Bookstore News

The Books Alive Great Read Guide will be available on Wednesday 25 July 2007 at all participating bookstores.   This is an annual industry initiative to promote reading and make it easy to find great title.  Dwyer’s Bookstore will be stocking all 50 books listed in the guide.  These books cover a range of interests and categories (Children, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography).  They are chosen by a panel of book industry experts from around Australia.

The role of fathers in encouraging their sons to read is often overlooked.    It was recently reported that the mere sight of seeing the head of the house sitting and enjoying a novel simply for pleasure was a rare event.   Just seeing their father relaxing after dinner with a good book (the TV turned down or off) may well establish better reading habits by their sons.  

Boys who do not have this role model will inevitably not form good reading habits.   Fathers who read will often create boys reading habits which will stand them in good stead in their future life.   Encouraging fathers and sons to have a time set aside will encourage excellent habits and lead to discovering the world of information and ideas waiting to be found within the covers and through local libraries.

Some suggested titles which will possibly get males reading and start this good reading habit are listed below… 

Bad Luck & Trouble http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/bad_luck_and_trouble

Rocking Wall Street by Marks http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/rocking_wall_street_four_powerful_strategies

The Forgotten Children http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/forgotten_children_the

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence written by B Wall  http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/coaching_for_emotional_intelligence

The Assault on Reason by Al Bone http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/assault_on_reason

Rex Hunts Fishing Australia http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/rex_hunts_fishing_australia

There are a myriad of titles which will catch and hold the attention of even the most reluctant male.  Obtaining these titles is as easy as clicking on the links or searching our website where you will find a wide choice.

 Happy reading!!

De Bono, who is in Australia for a series of lectures and to promote his latest book, How to Have Creative Ideas, says anyone can be creative but that some people are more creative than others.  Imagination is the playground in which creativity can work.  Sometimes in business we can forget how important the mind is, and just focus on the “doing”.  De Bono is all about “mind over matter”.  This book and all De Bono titles are essential reading for any person in business. Click here for more information on De Bono’s titles and to order your copy of his latest. http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/how_to_have_creative_ideas_62_exercises_to_develop_the_mind

The power of network marketing.  If you do nothing you get nothing.  If you do a lot, you get a lot.    Richard Branson and Warren Buffet use these marketing methods.   Do the research and let the real information speak for itself.  Like to get your key for success then just click below.

http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/confident_networking_for_career_success

 Other books on the same subject are :

 http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/rules_of_networking

http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/wisdom_network

Don’t stress over the not so important tasks.  Successful business icons advise to begin each day with a list of ‘things to do’ ranked in order of importance and with the goal not necessarily to tick off everything, but to complete the top ten.   Here are a couple of titles to help with good time management.

http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/time_management_from_the_inside_out_2nd_ed

http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/50/management_contradictionary

Our store has some great ideas for Mothers Day….not too far away.

And of course you can have your purchase gift wrapped with a card and message, and sent directly to mum! 

Check out our reader reviews and ratings to select a good title for Mum. 

An online gift voucher is also a good idea if you are not to sure what she would like to read.  Visit www.dwyersbookstore.com.au for our latest range of great books..

LOVE FEBRUARY! February is the month of love…so if you love reading visit our online store for reviews and ratings on a special range of books.
Don’t forget your valentine this February. You can purchase a gift voucher online at www.dwyersbookstore.com.au - it will be emailed to you immediately, so you’ll have something special to give your valentine…
Before you purchase your next book take a look at our expert reviews and ratings to help you make a good selection. We count on our reviews and ratings to help customers make an informed choice.
So just to CELEBRATE FEBRUARY, if you visit our online store and provide a review and rating on a book you have recently read, we will send you a $5 gift voucher to spend next time you shop online. Be quick because this great offer won’t last…
Win 2 nights stay at the Noosa Sebel Resort just by shopping online - draw closes 31 March 07!
The holidays are over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t relax and enjoy a good book, does it?

Li Cunxin’s best selling autobiography, Mao’s Last Dancer, first published in Australia by Penguin three and a half years ago, has finally been published in China.  It is a story of a young Chinese peasant who grew up worhshiping Mao Zedong, but flied to the US to follow capitalism in his adulthood.

‘Prespective’ in the Australian Financial Review on 3/4 February 2007 reported that the book will be published this month under licence by Shanghai’s Wenhui Press.

Mao’s Last Dancer has previously been published in 12 countries.  However many of Li Cunxin’s family have never read the autobiography and so this is a very emotional step to have the title finally published in chinese.

I have read Mao’s Last Dancer and enjoyed the very detailed texture and emotional experience it provided of Li’s life and times in his home towm of Qingdao with his parents and five brothers.  It is a very real and heartwrenching story of China’s cultural stance on many issues - views and actions that still prevail today in some areas.

The Australian Financial Review indicates that Li is now in hot demand around the world as a public speaker, doing some 70 speeches a year and charging $6,000 to $8,000 per speech.

To view Mao’s Last Dancer, the version in English!, visit http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/maos_last_dancer .  There is also a version of the book for young readers.

www.TripAdviser.com is a site that offers user-generated reviews of travel services.  TripAdvsior has 4.3 million members and people can rate their experiences at particular sites, and also offer views on a travel location or service.  TripAdviser.com offers a similar service to www.dwyersbookstore.com.au - our site has staff and user generated reviews and ratings on a growing range of books, in a broad range of categories.  It’s all about providing visitors and customers to the site with experiential information to assist them make a decision about the next book they wish to read.  This is very similar in a way to travelling to your next destination!  If you are travelling to a place you haven’t been to before I recommend that you at least have a browse through TripAdviser.com before you make your bookings.

The Australian Financial Review Weekend Magazine has voted Packers Lunch the Best Book for 2006. 

They refer to the title as “a resounding raspberry in the cathedral of respectability, an edifice which Chenoweth (the author) exposes as a flimsy backdrop constructed by those solid citizens of the corporate world whose morals are tailored to the many opportunities to make a killing.”

To read a review and title rating and see why, view title at http://www.dwyersbookstore.com.au/title/packers_lunch