Download or read book The Great Gatenby written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian "A very funny, very Australian book" West Australian Maybe deep down every kid knows his parents want him to be the Pride of the School, the Captain of Cricket and Tennis and Rowing and Darts and Knitting and anything else that's going down. They don't want to know about the fact that you've had more detentions than any other new student in the history of the school, that you're going out with the girl who doesn't wear a bra to PE, that the Head Swimming Coach is some kind of Nazi whose last job was training the shark in Jaws. Erle Gatenby has been sent to boarding school to straighten out, but there's about as much chance of that happening as there is of his giving up smoking. . . or drinking. . . or falling through the Art Room roof. Erle's a full tank of petrol. . . and wild, sexy Melanie Tozer is about to light the match. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.
Download or read book Superengaged written by Nikki Gatenby and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to make life better for yourself and the people you work with? Are you held back by the thought that putting people first could harm your bottom line?SUPERENGAGED is an honest, in-depth and upbeat look at the value of having values and the power of creating a people-focused workplace culture, packed with tips and guidance for increasing your profits and improving your outcomes. It's for CEOs and COOs, HR directors and finance directors, entrepreneurs, business owners and anyone who's on their way up.Whatever your company's size, shape or sector, SUPERENGAGED will help people in leadership roles feel more confident about what employee engagement means and how to improve it. It's full of practical advice from the MD of Propellernet, one of the UK's most engaged workplaces, that will turn your people into your biggest ambassadors, whilst learning from their successes and swerving their epic fails. So, if you'd like to know how to engage your people and live out your values whilst driving a healthy profit, then yes, this is the book for you."I love these ideas. I love this book. Make sure you read it but, even more importantly, make sure you use the ideas. And then pass it on to somebody you want to inspire"HENRY STEWART, CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER, HAPPY / AUTHOR: HAPPY MANIFESTO"I challenge you not to be inspired by Superengaged. This is not just a book, it's a radical, revolutionary, whoop in the face of the outdated presumptions that fuel a demoralising corporate life, and strangle productivity. But there's no abstract theory here, Propellernet is living and breathing this revolution every day and succeeding in spades on their terms. Easy to read, and full of examples, stories and practical suggestions of how you can start to move towards a superengaged company culture in your business."ANN BOOTH-CLIBBON, BAFTA NOMINATED STORY COACH"If you run an agency beg, borrow, steal or even buy a copy of Superengaged. I wish Propellernet had existed during my agency career. I'd have joined without question, assuming they'd have me"CHRIS MERRINGTON, FOUNDER, SPRING 80:20 / AUTHOR: WHY DO SMART PEOPLE MAKE SUCH STUIPID MISTAKES?"Propellernet is the UK's answer to Zappos. Nick as many of their ideas as you possibly can."LISA PANTELLI, FOUNDER, BECOME COMMUNICATIONS
Download or read book Morrissey s Manchester written by Phill Gatenby and published by Empire Publications (UK). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyrically unique, Morrissey saw post-industrial Manchester differently. Where most recognised the derelict remains of a Victorian powerhouse, he saw humour, where others saw post-industrial squalor, he felt the frisson of romance. As a result Manchester became as much a part of The Smiths output as the guitars, drums and vocals. As their fame grew, strangers in far away lands wondered about the location of the 'Cemetery Gates' or the setting of 'Vicar in a Tutu' . Unusually, these places still exist and provide the devotee with places of pilgrimage -- could Manchester offer anything else? In the first edition of this guidebook, Phill Gatenby set out three tours covering 20 or more sites that either featured in The Smiths music or were fundamental to their development as a band -- from early rehearsal spaces to the scene of their most memorable gigs. Now updated, "Morrissey's Manchester" has added new places to visit, more lyrical references and more background information on one of the world's most influential bands. However the most fundamental change any reader/visitor will notice are the continual changes to Manchester itself - a city in perpetual flux. Since the first edition venues have either been demolished, refurbished or shorn of their identity -- hence the need for an update. Now containing 40 new images, an improved layout, a revised map of the city centre and an opportunity to take the Smiths Tour without ever leaving the comfort of your home via google maps, "Morrissey's Manchester" has been fully updated for the 21st century.
Download or read book Exploratory Data Analysis Using Fisher Information written by Roy Frieden and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses a mathematical approach to deriving the laws of science and technology, based upon the concept of Fisher information. The approach that follows from these ideas is called the principle of Extreme Physical Information (EPI). The authors show how to use EPI to determine the theoretical input/output laws of unknown systems. Will benefit readers whose math skill is at the level of an undergraduate science or engineering degree.
Download or read book Toronto written by Greg Gatenby and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toronto: A Literary Guide is a fascinating showcase of the many Canadian and international authors that have spent time in the city, living or staying in the 62 neighbourhoods covered in this insightful and though provoking guide.Drawing on twenty years of fastidious research, Greg Gatenby has brought rich detail to the lives of both literary legends and unknown authors of the past 150 years, including Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens and Charles W. Bell.Designed as 58 walking tours, Toronto: A Literary Guide is a truly engaging literary, biographical, and geographic guide to one of Canada's oldest and most beautiful cities. It is an absolute treasure.
Download or read book John Marsden written by John Noell Moore and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master storyteller, John Marsden is Australia's best known writer for young adults. Marsden first found success with the publication of So Much To Tell You. Since then he has gone on to publish many popular and well-recognized titles, including those in the Tomorrow Series and The Ellie Chronicles. In his books, Marsden explores adolescents caught in a world of opposites, of innocence and guilt, idealism and realism, and joy and despair. Marsden's world view and his faith in adolescents serve as the backdrop for John Noell Moore's critical readings of Marsden's major novels. In John Marsden: Darkness, Shadow, and Light, Moore investigates the full spectrum of Marsden's work, beginning with the author's life as a teacher and writer. Throughout the book, Moore weaves together Marsden's recurring themes, chief among them writing and storytelling as ways of constructing identity in the transition from childhood to adulthood and the ability of young adults to endure hardships and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. The book is a valuable addition to the current scholarship on young adult literature and will be welcomed by middle and high school English teachers and students alike.
Download or read book Manchester Musical History Tour written by Phill Gatenby and published by Empire Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide book dedicated to locations associated with The Smiths. It features several tours featuring other world famous Manchester bands from the Buzzcocks via Joy Division to Oasis, Elbow and Doves as well as the various scenes from beat to acid house or even lo-fi.
Download or read book The Journey written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1990-07-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book for all people. And all who read it will be changed by the experience. ". . . an extraordinary book. . . I would commend it to everybody." Terry Lane, ABC Radio The Journey is a story of young people in a world so different and yet so like our own. It is a world in which young people must undertake a journey of discovery on their way to becoming adults. Fourteen-year-old Argus sets out on his journey away from his valley and his parents, never knowing what adventure will befall him next. He learns how to survive in the wild until he meets with a travelling fair, which he joins, becoming a friend of Mayon the storyteller, of Lavolta and Parara - twins who share the same body - and many others. But it is with the sweet and wise Temora that he learns some of the deepest secrets. All journeys must find an end. Argus leaves the fair and travels on alone, until his last and greatest adventure beckons him home. There he tells, for the approval of his elders, the seven stories which are now his story. But all is not done. There is one more chapter to be lived out in the story of Argus. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.
Download or read book Panic on the Streets written by Phill Gatenby and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes the readers from Manchester right into the heart of London - transforming a leaning post on a Wapping side street, an alleyway in Battersea, a bandstand in the East End and a barber shop in Mayfair into tourist attractions with a difference.
Download or read book The Head Book written by John Marsden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a geographical centre of Islam? What was Australia’s political crisis in 1975? Are swinging seats found in a playground or in Australian politics? And why is gravity so heavy, man? John Marsden, Australia’s bestselling writer for teenagers, turns his attention to the inside of the human brain and answers these and other vital questions. From Germaine Greer’s politics and the belief systems of Buddhists and Christians to what Harry said when he met Sally and other movie moments that have become myths, The Head Book is an entertaining collection of bite-sized pieces of vital information, wit and wisdom, and interesting and useful facts.
Download or read book Viv and Hilda written by Kathy Gatenby and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book While I Live written by John Marsden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We were halfway up the spur when we heard it. Homer and Gavin and I, just the three of us… I’d say there were fifteen shots in the first volley, evenly spaced, lasting about twenty-five seconds… All the way down the spur I’d heard the scattered shots, getting closer as I got closer, and all the way down I tried to think of reasonable explanations for them, and I couldn’t think of a single thing that made sense." The town of Wirrawee is emerging from war, slowly, like a flower after a cold snap. Businesses are starting to reopen, the school has commenced classes once again, and local farmers are gradually repossessing their land. But it's not the same Australia as before the war. A new nation exists just a few miles away, a new border that separates Australia from its invaders. Or does it? For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war – the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi and the others had to do – all worthwhile. It's where she belongs. But the war won't let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It's a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn't always from the other side of the border.
Download or read book Circle of Flight written by John Marsden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You jam on the brakes and stop the ute right at your front door. You jump out. Not for the first time you run into a house that could be full of guns, with death waiting for you. You don't even think of that until you're crossing the threshold... You already know what you're going to find. Underneath the fear and horror and panic there's a cold realisation that Gavin's body will be somewhere in the house. You can picture what those bullets will have done to his little body." It is a time of profound change for Ellie Linton. Enemies are everywhere. Some come crawling over the hills; others drive in and knock on the front door. Sometimes her friends are there and sometimes they are not. Ellie fights every inch of the way. But when courage and imagination are not enough, when she is trapped and helpless, Ellie must face the end of life as she knows it... standing alone, sustained only by her own strength.
Download or read book Secret Men s Business written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden wrote the most powerful novel for teenagers ever published in this country. Now he has written the most powerful non-fiction work ever made available to young men. Where Steve Biddulph's bestselling Raising Boys talks to parents and teachers, Secret Men's Business talks to young men themselves, in the way that only John Marsden can. It sets out, in direct, honest language, the things every young man needs to know... And the things young men aren't being told. Young men who read this book will learn how to be strong, how to be honest, how to confront their fears. They'll understand how to deal with men and women, parents and teachers, male friends and female friends. They'll get a sense of the integrity that every true man needs. They'll find ways to resolve problems without being destructive or self-destructive. They'll have their questions about sex answered... In clear, straightforward language. As John Marsden says: "In one way all you have to do to become a man is to stay alive. Physically you'll grow into a man. But to become a man who is mature, independent, responsible and wise, you'll need to do more than just have birthdays."
Download or read book Creep Street written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comical choose-your-own-adventure book from the bestselling author of the Tomorrow series. If you're about to enter this book, we have a piece of advice for you! Be careful in here. Be very careful. Making the wrong moves in Creep Street can get nasty! You could find yourself up to your ankles in blood. . . or with flesh-eating spiders crawling all over you. . . or with a skeleton stalking you through an attic. . . Is there any escape? It's up to you!
Download or read book On John Marsden written by Alice Pung and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I keep coming back to John Marsden. What makes him so fascinating to me is that he approaches writing for young adults with a whole philosophy of what it means to be a teenager – a philosophy that’s embedded in the two schools he runs, but also in his early experiences with mental illness and hospitalisation. His perspective raises interesting questions about YA fiction – how much darkness is allowed, before you are considered a “bad influence”? An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences – the much-loved and hugely successful writer John Marsden. In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and fascinated them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work. Published by Black Inc. in association with the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria. Alice Pung is an award-winning writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in Melbourne. She is the bestselling author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter and the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Download or read book Everything I Know About Writing written by John Marsden and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Marsden is not just one of Australia's most successful writers of all time; he's also one of our best teachers of writing. "Highly recommended" Sun Herald "The most exciting, interesting and useful book on the teaching of writing" Australian English Teacher The ultimate "get off your bum and do it" book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It's a lively, funny guide to writing, as readable as a novel, but packed front to back with ideas and insights. This new edition has one other great feature: 600 extraordinary topics, guaranteed to have you or your students writing before you know it. Everything I Know About Writing is the most painless way into writing - ever.
