Based on a more than a decade of research, this reference is designed for marketers, managers, educators, and parents who need a useful, fun, not-too-technical introduction to generational research. The breezy vocabulary of this kind of study is familiar to most people— Are Gen X-ers still slackers? *Will Gen Y-ers ever move out of the house? Why are Zeds so spoiled?—*but this guide goes deeper with explanations of how a generation is defined and the statistical tools that allow s...

Seventy short, heart-warming stories of acts of kindness by strangers with contributions by prominent Australiana, including comedian Jean Kittson, writer Peter FitzSimons, news presenter Tracey Spicer, Youth Off the Streets' Father Chris Riley, media personality David Richardson, Wayside Chapel's Reverend Graham Long, politician Pru Goward, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, and many others. This is an inspiring look at the best of humanity.From small acts of charity to selfl...

Modern motherhood in Australia and New Zealand is marked by contradiction. Recent decades have seen policy changes aimed at facilitating gender equality such as enhanced paid parental leave and more generous childcare subsidies alongside cultural shifts in the gendered division of domestic labour and women's workforce participation. Yet, despite these changes, motherhood continues to be a contested and divisive subject, as well as a site of inequality.Many households and communitie...

This biographical cookbook tells the story of culinary legend and author of nine award-winning cookbooks, Paula Wolfert, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2013, and shares more than fifty of her most iconic dishes as it explores the relationship between food and memory.The gripping narrative traces the arc of Wolfert's career, from her Brooklyn childhood to her adventures in the farthest corners of the Mediterranean: from nights spent with Beat Generation icons...