Books published by publisher Murdoch Books

As teenage models, Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith know exactly what it feels like to grow up in a media savvy world which makes growing up far more complicated. Having traded in skinniness for feeling great through fitness and a balanced diet, Laura and Steph’s book A Girl’s Guide to Kicking Goals traces their journey towards finding balance, happiness and self-acceptance in a digital world. In the first chapter, Our Journeys, Steph and Laura narrate their unique journeys, from childhood to high school to their careers. They address pertinent issues such as eating disorders, beauty standards and the influence of social media. The second chapter, Being Social, examines social media. Laura and Steph stress the importance of making social media a positive space, and avoiding traps that many girls fall into, such as conflating reality and online life and needlessly comparing themselves to others. Steph and Laura talk about Beating the Bullies in the third chapter, and Your Body Changes, describes the natural changes girls go through at puberty and offers methods of coping with this turbulent time. Steph and Laura also offers pointers on maintaining loving, healthy relationships, both romantically and with family and friends, as well as how to manage time, including setting aside time to relax to reduce stress. Later chapters discuss how to Find Your Career Path, Exercise, and lastly, You Are What You Eat, which includes healthy yet delicious recipes to go with your new exercise regime that is tailored to you. From Brekkie cups, which are packed with eggs, bacon and goat’s cheese and Legendary lamb salads to Trixy bikkies, Steph and Laura have savoury and sweet recipes that are suitable for everyone.

Cleo's best friend is away, her parents are busy, and there's nothing to do but count raindrops - or tidy her room. Just when she thinks she'll never cheer up, Cleo has an idea. In the next story, Cleo longs for a pet but her mum and dad say no. Perhaps the answer is hidden somewhere unexpected...Two more endearing stories about Cleo, the little girl with a big imagination who always finds a way to have fun, from the creators of The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present.Praise for The Necklace and the Present: 'The stories are full of warmth, authenticity and humour...' Books + Publishing

From Tassie to the Top End, through the outback towns of Coober Pedy and Tennant Creek, to the coastal retreats of Fremantle, Cairns and Byron Bay and taking in the capital cities along the way, author- photographer David Darcy has traversed the length and breadth of the continent in search of women who have doggy tales to share.A Girl's Best Friend showcases a cross-section of women and their dogs, from all over the country and from all walks of life. Whether it's Nancy sitting in her humpy in the desert with her beloved Blacky, or Beccy taking time out to stroll the beach with Stevie or Margrit with Diamond amid the hustle of Melbourne's Chapel Street, all these women have one thing in common: a loving, compassionate bond with their dogs - who are not simply dogs, but members of the family, of course!The result is a series of wonderfully spontaneous and candid portraits of women and their canine companions - rescue dogs, family pets, working dogs or faithful guardians. Their stories are funny, powerful and heart-rending by turns and show us how strong are the ties that bind a girl to her best friend.

What is a burger? Is it merely a beef patty between two buns? Or is it something deeper, spiritual, a satisfaction of one's most carnal culinary desires, maybe even something naughtier? Mathew Ramsey takes the foodporn movement to its unabashed pinnacle with PornBurger. Inspired by his wildly popular blog pornburger.me (with over 2,400,000 visitors), Mathew has been steadily building his battalion of burger mongers with wild yet accessible takes on the classic burger. But don't be fooled by raunchy descriptions and Ramsey's signature burger puns, like the Bill U Murray Me?, Spamela Anderson, and the Willem DaFoe-nut. This burger freak is a culinary-school-educated chef devoted to the dark arts of hamburgery. Think Maple-bacon wrapped burgers; a lobster burger sandwiched between macaroni cheese buns; and a Pornburger topped with a crispy hash brown nest, truffled sausage gravy, cheddar cheese and a fried egg. Ramsey shows you how to master as many essential cooking techniques as he offers graphically delicious images to ...well drool over! Combining tantalizing meat blends, grinds, and cooking methods, a tempting range of vegetarian and pescatarian delights, and lip-smacking custom ketchups and pickles, PornBurger offers the ultimate dining experience and entices you to create your own culi-naughty adventure. Every element of every burger is open to reinterpretation-with PornBurger, get weird, get wild, and leave no burger fantasy unimagined ...or uneaten.

What happens when a boy bursts through the curtain of a deserted theatre and onto the world's most famous stage Midsummer magic - and a chase through the streets of Shakespeare's London. And that's just the start of it. Join the Boy and the Bear in three dramatic and captivating adventures: The Boy the Bear the Baron the Bard, Midsummer Knight, The Hero of Little Street

By mastering a few simple techniques, many seriously 'grown-up' items are well within the grasp of budding young chefs. In I Want to Be a Chef: Baking, the aim of the game is spectacular cakes, desserts and cookies as well as light-as-air sweet and savoury pastries. With more than 100 recipes to choose from, ranging from simple to show-off, young chefs will be baking just like a professional . maybe with a cooking show on television, too! All titles in this series: I Want to Be a Chef I Want to Be a Chef - Baking I Want to Be a Chef - Around the World

Have you ever wondered why sometimes after you have washed your socks, one of them mysteriously disappears? Or why your shoelaces always seem to get tangled into tricky knots? The answer is, you probably have a monster problem or, more specifically, two monster problems with a gobblesock living behind your washing machine and a shoelace monster nesting under your bed. The Monster Maintenance Manual is a field guide for monster-philes of all ages, focusing on sixty-four curious creatures. This spotters manual explains what they look like, what annoying habits they have and even if they are useful for anything. With big colour profile pictures for each monster and a handy section on how to keep them (or get rid of them), The Monster Maintenance Manual is a must have book for any aspiring monster expert.

Food critic turned farmer and sustainable seafood activist Matthew Evans, with his two best chef friends, show how seafood should be cooked. Simple recipes demystify everything from kingfish to sea urchin, snapper to octopus. Sometimes the lesser known seafood species have stronger gastronomic and ecological reasons to eat them! This book is all about the taste of food fresh from the sea, cooked with care and respect for the seafood populations. Includes dual measures.