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As Jacquelyn Ann sat alone in the airport, she ignored his desperate pleas to bring her back to the hell her life had become. Every part of her felt wracked with anguish, after months of intense drug use and violent, soul-destroying domestic abuse.When he first entered her life three years earlier, Jacquelyn was a divorcee in her late forties, with an established teaching career. At first, he seemed perfect. Captivating and intriguing, he had ...

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do painful things force you to be Brave?In this compelling collection of true stories, Brooke gives exclusive access to her personal diary documenting some of her most devastating experiences in life. Brooke offers a deep dive-in to the raw emotions, wounds and destructive thought patterns that accompany such devastation, in times of tremendous pain from homelessness to heartbreak and everything in ...

Conservation Collection's Critically Endangered: Mammals highlights for young readers extraordinary rare species and what they look like in order to inspire the next generation of conservation crusaders to help these endangered species and their habitats.This book is a children's Non-Fiction featuring a unique A-Z of Critically Endangered Mammals currently listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threaten...

In a 1950s era Australia, Sydney is under siege by giant carnivorous animals from the outback. A new expedition is planned to uncover the secret of the powerful Ayerstone which caused vast magical changes in the wildlife, along with attempting to find a fortune in valuable opals. A meeting is organised and in attendance are the allied leaders of the city: the boxing champion of the kangaroos, the Lord Mayor of the wombats, King Larrikin of the...

About to achieve the financial freedom they have always dreamed of, Lauren and Jamie's lives couldn't be better. The investment they made with six of their friends has paid off and Lauren can see investing her inheritance was the right thing to do.When Jamie introduces her to Steven, a Prophet, she is hesitant to believe he's the real deal. But Harry, one of the other investors, speaks very highly of him, and Harry is just about the nicest man...

Twenty-something Lauren is embarking on her first-ever overseas adventure - to Japan for the cherry blossoms, Zen gardens and majestic temples, where she makes use of her uni studies. She then travels on to Hong Kong, where she traces the 1960s footsteps of her beloved nan, in more ways than one. This enchanting tale follows Lauren on a fun journey, through two vibrant Asian cultures. With ancient history, modern life, new friendships and roma...

No Defence is the inspirational, heartfelt memoir of Kenny Mcilwain's extraordinary courage to share his long-held secret of suffering repeated sexual abuse while serving as an apprentice in the Royal Australian Navy.Kenny was raised in Warwick, QLD by an alcoholic father who at 18 years of age was jailed for murdering his own father. For many years, he inflicted abuse and terror on young Kenny and his family. A month after his 16th birthday, ...

In Bold, Brave & (bloody) Brilliant, our writers offer intriguing insights into their lives and what keeps them motivated.The stories paint an inspiring picture of what it's like living today as a third ager … learning flamenco and immersion in all things Spanish, rediscovering a love of maths and physics online, a lifelong passion for singing, the creative arts and new challenges, a deep commitment to our First Nations Peoples, demonstrating ...

What do you do when you have to stay at home and not go to work? You try and make all your dreams come true! Doesn't everyone? So Steven Wilson did what he'd always wanted to do and wrote the collection of short, snapshot stories known as "Watering the Garden."Set in and around Newcastle, NSW, Australia, and often using an image as the starting point, the stories are an eclectic mix of characters, situations, and unexpected outcomes: meet Ster...

We live on a planet that is being exploited unsustainably with a very limited future and this calls for the creation of world governance to control explosive global population growth and solve the entirely unreasonable disparity of wealth caused by rampant globalisation. Equi-poligion or 'EPL' is an emerging ideology supported by OWL, a new political party that is being fought for by the heroes of the story.The baseline for the plot starts in ...

The House With a Thousand StairsWarrambool.In Gamilaraay, the language of the Kamilaroi peoples of north-western New South Wales, it's the word for The Milky Way. It's also the name of Peter Dixon's homestead and sheep station, situated in the lee of the Liverpool Ranges.In 1947, Peter returns from war, his parents and younger brother dead, the property de-stocked and his older brother, Ron, having emptied out the family bank account and nowhe...

A writer uses a semicolon when they could have finished a sentence with a full stop, but decided to keep going.In Suicide Awareness and Mental Health the ", " symbol represents "I'm not done" or "My Story Isn't Over". This symbol saved my life. This symbol changed my life and this symbol became my life.A look at some serious mental and physical conditions from a quirky personal perspective. This is like a Mental Health Handbook for non-clinici...

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You could lose someone down there, couldn't you?Anyone could get buried under the concrete slab, and no one would even know!'The Beauregarde women have lived in the shadow of The Seminary for four generations. And there is nothing conventional about Marcela, or her family.When the decadent and obsessive Gordana acquires the iconic Sydney property and invites a television crew to film the building's transformation into a magnificent showpiece, ...

Powerful and profound. Against the Odds reads like a thriller.'- Glenn A. BakerWhen the world's deadliest tsunami hit the southern coastal town of Tangalle in Sri Lanka on the morning of December 26, 2004, travel journalist John Maddocks was in a remote beachside cabana. He awoke from a deep tropical sleep to the roar of a 10-metre high wall of water that smashed him around the room and left him fighting for life near the ceiling. Buildings we...

THREE TAKEN from their family and home, are put to the test that could lead to their deaths … DARK TIMES For ten years under Vladimir's leadership, the abnormals have known peace and harmony. Now, a new generation of children is developing their own special abilities, guided in love by Vladimir, Eric and Emily. The full, evil force of the Eve Continuum is finally revealed to the abnormals, and they must now choose between fighting for their li...

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Dr Jodie Fleming, a clinical and health psychologist who previously specialised in the field of psycho-oncology - the human side of cancer - receives the terrifying news that she has two primary breast cancers. This becomes a frightening opportunity to practise what she preaches. The doctor becomes the patient.Having dedicated her career to helping others with cancer, and also caring for her husband with testicular cancer eight years prior, Jo...

I'm sorry I have to tell you this, Harry, but Daley Morrison was murdered. It was no heart attack. He was stabbed through the heart and then staked out, naked, in the middle of the Sydney Cricket Ground as some sort of warning to someone." Harry Jones almost fell into his chair, such was his shock.Clyde Smith is brought into the investigation by his former colleague, Sam Telford, after a note is found in the evidence bags with Clyde's initials...