Songlines Av Lynne Kelly, Margo Neale

The only place Iris really feels at home anymore is in her electronics workshop where she loves taking apart antique radios. Then, during a science lesson about sound waves, Iris finds out about a whale who is unable to communicate with other whales.

<p>In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most...

Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries.

<b><p>For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin''s classic work with a new introduction by Rory Stewart</p></b><p>Part adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, <i>The...