Abc Books: 302 books

This compassionate and insightful guide will demystify mental health issues and help anyone concerned about themselves or loved ones. Leading psychiatrist Dr Mark Cross, from the acclaimed ABC TV series 'Changing Minds', feels strongly that everyone should have easy access to information they...

A collection of observations on the mysteries and intricacies of English generated from talkback calls to Kate's popular segment on Peter Clarke's evening program on 3LO. Based on Kate Burridge's ABC Radio call-in show about language, this book reveals the seemingly limitless fascination English speakers...

One ordinary evening, Jeff Waters suffered a cataclysmic cardiac arrest that killed him instantly. He was clinically dead for one hour, so how did he live to tell the tale? A miraculous story of survival and courage. One ordinary weekday evening, Jeff Waters had just gone to bed in his Melbourne home...

An authoritative but accessible guide to 250 animals, insects, and birds that inhabit the average Aussie suburb, written by ABC Radio broadcaster and urban ecology specialist, Professor Chris Daniels. This book will appeal to nature lovers everywhere. Have you ever wondered what that peculiar insect...

Ian Parmenter's love of food is infectious. In All-Consuming Passions he gathers together his favourite recipes, collected from around the world, from watching the great chefs and from cooking for the people he loves. Bon vivant and ABC tV personality, the gregarious Ian Parmenter takes a delight...

Want to be a success? Then you'll need to embrace failure first. This inspiring book by ABC Local Radio's wellbeing expert gives you all the insights and tools you'll need to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and discover your true potential. Everybody has experienced failure at some stage - and...

Every Sunday morning, all over Australia, more than two million devotees tune into 'Macca' on ABC Radio's long-running AUStRALIA ALL OVER. And one of the program's most popular segments is when 'Macca' reads some listeners poems.'Macca' has presented the program for over 25 years and received many,...

'AN EXCELLENT READ ALOUD, FUNNY, QUESTIONING AND MIND BOGGLING' -- ReadPlus For the Grown-Ups: 'Wait! Just wait!' You find yourself saying this all the time, right? Well, we're sorry, but you're gonna hate this book! This book is going to make you wait too. Once you and...

Real food without the fuss - every time. When Paulene Christie started Slow Cooker Central in 2012, she wanted to share her passion for slow-cooking with like-minded people online. Fast forward 7 years, and she has more than half a million followers, four bestselling cookbooks, and thirty slow...

'AN EXCELLENT READ-ALOUD, FUNNY, QUESTIONING AND MIND BOGGLING' -- ReadPlus on Wait! For the Grown-Ups: They say all good things come to an end ... but don't hold your breath! You and the kids are about to zigzag your way through this book. Your choices will take you who-knows-where. There's...

* Bestselling Australian slow-cooker cookbook series * ** Over 150,000 copies sold ** A book for every parent who wants to be free from mealtime tussles with their kids! 'Amazing books, they get used at least 5 times a week sometimes more' 'I was hooked from the first book....

From Australia's number one slow cooking author comes this much anticipated new book of 128 brand-new recipes for slow cookers. In 2009, Sally Wise's SLOW COOKER became an overnight success - not just the best known and best loved of the slow cooker books, but the biggest selling, outranking her many...

The memoir of Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski DRIVEN is a memoir by distinguished Australian former diplomat Richard Broinowski, with a particular focus on the cars he has loved and driven in Australia and his various postings in Asia, the Middle East, and North and Central America....

A compelling Boyer Lecture from Australian literary sensation Geraldine Brooks. For theBoyer Lecture 2011, best-selling author and journalist Geraldine Brooks tackles the topic of the Idea of Home. Drawing on her personal experience from being an adolescent pen pal to being a foreign correspondent...