Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her — from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it — in her own words and on her own terms.
The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity's repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.
But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them - and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.
For over 130 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a symbol of the ethics, values and romance at the heart of the rugby union. To represent the Lions is the pinnacle for every international player in Britain and Ireland, and the dream of tens of thousands of avid fans who follow them. A Lions tour, undertaken every four years to the southern hemisphere, is more than a series of rugby matches played out on foreign fields; it is an epic crusade, where the chosen few face a succession of mental and physical challenges on their way to the Test arena, where they do battle with the superpowers of the world game.
August, 1943. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma death railway, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever.
The acclaimed international bestseller of the Tudor court, during the years of Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn - and the revolutionary sequence of events that followed.
Thousands of years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat atop the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global rule for a thousand years... But then, in 323 BC, the capstone was broken into seven pieces and hidden within the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.
Salim, a young Indian man, is offered a small business in Central Africa. Metty, the son of a slave family, goes with him. Salim eventually becomes involved in the dangerous politics of the state.
Mira needs to get home for the holidays—badly. But when an incoming blizzard results in a cancelled layover, it looks like she might get stuck at the Philadelphia airport indefinitely. And then Harper, Mira's glamorous seatmate from her initial flight, comes to the rescue. Harper and her three friends are renting a car, and they can drop Mira off on the way home. But as their trip begins, Mira discovers her fellow travellers aren't friends like she thought? They're total strangers. And every one of them seems to be hiding something dangerous.
Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There's Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There's Red London, where life and magic are revered.
It wasn't just one person who went missing, it was two people. Two very different people. They were there, and then they were gone, as if through a crack in the sky. After that, in a small town like Goodwood, where we had what Nan called 'a high density of acquaintanceship', everything stopped. Or at least it felt that way. The normal feeling of things stopped. Goodwood is a small town where everyone knows everything about everyone. It's a place where it's impossible to keep a secret.
A funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm.
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INDOOR PLANT SALE
From 8th to 9th May, there is a huge indoor plant sale.
You need to book a time slot.
8.00 am to 4.00 pm Saturday
10.00 am to 2.00 pm Sunday
36 Stephenson Street, Cremorne, VIC 3121
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It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth).
But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
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Exploring Space (4 part series)
Shedding Light on Electricity (new episodes just added)
Creative Careers (3 part series)
Miniclips: Algo's Coding Adventures (5 part series)
Software Careers (10 part series)
Coding in the Classroom (9 part series)
Creative Careers (3 part series)
Software Careers (10 part series)
Future Proof (2 Episodes)
Work Inspiration (6 new episodes add)
7.30 Report Climate Change specials (4 reports)
Discover the creativity and innovation of almost 100 years of Disney Animation in our next Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition. Disney: The Magic of Animation is shown in Australia for the very first time, exclusive to Melbourne.
With an Educational Introduction
Opens 13 May
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Presenting fine art and theatre on The Big Screen. A special season of films at: