Panic attacks--approximately 5% of the population will experience them at some time or another. The dread of having an attack--they seemingly come out of nowhere--transforms the ordinary world of everyday life into a nightmare of anxiety and suffering. Author Bev Aisbett, a survivor of Panic Syndrome, has three basic messages: You can beat this You are not alone You will recover Originally published in 1993, this calm, commonsense guide has helped many thousands of panic attack sufferers to overcome their fears. Bev Aisbett explains how panic disorders develop and how to recognise the ... View More...
Don't want to get out of bed in the morning? Feeling as though the light at the end of the tunnel is fading? You may be suffering from depression a condition Winston Churchill referred to as the Black Dog. Taming the Black Dog is a simple guide to managing depression which an estimated 1 in 5 people will suffer in one form or another at some time in their lives. This small illustrated tip book contains factual information as well as treatment options. Modelled on Bev Aisbett's successful Living with IT Taming the Black Dog has a unique blend of wit and information and is an invaluable guide fo... View More...
This guide is a vital tool for all middle and upper primary students who want to be successful maths problem solvers. The book is divided into three sections. 1. Why Solve Problems 2. Common Problem So living Strategies 3. Types of Problems. The book has over 140 problems with detailed, suggested strategies, as well as TRY THIS and CHALLENGE activities to test your understanding. Answers and Useful Maths Facts are included at the back of the book. View More...
This guide is a vital reference for anyone wanting a basic understanding of the Australian Mathematics curriculum in primary schools for Grades 1 and 2.
Blake's Maths Guide - Lower Primary is divided into the three major strands of the maths curriculum with the sub-strand topics in their recommended teaching order:
1 Number Algebra:-
Count to 100,
Count to 1000,
Place Value to 100,
Place Value to 1000,
Add and subtract to 10,
Add and subtract to 20, Multiply and divide,
Fractions,
Money Patterns.
2 Measurement & Geometry:-
Length,
Area,
Mass,
Volume and ... View More...
This colourful guide is a vital reference for anyone wanting a basic understanding of the Australian Mathematics curriculum in primary schools for Grades 3 and 4.
Blake's Maths Guide - Middle Primary is divided into the three major strands of the maths curriculum with the sub-strand topics in their recommended teaching order:
1 Number & Algebra:-
place value to 10 000,
addition & subtraction,
multiplication & division,
fractions,
decimals,
money,
patterns,
algebra.
2 Measurement & Geometry:-
length,
area,
mass,
volume,
capacity,
temperature,
time... View More...
This colourful guide is a vital reference for anyone wanting a basic understanding of the Australian Mathematics curriculum in primary schools for Grades 5 and 6.
Blake's Maths Guide - Upper Primary is divided into the three major strands of the maths curriculum with the sub-strand topics in their recommended teaching order:
1 Number & Algebra:-
place value,
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division,
fractions,
decimals,
percentages,
money and financial mathematics,
patterns,
algebra.
2 Measurement & Geometry:-
length,
area,
mass,
volume,
c... View More...
Enraged screams filled his head. Deadly shapes bore down. Animal and man driven by one single thought. Kill or be killed. Neither wanted to die. Falsely accused of a terrible crime, impetuous young aristocrat Lord Dallas Acheson is forced to flee his native Scotland, leaving behind the only woman he has ever loved - Lady Lorna de Iongh. From that day onwards, he must learn to live a different life in a land where danger is an ever-present partner. Fate takes him to southern Africa and the emerging seaport of Durban, from where he sets off to trade and hunt, seeking his fortune in the little-... View More...
Grasp and retain the fundamentals of medical terminology quickly and easily Don't know a carcinoma from a hematoma? This friendly guide explains how the easiest way to remember unfamiliar,often-tongue-twisting words is to learn their parts: the prefix, root, and suffix. Medical Terminology For Dummies breaks down the words you'll encounter in your medical terminology course and gives you plain-English explanations and examples to help you master definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all medical fields. For many, the language of medicine and healthcare can be confusing, and frequ... View More...
It's the ultimate game--the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple to win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die. The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies. Lindsay McAllister has seen this signature before, when she was a rookie detective with the Chattanooga PD investigating the death of Judd Walker's wife, a murder that sent the handsome lawyer off the deep end. Now, Lindsay has the brutal task of telling Judd that his wife's killer has struck again, and she's goi... View More...
Deep in the Smoky Mountains, a victim lies sacrificed on a makeshift altar - the gruesome work of a killer who has evaded the authorities in state after state. FBI agent Dallas Sloan knows the scene all too well - just as he knows the killings won't stop until there are four more bodies. View More...
A sweeping tale of love, ambition, and a war that ignited a revolution... 1754. In a low-lying glen in Ohio Country, where both the French and English claim dominion, the first musket ball fired signals the start of a savage seven-year conflict destined to dismantle France's overreaching empire and pave the way for the American Revolution. In a world on the brink of astonishing change are Quentin Hale, the fearless gentleman-turned-scout, fighting to preserve his beloved family plantation, Shadowbrook; Cormac Shea, the part-Irish, part-Indian woodsman with a foot in both worlds; and the beauti... View More...
English Language. Sri Ramana Gita is one of the important works on the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, composed by his premier devotee Vasishtha Ganapati Muni. It records the instructions of the Maharshi on various themes of spiritual importance and mode of sadhana in answer to serious queries addressed to him by sincere devotees and aspirants. Most of the queries belong to the period of 1916 and 1917. The questions taken up in Ramana Gita are often intricate relating as they do to the deepest experiences in yoga and involve very subtle perception and analysis. Fortunately the commentary... View More...
When Branko stepped onto the deck of the Mohammedi, a displaced person refugee, he left behind him a war torn home land and loving family. In the sweat and dust of a North Queensland cane field youthful hopes and ambitions died. But there, at least, he breathed freely and moved without looking over his shoulder. He could dream that when he made good money and his country was free he would go home. Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui, historian and daughter of a displaced person cane cutter, takes the reader on a graphic and authentic journey from International Refugee Organization (IRO) Assembly Camp... View More...
This edition of the now classic Good News translation features Australian usage text, as well as Where To Look In The Bible helps, 100-day and 1-year bible reading plans, book introductions, hundreds of the famous Good News line-drawings, maps, outline chart of Bible history, and guides to terms, people, and events. View More...
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thou... View More...
Jacaranda Senior Geography for Queensland 1 3e Print & eBookPLUS
This combined print and digital title provides a skills-rich, inquiry-based approach to engage students of all abilities, and is the only resource on the market written for the new Queensland Senior Geography Syllabus.
An access code for the eBookPLUS comes free on the inside cover of your printed text, so you can make the most of both the print and digital formats.
The latest editions from the Jacaranda Senior Geography for Queensland series include these key updates: Brand-new case studies to promote an inquiry approa... View More...
The second edition of the Senior Geography for Queensland series has been written specifically for the syllabus in Senior Geography. Following the syllabus sequence, Book 1 covers Themes 1 and 2, while Book 2 covers Themes 3 and 4. As well as covering the syllabus focus units, both texts include elective units. Each book is accompanied by a GIS resource disk to assist in the requirement that students experience spatial technologies.
Features of the text:
- Key ideas and key questions from the syllabus at the beginning of each chapter in order to foster geographical inquiry
- New and updat... View More...
The second edition of the Senior Geography for Queensland 2 series has been specifically written for the syllabus in Senior Geography. Book 2 presents Themes 3 and 4 from the syllabus, covering the syllabus focus units as well as elective units. A GIS disk accompanies the text to assist in the requirement that students experience spatial technologies. Features Key ideas and key questions from the syllabus at the beginning of each chapter in order to foster geographical inquiry New and updated case studies, covering a range of scales and geographical contexts Revise and review questions at the ... View More...
Renowned pin-up artist Bill Ward gets the full coffee-table treatment in this lavish oversized full-color paperback featuring Ward's most polished, fully-realized portraits of the 1950s. Imagine, if you will, an innocent but stunning young woman boasting the most unlikely Barbie-like proportions-and then some-poured into a wisp of lingerie or clingy cocktail dress, silky opera-length gloves, and sheer thigh-high stockings, perched precariously but not inelegantly atop a pair of dangerously high stiletto heels, and you've got the recipe for the quintessential Wardian glamour girl. Ward's girls... View More...