New Releases by John Marsden

From the award-winning and bestselling author of the Tomorrow series, with new memoir Take Risks out now. When I hear parents say 'I want my children to enjoy their childhood; there'll be time when they're older to learn about those things', I hear the voices of those who are scared of the vastness of the universe. These adults have a view of childhood as some kind of discrete interval, rather than just a few years from the continuum of life. How fortunate that the spirit, courage and curiosity of many young people remain largely undefeated by such adults. John Marsden has spent his adult life engaging with young minds - through both his award-winning, internationally bestselling young adult fiction and his work as one of Australia's most esteemed and experienced educators. As the founder and principal of two schools, John is at the coalface of education and a daily witness to the inevitable and yet still mysterious process of growing up. Now, in this astonishing, insightful and ambitious manifesto, John pulls together all he has learned from over forty years' experience working with and writing for young people. He shares his insights into everything - from the role of schools and the importance of education, to problem parents and problem children, and the conundrum of what it means to grow up and be 'happy' in the 21st century.

Galloglas were mercenary warriors from the Hebrides and West Highlands who settled in Ireland in the later 13th century and achieved an extraordinary prominence on Irish battlefields throughout the three hundred years following. Fighting as heavy infantry - highly-disciplined, mail-armoured and wielding their characteristic weapon of the long-staved war-axe - they were the decisive military component in the Gaelic Irish resurgence of the 14th century and represented the cutting-edge of resistance to Tudor reconquest two hundred years later. Found first in the service of native Irish lords in Ulster and Connacht, they were later brought into Munster and Leinster by the gaelicised Anglo-Irish earls. By the 15th century they were established as Ireland''s first professional warrior class and, like other professional classes in the Gaelic world, they were organized on the basis of kin-group. The names of hereditary commanders of galloglas entered in the Irish annals identify these mercenary warrior kindreds as the MacCabes, MacDonnels, MacDowells, MacRorys, MacSheehys and MacSweeneys, all of them families descended from the Gaelic-Norse aristocracy of Argyll and the Isles - and yet their story has been called "a forgotten chapter of West Highland history". This account of the Galloglas is written from a decidedly Scottish perspective, tracing the origins of six kindreds and investigating the circumstances which brought about their relocation to Ireland. It goes on to examine the galloglas as warriors, pointing to their distinctly Norse character and proposing their battle-fury as "the last unmistakable echo of the Scandinavian impact on the Celtic west".

BOOK 3 IN THE AWARD - WINNING TOMORROW SERIES. The best series for Australian teens of all time.'''''''''''''''' The Age. Compulsively readable'''''''''''''''' New York Times. Australia''s king of young adult fiction'''''''''''''''' The Australian. Live what you believe in... die fighting for it. The third day comes a frost... a killing frost. The enemy spreads across the land, cold and relentless. They invade. They destroy. They kill. Only the heroism of Ellie and her friends can stop them. When hot courage meets icy death, who will win through?

C''est Mandy qui envoie la première lettre. L''annonce de Tracey ne lui a pas particulièrement plu, elle n''a pas l''habitude de ce genre de truc, mais c''est un dimanche de pluie rasoir, et il faut bien faire quelque chose. Tracey lui a écrit que sa réponse était la seule valable, et que même si sa ville, Prescott, est très loin d''Acacia Park, ce serait marrant de continuer et de devenir de vraies amies par correspondance. Au fil des semaines et des mois, les deux filles se font des confidences, se racontent leurs goûts, leurs petits copains, leurs sorties, se livrent de plus en plus et s''attachent l''une à l''autre. Mais tout se gâte le jour où Mandy confie une lettre pour Tracey à un ami qui part en séjour linguistique au lycée de Prescott. Tracey n''est pas et n''a jamais été inscrite au lycée de Prescott.

Mum is a rehab counselor for people with alcohol problems. Grandma Raynor lives next door. Dad is a driver for Elgas. Then there s me, fifteen, into a lot of different stuff. Music, surfing, animals, tennis, swimming, computer games. And my sister, Claire, and brother Toby. We re a typical Australian family. Barbeques, footy, gardening, school, Holden Commodores Then one day things change. April 26, Dad burns the toast, yells at Toby, thanks me for cleaning the cab of the truck, kisses Mum and Toby, then he s gone April 27, the war starts May 21, the city s in ruins, blackouts nearly all the time, food is hard to find September 13, Dad s hears news of a boat. We might get out of here yet September 28, it's just after dawn. A boat from their Navy has found us. We wave and cry and cheer. But then, slowly, we realise they are shouting at us, telling us to go away September 30, we are in a huge prison, with razor wire all around us. The government says there s no room for us. The Prime Minister says that if they let us out into the community it ll just encourage other illegal immigrants. The Deputy Prime Minister says we re not genuine refugees. The Minister for Immigration says we should have gone through the proper procedures and applied to come here the prescribed way. Apparently there was a queue or a waiting list or something, and we were meant to find an Immigration Office and put our names down to be considered. I guess they re right. I feel terrible about the trouble we ve caused them.

The follow-up to the bestselling Tomorrow series BOOK 2 IN THE ELLIE CHRONICLES TRILOGY "Addictive reading" Sydney Morning Herald "Australia''s king of young adult fiction" The Australian Packed full of action and high-drama, John Marsden delivers another fast-paced adventure that will thrill old fans and new readers alike. "I held my line. I knew from the war, if not from shooting rabbits, that we were safe enough for the first moments. It is too impossible to hit a target like us from a helicopter that''s rocking and rolling and trying to find its target. But maybe this guy had new equipment or maybe he was a brilliant shot or maybe he was just plain lucky. Bullet holes tore through the ute like a huge metal-punch was suddenly and roughly slamming a simultaneous line of them from our rear to our front." Ellie has struggled to put the war behind her and lead a normal life. Although what''s normal about your parents having been murdered; trying to run a farm and go to school; and bringing up a young boy who''s hiding terrible secrets about his past? Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

I don''t know what I''m doing here. Well, I do really ... I have been sent here to learn to talk again. Sent here because my mother can''t stand my silent presence at home. Sent here because of my face...'' She watches; she dreams. She sees more than they realise. She has worries and fears, hopes and desires. She is troubled; she is angry. Above all, she is lonely. She may be someone you know. She may be you. In John Marsden''s acclaimed debut novel, she tells her story, with humour and insight, with sensitivity and strength, with painful honesty. You will never forget her. When it was originally published, SO MUCH TO TELL YOU won a Children''s Book Council Book of the Year Award, a Victorian Premier''s Award and a Christopher Medal (USA), as well as being selected by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults.

"Na chwilę przestałam oddychać. Wiedziałam, że nie zdołam go powstrzymać. W pewnym sensie wcale nie chciałam go powstrzymywać. Naprawdę lubiłam Lee. Może nawet go kochałam. Nie byłam pewna. Czasami przypominało to miłość. Innym razem wolałam nie mieć z nim nic wspólnego. Czułam do niego pełną gamę emocji, od dzikiej namiętności po obrzydzenie. Ale miałam wątpliwości nie tylko co do Lee. Niczego nie byłam pewna. Wszystko wywróciło się nam do góry nogami. A uczucia, które próbowaliśmy zagłuszyć, wracają, coraz silniejsze. I okazuje się, że udawanie twardych i racjonalnych nie ma sensu. Bo gdy dopuścisz do głosu emocje, nieważne staje się to, po czyjej stronie ktoś stoi. Ważne, co do niego czujesz. Jutro to fenomen. Powieści o grupie nastolatków, którzy walczą z tajemniczym wrogiem atakującym Australię, otrzymały kilkadziesiąt nagród w Australii, Stanach Zjednoczonych, Szwecji i Niemczech. W USA znalazły się na liście najlepszych książek dla młodzieży, a w Szwecji na pierwszym miejscu na liście książek polecanych przez nastolatków. W Polsce również stały się bestsellerami. ”Jutro zadaje kłam przesądom, jakoby bestseller miał być opartą na schematach banalną historią. [...] To trochę thriller, trochę sensacja - czyta się doskonale bez względu na wiek. Nic dziwnego, że powieść Jutro stała się bestsellerem.” Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało, „Gazeta Wyborcza” "

One of the greatest medieval warriors Harald Sigurdsson, nicknamed Hardrada (Harold the Ruthless or hard ruler) fell in battle in an attempt to snatch the crown of England. The spectacular and heroic career which ended at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066 had taken Harald from Norway to Russia and Constantinople and saw him gain a kingdom by force and determination rather than right or inheritance. He was one of the most feared rulers in Europe and was first and foremost a professional soldier, who acquired great wealth by plunder and showed no mercy to those he conquered. '' Harald Hardrada: The Warrior''s Way'' reconstructs a military career spanning three and a half decades and involving encounters with an extraordinary range of allies and enemies in sea-fights and land battles, sieges and viking raids across a variety of theatres of war. John Marsden''s superbly researched and powerfully written account takes us from the lands of the Norsemen to Byzantium and the Crusades and makes clear how England moved decisively from three hundred years of exposure to the Scandinavian orbit to a stronger identification with continental Europe following the Norman invasion.

Nie ma już żadnych zasad. Mam na imię Ellie. Kilka dni temu wybraliśmy się w siedem osób na wyprawę do samego Piekła. Tak nazywa się niedostępne miejsce w górach. Wycieczka była próbą naszej przyjaźni. Niektórych z nas połączyło nawet coś więcej. Szczęśliwi wróciliśmy do domu. Ale to był powrót do piekła. Znaleźliśmy martwe zwierzęta, a nasi rodzice i wszyscy mieszkańcy miasta zniknęli. Okazało się, że naszego świata już nie ma. Że nie ma już żadnych zasad. A jutro musimy stworzyć własne. "Jutro" to pierwsza z siedmiu części serii. Kolejny tom ukaże się w czerwcu 2011. Na podstawie książki powstał film "Tomorrow, When the War Began".

The follow-up to the bestselling Tomorrow series BOOK 1 IN THE ELLIE CHRONICLES TRILOGY "Addictive reading" Sydney Morning Herald "Australia''s king of young adult fiction" The Australian We were halfway up the spur when we heard it. Homer and Gavin and I, just the three of us... I''d say there were fifteen shots in the first volley, evenly spaced, lasting about twenty-five seconds... All the way down the spur I''d heard the scattered shots, getting closer as I got closer, and all the way down I tried to think of reasonable explanations for them, and I couldn''t think of a single thing that made sense. The town of Wirrawee is emerging from war, slowly, like a flower after a cold snap. Businesses are starting to reopen, the school has re-commenced classes, and local farmers are gradually repossessing their land. But it''s not the same Australia as before the war. A new nation exists just a few miles away, a new border that separates Australia from its invaders. Or does it? For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war - the things she, Homer, Lee, Fi and the others had to do - all worthwhile. It''s where she belongs. But the war won''t let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself. It''s a new kind of fight. And the enemy isn''t always from the other side of the border. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

The 'other royal family' of the sub-title is first noticed in the seventh century as the Cenel Loairn, one of the principal dynastic kindreds of Dalriada, the embryonic kingdom of the Scots in Argyll. By the end of that century they had displaced the Cenel nGabrain, a kindred descended from the traditional founding dynast Fergus Mor, from over-kingship of Dalriada and clung on to power until the Pictish onslaught of the 730s. While the Cenel Gabrain extended eastward into Pictland as the MacAlpin kings of Alba, the Cenel Loairn moved up the Great Glen to reappear as hereditary mormaers of Moray, effectively kings in the north who achieved their pinnacle of ascendancy when Macbeth seized the high-kingship of Scots in 1040. His death, and that of his kinsman and successor Lulach, at the hands of Malcolm Canmore signalled the resurgence of the Cenel nGabrain and launched the Cenel Loairn into terminal decline. Yet the house of Lulach still pursued its claim on kingship through a sequence of rebellions against Canmore kings which continued into the second quarter of the thirteenth century. "Kings, Mormaers, Rebels" traces the story of the Cenel Loairn and its descendent kindreds through more than six hundred years to throw an unfamiliar side-light on the emergence of the medieval kingdom of the Scots.

"The rabbits came many grandparents ago. They built houses, made roads, had children. They cut down trees. A whole continent of rabbits ..."--Back cover.

"Originally published in Australia in 1999 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd."--T.p. verso.

"Dreamed about you again.Like I do most nights.Sometimes it's nightmares,sometimes it's good dreams,sometimes I have to change the sheets."[Contents may offend some readers]"You can squeeze my lemon, baby, juice runs down my legs."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.He has a world-wide reputation for strong and gutsy stories about Australian teenagers.But even John Marsden has never written a book as powerful and gutsy as Dear Miffy.Is there something wrong when your main ambition in life is to be dead?

As survivors of an enemy invasion of their homeland, Ellie and her friends return to Australia as guides for soldiers from New Zealand who plan an attack on the Wirrawee airfield.

"The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet commissioned Marsden Jacob Associates (MJA) to provide a high-level review and discussion paper on water supply and demand in Australia''s major urban centres. The purpose of the review is to provide an overview of the situation and identify impediments to, and opportunities for, securing future urban water supply in Australia, in each of the eight capital cities, and in selected regional centres."--p. 2.

James, a strange, silent boy, makes the acquaintance of old Mr. Woodford, a physicist who constructs a mysterious black box, but when the box comes into the boy''s possession, it draws him into a magical and dangerous world, in and out of time.

Uses rabbits, a species introduced to Australia, to represent an allegory of the arrival of Europeans in Australia and the widespread environmental destruction caused by man throughout the continent. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

A quick reference and authoritative guide to wellbeing for men and women. Today we run our lives at a frenetic pace, juggling our work commitments with those in our social and personal lives. Our lifestyle choices affect us physically and psychologically but we may be unaware of the impact of these or at a loss of how to improve our wellbeing effectively. Here, Dr John Marsden and Alison Dillon will expertly guide us through the maze of modern lifestyles. Drawing on up-to-date medical and scientific research, they will offer us clear facts and information so that we can make informed choices about how we wish to live our lives at work, rest and play. They also tackle the thorny issues of dieting and detoxing and highlights common ailments that we may encounter. Supplemented with questionnaires and quick tips, Dr John and Alison show us how to achieve ultimate wellbeing.

Paperback release of a humorous picture story book for young children first published 2002. Little Millie appears to be ''so good'', but young readers can discover whether this is really the case by looking carefully at the pictures. But no matter what Millie does, her parents still love her. Author is best known for his best-selling fiction for teenagers, including the Tomorrow series. His other picture books include ''Goodnight and Thanks for the Teeth'' and ''The Rabbits'', named 1999 Children''s Book Council Picture Book of the Year. Illustrator is the writer and illustrator of the Fang Fang series, including ''Fang Fang''s Chinese New Year'', which received the 1997 Crichton Award for Illustration.

While trying to care for a group of abandoned young children, five Australian teenagers continue their struggle for survival and their resistance against the enemy invading their homeland.

Twee 16-jarige meisjes, met een heel verschillende levenservaring, zoeken in een briefwisseling steun bij elkaar.

Judith Nobel is a respected, strong-willed young school teacher who came to the island in the Pacific Northwest a decade ago to give birth to her twin daughters. A private person, the locals know little about her except that she''s a gifted educator. Ben Trilby is another of the Island''s anomalies, an ex-police officer who says little and limps around on a cane while quietly running his local business. Like Judith, Ben came to the island to forget about his past, as well as the shooting that killed his female partner and left him crippled for life. Appearing content within their secluded, but separate lives, Judith and Ben know something is missing. One day, an innocent action of one of Judith''s pupils sets into motion a series of events that will end in a tragic accident. Clinically dead for twenty-two minutes, Judith finds herself in a kind of utopian library where the books she''s invited to read are about people from her past who have died. From these books she learns a secret about each person that she never knew before. When she leaves the library, she takes with her the will to love again. In the Lord''s Library is a colorful story about ordinary people, and the extraordinary strength of the human spirit.

"I found Ellie's voice quite unexpectedly, as I drove back from the tip one Saturday afternoon. I was in an old Landrover, just 500 metres from home, and suddenly I could hear Ellie talking... " In his fiction John Marsden explores the lives of the guilty, the inarticulate, the crazy, the brave and the resourceful. Read about his ideas and his experiences in Marsden on Marsden - a frank, behind-the-scenes look at what John was really thinking about when he wrote books like "Letters from the Inside" and the internationally acclaimed Tomorrow Series.

Ellie, Homer, Robyn, Lee, Fiona... Des adolescents pas comme les autres, qui ne se résignent pas à capituler face à une armée d'invasion pourtant surentraînée. Multipliant les opérations de commando et les sabotages périlleux, ils sont devenus les ennemis publics n° 1. Mais ces héros de l'ombre ont parfois l'impression d'être des créatures de l'enfer. Abandonnés de tous, en proie au doute, au dégoût et à la peur, ils continuent pourtant à rêver d'un monde meilleur. Parce qu'il faut croire en quelque chose...