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  The Australian Wars - The truth...

  Mina Murray, Stephen Gapps,...

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  The truth about the bloody battles fought to establish a nation 
   
  For the first time, The Australian Wars brings what for too long has been considered the historical past into connection with its reverberations in the present. 
   
  It is estimated up to 100,000 people died in the frontier wars that raged across Australia for more than 150 years. This is equivalent to the combined total of all Australians killed in foreign battles to date. But there are few memorials marking these first, domestic wars. 
   
  The Australian Wars was conceived by Rachel Perkins following her award-winning documentary series produced by Blackfella Films for SBS and edited along with Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds. This is the first book to tell the story of the continental sweep of massacres, guerilla warfare, resistance and the contests of firearms and traditional Aboriginal weaponry as Indigenous nations resisted colonial occupation of their lands, territory by territory. At stake was the sovereignty of an entire country. 
   
  Black and white writers tell the stories of these battles across three crucial time periods, and all the states and territories. It notes the lands that were unconquered, as well as the role of disease, weapons and tactics, and the story of women on the frontier. 
   
  This history is still alive in those descendants who carry the stories of their ancestors. The Australian Wars brings what for too long has been considered the historical past into the present so that we might know the truth of the origins of this nation. 
   
   
  'As it peels back the enduring veils of silence and denial about our shared past, The Australian Wars exposes a complex legacy of shame, pride, crime and valour. It offers us an opportunity to ask ourselves, in a spirit of humility and honesty, what it truly means to be an Australian patriot. The authors of this work have delivered a huge favour wrapped in a hard lesson.' TIM WINTON 
   
   
  'An inspiring, game-changing work of collective truth-telling about our shared history.' KATE GRENVILLE 
   
   
  ‘Rachel Perkins and her fellow editors have done us all a great service in bringing this history together.' DAVID KEMP AC 
   
   
  'Together with the TV series The Australian Wars puts down a marker: no more denial, no more cant. These wars happened and we cannot blink them away.' DON WATSON 
   
   
  'This book has the best of contemporary research. It will ensure that the original people of this nation are not denied the dignity of their resistance and the truth telling has the edge it should.' KIM BEAZLEY 
   
   
  'A compelling call to truth-telling and national reckoning. Essential reading for all Australians.' THE HON KEN WYATT AC

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  Learn Cantonese - Level 3:...

  Innovative Language Learning, ...

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  Had some experience in Cantonese? Up the challenge with Beginner! 
   
  
   
  Welcome to Beginner Cantonese, Volume 1. 
   
  
   
  Master the basics of Cantonese conversation! Start speaking Cantonese in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Beginner Cantonese. 
   
  Our native Cantonese hosts break down all the sentences, grammar and more in a simple, easily understandable way! 
   
  
   
  Here are a few topics covered in this audiobook:
   
  • Asking Questions
   
  • Making Negative Sentences
   
  • Calling for Help
   
  • Cantonese Cultural Tips and More!
   
  
   
  This isn't stale textbook material - it's fun, effective, and practical! You learn beginner Cantonese conversation that you can use immediately! 
   
  
   
  What you get in Beginner Cantonese:
   
  • 130+ pages of Cantonese learning material
   
  • 25 Cantonese lessons: dialog transcripts with translation, vocabulary, sample sentences and a grammar section
   
  • 25 Audio Lesson Tracks 
   
  • 25 Audio Review Tracks (practice new words and phrases)
   
  • 25 Audio Dialog Tracks (read along while you listen Interactive.
   
  
   
  Effective. And FUN! Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning. 
   
  Buy this now and start speaking Cantonese instantly!
   
  
   
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  The Role of Parents in Education...

  Frank Dixon

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  Do you want to make sure your kids get the best education they can possibly get? 
  Schools can help—but the truth is, your child’s biggest advantage is you. When parents get intentionally involved (at home and with school), kids build stronger habits, better confidence, and a mindset that helps them succeed for life. 
  The Role of Parents in Education shows you practical, realistic ways to support your child—without becoming overwhelmed, nagging constantly, or turning homework into a daily battle. 
  In this book, you’ll learn how to: 
   • Build simple routines that improve focus, motivation, and follow-through 
   • Help your child develop strong learning habits (even if they struggle) 
   • Support homework and studying in a calm, effective way 
   • Communicate with teachers and advocate for your child when needed 
   • Create a home environment that makes learning easier and more enjoyable 
   • Raise a more capable, independent, and well-educated child 
  Inside, you’ll discover: 
   • What to teach your child that they aren’t taught in school 
   • How to effectively raise a well-educated child 
   • The best parent involvement activities for participating in your kids’ education 
   • The long-term benefits of raising properly educated children 
   • And much more… 
  If you’re ready to become a more confident, more effective partner in your child’s learning, The Role of Parents in Education will help you improve your child’s education and future—one practical step at a time.

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  Everybody's Political What's What

  George Bernard Shaw

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  Confronted with these facts our sentimental hearthstone vaporing about parental care and me sacredness of the family as the inviolable unit of human society is only an excuse for doing nothing. Element­ary civilization is impossible without a moral code like the Ten Commandments, a technique of language, writing, and arithmetic, and a legal code of compulsory behavior completely abolishing individual liberty and free will within its scope. Unless people can be depended on to behave in an expected manner they cannot live in society, and must be either corrected or, if incorrigible, killed. Their life must be mostly dictated and institutional, and mere activities determined and predicable. And somebody must teach me codes to the children. They must be imposed on the child dogmatic­ally until it is old enough to understand them. 
  They can be imposed in various ways, by merciless whippings of children and cruel punishments of adults as well as by less savage and mischievous methods ; but they must be imposed somehow, or me human world will be an Alsatian madhouse. The necessity is fundamental; and the statesman who imagines that a formula of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, will solve all his problems will discover, if he is capable of learning from experience, that liberty must give way to equality and that fraternity may mean either the fraternity of Cain and Abel or the friendship of David and Jonathan. Children, if they are to grow up as citizens, must learn a good deal that their parents could not teach them even if they had the necessary time. The statesman must make provision for this teaching or he will presently find himself faced with the impossible task of maintaining civilization witl1 savages instead of citizens.

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  The Gunner and the Grunt - Two...

  Peter Burbank, Michael L. Kelley

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  The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of the same recon unit but from different angles. Michael Kelley, the "Gunner," was flying in an armed helicopter above the jungle providing suppressive fire support, while Peter Burbank, the "Grunt," was down in the jungle on foot patrol involved in fire fights with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. 
   
   
   
  The book follows these two Boston boys from army training through deployment to the war zone and the shock of first combat missions, to helicopter air assault "Search and Destroy" operations from the Cambodian border to the sands of the South China Sea.

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  Generative Artificial...

  Jerry Kaplan

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  Advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) have created a new class of computer systems that exhibit astonishing proficiency on a wide variety of tasks with superhuman performance, producing novel text, images, music, and software by analyzing enormous collections of digitized information. Soon, these systems will provide expert medical care; offer legal advice; draft documents; write computer programs; tutor our children; and generate music and art. These advances will accelerate progress in science, art, and human knowledge, but they will also bring new dangers. 
   
   
   
  Have we finally discovered the holy grail of AI—machines that match or exceed human intelligence? Which industries and professions will thrive, and which will wither? What risks and dangers will it pose? How can we ensure that these systems respect our ethical principles? Will the benefits be broadly distributed or accrue to a lucky few? How will GAI alter our political systems and international conflicts? Are we merely a stepping stone to a new form of non-biological life, or are we just getting better at building useful gadgets? 
   
   
   
  Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know® equips listeners with the knowledge to answer these pressing questions.

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