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With the arrival of the Twentieth Century, Holland had control over all but the south of Bali, where rajas continued to resist foreign rule. The Dutch believed they could remove the last obstacle in the south with just one more major push.
Former journalist Bill Poulos delves deep into Australia's turbulent and lawless past with this collection of stories recalling crimes, murders and tragedies that once made headlines around the nation.
They are the ?Birdies' - the proud members of a unique fighting force unknown to the majority of Australians whose land and lives they have long protected.
The year is 1990, and for twenty-something Tom O'Connor, life is good. Descended from a family of Queensland pioneers, he runs a newspaper at Airlie Beach.
In the midst of a heated battle during the Vietnam War, Peter Jackson falls into a strange new adventure, where time is just another dimension?
This is a true-life story told by a man who believes that despite his start in life he succeeded in reaching the almost impossible goals he set for himself.
A matriarch is murdered, and detectives are faced with a tangled web of family secrets?
Join Australian soldiers, Stan and Billy, in their stubborn resistance against an overwhelming World War II Japanese force in Papua New Guinea as the Australians fight a tactical withdrawal along the Kokoda Track.
This book has been written about the struggles for survival of three generations of an extended Tatar family who lived through the most turbulent periods of Russian, as well as Chinese, history. It also contains the first chapter explaining...
In 1973, facing prosecution for dangerous driving following a high-speed motorcycle collision, a young civil engineer accepted a short-term job offer in Singapore. That twist of fate catapulted him into a global oil and gas industry fuelled...
Rosie Franklin is an enthusiastic teacher and sports coach who, through her desire for adventure, cements a teenage school friendship into a loving relationship with Chas Anderson.
A Surgeon journeys into the confronting world of military surgery in war zones distressed by civil war, humanitarian disasters and battlefield conflict.
After his parents die, John Summers grows up on his relatives' sheep grazing property situated in central western New South Wales. Although treated as an outcast by his adoptive family, John has a close relationship with his grandmother, wh...
A young New Zealand nursing student is lunching in her college café in 1974 when an unknown ?Black man with a halo of corkscrew curls' sits uninvited next to her. Within a year, she marries the stranger in a traditional Solomon Islands' cer...
Three young members of a Chinese commune risk all when they decide to flee the cultural revolution and make the treacherous swim to Hong Kong. For one, their desperate bid for prosperity and freedom comes to a tragic end.
From the age of two, Georgina experienced the vilest abuse and cruelty, unimaginable for the average person. It seemed that everywhere she turned, every man who came into her life had just one purpose in mind.
Young boys and girls are sexually abused by Father O'Halloran at a parish church choir in Melbourne. A secret self-help society, The Apocrypha, is organised by victims Ashley and Keith at their school.
Henry's Empire, an historical novel, is the story of the life and times of Ernest Henry, an English adventurer who, at the height of England's empire days, sought his fortune in Australia.
As the world turns to war in 1914, three brothers and an aboriginal stockman have a decision to make - join the conflict or remain within their rural idyll.
When Carmella meets the charming Shaun, she thinks she's hit the jackpot. Recovering from a rocky first date, the relationship develops into a promising connection, but then degenerates, in stages, into a manipulative and abusive disaster. ...
Someone amongst Jennifer's family harbours a dark secret and will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Even if it means killing. As the unimaginable truth unfolds, Jennifer finds herself in a race against time to protect the ones she love...
Nothing is as it seems among passengers on the New Zealand Star. Colonel Newton's impotency resides in another when portraying to enigmatic widow, Nancyng Jenkins, his role as emissary to a dying woman...
Bob McTaggart returns from a tour of duty with his special forces unit in Afghanistan and his world is turned upside down. He tries to put his life back on an even keel only to find himself ...
Vienna was a magnificent city in the last decades of the Austrian empire, a glittering centre of culture and opportunity. A young Jewish man from the provinces dreamed of a bright future there.
Noel Braun commenced his working career as a country school teacher, then moved into a corporate career, which took him from Melbourne to Perth and Sydney. He has had a lifelong passion for writing and wrote the first words of his novels over fort...
A funny and sensitive memoir about growing up on the semi-rural outskirts of Brisbane in the 1960s and 1970 and living and working in the Queensland Outback. From there to the opposite end of the spectrum and to urban Japan.
In no bed of roses, Teo speaks his story of being taken from his Polish village and forced into labour in Germany during World War II. He recalls the hardship, longing for home and perplexity of having his life turned upside down.
How did a runt from an impoverished U.S. farm family come to be a sensitive, but highly-trained, killer?
In 1980 escaping city life, Red Baxter joined an expedition by truck covering Latin America from California down to Cape Horn, and back up to the carnival at Rio. We met with harsh climates, heat, cold, and dust; also corrupt authorities, assault...
This book provides practical guidance to all people who are on the path to becoming leaders. The author focuses on the foundations of leadership — trust and care.
The time: 1999. The location: The mountainous district of Ermera, East Timor. The Participants: Locals from the various Timorese factions; Indonesian Police and Military; International Electoral Observers; United Nations personnel, paid staff,...
In January 2016, Christina's life is turned upside down when a mysterious white envelope is placed inside her hand by Julian, her husband of twenty-one years.
2001. East Timor remains a dangerous place. Memories of pro‑Indonesian savagery linger, a resurgent militia threatens, and a secret war rages between Indonesia and Australia.
At almost fifteen, Jess exists alone in a life which has known few luxuries.
A desperate attempt one night to free herself from her past is only the beginning of a new roller coaster ride of abuse and betrayal. She is thrust among strangers w...
For Whom the River Runs is a novel set in a small country town in 1954. It is a tragic tale of power and prejudice and the trials and tribulations of two boys whose innocence is tested by an environment jaundiced by the harsh realities of manipula...
Andrii Antonenko was born in the Ukraine in 1922 shortly before the Communist purges of the Kulaks. He and his family were sent to work camps in the frozen steppes of the far North when he wasn't even a teenager.
The Silk Roads created a vast trading empire which made China the wealthiest of nations. This also made China the prize other nations strived to plunder.
I know firsthand how limiting it can be growing up and living a life with a body that is abnormally big. I have been there. Hated it. It is definitely not a time I look upon with fond memories.
In 1902, three Australian volunteers who served with the British Army during the Anglo Boer War were tried and sentenced for executing Boer combatants. Lieutenants Harry 'Breaker' Morant and Peter Handcock were executed and George Witton sentenced...
“Shafts of memory like light from thunderclouds before a storm swept over them. There had been another time and another place when they had walked this path together.”
Nineteen-year-old Darryl Bishop was away droving when his birth-date was drawn from the Tenth National Service Ballot, 1969. On the 13th May 1971, Private Bishop departed Australia on HMAS Sydney, having earned his place in the Fourth Royal Austra...
Rick Hore-Lacy, law-student-turned-horse-trainer who became an Aussie legend in the sport of horse racing. The outspoken larrikin caused a furor in the Elite horse racing industry by breaking conventions with his vociferous opinions and infamous a...
In 1961, and one month following the disappearance of Michael C. Rockefeller off the southern coast of what was then known as Dutch Western New Guinea, Indonesia invaded and annexed the territory and commenced the systematic slaughter of indigenou...
In the 1860's in the Colony of Victoria, Tabu an aborigine goes 'walkabout' after a violent tribal fight during which his brother is killed. He rescues the wife of a drover/farmer — Michael, who is an escaped Convict.
Since the suicide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, Noel Braun struggled to find himself. All his life assumptions were overturned and he lost his sense of identity. Endeavouring to find some anchorage, he embarked on a spiritual ques...
Steven is a dynamic marketing man, Jewish but not religious. When he begins developing a new business strategy for an established chain of Church-run op-shops, he quickly forms a strong working relationship with Frances, one of the board members.
George Hutchinson grew up in western Sydney, Australia in the 1930s and 1940s — a time of great local and global change.
David's two teenage sons won't do their homework and don't like the bolognaise sauce he has cooked, his bicycle tyre is flat, the current subject of romantic interest hasn't phoned back and a school pullover has been lost.
An exciting journey through Australian history from 1812 to 1937, as the author sets out to solve the secrets of a mysterious grandmother he never knew.
Noel Braun yearns to walk the Camino, the ancient pilgrimage route that leads across France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Since the suicide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, he has struggled to find himself.
Christine went to the kitchen to get a sleeping tablet. She swallowed the whole bottle. Why? Christine had been strong all her life.
Butcher's boy Jimmy D'Aubin went willingly to war when duty called in 1916. Excited, thrilled to be part of a big adventure and determined to play his part in fighting the enemy.
Like so many of those fortunate to return, this son of a lov...
Professor Arif Ahmed steps warily into a seedy massage parlour in suburban Melbourne, uncertain what he will find beyond the beaded curtain.
The 1960s was a decade of social and political upheaval that reshaped every facet of American culture, from civil rights, through feminism, to gay liberation and the anti-Vietnam War movement.
I've got your release papers on my desk.' The superintendent had cheerfully stated.
'I think there has been some sort of mistake,' said Sorrowful, confused. 'I have at least ten years to go.'
He stopped to lean against a rail at the edge of the path, where the cliff jutted out, providing a popular sea-gazing spot. Seagulls wheeled majestically, soaring and hanging in the air like kites.
In his twilight years, John Summers reflects on his significant collection of assets, mostly centred on his extensive grazing enterprises in New South Wales. But his wealth is the product of a vile theft as a young man, which he has not div...
True to her word, Angelina Lorenzo sets out to exact her revenge on those next on her list. But police are closing in, and she is running out of places to hide.
Damengin is a country town in Queensland weighed down by the worst drought in living memory and its inhabitants are all desperately waiting
for government drought relief.
Most travel writing flatters destinations and how to get there - but not this book. While Fraser Beath McEwing loves travel, he has a wicked eye for absurdities, stuff-ups and grim realities, all narrated by a supreme humorist.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart: A Dreamed Response is a possible useful step towards answering the questions put before the Australian people in 2017 and goes some way towards rethinking our community.
It was 80,000 men of the lst Anzac corps who landed at Marseilles in March 1916 on their way to the Somme. After the arrival of the 2nd Anzac corps in June 1916,the two corps fought in France and Belgium until the end of the war. The number...
Many war veterans and their families have endured years of debilitating physical and emotional problems, and as a result they and their families have arguably suffered as much or more that those who have died during all conflicts in which A...
Go into the trenches with the Australian troops of the 9th Battalion. Follow the exploits of Lieutenant Peter Bowen and Sergeant Craig Williams during the major battles of 1917 and 1918.
My poetry is about life.
The funny side and the sad side.
The good times and bad. It is about love and loss. Man's inhumanity to man.
Dieter Paesano exploits the greed of small business "entrepreneurs" operating on the fringes of the gold industry in Africa. They are attracted by any proposition, risky or not, which leverages their investment stake.
National serviceman, Tom Duncan, was a changed man when he returned from the Vietnam conflict. His pompous father, a successful New England fine wool producer, stating that he'd not have the family's good name tarnished any more, banishes h...
From growing up in the Channel Islands post World War II, to running sheep and cattle stations in Australia, Memoirs of a Jersey Girl is the story of a life filled with adventure, achievement, and at times, tragedy.
Australia has five million baby boomers. Seventy-one-year-old Michael Thornton is one of them. He is so pissed off about the state of things, he's listed 3,300 gripes.
I was sitting in my hotel room after a nine-hour overnight flight clearing my emails before a busy week in Tokyo. An email from a friend popped up "Would you like to run a marathon in October?" he wrote.
There are many books about human struggles and achievements. This book offers the reader a captivating and inspirational account on how to build a live against diversity and many obstacles.
An extraordinary life of a Chinese woman who was born into a very rich family in the Republic of China, ten years after the last Manchuria Dynasty was overthrown. Her indulgent life was torn by the Sino-Japanese War in the 1940s and had t.....
It was the soldier, not the poet, Gave us freedom of expression. ?Twas the soldier, not the preacher, Gave us freedom of religion.
An engaging account of an Australian naval aviator's life, of lifelong friendships and dangers shared, and adventures on the high seas, in the skies, and in foreign ports.
An irreverent look at surviving PTSD and depression, remembering a lost Australia and its values and a celebration of perseverance and optimism.
Excited for the start of school life, Kiya was eager to make new friends. Hopeful to belong, she strived to fit in and yet she found herself an outcast, which threw her into an unlikely friendship with another outcast: a boy named Dorian. ...
Bill O'Brien was born out in the country at Bedellick, past the village of Hall, towards Yass, along Spring Range Road, where his father selected land, as a pioneer of the area. His grandfather, John, arrived in Australia from Limerick, Ireland, i...
The mighty water-wheel at Laxey mines in the Isle of Man has been set in motion. In its great shadow, Sarah and Patrick have fallen in love. It is a love that must be kept secret, for Patrick is Irish.
Join theological student, Andrew, who is recovering from a cancer scare, and his friend, Tony, on a Pilgrimage tour of the Holy Land. They visit places which ring a loud Christian bell and others which evoke a mere tinkle.
After being forced out of his previous livelihood, Warren Hill recovers a wrecked vessel considered to be near-unsalvageable, intending to transform it into a vessel tailor-made for collecting trochus shells off the Queensland coast.
“We often feel overwhelmed by tragedy, both on a global scale and from our own personal hardships. However, by surrendering to defeatism and negativity we do nothing towards building a better world. Worse still, at a personal level we fall i...
WHY ME?!
Have you ever wondered that?
What if I was to tell you that all the crap stuff you go through, consider bad, sucky and downright shit is actually doing you good?!
Although you may not see it now, every negative has a positi...
Norman McCance was one of the stars of early radio in Melbourne. He became immensely popular during the second half of the 1920s for his broadcasts of wrestling matches for radio station 3LO, now known as 774 ABC
In the mid-sixties Therrie receives a letter from an unknown soldier serving overseas. Falling hopelessly in love, she is catapulted on a course of love and adventure, unprepared for heartache and pain long after the Vietnam War is over.
A few months after her arrival in Australia, eighteen year old Chris Baxter reads a letter addressed to her boyfriend's mother that sets the course for the rest of her life.
In The Longest Journey: finding the true self, Amanda Stuart describes how clients, men and women, addressed a range of difficulties, including anxiety and depression.
Queen Charlotte, the Queen of Falconia and her husband King Philip have just had triplets. It should be a time of celebration, but old enemies have reappeared and two of the babies are magically interfered with.
Joe Burnett was living the dream; retired young from the corporate world and volunteering with his local fire brigade.
It didn't last.
Felix Schmidt is backpacking on the Camino de Santiago when he meets the love of his life, the beautiful French Pascaline. He brings her back to Australia where he joins a new firm of management consultants.
This is a simple non-technical book about how a Board of Directors works and what they do. It is ideal for new Directors or University business of finance graduates or business executives
A story of military service and courage - a brave man and his big, fearless horse.
What happened to young mum-to-be Krystal Fraser on 20 June 2009 after she checked herself out of hospital to go to a party rather than await the birth of her first child?
In late 1969 the 12th Field Regiment was warned to prepare for active service in South Vietnam in 1971-72. 'A' Field Battery replaced 102 Field Battery in the regiment and moved to Townsville in late 1969.
In 1956, the British government required all able-bodied 18 year old youths to report for two years military service unless they had flat feet or were convincingly gay. The army basic training period could be brutal.
When a father returns from the war to his farm in remote NSW, he must struggle to restore a sense of ?home'.
The story of a brave surf lifesaving rescue boat and how he survived the spills and mishaps of his first day on the job and in doing so earned his name.
Holly has been keeping a low profile at school to avoid situations where the class bully can make unkind comments about her single sex parents and exclude her.
The following book outlines, from lived experience, the true account of a riot situation in a prison facility. The opening pages describe ?business as usual' - the routines, procedures and protocols surrounding work in the prison arena - al...
The author's wide experience working in four Australian states, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and Central America has seen him encounter a variety of unusual events and accumulate a trove of funny stories, most of which are true.
Journalist, novelist, music critic, pianist, sportsman - it has taken Fraser Beath McEwing the experience of a lifetime to answer this question: What is it that directs all living creatures to behave the way they do?
With the Royal Australian Regiment and the United Nations Forces and its Allies in the Korean War.
This is a personal story of the experiences of a Subaltern and his 7 Platoon C Company, 3rd Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR Old Faithful)).....
Almost sixteen years: ago twin girls were born to the powerful witch Queen Katerina in the Castle of Falconia. One of the girls disappeared that day and the queen trusted she would never be heard of again.
Having married her childhood sweetheart, Princess Alia?s world begins to disintegrate. Her nine-year-old relationship with her husband, self-made engineering genius Alex Glandore is failing.
Daniela Meir discovers a secret at her solitary "dreaming place" on Mount Carmel, overlooking the port of Haifa, in 1930's British-ruled Palestine. She vows never to reveal a silent voice that gives her advice or warns of imminent danger.
This is the story of pirate treasure that people have been looking for in Australia for over 150 years.
I found 'The Holy Grail' to maintaining goal weight. Keeping to the daily 1200 calorie count for life is the secret!
Susan Hutchinson wrote her first poem at age 10 and has been writing poems intermittently since. She is inspired by the challenge of different styles and variety of subject matter.
Beverley Buckley did not realise that information she accessed during a meditation session held on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Sydney early in the 1990's would transform her life and the lives of hundreds of others.
Cold Deep Waters on the shores of Botany Bay Australia becomes the setting and sympathetic home for the secret Hanover line. A family cast adrift, torn between two vastly different worlds.
Bindi only has three legs and cannot play, nor chase, nor climb with her brothers — or can she? Find out what happens after she meets a seagull with only one leg!
Kaha is overweight and doesn't have the energy to chase chooks, play catch or jump through hoops with his brothers and sisters. Will he achieve his goal of becoming healthy and happy?
Kim has finally got her life just how she wants it. She has the job she wanted, has bought her home, which she currently shares with her best friend. She just wants to focus on advancing her career and having a bit of fun.
Once upon a time there was a young frog who was dissatisfied with his lot in life. He yearned to fly around the world and do exciting things. Much to his surprise a good fairy drops by his pond and grants him his wish.
This richly varied account of a life spanning seven decades is more than a memoir about success in business. From the author's early years growing up in a medium sized town in Western Victoria during and immediately after the Second World War it t...
Sotirios 'Sam' Manolopoulos migrated to Australia in 1955 after a childhood in western Greece marred by poverty and war. Though Sam arrived in his adopted nation Australia with little more than the clothes on his back, he began his odyssey possess...
It comes as a great shock, when suddenly from one minute to the next, we are who we are, and then we are not… 'What? You had a stroke? Well, it could not have been very serious…
Dumper is faced with changing times. Moved aside for newer and younger boats Dumper is given one last challenge and one last opportunity.
The Great Fire of London in 1666 was devastating for a young woman called Anonasai, and her brother, Constantine. They mysteriously become immortal, and from this time on, she is known as the wandering assassin, and Hunting Bird.
Mama Zebra looked down at her baby and was surprised to see that something was different.
Jess was not meant to be, but her tenacity to overcome adversities moulded a personality determined to survive. In a twist of fate, Jess is forced to leave Sydney as a young teenager without a legal identity to make her home in a remote Kim...
There are hearts throughout most of the book - some more hidden than others. The last line in the story is an invitation to find all the hearts (not just on the back page)....
This is the story of Graham, a nine-year-old lad living in country New South Wales around 1960. Life on the family farm is far from idyllic for Graham though, as he is confronted by a series of challenges; ...
The erection of a new retirement village in suburban Adelaide is proceeding well and an eclectic mix of retirees take up residence as the well-appointed retirement units become available.
This epic novel of passion, betrayal and bravery is based on a true story of the corrupt cover-up of a major fraud, which took place in war-torn England during the Blitz in the 1940s.
Our vulnerabilities in life and the courage to face contempt? All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Article 1.
Harry Stevens, the Middle-Eastern war hero from Hitch-Hikers, the first book in the Firebird series, thought that having dinner at the pub and chatting up the waitress was a safe and pleasant way to pass an evening, but circumstances conspi...
Harry Stevens, a Middle Eastern war hero, thought that recovering in Eden with his huge and mystical cat, Jasper, after his catamaran is bashed around by a storm, would be a delightful break from his sailing voyage around Australia.
World War II is ending. The enemy is advancing. In the far north-eastern reaches of the Empire, the German citizens are terrified. The victorious Russian army is determined to sweep the area clean of German settlement and reports of atrocities are...
Dad's Animals is a fun, quirky book based on a true story…
A contemporary story of fractured pasts, intriguing encounters, insularity, professional harassment and the capacity to live for others.
Luca goes to dudesville takes young readers on a journey into the imaginary world of Dudesville, where 8-year-old Luca learns important lessons about life, virtues and resilience.
JRR Tolkien's inspiration for his best-selling books, The Lord of the Rings, has always been a mystery.
The old Chinese curse - may you live in interesting times - certainly applies to the space traveller Zan Kovac. The Aclasers, Earth's ruling elite, faced with revolts had genetically engineered a warrior species, the Krarls, to terrorise th...
From that moment, everything goes wrong when Squirrel and Sandgroper start their adventures along the beaches of the Indian Ocean.
The animals at Australasia Zoo are trying their best to stay awake to meet Santa Claus and ask him lots of questions? but will they be able to stay awake long enough to get the answers they want?
On a supposedly flat Earth most people live within two large bubbles, which are effectively worlds in their own right. Bubble Perfect encompasses a huge area that encloses everything from tropical forest to alpine pasture and the provincial...
Some girls love him, some mother him, and some just want sex with him, but he just can't seem to keep the one he loves. What is it with girls?
Poetry and Art from Antoinette de Morton De Morton's poetry is often poignant and frequently addresses subjects rarely thought about, such as the escaping feathers from a pillow. Her geometric artwork is rythmic and features interestin...
The New Total War of the 21st Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, by Gregory R. Copley, AM (Melbourne, 2020: Sid Harta Publishers) is a work of philosophy and analysis on the transformed nature of human society and the way it goes...
This book is to not only help those people undergoing or just about to undergo treatment for Head & Neck Cancer but the principles can be used for anyone undergoing cancer treatment.
This is a story of a family saga in an historical setting. It starts with the arrival of white men that came from England and settled on the shores of a new land. The story centres on the Parramatta Region of New South Wales, Australia.
In the early 1800's a French veteran of Napoleon Bonaparte's wars escapes to New Zealand from the penal settlement of New South Wales. After being captured, he chances his way into the inner-sanctum of a powerful Maori tribe.
Sabotage!! Sabotage!! You will be shot,' yelled the duty guard officer while at the same time contorting his face, making him look like a monster I had seen in a horror movie, and also rapidly moving the stiffened palm of his hand across his throa...
Earth shattering. Life changing. World altering. Such profound phrases, but they all seem monumentally inadequate when attempting to articulate the impact that Andrew's illness has had. Not only on us as individuals and life partners, but on our ...
The Australian outback is a vast emptiness most people never get the chance to visit. Many that do are overcome by the isolation, the incredible distances and for the most part its deafening silence. However, those lucky ones who live there love the
A light-hearted, ironic account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others.
On a lonely, gravel road, Traffic Policeman James Cook is found dead. Along with his motorcycle, Cook is horrifically mutilated and crushed, then left to the elements beside the road.
Would you like to come with me on my trip to The End of the World?' she asked him.
This real-life journey started when a small brown toy bear was taken by the author as a keepsake for a loved one unable to accompanying her on the journey, another soft-toy-human bond in operation again.
The soldiers whom you will find within these pages went to fight for others and they displayed a kind of silent heroism which wins no medals. From the pens of these ordinary Australians comes a plain and honest view of the war as they saw a...
I was in London for work and my wife and children were back in Australia. I was missing them so much I started to write a poem about cooking as I cooked all the time for my kids and would turn it into a theme and a feast.
Graham Henderson was a man of many parts and this volume of his verse and lyrics represents just one.
Cornwall is cut off from the rest of England by the River Tamar which effectively makes the country an "island". Consequently, its geographical isolation meant that Cornish people developed their own language, food and customs - ...
Davidia and Slirander had the 'single' task of researching Slirander's grandma's memories for a school age based thesis. Not much was known about her history. Her memories were stored in a secret place inside the room with the waving hands...
An extraordinary story of romance and adventure in the wake of a tragic cruise-ship disaster. Separated lovers survive, each believing the other to have perished, living on separate islands in the Pacific Ocean.
In Valerie's lifelong search for her identity, and her sense of belonging, she will discover not only her parentage, but also her family history. What she uncovers is a wealth of true ancestral stories of pioneering and determination.
In 1961, the temperature hit ninety degrees Fahrenheit before lunchtime. It was going to be a scorcher as surfers and campers flocked to Narrabeen, one of Sydney's northern beaches. Late afternoon a typical southerly buster whipped up a sandstorm....
In the 1930s Australia was in the grip of the Great Depression, a time when many people were hungry and homeless. Although Joan Krohn was born into this era, fate was kind to her.
“The truth must be found out and it must be told. Otherwise the people of Australia will repudiate this parliament forever.” —John Jess, 1967
As one of the earliest properties pioneered north of the twenty-sixth parallel in the Roebourne District of the Pilbara, Karratha Station harbours a fascinating history.
The brief conversation with the transient Fella in the Perth caravan park sets a path to a future gradually unfolding over a decade and changing who Jenni and Pete are forever. That journey challenges their prejudices, their beliefs and th...
It's the 1980's, and two families, the Costas and the Delaneys find themselves grappling the onslaught of life in a Melbourne suburb. Lost relationships, lost innocence and lost beauty, ubiquitous in a world where all that is precious can disappea...
Clancy lives with his family in a small country town near the Woomera rocket range, which also happens to be where his father works.
His father takes him to the rocket range to show him a chimpanzee they are about to send into space.
The story is set in the 1850s and begins in County Clare, Ireland. A young Irishman Michael Keogh, a shipwright, returns home to assist Edmund, father in his small farm. Simultaneously, a wealthy British Army Officer, John Hall, arrives at a posti...
What to do when Victoria's oldest scientific institution, the Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens, plans to exterminate struggling native flying foxes while telling the public the opposite?
It's not everyone's idea of a honeymoon - a 12000 mile flight from Scotland to Australia in a single engine, canvas covered plane. Even less idyllic if the pilot has only 44 hours flying experience and the navigator learned her job via a do-it-yo...
Best friends Davidia and Slirander find themselves caught up in yet another adventure, this time in the fascinating land of Dododotovia.
It's 1970s Adelaide, an elderly transport magnate, living in a retirement village with his much younger attractive wife, dies suddenly from a heart attack.
Throughout the ages the possession of an unremarkable sword has seemingly been the magic that allowed dynasties to flourish. When a modern tyrant seeks to find the sword and use its power, The Fund find themselves in a race to locate this treasure...
Hero is a black puppy of uncertain breed, the runt of a litter born in a severe storm. He was frightened of almost everything from the time he was little. Although at first not keen to do so, Ned's parents allow him to keep the little puppy as his...
Those viewing the works of Elizabeth McCarthy (née Jess) for the first time are about to enter the world of a new reality and embark on a journey, one that may feel in part familiar but is in fact a new and novel world.
Wondering how you can get to sing that song you always wanted to without running out of breath, and sing it all in tune? Need to sing at your best friend's wedding or maybe in a school production?
An evaluation of Australia's water market as a new global standard for managing water resources.
21st December 2012 came and went. Apparently, the world had survived the foretold Apocalypse.
This book tells the gripping stories of twelve men who were imprisoned in the death camps in Laos. It tells the truth about the hidden war in Laos.
Travel abroad in the 1950s ? what was it like? Why did you go? How did you get there? Who did you meet? Did it change your outlook? How did you cope without a credit card or mobile?
A collection of letters and photographs exchanged between students from the tsunami devastated Aceh province, and children from international destinations.
The foreword has been written by the Indonesian President, Dr Susilo Bambang Yu...
Helen has healed herself of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, taught successfully and shared with clients and community groups of all ages. This is a personal story of finding health after years of suffering PTSD.
The sun elbowed its way through the clouds. Thin, bright shafts of light shone down, selecting, as if by some divine providence, various significant sites around the district. Today it shone on the little bridge just out of town.
The year is 1865 and brothers Will and Tully Lees return to West Virginia from the American Civil War, lucky to survive the bloody struggle. The brothers feel they should help their family in their efforts to get on with their lives and bring the ...
Lisa, an Australian girl on holidays with her parents in Chile, makes friends with a local girl named Ximena who is no ordinary girl because her best friends are dolphins!
Short Eternities is not one poetry collection, but eight — a sequence that sums up the calculated insight and undying optimism of poet James Martin.
In 1946, a devastated and defeated Japan was occupied by Australian forces based in the prefecture of Hiroshima.
Lorna Ramirez wrote this book so she could share her wisdoms with others. She has been an observer of human behaviour and emotions and has built up her own personal philosophies throughout her life.
This fascinating biography of an inspiring and inspired Australian has been researched by his son Jack Hoadley, who was seeking the father that he lost when only thirteen years of age.
This collection of poetry, commentary and thoughts is drawn from a lifetime of observation and discovery of the unspoken knowledge that's always been with me. In this book you'll find humour, joy and pain. I do hope you'll find it an engaging read.
This authentic story about a Filipino migrant family settling in Melbourne in 1977 is a fascinating read, as it tells of the emotions, the ups and downs, the government assistance in those days, the practicalities, the difficulties, the sudden cha...
The story of an ordinary snail, who finds out he's not so ordinary after all.
Genocide in the African country of Sontaria causes a surge of escaping refugees to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Namola.
What will happen when a Bully Bug lands in the Rainbow Snail's garden and starts to wreck everything in sight?
Experience the collision of two very different worlds. The first, as seen through the eyes of Rod, a fighter pilot and Hydie, a teenage girl, is one of titanic spaceships, hibernation, time travel, super computers and eerie outcomes from rampant g...
Erin is at an unexpected place and time in her life. She has everything she's always wanted: marriage, two gorgeous children, an adorable dog and loving in-laws and friends. But now she finds that something is missing.
If you want to find out, come to the small Victorian town of Eden. Here you will meet Martin Brophy, who carries with him the scars of a horrific emotional trauma suffered in childhood.
Affirmations have the power to help us feel better and to create a more positive future for ourselves and our loved ones.
Confection temptation — sweet surrender — sticky endings… These three epitomise the pastry chef's endeavour to satisfy and maintain clients' needs. The pastry chef's world is one of mystique, magic and endurance. Their showmansh...
When a strange little snail lands in the Rainbow snail's garden what will happen to him and who will welcome him into their world?
Many years later when I asked how she felt when the doll was accidentally smashed she replied “I could have killed you”. She meant it. Six decades on she still had not forgiven me.
It's exciting to fight battles, to rescue damsels in distress, and to make important decisions. But children grow up fast as well.
Shy looked back over his shoulder. He'd expected to see Missy following him but instead, in the distance, he could see the empty white branch shining in the moonlight.
Missy was nowhere to be seen…
I loved her concept of us as the Arab Club. She explained how, to Arab men, four is the ideal number of wives. One wife means not enough sex for the man and too much sex for the wife. Two wives will fight and if there are three wives two of them w...
He well and truly does. Colour went with King O'Malley. He breezes into the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888 to have international pressmen rocking with laughter as he tells his stories.
Tom Adams was fascinated with telegraphy from an early age and was invited to witness the transmission of the first shore to ship message in the Southern Hemisphere.
Escape from Oppression is a true story, set against the backdrop of Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Australian Wrestling Tradition
An exploration of the origin and history of the world’s oldest sport