australia

Getting into Hollywood is the dream of many and the outcome of few. Here, Rebel Wilson details her road to that promised land, the bizarre detours it took and the lessons she learned along the way. All in her usual hilarious way, of course.

A blue-ringed octopus is hidden in a coral reef off of Australia's coast. The creature pounces on a crab, trapping it in its tentacles. The little crab doesn't stand a chance against the venom of this octopus. Lively text and action-packed photos explore where this lightning-fast predator lives, how it hunts, and all that makes it a danger down under!.

Along the coast of Australia, a small insect walks across silk threads that spread away from a hole in the ground. One of the world's most dangerous spiders darts out from the burrow on a deadly mission. The bug never stood a chance against the funnel-web spider. Lively text and action-packed photos explore where this eight-legged predator lives, how it hunts, and all that makes it a danger down under!.

A box jellyfish swims through the oceans of Australia on a deadly mission. The small fish isn't fast enough to out swim the jellyfish's long tentacles and toxic venom. Lively text and action-packed photos explore where this deadly predator lives, how it hunts, and all that makes it a danger down under!.

"The land down under is halfway around the world from North America. It has summer when we have winter. Just imagine going to a warm beach on New Year's Day! In this book, readers can head there with just the turn of a page. Australia's most famous landmarks, art, and history are all included in the accessible, friendly text"--Amazon.

"Engaging images accompany information about ghost stories in Australia. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal with unresolved feelings about the first Zelda, Felix's childhood friend.

"It is 2011. You want nothing more than to be a journalist in Somalia like your aunty. But the truth can be dangerous--and when you and your little sister are left alone, you find yourself facing life-and-death choices at every turn. Can you escape a terrorist organisation and find a safe place to call home? You'll be asked to cross a desert on foot, hide below deck in a leaky boat, and put your life in the hands of people smugglers. At every turn, the choice is yours. How far will you go for freedom?"--OCLC.

The dragon Temeraire and Captain Will Laurence, having been convicted of treason and sent to the prison colony at New South Wales, is asked by Captain Bligh to help him regain his office, which was taken away from him when the government was overthrown, and, as the dragon and the rider journey through the forbidding Blue Mountains, they struggle to protect the two remaining dragon eggs they carry with them and find the missing third.