Feathers fly when a penniless wildlife artist accidentally traps the world's last living Paradise Parrot in the ramshackle ghost town he shares with his enigmatic pet wallaby and a mysterious Indian barrister. It seems everyone has a claim on the soon-famous bird, and the reclusive and unworldly young painter finds himself up against government bureaucrats, animal protection officials, police, the courts, the gutter press, and an eccentric multi-millionaire birdwatcher with madcap plans of his own. Nothing else for it but to take flight into the great Australian bush where the artist, his...
Feathers fly when a penniless wildlife artist accidentally traps the world's last living Paradise Parrot in the ramshackle ghost town he shares with h...
Global Warming - governments everywhere have put it in the "too-hard basket." But not in Australia where the Prime Minister is loudly trumpeting his concern on the international stage. Behind closed doors, however, it's a very different story and one the P.M. wants to keep tightly under wraps. Then along come the Randters: two illiterate geriatric farmers tricked off their land at Wombat Hole in the desolate outback. Now struggling to survive homeless in the city, they meet an idealistic young Goth who helps them hide their deficiencies and get clerical employment in NOCCAM, the Australian...
Global Warming - governments everywhere have put it in the "too-hard basket." But not in Australia where the Prime Minister is loudly trumpeting his c...
Zed Burton loves sport, alcohol, fast food and girls ... he's a fairly normal 15-year-old of the future. But normality has its risks. When Earth is taken over by ultra-conservative forces, it isn't long before the Morality Police come knocking on his door. Before he wakes up to the danger facing him, his life takes a downward spiral that will see his mother condemned to poverty and disgrace and himself exiled to one of Jupiter's moons, Callisto ... exiled for life. There, he encounters a bizarre human colony where every adult is a shrink and where head transplants are more popular than...
Zed Burton loves sport, alcohol, fast food and girls ... he's a fairly normal 15-year-old of the future. But normality has its risks. When Earth is ta...
This book is a "must read" investment for anyone who is thinking about suing Andrew Thelander, a former litigation lawyer now a prize-winning ethicist, introduces you to ancient and modern wisdom on the "rights" and "wrongs" of going to court. The Buddha, Confucius, Jesus ... they all had something to say on this issue. In plain language, the author explains why our "litigious society" is still a hot topic today. Is your lawsuit ethical? This book will help you answer that question, once and for all
This book is a "must read" investment for anyone who is thinking about suing Andrew Thelander, a former litigation lawyer now a prize-winning ethicis...
