Time for Handwriting Book 4 - Cursive in Context is designed to help the teacher and the child treat handwriting in the classroom. Stages and sequences for the teaching of handwriting have been set out in this book along with a variety of strategies and with a detailed Program of Achievement, Objectives and Lesson Register. The child is encouraged to practice letter shapes and numerals and then develop the joining actions from letter to letter. At the completion of each lesson the student is encouraged to self evaluate. View More...
Harry Haxton will turn off his kidney dialysis machine on 31 August and within 7-10 days he will be dead. On 19 August Harry will launch his third book "Life Support or Life Sentence" at the Tatt Club in Brisbane. Harry employed his old friend, cartoonist, Brian Doyle to effectively characterise his sense of humour while discussing the serious issues around kidney disease and death. His book, while funny in some cases, highlights the differences between life and a good life and discusses the rational decision-making process required to end that life under your own control. While marriage equ... View More...
The Catcher in the Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves- the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection.Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventio... View More...
Miami's best-dressed serial killer is back and on the prowl, at least he would be if he could shake off his permanent shadow. Ever since their paths first crossed, Sergeant Doakes hasn't let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Dexter may well be the Miami PD's blood-spatter analyst, but Sgt. Doakes has a pretty good idea of how Dex likes to spend his free time and he's determined to catch him in the act. Dex hasn't killed in months and is getting twitchy. To throw Doakes off his scent, he's spending more time with Rita, his girlfriend. But no matter how many cosy nights they spend in front of the ... View More...
Year 1 Theme: Animal Friends (Living Things). Each Queensland's Handwriting Made Easy workbook includes a comprehensive teaching program, a slope card to help students maintain the required 10 degree slope of cursive handwriting, a skills checklist, both for parents and teachers to assess students' progress in handwriting, and for students to develop a sense of achievement as their handwriting skills improve. View More...
The Secondary School Chinese textbook series is an accessible, clear, and comprehensive introduction to Mandarin Chinese. Students develop language skills progressively, while learning pinyin and character based approaches. Each level of the series includes a textbook with corresponding workbook, and answer book.
Textbooks include:
Language explanations;
Reading and writing activities;
Listening activities;
Group work;
Ongoing revision and summaries;
Hints, tips and 'Did you know' boxes and cultural information;
Character and stroke diagrams and p... View More...
Encore on Strings Accompaniment and Ensemble Book Level 1 - Piano Accompaniments, String Extension Parts, Acoustic Ensemble Options. First Edition 2006, Reprinted 2016. Encore Music Education. These Arrangements offer students and teachers enhanced acoustic experiences beyond the MIDI arrangements on the student CD. Teachers now have the choice of either the CD arrangements or these acoustic accompaniments. This book and the student CD (not included, see student books) need to be used as independent resources. They are not designed to be played simultaneously. View More...
Encore on Strings Accompaniment and Ensemble Book Level 2 - Piano Accompaniments, String Extension Parts, Acoustic Ensemble Options. First Edition 2006, Reprinted 2016. Encore Music Education. These Arrangements offer students and teachers enhanced acoustic experiences beyond the MIDI arrangements on the student CD. Teachers now have the choice of either the CD arrangements or these acoustic accompaniments. This book and the student CD (not included, see student books) need to be used as independent resources. They are not designed to be played simultaneously. View More...
Firmly established as Australia’s best-selling school dictionary, this sixth edition of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary includes more than 20,000 headwords suitable for school aged children between 10-16 years. A special feature of this dictionary is a specially written Grammar and Reference guide.Updated contentGrammar and Reference guideMore than 20,000 headwords Paperback. 540 pages. View More...
This essential reference contains the complete text of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary in a handy ringbinder format.
This dictionary includes over 20,000 headwords, reflecting the important areas of contemporary word creation.
Updated content.
Grammar and Reference guide.
Word origins.
More than 20,000 headwords.
Paperback • 185 pp • 279 x 210 mm View More...
Thirty Years of Anger is an uncompromising story of one man's journey through the Australian underground hardcore punk and extreme metal scenes. Beginning in 80's Brisbane in the oppressive police state of Joh Bjelke Petersen where anyone who looks slightly different is hassled to no end and at times detained without reason by the cops. The Treasury Hotel being the focal point of activity where bands played every Friday and Saturday night and battle lines were drawn between Nazi skinheads and the notorious Sick Boys.'Marky Hardcore' as he came to be known fronts his own band Anger In Motion es... View More...
This manual describes how to restore 1966-1979 Ford Falcons (XR, XT, XW, XY, XA, XB AND XC). It includes descriptions of engine rebuilding (6-cylinder and V8 engines), transmission, suspension and steering rebuilds and restoration of bodywork. It includes GT, Hardtop and Cobra models. View More...
This essential reference contains the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus in a handy ringbinder format. This dictionary and thesaurus reflect the important areas of contemporary word creation.
Updated content.
Grammar and Reference guide.
Word origins.
More than 20,000 headwords.
Paperback • 360 pp • 279 x 210 mm View More...
Handwriting Conventions Queensland. Queensland Modern Cursive font combined with quality exercises. Handwriting Conventions Queensland has been designed and specifically written to address the teaching of Queensland Beginner's Alphabet and Queensland Modern Cursive handwriting style. Teachers and students love the creative and quirky artworks and engaging activities, which are included on every page. The series has been written by Stephen Murray, a very experienced primary school teacher who doubles as an award winning artist. Key Features: Written by an experienced Australian teac... View More...
Handwriting Conventions Queensland. Queensland Modern Cursive font combined with quality exercises. Handwriting Conventions Queensland has been designed and specifically written to address the teaching of Queensland Beginner's Alphabet and Queensland Modern Cursive handwriting style. Teachers and students love the creative and quirky artworks and engaging activities, which are included on every page. The series has been written by Stephen Murray, a very experienced primary school teacher who doubles as an award winning artist. Key Features: Written by an experienced Australian teac... View More...
New Zealand's favourite and bestselling cookbook has been fully revised! The Edmonds Cookery Book has been an essential ingredient in New Zealand kitchens for over 100 years. Full of everyday recipes that are sure to be a success from Afghans to bacon and egg pie, now the New Zealand icon is completely up to date and better than ever. It's not a Kiwi Kitchen without Edmonds. View More...
Now available in paperback and with over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history. Over 250 new entries have been added to this edition to expand coverage of popular music, ethnomusicology, modern and contemporary composers, music analysis, and recording technology. Existing entries have been expanded where necessary to include more ... View More...
The dust, the flies, the dingoes are the only company, sometimes for weeks, the occasional crackle of a voice over a wireless radio from far-flung places - this was the world of Val Oldfield for 10 years when living on Australia's infamous Birdsville Track. ... Val Oldfield was flung into this world as a naïve newly-wed from an Adelaide seaside suburb in post-war boom years of Australia. No beating about the bush traces her life from childhoold years, when she wriggled her little toes in the sand at Semaphore Beach, to her teenage years as a modern young in 1950's miss about town, to the alie... View More...
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