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Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska is very interesting!
Growing up, my grandpa was a very busy man. He worked at a feed company and then farmed two different farms that the family owned. This meant that he did not have much time for "family" stuff sadly. He had to make the money and that did not always work.
I said that to say this, one of my memories as a child was went we went in the RV to Pioneer Village because it was one of the few times that my grandpa took time away from the farm to have a vacation for a few days. He normally just couldn't get away so spending this time with me was something special.
It was of course full of mishaps because it was the first (and probably the only time) we use the RV. Things like he overfilled the tank and diesel fuel was all over the ground at some gas station. They went to use the stove and it was not working right, either. It was an adventure for whole family to go on vacation.
However, we made it over 270 miles from Northwest Missouri to Minden with everything in one piece and had a great few days away from home. The best of it all for me was having grandpa with us that just did not happen often.
What is at the Pioneer Village?
One of the things I remember was all the old cars that the village had. A little research says it is now over 350 but it seems like most of them were there went we are visiting in the early 1990's. It also has one of the first Harley Davidson motorcyles ever made and dozens of the cars from the "Greese era."
They also have the first fighter jet that the United States used, an early Ford Pinto, and an early Navy Helicopter to name a few of the other mode of transportation at Pioneer Village.
Probably, the most well known things is the nation's largest merry-go-round that is in the middle of the village. From what I remember, it was quite big even by the standard of the big one used at Worlds of Fun


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Oh thank heavens, I can annoy my family again in proper fashion.
When she came home yesterday afternoon, I popped in my CF card and took a few photos before and after dinner time. After downloading them during The Walking Dead -- I can't look directly at the T.V. during that show anyway -- I realized there were a few photos on the card from before her time at the Nikon Spa.
Happy (belated) birthday to Uncle Clif! And Aunt Molly and Uncle Mel, who had a birthday party I wasn't able to capture with photos this past weekend.

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On the brink of starting his political career, Sunny Singh found himself the subject of an unprovoked attack. Instead of getting angry, he made a phone call.
My Australia is a special series exploring cultural heritage and identity, and asking what it means to be Australian in 2019.
From his Port Augusta home, Sunny Singh is reluctant to talk about the moment that nearly overshadowed the start of his political career in October.
"To start with, it was bad, but it ended up all good," the 32-year-old says.
Singh, a proud Sikh man who has lived in South Australia for a decade, was a first-time candidate in the Port Augusta City Council elections when a video started circulating online.
In it, a truck driver is seen punching a cardboard cutout of Singh from his election campaign and mocking his Indian heritage, saying "this is Australia … fit in or f*** off."
Many condemned the act and stood up in support of Singh, including Port Augusta's newly elected Mayor Brett Benbow.
"He didn't show his hurt, but I believe he would have been hurt by what occurred, and what did happen was a disgrace," he told SBS News.
What Singh did next would draw widespread support.
He picked up a phone and called the man who made the video. A truck driver named Grant Moroney answered. They agreed to meet in person.
"I wanted to meet the man who did the video because I really wanted to show him how I am as a person, who we are and what is our culture," he said.
I wanted to meet the man ... to show him who we are and what is our culture.
He didn't believe Moroney was a bad person.
"If [he] had known me, he would never have done that."
According to Singh, the truck driver apologised. A photo of the pair smiling and shaking hands appeared online.
Then came another victory. Singh was elected as an area councillor.
Like many migrants, Singh and his wife Soni left their families behind in search of a better opportunity overseas.
They came to Australia from northern India in 2008 with just a couple of suitcases and a few thousand dollars.
"I remember that first when we moved here, we bought all of our groceries from the Shell because we didn't know about Coles and Woolworths," he said.
They'd never heard of Port Augusta but moved there after Singh landed a job as a taxi driver. He'd been running a gym in India.
Port Augusta is a small, picturesque but remote city, nestled between the Flinders Ranges and the Spencer Gulf, with a population of almost 14,000.
The hot desert climate regularly sends the temperatures into the mid-40s in summer. Front yards are more likely to be raked earth than grass.
The couple found they liked it.
"The community is very friendly, and life is very easy, no traffic," Singh said.
But life in those early days, wasn't perfect.
Soni picked up shifts at Hungry Jack's and made eight-hour return trips to Adelaide on the bus to continue her studies.
The remoteness was a challenge, and they had some concerns about safety.
"At that time, this town wasn't as good as it is now," she said. "There was no dry zone [alcohol-free] or anything."
Singh made a good impression and the taxi company went on to offer him a management position as well as sponsorship. He is now a citizen.
Over the years, he helped set up social events for the city's growing Indian community.
"People started getting together to do some little functions, then, suddenly, some cricket lovers advised that we should start a cricket club," he said.
"That was the massive change in our Indian community in Port Augusta."
Another change was the establishment of a Sikh temple, where members of the community would meet to pray and share a meal.
But that bright spot in community life was tainted when the temple became a target for vandals.
Worshippers arriving to pray early one morning in January 2017 and found windows had been smashed and property stolen.
Though disappointed, Mr Singh searched for hope in the unpleasant event.
"It was a bad feeling when we saw that but the response from community was very good," he said.
He and other temple members offered support to the unknown offenders. They were never found.
"Forgiving is the main thing for Sikh religion," Singh said. "Whatever you can, you should forgive."
Forgiving is the main thing for Sikh religion. Whatever you can, you should forgive.
He is looking forward to his new council role and wants to focus on safety, security and making the neighbourhood more attractive.
"It's something I always wanted to do for my community," he said.
"I think Sunny will make a very good councillor," said Brett Benbow. "He's approachable, he's sociable, he's very community-minded."
While some of the couple's Indian friends have relocated to Melbourne, Singh says they plan to stay in Port Augusta, where they've built a home and now raise their four-year-old son Ranvijay.
"Instead of leaving the town and going somewhere else, we should fix the issues what we've got here," he said.
And his advice to new migrants?
"Mix up with the Aussie culture, and tell them the positive things about you," Singh said.
Grant Moroney could not be reached for comment, but Singh says the two are still in touch.
"We send messages to each other, and we are like good friends."
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The fact that the Boa's popularity has spread across into the industrial, arborism and technical rescue markets is proof that we managed to get the fundamental design and performance characteristics pretty much correct.
We have revamped the Boa and it now features a fully I-Beamed hot forged back and a keylock nose. This has had a dramatic effect on the weight and the Boa Screwgate comes in at a svelte 82g - which is remarkable considering its size.
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Ludlowe girls soccer loses opener
Tuesday's season opening performance did not exactly go as planned for the Fairfield Ludlowe girls soccer team.
The Falcons fell behind by three in the second half, before losing 3-1 to Staples at Loeffler Field in Westport.
Three different Wreckers-- Abbey Lake, Adele Mackey and Abby Fagan-- tallied goals, Callie Ahlgrim added an assist as Staples won its first game of the season.
Emily Matis scored the lone goal for the Falcons. Goalkeeper Katherine Mahder stopped eight shots for Ludlowe.
The Falcons were highly touted after consecutive trips to the Class LL semifinals, but sputtered offensively and defensively in the opener. The Wreckers controlled the offensive action, outshooting Ludlowe 23-20.
"If the kids were honest, they'd say Staples outplayed us," Ludlowe head coach Tony Samuelian said. "There's no doubt about it."
Staples' initial tally came from outside the box, when Fagan booted a lobbing, long ball that sailed over Mahder's head and under the cross bar to put Staples up 1-0 in the eighth minute.
"It's got to be stopped," Samuelian said of the shot. "It was about 40 yards out."
Lake could have scored at least four goals, but hit the crossbar once, and was twice thwarted by the defensive efforts of Ludlowe junior defender Ally Doyle. Doyle's dive in the 13th minute pulled the ball off the goal line and then her header kept Lake off the board again later in the contest.
But Lake finally potted her first of the year when, on a run, Ahlgrim crossed the ball into the box that Lake headed passed Mahder, putting the Wreckers up 2-0.
"We were disorganized, man-marking wise," Samuelian said. "That's what we always work on."
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Mackey's goal came 10 minutes later, in the 56th minute, when she took the ball from the end line and served it over Mahder's head and in the goal to make the game 3-0.
Matis cut the Wreckers' advantage to two, when off a throw in from Katie Coyle, she crossed to the middle and flipped a left footed shot over Staples' goalkeeper Jessie Ambrose.
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Gertrude L. Cornacchio, 93
March 29, 1924 - January 18, 2018
Salem- Gertrude L. (Cuneo) Cornacchio, 93, of Salem, passed away Thursday morning, January 18, 2018 at the Kaplan Hospice House, Danvers.
Born in Salem, MA, Gertrude was the daughter of the late Arthur A. and Gertrude K. (Nolan) Cuneo. Gertrude worked for many years at retail clothing establishments including the former Clarke & Friends and Pattee Anne Children's shops in Salem. She later worked as Salem State College. She was an avid reader and in her retirement participated in a program to read to young students at the Horace Mann elementary school. She enjoyed summer walks along the Marginal Way in her favorite vacation spot, Ogunquit, Maine. She was a long- time communicant at Immaculate Conception Parish in Salem. Gertrude was predeceased by her husband Mario J. Cornacchio, Sr.
Gertrude is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth A. Foley of Wethersfield, CT, and sons Mario J. Cornacchio, Jr. and his wife Nancy of Westford, MA; Anthony J. Cornacchio and his wife Beth of Haverhill, MA; and Kenneth P. Cornacchio and his wife Renee of Gillette, Wyoming.
She is also survived by several grandchildren: Erin and Justin Foley, Drew and Mark Cornacchio, Stephen and Anthony Cornacchio, and Angela Cornacchio. She was predeceased by her grandson Kevin Cornacchio. She also leaves several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank Joan Gallagher, Linda McGrail and their colleagues at North Shore Elders for their exceptional support of Gertrude over many years and would especially like to thank Jeanne Flynn, her long-time home health aide and loyal friend for her tireless care for Gertrude.
Relatives and friends are invited to visiting hours in the Berube & Sons Funeral Home, 191 Lafayette St. Salem, MA, on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. Her funeral Mass will be said Friday at 11 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church, Salem. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to North Shore Elder Services, 300 Rosewood Dr. #200, Danvers, MA 01923. To send a message to the family, a guest book is available at www.BerubeFuneralHome.com


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Our front yard clean up began a few days ago. It is thrilling to trim off the brown foliage and find little buds sitting on branches and green shoots pushing through the dirt. In my enthusiasm, I started to clip a small ornamental grass before I saw brown conical buds on top of new green stems between the blades of grass. Despite clipping a few of the buds, the small mound of grass still exploded with fluffy blossoms a few days later.
I planted this tuft of ornamental grass several years ago and I do not remember its name. I can not recall it blooming in the past. My husband says it looks like a firework. Nevertheless, this year it joined the rank of early spring bloomer, along with the mini purple Irises, Crocuses and Hyacinths in our front yard.
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Landfill Tax up and illegal site penalties in force
Landfill Tax rates increased across the UK from 1 April 2018 and the tax was extended to include disposals at unauthorised waste sites in England and Northern Ireland.
Another significant change from 1 April 2018 is that the Welsh Government now has its own powers to set the Landfill Tax for Wales which is known as the Landfill Disposals Tax (LDT) and which has been confirmed at the same level as the rest of the UK this year.
Scotland continues to have its own landfill tax, and again this is set at same rate as the rest of the UK and is known as the Scottish Landfill Tax (SLfT). Scotland already levies the tax on unauthorised disposal sites and Wales has provision to do this also.
The tax rates – all UK areas currently have the same rate – were indicated some time ago and from 1 April 2018 they are: for standard rate material £88.95 and lower rate ('inert') material (qualifying fines with a loss of ignition of 10% or lower) at £2.80 per tonne (see letsrecycle.com chart).
From 1 April 2018, Landfill Tax is changing to include disposals at unauthorised waste sites in England and Northern Ireland. These changes aim to support legitimate waste management businesses by creating a fairer tax system and be a deterrent to causing environmental harm by disposing of material at an unauthorised waste site.
In England and Northern Ireland, the illegal disposal tax charge will be the tax level avoided plus up to an additional penalty of 100% of the tax avoided. In Scotland the "unauthorised" rate will be 150% of the usual tax rate.
One additional feature of the illegal disposal charges which can be levied by HMRC in England and Northern Ireland, is that if someone owns up to illegal dumping or running an illegal site by 1 May 2018, and the waste was deposited before 1 April 2018, then they will not be subject to a penalty but will still have to pay the tax. This arrangement does not apply to any waste dumped at an illegal site after 1 April 2018 which will still be subject to Landfill Tax and a penalty. Those involved in illegal disposal under this month-long rule would remain likely to be subject to other environmental measures from the Environment Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the police or another enforcement authority.
The tax on illegal disposes forms part of measures which are seeing a government policy on cracking down on illegal dumping and illegal disposal sites, continuing to be implemented.
The head of HMRC said over the Easter weekend that the greater powers will hit criminals in their pockets.
HMRC explained that with no Landfill Tax to pay, "rogue operators were able to undercut legitimate operators and make significant profits, at the expense of both the legitimate trade and the environment".
David Richardson, Director General, HMRC said: "For too long fraudsters have dodged paying tax and dumped waste in illegal sites. These greater powers announced today will hit criminals where it hurts the most – their pockets – and help keep our countryside clean."
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, said: "The message is clear: waste crime does not pay. Those who seek to damage the environment and blight communities by dumping waste irresponsibly will be made to foot the bill for their crimes."
And, HMRC noted that also from 1 April, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs had also announced that councils will now have the power to almost double maximum on-the-spot fines for littering and graffiti from £80 to £150, showing that whether people are littering on a small or a large scale the penalties are high.
Landfilling reduction
Landfill Tax, said HMRC, was introduced on 1 October 1996 as a disincentive to landfilling material and to encourage the switch to more environmentally friendly alternatives. Since the introduction of the tax in the UK, landfilling is down more than 60%.
HMRC Advice to non-waste businesses
HMRC has advised businesses that those who "manage their waste in compliance with environmental regulations, and exercise all reasonable due diligence", will not be liable for any Landfill Tax on disposals made at unauthorised waste sites. HMRC expect businesses in England to check their waste contracts to ensure they are complying with the Defra Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice, and businesses in Northern Ireland to check their contracts comply with the DAERA Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice.
If you think someone is evading tax, report it via the Tax Evasion Hotline on 0800 788 887 or online.
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Legitimate waste companies, local authorities and businesses also have a responsibility to check what happens to their waste. They must make sure that they know what their legal responsibilities are by reading our updated guidance on GOV.UK
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To report someone believed to be evading Landfill Tax, this can, said HMRC, be reported via the Tax Evasion Hotline on 0800 788 887 or online.


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Family Fun Day Returns!
Sunday, September 13, 2015
12 to 4 p.m.
Family Fun Day has been an early Fall tradition in Stockton, NJ for years! This lively event is made possible by the fabulous Delaware River Mill Society family, including all the Artsbridge artists at the Annual Clothes Line Art Sale.
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• A picnic lunch, including burgers, hot dogs, salads, cold drinks and more
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i have a chat room batch script i need when i exit the CMD.exe to tell me that the user left ... or the cmd is closed
This should be on the Programming forum - I'll ask for it to be shifted there.
Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
You can't have CMD do things after it has been terminated. One way around this is to have a small script running in the background, which terminates when the main process is terminated. upon termination, it outputs a message that the user has left. To make the two scripts exchange data, you could have a temporary file which both programs read and get data (Especially the secondary script, which would need the name of the current user etc.).
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Bridge of Clay
Markus Zusak
Let me tell you about our brother.
The fourth Dunbar boy named Clay.
Everything happened to him.
We were all of us changed through him.
The Dunbar boys bring each other up in a house run by their own rules. A family of ramshackle tragedy – their mother is dead, their father has fled – they love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world.
It is Clay, the quiet one, who will build a bridge; for his family, for his past, for his sins. He's building a bridge to transcend humanness. To survive.
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The man lay still in the centre of a dusty grave under a monstrous sky.
Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outback Queensland.
They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old, no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last chance for their middle brother, Cameron.
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Mitch Albom
Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie's journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie's story.
The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie's life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness.
As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey—and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed.
Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning—we only need to open our eyes to see it.
In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie—the little girl he saved on earth—in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect.
In a House of Lies (A Detective Rebus novel)
Ian Rankin
In a House of Lies…
Everyone has something to hide
A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still – both for his family and the police – the body was in an area that had already been searched, ten years ago.
Everyone has secrets
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled and now – after a decade without answers – it's time for the truth.
Nobody is innocent
Every officer involved must be questioned, and it seems everyone on the case has something to hide, and everything to lose.
None more so than Detective John Rebus.
Time's Convert
Deborah Harkness
Set in contemporary Paris and London, and the American colonies during the upheaval and unrest that exploded into the Revolutionary War, a sweeping story that braids together the past and present.
On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening when it seems that the world is on the brink of a brighter future. When Matthew offers him a chance at immortality and a new life, free from the restraints of his puritanical upbringing, Marcus seizes the opportunity to become a vampire. But his transformation is not an easy one and the ancient traditions and responsibilities of the de Clermont family clash with Marcus's deeply-held beliefs in liberty, equality, and brotherhood.
Fast forward to contemporary London, where Marcus has fallen for Phoebe Taylor, a young employee at Sotheby's. She decides to become a vampire, too, and though the process at first seems uncomplicated, the couple discovers that the challenges facing a human who wishes to be a vampire are no less formidable in the modern world than they were in the 18th century. The shadows that Marcus believed he'd escaped centuries ago may return to haunt them both–forever.
A passionate love story and a fascinating exploration of the power of tradition and the possibilities for change, Time's Convert will delight fans of the All Souls trilogy and all readers of magic, the supernatural, and romance.
A Spark of Light
Jodie Picoult
When Vonita opened the doors of the Center that morning, she had no idea that it would be for the last time.
Wren has missed school to come to the Center, the sole surviving women's reproductive health clinic in the state, chaperoned by her aunt, Bex. Olive told Peg she was just coming for a check-up. Janine is undercover, a pro-life protester disguised as a patient. Joy needs to terminate her pregnancy. Louie is there to perform a service for these women, not in spite of his faith, but because of it.
When a desperate and distraught gunman bursts into the Center, opening fire and taking everyone hostage, Hugh McElroy is the police negotiator called to the scene. He has no idea that his fifteen-year-old daughter is inside.
Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day.
Jodi Picoult – one of the most fearless writers of our time – tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation … and, hopefully, understanding.
Cedar Valley
Holly Throsby
'He strolled down Valley Road, only briefly, past the hairdresser and a small cafe. A warm wind stirred, carrying with it the faint smell of pies and horses, and the man paused for just a moment before he sat down. Benny Miller would have driven right past him in her station wagon on that bright and brimming day.'
On the first day of summer in 1993, two strangers arrive in the town of Cedar Valley.
One is a calm looking man in a brown suit. He makes his way down the main street and walks directly to Cedar Valley Curios & Oldwares, sitting down on the footpath, where he leans silently against the big glass window for hours.
The other is 21-year-old Benny Miller. Fresh out of university, Benny has come to Cedar Valley in search of information about her mother, Vivian, who has recently died. Vivian's mysterious old friend, Odette Fisher, has offered Benny her modest pale green cottage for as long as she wants it.
Is there any connection between the man on the pavement and Benny's quest to learn more about her mother? Holly Throsby is the perfect guide as Cedar Valley and its inhabitants slowly reveal their secrets.
The Spotted Dog (A Corinna Chapman novel)
Kerry Greenwood
Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire, talented sleuth, stalwart friend and lover, is back!
When a distraught Scottish veteran from Afghanistan is knocked unconscious, waking up to find his beloved ex-service dog missing, Corinna and her lover, Daniel, find themselves inextricably drawn into the machinations of a notorious underworld gang of drug runners.
Corinna and Daniel need to pull together all the strings to find the connections between their wandering Scottish veteran, his kidnapped dog, a student dramatic society that's moved into Corinna's building, burglaries, and the threatening notes that begin to mysteriously appear in her apartment.
Between her forays into danger, there is still time in Corinna's life for tender encounters while the delicious aromas of newly baked breads, muffins and treats waft out of her bakery, Earthly Delights.
Sarah Perry
Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But the sheltered life she has crafted for herself is about to change.
A strange manuscript has come into her possession, and its contents have the power to unravel every strand of her fragile safety net. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.
Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. Despite her scepticism, Helen can't stop reading, or shake the feeling that someone or something is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.
Exquisitely written, and gripping until the very last page, this is a masterpiece of moral complexity, asking us profound questions about mercy, redemption, and how to make the best of our conflicted world.
Kristina Olsson
Everywhere he looked he saw what Utzon saw. The drama of harbour and horizon, and at night, the star-clotted sky. It held the shape of the possible, of a promise made and waiting to be kept …
In 1965, as Danish architect Jørn Utzon's striking vision for the Sydney Opera House transforms the skyline and unleashes a storm of controversy, the shadow of the Vietnam War and a deadly lottery threaten to tear the country apart.
Journalist Pearl Keogh, exiled to the women's pages after being photographed at an anti-war protest, is desperate to find her two missing brothers and save them from the draft. Axel Lindquist, a visionary young glass artist from Sweden, is obsessed with creating a unique work that will do justice to Utzon's towering masterpiece.
In this big, bold and hauntingly beautiful portrait of art and life, Shell captures a world on the brink of seismic change through the eyes of two unforgettable characters caught in the eye of the storm.
And it reminds us why taking a side matters.
A big, bold and hauntingly beautiful story that captures a defining moment in Australia's history.
The Survivors
Kate Furnivall
'Directly I saw him, I knew he had to die.'
Germany, 1945. Klara Janowska and her daughter Alicja have walked for weeks to get to Graufeld Displaced Persons camp. In the cramped, dirty, dangerous conditions they, along with 3,200 others, are the lucky ones. They have survived and will do anything to find a way back home.
But when Klara recognises a man in the camp from her past, a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.
He knows exactly what she did during the war to save her daughter.
She knows his real identity.
What will be the price of silence? And will either make it out of the camp alive?
An unforgettably powerful, epic story of love, loss and the long shadow of war, perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop.
The Girl on the Page
John Purcell
Amy Winston is a hard-drinking, bed-hopping, hot-shot young book editor on a downward spiral. Having made her name and fortune by turning an average thriller writer into a Lee Child, Amy is given the unenviable task of steering literary great Helen Owen back to publication.
When Amy knocks on the door of their beautiful townhouse in north west London, Helen and her husband, the novelist Malcolm Taylor, are conducting a silent war of attrition. The townhouse was paid for with the enormous seven figure advance Helen was given for the novel she wrote to end fifty years of making ends meets on critical acclaim alone. The novel Malcolm thinks unworthy of her. The novel Helen has yet to deliver. The novel Amy has come to collect.
Amy has never faced a challenge like this one. Helen and Malcolm are brilliant, complicated writers who unsettle Amy into asking questions of herself – questions about what she values, her principles, whether she has integrity, whether she is authentic. Before she knows it, answering these questions becomes a matter of life or death.
From ultimate book industry insider, John Purcell, comes a literary page-turner, a razor-sharp, fast-paced novel that cuts to the core of what it means to balance ambition and integrity. With lashings of sex, glamour, bad behaviour and wicked publishing insider references, The Girl on the Page is a muscular, juicy and provocative novel that is all about what really matters in life, and the redemptive power of great literature.
The Children's House
Alice Nelson
A love song to the idea of families in all their mysteries and complexities, their different configurations and the hope that creates them.
Marina and her husband, Jacob, were each born on a kibbutz in Israel. They meet years later at a university in California, when Jacob is a successful psychiatrist with a young son, Ben, from a disastrous marriage. The family moves to a brownstone in Harlem, formerly a convent inhabited by elderly nuns.
Outside the house one day Marina encounters Constance, a young refugee from Rwanda, and her toddler, Gabriel. Unmoored and devastated, Constance and Gabriel quickly come to depend on Marina; and her bond with the little boy intensifies. The pure, blinding love that it is possible to feel for children not our own is the thread that weaves through The Children's House.
When Marina learns some disturbing news about her long-disappeared mother, Gizela, she leaves New York in search of the loose ends of her life. As Christmas nears, her tight-knit, loving family, along with Constance and Gabriel, join Marina in her mother's former home, with a startling consequence, an act that will transform all of their lives forever.
Alice Nelson skilfully weaves together these shared stories about the terrible things humans are capable of into a beautifully told, hope-filled novel exploring the profound consolations that we can find in each other.
Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami
In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist's home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.
A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art – as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby – Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.
Love is Blind
William Boyd
You don't see me as I really am. All the many nuances of Lika Blum. The light and the dark.
You just see the light.
Love is Blind is William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel – set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life.
When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, he seizes the chance to flee Edinburgh and his tyrannical clergyman father, and begin a wildly different new chapter in his life. In Paris, a fateful encounter with a famous pianist irrevocably changes his future – and sparks an obsessive love affair with a beautiful Russian soprano, Lika Blum. Moving from Paris to St Petersburg to Edinburgh and back again, Brodie's love for Lika and its dangerous consequences pursue him around Europe and beyond, during an era of overwhelming change as the 19th century becomes the 20th.
Love is Blind is a tale of dizzying passion and brutal revenge; of artistic endeavour and the illusions it creates; of all the possibilities that life can offer, and how cruelly they can be snatched away. At once an intimate portrait of one man's life and an expansive exploration of the beginning of the 20th century, Love is Blind is a masterly new novel from one of Britain's best loved storytellers.
The Girl Without Skin
Mads Peder Nordbo
When a mummified Viking corpse is discovered in a crevasse out on the edge of an ice sheet, journalist Matthew Cave is sent to cover the story. The next day the mummy is gone, and the body of the policeman who was keeping watch is found naked and flayed – exactly like the victims in a gruesome series of murders that terrified the remote town of Nuuk in the 1970s.
As Matt investigates, he is shocked by the deprivation and brutal violence the locals take for granted. Unable to trust the police, he begins to suspect a cover-up. It's only when he meets a young Inuit woman, Tupaarnaq, convicted of killing her parents and two small sisters, that Matt starts to realise how deep this story goes – and how much danger he is in.
A gripping mystery set amid the brilliant bright light, thick fog, soaking rain and crystalline white ice sheet of Greenland.
Smith & DELI-cious: Food From Our Deli (That Happens to be Vegan)
Shannon Martinez & Mo Wyse
Forget your preconceptions of vegan food. In Smith & DELI-cious: a Deli (That Happens to be Vegan), Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse are here to challenge them all with a collection of recipes that celebrates delicious plant-based food the way it should be: big, bold and flavorful.
Across seven chapters, Shannon and Mo bring you recipes from the line-out-the-door popular Smith & Deli. The book features salads (including German potato salad; beetroot, black lentil, yogurt and dill salad; and Vietnamese slaw), soups (borscht; pumpkin, orange and chipotle; smoky potato and leek; split pea), baked sweets (banana split cake; brownies; pumpkin pie; chocolate, mandarin and sour cherry pudding), dough both sweet and savory (sticky buns; doughnuts; dill pretzels; plakopsy), meals (meatballs; chili peppers; mac and cheese; kimchi fried rice; cheesy broccoli and cauliflower pie) and basics (stocks; rices; sides; sauces; dips).
As well, the book will fill you in on the Smith & Deli story and introduce you to the people who, along with Shannon and Mo, make it happen. Kitchen staff will feature with their favorite recipes, and front of house staff will be profiled (and shown in their distinctive Smith & Deli uniforms).
The deli, with its neighborhood corner store vibe and New York sass, has a very different vibe from the Smith & Daughters restaurant, and this is reflected in the book. The recipes in Deli have a more home-cooked feel than those in Daughters, and span many cuisines (expect anything from okonomiyaki and bahn mi to apple pie bars and English baked beans). The design will leave behind the black of Smith & Daughters for a look more in keeping with the deli's light, retro feel.
Woo's Wonderful World of Maths
Eddie Woo
Why is a rainbow curved? Why aren't left-handers extinct? How is a sunflower like a synchronised swimmer? Why is 'e' a magic number?
The answer to these questions is contained within one simple word: MATHS. Because maths is all about patterns, and our universe is extraordinarily patterned.
With enthusiasm, humour and heart, Eddie Woo shows how card tricks, conspiracy theories, teacups, killer butterflies, music, lightning and so much more illuminate the spellbinding world of maths that surrounds us.
Bill Lawry: Chasing A Century
Bill Lawry
Bill Lawry will always be one of the most iconic figures of Australian cricket. Whether you remember him best as the famously relentless batsman, stonewalling captain, or excitable, beloved commentator – Lawry has been at the heart of the game for almost sixty years.
Bill Lawry: Chasing a Century tells the story of his stellar cricketing career – from his youth in district cricket and his debut in the Australian team in 1961, a year in which he exceeded a staggering 2000 runs in his first tour of England; through the sixty-seven Australian Tests he played as opening batsman and his leadership in the captaincy of the Australian team; to his incontestable reign as one of the original voices of cricket.
Here, tales from colleagues, players, cricket writers and those who listened to his broadcasts every summer, bring Lawry's career to life and remind us of the colossal contribution this left-handed legend has made to Australian cricket.
Australia's Best Nature Escapes
Lee Atkinson
Getting back to nature doesn't have to mean roughing it, not with this collection of 100 of Australia's best nature-based holidays. There's something for every kind of nature-lover in this beautiful book, from rustic cabins in national parks to glamping and luxe beachside resorts, family-friendly holiday parks, country hideaways, houseboats and even a treehouse. The book also covers a range of activities such as guided walks, cruises, safaris, 4WD adventures and bareboat charters.
You'll find all the information you need – how to get there, how long to stay, the best time to go, a price guide and handy travel hints, such as special kid-friendly features or alternative options in the area to suit your budget. However you like to go wild, you'll find inspiration with Australia's Best Nature Escapes.
Oliver Jeffers: The Working Mind and Drawing Hand
Oliver Jeffers
This dynamic visual biography is Jeffers's personal chronicle of an artist who blends his love of creating stories with his love of art and his infectious charm, and is a must-have for art lovers and bibliophiles both young and old.
Oliver Jeffers takes a dive into Oliver's own origin story, inspirations, art evolution, and passion for storytelling: from growing up loving art and creating stories as a young boy in Belfast, Ireland; to finding a huge audience for his loveable stories; to what led him to his enormously clever found painting; to his collaborations with U2, TED, Colette, and Apple, to his newest meditative dipped painting art events. Oliver Jeffers is a fresh canvas for his imagination, and includes a pass through his most popular work, never-before-published illustrations and art, and a look into his more personal world of sketchbooks and doodles. Oliver's own story, infused with the whimsy and joy his work is famous for, is must-have not only for current fans of Oliver Jeffers's picture books, but also new fans, art lovers, and bibliophiles both young and old.
Illustrator and artist Oliver Jeffers gives readers an unprecedented and intimate window into his creative process, weaving his popular works with never-before-seen art and illustrations, alongside his personal story of how he came to art, his love of books, and his bookmaking, fashioned from his personal sketchbooks.
The Cook's Apprentice: Tips, Techniques and Recipes for New Foodies
Stephanie Alexander
The Cook's Apprentice is the essential teaching cookbook for the younger cook who's just starting out. This wonderful book is full to the brim with everything new foodies need to know to become relaxed and confident in the kitchen.
Arranged alphabetically, The Cook's Apprentice includes 56 ingredient chapters – from Apples to Zucchini – and more than 300 achievable recipes ranging from classics every cook will want to try to exciting new dishes that reflect our diverse nation. Stephanie takes you into her kitchen as she explains more than 100 important techniques in straightforward language, discusses the kitchen tools she likes to use, and describes ingredients you might not know: How do I whisk eggs to soft peaks? What does it mean to 'make a well' in dry ingredients? Why should I roast spices? How do I prepare fresh chillies safely? What is 'resting meat' and why should I do it? How do I prepare a mango? What flavours work well together? What is fresh mozzarella? How do I say 'quinoa'?
The Cook's Apprentice gives all you new cooks the inspiration you need for a lifetime of enjoyment in the kitchen.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography
Eric Idle
We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python – from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. Now, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir that takes us on a remarkable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theatre and film.
Coming of age as a writer and comedian during the Sixties and Seventies, Eric stumbled into the crossroads of the cultural revolution and found himself rubbing shoulders with the likes of George Harrison, David Bowie and Robin Williams, all of whom became lifelong friends. With anecdotes sprinkled throughout involving Mike Nichols, Mick Jagger, Steve Martin, Paul Simon and many more, as well as the Pythons themselves, Eric captures a time of tremendous creative output with equal parts hilarity and heart.
In Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, named after the song he wrote for Life of Brian which has since become the number-one song played at funerals in the UK, he shares the highlights of his life and career with the kind of offbeat humour that has delighted his audiences for five decades. This is a memoir chock-full of behind-the-scenes stories from a high-flying life featuring everyone from Princess Leia to Queen Elizabeth.
Written in History: Letters that Changed the World
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Written in History celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling; some are exquisite works of literature, others brutal, coarse and frankly outrageous; many are erotic, others heartbreaking. The writers vary from Elizabeth I, Rameses the Great and Leonard Cohen to Emmeline Pankhurst, Mandela, Stalin, Michelangelo, Suleiman the Magnificent and unknown people in extraordinary circumstances – from love letters to calls for liberation, declarations of war to reflections on death.
In the colourful, accessible style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these letters are essential reading: how they enlighten our past, enrich the way we live now – and illuminate tomorrow.
Acid for the Children: A Memoir
Michael Peter Balzary was born in Melbourne, Australia, on October 16, 1962. His more famous stage name, Flea, and his wild ride as the renowned bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers was in a far and distant future. Little Michael from Oz moved with his very conservative, very normal family to Westchester, New York, where life as he knew it was soon turned upside down. His parents split up and he and his sister moved into the home of his mother's free-wheeling, jazz musician boyfriend, Walt– trading in rules, stability, and barbecues for bohemian values, wildness, and Sunday afternoon jazz parties where booze, weed, and music flowed in equal measure. Michael was frightened by the lack of order in his new reality and his volatile new stepfather, but found his salvation the world of passionate musicians the Walt exposed him to. There began his life-long journey to channel all the frustration, loneliness, love, and joy he felt into incredible rhythm.
When Michael's family moved to Los Angeles in 1972, his home situation was rockier than ever. He sought out a sense of belonging elsewhere, spending most of his days partying, playing basketball, and committing petty crimes. At Fairfax High School, he meets another social outcast, Anthony Kiedis, who quickly became his soul brother, the yin to his yang, his partner in mischief. Michael joined some bands, fell in love with performing, and honed his skills. But it wasn't until the night when Anthony, excited after catching a Grandmaster Flash concert, suggested they start their own band that he is handed the magic key to the cosmic kingdom.
Acid for the Children is as raw, entertaining and wildly unpredictable as its author. It both a tenderly evocative coming of age story and a raucous love letter to the power of music and creativity.
Garden Love
Simon Griffiths
It all began when Simon Griffiths decided that he and his whippet couldn't live in his tiny but gorgeous one-up one-down shopfront in Albert Park any more. He had a yearning for open spaces, country air and, most importantly, a garden of his own.
On finding his cottage in Meadowbank, and trialling different plants, he gradually became part of the secret gardening network. The one where cuttings are exchanged between friends and planting successes and failures are recounted over neighbourhood fences.
Simon is a brilliant photographer, bringing warmth and joy to all his subjects, but he is also a very knowledgeable plantsman. In this book he has captured his favourite 20 country-style gardens and shares the knowledge he has gleaned from fellow garden lovers.
This book is like a spending a warm afternoon with friends under a tree in a country garden. This book is oh-so-Australian, in that there are riotous gardens, extraordinary plantings and green, green spaces, all set against the backdrop of the distinctive Australian landscape.
Imagine John Yoko
Thames & Hudson
In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono conceived and recorded the critically acclaimed album Imagine at their Georgian country home, Tittenhurst Park, in Berkshire, England, and in the state-of-the-art studio they built in the grounds and at the Record Plant in New York. The lyrics of its title track were inspired by Yoko Ono's 'event scores' in her 1964 book Grapefruit, and she was officially co-credited as writer in June 2017.
Imagine tells the story of John & Yoko's life, work and relationship during this intensely creative period. It transports readers to home and working environments through artfully compiled narrative film stills, Yoko's closely guarded archive photos and artefacts, and stitched-together panoramas taken from outtake film footage that recreate the interiors in evocative detail. Each chapter and song is introduced with text by John & Yoko compiled from published and unpublished sources and complemented by comments from Yoko today. Fresh insights are provided by musicians, engineers and staff who took part, many of whom feature on the inner sleeve's enigmatic picture wheel, in which the identities are finally revealed. All the minutiae is examined: the locations, the key players, the music and lyrics, the production techniques and the artworks – including the creative process behind the double exposure polaroids used on the album cover.
With a message as universal and pertinent today as it was when the album was created, Imaginecements John and Yoko's place in cultural history.
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life
Michael Caine
One of our best-loved actors Michael Caine has starred in a huge range of films – including all-time favourites – from the classic British movies Alfie, Zulu and The Italian Job to the Hollywood blockbusting Dark Knight trilogy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hannah and Her Sisters and Cider House Rules. Caine has excelled in every kind of role – with a skill that's made it look easy.
He knows what success takes – he's made it to the top of his profession from the toughest beginning. But as he says 'Small parts can lead to big things. And if you keep doing things right, the stars will align when you least expect it.' Now in his 85th year he wants to share everything he's learned.
With brilliant new insight into his life and work and with his wonderful gift for story, this is Caine at his wise and entertaining best.
Bohemian Living: Creative Homes Around the World
Robyn Lea
Bohemian Living sidesteps the world of carefully constructed interior design and, instead, dives into the liberated and nonconformist atmosphere of offbeat beauty and artistic delights.
Robyn Lea is an incredible storyteller – both visually and in the written form. She understands the creative spirit and passionately documents its expression inside these pages. In every profile she traces the journey from unusual childhoods to artistic, often unorthodox, adult worlds.
Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
Clementine Ford
Fearless feminist heroine Clementine Ford is a beacon of hope and inspiration to hundreds of thousands of Australian women and girls. Her incendiary first book, Fight Like A Girl, is taking the world by storm, galvanising women to demand and fight for real equality and not merely the illusion of it.
Now Boys Will Be Boys examines what needs to change for that equality to become a reality. It answers the question most asked of Clementine: 'How do I raise my son to respect women and give them equal space in the world? How do I make sure he's a supporter and not a perpetrator?'
All boys start out innocent and tender, but by the time they are adolescents many of them will subscribe to a view of masculinity that is openly contemptuous of women and girls. Our world conditions boys into entitlement, privilege and power at the expense not just of girls' humanity but also of their own.
Ford demolishes the age-old assumption that superiority and aggression are natural realms for boys, and demonstrates how toxic masculinity creates a disturbingly limited and potentially dangerous idea of what it is to be a man. Crucially, Boys Will Be Boys reveals how the patriarchy we live in is as harmful to boys and men as it is to women and girls, and asks what we have to do to reverse that damage. The world needs to change and this book shows the way.
Rewording the Brain
David Astle
Recent studies have shown that puzzle-solving and wordplay are among the most effective ways to boost the power and agility of your brain. A cryptic crossword a day can help keep memory loss at bay.
Why? The answer lies in the art of teasing out a clue, a discipline that calls for logic, interpretation, intuition and deduction as well as the ability to filter nuance and connotation. All these challenges and more are found in the cryptic crossword. And all are invaluable in increasing your brainpower and improving your memory and cognitive capacity.
In this entertaining and essential book, cryptic crossword guru David Astle explains how your brain responds to and benefits from attempting these crosswords. A growing body of research suggests cryptic crosswords are the ideal workout for your brain, and Astle shows how regular training of this kind can be fun as well as fundamental.
If you've always been intimidated by cryptic crosswords, fear not! Rewording the Brain is an accessible guide to developing and sharpening your puzzle talents. Novices and expert solvers alike will gain plenty of cryptic insights. There has never been a better time to start solving, nor a better teacher than the legendary DA.
Also included are 50 cryptic crosswords hand-picked to keep your brain abuzz, ranging from beginner-friendly to fiendishly complicated!
Vietnam: An Epic Tragegy 1945-75
Max Hasting
Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people.
Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.
No past volume has blended a political and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences, in the fashion that Max Hastings' readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle with so many lessons for the 21st century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges. He marshals testimony from warlords and peasants, statesmen and soldiers, to create an extraordinary record.
Made in Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country
Billy Connolly
All roads lead home.
After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: "This must mean a lot to you, with you coming from nothing?" I looked at her, and I laughed.
"I did'nae come from nothing," I told her. "I come from something."
I grew up in the tenements of post-war Glasgow. I am very proud to be working class, and especially a working-class Glaswegian who has worked in the shipyards. I come from the working class. And, most of all, I come from Scotland.
Scotland is a unique and wonderful place. Its national motto says a lot about it: Nemo me impune lacessit. A decent translation might be: 'By all means punch me in the nose but prepare yourself for a kick in the arse.'
I did'nae come from nothing: I come from Scotland. And this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that I do.'
Speaking Up
Gillian Triggs
As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless for five tumultuous years.
How did this aspiring ballet dancer, dignified daughter of a tank commander and eminent law academic respond when appreciative passengers on a full airplane departing Canberra greeted her with a round of applause?
Speaking Up shares with readers the values that have guided Triggs' convictions and the causes she has championed. She dares women to be a little vulgar and men to move beyond their comfort zones to achieve equity for all. And she will not rest until Australia has a Bill of Rights.
Triggs' passionate memoir is an irresistible call to everyone who yearns for a fairer world.
Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affairs
Lesley Harding & Kendrah Morgan
Arriving in Melbourne in 1951 from Paris, they energised local society and transformed the culinary and artistic landscapes. Their apartment became a hub for the bohemian set, and their cafes and restaurants brimmed with sophisticated food, sexual intrigue and creative endeavours. Mirka's distinctive art, now collected by major galleries, was a vital part of this heady mix.
Their eateries were magnets to the rich and famous, a who's who of the art world and those looking for a seriously good time. Mick Jagger was a customer. As were Bob Dylan, Barry Humphries, Jean Shrimpton, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Maurice Chevalier and Graham Kennedy.
Launched in the year of Mirka's 90th birthday, Mirka & Georges gloriously illustrates the Moras' extraordinary story, with the couple's classic French recipes, photographs from family albums and images from Mirka's studio by internationally renowned photographer Robyn Lea.
Gardens on the Edge: Australian Landscapes, from Desert to Rainforest, Ocean to Plains
Christine Reid
In breathtaking images and insightful essays, Gardens on the Edge explores 18 Australian gardens that are defined by extraordinary horizons. Each of the featured landscapes – from every state and territory, from outback to city – is situated on the edge of a natural frontier: rainforest, desert, bushland, river, mountain range, volcanic crater lake, coast, harbour, saltbush plains. In another sense, Australian gardens and their owners are always 'on the edge' in dealing with the endless vagaries of nature, from drought to dust, fires to flood.
In telling the stories of the gardens and their owners, Christine Reid reveals the diversity and character of the Australian continent – and celebrates the imagination and resilience of those who have met the challenges of creating, reconstructing or restoring their 'vision splendid' in an ancient and often-unforgiving land.
Any Ordinary Day
Leigh Sales
The day that turns a life upside down usually starts like any other, but what happens the day after?
As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories – and a terrifying brush with her own mortality – sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-changing event. What are our chances of actually experiencing one? What do we fear most and why? And when the worst does happen, what comes next?
In this wise and layered book, Leigh talks intimately with people who've faced the unimaginable, from terrorism to natural disaster to simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Expecting broken lives, she instead finds strength, hope, even humour. Leigh brilliantly condenses the cutting-edge research on the way the human brain processes fear and grief, and poses the questions we too often ignore out of awkwardness. Along the way, she offers an unguarded account of her own challenges and what she's learned about coping with life's unexpected blows.
Warm, candid and empathetic, this book is about what happens when ordinary people, on ordinary days, are forced to suddenly find the resilience most of us don't know we have.
Europe: A Natural History
Tim Flannery
It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made up of diverse geological types, including ancient continental fragments, raised segments of oceanic crust, and land newly minted by volcanic activity. Yet even at this early stage Europe was exerting a disproportionate influence on the world.
About 100 million years ago, the interaction of three continents – Asia, North America and Africa – formed the tropical island archipelago that would become the Europe of today, a place of exceptional diversity, rapid change and high energy.
Europe- A Natural History is full of surprises. Over the millennia Europe has received countless immigrant species and transformed them. It is where the first coral reefs formed. It was once home to some of the world's largest elephants. And it played a vital role in the evolution of our own species.
When the first modern humans arrived in Europe 40,000 years ago, they began to exert an astonishing influence on the continent's flora and fauna, and now, Europeans lead the way in wildlife restoration – there are more wolves in Europe today than in the USA. This enthralling ecological history is more than the story of Europe and the Europeans, it will change our understanding of life itself.


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"Who's bigger than liverpool?" - Resetting the LFC mindset/
When Jamie Carragher was quizzed in early 2005 about Steven Gerrard potentially leaving Liverpool FC for a 'superior' club, his response was swift and immediate:
"I'm not having that, who's bigger than Liverpool?"
This was before the magic of Istanbul and after Liverpool had already lost over 10 Premier League matches that season and were over 20 points below the leaders, Chelsea.
Fast forward 12 years and year after year I hear the same thing from fans and pundits: "Coutinho is going to go to a bigger club like Barcelona" and it makes me sick.
Klopp addressed this issue very quickly when he arrived, declaring that he will transform Liverpool into a club which no one wants to leave. In my opinion, he's doing a mighty fine job of it so far, but why aren't the fans changing, yet?
These days, putting pen to paper and publicly declaring your long-term loyalty to a club will still be met with murmurings of a hidden agenda:
"LFC are just protecting his price for when they sell him in the summer"
"If we don't win the league next year, he's definitely off"
"If Barcelona or Real come knocking, he'll force his way out"
The common response to this is saying that you're "Just accepting reality", but by calling this version of our club reality, are you not just accepting a level of mediocrity (something that these very same pessimistic people will accuse positive people of).
In my eyes, our most recent trophy hauls, or the size of our global fan base or the amount of social media followers our club has does NOT define how big my club is. Without getting too spiritual into my passion for Liverpool, this club will forever be the biggest club in the world even if we didn't win anything for another 20-30 years.
Going back to what Carragher said, "Who's bigger than Liverpool?", what he's implying is right, no one is bigger than Liverpool to those that love this club the most.
Until our fans rally behind this and get that pure love for our club, through all its faults, lows, bad corners, penalty misses and heart-wrenching moments, we will never be the biggest club in the world both on the field and in our hearts.
Klopp said that he wants to build a culture and atmosphere within Liverpool where no one wants to leave and I believe he's doing that with his intense passion. Our players will be excited to come to training every day, they'll be excited to play for our club because of the passion.
The players will see our adoring fans from Anfield, Liverpool to ANZ Stadium, Sydney to Fenway Park, Boston and they will understand, there's no bigger club in the world than Liverpool.


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In 1983 the women of the Greenham Common peace camp encircled the military base holding up mirrors in a mass demonstration known as 'Reflecting the Base.' An estimated 35,000 women were involved in this protest and some continued living on the camp for years to come with their children. There was a feeling of cameraderie, safety and empowerment like never before. The camp itself had areas considered safe zones for children. Yet what the Greenham Common women taught the next generation of protesters was the power in being disruptive, of being an inconvenience, the importance of being in the public eye and drawing attention to non-violent protest.
The following year, the 1984-85 miners' strike began. Women played a pivotal role and created a legacy for future generations. 'Women came out from behind the kitchen sink, they came slow but they came – men were even more slow to recognise the power women had,' explains Sandra, a founding member of Women Against Pit Closures. Women had to find safe places within the movement to demonstrate, as often they had to bring their children along. The picket lines weren't always suitable but rallies and pit camps provided an opportunity: riding on banners, sitting between the struts, singing songs. Women and children became politicised through this shared injustice and struggle, and in doing so children found their own voice:
'Arthur says our mines must stay,
So listen please what he has to say
Here is a man who understands
If they close our pit
No more colliery band
Goodness knows what else will go
The right to work, which we all know,
Of course they could all take the dole
Never mind fight for coal
'Could we really just sit back
Of course we can't, our dads would be sacked
Living thro' this long, long strike
Left us at Christmas without a bike
It doesn't really matter tho'
Especially when the truth we know
Rather have nothing, then hold onto our pride
You've guessed, of course, we stood side by side
Nicola Cohen, 'The Strike,' from More Valuable Than Gold, a collection of poems by striking miners' children.
The legacy of this experience was certainly one of empowerment and unity for the women involved. After the strike many went to work or back to education. But for families and communities affected by the pit closures and the loss of 200,000 mining jobs, the legacy was destructive.
'Kids suffered because they lived in communities that were disintegrating. There were more mental health problems, domestic violence, drugs and landlords,' reflects Sandra, who has spent her career in Wakefield as a social worker. But she warns: 'It's worse for you now. Back then they didn't see us [women] coming. Once two of my comrades and I went to a factory who made components for the pits to ask if we could talk to the engineers about the miners – we expected a few but hundreds came out. It's worse for you now. Back then the establishment weren't prepared for us, they are now!'
When Jeremy Corbyn said at the Durham Miners' Gala that 'real pressure' is about having money to feed your kids – to a single mum that resonates. Being politically active women and co-founders of Momentum Kids is a challenge to say the least. Attending meetings at the Momentum offices from our home in Stroud took money we didn't have, childcare to arrange and was generally a logistical drain on resources. It wouldn't be something we could sustain without the support we get. And if that is true for us, it is true for the rest of the two million single parents in the UK, of which 90 per cent are women.
If Momentum is going to meet the challenge of being fully inclusive, how will a space be provided for parents, mothers, carers, grandparents and children? We don't want to be an afterthought. We want to be fully integrated into the movement. That is what Momentum Kids is about.
Our aim is to provide a female-led, intersectional space where children can be empowered and understand their value, the value of democracy, the value of their civic engagement and the power they already have. We want to encourage curious, questioning children who will become pioneers in their own right. As Sandra says, 'As a society we massively underestimate kids, what they can do, what they think . . . Engage them to join in, even the mundane things from stuffing envelopes to making posters – but then do something with it!'
Jessie Hoskin and Natasha Josette are co-founders of Momentum Kids.
As the relaunched Tribune prepares its second issue, Hilary Wainwright assesses the history of the paper and the left Labour MPs who rallied around it – and the lessons it offers today's Labour left
As anti-Corbyn Labour MPs kick up a fuss in the press about possible reselections, Hilary Wainwright looks back at the strikingly similar alarm in the parliamentary establishment in the 1970s and 1980s
In a world of isolation and a left which tends towards despondency, collective joy is our weapon against neoliberalism. Sam Swann reflects on The World Transformed 2018
Michael Calderbank brings you a bite-sized guide to what went on at conference, and what that means for the future of the party.
Labour needs to develop a socialist strategy that goes beyond a single election manifesto. Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin look at the challenge of state transformation
If we want a radical socialist government, it starts with democratising the party from the bottom up. Dan Gerke argues in favour of mandatory reselection.


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Around ten years ago, when somebody kept switching between careers after short stints, they would be considered disloyal, unstable and lacking purpose and vision for career growth. In this sense, older generations valued lifetime corporate jobs. Due to this traditional view, job hopping has for long been seen as a negative behavior and those who switch jobs regularly weren't considered for leadership positions. However, as job trends keep shifting, job hoping is becoming a norm, especially among millennials.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on average, workers in the United States stay with one employer for about 4.6 years. However, the tenure for millennials is much shorter, spanning only half that figure at 2.3 years. In other words, for the younger generations, hopping between jobs every two years no longer seems as peculiar. Instead, changing jobs is increasingly seems as a way of getting rapid upward mobility in one's career. Still, the main questions that bother our minds: is job hopping a bad thing or it can lead to a career advancement?
What Do Statistics Say About Millennials In The Workplace?
Currently, the millennial generation represents a growing share of the US workforce, inching past other generations to form the largest share of the labor market. In fact, millennials form approximately 45% of the US workforce. Attention needs to be given to careers in statistics from such studies as the one conducted by Gallup, which found that 66% of millennials are open to being contacted for new job opportunities. Of those consulted during the survey, 21% of millennials indicated that they had shifted between jobs in the past year, which is quite high compared to only 7% of Generation Xers.
David Parnell, a renowned author and human resource consultant, noted:
When the bulk of the workforce constituency was the Baby Boomers–stoic, long-term-oriented and collectivistic in nature–job hopping was highly frowned upon. It was the norm to stay with an employer for 30 years, grab your pension and ride off quietly into the sunset. With the entrance of the dot.com bubble and Gen X (and eventually Gen Y) came a much more instant gratification, self-oriented nature to the workforce. Where a single move within a five year span may have labeled someone as a pariah, in some industries nowadays, a move per year isn't unheard of.
Given this growing trend of job switching, there is a need for a better understanding of the benefits and drawbacks involved.
Changing Jobs Frequently As A Way To Success
Here are some of the main benefits you are likely to get by changing jobs:
Experience From Diverse Backgrounds
Those who change jobs every three years can possibly cite the experience gained from working at different companies, industries, and managerial styles. As Tracy Cashman, a partner and general manager in the IT Search division at WinterWyman, mentioned:
Someone who has a diverse background is often more attractive to a potential employer because they potentially bring new ideas and ways of doing things. Just make sure to keep some kind of record of what projects you accomplished where, and make sure one to two people at each company will serve as a reference.
Every position or job you get is a chance to amass more experience under your belt. Stories abound of people who changed their lives for the better by changing jobs. You get to learn something fresh from each job you occupy.
Opportunity For Professional Development
Not everyone lands a dream job at the first attempt. In fact, 71% of millennial professionals are unsatisfied with their current jobs and how their professional and leadership skills are developed and are likely to quit within the next two years. By changing jobs regularly, you get the chance to make certain of your desires, professional value and goals. By testing the waters, you get to know what fits you, get to learn new things and widen your skillset.
You Can Get A Salary Increase When Changing Jobs
One of the main reasons for job switching is to get an improved salary offer. Due to CEO survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, only 18% of young employees intend to stay with their employer for the long-term, with the main reason for changing careers at 30 being an increase in remuneration. When the candidate has the right skillsets and experience desired by a company and have a chance to move to a better paying job, they will move.
A Chance To Develop A Broader Network
A prime motivation for job change among young adults is the need to broaden one's professional network, something that is critical in the present job market. By job switching, young employees get to interact with new customers, coworkers, and managers. These networks can prove critical later in your career.
Drawbacks Of Millennial Job Hopping
While the benefits of changing jobs frequently can be fulfilling, there are notable cons you should consider:
Employers Tend To Be Wary of Employees Prone To Changing Jobs Too Often
Most employers value longevity and tend to be cautious when considering candidates who do not stay in one job for long. Such employers will refer to your past attitudes in predicting your chances of being with the organization for long. Hiring a job hopper could be costly to the organization, particularly given the significant training and on boarding costs. This could potentially harm your future growth prospects with major employers.
Building Meaningful Relationships Is Difficult
Forming strong networks requires career stability. While you have a chance to build broader networks, there is insufficient time between jobs to work on the relationships involved. Building strong business connections that you could rely on takes time.
To sum up, the millennial generation's ambition and desire for personal growth is something that has introduced increased job hopping in the workforce. While there are some drawbacks in the tendency to frequently switching jobs, the advantages are quite attractive. The main takeaway here, therefore, is that, as long as your job hoping is for the right reasons, the benefits should override any drawbacks.
Author Bio: Alice Berg is a blogger and a career advisor at Skillroads, who received a degree in Social Work and Applied Social Studies. Now she helps people to find their own way in life, gives career advice and guidance, helps young people to prepare for their careers. You can find Alice on Twitter.
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I have a couple of these I'll need to finish up once the codex hits next weekend. I love the idea of them using the Rhino chassis for Wagons as there are probably a ton of destroyed hulls all over old battlefields. I used parts from the Battlewagon and Stompa kits for a lot of these.
I plan on pulling the old rivets from these and replacing them with some smaller ones. I'm probably gonna stick with blue for my army, as I really dig the Deff Skull Clan theme.
Getting very psyched for new greenskins!