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    Planning Melbourne
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    Planning Melbourne

    Melbourne has had the fastest-growing population of any Australian capital city for more than a decade. With an estimated 1.6 million additional homes needed by 2050, policy makers need to address current and emerging issues of amenity,...
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    Geelong's Changing Landscape
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    Geelong's Changing Landscape

    Geelong's Changing Landscape offers an insightful investigation of the ecological history of the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region. Commencing with the penetrating perspectives of Wadawurrung Elders, chapters explore colonisation and post-World War...
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    Tree Faller's Manual
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    Tree Faller's Manual

    The Tree Faller's Manual is an essential handbook for forest operators and others who need to fell trees manually using a hand-held chainsaw. Tree felling is a high risk activity. Many fatalities and serious injuries have occurred as a result of being...
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    Chainsaw Operator's Manual
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    Chainsaw Operator's Manual

    The Chainsaw Operator's Manual is an essential safety tool for chainsaw operators. It is the ultimate guide to basic chainsaw operating techniques covering safety, maintenance and cross-cutting, but not tree felling. Detailed diagrams illustrate...
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    Reptiles of Victoria
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    Reptiles of Victoria

    Winner of the 2019 Whitley Award for Natural HistoryVictoria's reptile population is not often encountered by urban dwellers, with many species rare or threatened. You may have glimpsed a skink darting into the undergrowth, a snake slithering along a...
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    Medicine of Australian Mammals
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    Medicine of Australian Mammals

    In Medicine of Australian Mammals, more than 30 experts present the most current information available on the medical management of all taxa of Australian native mammals. This comprehensive text is divided into two parts. The first includes chapters on...
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    Gardening Down Under
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    Gardening Down Under

    This fully revised edition of Kevin Handreck's classic best-seller contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners. It will enable you to improve the worst of soils, choose the best fertiliser for particular plants and minimise water use. It...
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    Beating Burnout Beating Burnout
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    Beating Burnout

    A comprehensive guide to the reasons behind burnout, with effective, practical ways to manage and prevent burnout to create a more balanced future. Burnout is a phenomenon that can happen to anyone, yet it is most often found in high-pressured...
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    Horti-Curious Horti-Curious
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    Horti-Curious

    This wonderfully diverse collection of facts, figures and foliage is a celebration of plants, gardens and gardening. All things horticultural can be found here, from the phantasmagorical to the practical and everything in between. Delve into the...
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    Urban Beekeeping Urban Beekeeping
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    Urban Beekeeping

    An instruction manual for change, Urban Beekeeping explores how we can adapt urban spaces to create a more sustainable future, both for bees and for ourselves. Urban beekeeping has become a booming pastime in cities throughout the world. But why just fit...
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    Dogs & Us
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    Dogs & Us

    Discover the inner workings of our relationship with dogs in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends. Many of us know the joy, love and chaos of having a dog in your life. But have you ever wondered why we...
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    Cats & Us
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    Cats & Us

    Discover the inner workings of our relationship with cats in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends. Many of us know the joy (and amusement) of having a feline companion. But have you ever wondered why we...
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    Creative Writer's Sourcebook Creative Writer's Sourcebook
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    Creative Writer's Sourcebook

    Explore the style and technique of the world’s greatest writers in this compendium to be treasured by literature lovers. From Katherine Mansfield to Toni Morrison, discover 50 celebrated writers and the literary techniques that set them apart. Each...
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    Secret Heroes of World War II Secret Heroes of World War II
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    Secret Heroes of World War II

    World War II had many influential figures, whose incredible acts of bravery, skill and intelligence helped to turn the tide of the war. But few of them receive the recognition their actions deserve. In Secret Heroes of World War II, we meet the...
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    Deceptions of World War II Deceptions of World War II
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    Deceptions of World War II

    Discover the inner workings of many incredible, ingenious and decisive acts of military cunning in this fascinating insight into the tactics of World War II presents notable successes, as well as the most daring and outrageous plans.  Critical...
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    Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie
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    Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie

    A practical and therapeutic guide to managing anxiety, written specifically for those aged 14–25 by a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults. Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is aimed at young...
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    Greatest Walks of the World
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    Greatest Walks of the World

    Explore the most epic walking routes of the world from the comfort of your armchair: chart the routes, read details only a local would know, and see the beautiful destinations for yourself. Use this book to choose where to walk next, with notes on what...
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    When Grandma Burnt Her Bra
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    When Grandma Burnt Her Bra

    In When Grandma Burnt Her Bra, author Samantha Tidy and illustrator Aśka depict the world as seen by a child whose own grandma, a loud and proud feminist, was part of the revolution that now benefits us all. Readers of all types will enjoy this...
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    My Giant Sea Shell My Giant Sea Shell
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    My Giant Sea Shell

    Through the eyes of a child, we are taken on a journey, as she watches her mother disappear through depression and tries to understand her mothers’ transformation from what she once was, to where she is now, and how to help get her back and find her...
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  • Colour for Curlews
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    Colour for Curlews

    Who could resist a little dab of colour here and there? Two curious curlews discover a stash of paints and brushes. An adorable case of Australian birds introduce readers to the joy of colours and colour mixing.
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  • William Booth & His Salvation Army
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    William Booth & His Salvation Army

    The filthy back streets of London's East End in the Victorian era were home to every imaginable crime, vice and horror. Many thousands lived there without Christ and without hope, and no one seemed to care. But William Booth did care. In 1865 Booth...
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    Oliver Kitten’s Diary
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    Oliver Kitten’s Diary

    A truly innovative book for cat and kitten lovers — Oliver’s naughty and precocious perceptions of humans will delight, surprise and perhaps even shock you. Oliver Kitten was born in a firetruck and ends up living with a three-generation multicultural...
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  • For the Love of the Country
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    For the Love of the Country

    This gorgeous collection of photographs, accompanied by extended captions and insightful interviews, is a visual celebration of the New Zealand farmer and the landscape in which they live and work. It tells the stories of the people who are the backbone...
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    Bleat
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    Bleat

    Bleat is the book for people who think that of all the animals, goats are the GOAT – the greatest of all time! There is something about animals that inspires the child within us all. Something that gets grown adults to lean against their car window and...
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    Cats Work Like This Cats Work Like This
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    Cats Work Like This

    Cats Work Like This is for cat lovers who know that even after ten thousand years of living with cats, no one really has a clue what their cat is thinking. In this insider’s guide to the habits of these puzzling animals, the authors offer insights from...
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    Witchcraft: A Modern Guide
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    Witchcraft: A Modern Guide

    Delve into the ancient and venerable Craft of the Wise and learn the basics of witchcraft, both modern and traditional.   It’s an exciting journey, filled with insights into the Old Ways of traditional wise women (and people of any gender), ways to...
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    Crystals: A Modern Guide
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    Crystals: A Modern Guide

    Many cultures have cherished crystals for their supposed inherent powers. Today, we use crystals personally as decoration — in jewellery, in our homes — as a focus for meditation, and to remind us of what is possible. All three parts of this book follow...
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    Tarot: A Modern Guide
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    Tarot: A Modern Guide

    Tarot: A Modern Guide is a practical guide to the basics of the seventy-eight-card tarot, the most popular deck for self-development and divination.   The tarot is a path to self-development. Its images stimulate us to explore the forces that shape...
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    Chakras: A Modern Guide
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    Chakras: A Modern Guide

    Today’s modern chakra practitioners focus on the seven major chakras, which they visualize as part of the subtle energy field, or aura, that swirls around us in rainbow colours, each chakra relating to a certain key part of the body. With modern-day...
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    All Buttons Great and Small
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    All Buttons Great and Small

    Have you ever looked at a button and wondered about its history? Where it’s from? The craftmanship involved in its creation? In All Buttons Great and Small, author Lucy Godoroja takes readers on a visual tour of buttons, offering fascinating insights...
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    Lola and Grandpa
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    Lola and Grandpa

    Lola and Grandpa is the story of a young girl and the tender, loving relationship she shares with her grandpa. When Lola’s grandpa passes away, she struggles to cope. However, as time passes Lola starts to remember all of the special times they shared...
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    Evie is All Ears
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    Evie is All Ears

    Evie is all Ears introduces the story of Evie, the Bilby. Evie is deaf, but one day a way comes along for her to be “all ears” – will she be able to accept help to hear again? Following the story of a Bilby is a gentle, sensitive way to explain...
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    One Woman’s War and Peace
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    One Woman’s War and Peace

    In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world. Through her 16-year military career she deployed...
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    World War Two at Sea
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    World War Two at Sea

    As soon as war broke out in September 1939, the conflict at sea began. It raged without respite until the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan just under six years later. World War Two at Sea highlights the key moments in this absorbing story,...
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    Woof
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    Woof

    Dogs have a way of making our lives feel complete and no dog lover can imagine life without a canine friend. Woof: A book of happiness for dog lovers is a compendium of delightful quotes that capture the essence of this affection. Some are by famous...
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    Speak Easy
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    Speak Easy

    Surveys show that most people fear public speaking more than death! So, how do you prepare effectively for a speaking engagement? What do you need to know about your body, your voice, the audience, the technology? Maggie Eyre has over 30 years’...
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    Minibeasts
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    Minibeasts

    This stunning insight into the micro world of the minibeasts reveals the critical roles these true rulers of our world play in our future survival. Simply put, without the invertebrates (insects) and other tiny critters, humans would not survive. While...
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    Listening, Learning, Caring and Counselling
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    Listening, Learning, Caring and Counselling

    Written by an experienced and awarded psychologist, Listening, Learning, Caring and Counselling is essential reading for counsellors, support workers, case workers, medical practitioners, health professionals — from physiotherapists, pharmacists,...
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    Illuminating Wisdom
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    Illuminating Wisdom

    Illuminating Wisdom brings art and wisdom together in a beautiful celebration of some of the world’s most inspiring philosophical, spiritual and literary quotes. Approximately 80 quotes have been drawn from some of the great wisdom and literary...
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    I Don’t Have Time
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    I Don’t Have Time

    ‘Busy’ has become a competitive sport — and it’s one with no winners. But somewhere, underneath all the hard slog, are the things that bring us joy and give our lives meaning. I Don’t Have Time explores 50 excuses that hold us back in our health and...
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    Heartfulness
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    Heartfulness

    The mindfulness trend has seen mindfulness become valued more as an item in a personal toolkit as opposed to a full way of living. Dr Stephen McKenzie, a leading mindfulness author and teacher, brings us back to its roots –—connecting the heart with...
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    Happiness is a Red Teapot
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    Happiness is a Red Teapot

    For centuries, tea has held a valued place in both Eastern and Western cultures. From the ritual of a Japanese tea ceremony to the cosy informality of an English cuppa at the kitchen table, tea (whether green, black, white or herb) soothes, grounds and...
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    False Flags False Flags
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    False Flags

    Now available in paperback, False Flags tells the epic story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, Komet, Pinguin and Kormoran left Germany and waged a ‘pirate war’ in the South Seas...
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    Live and Laugh with Dementia
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    Live and Laugh with Dementia

    Worldwide, over 45 million people live with dementia. For every person with dementia, their family and carers face the decision of how best to care for them. Live and Laugh with Dementia is all about how to make life with dementia as positive as possible...
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    Ollie’s Treasure
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    Ollie’s Treasure

    Ollie’s Treasure is tale of mindfulness for young, developing minds. It’s a story about how simply noticing and taking in what is on offer to our senses can lead to the Holy Grail of treasure — happiness. Ollie’s Treasure takes children on a treasure...
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    Wake of the Invercauld
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    Wake of the Invercauld

    This is the story of Robert Holding, a young English adventurer who was only 23 when he was shipwrecked with 19 others on the Auckland Islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean in 1864. A year later he was rescued, along with only two of his shipmates. The...
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  • New Zealand’s Worst Disasters
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    New Zealand’s Worst Disasters

    The 30 stories in this book describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942? That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914? That a yacht race...
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