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Kicking Goals

December 4, 2018 by mstuart720

Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw Murdoch Books ISBN 9781760523855 RRP $24.99 Age 12+ Date of publication December 2018 Reviewer Megan Stuart With the long Summer holiday stretching ahead young people have time to reflect and this book is a good place to start. It gives ideas about how to be social, how to cope with bullies and body changes and relationships … in fact it covers a lot of areas. The two authors are good role models and they […]

Categories: Guide Book, Information, Miscellaneous, Murdoch Press, Non-Fiction, Reviewer - Megan Stuart, Young Adult • Tags: Health, Murdoch Books, Non-Fiction, Reviewer - Megan Stuart, Social media

Fizz Boom Bath!

July 30, 2018 by mstuart720

Isabel Bercaw, Caroline Bercaw Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781631064623 RRP $32.99 Date of publication July 25 2018 Reviewer Megan Stuart Well this book is “the bomb”. With increased interest in everything everything we eat and use this book enables you to make your own products and have some control over the ingredients used. The authors also contribute to organisations that clean up the world’s oceans from the sale of their products. Everyone’s a winner. The story behind the bombs is interesting […]

Categories: Allen & Unwin, Guide Book, Information, Miscellaneous, Non-Fiction, Reviewer - Megan Stuart • Tags: Allen & Unwin, Environment, Non-Fiction, Reviewer - Megan Stuart, science

New York Christmas

October 25, 2017 by mstuart720

Lisa Nieschlag and Lars Wentrup Julia Crawley Murdoch Books ISBN 9781760631567 RRP $39.99 Date of Publication October 25 2017 Reviewer Megan Stuart Christmas in New York is magical and this book has a magic feel on every page. Recipes, photos and stories are all gorgeous. Candy cane cupcakes, snow caps, cheese cake, blueberry brownies and lots more luscious recipes which make you think of cold weather and New York. If you can’t get to New York this Christmas or if […]

Categories: Cook Books, Guide Book, Illustrated, International, Miscellaneous, Murdoch Books Australia, Murdoch Press, Non-Fiction, Reviewer - Megan Stuart • Tags: Murdoch Books, New York, Recipes, Reviewer - Megan Stuart, travel

Me and Him: A Guide to Recovery

March 15, 2013 by dberger

Karen Tyrrell Me and Him: A Guide to Recovery is the second instalment from Karen Tyrrell regarding her journey through mental illness and back again. If you are unfamiliar with Karen’s first book please pop over to our review of Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness. It is in this book that the very important connection is made between recovery and support people. Karen reveals secrets her husband shared that changed everything she thought she knew about her recovery […]

Categories: Adult, Author Blog Tour, Autobiography, Guide Book, Memoir, Non-Fiction • Tags: Competition, Guide Book, Karen Tyrrell, Mental health, Support