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book cover: Growing up Asian Growing Up Asian in Australia

Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is here in all its steaming glory – but listen more closely to the dinner-table chatter and you might be surprised by what you hear.

Buy the book here: http://www.blackincbooks.com/blinc/forthcoming/index.php


 


book cover: pirates ate rats It’s True – Pirates ate Rats!

Find out why pirates should have eaten cabbage, but drank rum instead. Discover which captain stole hats, and which one burgled for bandages. Tremble at the stories of Blackbeard, who boarded enemy ships with his beard on fire and cutlass at the ready. Check the website showing well-known pirate hotspots near you!

Buy the book here: http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741146073


 


book cover: space turn you into spaghetti It’s True – Space Turns You Into Spaghetti!

Watch out for exploding stars, boiling planets and robotic explorers. Beware of black holes, white dwarfs and red giants.

Find out what happens when a star explodes, what it takes to become an astronaut and how to hunt for aliens with your computer. Zoom past planets and rocket round galaxies. But be careful - if you take a wrong turn you might be spaghettified!

Buy the book here: http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741146257

Award &ndash 2007 Royal Society of Science

It’s True – Space Turns You Into Spaghetti! has been shortlisted as an Acclaimed Book for the 2007 Royal Society’s Science Books Junior Prize. The book was one of six chosen by Junior Judging Panels in over 115 organisations across the UK. According to the judges: ‘This book is packed with quirky facts about life in space...A must read for anyone who has even remotely considered becoming an astronaut.’

 


book cover: There are bugs in your bedIt’s True – there are bugs in your bed!

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on BUGS you'll ever read!

Bloodsucking vampires, deadly dust-dwellers, toilet terrors and things that squish, squirm and slime. Did you have any idea you were sharing your house - and maybe your bed - with monsters?

Bug your friends with monstrous trivia and nightmarish facts.

Buy the book here: http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741142990

 

 

Selected articles

Growing up Chinese Good Weekend
The Wishing Years 24 March 2008, Sydney Morning Herald
www.smh.com.au/

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cosmos Cosmos Magazine
Monkey Melodrama June/July 2007, No.15
www.cosmosmagazine.com

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cosmos Australasian Science
What makes us human? April 2007
www.control.com.au

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BBC article BBC Wildlife
Our Crafty Cousins, Jan 2006, Volume 24 No.1
www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com

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Brian and a bonobo Travel Africa
Our Closest Cousins, Summer 2006, Issue 35
www.travelafricamag.com

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photo from the article New Scientist
Pay up, you're being watched
www.newscientist.com

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