Australia's no. 1 baby book - everything you need to know about your new baby "This Australian favourite ... will take you by the hand and guide you through bub's first year ..." Cosmpolitan Pregnancy "bursting with relaxed, unbiased advice for bub's first 12 months" Practical Parenting Australian, authoritative and totally up-to-date, Baby Love is the only book you'll need to guide you through your baby's first year. Australia's bestselling babycare book is loved by thousands of new parents every year. With expert advice for the first 12 months of every baby's life and full of Robin Barker's ... View More...
Australia's bestselling babycare book is loved by thousands of new parents every year. With expert advice for the first twelve months of every baby's life and full of Robin Barker's wisdom and humour, this classic guide has been fully revised, including new material on nutrition, food allergy and intolerance, and updates on safe sleeping, breastfeeding, reflux' and immunisation. With over twenty-five years of hands-on experience with mothers and babies, Robin Barker knows exactly the kind of information parents are looking for. "Baby Love" is full of detailed material you won't find in any oth... View More...
From the bestselling author of Baby Love comes The Mighty Toddler, Robin Barker's guide for the toddler years of one, two and three.Practical and essential, The Mighty Toddler includes key milestones for each age group; a complete ABC of toddler behaviour and responses; a guide to day-to-day toddler care; explanations about toddler health, medical conditions and illnesses; and Robin's down-to-earth advice on how to keep your life on track! Recently revised to include up-to-date information about potty training, childcare, swimming, personal safety and food allergies and intolerances, The Might... View More...
Brisbane artist Robyn Bauer is passionate about drawing, walking and Brisbane. This book contains hundreds of drawings that celebrate these passions. She has lovingly included things that appealed to her visually as an artist. It was not a question of just ticking off monuments. She includes the quirky and the unusual, the botanical and the cultural, captured with her personal signature line and handwriting. This book will appeal to everyone with links to Brisbane. The people who live there, visitors, tourists, artists, students of history. It provides a personal eyewitness account of all thin... View More...
A story of enduring love and remarkable courage in the outback. Early morning was the time Roxy liked most of all. There was a calmness, a stillness about the river, the water stretching away glass-like, bathed in a thin mist. Paddles foamed the surface and with each thrust she imagined herself being drawn closer to the unknown... Roxy: Beautiful, cultured and talented, she forsakes a promising stage career for marriage and station life at Wirra Downs. But life in Adelaide's social classes could never have prepared her for the dust, the isolation, the floods, the shearers' strikes. She will ne... View More...
They were originally written from 1991-2010, only a couple having seen the light of day. That was because they were mostly commissioned at greater length - and dealt with specific issues:1 How 'midnight demolitions' of the old Bellevue Hotel, Cloudland Ballroom and Commonwealth Bank brought about the 1st protective heritage legislation in Qld.2 To what extent the oral testimony of continuity and descent of the Turrbal people around Brisbane was matched by the historical record.3 How Yeronga Memorial Pk evolved physically and spatially since the early days and by what means.4 What steps and act... View More...
This expanded and updated version of a best-selling classic guides readers to help a child overcome anxiety and fears. It describes in detail strategies and techniques they can combine into a comprehensive self-help programme for a child's particular needs. From separation anxiety to general anxiety, social anxiety, specific phobia and panic disorder, the book describes the common types of childhood anxiety, how anxiety originates, and options for dealing with the problem, with or without a therapist's help. In this updated version, the progression of chapters reflects the authors' clinical pr... View More...
Horouta is the definitive history of the descendants of the voyaging canoes that brought the first settlers from Polynesia to the lands that stretch from East Cape to northern Hawkes bay. Assembled through painstaking historical and genealogical research over more than 70 years by Rongowhakaata Halbert and his family, this outstanding work of scholarship is destined to serve the needs of all New Zealanders, and especially the peoples of Gisborne and the East Coast, for generations to come. Author Biography: Rongowhakaata Halbert (1894-1973) was an authority on East Coast genealogy and histor... View More...
Used book in overall good condition with some foxing. Tight binding. The Mayne Inheritance is a non-fiction book written by Queensland author Rosamond Siemon. It was first published in 1997 by University of Queensland Press, and this new edition with updated information was issued by the same publisher in 2003. The book won the Brisbane City Council's One Book One Brisbane competition in 2003. The Mayne Inheritance tells the story of Patrick Mayne, a young man who migrated to Australia from his impoverished background in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1841. He soon moved to the infant town of Brisb... View More...
Reaching back into the past provides the key to true happiness in three piercingly romantic novels from the best-loved author of the nineties. Victoria Bradshaw finds the man she loved years before standing on her doorstep with his two-year-old son in his arms and is foolish enough to want him back. Their early spring journey to a castle in Scotland forms the rich and unpredictable story of Wild Mountain Thyme. In The Empty House Virginia Keile is a young widow who returns to Cornwall with her children dreaming that she might have a second chance to love the handsome farmer she remembers from ... View More...
Here is a book to help boys understand the changes they go through when reaching puberty. Secret Boys' Business assists boys to understand the changes that occur in their bodies during puberty and beyond. This book aims to: Present a simple brief account of changes boys experience at puberty. Celebrate changes to the male body. Dispel myths, legends and fears by presenting accurate information in a colourful, friendly format. Promote comfortable discussion. Enhance confidence and self-esteem of boys. Provide hints for parents, teachers and carers. This 2nd edition includes details about the... View More...
Originally designed to 'step' teachers and students into the new Australian Curriculum, Stepping Stones has now been redeveloped to deliver comprehensive coverage of the F-6 Australian Curriculum - and even more! Ongoing practice pages are provided in each year level's Student Practice Book. View More...
Comforting, breathtaking, inspiring-these are just a few words that fans use to describe the popular book Biblical Blocks. Now Rosemary Makhan returns with all-new blocks that celebrate favorite Bible passages in fabric. Discover the special meaning behind 32 time-honored quilt blocks. Feature blocks in six projects, including large samplers and quicker one-block quilts. Stitch designs such as Job's Troubles, King David's Crown, and Road to Paradise. View More...
Sadie's life is calm and complete. She is a mother, a good friend, and the robust survivor of a marriage she deliberately left behind. She has come to believe that she has everything she wants, or deserves. But now her father is dying: the vital, elusive man who spent his life creating perfumes for other women is slipping away from her. When she realises that she can never make her peace with him, Sadie begins to look back over her childhood. In pursuing his separate life, Sadie's father ignored her, subjecting her to succession of 'aunties', leaving her loveless and alone. As Sadie confronts ... View More...
Ultimate Speed Secrets is the drivers guide to going faster! Professional race instructor Ross Bentley has raced everything from Indy cars to world sports cars and has the experience to make any racer a more complete driver. With detailed drills and comprehensive instructions, Bentley covers everything you need to know: choosing lines; adapting to different cars, tracks, and racing conditions; setting up controls; and understanding car adjustments and mental preparation. Whether you are racing an Indy car or simply interested in becoming a more complete driver on the street, Ultimate Speed Sec... View More...
Nelson QMaths 11 General Mathematics covers the new Queensland senior mathematics course, where General Mathematics is replacing Mathematics A course. The student book is written by a successful Queensland author team of experienced teachers, including the leading authors of Nelson Senior Maths for the Australian Curriculum. The text features problem-solving sections, including multiple-choice questions, and Investigations and Technology sections allow students to explore the syllabus in more depth and promotes ICT in the classroom.
Graded exercises feature Problem Solving sections, inclu... View More...
Written by a successful Queensland author team of experienced teachers, including the leading authors of Nelson Senior Maths for the Australian Curriculum, Nelson QMaths 11 & 12 has been rewritten and updated to cover the new Queensland senior mathematics courses: Essential Mathematics, General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics. Mathematics Specialist replaces the Mathematics C course.
Graded exercises feature Problem Solving sections, including multiple-choice questions
Includes Investigations and Technology sections, featuring Casio and Texas Instruments gr... View More...
Nelson QMaths 12 Mathematical Methods covers the new Queensland senior mathematics course, where Mathematical methods replaces Mathematics B course. The student book is written by a successful Queensland author team of experienced teachers, including the leading authors of Nelson Senior Maths for the Australian Curriculum. Graded Problem Solving sections, including multiple-choice questions, and Technology sections allow students to explore the syllabus in more depth and promotes ICT in the classroom.
Graded exercises feature Problem Solving sections, including multiple-choice questions.
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Daring Dinosaurs - A Wonderful Game. Imagine if Dinosaurs were just like us, always looking for fun and inventing new games. What if you and your friends were daring dinosaurs and invented games we all take for granted? Each pack contains your book cover (you customise and download your own pages), colourful illustrations and stickers, fun fact and colouring pages as well as complete instructions to make your book. View More...