The third edition of Senior English Skills Builder has been updated to prepare pre-VCE students with the skills they require to achieve success in VCE English. Ideally used at Year 10, this workbook includes units aligned to the new 2016 Study Design and the Australian Curriculum. Students will develop the skills needed to write analytical, creative and comparative responses to texts. Moreover, they will hone their ability to analyse persuasive language and argument, develop and present argument, improve oral communication and prepare thoroughly for an English examination. Students who complet... View More...
Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. It is the story of a life lived to the full - the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. About the Author A.B. Facey was born in 1894 and grew up on the Kalgoorlie goldfields and in the wheat-belt of Wes... View More...
Al Probert's Spray Painting provides comprehensive information on the theory and practice of spray painting motor vehicles.
Al's wealth of knowledge, gained over many years in the industry, is imparted in an easy-to-follow, well-illustrated format.
Contents:
? Spray Painting History
? The Spray Area and Safety
? Spray Guns
? Cleaning and Maintenance of Spray Guns
? Using a Spray Gun
? Air Regulators and Transformers
? Fixed Airlines and Air Hoses
? Compressors
? Spray booths
? Preparing Surfaces and Vehicles for Painting
? Preparing Painted Surfaces
? Masking the Vehicle
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Vasily Sukhomlinsky was an extremely influential Ukrainian educator, whose work is still widely read in Ukraine, Russia and China. His idealistic vision of human development, and his deep love for children, led him to develop a holistic system of education that emphasised the moral and aesthetic dimensions of a child's growth, as well as the physical, intellectual and vocational. His school in the village of Pavlysh was visited by thousands of schoolteachers, and his books were read by millions. This is the first major study to present Sukhomlinsky's educational legacy to an English-speaking a... View More...
A longtime favourite with teachers, Australian Signpost Maths now features resources to help you take maths learning into the digital age and meet the latest assessment requirements. Consolidate learning with questions from the mentals books and reinforce class learning with assignable homework. Differentiated mixed-topic questions. Explanation of essential skills. Incorporation of real-life situations. ID Cards to review the language of mathematics. Quirky, engaging cartoons and illustrations to motivate students. View More...
A longtime favourite with teachers, Australian Signpost Maths now features resources to help you take maths learning into the digital age and meet the latest assessment requirements. Use the student activity book as your program foundation and add digital assets to move learning online. Exercises are well graded. New work is reinforced in the Mentals Book. Answers are supplied in the Teacher’s Books and also in the back of the Year 3-6 Student Activity Books (SABs). The Progress (F-1) and Diagnostic (2-6) Tests (now in the SABs as well as the Teacher’s Book) allow the teacher to discover e... View More...
Ned Kelly - Australia's beloved national icon - was once just a bushranger who had to be punished for his crimes. In 1880, everyone wanted him dead. There are many stories that form the Kelly myth. But the side of the story rarely told is what really happened in the 137 days between Ned's last stand at Glenrowan and the day the hangman's noose was placed around his neck. Who was with him in his last hours, and why did he have so many powerful enemies? Ned Kelly's Last Days exposes the blatant cover-ups, the corruption and the rampant press baying for blood that were ultimately Ned Kelly's deat... View More...
The search for ancient Queensland is a journey through deep time, revealing its unique landscapes, a fascinating geology and, most importantly, its incomparable fossils. This beautifully illustrated book charts the complex evolution of life over the past 250 million years, set against a backdrop of momentous geological events and dramatic environmental change. It offers tantalising, but incomplete, glimpses of the primeval environments that have shaped modern Queensland and, in doing so, signposts understanding of our largely unknown future. In Search of Ancient Queensland celebrates the... View More...
In this second novel in The Sunday Philosophy Club, Isabel Dalhousie's niece, Cat (she of the unsuitable boyfriends) is invited to a wedding in Italy. This means that Isabel is left in charge of Cat's delicatessen - a task to which the redoubtable moral philosopher proves more than equal. She is intrigued by the customers, of course, given her irrepressible tendency to take an interest in the business of others, and one man in particular attracts her attention. He is recovering from heart surgery - a heart transplant in fact - and when Isabel gets to know him a bit better he reveals an extraor... View More...
Anyone can learn to use a crystal ball for divination, guidance, and meditation. This friendly introductory guide, written by a second-generation fortune teller, is the only book available that focuses solely on the benefits of crystal ball reading. The author, a professional reader, presents everything you need to know to begin doing crystal ball readings immediately. You'll learn what a crystal ball is, how it works, and how to choose your first one. Step-by-step instructions describe what to look for when doing a reading and how to interpret the symbols found within the crystal ball. You ca... View More...
Nothing prepares Ruth for the horror of her young husband's death and its traumatic consequences. A fresh start with a new career in London provides success in her life, but she discovers that true contentment will never be hers until she can confront, once and for all, the tragedy of the past. View More...
The Driver by Alice Mabin documents the reality of the daily grind for 110 different trucking companies and drivers with stunning images featuring every state and territory in Australia and New Zealand. This is the never before-seen real life tale of the captivating lives of truck drivers. “It was important to me that the stalwart cooperation of the truckies, their families, and the trucking companies were respected and represented fully. This is why it was so vital to feature each state and territory across Australia and New Zealand,†asserted the author, Alice Mabin. “I absorbed so ... View More...
The Drover by Alice Mabin - droving captured through the lens of a camera. The red dust swirls around you, filling your lungs and coating your face, the cattle low as they march onwards, you crack a cold one at the end of a long hot day. The path of a drover is a long and difficult one. Droving is woven in the fabric of Australian history, but droving cattle long distances is a rare event today. Now you can view the epic Brinkworth drove, as captured through the lens of photographer Al Mabin in her new book The Drover. During 2013's severe drought, South Australian farmer Tom B... View More...
LIVESTOCK: THE HEARTBEAT OF AUSTRALIA.
Isolated workers and stunning landscapes unfold before your eyes as you take the photographic adventure of a life time.
From a crocodile farm to a farm of 50,000+ sheep, this book captures what most people don’t know about day to day life on a station in Australia.
Cattle, sheep, dairy, the intensives- pig and poultry, aquaculture, right down to our more boutique enterprises such as buffalo, camels, crocodiles, deer, ducks, goats, turkeys, quail and the likes.
The Grower series give a photographic and informative insight into each industry a... View More...
CROPPING: THE ROOTS OF AUSTRALIA
From the vast expansions of land of bulk commodity crops such as wheat, barley, canola lupins in the wheatbelt of Western Australia, to the colourful horticulture sector that graces every household, to vitaculture in the Hunter Valley, Yarra Valley, Margaret River and South Australia, plant and tree nurseries, to the more unique things like safron, ginger, hemp, cocoa, opium poppies, truffles, and jojoba all over Australia. See what life is really like through an amazing series of personal stories and beautiful photographs.
The Grower series give a photogra... View More...
They wed in haste - Nora Thorngoode, to save her ruined reputation, and Grayson Lowell, to rescue his estate from foreclosure for unpaid debts. Each resents the necessity to exchange vows that will bind them for all time, and yet from the first, passion flames between them . . . quickly engulfing them in a sensual obsession . . . But soon the lover that Nora married becomes a dark stranger to her, a man torn apart by guilt over his brother's recent, mysterious death . . . and driven half-mad by ghostly spectres who demand that Grayson expose the truth. Has Nora married a murderer whose wicked... View More...
The new editions of the Successful series are designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in the fundamental English skills of Grammar, Spelling, Comprehension and Writing. With two approaches to choose from, this write-in workbook series will complement any English program. Successful Grammar, Successful Spelling, Successful Comprehension and Successful Writing are dedicated to a specific English skill and can be used throughout the first three years of secondary school. Successful English 1–3 takes a year level approach. The three books – one for each of the first three years ... View More...
The new editions of the Successful series are designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in the fundamental English skills of Grammar, Spelling, Comprehension and Writing. With two approaches to choose from, this write-in workbook series will complement any English program. Successful Grammar, Successful Spelling, Successful Comprehension and Successful Writing are dedicated to a specific English skill and can be used throughout the first three years of secondary school. Successful English 1–3 takes a year level approach. The three books – one for each of the first three years ... View More...
The new editions of the Successful series are designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in the fundamental English skills of Grammar, Spelling, Comprehension and Writing. With two approaches to choose from, this write-in workbook series will complement any English program. Successful Grammar, Successful Spelling, Successful Comprehension and Successful Writing are dedicated to a specific English skill and can be used throughout the first three years of secondary school. Successful English 1–3 takes a year level approach. The three books – one for each of the first three years ... View More...
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