Jesus on ThyFace - Social Networking for the Modern Messiah (Denise Haskew and Steve W Parker)

Jesus on ThyFace - Social Networking for the Modern Messiah

Denise Haskew and Steve W Parker

Blurb: Some years ago, several short biographies of my life were published in an anthology of works you may or may not have come across called 'The Bible', which, without blowing my Angels' trumpets, went on to become the best-selling book of all time. Although laudable in many ways, I always felt these biographies lacked the immediacy of the actual events, as well as being somewhat light on laughs, and for some time I toyed with the idea of submitting my own version to publishers for their consideration.

Of course, there are many other people whose stories are interwoven with mine: my cousins, the Zebedees, John the Baptist, my mum (the Virgin Mary), not to mention Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor at the time. Then it struck me - we were all mad crazy on social networking back then, and everyone had a ThyFace account. So I thought what could be more immediate than reading my story as it unfolded on out ThyFace scrolls? So I contacted the guys - most of them are up here anyway, although a few of them are living in 'another place', shall we say. And I'm glad to report, they all gave their immediate blessing.

So here it is: the story of the last four years of my time on Earth as revealed on ThyFace, the forerunning of modern social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Blessed art thou. Amen

Jesus Christ

ISBN: 9780857201454 (Hardback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Simon & Schuster 

Pages: 88 (Fiction)

Links

1. Publisher's page for the book

2. Goodreads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Forum post by the author

5. Buy from Waterstones

Earth Hive: Aliens Book 1 (Steve Perry)

Earth Hive: Aliens Book 1

Steve Perry

Blurb: They come in silence like death in the night... They breed inside the living and kill at birth...Born on another world; they are perfect killing machines...They are Aliens

Wilks was a space marine with a near-fatal flaw: he had a heart. Billie was a child, the only survivor of a far-flung colony outpost. Thrown together in the last hellish night of an alien invasion, Billie and Wilks helped each other get out alive.

Thirteen years later Wilks is in prison, and Billie lives in a mental institution, the nightmare memories of the massacre at Rim seared into her mind. Now the government has tapped Wilks to lead an expedition to the aliens' home planet to bring back a live alien. But the competition on Earth to develop the aliens as a new weapons system is brutal. When Wilk's team departs on their mission, a trained assassin trails them. And what follows is no less than guerilla warfare on the aliens' planet - and alien conquest on Earth!

ISBN: 9780553561203 (Paperback)

Year: 1992

Publisher: Bantam Books

Pages: 278 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page 

2. Wikipedia page for the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Aliens Wiki

5. Wikipedia page for other Aliens novels

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)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Publisher's page

3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. Google books page

5. Look at the book

Keeping The Faith: Collingwood...the pleasure, the pain, the whole damned thing (Steven Strevens)

Keeping The Faith: Collingwood...the pleasure, the pain, the whole damned thing

Steve Strevens

Blurb: In a world of constant change, one of the few things that never alters is the passion of the footy fan for their club.

In Keeping the Faith, Steve Strevens charts the 2004 season, a winter of black and white agony and ecstasy, through his own story and those of the many ordinary supporters we never hear about, the backbone of any footy club. From the bleak, afternoons sitting in the outer to the president's lunch, from the memories of ANZAC Day games long gone to a train journey to Sydney with the cheer squad, Steve Strevens paints an affectionate and humorous portrait of those who follow 'the Pies'.

Despite the disaster that was the 2004 season, Collingwood survived - and support flourished. For those who follow the Magpies, it was simply a matter of faith. You love your club, to the exclusion of all others. You support it, even when times are tough. In many ways, winning and losing are not as important as belonging.

Keeping the Faith is a glorious celebration of Australian Rules football - and the fans who make the game great.

ISBN: 1741146682 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Pages: 258 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Review of the book

2. Google books page

3. Good reads page for the author

4. Joffa, the Collingwood fan's page

5. Buy from Dymocks

The Top Seven Lists from Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (Steve Vizard)

The Top Seven Lists from Tonight Live with Steve Vizard

Steve Vizard and the Tonight Live Writers

Blurb: Top 7 Reasons to Buy This Book

7. It's harder to put down than the family cat

6. It cannot be faulted on the arithmetic alone

5. It's printed on 100% recycled dolphin intestines

4. Leading Australian actors in white laboratory coats have proven it stops tooth decay

3. It comes with its own laugh track (for private karaoke use only)

2. The mysteries of gerbil use will be revealed to you

1. It's 15% cheaper now than it will be in 12 months' time

The best Top 7's from 'Tonight Live with Steve Vizard' plus a few that got away.

ISBN: 1863301623 (Paperback)

Year: 1992

Publisher: Mandarin Australia

Pages: 162 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Fine Print Books

2. IMDB page for the show

3. Youtube promo for the show

4. Wikipedia page for the show

5. Facebook page for the show

How to Draw Goosebumps (Steve Scott)

How to Draw Goosebumps

Steve Scott

Blurb: The creatures of Goosebumps have a history of terrifying everyone around them. Now you can draw all of your favourites including Slappy, the Haunted Mask, the Werewolf of Fever Swamp and Vampire Breath. Beward - these characters are known for jumping off the pages!

ISBN: 9780545248952 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

Links

1. Official Goosebumps page

2. Buy at Amazon

3. Google books page

4. Youtube clip looking at the book

5. Forum page on the book