Two very different pigs learn an important lesson about God's perfect love. Sidney Norman uses the simple context of two pigs living next door to each other to communicate a profound truth about how we judge each other and often judge ourselves.
You may think of the toilet as a recent phenomenon but history tells us otherwise. In this witty, well-researched book, Phil Norman traces the origins of toilet reading to Renaissance Europe and charts its rise and fall over the centuries that followed.
The time has come for a book which delves into cinema's sprawling underbelly, lifting the lid on those odd films that crop up on telly at two-thirty in the morning and shedding new light on the familiar old Bonds, Trons and rom-coms. And this is it. Neither a dry, overly reverent tome, nor a wafer-thin slice of opportunistic sneering, TV Cream's Anatomy of Cinema will caper nimbly between the twin chasms of solemnity and sarcasm, offering an irreverent but genuinely celebratory journey through filmic terrain both familiar and bizarre, mainstream and esoteric, in the warm and witty style for which the TV Cream website has become famous. Attractively presented with colour illustrations, box-outs and more, TV Cream's Anatomy of Cinema will be a grab-bag of choice, informative and entertaining morsels on every aspect of filmdom.
Story of Australia's most famous golfer, Greg Norman. Begins with a brief introduction to Norman's upbringing and then follows the golfer's career, tournament by tournament. Tells of the triumphs and the extraordinary losses. Includes Norman's personal tournament record from 1976 to 1993. Foreword by British golf champion Peter Thomson. Tresidder is managing editor of 'Australian Golf Digest', international correspondent for 'Golf Weekly' (UK) and 'Golf World' (USA) and golf columnist with the 'Sun Herald'.
In this sparkling collection of parenting-affirming stories, author and award-winning columnist Phil Callaway captures the amusing and bemusing experiences that tug at the heartstrings of anyone who's experienced the rollercoaster ride called "family.
This guide brings together, for the first time in single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250 species in all. The group includes some of the world's most familiar and beautiful birds, such as Indian Peafowl and the stunning tragopans, as well as some of the rarest and most threatened. Some survive in fragments of over-exploited habitats, whilst others are now so familiar in domestication that it is difficult to imagine that they had any wild ancestors at all. As with other volumes in the award-winning Helm Identification Guide series, this book concentrates on identification and distribution, but also highlights conversation issues where relevant. Each species is treated in detail, reflecting the extensive knowledge of both authors. The 72 colour plates, by leading bird illustrators, show male, female, juvenile and subspecies plumages, and form the finest set of illustrations of these birds to date. There is also a colour distribution map for each species. Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse is a welcome addition to the Helm Identification Guide series, more importantly, a landmark volume in the literature of this attractive and vulnerable group of birds.
Biography of Australian golfer Karrie Webb, who has achieved the World Number One title, over 20 tournament wins, three Major wins, more than $US5 million in prize money and entry into golf's Hall of Fame. Traces her career from childhood to present. Foreword by Peter Thomson, five-time British Open winner. Author is Editor-at-large of 'Australian Golf Digest'. Previous titles include 'Greg Norman' and 'The Shark Bites Back'.
Britain, an island nation, has come under attack many times. Phil Harris tells the story of the invasions of Britain from Caesar to Hitler. A historical account of the invasions that made Britain what it is today. 2010 is the 70th anniversary of the failed Operation Sealion. Romans, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Celts and Normans are all part of the DNA of Britain. An island nation, the British have only occasionally been under threat of invasion and the seas around our coasts have kept away all but the most determined of attackers. Many have tried and failed to take Britain. The Romans' first soiree into England was a short-lived affair, while the Vikings and Normans made Britain a permanent home. In more recent times, the Spanish, the French and the Germans have all attempted to attack Britain and failed. In this seventieth anniversary year of the failure of Operation Sealion, the Nazi attempt to invade and control all of Europe, Phil Harris takes us on a readable account of the Invasions of Britain, both real and attempted, looking at the reasons for success or failure and how the mix of people who have come to Britain by force have helped make the nation it is today.
Phil Tresidder's writing brought to life the game of golf and its characters.' JACK NICKLAUS For several decades Phil Tresidder was considered the doyen of Australian golf writers. The pieces here, culled from both his published and unpublished work, show the astonishing versatility of his writing, and his remarkable access to the greats of the golfing world. Among the gems in Phil Tresidder on Golf are a riveting description of playing the famous Augusta course with Gary Player the morning after he became the oldest person to win the US Masters; personal glimpses into the lives and games of the golfing legends of the past Norman von Nida ('The Von'), Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thomson. As well as Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam, Brett Ogle and a host of other present day golfers and would-be golfers. Memorable golf courses from Australia to Austria, Augusta to the Melbourne sandbelt sportsmen, showbiz eccentrics, caddies and committeemen; all come under Tresidder's shrewd but always affectionate gaze.
On the heels of the popular Honey, I Dunked the Kids, award-winning columnist Phil Callaway continues his lighthearted look family life--a whole new collection of stories about the joys and struggles of being part of a family. Cartoon illustrations throughout.
The Lake Huron area of the Upper Great Lakes region, an area spreading across vast parts of the United States and Canada, has been inhabited by the Anishnaabeg for millennia. Since their first contact with Europeans around 1600, the Anishnaabeg have interacted with—and struggled against—changing and shifting European empires and the emerging nation-states that have replaced them. Through their cultural strength, diplomatic acumen, and a remarkable knack for adapting to change, the Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron Borderlands have reemerged in the twenty-first century as a strong and vital people, fully in charge of their destiny. Winner of the North American Indian Prose Award, this first comprehensive cross-border history of the Anishnaabeg provides an engaging account of four hundred years of their life in the Lake Huron area, showing how their history has been shaped and influenced by European contact and trade. Three Fires Unity examines how shifting European politics and, later, the imposition of the Canada–United States border running through their homeland continue to affect them today. In looking at the cultural, social, and political aspects of this borderland contact, Phil Bellfy sheds light on how the Anishnaabeg were able to survive and even thrive over the centuries in this intensely contested region.
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