The Farmer by Sam Braidwood Waking up at the crack of dawn to attend to his livestock, harvest the produce, reap the wheat fields and repair his machinery, this is just the typical busy day in the life of The Farmer.... A fun, early childhood rhyming picture book that details the daily duties of "The Farmer". The first book of a series unfolding fun stories about interesting characters performing their everyday occupation. This book has a touch of humour through a mixture of sophisticated and simple vocabulary with emphasised text of the rhyming words which is perfect for developing emergent literacy skills in young children. The Farmer is the first book of a series with characters based on real people performing their everyday occupations as a form of dedication or appreciation for having a positive influence in the author's life. This book is based on his father in-law, a passionate farmer in the Adelaide Plains region of South Australia and genuinely great guy! Key Features Story and illustrations based on real life people who have inspired, motivated or positively impacted the author. Develops an understanding of rhyming words in young children with relevant emphasised text. Combined sounding words that are perfect for parents, teachers and speech pathologists to develop children's communication; literacy; and speech and sound skills. Colourful, fun, entertaining and interesting illustrations for both child and parent.
The Farmer by Sam Braidwood Waking up at the crack of dawn to attend to his livestock, harvest the produce, reap the wheat fields and repair his machinery, this is just the typical busy day in the life of The Farmer.... A fun, early childhood rhyming picture book that details the daily duties of "The Farmer". The first book of a series unfolding fun stories about interesting characters performing their everyday occupation. This book has a touch of humour through a mixture of sophisticated and simple vocabulary with emphasised text of the rhyming words which is perfect for developing emergent literacy skills in young children. The Farmer is the first book of a series with characters based on real people performing their everyday occupations as a form of dedication or appreciation for having a positive influence in the author's life. This book is based on his father in-law, a passionate farmer in the Adelaide Plains region of South Australia and genuinely great guy! Key Features Story and illustrations based on real life people who have inspired, motivated or positively impacted the author. Develops an understanding of rhyming words in young children with relevant emphasised text. Combined sounding words that are perfect for parents, teachers and speech pathologists to develop children's communication; literacy; and speech and sound skills. Colourful, fun, entertaining and interesting illustrations for both child and parent.
Finally, the ultimate book of Jewish humor is here, complete with Jewish nursery blueprints (which includes a panic room, fireproof wallpaper, and a guardian ninja, of course), the top-ten list of Jewish 'dont's', the complete timeline of Jewish expulsion, and much, much more. Before creating Jewtopia the play in 2003, Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson were unemployed actors and writers who couldn't get a break. Taking matters into their own hands, they wrote a play, maxed out their credit cards, and mounted the production themselves. Jewtopia went on to become the longest-running original theatrical comedy in Los Angeles history. The show moved to off-Broadway in October 2004 and, as of the publication of this book, still plays nightly to sold-out audiences, with productions opening all over the world. Now, for the first time in this book, Fogel and Wolfson are bringing their theatrical work to the comfort of your home.
This text is for those wishing to develop an understanding of a cultural legacy and lifestyle that survives today only as a fragmented cultural inheritance. The book illustrates how the economy and lives of the Ma'dan (Marsh Arabs) that spans over 5000 years remained similar to the ancient practices of their Sumerian forebears.
Winner, Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction 2023 ‘My Father and Other Animals is a warm, surprising and beautifully crafted book.’ —Billy Griffiths, author of Deep Time Dreaming Sam Vincent is a twenty-something writer living in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother: his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but ‘not to worry – it wasn't like that scene in Fargo or anything’. When Sam returns to the family farm to help out, his life takes a new and unexpected direction. Whether castrating calves or buying a bull – or knocking in a hundred fence posts by hand when his dad hides the post-driver – Sam's farming apprenticeship is an education in grit and shit. But there are victories, too: nurturing a fig orchard to bloom; learning to read the land; joining forces with Indigenous elders to protect a special site. Slowly, Sam finds himself thinking differently about the farm, about his father and about his relationship with both. By turns affecting, hilarious and utterly surprising, this memoir melds humour and fierce honesty in an unsentimental love letter. It's about belonging, humility and regeneration – of land, family and culture. What passes from father to son on this unruly patch of earth is more than a livelihood; it is a legacy. ‘Sam Vincent probes deeply into some of the biggest issues of our time ... This book is a celebration of the love of land and builds bridges of understanding that will appeal to a broad cross section of readers.’ —Judges' comments, Prime Minister's Literary Awards ‘My Father and Other Animals is a beautiful tale of legacy, family, and a millennial finding his place in the world.’ —Samuel Bernard, The Weekend Australian ‘Notable Books’ ‘For any reader desiring to understand contemporary rural Australia, this entertaining and important book is a must-read.’ —Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler ‘Bloody hilarious and salt-of-the-earth heartwarming, My Father and Other Animals is an absolute treasure of a book.’ —Anna Krien, author of Act of Grace, Night Games and Into the Woods
This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and key studies in this fourth edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject. The Archaeology Coursebook: introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods, concepts and themes, and provides the necessary skills to understand them explains how to interpret the material students may meet in examinations supports study with key studies, key sites, key terms, tasks and skills development illustrates concepts and commentary with over 400 photos and drawings of excavation sites, methodology and processes, tools and equipment provides an overview of human evolution and social development with a particular focus upon European prehistory. Reflecting changes in archaeological practice and with new key studies, methods, examples, boxes, photographs and diagrams, this is definitely a book no archaeology student should be without.
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