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The Stupid Country

How Australia is Dismantling Public Education

By: Chris Bonnor,Jane Caro

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The Stupid Country

How Australia is Dismantling Public Education

By: Chris Bonnor,Jane Caro

Warns of a future where the hardest schools for Australian parents to get their kids into will be public ones. With insight, passion and a sense of urgency, this book shows how government, anxious parents, the church and ideology are combining to undermine public schools.

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UNSW Press

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0868408069

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9780868408064

The Men Who Raised the Bar

The evolution of the highest individual score in Test cricket

By: Chris Waters

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The Men Who Raised the Bar

The evolution of the highest individual score in Test cricket

By: Chris Waters

Few sporting records capture the imagination quite like that of the highest individual score in Test cricket. It is the blue riband record of batting achievement, the ultimate statement of stamina and skill. From Charles Bannerman, who scored 165 for Australia against England in the inaugural Test match in 1877, to Brian Lara, who made 400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004, the record has changed hands ten times. Chris Waters' The Men Who Raised the Bar charts the growth of the record through nearly one hundred and fifty years of Test cricket. It is a journey that takes in a legendary line of famous names including Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Leonard Hutton, Sir Garfield Sobers and Walter Hammond, along with less heralded players whose stories are brought back into the light. Drawing on the reflections of the record-holders, Waters profiles the men who raised the bar and their historic performances.

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273

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472977556

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9781472977557

The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films

By: Chris Fellner

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The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films

By: Chris Fellner

Dracula and Frankenstein. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. These are just a few of the icons of Hammer Films. To horror fans, the name “Hammer” conjures visions of hissing vampires and buxom beauties in low-cut negligees. But Britain’s Hammer Film Productions, Ltd., was much more than just a fright factory. For more than thirty years, the company turned out neatly crafted entries in a variety of genres, ranging from comedies to pirate yarns, murder mysteries to war pictures. At the heart of Hammer’s remarkable success was its access to American financing and American theaters. But more than that, the individuals behind the scenes knew how to make good films on tight budgets. These pictures have withstood the test of time and continue to be enjoyed all over the world. The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films details the surprising story of Britain’s most successfulindependent film company and includes Entries on all of Hammer’s feature films, featurettes, and television episodes, including staff, production details, US and UK release data, cast, synopses, reviews, behind-the-scenes quotes, and US financial participation Capsule biographies of directors, producers, technicians, and actors––including the lovely ladies of Hammer glamour Special entries on Hammer-related topics, including “tax shelter” companies, Hammerscope, the British Board of Film Censors, and the recent Hammer reboot An annotated appendix of more than 150 unrealized Hammer projects A chronological, annotated listing of every production and coproduction from the company’s inception in 1934 An invaluable resource, this volume includes snapshots of the men and women who made the studio a success—including Peter Cushing, Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt, and Jimmy Sangster—as well as such iconic films as The Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, and Vampire Circus. With more than six hundred entries, The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films is a must-have for every fan of this unique studio.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538126591

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9781538126592

All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

By: Chris Overson

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All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

By: Chris Overson

For a bowler, taking all ten wickets in an innings is the ultimate statistical feat. It is also a very rare one: in nearly 60,000 first-class matches it has been achieved only 81 times. Surprisingly, although books have been written about Hedley Verity’s world record ten for 10 in 1932 and Jim Laker’s all-ten in the 1956 Old Trafford Test, nobody has ever written a book describing every all-ten. Until now. All Ten chronicles each all-ten, from Edmund Hinkly’s at Lord’s in 1848 to Zulfiqar Babar’s at Multan over a century and a half later. All-tens have been taken at many different venues, from famous Test match grounds to outgrounds on which first-class cricket is no longer played. Some were taken by great bowlers such as Colin Blythe and Clarrie Grimmett, some by less well-known ones including Harry Pickett of Essex and Tom Graveney’s brother Ken. Some bowlers were at the beginning of their careers, some were nearing the end. You will read about them all here and their very special feat, and maybe wonder why the bowlers at the other end didn’t strike even once, why many of the greatest bowlers of all-time never took an all-ten, and why all-tens have become much rarer in the last half century.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

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1908165898

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9781908165893

What Makes a Good School?

By: Chris Bonner,Jane Caro

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What Makes a Good School?

By: Chris Bonner,Jane Caro

How much of what you hear about schools can you trust? Can you believe the marketing hype about unsurpassed facilities, genius teachers and stellar academic achievement? Do you listen to neighbourhood gossip about your local school? Are government statistics the answer? School choice has become one of the most agonising issues of parenthood. Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro have no magic formula, and agree that complex factors come together to make a good school. But drawing on their own experiences and knowledge as school principal, parents and advocates they give parents the tools to do homework about schools themselves. They compare talk about schools – public, Catholic, private, selective, comprehensive – against the reality. They examine how good schools respond to the recurring crises in the lives of kids. They help navigate NAPLAN tests and the My School website. And they place their analysis squarely in the middle of the national discussion about education. Schools have to be good for students, for parents and for the nation. What Makes a Good School? will help you to cover all bases.

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UNSW Press

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1742241417

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9781742241418

The Stupid Country

How Australia is Dismantling Public Education

By: Chris Bonnor,Jane Caro

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How Australia is Dismantling Public Education

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0868408069

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What Makes a Good School?

By: Chris Bonnor,Jane Caro

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Newsouth Pub.

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1742243509

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9781742243504

Key Skills in Geography

By: Chris Bonnor,Brian Ralph

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Key Skills in Geography

By: Chris Bonnor,Brian Ralph

Working with maps and atlases, tables graphs and diagrams.__

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0582872286

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9780582872288

Focus on Global Futures

People and Environment in Change

By: Nicholas Hutchinson,Nick Hutchinson,Chris Bonnor

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Focus on Global Futures

People and Environment in Change

By: Nicholas Hutchinson,Nick Hutchinson,Chris Bonnor

A course book designed for students of the NSW Higher School Certificate geography syllabus, with particular reference to the changing world environment. Includes maps, tables, questions and case studies.

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0701625783

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The Stupid Country

The Stupid Country

The Men Who Raised the Bar

The Men Who Raised the Bar

The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films

The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films

All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

What Makes a Good School?

What Makes a Good School?

The Stupid Country

The Stupid Country

What Makes a Good School?

What Makes a Good School?

Key Skills in Geography

Key Skills in Geography

Focus on Global Futures

Focus on Global Futures

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