Location: Grafton Campus, near Pound Street entrance
Phone: 66411667
Fax: 66411617
Email: ncigraftonlibrary@tafensw.edu.au
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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( 3 / 667 )Students and staff, please note that the library will be closed for the whole day on Jacaranda Thursday.
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Hello everybody,
As some of you know, I am a big fan of the game of Rugby League. So when this book arrived at the library last week, I was keen to read it and to make it our first Book of the Week for term 4.
The book is The two of me, written by Andrew “Joey” Johns, who has been described as one of the greatest players in the history of the game. At the beginning he explains that he suffers from bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) and that he is deeply embarrassed by and ashamed of some of his past behaviours. One of his aims in writing his story is to encourage people who suffer from this mental illness to seek help. He loved playing football, but he hated the public recognition that came with sporting success.
We learn that Andrew is a voracious reader, that he appreciates art, loves to visit museums, is a good cook and that surfing brings him a lot of relaxation and enjoyment.
He tells the story of his life in a very readable, conversational style. The book also includes comments by team mates, coaches and other sportsmen.
Andrew’s prodigious talent and footballing feats are in stark contrast to his struggles to come to terms with his fame and his mental illness. He is a likeable, strongly family oriented and humble character and his book is well worth reading.
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