Australia's stark Outback, with its ferocious crocodiles, eccentric opal miners, savage koala's, bloodthirsty wild pigs, cantankerous camels and voracious beer drinkers, still remains to be tamed. But not by Kenneth Cook In the Killer Koala he has put together a selection of hilarious stories culled from his own experiences while travelling all over Australia, from the red desserts and jungles to remote parts of the Barrier Reef.
Данная книга представляет собой пособие по страноведению, которое знакомит учащихся с основными достопримечательностями, историей и различными сторонами жизни Австралии. Книга предназначена для учащихся старших классов гимназий и школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, для студентов высших и средних специальных учебных заведений.
Altered Memories of the Great War - Divergent Narratives of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada
The experiences of World War I touched the lives of a generation but memories of this momentous experience vary enormously throughout the world. In Britain, there was a strong reaction against militarism but in the Dominion powers of Canada, Australia and New Zealand the response was very different. For these former colonial powers, the experience of war was largely accepted as a national rite of passage and their pride and respect for their soldiers' sacrifices found its focus in a powerful nationalist drive. How did a single, supposedly shared experience provoke such contrasting reactions?
The final installment in Australian author Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Bitterbynde trilogy, takes place in Erith, a richly detailed realm filled with a plethora of magical seelie (benevolent) and unseelie (malevolent) creatures. Seamlessly mixing British and Irish myths, fairy tales and folklore, Dart-Thornton (called Australia's answer to J.R.R. Tolkien) creates an extraordinarily wild world, comparable to Middle-earth, that can be both breathtakingly beautiful and, in the blink of an eye, the stuff of nightmares.
Discovery School - Jeff Corwin Experience: Australia: A Grand Island Ecosystem
Jeff Corwin visits Australia's unique creatures, found nowhere else on Earth. He tries to find the endangered species that were displaced when humans settled on the land long ago are now fighting to make a comeback.
