Download or read book The Book of Bloke written by Ben Pobjie and published by Pan. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a Bloke? What is a Bloke? This is the question that has occupied the greatest minds of the anthropological and sociological worlds for many years. Not in a literal sense, of course, at the base level, the definition of a Bloke is perfectly clear: a Bloke is a human male native to Australia, typically between 150 and 200 centimetres tall, frequently partial to beer and ventilated footwear, who has built a mighty nation from the scraps of colonialism and inappropriate farming practices. That much is obvious. Writer and comedian Ben Pobjie examines the different types of Bloke in Australia today, giving the reader a unique and expert insight into Blokedom. What makes a Bloke tick? What do Blokes like to do? Where do they go? These questions and more are answered in this hilarious and irreverent book.
Download or read book The Bloke s Guide To Pregnancy written by Jon Smith and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a 'warts and all' sensible yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner and in their relationship over the coming months. Becoming pregnant involved two people. The rearing of a child will involve two people; there is every reason that your partner's pregnancy should also involve the two of you, together. For any man that has been put off reading pregnancy books because he doesn't feel he was the intended audience or that something about the tone of these books was alien to him , yet he still has questions that need answers; then The Blokes' Guide to: Pregnancy is the book he's been looking for. As a father himself, Jon Smith realised, when his partner Lisa became pregnant that there was nothing out there that he could relate to. The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy is the result. Jon takes a comical yet informed look at the ups and downs of life as a father to be.
Download or read book The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke written by Clarence James Dennis and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bloke a saurus written by Gus Worland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gargantuan gags. Goofs and giggles for your favourite fella. With royalties donated to support men's mental health. Knockabout brothers Gus and Steve Worland know a good joke when they hear one, and this smorgasbord of their favourite gags and yarns will keep the men in your life giggling all the way to the dunny and back. Full of the Worland brothers’ best jokes about being a dad, a son, a mate, a husband and much, much more, this collection gives you their funniest thigh-slappers, from one-liners and wait-for-its to shaggy dog stories, knock knocks, lightbulb jokes, Aussie rhyming slang, the longest and shortest joke in the world … and of course, their choicest and most time-honoured dad jokes. Through laughter and a tipping of the hat to the important things in life, The Bloke-a-Saurus also presents the wisdom of the ages with advice from the masters that helps grow boys into men, and stories that remind us that while we're all laughing, some blokes are doing it tougher than others. Royalties will be donated to Gotcha 4 Life Foundation to help fund the training of male crisis counsellors.
Download or read book Bloke written by Bruce Pascoe and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The story of an ordinary man who discovers he's not so ordinary. Pascoe is one of our finest writers.' Ray Lawrence Jim Bloke's your typical Aussie, sort of. Being an orphan he's done it tough in the past, but he knows how to take care of himself and he has an affinity with life's important things. So when he takes a job as a sea-urchin diver on a stretch of coastal paradise, he's right at home with the morwong, pearl perch and butterfish. He's less at home with the people – apart from the woman who works as his deckhand – since the industry's crookeder than your average banker. And because Bloke's already done a season in the big gym, he makes a perfect fall guy when things go wrong. That sends him running again, by a roundabout way into the arms of his real family. But Jim's not sure that's where he wants to be. He wants love and that's hard, he wants his identity and that's even harder. Bloke is an achingly funny novel about coming to terms with who you are, where you belong, who you love. Jim has a weakness for women that leads him into trouble, and then to salvation.
Download or read book Hot Blokes written by Fit Men Books and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I think when you are a cool bloke but also a hot bloke, that makes you even more sexy. These men are cool and sexy. Enjoy the joys that the male body has to offer
Download or read book Small Man in a Book written by Rob Brydon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob Brydon tells story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book. A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers. But there was a time when it looked like all we'd hear of Rob was his gifted voice. Growing up in South Wales, Rob had a passion for radio and soon the Welsh airwaves resounded to his hearty burr. However, these were followed by years of misadventure and struggle, before, in the TV series Marion and Geoff and Gavin and Stacey, Rob at last tickled the nation's funny bone. The rest, as they say, is history. Or in his case autobiography. Small Man in a Book is Rob Brydon's funny, heartfelt, honest, sometimes sad, but mainly funny, memoir of how a young man from Wales very, very slowly became an overnight success. Rob Brydon was brought up in Wales, where his career began on radio and as a voiceover artist. After a brief stint working for the Home Shopping Network he co-wrote and performed in his breakthrough show, the darkly funny Human Remains. He has since starred in the immensely popular Gavin and Stacey, Steve Coogan's partner in The Trip, and was the host of Would I Lie to You? and The Rob Brydon Show. He now lives in London with his wife and five children.
Download or read book The Bloke s Bible written by Hopwood Dave and published by Authentic (Print On Demand). This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A down-to-earth retelling of certain biblical stories and truths, especially for men. The Bloke's Bible is a selection of familiar Bible stories, retold. Running parallel is the story of an ordinary guy who goes to the pub and, opening his battered Bible, reads and reflects and wonders everything you've ever wondered. Hard-hitting, challenging and very honest, Dave Hopwood's sharp observance of human nature and divine love makes an entertaining, exciting and often poignant read. 'The Bible as you've never read it before. A very good book indeed.' Adrian Plass
Download or read book The Strong Man written by Grant Edwards and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink Grant Edwards was once an elite athlete, Olympics qualifier and Australia’s strongest man. His Guinness Book of Records feats of strength were acclaimed internationally, and as a high ranking police officer he spent decades protecting vulnerable people around the world. But nothing could shield him from catastrophic harm in the line of duty. Rising above his tough beginnings in 1970s suburbia, where he was bullied for his father’s decision to live as a gay man, Edwards found sanctuary in sport. But he found his true calling with the Australian Federal Police, rising swiftly through the ranks to Commander and personally establishing cybercrime units to fight child exploitation and human trafficking. A highly sought after and disciplined security advisor for governments around the world such as East Timor, Afghanistan and the Americas, Edwards was considered the last person to ‘crack’ – but a narrow escape from a deadly attack in Kabul pushed him to breaking point. This is the story of an extraordinary man and his extraordinary battle back from the brink.
Download or read book There Was an Old Bloke Who Swallowed a Chook written by P. Crumble and published by Scholastic Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look out, one and all! This old bloke has a bottomless belly! From a chook, to a galah, and a possum, to even larger creatures...and items, this old bloke sure is hungry! Will his eating frenzy ever end? Surely hell burst!
Download or read book The United States of Australia written by Cameron Jamieson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States of Australia is a hilarious and educational introduction to Australia and its quirky inhabitants. Written for Americans, but equally amusing to anyone visiting the shores of the Great Southern Land, this book examines the relationship between Australia and the U.S., including how Australians view their American cousins. Topics include Blokes and Sheilas, Bloody Foster's, Dangerous Creatures, Talking to Dogs, The GAFA, Speaking Strail-yun and Working for the Queen. Confused? You won't be after reading this book!
Download or read book London Bloke written by K. Reaves and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London Bloke is set in trendy Westminster, South London. Bailey is a twenty-eight year old psychologist approaching her 29th birthday right before New Year's Eve. Daily, even while working with clients, she's contemplating how she has spent the past six years of her life in a dead end relationship with Charlie Barr. Charlie, the definition of debonair, London's playboy who works for the top European publishing agency, is Bailey's boyfriend who has strung her along for years in a back and forth relationship. When Bailey reaches her final straw when being ditched by Charlie at a company party while he chats up a super-model at the bar, she makes a declaration to go into her 29th year as a new, single woman that refuses to be strung along by a man and who redefines herself as a woman. Through out the entire year Bailey goes on a comical journey of discovering new, passionate love with her newly hired co-worker, life changes with her best friends, self acceptance with the person that she is, and finding herself at a fork in the road of deciding whether or not she wants to be with old love or new love or if she can find happiness alone.
Download or read book No Ordinary Bloke written by Neil Cadigan and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the tsunami hit Asia on Boxing Day, 2004, it claimed hundreds of thousands of lives - but changed, and probably saved, the life of Donny Paterson. the former army engineer, with a history of chronic injuries, depression and addiction, was floating somewhere above rock bottom - aimless, traumatised, anchored only by his family - in particular, wife tracey and the promising rugby league career of his son, future Newcastle Knights player, Corey. But something in the shocking devastation of the tsunami moved him. Within days, Donny was on a plane to Sri Lanka. Landing in Colombo he met three fellow travellers and together they took a chance and drove south. Arriving in the shattered village of Peraliya, they found a community without, food, water, medicine, homes or livelihood. the events that followed were remarkable ... a rescue effort, a village saved, an award-winning documentary, red-carpet treatment at film festivals, and, for Donny, a Cannes penthouse stay as guest of actor Sean Penn. How could this have happened to an ordinary Aussie bloke? Rough diamond Donny is proof of what can occur when the extraordinary deep within is tapped.
Download or read book Some Old Bloke written by Robert Llewellyn and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blame Me on History written by Bloke Modisane and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Feeling an exile in the country of his birth, the talented journalist and leading black intellectual Bloke Modisane left South Africa in 1959. It was shortly after the apartheid government had bulldozed Sophiatown, the township of his childhood. His biting indictment of apartheid, Blame Me on History, was published in 1963 – and banned shortly afterwards. Modisane offers a harrowing account of the degradation and oppression faced daily by black South Africans. His penetrating observations and insightful commentary paint a vivid picture of what it meant to be black in apartheid South Africa. At the same time, his evocative writing transports the reader back to a time when Sophiatown still teemed with life. This 60th-anniversary edition of Modisane’s autobiography serves as an example of passionate resistance to the scourge of racial discrimination in our country, and is a reminder not to forget our recent past."--
Download or read book One Bloke written by Paul Graney and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Anxiety Bloke written by Bradley Allan and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is the Anxiety bloke?My name is Bradley Allan, I have issues, lots of bloody issues.I am a married 39-year-old father of 3.I am not a writer, in fact I flunked English at school and this is the first thing I've ever put effort into when it comes to writing.The thought of writing down my feelings and issues is overwhelming but at the same time is already making me feel like I have a sense of purpose.For many years I had no idea or understanding why I acted and felt like I did and was not just scared of how I acted and felt but also embarrassed, speaking up was just not an option and I felt very much alone.Over the years I have read many books on anxiety and mental health, but very few actually made me feel like I understood what the writer is really saying and I felt like I just couldn't relate to them, in reality they are mostly the same text book approach that I've read over and over where I give up reading and the book is thrown with the rest of my failed purchases.I find it very frustrating that someone can write a book on Anxiety because they have studied it but never experienced or felt it.I have attended multiple counselling sessions, listened to dozens of self-help apps on my phone, viewed dozens of hypnoses on YouTube but yet I am still the same person and often living my daily nightmare.I have tried CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) which did help but like most things my head and train of thought soon over ruled it, perhaps if I had tried it before I got to the level of Anxiety I have it may have worked better for me, if it works for you great but we are all different when it comes to coping and conquering.I do believe CBT has its place and I will cover how it went for me and how I tweaked what I learned to help me personally. I have searched for books and articles for many years to give me that cure or at least where I could relate to what I was reading but it was the same text book type stories and the same ways on how we should cope, that would be great if we were Robots and all made the same but we are not.When I told my family, I was writing a book they laughed and said you can barely write a Facebook post that makes sense never mind a book about Anxiety.Virtually every book I have read on Anxiety is either complicated and fries my head or is just plain dam boring.... that is what has fuelled this book in the first place.Over the years many people have asked me what can I have to worry about and why would I suffer anxiety, there is no reason, I just have it. Simple.I look and act just like most guys or at least I try and acts like most guys.Front the outside I am pretty powerfully built guy having enjoyed lifting weight for quite a few years, I have lots of tattoos and I can come across as a bit of a character but I can also be very weak and crippled with issues when anxiety grips hold of me and takes control.People often say how confident I come across and when anxiety isn't present in my head I actually can be a pretty confident person in the right situation.It took me a long time to understand my anxiety and just how far it would push me, not many people realise but anxiety is a medical condition and you do need to treat and understand it just like any illness, just how you do that varies from person to person but I hope this book even hopes a little bit towards that.Anxiety is not a sign of weakness, as many people think and can actually be a sign of strength. More often people with anxiety will soldier on for months or many years before seeking treatment, I know I certainly did and for such a long time was almost oblivious to just how crazy my life had become.Google has millions of articles on Anxiety but they seldom helped me, I like real world talk and real-world scenarios and that is the aim of this book.
