The Resource Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller]
Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller]
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The item Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Barry du Bois shares an incredible story that is heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measures. Faced with the recurrence of his incurable cancer Channel 10's The Living Room's building and design expert Barry Du Bois leaves nothing to chance as he embraces a do-or-die treatment to extend his time with his precious young children and wife Leonie. With the team at Dr Chis O'Brien's Life House and his best mates TV chef Miguel Maestre, Amanda Keller and Chris Brown in his corner, Barry shares an incredible story that is heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measures.Raised in a fibro house beside a six-lane highway in Sydney's west, Barry retired from his successful building business in his early forties to deal with crippling depression but got a second wind as a television presenter talking about his favourite subjects, building and design, and becoming a later-life father to twins after a long quest via IVF and surrogacy. Now, during what Barry describes as his 'last episode', he contemplates a gifted life and the lessons learned
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760682996
- Label
- Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer
- Title
- Life force
- Title remainder
- an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer
- Statement of responsibility
- Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller]
- Subject
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- trueAustralia
- Cancer -- Diet therapy -- Recipes
- Cancer -- Patients -- Australia
- Cooking for the sick
- trueCoping
- Du Bois, Barry
- trueDu Bois, Barry -- Biography
- Du Bois, Barry -- Health
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- trueHouses -- Maintenance and repair
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Performing arts | Entertainers and celebrities
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues | Physical illness
- trueMen with depression
- truePeople with cancer
- trueTelevision personalities
- trueAustralian literature
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Barry du Bois shares an incredible story that is heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measures. Faced with the recurrence of his incurable cancer Channel 10's The Living Room's building and design expert Barry Du Bois leaves nothing to chance as he embraces a do-or-die treatment to extend his time with his precious young children and wife Leonie. With the team at Dr Chis O'Brien's Life House and his best mates TV chef Miguel Maestre, Amanda Keller and Chris Brown in his corner, Barry shares an incredible story that is heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measures.Raised in a fibro house beside a six-lane highway in Sydney's west, Barry retired from his successful building business in his early forties to deal with crippling depression but got a second wind as a television presenter talking about his favourite subjects, building and design, and becoming a later-life father to twins after a long quest via IVF and surrogacy. Now, during what Barry describes as his 'last episode', he contemplates a gifted life and the lessons learned
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- 10680877
- Cataloging source
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- Du Bois, Barry
- Dewey number
- 616.994
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- 1962-
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- Maestre, Miguel
- Keller, Amanda
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- True
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- Du Bois, Barry
- Du Bois, Barry
- Cancer
- Cooking for the sick
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- Target audience
- adult
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- Label
- Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller]
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- volume
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- nc
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- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
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- rdacontent
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- Control code
- 000062213357
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760682996
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1032832986
- Label
- Life force : an unforgettable story of family, friendship, food and cancer, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre ; [foreword by Amanda Keller]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- 000062213357
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- 23 cm.
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- xi, 218 pages
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- 9781760682996
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- (paperback)
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- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1032832986
Subject
- trueAustralia
- Cancer -- Diet therapy -- Recipes
- Cancer -- Patients -- Australia
- Cooking for the sick
- trueCoping
- Du Bois, Barry
- trueDu Bois, Barry -- Biography
- Du Bois, Barry -- Health
- trueFamilies
- trueHouses -- Maintenance and repair
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Performing arts | Entertainers and celebrities
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues | Physical illness
- trueMen with depression
- truePeople with cancer
- trueTelevision personalities
- trueAustralian literature
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
Genre
- trueBiography
- trueLife stories
- trueRecipes
- trueAustralian literature
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
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