Assimilation² Volume 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation / Doctor Who (Scott Tipton, David Tipton, Tony Lee & J.K. Woodward)

Assimilation² Volume 1 - Star Trek The Next Generation / Doctor Who

Scott Tipton, David Tipton, Tony Lee & J.K. Woodward

Blurb: The two greatest science fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history, Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who Assimilation²! When the Federation's most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy alliance with one of the Doctor's most hated antagonists, the result is devastating on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!

ISBN: 9781613774038 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: IDW

Pages: 102 (Fiction)

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1. Review of the book

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Plugger and the Mighty Swans (Jim Main)

Plugger and the Mighty Swans

Jim Main

Blurb: This is one of those special books. Warm but revealing. Taking you into the boardroom, the change rooms, the private boxes... the centre of the Sydney Cricket Ground at midnight and a strange, strange ritual.

Jim Main is a passionate - 'yes, obsessed' - Swans fan. He's also one of Australia's top football writers and sports authors. In Plugger and the Mighty Swans he takes you behind the scenes of the Swans' all but unbelievable run to the 1996 Grand Final.

You're there as the Swans nearly die and are only saved by a rival club (Collingwood) which doesn't want another club (Carlton) to sneak an unfair advantage. You're there for the dash to sign goal king Tony 'Plugger' Lockett. You're there in the 1960s, 50s, 40s, 30s, way back to the 1860s. 

ISBN: 1863502297 (Paperback)

Year: 1996

Publisher: Wilkinson Books

Pages: 292 (Non-Fiction)

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1. Libraries across Australia where you can get the book from

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3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. Football magazine the author writes for

5. Official site of the Sydney Swans

The Magnificent Mummies (Tony Bradman & Martin Chatterton)

The Magnificent Mummies

Tony Bradman & Martin Chatterton

Blurb: Meet the Mummy family! There's Mummy Mummy, Daddy Mummy, Tut and Sis and their funny Mummy cat. When someone unexpectedly knocks at their pyramid door, exciting things begin to happen...

ISBN: 1405210249 (Paperback)

Year: 1997

Publisher: Egmont

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

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5. Publisher's site

Kouta (Anthony Koutoufides with Tony De Bolfo)

Kouta

Anthony Koutoufides with Tony De Bolfo

Blurb: I can, I will, just watch me.

Carlton fans adored him for his ability to win games off his own boot; opponents admired him for his seemingly superhuman feats. And today, AFL coaches still scour the fields for rookies of his ilk. But there's only one Anthony Koutofides.

For sixteen years, Kouta's name echoed throughout the stands and for good reason - his speed, strength, skill and aerial ability epitomised the modern game. His one-handed pick-up brought him to the attention of his coach, but his strong mark, beautiful kick and sheer athleticism won over all the fans. A premiership player and twice All-Australia, Kouta certainly found success but his career hasn't always been a fairytale. Chronic injuries restricted his game, personal tragedy left him reeling and when he was made captain, he had to lead the club through some of its darkest days.

As he farewells the game, Kouta tells all - the pressures of mounting expectation, club politics, drug allegations and the changing face of football. He recounts his journey from the early days in Lalor (when all you needed was a game of kick-to-kick in the street) to the big lights and pay packets of a national league, where controversy pops up at the slightest provocation. Insightful and entertaining, Kouta is a candid look at out beloved game from perhaps the greatest player of his era.

ISBN: 9781740665407 (Hardback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Hardie Grant Books

Pages: 232 (Non-Fiction)

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The Lost Forests (Tony Barber)

The Lost Forests

Tony Barber

Blurb: In 1876, a young boy called TImothy Barber escaped from his cruel uncle, Fumble Fingers Farrow, and came to Australia from England. Timothy carried a bag of seeds, given to him by one of the world's last flying pigs! The pig told Timothy that all the creatures of magic and mythology had gone underground to lie safely in the many 'Other Worlds'.

As Timothy was a 'special person', the pig told him to listen for the sounds of the 'Other Worlds' drifting upwards from below. In these places he should plant one seed from the bag...and the talking guardian trees - The Lost Forests - would then spring up, surrounding magic trapdoors.

These trapdoors were the only entrances to the 'Other Worlds'. In 1932 Timothy and his wife Rosebud disappeared forever into the 'Other Worlds'. All the forests and trapdoors he had discovered vanished also.

Timothy's grandson, Tony Barber, who wrote this book, found the bag of the magic seeds left by his grandfather. Wherever he hears the sounds of the 'Other Worlds', he plants a seed, and a 'Lost Forrest' appears, along with a trapdoor. Each night he enters the 'Other Worlds', still trying to find his grandfather. The Lost Forests books are all about the creatures and many adventures Tony has there. We hope you enjoy reading them.

ISBN: 0646068711 (Hardback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Matchbooks

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

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1. Official page for the series

2. Questions about the series

3. Author's Wikipedia page

4. Google books page for the book

5. About The Lost Forests