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A Life in Poems
by Ruth Padel
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by Iain McCalman
Published Nov 2010
Read ReviewsDarwin's Armada tells the stories of Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Joseph Hooker and Alfred Wallace, four young amateur naturalists from Britain who voyaged to the southern hemisphere during the first half of the nineteenth century in search of adventure and scientific fame.
by Tracy Chevalier
Published Oct 2010
Read ReviewsA voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and an extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novel.
by Campbell McGrath
Published Jun 2009
Read ReviewsFrom the inimitable Campbell McGrath comes an epic poem of George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, who wandered the prairie alone for sixteen days.
The Journals of Susanna Moodie
by Margaret Atwood
Published Aug 1970
Read ReviewsThe poetic/artistic exploration of what it means to find yourself thrown into a hostile environment, these poems by Margaret Atwood and silk-screen illustrations by Charles Pachter are based on the journals of Canadian pioneer Susanna Moodie.
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