Author: Hayley Maudsley
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1460711424
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Over 200 recipes and 100 household tips from the popular Facebook page 'My Smoko Break' by Rural Weekly columnist and country mum Hayley Maudsley. Hayley Maudsley is a rural mum, living and working on an isolated Queensland wheat property with her husband and three kids. While having a cuppa and a homemade slice during her 'smoko break' one day, thinking about what to cook for dinner, she turned to Facebook for some inspiration. Instead, what Hayley found was picture perfect, beautifully styled dishes using ingredients she had no access to. That day she decided to start her own Facebook page- sharing her favourite family recipes, ideas for feeding the kids, and plenty of useful tips for around the house. Now more than 120,000 people follow Hayley online, and what they love most about her recipes is that they are incredibly simple to make, using ingredients that are easy to get your hands on, and every dish turns out just the way you'd hoped - delicious! Featuring more than 200 recipes that everyone in the family will love, My Smoko Break has you covered with everyday inspiration for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as dishes for special occasions, the school lunchbox, treats, desserts and more!
Precarious Enterprise on the Margins
Author: Jessica Gerrard
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137594837
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities—Melbourne, San Francisco, and London—Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). Combining analyses of sellers’ everyday work experiences with theorizations of marginality, working, and learning, Gerrard provides much-needed insight into contemporary forms of entrepreneurial and precarious work. This book demonstrates that those who are unemployed and seemingly unproductive are, in fact, highly productive. They value, desire, and seek practical work experience whilst also struggling to fulfill the basic needs that many of us take for granted.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137594837
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities—Melbourne, San Francisco, and London—Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). Combining analyses of sellers’ everyday work experiences with theorizations of marginality, working, and learning, Gerrard provides much-needed insight into contemporary forms of entrepreneurial and precarious work. This book demonstrates that those who are unemployed and seemingly unproductive are, in fact, highly productive. They value, desire, and seek practical work experience whilst also struggling to fulfill the basic needs that many of us take for granted.
Fighting for My Life
Author: J. J. Joseph
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458756939
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In 2006, J J Joseph was convicted of a shocking assault on his wife. He was sentenced to home detention, with the real possibility that he would never see her or his children again. Full of remorse, Joseph accepted his punishment, worked through counselling and anger management courses and fought to see his family again. During this period he took a good hard look at his life: at his violent upbringing dominated by a father whose fists were his first resort, at his hostile relationship with his mother (also a victim of violence), at the heartbreaking suicide of his younger brother, at his father's shocking murder, at his drug abuse and womanising. He was forced to see what other people saw: a frightening and violent man whose actions were unpredictable. It was then that he understood, for the first time, what his wife had to put up with and why she was sometimes reticent and withdrawn. Finally it was his love for her and his devotion to his children that pulled him through. Drug- and alcohol-free, and determined to change his life, Joseph has now been accepted back into the heart of his family. In Fighting for my Life, Joseph talks openly about his family background and life experiences, and is unusually honest in describing his feelings. This book played a major part in bringing his wife and his mother back to him again, when they read and grasped the truth about Joseph. Written with passion and searing honesty, Fighting for My Life will open your eyes, and fill you with compassion and hope.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458756939
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In 2006, J J Joseph was convicted of a shocking assault on his wife. He was sentenced to home detention, with the real possibility that he would never see her or his children again. Full of remorse, Joseph accepted his punishment, worked through counselling and anger management courses and fought to see his family again. During this period he took a good hard look at his life: at his violent upbringing dominated by a father whose fists were his first resort, at his hostile relationship with his mother (also a victim of violence), at the heartbreaking suicide of his younger brother, at his father's shocking murder, at his drug abuse and womanising. He was forced to see what other people saw: a frightening and violent man whose actions were unpredictable. It was then that he understood, for the first time, what his wife had to put up with and why she was sometimes reticent and withdrawn. Finally it was his love for her and his devotion to his children that pulled him through. Drug- and alcohol-free, and determined to change his life, Joseph has now been accepted back into the heart of his family. In Fighting for my Life, Joseph talks openly about his family background and life experiences, and is unusually honest in describing his feelings. This book played a major part in bringing his wife and his mother back to him again, when they read and grasped the truth about Joseph. Written with passion and searing honesty, Fighting for My Life will open your eyes, and fill you with compassion and hope.
And Did Those Feet ...
Author: Ted Dawe
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775530809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Adventure, danger and mystery from the award-winning Ted Dawe. ‘The year mum died and Dad went mad I was packed off to a farm for a while.’ The first sentence sets the scene for this tender and dramatic story. But this is no ordinary farm: our narrator’s Aunt Lorna, Uncle Frank and five cousins belong to the Jerusalem League, a William Blake cult. Their house is unusual, in that the rooms are hexagons – six-sided – as are the doors and windows, the dinner table and plates. And you guessed it; they’re bee-keepers. Our young narrator takes us through his initiation to farm life: chores and more chores, which he doesn’t mind really, starting a new school and coping with the local bully, Noel Cudby, finding the perfect place: a swimming hole hidden in the bush, and making friends with Pimpernickle, the resident pig. It’s here with Pimpernickle when we become aware of his loneliness: ‘That pig is sure smart. I reckon he can tell my moods. When I’m feeling depressed, which is quite often to tell the truth, he comes over and stands next to me real close.’ But when our storyteller goes off to school camp things turn from wet to wetter. Noah’s flood is served up with a good serving of wind: the river rises and floods and the sorry lot of wet kids and a few parents are forced to head for higher ground. How will they cross the river and reach safe ground? Just what happens when they’re rescued? A tender story told with humour and insight.
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775530809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Adventure, danger and mystery from the award-winning Ted Dawe. ‘The year mum died and Dad went mad I was packed off to a farm for a while.’ The first sentence sets the scene for this tender and dramatic story. But this is no ordinary farm: our narrator’s Aunt Lorna, Uncle Frank and five cousins belong to the Jerusalem League, a William Blake cult. Their house is unusual, in that the rooms are hexagons – six-sided – as are the doors and windows, the dinner table and plates. And you guessed it; they’re bee-keepers. Our young narrator takes us through his initiation to farm life: chores and more chores, which he doesn’t mind really, starting a new school and coping with the local bully, Noel Cudby, finding the perfect place: a swimming hole hidden in the bush, and making friends with Pimpernickle, the resident pig. It’s here with Pimpernickle when we become aware of his loneliness: ‘That pig is sure smart. I reckon he can tell my moods. When I’m feeling depressed, which is quite often to tell the truth, he comes over and stands next to me real close.’ But when our storyteller goes off to school camp things turn from wet to wetter. Noah’s flood is served up with a good serving of wind: the river rises and floods and the sorry lot of wet kids and a few parents are forced to head for higher ground. How will they cross the river and reach safe ground? Just what happens when they’re rescued? A tender story told with humour and insight.
The Fun We Had
Author: Carrie Evans
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805146319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Fun We Had is a tsunami of incident, gossip, and character vignettes, an exploration of other cultures sure to entertain anyone with a fascination for human quirks and foibles.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805146319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Fun We Had is a tsunami of incident, gossip, and character vignettes, an exploration of other cultures sure to entertain anyone with a fascination for human quirks and foibles.
The Free Range Cook: Through the Seasons
Author: Annabel Langbein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958266871
Category : Cooking (Natural foods)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Bestselling author Annabel Langbein is back with a brand new book featuring more than 200 fabulously simple recipes using fresh, seasonal food. In a world that places so many demands on our lives, taking a few minutes to prepare a meal and enjoy the ritual of eating together provides a rhythm to daily life and gives us a sense of belonging and connection to the cycles of nature. Home cooking isn't about performance food and fancy tricks; it's about nourishment and care. And beginning with fresh, seasonal produce is one of the simplest ways to make great food. All the recipes in Through the Seasons are designed to make the most of every season's produce-from the lightest summer salads to the most decadent winter puddings. Clever variations and substitutions to the recipes mean that many of the dishes can be cooked at any time of year with whatever produce you have to hand. There are many gluten-free and vegetarian options, plus menu suggestions for every occasion, as well as hundreds of Annabel's cooking and gardening tips and tricks. Annabel also brings her own twist to classics that will quickly become delicious family favourites-including a guilt-free black velvet cake, the ultimate roast chicken, and the best sticky Asian pork belly you will ever eat. Interactive with Annabel's website, Through the Seasons will inspire a fresh way of thinking and eating-more than just a cookbook, it's a toolkit for a good life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958266871
Category : Cooking (Natural foods)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Bestselling author Annabel Langbein is back with a brand new book featuring more than 200 fabulously simple recipes using fresh, seasonal food. In a world that places so many demands on our lives, taking a few minutes to prepare a meal and enjoy the ritual of eating together provides a rhythm to daily life and gives us a sense of belonging and connection to the cycles of nature. Home cooking isn't about performance food and fancy tricks; it's about nourishment and care. And beginning with fresh, seasonal produce is one of the simplest ways to make great food. All the recipes in Through the Seasons are designed to make the most of every season's produce-from the lightest summer salads to the most decadent winter puddings. Clever variations and substitutions to the recipes mean that many of the dishes can be cooked at any time of year with whatever produce you have to hand. There are many gluten-free and vegetarian options, plus menu suggestions for every occasion, as well as hundreds of Annabel's cooking and gardening tips and tricks. Annabel also brings her own twist to classics that will quickly become delicious family favourites-including a guilt-free black velvet cake, the ultimate roast chicken, and the best sticky Asian pork belly you will ever eat. Interactive with Annabel's website, Through the Seasons will inspire a fresh way of thinking and eating-more than just a cookbook, it's a toolkit for a good life.
Maori Boy
Author: Witi Ihimaera
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869797272
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling, award-winning memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer. Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller — one critic calling him one of our ‘finest and most memorable’. Some of his best stories, however, are about his own life. This honest, stirring work tells of the family and community into which Ihimaera was born, of his early life in rural New Zealand, of family secrets, of facing anguish and challenges, and of laughter and love. As Ihimaera recounts the myths that formed his early imagination, he also reveals the experiences from real life that wriggled into his fiction. Alive with an inventive, stimulating narrative and vividly portrayed relatives, this memoir is engrossing, entertaining and moving, but, more than this, it is also a vital record of what it means to grow up Maori. Winner of the Ockham New Zealand Book Award 2016 for the General Non Fiction category.
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869797272
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling, award-winning memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer. Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller — one critic calling him one of our ‘finest and most memorable’. Some of his best stories, however, are about his own life. This honest, stirring work tells of the family and community into which Ihimaera was born, of his early life in rural New Zealand, of family secrets, of facing anguish and challenges, and of laughter and love. As Ihimaera recounts the myths that formed his early imagination, he also reveals the experiences from real life that wriggled into his fiction. Alive with an inventive, stimulating narrative and vividly portrayed relatives, this memoir is engrossing, entertaining and moving, but, more than this, it is also a vital record of what it means to grow up Maori. Winner of the Ockham New Zealand Book Award 2016 for the General Non Fiction category.