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This Chicken Life

Stories of chickens and the Australians who love them

By: Fiona Scott-Norman,Ilana Rose

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This Chicken Life

Stories of chickens and the Australians who love them

By: Fiona Scott-Norman,Ilana Rose

Having chickens in your life is so hot right now. If you're not obsessed yourself, you know someone who is. Within a few years, keeping backyard chooks has gone from being something your nonna did, to the mainstream. Chickens are in inner-city backyards and comedy gigs, old people's homes and poultry shows, prisons and weddings. Regional poultry clubs have been revitalised by the influx of tree-changers and hipsters intoxicated with exotic heritage breeds.Rescue chickens are the new black, and the perfect feel-good accompaniment to your rescue dog. Chickens are an essential component of the permaculture, locavore, sustainability, self-sufficiency and low food mile movements. Chickens are owning Instagram. Chickens are everywhere. A collaboration between writer, comic and chicken owner, Fiona Scott-Norman, and acclaimed photographer, Ilana Rose, This Chicken Life is a collection of stories about chickens and the Australians who love them. You'll meet Jareth Bullivant, an animal liberationist who takes his rescue broilers Twistie and Sephiroth to the beach. Nik Round, a Victorian advertising executive who is focused on saving a heritage breed. Summer Farrelly from Queensland, a twelve-year-old with autism who connects with the world through her chooks and has started a chicken therapy program. Shane Secombe, who rescues the unwanted roosters of Alice Springs and gives them a second life at the prison. And Adele Scott, a burlesque performer and interior designer with tattoos and a permaculture garden. Oh, and Costa. Funny, joyful and moving, This Chicken Life unpacks an obsession and a love affair. Chickens and humans, heart to heart, face to beak. This is no fad, it's a way of life. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

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1760789585

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Truths from an Unreliable Witness

Finding laughter in the darkest of places

By: Fiona O'Loughlin

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Truths from an Unreliable Witness

Finding laughter in the darkest of places

By: Fiona O'Loughlin

Fiona O'Loughlin was raised in the generation of children who were to be seen, but not heard ... unless there were guests in the house. Then she'd watch everyone, telling stories, making each other laugh. This was where she discovered the rhythm of stories and the lubrication that alcohol leant the telling. Years later, as a mum of five, Fiona would become one of Australia's most-loved comedians, performing gigs in New York, Montreal, Singapore, London, Toronto and Edinburgh. Fiona looked like she was living her dream - but she was hiding a secret in open sight, using alcoholism as material for her comedy and using comedy as an excuse for her alcoholism. Truths from an Unreliable Witness is a fiercely honest and wryly funny memoir of melancholy, love, marriage, the loss of love and marriage, homelessness, of hotel rooms strewn with empty mini-bar bottles of vodka, of waking from a two-week coma, of putrid drug dens and using a jungle to confront yourself. It is about hitting rock bottom and then realising you are only halfway down. Ultimately, it's about hanging on to your last straw of sanity and finding laughter in the darkest of times. You may want to sit down for this...

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0733645712

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9780733645716

This Chicken Life

Stories of chickens and the Australians who love them

By: Fiona Scott-Norman,Ilana Rose

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Hard Knocks

By: Fiona Scott-Norman

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Hard Knocks

By: Fiona Scott-Norman

One of the hardest things about being different at high school is the feeling that nobody understands what you're going through. In Hard Knocks, twenty-two of Australia's most talented and successful people convey exactly what it's like to be isolated or bullied, unhappy or misunderstood, and show how staying true to yourself is what makes you exceptional in the long run. In candid and entertaining interviews, leading lights from across Australian life recount the obstacles they faced such as racism, homophobia and mental health challenges. Not only did they survive the ordeal but their experiences helped shape them into the remarkable individuals they are today. Contributors include: Missy Higgins, Adam Goodes, Stella Young, Mo'Ju, Judith Lucy, Benjamin Law, Kate Miller-Heidke, Hazem El Masri, Karen from Finance, Christos Tsiolkas, Carly Findlay, Charlie Pickering, Alice Pung, Holden Sheppard, Megan Washington, Annie Louey, Corey Tutt, Paul Capsis, Penny Wong, Brendan Cowell, Tiffiny Hall, Eddie Perfect

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1922711276

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9781922711274

Bully for Them (Large Print 16pt)

By: Fiona Scott-Norman

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Bully for Them (Large Print 16pt)

By: Fiona Scott-Norman

A collection of interviews by Fiona Scott-Norman with famous and successful Australians who had a tough time at school-either being bullied, not fitting in, or facing other adversities. The concept for the book is simple: many of the most popular Australians today were outsiders when they were at school. Not only did they 'get through' those difficult times, their school experiences helped shape them into the strong, resilient individuals they are today. The book is truly inspiring, sending the message that school is only a small part of your life, and a bright future is still possible, no matter what the circumstances you have to deal with when young. As such, it will provide comfort and perspective to the one-in-four students in Australia affected by bullying, as well as their parents.

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1459690478

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Book's by Fiona Scott-Norman

This Chicken Life

This Chicken Life

Truths from an Unreliable Witness

Truths from an Unreliable Witness

This Chicken Life

This Chicken Life

Hard Knocks

Hard Knocks

Bully for Them (Large Print 16pt)

Bully for Them (Large Print 16pt)

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