place being listened to is Mexico, but the questions raised are for all of us.
The Author: Moses Iten is a multilingual storyteller dabbling in music, literature, journalism and photography. His work has been published in Australia, Germany, USA and Mexico.

 

 
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