Text is clean. Cover shows almost no wear. Tips of cover corners lightly bumped. ; From Back Cover: Fascinating (Australian) Family Life Collection is a mini-anthology of reminiscences and essays in discursive style by Alexander Rucki, one of Australia's favorite authors. This charming assortment covers a broad spectrum of topics ranging from the writer's deeply felt conviction of the need for parent-child communication and understanding in the adolescent years, to a historical overview of the difficult lives of immigrant Italians trying to establish themselves in their new Australian homeland during the early years of the twentieth-century. Mr. Rucki also offers a plan for self-help to professional educators whose classrooms have become war zones. This book concludes with an information-packed monograph on the international language Esperanto. This many-facted collection has something for everyone. ; 179 pages