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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to a Better Lawn

How to Plant, Maintain & Improve Your Yard & Lawn

By: Chris Peterson

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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to a Better Lawn

How to Plant, Maintain & Improve Your Yard & Lawn

By: Chris Peterson

At heart, almost every homeowner would love to have a better lawn—greener, denser, healthier. This book is an up-to-date, environmentally responsible approach to lawn care with mainstream appeal. It focuses on dozens of common lawn problems, offering detailed solutions to each one. An ideal reference for busy homeowners who want better grass quickly and easily.

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Cool Springs Press

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1610601890

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9781610601894

Southern Lawns

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Perfect Lawn

By: Chris Hastings

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Southern Lawns

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Perfect Lawn

By: Chris Hastings

Son of renowned horticulturist Don Hastings, Chris Hastings presents his readers with step-by-step instructions for year-round care of lawns from Virginia to Texas.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461733189

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Buying a House

By: Chris Sandlund

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Buying a House

By: Chris Sandlund

The process of selecting a house, making a bid, and getting a mortgage can drive even the sanest adult to near distraction. Where should you buy? How do you put in a bid and get a mortgage? What goes into the inspection, so you catch any problems before the deal is closed? And how should you decorate, landscape, and remodel? From starting the house hunt to drawing up a contract, from locking in a rate to finding a reputable moving company, here's the guide that covers it all. Before you're through, you'll feel sure whether you want a new home or a fixer-upper; how to calculate taxes; whether to hire a real estate lawyer; and what things to watch out for so your fantasy will become wonderful reality.

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Sterling Publishing Company

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0760740151

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9780760740156

Household Sustainability

Challenges and Dilemmas in Everyday Life

By: Chris Gibson,Carol Farbotko,Nicholas Gill,Lesley Head,Gordon Waitt

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Household Sustainability

Challenges and Dilemmas in Everyday Life

By: Chris Gibson,Carol Farbotko,Nicholas Gill,Lesley Head,Gordon Waitt

ÔThe question Chris Gibson and his colleagues answer in this book is simple: ÒWhy is it not easy being green?Ó In 20 concise, focused and accessible chapters Ð from birthing to dying, from toilets to Christmas Ð they unveil the ambiguities, instabilities and paradoxes of affluent household living in the 21st century. In so doing, they temper the easy rhetoric of sustainable lifestyles with some authentic realities drawn from the affluent world. Earth system science is showing us the deep complexity of our material planet. This book brilliantly reflects back to us the complex materiality of our cultural lives.Õ Ð Mike Hulme, University of East Anglia, UK Contrary to the common rhetoric that being green is ÔeasyÕ, household sustainability is rife with contradiction and uncertainty. Households attempting to respond to the challenge to become more sustainable in everyday life face dilemmas on a daily basis when trying to make sustainable decisions. Various aspects of life such as cars, computers, food, phones and even birth and death, may all provoke uncertainty regarding the most sustainable course of action. Drawing on international scientific and cultural research, as well as innovative ethnographies, this timely book probes these wide-ranging sustainability dilemmas, assessing the avenues open to households trying to improve their sustainability. The authors engage critically, and constructively, with the proposition that households are a key scale of action on climate change. They confront dilemmas of practice and circumstance, and cultural norms of lifestyle and consumerism that are linked to troublesome environmental problems Ð and question whether they can be easily unsettled. The work also illuminates the informal and often unheralded work by households Ð frequently the poorest Ð in reducing their environmental burden. This important book is critical to understanding both the barriers to household sustainability and the ÔunsungÕ sustainability work carried out by householders. Containing a unique combination of science and cultural research, this fascinating book will appeal to researchers and students of environmental science, environmental studies, sustainability studies, climate change adaptation, geography, sociology, cultural studies, science and technology studies, as well as energy studies and housing research. Policy-makers in various levels of government working through sustainability problems, environmental educators, social planners and sustainability officers working for governments, will also find much to interest them in this unique book.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781006210

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9781781006214

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Small-Space Gardening

Reap a Bounty of Beauty and Edibles in Every Square Inch!

By: Chris McLaughlin

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Small-Space Gardening

Reap a Bounty of Beauty and Edibles in Every Square Inch!

By: Chris McLaughlin

Creative strategies for gardens on balconies, ledges, fireescapes, planting beautiful borders and walkways, kids gardens, and much more!

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Penguin

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1101556161

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Composting

Turn Your Organic Waste Material into Black Gold

By: Chris McLaughlin

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Composting

Turn Your Organic Waste Material into Black Gold

By: Chris McLaughlin

Waste not, want not The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Composting takes readers step by step through the process of selecting the right compost container, filling it with the right "ingredients," maintaining the mix at the right temperature and humidity, and using the end product. • A concise format, simplified approach, and thrift-conscious price Chris McLaughlin • Author is a Master Gardener and an expert on all forms of composting • Gardening has risen greatly in popularity in the last few years, with an added boost from First Lady Michelle Obama, and so has composting, which is cheap, effective, and environmentally friendly • Thousands of state, regional, and municipal programs have been developed to encourage composting and thus reduce landfill waste

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Penguin

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110119779X

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9781101197790

Cultural Studies Review

By: Chris Healy and Stephen Muecke (eds)

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Cultural Studies Review

By: Chris Healy and Stephen Muecke (eds)

The October 2008 Cultural Studies Review is a special issue focusing on cultures of panic, particularly recent examples of moral panic arising from issues of race, gender and sexuality. The diverse essays deal with 'men of Middle Eastern appearance', the trial of Private Kovko, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the use of Ritalin, concerns around children and sexuality in Australia, and arts funding in the United States during the 'culture wars'. The moral panic has centrally to do with the behaviour of crowds, particularly the virtual crowds created by the mass media. It's a mechanism of expulsion, and thus at the same time of group solidarity. It's also a particularly powerful genre of the tabloid media: in its identification and shaming of deviant social groups it rigidly defines and reinforces moral norms, and is complicit with political strategies of consolidation and othering which create and depend on a sense of horror at refugees who wilfully throw their children overboard or push in to the front of the 'queue', at paedophiles grooming children over the internet, at drug-crazed criminals and bingeing teenagers... The challenge is to move beyond the realisation that moral panics are not rationally constructed to an analysis of the passional bases of the social order, and to an understanding of how our politics might deal with this without itself falling into the contagion of panic. The diverse collection of essays gathered together in this edition takes up that challenge.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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052285527X

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9780522855272

Landscape Ideas You Can Use

How to Choose Structures, Surfaces & Plants That Transform Your Yard

By: Chris Peterson

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Landscape Ideas You Can Use

How to Choose Structures, Surfaces & Plants That Transform Your Yard

By: Chris Peterson

A beautiful, inspiring book featuring well-chosen examples of landscape designs that succeed. This book goes beyond pretty pictures to include specific information on plant and hardscaping options so you can make an informed decision on which options make sense for your yard. Subjects covered include: Understanding landscape styles, landscape materials, landscape elements, gardens & border plantings, landscape structures, firepits & fireplaces, landscape lighting, and many more.

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Creative Publishing International

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1610584325

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9781610584326

Carter's Way

A No-Nonsense Method for Designing Your Own Super Stylish Home

By: Carter Oosterhouse,Chris Peterson

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Carter's Way

A No-Nonsense Method for Designing Your Own Super Stylish Home

By: Carter Oosterhouse,Chris Peterson

Carter Oosterhouse knows how real people live and how intimidating home design can be. With his reassuring, “you can do it” attitude, he goes out of his way to show readers how to create realistic design elements that they can implement with basic tools and a little DIY experience. His mission is to bring people’s imaginations to life. The design features he constructs use materials easily found, are budget-conscious, and whenever possible environmentally friendly. In Carter’s Way, he decodes the time-tested principles of design, using specific examples and stunning photos to visually illustrate his points. Each chapter will cover a different area of the house, acknowledging the diversity of layouts in today’s homes. For example, one chapter will focus on spaces for cooking, eating, and socializing to appeal both to people with a formal dining area and those with more open floor plans, with a design that is about comfort, entertaining, and practicality. Other chapters include: intimate bedroom spaces featuring beautiful and efficient storage for a sensual environment that becomes a sanctuary; living/family rooms with the kind of versatility that allows them to convert from game-playing rumpus rooms to elegant cocktail party spaces; luxurious bathrooms that provide a spa-like getaway from stress while also conserving energy and water; home offices/entryways/laundry rooms; and outdoor spaces that can serve as two- or three-season rooms for entertaining and relaxing. [excerpt] I’m writing this book because of all the people who come up to me at events, or write me, saying things like, “I wish I could make my kitchen look like the one on your last show,” or, “If only I could have you work on my living room!” You don’t need me in person. You don’t need anybody else. You need my perspective and my method. My method is what I call “Carter’s Way.” It’s a process that has worked for me in dozens of different rooms and homes. Now I want it to work for you!

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762789689

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9780762789689

The Psychology of Lean Improvements

Why Organizations Must Overcome Resistance and Change the Culture

By: Chris A. Ortiz

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The Psychology of Lean Improvements

Why Organizations Must Overcome Resistance and Change the Culture

By: Chris A. Ortiz

Fear of change we all experience it. Some accept change immediately, some gradually adapt, while others may never get there. Whether it‘s poor leadership, the inability to change, or pure ego, this Shingo Prize-winning book explores this perplexing commitment to inefficiency.Winner of a 2013 Shingo Prize!The Psychology of Lean Improvements: Why Org

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CRC Press

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1466562285

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9781466562288

Mass Historia

365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions

By: Chris Regan

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Mass Historia

365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions

By: Chris Regan

Presents historical facts with a humorous spin for each day of the calendar year.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740768697

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9780740768699

Desert Boys

Fiction

By: Chris McCormick

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Desert Boys

Fiction

By: Chris McCormick

Winner of the Stonewall Book Award/Barbara Gittings Literature Award Finalist for the Binghamton University’s John Gardner Fiction Book Award Finalist for the Saroyan Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize "Hilarious, Devious, Original, and Unforgettable."—Karen Russell A vivid and assured work of fiction, from a major new voice, following the life of a young man growing up, leaving home, and coming back again, marked by the start beauty of California's Mojave Desert and the various fates of those who leave and those who stay behind. This series of powerful, intertwining stories illuminates Daley Kushner's world - the family, friends and community that have both formed and constrained him, and his new life in San Francisco. Back home, the desert preys on those who cannot conform: an alfalfa farmer on the outskirts of town; two young girls whose curiosity leads to danger; a black politician who once served as his school's confederate mascot; Daley's mother, an immigrant from Armenia; and Daley himself, introspective and queer. Meanwhile, in another desert on the other side of the world, war threatens to fracture Daley's most meaningful - and most fraught - connection to home, his friendship with Robert Karinger. A luminous debut, Desert Boys by Chris McCormick traces the development of towns into cities, of boys into men, and the haunting effects produced when the two transformations overlap. Both a bildungsroman and a portrait of a changing place, the book mines the terrain between the desire to escape and the hunger to belong.

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240

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Picador

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1250075513

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9781250075512

Key Maths

GCSE.. Foundation

By: David Baker,Chris Humble

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Key Maths

GCSE.. Foundation

By: David Baker,Chris Humble

This text provides preparation for GCSE success with a practical approach. It offers differentiation for a wide ability range with teacher guidance on an appropriate route through the materials according to exam board.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748762035

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9780748762033

How Knowledge Grows

The Evolutionary Development of Scientific Practice

By: Chris Haufe

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How Knowledge Grows

The Evolutionary Development of Scientific Practice

By: Chris Haufe

An argument that the development of scientific practice and growth of scientific knowledge are governed by Darwin’s evolutionary model of descent with modification. Although scientific investigation is influenced by our cognitive and moral failings as well as all of the factors impinging on human life, the historical development of scientific knowledge has trended toward an increasingly accurate picture of an increasing number of phenomena. Taking a fresh look at Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, in How Knowledge Grows Chris Haufe uses evolutionary theory to explain both why scientific practice develops the way it does and how scientific knowledge expands. This evolutionary model, claims Haufe, helps to explain what is epistemically special about scientific knowledge: its tendency to grow in both depth and breadth. Kuhn showed how intellectual communities achieve consensus in part by discriminating against ideas that differ from their own and isolating themselves intellectually from other fields of inquiry and broader social concerns. These same characteristics, says Haufe, determine a biological population’s degree of susceptibility to modification by natural selection. He argues that scientific knowledge grows, even across generations of variable groups of scientists, precisely because its development is governed by Darwinian evolution. Indeed, he supports the claim that this susceptibility to modification through natural selection helps to explain the epistemic power of certain branches of modern science. In updating and expanding the evolutionary approach to scientific knowledge, Haufe provides a model for thinking about science that acknowledges the historical contingency of scientific thought while showing why we nevertheless should trust the results of scientific research when it is the product of certain kinds of scientific communities.

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MIT Press

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0262544458

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9780262544450

The Handy New York City Answer Book

By: Chris Barsanti

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The Handy New York City Answer Book

By: Chris Barsanti

The hustle. The bustle. The Big Apple, its people, history and culture! New York is the largest city in the United States. This self-proclaimed capital of the world is known as a melting pot of immigrants, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Wall Street, Broadway, bridges, bodegas, restaurants, and museums. The “city that never sleeps” is bustling with people, cultural and sporting events, world-class shopping and high fashion, and other tourist attractions that draw in millions visitors from all over the world. The Handy New York City Answer Book explores the fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, taking an in-depth look at the city so nice, they named it twice. Learn about the original Indigenous peoples, early Dutch settlers, the importance of the port, the population growth through immigration, the consolidation of the boroughs, the building of the subway system and modern skyline, and much, much more. Tour landmarks from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Rockefeller Center to the Stonewall Inn, and Central Park to the 9/11 Memorial. Learn about famous sons and daughters, including Woody Allen, Jay-Z, J.D. Salinger, and Donald Trump. The government, parks, and cultural institutions are all packed into this comprehensive guide to New York City. Find answers to more than 850 questions, including: Who were the first New Yorkers? When did the British invade New York? Why are Manhattan’s streets laid out in a grid? Why is there a windmill on the New York seal? How did New York help elect Abraham Lincoln president? What were “sweatshops”? Did the Nazis plant spies in New York? How did the Brooklyn Dodgers get their name? Who started the gossip column? What soured many New Yorkers on Giuliani? What is “stop and frisk”? How many trees are there in New York? Illustrating the unique character of the city through a combination of facts, stats, and history, as well as the unusual and quirky, The Handy New York City Answer Book answers intriguing questions about people, events, government, and places of interest. This informative book also includes a helpful bibliography, an appendix of the city’s mayors, and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

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Visible Ink Press

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1578596556

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9781578596553

The Woodsmen

By: Chris Glode

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The Woodsmen

By: Chris Glode

A multigenerational logging family in a small town in the coastal foothills of Oregon strives to maintain their way of life and their livelihood in the midst of multi-state conglomerates and a changing industry, all the while dealing with the daily risks facing those who make their living in the woods.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1598587749

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9781598587746

Discovering Denver Parks

A Local's Guide

By: Chris Englert

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Discovering Denver Parks

A Local's Guide

By: Chris Englert

This easy-to-use, informative, and fun guidebook covers the range of what Denver has to offer, from tiny pocket parks to expansive open space, classic park facilities to conservation zones. It even explores destination parks in the foothills just beyond the city. Each park’s listing includes: Icons for key features: accessibility, kid-friendly, dog-friendly, views, historic significance, public art, gardens, unpaved trails, paved trails, lakefront, riverfront, spray park/wading pool, horseback riding and--because it’s Denver--winter sports. Notes for other major amenities, such as restrooms, shelters, playgrounds, and more Public transportation, driving, and parking directions Details on each park’s history and size History and descriptive highlights such as sledding hills, water features, mountain biking paths, and more Ways to extend your park visit with easy add-on walks or bike rides to other nearby parks or attractions Discovering Denver Parks will keep families, walkers, dog-lovers, and kids of all ages busy with year-round exploration and fun!

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Mountaineers Books

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1680512498

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9781680512496

I Want to Buy a House, Now What?

By: Chris Sandlund

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I Want to Buy a House, Now What?

By: Chris Sandlund

It's everyone's dream: a home of one's own. But it's not easy to achieve. Where should you buy? How do you put in a bid and get a mortgage? What goes into the inspection, so you catch any problems before the deal is closed? And how should you decorate, landscape, and remodel? From starting the house hunt to drawing up a contract, from locking in a rate to finding a reputable moving company, here's the guide that covers it all. Before you're through, you'll feel sure whether you want a new home or a fixer-upper; if you should live in the city, country, or suburbs; how to calculate taxes; whether to hire a real estate lawyer; and what things to watch out for so your fantasy will become wonderful reality!

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0760731292

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9780760731291

Australia

The Rough Guide

By: Margo Daly,Anne Dehne,David Leffman,Chris Scott

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Australia

The Rough Guide

By: Margo Daly,Anne Dehne,David Leffman,Chris Scott

Just in time for the 2000 Olympics, this guide goes down under to provide in-depth accounts of every region, from Tasmania to the tropics, from wildlife to wild Melbourne nightlife. This fully updated edition features more information on exploring the Outback and adventure activities as well as the latest on getting to - or staying away from - the Olympic Games.

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1858284619

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