R M Winn: 11 books

Master storyteller Ryle Winn learnt his craft in the backblocks, experimented with it in the public bar and honed it in between musters and sale yards. In this third collection of true tales, animals rather than people take centre stage - with a tip of the hat to Henry Lawson's much-loved story 'The...

CHOCK-A-BLOCK FULL OF CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN YARNS, JOKES AND NONSENSE Ryle Winn is the master of the cock and bull tale, and this is a collection of the funniest yarns he's ever heard.� There's something for everyone - life-of-the-party jokes, rib-tickling pub stories and fair dinkum yarns,...

CHOCK-A-BLOCK FULL OF CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN YARNS, JOKES AND NONSENSE Ryle Winn is the master of the cock and bull tale, and this is a collection of the funniest yarns he's ever heard. There's something for everyone life-of-the-party jokes, rib-tickling pub stories and fair dinkum yarns, which are worth...

In this impressive collection, Ryle Winn introduces eight real-life heroes, each with an extraordinary tale to tell.� We meet a fencing contractor who proves you can't judge a book by its cover; two octogenarian sisters with a tragic family secret; a racing enthusiast and horse-breeder who gets...

Biff Mc Leod is unorthodox, laid-back and deceptively eagle-eyed. His humour is original. Take his quirky description of a bar fight- sounds like a short-sighted hippo trying to root a rhino in a glass factory.With Anika, his accomplished kick-boxing partner from Melbourne, they take on the drug...

Have you heard the one about the codger who fed his greyhound his heart medicine to make it go faster at the track? What about the bloke who was growing six-foot ears of corn in his ute? Or the penny-pinching Scotsman whose last request is to be buried upright? Everyone knows someone who tells a good...

Ryle Winn had never had it so good. �Happily, married with grown-up children, he'd just bought his own cattle property and owned the smartest working dog around. �Equally at home running brumbies up north or defending dispossessed property owners in court, Ryle had become used to expecting the...

This inspiring collection features nine captivating stories about ordinary bush men and women who lead extraordinary lives. There's the island cattleman who swims his herd past toothy sharks and beady-eyed crocs; the pineapple grower who builds a stone church for his community; the timber worker who...

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present. Some names will be immediately recognizable to mystery aficionados--Kerry Greenwood with her Phryne Fisher mysteries, now also a popular television...

Studying Diversity in Teacher Education is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. First, the volume examines historically persistent, yet unresolved issues in teacher education and presents research that is currently being done...

The principles set forth in this book represent the fastest way to develop intimacy (An intimate relationship is a particularly close relationship between two individuals). This concept deals with relationships….all types of relationships….relationships between parents and children, relationships...