Aussie STEM Stars: Creswell Eastman

Aussie STEM Stars: Creswell Eastman
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Publisher : Wild Dingo Press
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781925893540
ISBN-13 : 1925893545
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Aussie STEM Stars: Creswell Eastman by : Penny Tangey

Age range 9+ Creswell John Eastman AO is the Clinical Professor of Medicine at Sydney University Medical School, Principal of the Sydney Thyroid Clinic and Consultant Emeritus to the Westmead Hospital. Eastman is an endocrinologist and has directed or conducted research and public health projects into elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, several Pacific Islands, Hong Kong, China and Tibet and Australia. For his work in remote areas of China, he has been dubbed the ‘man who saved a million brains’. In 2013 Eastman expressed concern that IDD may be affecting Australian children's ability to perform at school and reiterated that view in 2016. While the initial focus was mostly on indigenous children, he recently expanded it to include all children. Cres was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia in 1994 for his contributions to Medicine, particularly in the field of Endocrinology, and was awarded the Premier’s Gold Service Award in 2002 for development of the NSW Forensic DNA service laboratory.

Aussie Stem Star: Eddie Woo

Aussie Stem Star: Eddie Woo
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 1925893405
ISBN-13 : 9781925893403
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Aussie Stem Star: Eddie Woo by : Rebecca Lim

Age range 9 to 14 Aussie STEM Stars is an inspiring children's series that celebrates Australia's experts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Eddie Woo has already packed a lot into his short life. Australian High School Maths teacher, education ambassador and advisor, author, TV Host and YouTube sensation, Eddie has been putting the magic in maths for the past ten years, allowing students to learn in creative and practical ways, and being at the forefront of school-based integrated STEM education. His is an inspiring story of empathy, generosity, mentorship, personal connection, and overcoming adversity. In 2012 Eddie began to film his classroom lessons for a sick student, and put them up on YouTube, on his 'WooTube' channel. This became a valuable mechanism for students to direct their own learning at a pace that suited them. 'WooTube' now has over 1 million subscribers around the world. On discovering that teachers in training found his videos an invaluable window into actual classrooms and what exemplary teaching looks like in action, he created a separate channel where teachers can share their expertise. Eddie is well known across Australia as an advocate for teachers and the importance of teaching. He has written for and been featured in specialist teaching press and in national and international media; served on on education advisory boards; given TED talks; published his own books; and won numerous awards, including Australia Day Local Hero of the Year and being named as one of the world's Top 10 teachers.

Advancing Digital Humanities

Advancing Digital Humanities
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9781137337016
ISBN-13 : 113733701X
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Advancing Digital Humanities by : P. Arthur

Advancing Digital Humanities moves beyond definition of this dynamic and fast growing field to show how its arguments, analyses, findings and theories are pioneering new directions in the humanities globally.

The Gun Seller (Deluxe Edition)

The Gun Seller (Deluxe Edition)
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 409
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ISBN-10 : 9781641296038
ISBN-13 : 1641296038
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gun Seller (Deluxe Edition) by : Hugh Laurie

A deluxe paperback reissue of British actor (comedian, musician, and writer) Hugh Laurie’s acclaimed spy romp—starring Thomas Lang, a hapless ex-soldier who is drawn into the center of a dangerous plot involving international terrorists, arms dealing, and CIA spooks. Featuring an introduction by Hugh Laurie, and a foreword by Stephen Fry! Retired Army officer Thomas Lang would love nothing more than to live out the rest of his existence drinking whiskey and riding motorcycles, and is content to make ends meet with mercenary jobs—just never murder. Not even when he’s offered a fortune to assassinate American businessman Alexander Woolf. Lang opts to warn the target instead. But Lang’s good deed does not go unpunished. When he finds not Woolf, but Woolf’s alluring daughter, Sarah, and another less scrupulous mercenary closing in, Lang becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that lands him in the sights of both the Ministry of Defence and the CIA. Lang takes on rogue CIA agents, aspiring terrorists, and high-tech arms dealers to prevent an international bloodbath—and save the femme fatale he’s falling in love with. Robert Ludlum by way of—well, Hugh Laurie, THE GUN SELLER is a whizz-bang novel of suspense, espionage, and humor, perfect for crime fiction and comedy fans alike.

Part of the Pride

Part of the Pride
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9780312556747
ISBN-13 : 0312556748
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Part of the Pride by : Kevin Richardson

Daring lion keeper seen by millions on YouTube gives insider's view of life inside the pride

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 0822339692
ISBN-13 : 9780822339694
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Sessue Hayakawa by : Daisuke Miyao

DIVCritical biography of Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor who became a popular silent film star in the U.S., that looks at how Hollywood treated issues of race and nationality in the early twentieth century./div

The Death of Vishnu

The Death of Vishnu
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781408833254
ISBN-13 : 1408833255
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Death of Vishnu by : Manil Suri

An enthralling virtuoso debut that eloquently captures the loves and losses of a dying man 'All the elements of great storytelling are here, the mystic transports of Ben Okri with the intimate charm of Arundhati Roy ... enchanting' Sunday Tribune 'Beautifully captures with great tenderness and depth the eternal war between duty and desire. This is a love letter to Bombay and its people' Sunday Express Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, the lovesick teenagers on the second, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy as his life draws to a close.

Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality

Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9783030756451
ISBN-13 : 3030756459
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality by : Marc Grau Grau

This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors -- Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations -- the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.

My Place

My Place
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Publisher : Fremantle Press
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9780949206312
ISBN-13 : 0949206318
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis My Place by : Sally Morgan

My Place begins with Sally Morgan tracing the experiences of her own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds - a mystery of identity, complete with clues and suggested solutions. Sally Morgan's My Place is a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn; finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories.