The Dream Team Returns

The Dream Team Returns
Author: Natalie Rose
Publisher: Little Steps Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1922358800

Mia and her Grandfather return to the parallel world of Nilimbia to a curious welcome by their hybrid guides. As they tour the realm they are rewarded with glimpses of grandness, moments of magic, and flashes of colourful history between Nilimbia and the Land Down Under. When Mia creates a dream to save an endangered species she is appointed Dream Weaver. The acts of a few change everything though, and a mission to prove her skills forces Mia to make some difficult decisions. Can Mia follow her heart and imagination to unite the magic of Nilimbia and bring humans and hybrids together?

Questions Raised by Quolls

Questions Raised by Quolls
Author: Harry Sadler
Publisher: Affirm Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1922626414

Questions Raised By Quolls is an eloquent examination of extinction and conservation set against the backdrop of global climate change. From his own family lineage, Harry reveals how the prosperity of the human race runs parallel with the decline of the natural world. Evocative and challenging, this eulogy to lost species will force you to question your place in the vast interconnected web of life.

Questions Raised by Quolls

Questions Raised by Quolls
Author: Harry Saddler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: 9780369375605

When Harry Saddler first encountered a quoll while camping as a boy, he was struck by the beauty of the timid creature who had emerged from the bush, sniffing for dinner. As Harry frantically snapped a photo, the agile-spotted quoll stole his fruitcake and disappeared into the undergrowth. That blurry photo records the only time Harry would see a quoll in the wild. After years of habitat destruction, the species is now on the brink of extinction and Harry, contemplating fatherhood, aches for the absence of all the species lost to children born today. Questions Raised By Quolls is an eloquent examination of extinction and conservation set against the backdrop of global climate change. From his own family lineage, Harry reveals how the prosperity of the human race runs parallel with the decline of the natural world. Evocative and challenging, this eulogy to lost species will force you to question your place in the vast interconnected web of life.

Living with Wildlife

Living with Wildlife
Author: Tanya Loos
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2024-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1486316956

Possums in the roof, an echidna in the garden, or perhaps a python in the pantry? Living with Wildlife: A Guide for Our Homes and Backyards explores commonly asked questions and issues about encounters with wildlife. Taking a wildlife-friendly approach, Tanya Loos provides practical information, advice and solutions, based on current guidance from wildlife rescue organisations and the latest research. Living with Wildlife features helpful advice on wildlife rescue, both for every day and during extreme weather events, as well as common issues such as feeding wildlife, pets and driving. As urbanisation and climate change effects intensify, Australian wildlife need our help now more than ever, making this a timely guide for successfully living alongside our wild neighbours.

Atomic Sea

Atomic Sea
Author: C. M. Lance
Publisher: Seabooks Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-10-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0987211390

"Brilliant! Every chapter holds a twist you can't see coming. Fast moving and worth the reading ride." Chernobyl contaminated Europe. Fukushima irradiated Japan. And now ... Broome? Worm Turning nuclear waste plant is fast-tracked on sacred ground near Broome, in Australia's wild north-west. A certain Great Power says it'll take all responsibility. Sadly it's lying. Life ashore becomes surprisingly threatening for scientist Lena and hacker Jessie, and their only refuge is Simon's old lugger. Sadly he's lying too. An eerie blue boat turns up with a glowing cargo, Worm Turning's gala night is a disaster, and a cyclone called Cyril is on the move. And when a lethal warship pursues the lugger to an ancient land of carved red rocks, Lena discovers a committee isn't her worst nightmare after all. From the winner of the Mountbatten Maritime Award and the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction.

Shirl

Shirl
Author: Wayne Marshall
Publisher: Affirm Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1925972852

A lonely yowie emerges from the bush to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball. Mysterious creatures descend from the sky to place a ban on footy. A shark named Bruce turns up in the local swimming pool. A fisherman enjoying a boys' weekend on the Murray River finds perspective where he least expects it. In Shirl, Wayne Marshall takes a range of what-if scenarios to their fabulist and comedic extremes. Superbly inventive and powerful, these fourteen stories skewer contemporary Australian society - particularly the crises of masculinity and national identity - in insightful and yet hilarious ways, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. This astounding collection will make you rethink what it means to be Australian.

Quoll's Great Idea

Quoll's Great Idea
Author: Joanna Tait
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780645114102

Children's Picture Book. A Spotted Quoll within the snow had feet as cold as ice. "So what will help to keep them warm!" he pondered. Quoll comes up with a very novel idea to keep his feet warm.

Hacking the Mission

Hacking the Mission
Author: Peter McLennan
Publisher: Peter McLennan
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2016-02-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0987304429

Jason expects the loggers to be furious because he trashed their stuff. Why aren’t they? And why don’t they just give up, since the greenies have found something that means they can’t cut down the trees anyway? Weirdest of all, why are they messing with other people’s computers? In this sequel to Who Will Save the Planet?, the nerd in Jason can’t resist investigating. But what he discovers jeopardises the whole campaign to save the forest.

We Are Called to Rise

We Are Called to Rise
Author: Laura McBride
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476738963

Beyond the bright lights and casinos lies the real Las Vegas where four lives will be brought together by one split-second choice.

Sad Animal Facts

Sad Animal Facts
Author: Brooke Barker
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1250095093

New York Times Bestseller! A delightful and quirky compendium of the Animal Kingdom’s more unfortunate truths, with over 150 hand-drawn illustrations. Ever wonder what a mayfly thinks of its one-day lifespan? (They’re curious what a sunset is.) Or how a jellyfish feels about not having a heart? (Sorry, but they’re not sorry.) This melancholy menagerie pairs the more unsavory facts of animal life with their hilarious thoughts and reactions. Sneakily informative, and wildly witty, SAD ANIMAL FACTS will have you crying with laughter.