Our Australian Girl - Alice and the Apple Blossom Fair ...
ItÂ’s 1918 . . . and Alice has never felt lonelier. Her fa...
Our Australian Girl - Alice of Peppermint Grove (Book 3...
ItÂ’s 1918 . . . and the war has finally ended. Alice canÂ’t...
Our Australian Girl - Nellie And Secret The Letter (Boo...
ItÂ’s 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life as a ...
Our Australian Girl - Grace And Glory (Book 3)
ItÂ’s 1808 . . . and Grace has arrived at a bark hut on th...
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces r...
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces r...
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services - University...
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services 2e
Australian Social Policy and the Human Services 2e - Univers...
Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Chi...
Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child an...
The Alice Stories - Our Australian Girl
For the first time, read all four Alice stories in one beaut...
Our Australian Girl - Peacetime for Alice (Book 4)
ItsÂ’ 1919 . . . and Alice is busy looking after Mama, pract...
Our Australian Girl - Meet Alice (Book 1)
ItÂ’s 1918 . . . and Alice lives with her big family by th...
Our Australian Girl - Alice And The Apple Blossom Fair (Book2)
Daisy and the Trouble with Life
In Daisy s guide to life, nothing is quite black and white. The trubble with life is itÂ’s sooooooo not fair. The trouble with Mums is that you canÂ’t swap them for other mums when you need to. And the trouble with being grounded is itÂ’s sooooooo boring. You absolutely canÂ’t go anywhere at all. No hopping jumping, flying or parachuting . . . DaisyÂ’s got ever so much time to think about what she...
The Hidden Reality - Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Brian Greene’s The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos explores our most current scientific understanding of the universe, the ‘string theory’ that might hold the key to unifying nature’s laws, and our continuing quest to know more. There was a time when ‘universe’ meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as physicist Brian Greene’s extraordinary book shows, ou...
Rich & Rare - A collection of Australian stories, poetry and artwork
Age range 11+ A collector of computer games, a knitting needle ninja, a violin that comes to life, a cat with many names, a love that cannot be bought, a prince who finds a friend, an alien invasion … Welcome to a world of `beauty rich and rare’, a world of natural (and unnatural) gifts on every page – from humour to horror, thriller to fantasy – encompassing the past, the present and the fut...
Our Australian Girl - Meet Grace (Book 1)
It’s 1808 . . . and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so much. One afternoon Grace can’t resist taking a shiny red apple from a grocer’s cart – and then another… Before she knows it, Grace is being chased through the streets! Wi...
Time and Space - The Tactics That Shaped Australian Rules - and the Players and Coaches Who Mastered Them
An accomplished book about the genius and ingenuity of the gameÂ’s greats (and the forgotten) and how they have shaped the game through the innovation of tactics. From PaganÂ’s Paddock to ClarksonÂ’s Cluster, from FitzroyÂ’s huddle to SydneyÂ’s flood, the tactics of Australian football have become part of the vernacular. In this groundbreaking book, ABC journalist James Coventry reveals the...
Our Australian Girl - Daisy All Alone (Book 2)
ItÂ’s1930 . . . and DaisyÂ’s worst nightmare has come true. SheÂ’s alone on the streets, separated from her family. Things get worse after the police send her to live at the Melbourne Orphanage. At least she doesnÂ’t have to scavenge for food scraps anymore, but with no family and no freedom, Daisy is miserable. When she hears some shocking news she decides itÂ’s time to plot a daring escape . . ....
Children, Meaning-Making and the Arts
This Australian text is about children’s voices – their minds, feelings, souls. It’s about how children’s voices are liberated through the arts, and how children make and communicate meaning through still and moving images, sounds, textures, gestures and the use of many other signs. It is also about how teachers, parents, peers and the community influence children’s early development, and h...
The Australian Disease - On the Decline of Love and the Rise of Non-Freedom: Short Black 1
‘Non-freedom to the Western mind is inevitably linked with images of backwardness – Soviet tractors, East German Trabants, Kim Jong Il’s haircut. But non-freedom these days is also iPads, iPhones and a dazzling array of less iconic but ubiquitous consumer goods that flood our stores, our homes and which increasingly are used to define our ideas of worth and happiness. It is a full-lipped ...
Braving the Wilderness - The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone
A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection. Â’True belonging doesnÂ’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.Â’ Social scientist BrenU Brown, PhD, LMSW has sparked ...
The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden
It is very dangerous when a wound is so common in a culture that hardly anyone knows there is a problem. Such is the case right now with our wounded feeling function- our inability to find joy, worth, and meaning in life. Robert A. Johnson, the celebrated author of ‘He, She’, and ‘We’, revisits two medieval tales and illuminates how this feeling function has become a casualty of our modern tim...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
The first book in a new series that will explore Australia’s role in the Great War.From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air – warfare’s newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britain’s flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the...
Our Australian Girl - School Days For Ruby (Book 3)
It’s 1931 . . .and Ruby is settling into life at her school in the country. But when a desperately poor family moves to the area, no one wants to be friends with them. Ruby will have to choose sides, and she has already made one enemy at school – Doris Spinks. Will Ruby do what she believes is right? And what does Doris know about Ruby’s beloved dad? Follow Ruby on her...
Shame and the Captives
On the edge of a small Australian town, far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a camp holds thousands of Japanese, Italian and Korean prisoners of war. The locals are unsure how to treat the ‘enemy’, though Alice Herman, whose young husband is himself a prisoner in Europe, becomes drawn to the Italian soldier sent to work on her father-in-law’s farm. The camp commander and his deput...
Our Australian Girl - The Letty Stories
For the first time, read all four Letty stories in one beautiful hardback edition. ItÂ’s 1841 . . . LettyÂ’s older sister Lavina is leaving England for Australia by ship. But Letty ends up stuck on board too, much to her sisterÂ’s dismay. Can Letty cope with the long sea voyage, as well as building a new life for herself in a strange far-off land? Journey with Letty across all four exc...
Casual Cyclist's Guide to Melbourne - Routes, Rides, Rants and Raves about the City and the Bike
MelbourneÂ’s most original cycling guide returns, complete with new riding routes, rants and fully updated suburb-by-suburb directory. This new edition of The Casual CyclistÂ’s Guide to Melbourne brings a fresh and entertaining perspective to this much-loved mode of transport. Discover the quirky history cycling has in this fair city: the bone-shaker, the safety cycle and the Malvern Star. Discove...
Messages from Water and the Universe
Masaru EmotoÂ’s 15 extensive years of study on water has given him the background to discuss what water is, how it has been implicated in the creation of the universe, and why a perfect ratio of Love and Gratitude can help this energy can go on infinitely. This fascinating book explains how our prayers, goodwill and positive words heal us humans – as well as viruses and the universe as a whole Â...
The Girl With All The Gifts - Film tie-in
The phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is now a major film starring Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they donÂ’t like ...
Our Australian Girl - Nellie And Secret The Letter (Book 2)
ItÂ’s 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life as a kitchen maid in a grand Adelaide house with her best friend, Mary. But NellieÂ’s desire to live out her dreams soon leads to a battle with the spiteful cook Bessie RudgeÂ…Â… Can Nellie keep her temper and avoid being thrown out to beg on the streets? And why is Mary acting so strangely? Follow Nellie on her adventure in the second...
Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree
This new adventure with Red Knit Cap Girl and her friends uses simple prose and radiant illustrations to shine a light on the joy of reading and the importance of working together. One day Red Knit Cap Girl and her friends discover a hollow tree in the middle of the forest. What can be done with one ordinary tree? ‘I will keep my book in this nook so everyone can read it,’ Red Knit Cap Girl says...
Alice Jones - The Impossible Clue
Maths-whizz Alice has already solved a mystery or two. Persuaded by wannabe sidekick Sammy to investigate a scientistÂ’s disappearance, sheÂ’s soon entangled in her trickiest case yet. Dr Learner is reputed to have invented an invisibility suit, but is whacky science really to blame for his vanishing? With the unlikely help of erstwhile nemesis Kevin, Alice solves the ...
Our Australian Girl - Meet Alice (Book 1)
ItÂ’s 1918 . . . and Alice lives with her big family by the Swan River in Perth, while on the other side of the world, the Great War rages. AliceÂ’s deepest wish is to become a ballerina, and when she auditions for a famous dance teacher from London, it seems as if her dreams might come true. But then thereÂ’s a terrible accident, and Alice must ask herself whether there are more imp...