Playing Beatie Bow

Playing Beatie Bow
Author: Ruth Park
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1982
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689308895

Abigal is drawn back in time and discovers Beatie Bow living in a slum of the 1870's.

Playing Beatie Bow

Playing Beatie Bow
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 1986
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Playing Beatie Bow (07/08/1986): aka The adventures of Abigail, Beatie Bow: Das Spiel mit der Zeit (West Germany) : 2 copies of release draft script by Graham Hartley, dated September 1984, 1 is annotated; 1 release draft script by Peter Gawler and Irwin Lane, dated November 1984, heavily annotated; 1 copy of release draft script by Peter Gawler and Irwin Lane, dated January 1985, includes amended pages; 1 script, dated 1985, name 'Chris Howard' handwritten on the front cover, some annotations; 1 script dated 1985, production notes throughout; 2 copies of the novel by Ruth Park; 4 sets of photocopied drawings of costumes, set designs and a storyboard; 1 recording script by Sheryn Dee, dated 2/7/85; 1 recording script by Sheryn Dee, dated 8/7/85; 1 recording script by Sheryn Dee, dated 2/7/85; 1 recording script by Sheryn Dee, dated 9/7/85; 1colour printed promotional folder; 4 copies of printed study guide.

Swords and Crowns and Rings: Text Classics

Swords and Crowns and Rings: Text Classics
Author: Ruth Park
Publisher: Text Publishing
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2012-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1921961791

Ruth Park’s Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression. Written with warmth and affection, Swords and Crowns and Rings is a powerful story about human nature and the strength of an unlikely love.

Seven Little Australians: Australian Children's Classics

Seven Little Australians: Australian Children's Classics
Author: Ethel Turner
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-11-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742538088

If you imagine you are going to read of model children you had better lay down this book immediately. Not one of the seven is really good, for the very excellent reason that Australian children never are. Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.

The Harp in the South

The Harp in the South
Author: Ruth Park
Publisher: Penguin Books
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2013
Genre: Australian fiction
ISBN: 9780143569749

Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is scarce and life is not easy. Crammed together within the thin walls of Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street are the Darcy family: Mumma, loving and softhearted; Hughie, her drunken husband; pipe-smoking Grandma; Roie, suffering torments over her bitter-sweet first love; while her younger sister Dolour learns about life the hard way.

The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins

The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins
Author: Ruth Park
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009-06-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1742531598

Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.

Australian Books in Print 1998

Australian Books in Print 1998
Author: Bowker
Publisher: Bowker-Saur
Total Pages: 1118
Release: 1998-04
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781864520156

"...excellent coverage...essential to worldwide bibliographic coverage."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. This comprehensive reference provides current finding & ordering information on more than 75,000 in-print books published in or about Australia, or written by Australian authors, organized by title, author, & keyword. You'll also find brief profiles of more than 7,000 publishers & distributors whose titles are represented, as well as information on trade associations, local agents of overseas publishers, literary awards, & more. From D.W. Thorpe.