Christopher Cheng

Linsay Knight

In conjunction with the Powerhouse Museum comes this comprehensive guide to Australia's most innovative inventions as well as their amazing creators. Full of facts, photos and fun surprises for curious kids and grown-ups alike. Imagine a world without wi-fi or clothes lines or lawnmowers or Vegemite or dual-flush toilets or even mousetraps. Weird, huh? These are just a few of the many inventions that have been created by clever Australians to solve some of life's difficult problems. PROBLEM: How do you find clues that are invisible to the naked eye at a crime scene? PROBLEM: How do you help a deaf person to hear everyday sounds? PROBLEM: How do you access the internet without having to plug in your computer? In Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations, you will find out about our nation's most ingenious inventions, their makers, and how to turn a bright idea into a useful creation. Be inspired!

Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations

Bear and Rat are the best of friends who do everything together, but Rat wonders if Bear will always be there to hold her hand, no matter what happens...

Bear and Rat

The year is 1901 and Australia is about to become its own country, forging a new identity independent of Great Britain, with its own governing body that unites the independent colonies as one nation. Melting Pot is the diary of Chek Chee, a Chinese boy living in Sydney's Chinese community; but for this boy life is unusually different. Not only are the Chinese about to suffer the threats and racism imposed by the new immigration policy, but also Chek Chee must face being an outsider amongst the Chinese as well, as his mother is a white Australian. Melting Pot is an exciting story that deals with the struggle between two cultures, family relations, treading the fine line between honesty and crime, and gang culture on the wharfs of Sydney.

The Diary of Edward, Chek Chee, Sydney 1903-1904

The Melting Pot

The Diary of Shu Cheong, Lambing Flat, NSW, 1860-1861. Shu Cheong works on the goldfields at Lambing Flat. Life is tough, and there are many white settlers who are anything but friendly. It is 1860, and the white miners' behaviour towards the Chinese is becoming more and more violent. Shu Cheong witnesses increasing hatred and brutality towards his people ... But he also learns the value of true friendship.

The Diary of Shu Cheong, Lambing Flat, NSW, 1860-1861

New Gold Mountain

Australian poets have a wonderful way with words and their poems bring to life the iconic Aussie characters and unforgettable landscape that are part of our Australian heritage. Many of these - Mulga Bill, Clancy of the Overflow, The Ant Explorer, M'Dougal, The Shearer's Wife and Mr Smith - are larger than life. And the poets who created them - AB Patterson, CJ Dennis, Thomas E Spencer, Louis Esson and DH Souter - have become heroic figures in our pantheon of stars.The 60 poems in this collection appear in their original, or near original, form and are wide-ranging in their subject matter: animals, the countryside, the struggle of bush life, early transport, sport, growing old, being young and having fun with words! But whether they are humorous, serious or playful, they are simply a joy to read!No matter if we grew up reciting these classic poems at school, quote from them on important occasions or are meeting them for the first time, there is no doubt that these classic poems embody what it is to be Australian.Edited by Christopher Cheng and illustrated by Gregory Rogers.

Classic Australian Poems

“This attractive and readable book is an excellent introduction to informational literature and to a fascinating creature.” — School Library Journal Python stirs and slithers out from her shelter, smelling the air with her forked tongue. It’s time to molt her dull scales and reveal the glistening snake underneath. Gliding along a tree, the hungry python stalks her prey. Combining informative facts, expressive illustrations, and a lyrical, mesmerizing narrative, this book will captivate anyone fascinated by this iconic creature.

Python

Sarah Davis

Combines onomatopoeic text, evocative illustrations and a whimsically spooky twist in a picture book celebration of Halloween's frightful sounds that repeats an "I'm not scared!" refrain in the face of whistling wind, squeaking bats and knocking windows.

Sounds Spooky!

It was just a small sparkle, but it was enough. Even though I had been given bigger pieces of gold, to find gold is an exciting feeling. My whole body was tingling! Shu Cheong works on the goldfields at Lambing Flat. It is 1860, and the white miners? behaviour towards the Chinese is becoming more and more violent. Shu Cheong witnesses increasing hatred and brutality towards his people... But he also learns the value of true friendship.

My Australian Story: New Gold Mountain

What does an Australian look like? Is it the clothes they wear? Is it the colour of their skin? My family says it is what’s inside that counts, not what people look like. Edward — Check Chee — lives with his parents above their store in Sydney’s Chinatown. His mother is English, his father is Chinese and Edward is trying to work out where he fits in. He’s not the only one — the new White Australia policy is making it harder for Chinese people to settle in Australia and the whole Chinese community must battle for rights that other Australians take for granted.

My Australian Story: The Melting Pot

Handbook of Vascular Motion provides a comprehensive review of the strategies and methods to quantify vascular motion and deformations relevant for cardiovascular device design and mechanical durability evaluation. It also explains the current state of knowledge of vascular beds that are particularly important for the medical device industry. Finally, it explores the application of vascular motion to computational simulations, benchtop testing and fatigue analysis, as well as further implications on clinical outcomes, product development and business. Describes methods to quantify vascular motion and deformations including choosing what data to collect, relevant medical imaging, image processing, geometric modeling, and deformation quantification techniques Includes deformations for vascular beds of particular importance in medical devices including the coronary arteries and heart, arteries of the head and neck, thoracic aorta and arch branches, abdominal aorta and visceral branches, lower extremity arteries, inferior vena cava, and lower extremity veins Explains how to convert raw deformations into boundary conditions suitable for durability evaluation, provides examples of using this information for computational simulations, benchtop testing, and fatigue analysis, and illustrates examples of how vascular motion affect clinical outcomes, product development, and business

Handbook of Vascular Motion

Filled with onomatopoeia this book with a delightfully spooky twist will have young readers listening for those spooky sounds and chanting, 'What's that noise that I can hear? I'm not scared!' In a rickety old house, spooky sounds fill the air. Crashing and slamming; Snarling and hissing; Creaking and mumbling. Who . or what .is making them? I'm not scared. Are you?

Christopher Cheng

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