Author: Kristina Cone
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504305892
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
It’s Christmas time for a special cassowary family in Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia. Their mummy has come back to join them all with some wonderful surprises. Chrissie the Cassowary chick badly wants to find out what all of her family’s precious Christmas gifts are. Will she be able to wait? Or will Chrissie just be too curious? Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary is a delightful story cleverly designed to help young readers discover their talents. As in Timmy The Terribly Tired Tiger Cub, Kristina Cone has created another truly engaging tale. –Diane Finlay, author of The Duck with No Quack Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary Kristina has written a story which educates and delights. Cassowaries and rainforest- what could be more evocative of an amazing part of Australia? A perfect storybook for all children, whether they live near or far! – Clare Minchin, School Librarian
Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary
Author: Kristina Cone
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504305892
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
It’s Christmas time for a special cassowary family in Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia. Their mummy has come back to join them all with some wonderful surprises. Chrissie the Cassowary chick badly wants to find out what all of her family’s precious Christmas gifts are. Will she be able to wait? Or will Chrissie just be too curious? Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary is a delightful story cleverly designed to help young readers discover their talents. As in Timmy The Terribly Tired Tiger Cub, Kristina Cone has created another truly engaging tale. –Diane Finlay, author of The Duck with No Quack Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary Kristina has written a story which educates and delights. Cassowaries and rainforest- what could be more evocative of an amazing part of Australia? A perfect storybook for all children, whether they live near or far! – Clare Minchin, School Librarian
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504305892
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
It’s Christmas time for a special cassowary family in Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia. Their mummy has come back to join them all with some wonderful surprises. Chrissie the Cassowary chick badly wants to find out what all of her family’s precious Christmas gifts are. Will she be able to wait? Or will Chrissie just be too curious? Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary is a delightful story cleverly designed to help young readers discover their talents. As in Timmy The Terribly Tired Tiger Cub, Kristina Cone has created another truly engaging tale. –Diane Finlay, author of The Duck with No Quack Chrissie the Curious Christmas Cassowary Kristina has written a story which educates and delights. Cassowaries and rainforest- what could be more evocative of an amazing part of Australia? A perfect storybook for all children, whether they live near or far! – Clare Minchin, School Librarian
Mister Cassowary
Author: Samantha Wheeler
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702256218
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
From the author of Smooch & Rose and Spud & Charli comes another thrilling adventure about Australia s endangered cassowaries Cassowaries are not just birds, Dad growled. They re the most dangerous birds in the world. When Flynn and Dad arrive at Grandad Barney s banana farm, it s clear that Flynn has a lot of investigating to do. Everything in the place is a mystery, especially his grandad who died almost a year ago, and the strange dinosaur-like birds called cassowaries that make his dad so scared. Why won t Dad tell Flynn what happened? After Flynn meets local girl Abby and discovers two orphaned baby cassowaries, the mystery deepens. Can Flynn find out the truth about his grandad and the cassowaries before it s too late?"
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702256218
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
From the author of Smooch & Rose and Spud & Charli comes another thrilling adventure about Australia s endangered cassowaries Cassowaries are not just birds, Dad growled. They re the most dangerous birds in the world. When Flynn and Dad arrive at Grandad Barney s banana farm, it s clear that Flynn has a lot of investigating to do. Everything in the place is a mystery, especially his grandad who died almost a year ago, and the strange dinosaur-like birds called cassowaries that make his dad so scared. Why won t Dad tell Flynn what happened? After Flynn meets local girl Abby and discovers two orphaned baby cassowaries, the mystery deepens. Can Flynn find out the truth about his grandad and the cassowaries before it s too late?"
Anne of Windy Poplars
Author: L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473373913
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This charming novel is the fourth book in the Anne of Green Gables series. 22 years old and away from home, the much-loved Anne Shirley has to find her own way in the world once more as she begins a new job in Windy Poplars. Beginning a new phase of her life, Anne has finally left the Cuthbert’s farm. Filled with romance and charming moral tales, the story is mostly told through the letters that Anne exchanges with her fiancé, Gilbert Blythe. The couple try to maintain their relationship while Gilbert begins medical school and Anne embarks on a new path as the principal of Summerside High School in Windy Poplars. Anne lodges in the cosy tower room of an old house, Windy Willows, belonging to Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty. Soon she makes fast friends with the women and their boisterous housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. But despite these new friends, Anne struggles to find her feet in the town. The ‘royal family’ of Summerside, the Pringles, keep a watchful eye on the new principal and make it very clear that she's not their first choice for the job. Will Anne be able to win the Pringles over? Can she and Gilbert keep their spark alive? Read & Co. Children’s has proudly republished this beautiful edition of Anne of Windy Poplars, now featuring an introductory author biography. This classic novel is not to be missed by lovers of Anne of Green Gables and those who wish to revisit their childhood as Anne commences the next stage of her life.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473373913
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This charming novel is the fourth book in the Anne of Green Gables series. 22 years old and away from home, the much-loved Anne Shirley has to find her own way in the world once more as she begins a new job in Windy Poplars. Beginning a new phase of her life, Anne has finally left the Cuthbert’s farm. Filled with romance and charming moral tales, the story is mostly told through the letters that Anne exchanges with her fiancé, Gilbert Blythe. The couple try to maintain their relationship while Gilbert begins medical school and Anne embarks on a new path as the principal of Summerside High School in Windy Poplars. Anne lodges in the cosy tower room of an old house, Windy Willows, belonging to Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty. Soon she makes fast friends with the women and their boisterous housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. But despite these new friends, Anne struggles to find her feet in the town. The ‘royal family’ of Summerside, the Pringles, keep a watchful eye on the new principal and make it very clear that she's not their first choice for the job. Will Anne be able to win the Pringles over? Can she and Gilbert keep their spark alive? Read & Co. Children’s has proudly republished this beautiful edition of Anne of Windy Poplars, now featuring an introductory author biography. This classic novel is not to be missed by lovers of Anne of Green Gables and those who wish to revisit their childhood as Anne commences the next stage of her life.
Jake's Bones
Author: Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher: Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781848988521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.
Publisher: Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781848988521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.
Australian Wildlife After Dark
Author: Martyn Robinson
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486300731
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Australia is a land of many unique animals, some of which are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and so are rarely seen. These are the after dark animals so widespread yet so little noticed by humans, whether in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest. Australian Wildlife After Dark brings this hidden fauna into the light. The after dark fauna includes a surprising diversity of familiar (and some not-so-familiar) species, from cockroaches, moths and spiders through to bandicoots, bats and birds – and then some. Each example is described in a unique, friendly style by Martyn Robinson, familiar to many Australians through his frequent media appearances on ABC Radio and in Burke’s Backyard magazine, and Bruce Thomson, an internationally renowned wildlife photographer and bat researcher. The book includes stunning photography and boxes that highlight selected topics, such as the ‘windscreen wiper’ eyelids of geckoes and the strategies used by night-time plants to attract pollinators. Also included are practical tips on finding nocturnal wildlife, a glossary of scientific terms and a short bibliography.
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486300731
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Australia is a land of many unique animals, some of which are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and so are rarely seen. These are the after dark animals so widespread yet so little noticed by humans, whether in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest. Australian Wildlife After Dark brings this hidden fauna into the light. The after dark fauna includes a surprising diversity of familiar (and some not-so-familiar) species, from cockroaches, moths and spiders through to bandicoots, bats and birds – and then some. Each example is described in a unique, friendly style by Martyn Robinson, familiar to many Australians through his frequent media appearances on ABC Radio and in Burke’s Backyard magazine, and Bruce Thomson, an internationally renowned wildlife photographer and bat researcher. The book includes stunning photography and boxes that highlight selected topics, such as the ‘windscreen wiper’ eyelids of geckoes and the strategies used by night-time plants to attract pollinators. Also included are practical tips on finding nocturnal wildlife, a glossary of scientific terms and a short bibliography.
1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
Author: Ulf Gärdenfors
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831703350
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals was a major advance on its predecessors in clarity of layout and amount of information presented. This is taken further in the 1996 edition, which is also the first global compilation to use the complete new IUCN Red List category system.
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831703350
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals was a major advance on its predecessors in clarity of layout and amount of information presented. This is taken further in the 1996 edition, which is also the first global compilation to use the complete new IUCN Red List category system.
Plumes from Paradise
Author: Pamela Swadling
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743325460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after was the bird of paradise. Their magnificent plumes bedecked the hats of fashion-conscious women in Europe and America, provided regalia for the Kings of Nepal, and decorated the headdresses of Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Plumes from Paradise tells the story of this interaction, and of the economic, political, social and cultural consequence for the island's inhabitants. It traces 400 years of economic and political history, culminating in the 'plume boom' of the early part of the 20th century, when an unprecedented number of outsiders flocked to the island's coasts and hinterlands. The story teems with the variety of people involved: New Guineans, Indonesians, Chinese, Europeans, hunters, traders, natural historians and their collectors, officials, missionaries, planters, miners, adventurers of every kind. In the wings were the conservationists, whose efforts brought the slaughter of the plume boom to an end and ushered in an era of comparative isolation for the island that lasted until World War II.
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743325460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after was the bird of paradise. Their magnificent plumes bedecked the hats of fashion-conscious women in Europe and America, provided regalia for the Kings of Nepal, and decorated the headdresses of Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Plumes from Paradise tells the story of this interaction, and of the economic, political, social and cultural consequence for the island's inhabitants. It traces 400 years of economic and political history, culminating in the 'plume boom' of the early part of the 20th century, when an unprecedented number of outsiders flocked to the island's coasts and hinterlands. The story teems with the variety of people involved: New Guineans, Indonesians, Chinese, Europeans, hunters, traders, natural historians and their collectors, officials, missionaries, planters, miners, adventurers of every kind. In the wings were the conservationists, whose efforts brought the slaughter of the plume boom to an end and ushered in an era of comparative isolation for the island that lasted until World War II.
Anomie and Violence
Author: John Braithwaite
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921666234
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Indonesia suffered an explosion of religious violence, ethnic violence, separatist violence, terrorism, and violence by criminal gangs, the security forces and militias in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By 2002 Indonesia had the worst terrorism problem of any nation. All these forms of violence have now fallen dramatically. How was this accomplished? What drove the rise and the fall of violence? Anomie theory is deployed to explain these developments. Sudden institutional change at the time of the Asian financial crisis and the fall of President Suharto meant the rules of the game were up for grabs. Valerie Braithwaite's motivational postures theory is used to explain the gaming of the rules and the disengagement from authority that occurred in that era. Ultimately resistance to Suharto laid a foundation for commitment to a revised, more democratic, institutional order. The peacebuilding that occurred was not based on the high-integrity truth-seeking and reconciliation that was the normative preference of these authors. Rather it was based on non-truth, sometimes lies, and yet substantial reconciliation. This poses a challenge to restorative justice theories of peacebuilding.
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921666234
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Indonesia suffered an explosion of religious violence, ethnic violence, separatist violence, terrorism, and violence by criminal gangs, the security forces and militias in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By 2002 Indonesia had the worst terrorism problem of any nation. All these forms of violence have now fallen dramatically. How was this accomplished? What drove the rise and the fall of violence? Anomie theory is deployed to explain these developments. Sudden institutional change at the time of the Asian financial crisis and the fall of President Suharto meant the rules of the game were up for grabs. Valerie Braithwaite's motivational postures theory is used to explain the gaming of the rules and the disengagement from authority that occurred in that era. Ultimately resistance to Suharto laid a foundation for commitment to a revised, more democratic, institutional order. The peacebuilding that occurred was not based on the high-integrity truth-seeking and reconciliation that was the normative preference of these authors. Rather it was based on non-truth, sometimes lies, and yet substantial reconciliation. This poses a challenge to restorative justice theories of peacebuilding.
The Lazy Little Frog
Author: Joycelin Kauc Leahy
Publisher: PNG Publishing
ISBN: 9780980750331
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
A little green tree frog named Loki Enough thought hard work was for losers until a near-death experience changes Loki's view and attitude forever. This change also earns Loki a best friend.
Publisher: PNG Publishing
ISBN: 9780980750331
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
A little green tree frog named Loki Enough thought hard work was for losers until a near-death experience changes Loki's view and attitude forever. This change also earns Loki a best friend.
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description