A coming-of-age story for young readers, that offers gentle insights into growing up, family and finding your place in a digital world. Or not. Dusty spends a lot of time playing games online, and usually with his stepdad, Marcus. One Saturday morning, Marcus loads his things into his car and leaves. He takes his Xbox. Dusty is determined to buy an Xbox of his own and tries odd jobs that don’t quite work out. That is until cool Uncle Rick turns up. Uncle Rick introduces Dusty to surfing an...

Getting Dusty is the much-anticipated sequel to Jared Thomas’ CBCA longlisted junior fiction, Uncle Xbox (2023). When Dusty bloodies his bully’s nose in a soccer tournament, he finds himself grounded for a week. Feeling this is unfair, Dusty gets upset and it’s up to Uncle Xbox to help him understand why his actions have consequences and that he can learn from his mistakes. If this lesson includes spending time on Country, catching some nice waves and making new friends, well, who is he to...

Hell's Bells is the third book in the much beloved series, Uncle Xbox. Uncle Xbox is now in a relationship with Lil, and Dusty is jealous of having to share their time together. The positive is that Taj, Lil s son, challenges Dusty in the surf and helps him to regain his confidence. Dusty makes the state soccer team and with Lil s encouragement, surfs heats in Adelaide and gains entry in the Bells Beach Classic Surf Competition. The only problem he s still terrified of surfing big waves. C...

WINNER – 2013 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship Calypso Summer is a story told by Calypso, a young Nukunu man, fresh out of high school in Rastafarian guise. After failing to secure employment in sports retail, his dream occupation, Calypso finds work at the Henley Beach Health Food shop where his boss pressures him to gather native plants for natural remedies. This leads him to his Nukunu family in southern Flinders Ranges and the discovery of a world steeped in cultural knowledg...

Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most.What if you could look inside your favorite authors’ heads and see the book that led them to become who they are today? What was the book that made them fall in love, or made them understand something for the first time? What was the book that made them feel challenged in ways they never kn...

A collection of 32 personal stories.The Book That Made Me is a celebration of the books that influenced some of the most acclaimed authors from Australia and the world. Edited by Judith Ridge, it features non-fiction stories from 32 inspiring and award-winning authors including Markus Zusak, Jaclyn Moriarty, Shaun Tan, Mal Peet, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Simon French, Alison Croggon, Fiona Wood, Bernard Beckett, Ursula Dubosarsky, Rachael Craw, Sue Lawson, Benj...

Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023) was among the most significant Italian philosophers of the last fifty years. A controversial figure both at home and abroad, he sometimes described himself paradoxically as a “nihilist” and as a “communist Catholic.” Despite his provocations—and unusually for an academic philosopher—he served two terms in the European Parliament. For decades, Vattimo was at the forefront of developments in continental philosophy, spanning hermeneutics, postmodernity, and the “ret...

Tres jóvenes autores, onironautas experimentados, despliegan el ya de por sí sugerente tema de los sueños con un libro que promete convertirse en una gran sensación editorial. Con evocadoras ilustraciones de Mahendra Singh, este delicioso tratado invita a los lectores a incorporar la experiencia del sueño a su mundo real y recoge las técnicas más sencillas para poner el sueño lúcido (ser consciente del sueño mientras sucede) al alcance de todos, desde los primeros pasos, recordar y reconec...

The last four decades have witnessed the profound transformation of the very foundations of the international system: the globalization of trade, technical revolutions, the upheaval of the hierarchy of powers, the emergence of China, the explosion of the Middle-East, the mutation of conflicts and threats, climate concerns, etc.This special issue of Politique étrangère celebrates the 40th anniversary of IFRI. It includes contributions by the best international specialists t...

Quase todos nós já tivemos, durante o sono, a consciência de que estávamos a sonhar - são os chamados sonhos lúcidos. O que muita gente não sabe, porém, é que é possível controlá-los. Podemos voar se quisermos, atravessar paredes, respirar debaixo de água, encontrar as pessoas de que gostamos. Ou até compor músicas geniais, como fez Paul McCartney com Yesterday e Let it Be. Segundo o The New York Times, já se pratica a arte dos sonhos lúcidos pelo menos desde 1867. Mas foi preciso passar m...

In his seminal work, "Report on the State of the Colony of New South Wales," John Thomas Bigge meticulously analyzes the socio-economic and political conditions of early 19th-century Australia. Written in a formal, reportorial style characteristic of the era, Bigge's document is a vital historical artifact that provides insights into colonial governance, societal structures, and the British imperial interests in the region. His comprehensive observations not only illuminate the challenges ...

A Devotional That Dudes Will Actually Read!Is there a connection between hairiness and holiness? Some would say a hearty “Yes!” In fact, the world is in the middle of a beard mania. Events like Movember and Decembeard are becoming global movements and manly sites are appearing all over the internet. Is this just another fad? And what does it say that so many of the most famous Christian communicators have or did have a beard?Throughout history, Christian me...