Walk Sydney Streets
Author: Alan Waddell
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780646509631
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Sydney Noir
Author: Kirsten Tranter
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2019-01-08
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 1617756881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralia’s largest city “provides fertile ground for dark doings, as these 14 tales demonstrate . . . [a] cavalcade of crime Down Under” (Kirkus Reviews). Includes Kirsten Tranter’s Edgar Award-nominated “The Passenger” Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Now, “Sydney Noir brings together 14 compelling short stories by established and emerging Australian authors, each offering a startling glimpse into the dark heart of Sydney and its sprawling suburbs” (Sydney Morning Herald, Australian edition review). This anthology includes brand-new stories by Kirsten Tranter, Mandy Sayer, John Dale, Eleanor Limprecht, Mark Dapin, Leigh Redhead, Julie Koh, Peter Polites, Robert Drewe, Tom Gilling, Gabrielle Lord, Philip McLaren, P.M. Newton, and Peter Doyle. Shortlisted for the Danger Award presented by BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival Included in CrimeReads’s Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019 “Akashic delivers another impeccable anthology with Sydney Noir, a deep dive into the mean streets, artistic outlets, and sultry demimonde of Australia’s largest (and liveliest) city.”—CrimeReads “The 14 uniformly strong selections feature familiar subgenre figures: gangsters, ethically compromised cops, and people bent on revenge for the loss of a loved one . . . Fans of dark crime fiction will want to seek out other works by these contributors, most of whom will be unfamiliar to American readers.”—Publishers Weekly “Here is a tough but tender vision of multicultural working-class Australia, with all its wards and anxieties.”—Australian Book Review
Melbourne Circle
Author: Nick Gadd
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Published: 2021-07-23
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1922454079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver two years, writer Nick Gadd and his wife Lynne circled the city of Melbourne on foot, starting at Williamstown and ending in Port Melbourne. Along the way they uncovered lost buildings, secret places and mysterious signs that told of forgotten stories and curious characters from the past. Soon after they completed the circle, Lynne passed away from cancer. Melbourne Circle is the story of their journey, a memoir, and a stunning meditation on personal loss. ‘What a gem this book is! Oddity, wonderment, weirdness: these splendid essays reveal a marvellous Melbourne most of us have never encountered before. This is a psychogeography dense with vernacular history, humane detail, and from beneath the shadow of grief, love.’ – Gail Jones, author of Five Bells and The Death of Noah Glass ‘‘‘Psychojogging”’ and the pleasures of walking.’ – interview with Hilary Harper on Radio National, Life Matters ‘Marvellous Melbourne: the books that capture our city and its life.’ – The Age/Sydney Morning Herald ‘Melbourne Circle: Walking, Memory and Loss is a very special book. Just read it, and then take to the streets and walk with the same spirit of enquiry.’ – Sophie Cunningham, The Age ‘A beautiful meditation on the streets in which we live, ghosts, love and loss … While there is sadness in this book, Gadd writes with warmth, humour and a generosity of spirit.’ – Stephen Romei, The Weekend Australian ‘An endearing book about enduring love and serendipitous discoveries; of remnants of the past pasted onto old buildings, and the way these ghost signs are portals into another time.’ – The Saturday Paper
The New Nature
Author: Tim Low
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Published: 2017-01-03
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 1760143456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the NIB Waverley Award for Literature. Forget about wilderness, Tim Low says, nature lives in our cities and gardens, exploiting everything we do. Many endangered species now live in industrial zones and cities. In our forests, native creatures have become pests. Fifteen years on, The New Nature continues to challenge the way we view the interactions between human beings and nature, and pushes us to review our relationship with Australia's wilderness.
Numerical Street
Author: Hilary Bell
Publisher: NewSouth
Published: 2016-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781742232287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Starting with 1, begin in the park: Count up the street and get home before dark.' From the creators of the bestselling Alphabetical Sydney comes a counting book set in a bright and quirky streetscape where there's always something new to find. Children will love the fun rhyming text that guides them as they hop, skip or jump up Numerical Street - past cake shops, hair stylists, laundromats, pet stores and shoe repairers, with all their curious objects on display.
A Walk in Old Sydney
Author: Michael Tatlow
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781742571973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTake a trip back in time to Old Sydney and explore the colonial heart of one of the world's most beautiful cities!
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Author: Burton Gordon Malkiel
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780393057829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn informative guide to successful investing, offering a vast array of advice on how investors can tilt the odds in their favour.
The 30-Minute City
Author: David M Levinson
Publisher:
Published: 2019-12-24
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781650232096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes how to create the 30-Minute City. The first part of the book explains accessibility. We next consider access through history (chapter 2). Access is the driving force behind how cities were built. Its use today is described when looking at access and the Greater Sydney Commission's plan for Sydney.We then examine short-run fixes: things that can be done instantaneously, or nearly so, at low budget to restore access for people, which include retiming traffic signals (chapter 3) and deploying bike sharing (chapter 5) supported by protected bike lane networks (chapter 4), as well public transport timetables (chapter 6).We explore medium-run fixes that include implementing rapid bus networks (chapter 7) and configuring how people get to train stations by foot and on bus (chapter 8).We turn to longer-run fixes. These are as much policy changes as large investments, and include job/worker balance (chapter 10) and network restructuring (chapter 9) as well as urban restoration (chapter 11), suburban retrofit (chapter 12), and greenfield development (chapter 13).We conclude with thoughts about the 'pointlessness' of cities and how to restructure practice (chapter 14).The appendices provide detail on access measurement (Appendix A), the idea of accessibility loss (B), valuation (C), the rationale for the 30-minute threshold (D), and reliability (E). It concludes with what should we research (F).
Sydney's Best Bush, Park and City Walks
Author: Veechi Stuart
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781922131331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSydney's Best Bush Park & City Walks includes 18 easy walks, 25 medium walks and 8 hard walks, plus 12 walk variations. Each walk specifies the distance, the total ascent and descent, the grade and the estimated duration and is accompanied by an accurate full-colour map using latest GPS technology. Snippets about Sydney's history and the environment throughout the book add colour and interest to the walking experience. Families will enjoy information regarding child-friendly walks, and how to explore the bush safely with children of all ages. Over 150 full-colour photos complement the text, and provide you with a clear sense of the features on each walk. This guide will help you discover many of Sydney's classic walks, as well as some wild and adventurous tracks that few know exist.
Day Walks Sydney
Author: John Chapman
Publisher:
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781920995089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes 40 walking areas around Sydney with a total of 88 walk variations. For each walking area, one walk is described in detail and, if appropriate, a series of variations based on the main walk are provided.Walks range from 5.1 to 188km in length. Grades range from Easy to Hard and the grading is similar to that used by most walking clubs in Victoria hence there is something for everybody. The guide includes walks of all standards, while many of the easy walks are suitable for families, some of the hard walks require some untracked walking and are intended for experienced walkers.The book is a full colour production with colour topographic maps. The guide also includes a 2 page key map of the Sydney area and a 6 page Walk Index designed to assist with selecting a walk. An innovation over some books are the inclusion of gradient profiles showing climbs and descents, all at identical scales enabling easy comparison between different walks.
