Location: Grafton Campus, near Pound Street entrance
Phone: 66411667
Fax: 66411617
Email: ncigraftonlibrary@tafensw.edu.au
Hi everyone,
This weeks book of the week Mind mood Foods. Available for loan @Grafton campus library.
Mind Mood Foods by Hazel Courteney & Kathryn Marsden
The theme for our library display this week is ‘Food for thought’. What better book to use for this weeks book of the week than a book titled, Mind Mood Foods.
We often concern ourselves with eating food that is healthy for our body, low in fat, low in sugar, high in fibre, you get the picture. But how often do we think about what is good for our mind and our moods. Imagine, delicious recipes for better memory, focus, brain health or even meals that relax or revive us.
This book which by the way has beautiful colour illustrations (what’s a cook book without pictures) and over 100 divine recipes, also offers a comprehensive list of ingredients and their benefits and effect on our moods and brain power.
The recipes appear simple (although I must admit I have not tried any yet) and wholesome and they seem to use everyday ingredients.
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( 3 / 695 )Our website of the week this week is Marcom Projects, www.marcom.com.au. This company sells both education al and entertainment DVDs. You can download and browse catalogues in subject areas such as Business, Childhood, Computers, Engineering, Hospitality, Indigenous Studies, Psychology and Science. For each DVD there is a content description plus duration, year of publication and price. You can also search SBS DVDs, log in as a guest and find out details of their DVD content and prices.
*Hint: You could then talk to the library staff about purchasing selected DVDs for 2009.
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( 3 / 661 )You can check out the current news on any of a very comprehensive list of newspapers from all over the country, searching by paper title, state or town.
Very useful for students/teachers and a great way to catch up on what is happening in the town you grew up in, but left years ago!
Go to: www.nla.gov.au/npapers
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( 3 / 698 )The book of the week is The Secret River , by Kate Grenville. Set in New South Wales in the early years of the nineteenth century the book tells the story of William Thornhill, a bargeman from the London slums. He is transported in 1806 for stealing a load of timber, and arrives with his wife and children in a harsh land that he cannot understand.
After a few years he is pardoned and takes up land on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. But the land is already owned by The Darug people. Hostility between the Aboriginal people and the white settlers escalates. Finally a few of William’s neighbours decide to “settle” the Darug for once and for all. Will William join them?
This book has won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (for writers from the British Commonwealth) in 2006. If you like historical fiction, this book is for you!
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The website of the week is Mind Tools, www.mindtools.com/index.html. While some of the material on the site must be paid for, there are many free resources on skills that are helpful in the workforce. Some of these free resources are on leadership skills, problem solving, decision making, project management, practical creativity, time management, stress management, information skills, communication skills and memory improvement. You can subscribe to a free e-newsletter.
Whether you are teaching communication modules or if you are wanting to improve your own skills, Mind Tools is well worth a look.
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