Life is Unfair - Malcolm in the Middle #1 (Tom Mason & Dan Danko)

Life is Unfair - Malcolm in the Middle #1

Tom Mason & Dan Danko

Blurb: 'Around here, being smart is like being radioactive.'

Meet Malcolm. People used to think he was weird. But ever since his school put him in a special class for brainiacs - they KNOW he is.

Good thing his family is so normal. Wait - that must be someone ELSE's family.

ISBN: 0439228409 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 102 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Fan page for Malcolm in the Middle

3. Goodreads page

4. Publisher's page for the series

5. Buy from Barnes and Noble

Debt of Honour - Jack Ryan Series #8 (Tom Clancy)

Debt of Honour (Jack Ryan Series #8)

Tom Clancy

Blurb: Called out of retirement to serve as the new President's National Security Adviser, Jack Ryan quickly realises that that problems of peace are fully as complex as those of war. Enemies have become friends, friends, enemies, and even the form of conflict has changed. When one of those new enemies readies a strike not only at America's territory, but at the heart of her economy, it is Ryan who must somehow prepare an untested President to meet the challenge. For there is a debt of honour to be paid - and the price will be terrifyingly high.

ISBN: 9780007805877 (Paperback)

Year: 1994

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 900 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Goodreads page for the book

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Author's official site

Inside Victoria: A Chronicle of Scandal (Bob Bottom with John Silvester, Tom Noble & Paul Daley)

Inside Victoria: A Chronicle of Scandal

Bob Bottom with John Silvester, Tom Noble & Paul Daley

Blurb: Victoria may never be quite the same after Inside Victoria.

It questions Victoria's presumption of moral, political and economic superiority over the rest of Australia. As a chronicle of scandal, Inside Victoria exposes Victoria's we-know-best society - a holier than thou syndrome that has sheltered crime and corruption, legal nonsense, and political and economic ineptitude.

Traversing significant events from the illegal foundation of the Victorian colony in 1835 through to 1991, Inside Victoria chronicles the fall from grace of the Garden State in the context of lessons of the past.

ISBN: 0330272616 (Paperback)

Year: 1991

Publisher: Pan

Pages: 216 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Getcited page for the book

3. Google books page

4. Information on the author

5. Audio interview with the author

Standing Tall: Confidence, Teamwork and Learning to Lead (Tom Harley)

Standing Tall: Confidence, Teamwork and Learning to Lead

Tom Harley

Blurb: Tom Harley considers himself a lucky man, having captained the Geelong Football Club to two premierships in three years. Never the club's top player, he set personal goals, working hard and pushing himself to achieve them. On his way to becoming the greatest leader he could be, Tom discovered which qualities he values most, and how to bring out the best in others.

Respect, courage, risk, pride, gaining confidence, finding your passion, leading under pressure and coping with failure - using his own experiences. Tom shares his thoughts on what makes both great leaders and followers. He shows what it takes to stand tall, on and off the field.

ISBN: 9780143204237 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 194 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Readings

2. Publisher's page

3. Youtube clip from the author

4. Newspaper article on the author

5. Review of the book (video)

The Avengers: The Ultimate Guide (Tom DeFalco)

The Avengers: The Ultimate Guide

Tom DeFalco

Blurb: Welcome to the thrill-packed world of earth's mightiest heroes!

'Avengers assemble!' Whenever this rousing call to arms rings out, the world's mightiest heroes gather, ready to take on any super-menace. The Avengers' roster includes inspiring leader Captain America, the mighty Thor, the invincible Iron Man, the astonishing Ant-Man and the wondrous Wasp. Individually they are formidable - together they're unstoppable! Avengers: The Ultimate Guide reveals all the secrets of this premier team of comic-book heroes.

ISBN: 9781740338288 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: DK Publishing

Pages: 144 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Google books page

3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. IMDB page for the upcoming Avengers film

5. Wiki for the Avengers

The Wolfman (Jonathan Maberry)

The Wolfman

Jonathan Maberry

Blurb: Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancee begs him to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. Something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector has come to investigate.

As Talbot pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he is to end the slaughter and protect the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature that stalks the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But when he himself is bitten by the beast, he is torn between his love who desperately tries to save him and coping with the horror of what he has become.

ISBN: 9780765365163 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

Pages: 342 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Blog on the book

3. Author's Wikipedia page

4. Macmillan page for the book including trailers for the film of the same name

5. Goodreads page for the book

Searching for Schindler (Tom Keneally)

Searching for Schindler

Tom Keneally

Blurb: A memoir of Tom's journey around the world to discover the complete story of Oskar Schindler and those on his now-famous list.

In 1980, Tom Keneally walked into a store in Beverly Hills owned by Polish Jew Leopold Pfefferberg Page to buy a new briefcase. For the next few years, Tom's life was taken over by this charismatic and driven man, known as Poldek, and the story of his saviour, the ambiguous hero Oskar Schindler.

Inspired by Poldek's vision, Tom's 1982 novel, Schindler's Ark, won the Booker Prize and ultimately became the Oscar-award-winning film Schindler's List.

Tom and Poldek travelled across the US, Germany, Israel, Austria and Poland, interviewing survivors and discovering their extraordinary stories. Searching for Schindler is very much Tom's journey; he reflects on his early days as a successful but less than confident writer, and how this book, the film it became and the people he met, changed his and his family's lives forever.

Filled with stories of Poldek, Steven Spielberg, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and many other fascinating characters, Searching for Schindler gives us a unique insight into the wonderful, warm, thinking, compassionate and very funny man that is Tom Keneally.

ISBN: 9781741666151 (Paperback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Vintage Books

Pages: 304 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Review from The Independent

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Google books page

4. Author's Wikipedia page

5. Review from The Times

Shrek 2: The Movie Storybook (Tom Mason and Dan Danko)

Shrek 2: The Movie Storybook

Tom Mason and Dan Danko

Blurb: Once upon another time...

The fairy tale continues as everyone's favourite ogre faces his greatest challenge of all - the in-laws! Shrek and Princess Fiona return from their honeymoon to find an invitation to visit Princess Fiona's parents, the King and Queen of the kingdom of Far Far Away. With Donkey along for the ride, the happy couple is off on a brand-new adventure where they'll meet a host of other fairy tale characters who will help and hinder them along the way.

ISBN: 0439538491 (Hardback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 50 (Fiction)

Links

1. Good reads page

2. Buy at Amazon

3. IMDB page for the film

4. Wikipedia page for the film

5. Official site of the film