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2011-12-01T14:37:00.008+11:00

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The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel.In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman's novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yael's mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior's daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and an expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power. The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets?about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's masterpiece.

The long-awaited new novel from the award-winning author of THE GRASS SISTER tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and the high-jumping horse circuit prior to the Second World War. A love story of impossible beauty and sadness, it is also a chronicle of dreams 'turned inside out', and miracles that never last, framed against a world both tender and unspeakably hard. The sound of horses' hooves turns hollow on the farms west of Wirri. If a man can still ride, if he hasn't totally lost the use of his legs, if he hasn't died to the part of his heart that understands such things, then he should go for a gallop. At the very least he should stand at the road by the river imagining that he's pushing a horse up the steep hill that leads to the house on the farm once known as One Tree. Set in hardscrabble farming country and around the country show high-jumping circuit that prevailed in rural New South Wales prior to the Second World War, FOAL'S BREAD tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and their fortunes as dictated by the vicissitudes of the land. It is a love story of impossible beauty and sadness, a chronicle of dreams 'turned inside out', and miracles that never last, framed against a world both tender and unspeakably hard. Written in luminous prose and with an aching affinity for the landscape the book describes, FOAL'S BREAD is the work of a born writer at the height of her considerable powers. It is a stunning work of remarkable originality and power, one that confirms Gillian Mears' reputation as one of our most exciting and acclaimed writers.

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING is the story of one man coming to terms with the mutable past. Laced with trademark precision, dexterity and insight, it is the work of one of the world's most distinguished writers.

Music CD - Floorfillers 2009

2011-11-15T12:19:00.005+11:00

Floorfillers -- Party Anthems

Disc 1
1. Lady GaGa - Poker Face
2. Ne-Yo - Closer
3. The Killers - Human
4. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
5. Metro Station - Shake It
6. Britney Spears - Womanizer
7. Pink - So What
8. The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
9. Rihanna - Disturbia
10. Jessica Mauboy - Burn
11. Natalie Bassingthwaighte - Alive
12. The Veronicas - Take Me On The Floor
13. Kevin Rudolf (feat. Lil Wayne) - Let It Rock
14. Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better
15. Chris Brown - Forever
16. Lily Allen - The Fear
17. Estelle - American Boy
18. The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
19. Ladyhawke - My Delirium
20. Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
21. Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care

Disc 2
1. The Presets - Talk Like That
2. The Ian Carey Project - Get Shaky
3. Sneaky Sound System - Kansas City
4. Dizzee Rascal (feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome) - Dance Wiv Me
5. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
6. The Potbelleez - Trouble Trouble
7. Global Deejays (feat. Rozalla) - Everybody's Free
8. Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons radio edit)
9. September - Cry For You
10. Zoe Badwi - Release
11. David Guetta & Chris Willis (feat. Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso) - Everytime We Touch
12. Martin Solveig - I Want You
13. PNAU - Embrace
14. Rhys - Hot Summer
15. Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008
16. Chicane vs. Natasha Bedingfield - Bruised Water (Michael Woods radio edit)
17. Miami Horror - Don't Be On With Her
18. Hook N Sling - The Best Thing 2008
19. Kylie Minogue - Wow
20. Sonny J - Can't Stop Moving
21. Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me
22. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
23. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

New music CDs !!!!

2011-10-28T13:31:00.008+11:00

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Weeds and event management

2011-08-16T14:42:00.012+10:00

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A comprehensive identification guide for weeds in the south-east region of Australia. This second edition has been fully updated and reorganised to recognise recent taxonomic changes and includes many new species and photographs, an expanded illustrated glossary and a completely new section using flower colour and shape as an aid to plant identification. The book features over 2500 plant species including weeds of agriculture, bushland, waterways, gardens, roadsides, wasteland and amenity areas, and many new and emerging problem species. It is illustrated with more than 2000 photographs including spectacular close-up shots. Written in easy-to-understand language and beautifully illustrated, this is a field guide for anyone interested in the identification of pest plants and the preservation of our native flora. An essential tool for community and government organisations, park rangers, weed officers and advisers, agronomists, landholders, horticulturists, landscapers, amateur naturalists and gardeners.

Event Management: Theory and Practice is a new text that provides coverage of the most important competency units of Certificate III and Diploma of Events in the SIT07 Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package. A wide range of case studies, examples and event profiles from cultural, musical, sporting and corporate events provide students with a full and varied understanding of real-world events. These case studies include the Rainbow Serpent Music Festival, Moonlight Cinemas at the Royal Botanical Gardens and the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. This contemporary and easy-to-read book also includes many vibrant photographs of actual events. The book takes students through the complete process of event management, starting with developing a concept, planning, organising and managing an event. It provides detailed content including the process of securing visas for international artists or profile speakers; comprehensive review of emerging areas such as environmental sustainability; and extensive legal considerations including artist and venue agreements.

Sweet surrender

2011-08-11T13:30:00.008+10:00

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Pan Macmillan has been on a long and very successful journey with Mary Moody. The trilogy of books describing her escape from mid-life crises - Au Revoir, Last Tango in Toulouse and The Long Hot Summer - has reached a generation of Australian women. In her new book Sweet Surrender, after all of her escapades and adventures, Mary has come full circle and has embraced surrendering to the inevitable. Surrendering to ageing, to the pull of family, to the happiness derived from a life that is centred on others as well as herself, and to the undeniable influence of her parents and her family on the person she is. It's been a journey that has taught her a lot, but in the end the needs of her family - her four children and her grandchildren - turned out to be a lot more important than her French affairs. At the heart of Sweet Surrender, Mary challenges the illusion of eternal youth that's attributed to the baby boomer generation and the idea that she can obtain complete happiness by living life putting her own needs first. Yet like in her other books, she does so in a very personal way, describing how she herself was drawn in by the notion of denying the ageing process and by living life without the burden of obligation to the needs of others. That was until events in her life conspired to make her realise that you can't just run away from the essence of who you are, and that the most deeply satisfying moment in life can be experienced when fulfilling the needs of those who you love.

JUST IN -- JUNE 2011

2011-07-01T09:04:00.013+10:00

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At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson.

At your fingertips : the nail technician's companion / Jan Symington ; Karen Peppercorn.

The body toxic : how the hazardous chemistry of everyday things threatens our health and well-being / Nena Baker.

Caring in the community : a training manual for home and community carers / Helen Croft.

Cooking from the market- vegetables / edited by Lynn Lewis.

Cooking the Cuban way : culturally authentic foods, including low-fat and vegetarian recipes / Alison Behnke and Victor Manuel Valens.

The disability support worker / Geoff Arnott.

Encyclopedia of grasses for livable landscapes / Rick Darke.

Flowering plant families of the world / V.H. Heywood ... [et al.].

Germs, genes, & civilization : how epidemics shaped who we are today / David P. Clark.

OHS management : participant guide.

Opium season : a year on the Afghan frontier / Joel Hafvenstein.

The produce chef / Matt Clark.

This full-color atlas includes 107 bone and 47 soft-tissue photographs with easy-to-read labels.

2011-06-27T09:38:00.006+10:00

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A brief atlas of the human body
This full-color atlas includes 107 bone and 47 soft-tissue photographs with easy-to-read labels. This new edition of the atlas contains a brand new comprehensive histology photomicrograph section featuring over 50 slides of basic tissue and organ systems. Featuring photos taken by renowned biomedical photographer Ralph Hutchings, this high-quality photographic atlas makes an excellent resource for the classroom and laboratory, and is referenced in appropriate figure legends throughout the text.

44 Scotland Street, Batik tie dyeing and more ...

2011-06-17T09:24:00.009+10:00

44 Scotland Street / Alexander McCall Smith, illustrations by Iain McIntosh.

Batik, tie dyeing, stenciling, silk screen, block printing : the hand decoration of fabrics / Francis J. Kafka.

Blood on the lotus / by Lincoln Hall.

Clinical exercise : a case-based approach / Melainie Cameron, Steve Selig, Dennis Hemphill.

Latest Rolling Stone features Steven Tyler

2011-06-10T14:23:00.001+10:00

Steven Tyler is the subject of the lead article in this issue of Rolling Stone -- Call number PER 780.42 ROL -- Visit the library online at http://www.swtafe.vic.edu.au/library/

New fiction books in the library

2011-05-17T16:14:00.012+10:00

The last Pope

Virginia earth

Trial and retribution IV

Trader's wife

The other Boleyn girl

The heckler and See them die

The Sunday wife

10 short stories

The necessary rituals of maren gripe

Vietnam remembered -- updated edition

2011-05-04T15:08:00.005+10:00

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Includes the names of all those who served.

This book assesses what the Vietnam War meant - on the battlefield and in Australia.

Includes images from both the homefront and the front lines.

Songs from top 100 albums

2011-03-25T09:43:00.004+11:00

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The 100 Best Australian Albums celebrates the sound and the fury, the beauty and invention of the best Australian music.

This is very special 5CD compilation which is to be released as a companion to the new book ‘The 100 Best Australian Albums’ by John O’Donnell (former music editor of Rolling Stone Australia and CEO of EMI Australasia), Toby Creswell (former editor of Rolling Stone Australia and author of Too Much Ain’t Enough and The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock N Roll – 1957-Now) and Craig Mathieson (author of Hi-Fi Ways and The Sell-In) which is released via Hardie Grant on October 27, 2010. The book lists the 100 best Australian albums of the rock & roll/pop era – the albums that have had the greatest influence on the musical fabric of our country. Each album has an individual entry, revealing the artists and stories behind the making of the music and highlighting the reasons for its inclusion.
The compilation album includes tracks from 95 of the albums and is sequenced in the same order as the book.
TRACKLISTING: 95 tracks over 5 CD’s.
Artists included:
Midnight Oil
Augie March
Paul Kelly
You Am I
John Farnham
Hoodoo Gurus
Cold Chisel
Radio Birdman
The Saints
Sarah Blasko
The Triffids
The Church
Empire of the Sun

My first year in the classroom

2011-03-07T16:44:00.004+11:00

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Need help with Office 2010?

2011-02-24T09:47:00.005+11:00

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Anzac Cove to Hollywood

2011-02-11T15:13:00.009+11:00

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Now in - Social impacts of digital media

2011-02-03T16:51:00.001+11:00

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How Kevin Bacon cured cancer

2011-01-20T15:42:00.010+11:00

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Verandah music -- now in the library

2010-12-07T10:43:00.002+11:00

'Verandah Music' is a unique anthology of writing on traditional Australian music which provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between the music and the people that produced and perpetuated it. Through interviews, photographs and personal stories, the book illuminates the traditions, working lives and family connections of some of Australia's most colourful characters and the music they loved.

The book comes complete with two CDs, mastered by the National Library of Australia, which greatly enhances the reader's understanding and enjoyment of this unique form of Australian folk music.

New DVD videos -- Million dollar baby etc

2010-11-03T15:26:00.004+11:00

Bringing down the house

Dangerous minds

Sold (Patricia McCormick) is in the library

2010-09-07T17:42:00.010+10:00

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Lakshmi's family is desperately poor, but village life in the mountains of Nepal has its share of pleasures. When the monsoons wreck their crops yet again, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. She arrives at Happiness House' full of hope, but soon learns the unthinkable truth - she has been sold into prostitution. This new world becomes a nightmare from which there is no escape. But, very gradually, Lakshmi makes friends with others in the house, and gathers her courage, until the day she has to face the hardest decision of all: will she risk everything to reclaim her life? Deceptively simple, eloquent, and shocking - this is a story you will never forget. A phenomenal book, a punch in the gut...It drew me in from the first page, even though I wanted to turn away...McCormick has taken a difficult, distasteful subject and written something readable and compassionate without shying away from the truths of the matter. I only wish it was a historical document, not a portrait of a world we have all helped to create.' Deborah Ellis

Good Universities Guide 2011

2010-09-02T15:54:00.018+10:00

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Dry times

2010-08-17T16:26:00.006+10:00

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With knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story. Dry Times: Blueprint for a Red Land provides new insights into how our desert environments and institutions work - and how this affects the people living in them, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal alike.

Whaling (Issues in society series)

2010-08-12T16:12:00.011+10:00

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Unregulated commercial whaling has had a major impact
on the world’s whale populations. In spite of a complete
commercial whaling ban imposed by the International
Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986, whales are still being
killed on a daily basis by traditional whaling nations such
as Japan, Norway and Iceland. And despite broad global concern for the
depleting whale populations, there is still ongoing debate among IWC
members over if and how whaling should continue. This book examines
the history of whaling and focuses on Australia’s prominent role in trying
to secure a compromise from the whaling nations, especially Japan,
with whom diplomatic relations have become strained. The book also
details Australian and international efforts to protect whales through
sanctuaries, research and legal frameworks. Aboriginal subsistence
whaling, ‘scientific’ whaling and commercial whaling ... what is entailed
in each of these practices? Is there room for political compromise, or
do these giants of the ocean need a globally binding conservation
commitment to survive in the world’s already over-fished oceans?

Overschooled but undereducated

2010-08-02T09:42:00.003+10:00

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This book synthesizes an array of research and shows how these insights can contribute to a better understanding of human learning, especially as this relates to adolescence. By mis-understanding teenagers’ instinctive need to do things for themselves, society is in danger of creating a system of schooling that so goes against the natural grain of the adolescent brain that formal education ends up unintentionally trivialising the very young people it claims to be supporting. By failing to keep up with appropriate research in the biological and social sciences, current educational systems continue to treat adolescence as a problem rather than an opportunity.
This book is about the need for transformational change in education. It synthesizes an array of research from both the physical and social sciences and shows how these insights can contribute to a better understanding of human learning, especially as this relates to adolescence. The book was conceived through a series of international conferences, and considers the education systems in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand. Its intention is to shake education out of its two-century’s-old inertia. In the saga of the ages, if a generation fails, the fault lies squarely with the previous generation for not equipping them well enough for the changes ahead. The most immoral thing a person can ever say is: ‘This will last out my time’.

Bleed for me

2010-07-28T09:26:00.006+10:00

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Documents that shaped Australia

2010-07-19T09:13:00.001+10:00

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Spanning more than 400 years, from the first documented sighting of the Southern Cross in 1516 to the Rudd Government's national apology to the Stolen Generations, this anthology presents in chronological form a richly varied spectrum of 100 historical documents that, like pieces in a mosaic, contribute to a broad understanding of some of the key moments in Australia's history.
John Thompson's diverse and eclectic selection - illustrated with facsimile documents, portraits, maps and photographs of related events - draws on a range of historical texts: journal and diary entries, official commissions, charters and proclamations, speeches of various kinds, letters and cables, newspaper editorials, press announcements and despatches written by journalists, petitions, Acts of Parliament, court judgements and manifestos.

Think like your customer

2010-06-23T11:19:00.003+10:00

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The most common complaint Bill Stinnett hears from his corporate clients is that would-be vendors and suppliers "just don't understand our business." In Think Like Your Customer, Stinnett explains why the key to landing corporate customers is to learn to think about the things executives and business owners think about and understand how they make complex buying decisions.
Drawing upon his years of experience as a Fortune 500 consultant, he offers sales and marketing professionals a powerful framework for understanding the inner workings of a business; knowing what motivates its executives and influences their buying decisions; identifying a company's organizational structure and decision-making psychology; and using that information to develop a winning strategy for influencing how and why the customer buys.
In addition, you receive:
(a)Solid marketing insights delivered in a fun, breezy style by a top corporate consultant and seminar leader
(b) Expert tips on how to maximize the value and profitability of relationships with corporate clients and customers

Calling the shots

2010-06-07T10:12:00.004+10:00

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Nick, Alex and Indie are delighted to be chosen to star in a hot new reality TV show. But they soon realise that being a celebrity isn't all it's cracked up to be. The power they suddenly have is overwhelming, and Nick withdraws into himself, dropping out of school, stuffi ng himself with food and becoming increasingly violent. Things come to a head when he discovers that the TV company has been manipulating them, making things as stressful for them as they can. This makes ‘good' television – but it is the character's reactions that will make the most compelling viewing of all…

Library Week Competition

2010-05-21T15:26:00.002+10:00

http://www.swtafe.vic.edu.au/Library/compet.htm

Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

2010-05-13T13:34:00.006+10:00

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Henrietta Lacks was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.
Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother’s cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance?
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.

Bush Tucker Field guide

2010-04-28T11:04:00.009+10:00

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Surf-o-Rama

2010-04-15T12:04:00.007+10:00

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Richo DVD

2010-03-25T16:57:00.004+11:00

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Bob Dylan -- Cambridge companion

2010-03-04T15:13:00.010+11:00

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Black Adder DVDs

2010-03-03T16:11:00.007+11:00

Blackadder is one of the most fondly remembered and critically acclaimed BBC comedies.
It traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of World War I.
This 6 disc deluxe edition includes series 1-4 digitally remastered plus brand new and exclusive extras including audio commentaries, extended interviews and a special documentary to mark Blackadder’s 25th Anniversary. Co-written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, Blackadder features many of the greats of British comedy – Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Miranda Richardson.
Includes:
Blackadder Series 1-4 Remastered
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
Back And Forth
The Cavalier Years
Baldrick’s Diary
Blackadder Rides Again

Rewrite your relationships

2010-01-29T16:12:00.003+11:00

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How many times have you heard yourself or someone else say, 'I wish he'd change!' or, 'It's too hard to meet people – why bother trying?' These negative patterns are 'scripts', and we all follow them. They dictate our decisions and tell us how to act, and are so powerful that they can be the key to the success of failure of our relationships. In Rewrite Your Relationships! Eve and Rob will help you to:

overcome negative scripts and stop 'self-sabotage'
gain a positive mindset for meeting people
understand relationships and why they can go off the rails
recognise and resolve conflict patterns
bring fun and equality back into your relationship
survive a break-up, if it happens
develop and maintain healthy relationships for the long term

Coping with toxic managers

2010-01-28T15:16:00.008+11:00

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Some people are toxic:narcissistic, aggressive, inflexible, unethical, ready to scapegoat, capable of transforming any workplace into an unending nightmare. How do people cope with such individuals, while protecting both career AND sanity? Simplistic, cookie-cutter solutions don't work. In Coping with Nightmare Managers,world-renowned psychiatrist and organizational consultant Roy Lubit shows the reader techniques that will. Drawing on his extensive experience as both a mental health professional and an organizational consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Lubit offers concrete, proven advice for subordinates, colleagues and superiors alike. Readers learn what's really driving their toxic manager...how to cope with the emotional stress of dealing with them...and how to create a strategy that reflects their individual personality, while drawing on today's powerful new insights into emotional intelligence. The techniques Lubit teaches apply to personal relationships with toxic individuals as well.

Warrnambool gig guide Jan 21st 2010

2010-01-21T09:52:00.002+11:00

Mark Seymour is at the Flying Horse -- Click here for full gig guide

Grey nomads guide book

2010-01-19T09:32:00.008+11:00

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More and more older Australians are continuing to join the ranks of the grey nomads – realising their dreams of freedom and adventure by embarking on a "Big Lap" around the country.
Drawing on their own experiences, as well as numerous campfire chats with others, authors Cindy and Jeremy Gough's guidebook is the essential companion for hitting the open road.
The Grey Nomad's Guidebook provides expert advice on: when and where to go; choosing a rig; financing and planning a long-term trip; managing your affairs while you are away; health on the road; setting up camp; hobbies and pursuits; and safety and maintenance, as well as a state-by-state breakdown featuring detailed maps showing major roads and attractions.
This comprehensive guide has been fully revised to include new material on superannuation, mobile communications, wireless internet connections, global positioning systems, caravan park prices and electoral registration, as well as the most up-to-date contact phone numbers, websites and prices. New chapter Six of the Best details several grey nomads personal experiences on half a dozen of the most iconic roads and tracks in Australia.
From the cities and the caravan parks to the bush camps and the campfires, grey nomads can't afford to leave home without the revised Grey Nomad's Guidebook!
Pages: 456Released: 2009
ISBN / Catalogue Number: 9780330424929

New CDs in the library

2009-11-13T11:57:00.011+11:00

DVD video of Hank night in music archive collection

2009-11-11T15:26:00.015+11:00

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Digital photography + design Oct. Nov. 2009

2009-10-22T15:19:00.005+11:00

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New Scientist 22nd August 2009

2009-10-22T15:08:00.002+11:00

http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2722

Artist hopes passion inspires quest to win $100,000 prize

2009-10-13T16:51:00.001+11:00

http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/artist-hopes-passion-inspires-quest-to-win-100000-prize/1632827.aspx

Faith and sword

2009-10-12T11:44:00.009+11:00

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Alan G. Jamieson explores here the long and bloody history of the Christian-Muslim conflict, revealing in his concise yet comprehensive study how deeply this ancient divide is interwoven with crucial events in world history. Faith and Sword opens with the tumultuous first centuries of the conflict, examining the religious precepts that framed clashes between Christians and Muslims and that ultimately fueled the legendary Crusades. Traversing the full breadth of the Arab lands and Christendom, Jamieson chronicles the turbulent saga from the Arab conquests of the seventh century to the rise of the powerful Ottoman Empire and its fall at the end of World War I. Faith and Sword then explores the complex dynamics that emerged later in the twentieth century, as Christendom was transformed into the secular West and Islamic nations overthrew European colonialism to establish governments straddling modernity and religiosity. From the 1979 Iranian revolution to the Lebanon hostage crisis to the present-day war in Iraq, Faith and Sword reveals the essence of this enduring struggle and its consequences.

Cold and flu fighter

2009-10-12T11:29:00.006+11:00

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The Personal Health columnist of The New York Times and best-selling author offers everything there is to know about preventing and coping with colds and flu, including the author's own chicken soup recipe

Hank night

2009-09-17T15:53:00.002+10:00

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Playing footy and milking cows

2009-09-16T11:23:00.009+10:00

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Country Victoria's own

2009-09-10T14:50:00.007+10:00

The history of 8/7 RVR has its roots as far back as the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment and the Bendigo Rifle Regiment, both formed in August 1858. In the following 150 years, the citizen forces of both cities have seen numerous name changes and, in the case of Bendigo, changes in Army Corps. Through the years, Ballarat has maintained an infantry presence. Country Victoria's Own traces the history of the Ballarat infantry and the units in major cities and towns that form the 'predecessors'

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The Life of Saint Brigid

2009-09-09T11:16:00.009+10:00

The first of February, the first day of spring, is celebrated as Saint Brigid's feast day. But who was she and why is she so venerated in Ireland? Brigid lived in Ireland at the very beginning of Christianity and was a woman of unique vision, personality and spirit. She founded a monastery, became a champion of the poor and sick and was a peacemaker in a violent land. She also shared her name with one of the pre-Christian gods and so the legends of the goddess and the saint became infused.
The Life of St Brigid looks at the legends connected with the saint, prayers about her and explains the symbolism behind (and how to make) the St Brigid's cross. The fire of Celtic spirituality lit by St Brigid so many years ago continues to burn and readers will be fascinated by a woman who continues to inspire people today.

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Weird or what?

2009-07-30T11:20:00.008+10:00

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Weird or What!? is the ultimate compendium of all things amazing, inexplicable and downright bizarre from this world, the next world and other worlds, perfect for adults and kids. More than just a book of facts, figures and lists, the book contains weird and wonderful information about the strangest people, animals, plants, food, weather, the paranormal, outer space and much, much more. Over 1,500 facts are included - and they are all astounding, enlightening, wacky and even a bit gross.

The ascent of money

2009-07-21T10:52:00.005+10:00

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Taming the abrasive manager

2009-07-16T09:29:00.011+10:00

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"Taming the Abrasive Manager" is an ideal resource for managers, human resource professionals, coaches, and anyone who works for or with an abrasive boss. Executive coach Dr. Laura Crawshaw known as the Boss Whisperer for her work in this field shares her discoveries on how to tame the deep fears that drive abrasive managers to attack their coworkers. In her straight shooting style, Crawshaw offers invaluable insights gained from her encounters with abrasive bosses in corporate jungles who aggressively defend against threats to their dominance in the high risk business of survival. These insights, combined with lessons learned from employees and organizations who have successfully reined in their unmanageable bosses, provide realistic solutions that will improve the workplace for everyone

Tour de France Official Guide

2009-07-08T08:44:00.006+10:00

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Year of Festivals

2009-06-23T15:45:00.007+10:00

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Discover music, camel races, feats of endurance, manic street parties and monumental food fights From the sublime (Venice's Carnevale or India's Krishna Janmastami) to the absurd (Finland's Wife-Carrying Championships or Australia's Beer Can Regatta) - the best of the famous and little-known alike are represented here.

Gordon Ramsay -- recipes for a three star chef

2009-06-17T14:54:00.010+10:00

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Billy's book for blokes

2009-06-10T08:45:00.006+10:00

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Billy Brownless is a good bloke. He likes a beer and a bet. Loves his footy, the Darl and his kids. But Billy is worried that blokes are becoming extinct, that before long they'll be like the Tasmanian Tiger - just a rare sighting reported every now and again. So here is Billy's guide to blokedom: from the essential rules every mate must stick to, to the ins-and-outs of backyard cricket, and how to have a perfect day out at the tip, it's everything the modern bloke needs to know. There's even Billy's unique take on what not to wear. And he couldn't resist sharing some stories of his own, from the days when he was a Geelong football legend

Human genetics

2009-06-04T09:06:00.000+10:00

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TomTom GPS navigator

2009-05-26T16:52:00.006+10:00

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Beyond bullsh*t

2009-05-25T10:58:00.007+10:00

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Straight-talk at work! Grumblings in offices everywhere suggest that there is not much that we crave more, but don't get often enough. Beyond Bullsh*t reveals the dynamics of bullsh*t and why it has become the corporate etiquette of choice. It also explains how telling it straight contributes to personal well-being and business success

Violence and aggression

2009-05-13T15:45:00.008+10:00

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This book focuses on the the extent and effects of violence, and examines its causes. Key issues include trends in violent crime; dealing with aggression through anger management; domestic, relationship and sexual violence; and youth violence and the effects of violence in the media.

The complete rock climber

2009-05-11T10:22:00.006+10:00

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This book provides a complete guide to rock climbing, from first steps to advanced rescue techniques. Step by step guides to safe practices in all aspects of the sport including belaying, leading and abseiling, and in all locations from climbing walls and sport climb venues. It even tells you all the clothing and equipment that you will need.

International cuisine

2009-04-30T14:33:00.004+10:00

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International Cuisine is the only available book that covers all of the major cuisines of the world in a single textbook with additional instructor resources to aid in instruction, such as comprehensive instructor? manual, online companion, and robust electronic classroom manager, which includes PowerPoint slides, lesson plans, and a computerized testbank. Written for students and professional culinarians, this book fills the gap between the foundations laid by the introductory textbooks and reality in today? diverse kitchens. Included are sections on the influences that have contributed to the development of each cuisine, foreign culinary terms commonly used, and sub regions found within the cuisines. The chapters are clearly organized providing detailed information about cuisines in an easy to follow manner. International Cuisine provides comprehensive coverage exposing students to major cuisines around the world.

The Finished people (Anh Do, co producer)

2009-04-27T12:00:00.000+10:00

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Tarerer Poster

2009-04-24T16:03:00.002+10:00

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It's world book and copyright day!

2009-04-23T08:49:00.002+10:00

High surf

2009-04-21T08:00:00.000+10:00

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Stolen generations

2009-04-20T08:00:00.000+10:00

This book explores the history of Reconciliation and the Stolen Generations, and includes personal stories of removal and reactions to the apology. It also looks ahead and examines the debate over proposals to act on recommendations from the ‘Bringing Them Home’ report which urges dealing with ‘unfinished business’, including monetary compensation and programs aimed at redressing disadvantage.

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Australian prisoners of war

2009-04-13T08:00:00.000+10:00

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Covers the following wars: Boer War, 1899-1901; First World War, 1914-1918; Second World War, 1939-1945; Korea, 1950-1954. Includes teachers' information; guided activities; the stories; worksheets; review and reflection.

Contents:
Introduction for teachers -- Topic 1. The history of Australian prisoners of war -- Topic 2. Capture -- Topic 3. Life in the camps -- Topic 4. Guards, civilians & internees -- Topic 5. Humour & mateship -- Topic 6. Food, conditions & treatment -- Topic 7. Despair, hope, secrets & escape -- Topic 8. The end of the war, coming home & reflection.

Leadership insights

2009-04-01T10:08:00.007+11:00

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Getting over grief

2009-03-30T12:00:00.008+11:00

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Balancing act toolbox

2009-03-30T11:59:00.013+11:00

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Classic cocktails from around the world

2009-03-30T10:24:00.011+11:00

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Gender equality

2009-03-30T08:00:00.000+11:00

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The Goal

2009-03-26T14:57:00.006+11:00

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Discovering vegetables herbs and spices

2009-03-26T14:24:00.008+11:00

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Modern Greek Cookery

2009-03-26T14:17:00.008+11:00

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Aged care RPL

2009-03-25T15:41:00.006+11:00

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Exploring personality styles

2009-03-25T13:28:00.006+11:00

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Assert yourself

2009-03-25T13:27:00.009+11:00

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Rapid instructional design

2009-03-25T09:01:00.006+11:00

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Learning to laugh at work

2009-03-23T14:53:00.008+11:00

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Drugs and law enforcement

2009-03-23T08:00:00.000+11:00

This book explores the links between drugs and crime, the drug law reform debate, and drug-related crime prevention initiatives.

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Configuring Windows Vista

2009-03-20T15:34:00.004+11:00

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American journeys

2009-03-20T10:11:00.007+11:00

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Health and wellness tourism

2009-03-19T16:51:00.006+11:00

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Teaching word recognition

2009-03-19T16:11:00.004+11:00

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Practical statistics for field biology

2009-03-19T15:09:00.005+11:00

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Girl in a mirror

2009-03-19T12:01:00.006+11:00

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Storyboards -- motion in art

2009-03-19T11:42:00.006+11:00

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Under pressure -- cooking sous vide

2009-03-19T11:21:00.003+11:00

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Statistical methods in agriculture and ....

2009-03-16T14:55:00.004+11:00

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A Natural history of Port Fairy and District

2009-03-16T08:00:00.000+11:00

Presented in seven chapters, this book looks at what Port Fairy district was once like and asks us to imagine it in the future.

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