A writer commences a story, an eco-thriller, centred around Shane, a master safecracker, who commits a crime. A huge crime. And there are unexpected consequences. He must negotiate a surprising new path and ultimately make hard decisions about his place in the world.Set in a pre-apocalyptic near future where signs of the cataclysm to come are everywhere. The climate crisis has developed into a fight for life for every single person on the planet.How does the crisis affect S...

Out of the organised chaos of a radio station newsroom and into the silence of an austere Trappist monastery. In The Abbot’s Shoes Peter recounts his journey and brings into our view the hidden day-to-day life within an enclosed contemplative community. Now almost 50 years later (after careers as a Catholic journalist, Presbyterian preacher, and Pentecostal revivalist) Peter writes about his “return” to this other world.In the monastery we “stood, bowed and knelt in the ‘d...

A Guide to Criminal Law, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to the legal system and the area of criminal law as it affects people in a day-to-day capacity. The book is clear and concise and covers all the relevant areas of the criminal justice system and is designed for those people who either wish to understand more about the legal system or wish to know more about a specific area of law.

"José" is an uplifting novel about a young Indian boy who battles family tragedy, discrimination and a war zone in his quest to play professional soccer.It begins when the tragic death of his father forces José to Kuwait in an effort to support his remaining family. Upon arrival in Kuwait, Jose together with a large group of Indians learns they are in fact destined for an American Military Dining Facility in Iraq!José encounters shootings b...

The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton (1922–93), was born in Sheffield and educated at Cambridge University. After wartime service in the Royal Navy, he arrived in Sydney and joined the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory. In the late 1940s he discovered and identified the first discrete radio sources, unusual objects at vast distances with intense emission at radio frequencies. These discoveries marked the birth of a new field – extragalactic radio astronomy.

A Guide to Criminal Law, Revised edition, is a comprehensive guide to the legal system and the area of criminal law as it affects people in a day-to-day capacity. The book is clear and concise and covers all the relevant areas of the criminal justice system and is designed for those people who either wish to understand more about the legal system or wish to know more about a specific area of law. Case law to 2019 is covered. The book is updated to 2019 and is accessible to all levels of re...

How do children who are raised in religious cults cope with the challenges and complexities of life as adults? The unassuming nature of Peter Robertson's writing provides a poignant glimpse into the tremendous side effects growing up in a cult in a country town has had on his emotional health and wellbeing.Peter writes clearly and gently, with a focus on the details. The subtlety of Peter's writing in The Red Coat creates a beautiful insight into life in the rural Tasmania of his y...

This multidisciplinary work celebrates Wayne Orchiston's career and accomplishments in historical and cultural astronomy on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Over thirty of the world’s leading scholars in astronomy, astrophysics, astronomical history, and cultural astronomy have come together to honor Wayne across a wide range of research topics.These themes include:• Astronomy and Society• Emergence of Astrophysics• History of Radio Astronomy• Sola...

A Guide to Criminal Law, Revised Edition, is a comprehensive guide to the legal system and the area of criminal law as it affects people in a day-to-day capacity. The book is clear and concise and covers all the relevant areas of the criminal justice system and is designed for those people who either wish to understand more about the legal system or wish to know more about a specific area of law. The book is updated to 2017.

A Guide to Criminal Law, Revised edition, is a comprehensive guide to the legal system and the area of criminal law as it affects people in a day-to-day capacity. The book is clear and concise and covers all the relevant areas of the criminal justice system and is designed for those people who either wish to understand more about the legal system or wish to know more about a specific area of law. Case law to 2019 is covered. The book is updated to 2019 and is accessible to all levels of re...

Victoria's reptiles are not often encountered by urban dwellers, with many species now threatened. You may have glimpsed a skink darting into the undergrowth, a snake slithering along a walking path or a blue-tongued lizard sunning itself near your garden shed. Yet the turtles, skinks, geckos, goannas, snakes and other reptiles that call Victoria home are fascinating and important members of urban and rural ecosystems. Reptiles of Victoria is the first regional guide to all reptiles known ...

The evolution of Australian radio astronomy from 1945 to 1960 has been studied in detail by numerous historians of science in recent years. This Open Access book is the first to present an overview of this remarkable chapter in Australian science.The book begins in the post-war period, as the Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney switched from secret wartime research on radar to peacetime applications of this new technology. Next follows the detection of radio waves from space and the ...