Jim Haynes

A new extended collection from Jim Haynes about the true essence of Australia - our yarns and stories, from every walk of life. 'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades' - Courier-Mail The Big Book of Australian Yarns is master storyteller Jim Haynes' comprehensive collection of factual and fanciful stories and humor. The yarns range from the poignant to the hilarious, the ridiculously Australian to the unexplained and spooky. There are heroic and inspiring Aussie characters, as well as our larrikins and crooks, and everyday humorous events told with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia. There are tall stories from the bush, yarns from the trenches and shearing sheds, railway stories, sporting legends and humor, and many things you never knew about our amazing history and the people who made it - men and women whose fascinating lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit. The result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history from all parts of the country and unearthing little known facts and undiscovered information, The Big Book of Australian Yarns will tell you things you never knew, have you smiling for days and spinning yarns to all your mates.

Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women who forged the nation we would one day become.There's Joseph Banks, the true founder of the colony; Surgeon John White, the saviour of the First Fleet; Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal freedom fighter; Mary Reiby, the horse thief who made good; Sapy Lovell, the Eora gypsy convict; John Donohue, the wild colonial boy; Lady Jane Franklin, the true leader of Van Diemen's Land - and many more Why did transportation occur, why did it end, and what was it like living in Australia from 1788 to 1870? Skilfully researched and told in Jim's warm and witty style, Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia answers these questions and brings to life well-known and unknown figures from Australia's history as a penal settlement. This is the true story of the colonisation of Australia. 'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades' -Courier-Mail

An incredible collection of true crime characters from Australia's master storyteller. The bold, the bad, and the slightly mad... Criminality, some say, is part of Australia's national identity, and in Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags Jim Haynes profiles fifteen larger-than-life Aussie rogues - some of our greatest ne'er-do-wells from colonial times to the modern era. These stories uncover the truth and expose the myths about characters ranging from the most despicable examples of humanity, to those whose courage has to be admired and whose so-called 'crimes' were unjustly punished. This fascinating collection features felons who have sprung from Australia's underbelly since 1788, such as the infamous Kate Leigh of the razor gangs; the convict Mary Bryant, who in 1791 escaped from the Sydney penal settlement and somehow made it back to England; James Hardy Vaux, who was sent to Australia no less than three times; Henry James O'Farrell, the madman who attempted to murder Prince Alfred in Sydney in 1868; and John Leak, who was repeatedly charged with insolence, disobedience and being absent without leave in World War I - and awarded the Victoria Cross. Told with Jim's inimitable combination of history and humour, Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags is packed with murders, mystery and miscreants: true stories of true criminals from Australia's past.

In the many years Jim has spent talking and writing about the quirkier events and people in our history, he has come across characters whose lives have amazed, surprised and amused him. This is a book about some of those people and their bizarre, remarkable, unusual and out of the ordinary lives. And in only the way Jim can, he's discovered that there is always more to the story than first meets the eye. Who knew, example, that the first man hanged in Australia made an artefact now valued at over one million dollars? Or that an Australian swimmer was the highest paid act on the American vaudeville circuit and the star of the first movie ever made with a budget of one million American dollars? And that the father of the first Australian woman to serve in parliament was hanged for murder? These are the stories that capture the heart and soul of the Australian spirit.

Did you know that Jorrocks raced till the grand old age of 19? Or that Melbourne Cup-winner Grand Flaneur never lost a race? Or that Sunline was the top stakes-winning mare in the world in her day? The Best Australian Racing Stories is chock-a-block with the victories and tragedies of these amazing champions and many more. Insiders reveal fascinating stories of the rags-to-riches lives of Tony Santic, Bart Cummings, and T.J. Smith. Some of Australia's finest writers, such as Banjo Paterson, C.J. Dennis, and Les Carlyon, tell tall tales and true of the racing life from Australia's earliest colonial times to the present day. Nat Gould, Jim Haynes, Bruce Montgomerie, Crackers Keenan, and many others share moving memories, engaging yarns, and laughs galore, ensuring that the coat-tuggers, touts, and urgers are never far from view and that the great characters of the track live on. Whether you are a racing tragic, a lover of horses, or a two-bob, once-a-year punter, you will love this horse racing celebration that ripples with all the laughter, romance, heartbreak, and humanity of the sport of kings.

A newly-elected U.S. President, elected on the promise torestrict oil exploration offshore and in other sensitive areas goesback on his promise. In response, a group of America's largest oilcompany CEOs, led by a mysterious and diabolical Saudi, wanthigher oil prices more than they want more oil and orchestratesa series of "accidents" involving offshore oil rigs, tankers andother oil facilities in an attempt to cause a public backlash thatwill force the President to stop new exploration and protecttheir profits. The CEOs even fund a "front" environmental groupto manage the public outcry. But something about the plan isnot as it seems. The Facilitator keeps the reader in suspenseas it builds to a climax that is both surprising and ingenious.

Providing the best of practical tools, real-world examples and proven theories, PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING: STRATEGIES & STRUCTURES, 11th Edition, teaches you the essentials of writing with understanding and purpose. Extremely student friendly, it guides you step by step through a logical progression of PR writing, starting with the roles and responsibilities of the PR writer, followed by writing principles, preparing to write, writing for select audiences, and writing for crisis situations. It thoroughly explains the different styles and techniques behind writing principles. The Eleventh Edition also includes an entire chapter devoted to writing for social media.

"They were shipped like sheep when the dawn was grey; And as the ships left Mudros Bay They squatted and perched where'er they could, And they laughed and swore as we knew they would. Knew they would- Knew they would; They laughed and swore as we knew they would." --Henry Lawson When 26,000 Anzac troops went ashore at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, most were going into battle for the first time. These are their yarns, poems, and recollections; their stories of recruitment, their memories of life in the trenches, their accounts of the fighting, and their evocations of coming home. Here are the stories of Australian nurses tending the wounded, the Light Horsemen who had to leave their mounts in Egypt, and the strange bond between the Australians and their Turkish enemy.This is a collection full of poignancy, horror, and sadness, as well as dry Aussie humor from one of Australia's most successful storytellers. It reminds us that Gallipoli was more than a military campaign. These are the forgotten stories and yarns that give heart to the Anzac legend.