This book gives a great insight into how to build your classroom into a safe scientific space. The chapter on dialogue journals sent not only my science class in a new direction, but also my math class!! What a terrific find!

Superb photographs of Australian 20s and 30s architecture, supported by the very best of architectural comment. Australia's acknowledged expert on 20,s and 30,s architectural and design heritage, Lumby has taken the often regarded 'humdrum' to the very heigths! The VERY BEST! This book is cheap at half the cost!

Hats off to Bradt for producing this guide in the first place. The three destinations covered in the book are about as "off the beaten track" as it's possible to get without falling off the edge of the Earth. They are 3 tiny islands floating in the middle of the South Atlantic. None can be reached by commercial air service. St. Helena is accessible by a regular, but quite infrequent passenger ship traveling between England and Cape Town. (The schedule of which requires visitors to spend either only a couple of hours/days on the island, or several weeks.)
Ascension is a stop on a few of the St. Helena runs. Tristan, the most remote of all, is served only by the occassional freighter or private vessel.
Not surprisingly, none of the destinations is exactly overflowing with tourist attractions [though St. Helena, of course, has some Napoleon sites], but this (along with their inaccessibility) means that they aren't exactly overflowing with tourists either. Which, for some people, is what gives them their appeal.

No, I won't be visiting these destinations any time soon. But the guidebook was a lot of fun to read, providing plenty of fodder for travel-dreams.

I came across the Judith Saxton works earlier this year, I can say that I never been disapointed with any of her book. Still Waters tells the story of Tess and Mal two people who different ends of the earth, but with the coming Second World War they finally meet and hope to discover truth behind a secret that has haunted Tess most of her life. Ms. Saxton is able to make the reader a sense on how life is wartime Britian. A really great book!

Streetwise Sydney is essential to experiencing a city rich in history. It is laminated, so it's easy to fold, and it fits almost anywhere - a breast pocket perhaps. The map color codes different points of interest and of necessity- i.e. the Royal Botanic Gardens, Restaurants and Hotels. This map made a trip to a foreign city not so intimidating, and I wouldn't want to use any other kind when I plan my next adventure.

I was lent a copy of this sequel to "From Strength to Strength" I couldn't put it down and now am struggling to get copies of it and the first book. Even jumping into the sequel without the introductory book, Sara's tales are mesmerizing, adventurous and well written!

Strict Rules takes us back to 1986 and on tour with Midnight Oil and the Warumpi Band as they bring their distinctive styles of rock through the Aboriginal settlements of the outback. But this is more than a rock'n'roll road trip, it's a sensitive insight into the tragic history and ongoing struggle of Australia's original inhabitants. Intensely interesting. A must read not only for Midnight Oil fans, but for anyone with an interest in indigenous culture.

Available now! Smash hit at premiere season in Australia! Baravaian buffoonery as bikers invade a festival in the mountains. Heidi the milk maid and Schultz, the lovable gardener enter into the spirit of the festival with some slap dancing and a sausage stuffing competition, with the help of some audience members. Little or no set required. music Suggestions given in script. Ideal for corporate functions or high school production. Cast of 8f 4m. A must read!

Les Murray is quite simply one of the finest poets of his generation. He combines the earthiness of a Seamus Heaney with the passion of a Dylan Thomas. Add a healthy dose of humour and a deep and compassionate understanding of the falibility of humankind and you're getting closer.

"Subhuman Redneck Poems" is a book full of gems - I challenge anyone to read "Burning Want" or "The Last Hellos" and remain unmoved. Les Murray has the gift of being able to quickly and clearly convey a person, a setting, or a situation. The poems are very accessible, which must surely be a rarity given the prevalence of Post-Modernist babble.

He is a poet of, and for Australia, but his appeal is not limited to Antipodeans. From a discussion of cultural cringe ("A Brief History") to a heartbreaking look at the life of his autistic son ("It Allows a Portrait in Line-Scan at Fifteen"), he carries his audience effortlessly.

This is a superb book of poetry. But don't take my word for it - see for yourself why it won the 1997 TS Eliot Prize.

This novel is a sequel to Sooner or Later(also available at Amazon).It tells of a 17 year old boy, Michel Khamis, who is working for the summer holidays for his mother, who's a rock music promoter.In walks Geraldine, a beautiful Aboriginal girl who's determined to be an opera singer--and the pair fall in love.But the course of true love does not always run smooth.. Although the book addresses a lot of 'issues', it does not preach, and presents all its dilemmas through the characters.