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At First You Don't Succeed
At First You Don’t Succeed by Dylan Henry, follows the Sex and the City-style adventures of Mr Blake Pritchard. In #1 of the Mr Perfect's Apprentice eSeries, Blake undertakes one of the more awkward scenarios experienced by young (and not-so young) adults: the first date. A wonderful combination of stream-of-consciousness prose and dramatised motion video inserts. At First You Don't Succeed, then fasten your seatbelts... It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 4
A look at the changing traditions of the Australian Christmas table in comparison to other Christmas experiences from around the world. With a feature article from one of Australia's leading food historians, Barbara Santich. Includes embedded video demonstrations of Christmas-themed cocktails from mixologist Jess Baines; knitting patterns from the 1940s courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; and tips for living 'the Christmas cliché'.
Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 2
Women and Community Cookbooks – Maria Kozslik Donovan The introduction of 'exotic' foods into the Australian mainstream in the 1950s through the books and columns of a largely forgotten food pioneer, Maria Kozslik Donovan. With a feature story from culinary academic Professor Donna Lee Brien. Includes embedded video demonstrations from guest chef, Rob Staedler; further source materials from William Angliss Special Collections; and the introduction of community chefs, Brenda and Maria.
Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 6
Transit Menus – Railways & Ships The art of designing menus for passenger transport, focusing on the heyday of railway dining in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the Canadian Pacific Railway. With a feature article by Canadian food academic, Wendy Blackwood. Includes embedded videos on constructing a menu with guest chef Melissa Biczo; menus from our feature archive at Monash University in Melbourne, and those famous last feasts on the likes of the Titanic and Hindenburg.
Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 8
Lollies, Candies and Sweets The appeal of old-fashioned lollies and their indelible imprint on our childhood memories, with a feature story from lolly PhD scholar, Dr Toni Risson. Includes embedded videos on creating a Dolly Varden cake with trainer of chefs Lourayne Mahood from William Angliss Institute, as well as a look at our ongoing love affair with chocolate, and a romp through a lifetime of Kit Kat courtesy of Nestlé Australia.
Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 7
For this particular issue, we went out to Shadowfax Winery (www.shadowfax.com.au) - just a short 30-minute drive from Melbourne, Australia – to create our monthly preview video. Here, we took a look at one of the essentials of the dining table: wine. Taking us through the grapevines is our feature writer, Max Allen, who details the fortunes and failures of Australian wines in England across the past 100 years or so.
Tablet to Scoreboard Vol 1 Issue 1
The early years and development of the game known as Australian Rules football in the 19th and 20th centuries. With a feature story by leading Australian sports historian Mark Pennings. Includes archival materials from the Essendon Football Club's Hall of Fame; embedded video interview with Essendon FC legend, Simon Madden; imagery from the State Library of Victoria and much, much more.
Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 5
Australian Jewish Cookbooks Jewish cuisine, and in particular Australian Jewish Cookbooks, contextualised within the global Jewish dining diaspora. With a feature article from food enthusiast – and avid Jewish cookbook collector – Shelley Cohney. Includes embedded video 'reinterpretations' of some classic Jewish dishes with kosher caterer David Trakhtman, a spotlight on The Jewish Museum of Australia; the rules of keeping a kosher kitchen; and some handy Yiddish phrases.
The Spanish Tercios 1536–1704
A mixed infantry formation made up of about 3,000 men armed with pikes, swords and handguns, the innovative and influential tercio or 'Spanish square' was the basic combat unit of the armies of Spain throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries. Arguably the first permanent tactical formation seen in Europe since the Roman cohort, the tercio was the forerunner of modern formations such as the battalion and regiment. The variety of different weapons fielded in the tercio meant the Spanish infantry could resist opposing cavalry forces while overcoming every kind of enemy infantry deployed against them. Featuring full-colour artwork and photographs of rare items held at the Spanish Army Museum, this study covers the whole period during which the tercios were active, opening with the third Italian war between the forces of France and the Holy Roman Emperor and concluding with the final transformation of the Spanish tercios into regiments in 1704.
Prophetic Liturgy
The primary purpose of Prophetic Liturgy is to inquire into the prophetic dimension of the liturgy. Some questions addressed in the book are: How can a liturgy be prophetic? How can liturgy form and transform individuals and communities? In which sense does the liturgy facilitate a living participation in socio-political-economic life? How does the sacramental practice challenge the church to mediate God's gifts of grace, love, justice, and mercy to the world? Possible answers for these questions begin to emerge as we develop an understanding of religious praxis as an active and dynamic prophetic action, in which the community of faith claims its identity, promotes an engaged faithful Christ...
