{"title":"DON DOUGLAS BOOKS","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"coppercrossing","title":"The Copper Crossing Mystery by Don Douglas","description":"\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN: 978-0-6453511-1-8\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: 213 page paperback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the book:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe once booming outback mining town of Copper Crossing is now only a dot on the map. It’s where legends flourish but little occurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLocal road-train boss Casey Meadows catches the eye of police sergeant Milford Corbett whose wife Sandra has disappeared, but she has her mind on SAS soldier Adam Beaumont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA windfall inheritance puts Casey and Adam perilously at odds with a mystery consortium after Milford’s apparent death, and a generations-old feud surfaces as they strive to achieve the last wishes of Adam’s grandfather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLives are endangered and lost during the quest for redemption in which only one side can triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAustralian author Don Douglas lived the life he writes about – he worked as a ringer, head stockman, manager, plant operator and owner of stations across Queensland. He grew up on a remote cattle station at Morven in the south-west of the state.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDon learned to ride young – at two years old his mother would carry him on a cushion on the pommel of her saddle. An Aboriginal ringer (who was an ex-Light Horse Trooper) taught him to track and to use an axe and adze when he was 5 or 6. A year or two later he was driving a D2 crawler, building dams with his father.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn avid reader all his life, Don started writing stories of the Australian bush and his Curlew series were published by Boolarong Press. Don lives with his wife, Gillian, in Ayr, Queensland.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"storiesofoz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43001911738619,"sku":"COPC2020","price":18.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/1105\/1003\/products\/Amazoncover.jpg?v=1652160035"},{"product_id":"curlewdreaming","title":"Curlew Dreaming by Don Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in stock for same business day dispatch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e294 page paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-0-6453511-6-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurlew Dreaming is the eagerly-awaited fourth instalment in the Curlew Series by Don Douglas. The action begins in 1928 after the Tomahawk Plains races. Nettie Chambers and Northern Territory cattleman Eric McDonald begin a love affair that has evolved from a teenage crush over a period of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe death of an Aboriginal elder leaves Eric with a solemn duty and also a legacy of profound connotations in the form of the Crocodile Blood Diamond. Initially sceptical, Eric’s subsequent experiences lead him to acknowledge that the talisman has supernatural powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld War II intervenes in Nettie and Eric’s lives and their separate experiences test their mettle, their resolve and their fidelity. Nettie undergoes another uncanny experience and is no longer the straightforward young woman she once was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAustralian author Don Douglas lived the life he writes about – he worked as a ringer, head stockman, manager, plant operator and owner of stations across Queensland. He grew up on a remote cattle station at Morven in the south-west of the state.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDon learned to ride young – at two years old his mother would carry him on a cushion on the pommel of her saddle. An Aboriginal ringer (who was an ex-Light Horse Trooper) taught him to track and to use an axe and adze when he was 5 or 6. A year or two later he was driving a D2 crawler, building dams with his father.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn avid reader all his life, Don started writing stories of the Australian bush and his Curlew series were published by Boolarong Press. 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She goes on the run, relentlessly pursued by a young detective, Lance McLeod, who hounds her to Surfers Paradise, Townsville and to her home at Tomahawk Plains in the Territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter her grandfather Ben dies of a heart attack while abusing Lance, Eliza returns and confronts Lance in his own office with a Tommy-gun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe begins to see her as a possible victim, rather than a callous murderer and a stalemate follows, during which they begin an affair, which Lance knows compromises his integrity and he requests a transfer. He is replaced by an old detective, Kelly Atkins, who comes to the realisation the case should be dropped. He burns her file and resigns. But in the meantime, Eliza has given birth to Lance’s child and has a nervous breakdown. Kelly tracks her down and they go in search of Lance, who has left the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir daughter, Sarah is six before Kelly eventually confronts Lance and has become close friend to Eliza and uncle to Sarah in that time. Their reconciliation isn’t a foregone conclusion however, as Lance is reserved about his feelings, until Sarah almost dies from tetanus and they spend a night together in a motel when Sarah miraculously recovers, after Eliza returns home to get the crocodile diamond, the talisman old Captain had given her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe story ends with Sarah conspiring with Lance to propose to her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"storiesofoz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791781851387,"sku":"CR2023","price":24.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/1105\/1003\/files\/CurlewRisingCoverDraft.jpg?v=1694385778"},{"product_id":"curlew-legacy-by-don-douglas","title":"Curlew Legacy by Don Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003e 280 page Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003e978-0-6459925-1-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Frontpages\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eEarly in the twentieth century Kalgoorlie gold miner Ben McDonald forms a mining partnership with his London based brother Henry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Frontpages\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eHenry is also involved in military intelligence, as is his son Ben Abdul. During WWII they recruit Ben’s son Eric into that work. Eric already has a string of Top End cattle stations funded by diamond sales from the Ord River and he later registers exploration leases over that area. At war’s end those three form a company, Curlew Investments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Frontpages\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eAll those men have since died and Curlew Investments has swallowed the mining company and mushroomed into a global company with offices in Kalgoorlie, London, Hong Kong and Darwin. Eric’s daughter Eliza is chair of the company and runs the Darwin office. Her cousin Charlie is also a director and runs the Kalgoorlie office as well as the mines. Ben Abdul’s widow Lyndall runs the London office as well as taking over Ben Abdul’s directorship until their son Angus reaches twenty-one and inherits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Frontpages\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eEliza’s daughter Sarah is passionate about exploring their diamond leases and shares a mutual love with her cousin Angus. But when that love becomes an affair Lyndall reacts vehemently calling it incest. Her irrational behaviour causes the other directors to fear it will destroy the company.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Frontpages\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eSarah and Angus tread separate, fraught paths and much intrigue before the dramatic ending soon after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"storiesofoz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45904179495163,"sku":"CL2024","price":24.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/1105\/1003\/files\/LegacyCoverFront.jpg?v=1714627410"},{"product_id":"curlew-green-diamond-by-don-douglas","title":"Curlew Green Diamond by Don Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780645992564\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e154 page paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah and Taigun McDonald leave home with a parcel of rare\u003cbr\u003egreen diamonds from their mine on the Ord River, heading\u003cbr\u003eto Darwin for the purpose of collecting an expensive diamond\u003cbr\u003ecutting machine. 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