Interdisciplinarity has seemingly become a paradigm for modern and meaningful research. Clearly, the interdisciplinary modus of deliberation enables to unfold relevant but quite different disciplinary perspectives to the reflection of broader scientific questions or societal problems. However, whether the comprehensive results of interdisciplinary reflection prove to be valid or to be acceptable in trans-disciplinary terms depends upon certain preconditions, which have to be fulfilled for ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”—Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta“Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”—Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and TeslaThe great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One,...

Diane Thiel’s eagerly anticipated collection of poems, Questions from Outer Space, explores fresh and often humorous perspectives that capture the surreal quality of our swiftly changing lives on this planet. The poems travel through questions on many fronts, challenging assumptions and locating unique angles of perception. This thought-provoking book reflects a deep engagement with the natural world, a questioning of our built systems, the expansive wilderness of parenting, and t...

The first bushfires began before spring of 2019, and they raged throughout Australia until the fires were extinguished or died down where they were manageable by March 2020. This is a short story created with respect for those who are our firefighters and those who came to assist from other countries. Thank you!

A gripping story of heat, dust and desperation from a master storyteller. Fourteen-year-old Ernie went out to South Australia’s opal fields with his dad. That was five years ago. They still live in the same dugout, a burrow, not a house, not like the one he used to live in, and his dad’s pretty much given up. So Ernie’s working, tunnelling through sandstone. Some people use bulldozers and gelignite, but Ernie does it the old way, using a pick. And he goes down other people’s old shafts. Th...

A moving story which is now a major motion picture, Storm Boy is one of the classics of Australian writing for children.Storm Boy saves the life of Mr Percival, and in return the pelican helps Storm Boy’s father with his fishing and joins in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew. The boy and the pelican prove friends to the end.A favourite story, beautifully told.

Rookie Detective Dylan Palmer is handed a case that nobody else wanted. He was hitting brick walls until Senior Detective Chris Wood (AKA Woody) is ordered to assist. The body count keeps mounting, but the list of suspects is underwhelming. Lieutenant Paul Boehmke is desperate to put the perp behind bars, but that is easier said than done. With not enough clues left behind to know who, or what, is responsible for the killings, can they work together to discover if the 'Truth really is out ...

Everyone has a secret, a past, or something they'd just rather forget. Angie and Andreas are no different. But when their paths cross, they come face to face with the horrible truths that have been lying in wake haunting them for years. Andreas has lived with his uncle who has forced him to keep a secret about his father since he was a pup. But he isn't a pup anymore, and he's ready to claim his mate, despite the fact that he has been forbidden by Uncle Pete, and told to stay away from the...

Become entranced with the world beyond the wall where the Fae live. For hundreds of years the Fae have lived in the valley until the outsider crosses the wall of nothingness. Can he prove that he is worthy of being seen by the Fae or will he be sent to the pass, a place where you become nothing more than a shadow of yourself.

Cher is a waitress in a small cafe, her life will be changed forever after a new customer comes in for coffee. She begins to see, think and feel things she has never been open to before.Rhonda otherwise known as 'Ronnie' is a strong woman who is sure of who she is. As a twenty-five-year-old lesbian on a Harley, she is confident in her own skin. Until she meets Cher a waitress at a cafe.