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The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction
It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into sep ...Show more
The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Audio
Simultaneous release with the print edition. A sweeping saga from Bryce Courtenay, Australia's most popular author. The Persimmon Tree opens in Indonesia in 1942 on the cusp of Japanese invasion and the evacuation of Batavia (Jakarta) by the Dutch. Seventeen-year-old Nicholas Duncan is on holiday there ...Show more
The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction
It's 1942 and seventeen-year-old Nicholas Duncan is in Indonesia in pursuit of the exotic Magpie Crow butterfly. Suddenly, Duncan finds himself in danger with an imminent Japanese invasion and the approaching monsoon season leaves Duncan with few options of escape. Amidst this fear and chaos he falls in ...Show more
The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction
The persimmon tree is a symbol of life, a heartwood that will outlast everything man can make . . . It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in ...Show more
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction | Series: POTATO FACTORY
Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteen ...Show more
The Potato Factory: 2 Spoken Word MP3 CDs by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Audio | Series: Potato Factory Trilogy Ser.
Best selling Australian author. All of Bryce Courtenay's books have achieved extraordinary sales figures. He was the winner of the 1998 and 1999 APA Who Weekly Reader's Choice Award. Ikey Solomon is very successful indeed, in the art of thieving. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright ...Show more
The Potato Factory (CD) by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Audio | Series: Potato Factory Trilogy Ser.
Best selling Australian author. All of Bryce Courtenay's books have achieved extraordinary sales figures. He was the winner of the 1998 and 1999 APA Who Weekly Reader's Choice Award. Ikey Solomon is very successful indeed, in the art of thieving. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright M ...Show more
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Audio
An exhilarating epic of a triumph of the heart. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the ...Show more
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction
First with your head and then with your heart' is advice Peekay, a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world, will carry throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. And in a f ...Show more
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction | Series: African Collection
First with your head and then with your heart.... So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by ra ...Show more
The Power of One Collector's Edition by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction
First with your head and then with your heart...
The Power of One: Popular Penguins by Bryce Courtenay
Category: Fiction | Series: African Collection
First with your head and then with your heart' is advice Peekay, a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world, will carry throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. And in a f ...Show more