Thai Street Food (David Thompson)

Thai Street Food

David Thompson

Blurb: It's hard to imagine a more knowledgeable and inspiring guide to the vibrant world of Thai street food than internationally renowned chef and Thai food expert David Thompson. Join him on a whirlwind tour of the curry shops and stir-fry stalls of Thailand: fresh and irresistible food that sustains a nation.

ISBN: 9781921382864 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 60 (Non-Fiction)

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1. Buy from the Book Depository

2. Publisher's page

3. Article on the book

4. Another article

5. Recipes from the book 

The Thrifty Kitchen (Suzanne & Kate Gibbs)

The Thrifty Kitchen

Suzanne & Kate Gibbs

Blurb: 'Being thrifty is about more than just saving money. It's about avoiding waste, looking after your health, appreciating each ingredient and having the desire and skills to cook for the people you love. And that is what this book is about.'

ISBN: 9781921382871 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 60 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Publisher's page for the book

2. Buy from Angus and Robertson

3. Blog on the book

4. Review of the book

5. Author's official site

1Q84 - The Complete Trilogy (Haruki Murakami)

1Q84 - The Complete Trilogy

Haruki Murakami

Blurb: The year is 1Q84.

This is the real world, there is no doubt about that.

But in this world, there are two moons in the sky.

In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both.

Something extraordinary is starting.

ISBN: 9780099578079 (Paperback)

Year: 2009/2010

Publisher: Vintage Books

Pages: 1318 (Fiction)

Links

1. Article about the trilogy

2. Wikipedia page

3. Review of the book

4. Buy from the Book Depository

5. Blog on the book

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure - The Magical Story - Disney Fairies (Lisa Marsoli)

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure - The Magical Story (Disney Fairies) 

Lisa Marsoli

Blurb: Tinker Bell is thrilled when she is asked to create the autumn sceptre to celebrate the rare blue moon. Her best friend Terence tries to help Tink but she just gets in her way. They fall out and Tink ends up shattering the precious moonstone held within the sceptre.

In order to fix the moonstone, Tink sets off on a perilous journey to find the enchanted Mirror of Incanta. But is it too late to save the blue moon and her friendship with Terrence?

ISBN: 9781407579276 (Hardback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Parragon

Pages: 29 (Fiction)

Links

1. Publisher's page for the book

2. Wikipedia page for the film the book is based on

3. Wiki page

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5. Author's Goodreads page

Learning from Legends - AFL (Bruce McAvaney)

Learning from Legends - AFL

Interviews by Bruce McAvaney

Blurb: Following the success of Learning from Legends Sport, Business and Australian Cricket, the fourth in the series, Learning from Legends AFL, shifts its leadership focus to the country's biggest professional sport, Australian football, and delivers further insight into the thoughts, experiences and opinions of AFL Legends both past and present. 

Based on extensive interviews conducted by pre-eminent sports commentator Bruce McAvaney, Learning from Legends AFL explores leadership with nearly 50 of the game's greatest ambassadors. The Legends tell McAvaney about their earliest influences, the most inspiring leaders they have played for and with, their key leadership lessons and much more.

The leadership insights presented in Learning from Legends AFL will inspire, motivate and inform all who read it. Although the names are familiar, the insights are unique, and each Legend has contributed in the hope that others may learn from their experiences and triumphs. 

ISBN: 9781921486128 (Hardback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Fairfax Books

Pages: 255 (Non-Fiction)

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1. Buy from QBD

2. Buy from Angus and Robertson

3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. An interview with the author

5. Learn more about the AFL

Liquid Gold - Lachlan Fox #4 (James Phelan)

Liquid Gold - Lachlan Fox #4

James Phelan

Blurb: Who is Lachlan Fox?

-Graduate ADFA

-Ex-Australian Navy Clearance Diver

-Served in Iraq, East Timor & Afghanistan

-International investigative journalist

-The right man for the wrong place

Water. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th...and some people will do anything to control it.

When investigative journalist Lachlan Fox blows open the story of the decade, simmering tensions between India and Pakistan hit boiling point. 

A continent's water - liquid gold - s at stake and one man thinks nothing of a potential all-out war when there is money to be made.

Before helpless millions die, Fox is determined to expose the corrupt Umbra Corporation and the man behind it, to the world. With hefty prices on their heads, Fox and his trusted man-at-arms, Al Gammaldi, are pitted against time and a ruthless web of terrorist cells, rogue secret agents and dirty money. Flanked by news agency GSR and the FBI, Fox and Gammaldi are going to give as good as they get, but nothing can preparethem for the ferocity of this fight.

Fox knows that the truth alone triumphs...and it's going to hurt.

ISBN: 9780733622595 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Hachette

Pages: 407 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Review of the book

3. Wikipedia page on the author

4. Buy from Angus and Robertson

5. Goodreads page

Man on Fire - A Stunt of a Life (Grant Page with Steve Wright)

Man on Fire - A Stunt of a Life

Grant Page with Steve Wright

Blurb: If you've watched an Australian film, TV show or ad during the past fifty years, chances are you've seen stuntman Grant Page - falling from the sky, jumping off cliffs, crashing motorbikes, rolling cars, hang-gliding over skyscrapers, or setting himself on fire. He's fearless, forensic and there's nothing he won't try - which makes him the go-to man for anyone wanting a spectacular explosion, a kick-arse fight or an edge-of-your-seat adrenaline rush.

Whether it's falling backwards from a great height on fire, sliding a motorbike under a rolling truck, standing in for Mel Gibson - or Shelley Winters! - or mixing in with the maddest and baddest stars and stunties the film industry can offer, Grant's seen and done it all, and had a wild old time along the way. Strap yourself in for the funniest, most outrageous ride of your life as Man on Fire catapults you into the heart of the action.

ISBN: 9781741758184 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Pages: 316 (Non-Fiction)

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5. Look at the book

The World's Most Evil Psychopaths - Horrifying True-Life Cases (John Marlowe)

The World's Most Evil Psychopaths - Horrifying True-Life Cases

John Marlowe

Blurb: Carl Panzram was gang-raped at the age of 14 and by way of revenge forcibly sodomised more than a thousand boys and men as well as committing over 20 murders.

Ed Kemper shot his grandmother once in the head and twice in the back and went on to murder his grandfather, his mother, her friend and six female hitch-hikers.

Jerry Brudos strangled Jan Whitney in his house and left her body dangling from the ceiling for several days.

Pietro Pacciani got 13 years in prison for killing a travelling salesman who had slept with his fiancee. Not only did Pacciani stab the man 19 times, but he also raped the corpse. 

The World's Most Evil Psychopaths provides a concise, yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived. Starting with examples of the earliest recorded psychopaths, author John Marlowe presents a carefully chosen cross-section of history's most infamous criminals, whose fascinating life stories are viewed with an unflinching gaze, making for a chilling, but engrossing read.

ISBN: 9781841937533 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Ice Water Press

Pages: 208 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Google books page

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Goodreads page

4. Buy from the Book Depository

5. Other books by the author