Books published by publisher MACMILLAN EDUCATION AUSTRALIA

"English Matters" is a comprehensive four-level series for Caribbean students, which provides thorough preparation for lower secondary and CSEC examinations. Student's Books 1-3 are supported by detailed Teacher's Books with audio CDs to develop listening and speaking skills. Workbooks provide additional practice of key points. "English Matters for CSEC Examinations" includes thorough preparation for examinations including regular practice tests, model examination papers and annotated sample essays.

Why do stars seem to twinkle?Where do all the teaspoons go?Why is the Giant Panda so paradoxical?Why does dark matter matter?The world around (and inside) us is completely astonishing. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, the most esteemed science communicator in Australia, has chosen 101 fascinating facts from his bestselling books to delight and intrigue you. Taking a microscope to everyday science he gives us insights into the surprising origins of the "selfie", the rise and rise of 3D printing, how a nit is hatched by massive amounts of farting, why humans are basically fat doughnuts, and how you can stop milk from spoiling by dropping a Russian brown frog into it.These are things you need to know. These are things you don't even know you need to know.A riveting ride through the extraordinary world of science.

"Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianDreamed about you again. Like I do most nights.Tony writes letters. To Miffy.And breaks your heart.Your life's a solo run, and even the crowd that's cheering you want you to fall over. They love when you win, but they love it even better when you lose.Telling powerful stories has become the hallmark of John Marsden's writing. But even John Marsden has never written a book as powerful and gutsy as Dear Miffy.[Contents may offend some readers]

ON A SMALL ISLAND in the Tyrrhenian Sea there lives a boy as innocent as a seabird. Arturo's mother is dead; his father away. Black-clad women care for him, give him the freedom to come and go as he likes. Then the father returns with a new wife, Nunziata, a girl barely older than Arturo. At first hatred and contempt are all the boy feels for his stepmother. In time, Arturo and Nunziata re-create the tragedy and passion that are as old as the history of men and women.