Dr. Tracy Redfern had signed on as ship's doctor for the Atlantic Star bound for the West Indies. She found herself on the Antarctic Star by mistake heading for Antarctica on a whaling trip!
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- Author: Thorpe, KaySummary:
- Author: Jordan, PennySummary:
Saffron's holiday in Italy with her father turns into a nightmare when she is kidnapped. To add to her ordeal, Saffron actually finds herself falling in love with Nico, who had posed as her father's friend but is actually in...
- Author: Narayan, R. K.Summary:
Railway Raju is a disarmingly corrupt tourist guide who, after a series of comic adventures involving a beautiful dancer, inadvertently becomes one of India's great holy men.
- Author: Sahgal, NayantaraSummary:
In 1929, on a train home to North India after months abroad, playboy Bushan Singh, a Rajah's son, is arrested and jailed. He tells his life story to his cell mates, a group of elderly trade unionists.
- Author: Rowe, JenniferSummary:
Margot Bell's mansion Deepdene is the home of her luxurious "makeover" clinic, where women go to become beautiful. Verity Birdwood discovers, however, that beneath the surface of Deepdene there are some very ugly things...
- Author: WINTON, TimSummary:
From separate catastrophes two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a house where they begin their lives again from scratch. For 20 years they laugh and curse until the roof over their heads becomes home for their...
- Author: Klein, RobinSummary:
An ugly old pile of rubbish or a fantastic castle? A group of children battle against the demolition of their castle by unimaginative adults.
- Author: Beresford, ElisabethSummary:
Charlie has lived in the children's home for so long that he's built a fantasy world around him. Nobody would want to foster him. Or would they? The Atkinson family do, and the more they get to know Charlie, the more they...
- Author: Barber, AntoniaSummary:
In the cold white land at the top of the world there lived an enchanter and his daughter. So great was his power that, even amid the frozen wastes, the gardens had perfumed flowers and singing birds. But each new power once gained left...
- Author: Pershall, MarySummary:
Long ago, a boy named William trapped a young cockatoo. He called the cockie Barney. This is the story of what Barney saw from his cage in William's garden, and the story of what happened when William grew too old to care for...
- Author: Fraser, Christine MarionSummary:
Spring 1893. Anna returns home, to her brutal father Roderick, where she and her brothers make the best of things and visit their mother - committed to an asylum. Roderick, worried about what his wife may reveal, is unwittingly causing...
- Author: Dobbs, Horace E.Summary:
Dr Dobbs, having studied dolphins for many years, came to the conclusion that these intelligent mammals were using their brains in ways beneficial to human beings. He tested this by exposing people under stress to wild dolphins, with...
- Author: Peyton, K. M.Summary:
Denny Froggett wouldn't mind being so small, he wouldn't even mind being called names, if it weren't for one person - Wayne. Wayne was twice his size, areal bully, and making Denny's life miserable - until Froggett...
- Author: Gray, JohnSummary:
The author uses the metaphor of Mars and Venus to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women. He gives advise on how to counteract these differences in communication styles, emotional needs and modes of behaviour...
- Author: Aiken, JoanSummary:
The king of the Elves loses his crown when the elves have their spring cleaning. Prince Coriander, on a quest to find the precious crown, faces great danger.
- Author: Bradbury, RaySummary:
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along...
- Author: uxley, DeeSummary:
A young boy dreams of adventure and heroism in far-off lands with objects that surround his home, school and friends.
- Author: Lamb, CharlotteSummary:
Lang Hyland, undeniably attractive, was also a womaniser - 3 months was the average life of his romances. As his secretary, Nicola knew of his ways and intended to remain just his secretary!
- Author: Gordon, RichardSummary:
Dr. Grimsdyke lands a job as ship's doctor on a passenger liner on which his current beloved is also travelling.
- Author: SPENCER, DonSummary:
Think of Australian animals and you think of the koala, kangaroo, emu and platypus. The author has written about these animals and, in addition, the little Aussie mozzie, the wombat, and a host of other animals from the Australian bush...