Warrior Training: The making of an Australian SAS Soldier

Keith Fennell

What makes a warrior? Acclaimed Australian SAS soldier keith Fennell recounts his development as a soldier and as a man, revealing the challenges he overcame in order to perform at the highest level. At Just 21 years of age, Fennell became one of the youngest men to have passed the SAS selection course, perhaps the most demanding challenge an Australian soldier will ever face.

She Played Elvis: A pilgrimage to Graceland

Shady Cosgrove

This is the story of a trip that Shady - a young American immigrant to Australia – undertakes with her Australian boyfriend to rediscover her homeland, which, after several years in Australia, doesn’t necessarily feel like ‘home’ anymore.

Terahertz System of Units

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The Institute for Conservation Biology is one of the University of Wollongong’s major research strengths. It combines expertise in three core research areas, Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Biology & Conservation Law and Policy

Understanding the Scenery

Bob and Ann Young

Spectacular cliffs, deep forest-lined gorges, wide open plateaus with strangely-shaped rocks – these are the familiar features of Royal and Heathcote National Parks. This book from Ann and Bob Young explains how the wonderful scenery of the world’s second-oldest national park has formed. Written for bushwalkers, environmentalists, and teachers, it shows how to read the Royal landscape. It is copiously illustrated in full colour, with maps and photographs.

The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction, The Misrecognition of Leisure and Learning

Nicola F. Johnson

Overuse of the Internet is often characterised as problematic, disruptive, or addictive, with stories frequently claiming that online use interferes with relationships, or that ‘excessive’ time in front of computer screens is unhealthy. People joke about suffering from withdrawal if they cannot check their emails and some parents worry about their children’s use of computers, wondering whether it is to the detriment of other life experiences normally associated with childhood. Is it possible that people, both young and old, are addicted to computers and internet use?

The Pleasures of Computer Gaming

Edited by Melanie Swalwell and Jason Wilson

This collection of essays situates the digital gaming phenomenon within broader debates about cultural and media studies: Computer games are not simply toys, but circulate as commodities, new media technologies, and items of visual culture that are embedded in complex social practices. The games are placed within longer arcs of cultural history.

Sandstone Landforms

Robert W. Young, Robert A.L Wray and Ann R.M Young

Sandstones form the backdrop to some of the world’s most spectacular scenery – forming high mountain ranges, bold cliffs, extensive plateaus, impressive caverns and magnificent towers. They are found all over the planet and in all climates, from hot deserts to the polar region, and provide the construction material for icon buildings in numerous countries.

The Coast of Australia

Andrew D. Short & Colin D. Woodroffe

Australia boasts one of the longest, most diverse and pristine coastlines in the world. Ranging from the oldest rocks on the planet to those that are still evolving today, the Australian coast is a dynamic ever-changing suite of dramatic landforms and productive ecosystems.

Eat My Dust

Georgine Clarsen

The history of the automobile would be incomplete without considering the impact of the car on the lives and careers of women in the earliest decades of the twentieth century. Georgine Clarsen highlights the personal stories of women from the United States, Britain, Australia, and colonial Africa from the early days of motoring until 1930. She notes the different ways in which these women embraced automobile technology in their national and cultural context.

Crossing the Line

Dianne Bates

Orphaned, then abandoned by long-term foster carers, teenager Sophie lives with Amy and Matt. For a long time and unknown to others, Sophie has been self-mutilating: more recently she has been in therapy. Concerned about Sophie's increasing depression, the doctor admits her to a hospital. There Sophie is placed in an adolescent ward where she forms tentative relationships with other troubled teenagers and begins sessions with psychiatrist, Helen Marshall. However, the doctor crosses the patient-therapist line, but so too does Sophie...

Wolf Kingdom #4: The Heavy Crown

Richard Harland

Hooley Dan and the outlaws have searched every gaol in the kingdom for Tam and Nina's parents. There is only one place left to look-the Wolf-King's Iron Castle. Smuggled into the castle with the three magic objects, Tam, Nina and Chiz discover at last the secret of the Wolf-King's power ...

Wolf Kingdom #3: Race To The Ruins

Richard Harland

Tam, Nina and Chiz and the outlaws waylay Field Marshal Krevel's carriage. They discover that the Wolf-King wants to collect another magical object, a dagger. Tam and Nina must race against the wolves to reach it first and prevent it from falling into the Wolf-King's hands.

Wolf Kingdom #1: Escape

Richard Harland

Tam and Nina return form gathering firewood to discover their home has been invaded and their parents kidnapped by their overlords, the wolves. Through a terrifying night in the forest, one thing keeps them going - the legend of the band of outlaws living free. If only it's true - if only they can find them…

Wolf Kingdom #2: Under Siege

Richard Harland

Now members of an outlaw band, Tam and Nina are on a mission to find out about the wolves' new weapon. In town square they meet a common thief, who goes along with them even though they don't want him to. Saving him and the magical bag he has stolen from the wolves might just be more trouble than they can handle.

Walter Wants to be a Werewolf

Richard Harland

Walter was different. Every full moon his family turned into handsome werewolves, but Walter stayed the same… until that on moonlit night.

Sports Bra Fitness

Deidre E McGhee, Prof Julie R Steele and
Dr Brigitte J Munro

Having trouble buying a comfortable bra to wear during sport? This booklet has been designed with you in mind. Read through for helpful hints buying a bra that fits, comfortable and provides you with good support during sport.

Cognitive Integration: Mind and Cognition Unbounded

Richard Menary

"In this clear and rich treatment, Richard Menary explores the complex interplay between material, normative and cultural considerations in the emergence and construction of human cognitive systems. This is an important contribution to debates concerning the bounds of cognitive and the "extended mind".'
- Andy Clark, Professor of Logic and metaphysics,
University of Edinburgh

Warrior Brothers: My Life In The Australian SAS

Keith Fennell

For the first time, an Australian ex-SAS soldier tells all: what it means to be a member of an elite group, challenges, the highs and the lows - and the sense of duty, honour and brotherhood that never dies.

Love Has No Limits

Tania Hayes

Tania Hayes was only 22 when her fiancé Warren was diagnosed with a dangerous Brain tumour.
Their world came crashing down into a morass of uncertainty. Together, they faced an agonizing series of medical battles, mishaps and close calls. Yet despite the pessimistic outlook, Warren clung to life, encouraged by Tania's love and devotion.
Courageously, she took on the enormous responsibility of becoming his full-time carer, urging him back to recovery. The road was long and arduous, but now they have built their lives and have a beautiful young son, Josh.
This remarkable story is Tania's account of the journey. It's much more than a tale of the medical drama; It's a touching narrative of the value of hope, determination, true love and sheer grit.

A Coal Miner’s Son

David James

A Coal Miner's Son is an historical account of David James' life and the many challenges that he encountered.
The book reflects the hardships, camaraderie, humour and
the seriousness of working in an underground coal mine environment, while living within a mining family
and community.

Justice Ignited: The Dynamics of Backfire

Dr Brian Martin

Attacks can backfire on attackers—sometimes spectacularly. In March 1991, an observer videotaped several Los Angeles police beating Rodney King with their batons. Shown on television, the beating caused enormous damage to the reputation of the police and led to the chief's resignation. This incident and others, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 1965 surveillance of Ralph Nader, prove that all sorts of attacks can backfire, from torture and massacres to job dismissals and reprisals against whistle-blowers. Through numerous detailed case studies, Justice Ignited presents the first comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of backfire, as it reveals the most promising tactics for causing the backfire of unfair attacks. Understanding backfire—both promoting and inhibiting it—is vitally important for activists and everyone else who wants to be effective in the face of injustice.

Keywords to War: Reviving Language in an Age of Terror

Mary Zournazi

Keywords to War is a groundbreaking exploration of the way that everyday language use in the post-9/11 world has instilled a state of fear and war in our minds and our communities.

Mudrooroo: A Likely Story

Maureen Clark

Mudrooroo: A Likely Story reads the fiction of one of Australia’s most controversial and enigmatic literary figures against the backdrop of the likelihood that he assumed an Aboriginal identity to which he was not entitled. As he is neither black noe white, Colin Johnson (a.k.a. Mudrooroo) writes on issues of identity and belonging from the position of an outsider.

The Hearts of Men: Tales of Happiness & Despair

Chris Barker

The Hearts of Men reveals the emotional lives of men as told in their own words. With gut-wrenching honesty more than a hundred men from all walks of life share their stories with Chris Barker.

Cultivating Learning Within Projects

Andrew Sense

Drawing on new research in an under-explored topic, this book offers an entirely fresh perspective on how to cultivate learning within a project environment. It provides a framework to facilitate project practitioner’s systematic reflection on their learning activities and to assist them in building a project learning practice.

Franz the Cat and More Stories

Lori Lebow

Franz the Cat and More Stories is Lori Lebow’s latest collection of short, prose narratives. These quirky stories include tales of a cat who reads Kafka, the ultimate make-over, and the shopping trip to Hell. There is also a conversation with a can of brains, and a tax audit that makes all others look tame. For readers who enjoy literary text seasoned with comedy and a touch of the sinister, these memorably bizarre situations and compelling characters will provide unique entertainment.

Backyard

Lesley Head and Pat Muir

Come into the backyards of Australia. What are people saying and doing? How does your backyard compare?

In old suburbs, in new subdivisions, in Alice Springs, and on the coast, Lesley Head and Pat Muir visited hundreds of backyards in a rigorous study.
Their book gives voice to people of all sorts―Followers of lifestyle trends, with “outdoor rooms” and water features. Diehard native gardners, who see neighbours’ yards as ecological crimes. Primary producers, raising chooks and vegetables. Ambitious planners with projects waiting to happen―and a variety of others.

Envious Gods

Geoff Gillan

Nobody could accuse the roguish Nicholas Rakehell - actor, playwright, bon vivant - of lacking ambition for his schemes of wealth and glory. But in the strange world of gods and magic he inhabits he is a minor player. With the master of his run-down theatrical troupe in in mysterious abeyance, Rakehaul gets a chance to use the troupe to impersonate a god. What he doesn't know is that this god opposes a momentous force of darkness intent on world domination. SuddenlyRakehell and his allies find themselves way over their heads in a battle between good and evil played out on a divine scale. But no one should underestimate the wiles of a destitute actor and dilettante spell caster.

Aided by a riotous cast that inclues a manic-depressive puppeteer, a lascivious priestess, two egocentric matinee idols, a handful of inbred acrobats, any number of famous self-important wizards, scores of demented demons and of course one or two envious gods, Rakehell embarks on an adventure of high fantasy, high comedy and higher danger.

A History of Modern Indonesia

Adrian Vickers

Although Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world, its history is still relatively unfamiliar and understudied. Guided by the life and writings of the country’s most famous author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Adrian Vickers takes the reader on a journey across the social and political landscape of twentieth-century Indonesia in this innovative and timely account. He begins by explaining the country’s origins under the Dutch in the early part of that century, the subsequent anti-colonial struggle and the revolution which led to independence in1949. Thereafter the spotlight is on the 1950s, a crucial period in the formation of Indonesia as a new nation, which was followed by the Sukarno years, and the anti-communist massacres of the 1960s when General Suharto took over as president. The concluding chapters chart the fall of Suharto’s New Order after thirty-two years in power, and the subsequent political and religious turmoil which culminated in the Bali bombings in 2002.

Drawing on insights from literature, art and anthropology, Adrian Vickers portrays a complex and resilient people struggling out of a troubled past.

Dr. Eugene and Dee Nay's Laboratory Secrets

INDUSTRYA

Want to make ooey gooey slime? How about sending letters on your own handmade paper? Why not investigate your genetic inheritance or become a genetic engineer? Dr. Eugene and Dee Nay can show you how!

An exciting introduction to the world of Biotechnology in your own kitchen laboratory.

IP Location

Martin Dawson, James Winterbottom & Martin Thomson

In today's vast world of global commerce with users that are more nomadic than ever, the need for reliable, secure, and efficient access technologies is rapidly increasing. IP Location provides you with a guided tour of location determination, tackling this new technology head on and addressing all aspects of location management, delivery, and conveyance within IP networks. Covering important real-world applications such as emergency (911) services, asset tracking, call routing, navigation, and staff location in hot desk environments, this book gives you all the information you need to fully support this cutting-edge technology.

Bones, Rocks & Stars – The Science of When Things Happened

Chris Turney

Bones, Rocks and Stars is a timely take on the conversial business of dating the past – from pollen to pyramids, carbon to calendars, Uranium to the Universe, and DNA to dinosaurs.
'A fabulous, entertainingly written account of the amazing science behind calendars, dates and dating objects. Essential erading for anyone interested in prehistory.' – Professor Tim Flannery, Director of the South Australian Museum.