2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Shortlists

Posted on 16 March 2011 by admin

The shortlists for the 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Continue reading →

Infidel – a book review from the 1st Wednesday Book Group

Posted on 2 March 2011 by admin

The book read by the 1st Wednesday Book Group for January 2011 was the autobiographical book Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Here are some of their thoughts regarding both the author and the book – Continue reading →

What makes us tick – a review

Posted on 27 January 2011 by admin

Author: Hugh Mackay

Title: What makes us tick?: the ten desires that drive us

Sydney : Hachette Australia, 2010

Yan’s pick

Hugh Mackay is an Australian leading social researcher. He devotes most of his times to listening to others. Others dreams, conversations, hopes and fears all become the natural materials for his books. Continue reading →

The legacy – a book review

Posted on 20 January 2011 by admin

Author: David Suzuki

Title: The legacy: an elder’s vision for our sustainable future

Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2010

Yan’s pick

If you’re confused by the fierce debate on climate change, or wondering what we should do about it, then, this book is truly for you. In fact, it’s for everyone. Continue reading →

Scare up a Good Book in January: online reading challenge at Parramatta (2)

Posted on 7 January 2011 by admin

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There are plenty of titles in non fiction for Scare up a Good Book in January: online reading challenge. For example, books on horror, true crime, myth, ghost stories, and spies, etc. Here is a list of non fiction titles for your information. Again, click the title/author, it will link you directly to Parramatta City Library online catalogue.

30 days of night (DVD)

The complete book of ghosts by Paul Roland

Encyclopedia horrifica by Joshua Gee

Ghost hunters by Yvette Fielding & Ciaran O’Keeffe

Haunted by John Pinkney

Hollywood haunted

Unsolved by John Pinkney

Abandoned by Geesche Jacobsen

The official CIA manual of trickery and deception by H. Keith Melton & Robert Wallace

The secret war with Iran by Ronen Bergman

Above the law by Ross Coulthart & Duncan McNab

Another twelve crimes that shocked the nation by Alan J. Whiticker