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Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue Five

Top reads Creative Schools: Revolutionising Education from the Ground Up Ken Robinson & Lou Ar onic a $32.99 RR P When his online TED talk ‘How Schools Kill Creativity’ is the most viewed in history, Ken Robinson is probably someone worth listening to. Sir Ken Robinson PhD is an internationally recognised leader in the development of creative thinking, education and innovative business. Throughout his career, he has argued the global need for a reinvigorated schooling system that embraces children’s individual creativity and ability. In Creative Schools, Robinson details his practical vision about how education can be transformed to enable young people to thrive and succeed in the 21st century, and to instil a love of learning in all children. Inspirational, proactive; a great read for all parents. Agent Storm: A Spy inside Al Qaeda Mortem Storm $19.99 RP If you were asked to kill your mentor, the one who gave you an identity and purpose, would you do it? What if they were a terrorist leader? Agent Storm is the story of unlikely Danish terrorist, Mortem Storm, a former bikie turned Islamic convert ready to wage Holy War in the name of Allah. His mentor, Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-Yemeni Islamic leader who was once the West’s most wanted member of al-Qaeda and second only to Osama bin Laden, involves Storm in a world of idolised preachers, shoe bombers and skewed ideology. When he loses his faith in 2006, Storm contacts European domestic intelligence agencies and eventually becomes an insider to the al-Qaeda movement for the CIA. His mission: to take out al-Awlaki. A gripping true story. Same hotel. DIFFeReNt PRIceS. Top reads Quicksand Steve Toltz $32.99 RP With wild comedy, stark lucidity and honest insight into our society, Toltz explores themes of resilience and suffering in the story of two mates, Aldo and Liam. Liam, a failed writer with an unsteady marriage and a dangerous job he doesn’t want, finally finds inspiration to write about his mate Aldo’s constant struggle against misfortune, the latest episode which could see him come undone. As Liam begins to document Aldo’s improbable but foreseeable experiences, the two embark on an exploration of fate, fear and friendship. In what the critics are calling a ‘dose of fierce iconoclasm and dark-peppered wit’, Quicksand observes Australian tradition and paints it red with humour. 2015 100 Pindara Magazine 2015


Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue Five
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