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Growing up in Melbourne during the sixties as a baby boomer, Yvonne's dreams were to find a life partner, build a home, raise a family, start a career and travel. The trajectory her life was changed forever when her husband took his life. Now she faces the challenges of raising their two children alone. This begins a transformative journey of self-empowerment and rediscovering what defines her identity. Yvonne shares her travails through caree...

The Family was a cult formed by the notorious Anne Hamilton-Byrne in the 1960s. Teaching a mix of Christianity, Hinduism and precepts from Western and Eastern religions, Hamilton-Byrne claimed she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, attracting numerous adults who were searching for greater meaning in life. Later, she adopted babies into her Group, some of which she claimed as her own. One of her devotees was Eileen Poldermans whose early re...

Joe Dolce is popularly known for the phenomenal international hit record of the 80s, Shaddap You Face, which was Number One in 12 countries, with hundreds of foreign language cover versions, including versions in the Western Australian aboriginal dialect of Indjibundgi and Papua New Guinean pidgin. He has also been doing some serious cooking! He was a featured guest, in 2005, on Lifestyle Cafe, on The Lifestyle Channel, preparing Turkish ...

The eighty poems in At the Noisy Café, stone-skip across the Shakespearean elements of misconception, reason versus emotion, fate and the fantastical, idyllic setting, insult, separation, reconciliation and happy endings. Song of Nestor is a ninety-line Homeric epic that tells the little-known David-and-Goliath story of St Nestor and the Vandal-giant, Lyaeus. The startlingly original Cavafy Villanelles, depicts, in verse-form, a sequence of ...

The Stress Less Baby Guide is a general overview of everything you might wonder about in the first year - from how to teach your baby to sleep to how to apply for Centrelink payments! Unlike traditional baby guides, this book will provide you with a comprehensive guide for all the 'normal' stuff, whilst leaving all of the overwhelming 'abnormal' stuff to your health professionals. Parenting your first baby is an extremely daunting time, made m...

The eighty poems in At the Noisy Café, stone-skip across the Shakespearean elements of misconception, reason versus emotion, fate and the fantastical, idyllic setting, insult, separation, reconciliation and happy endings. Song of Nestor is a ninety-line Homeric epic that tells the little-known David-and-Goliath story of St Nestor and the Vandal-giant, Lyaeus. The startlingly original Cavafy Villanelles, depicts, in verse-form, a sequence of ...

Kyle McManus has just been laid off. Sulking on his way home, he happens upon a fistfight in an alleyway. He soon discovers he is out of his depth, as one of his opponents transforms into a blood-hungry werewolf. Kyle is saved from certain death by Ivan Winters, an experienced Hunter. And in return, he is offered the chance to become a Hunter himself. Now, Kyle must help keep the supernatural a secret from the rest of the world, hard though ...

Ash and Destiny enjoy a happy life in Melbourne with their young son, Tomas, a large and slightly dysfunctional family, a successful art gallery, and Destiny's new exhibition about to debut. But everything changes for Ash on one extremely hot Summer Solstice when a car crash leaves his family shattered. Waking in hospital Ash knows his whole life has been flipped on its head and his long journey to adjusting to loss and pain is just about to...

Ti ne ¿uje¿ ¿um mora. Ne vidi¿ ljepotu cvijeta. Ne ¿uje¿ cvrkut ptica. Samo prigüeni zvuk zbunjenog zvona, tvog crnog ciklona. Without your voice, my flower has no scent. Without your touch, my flower will not open. Without your look, my flower won't be happy.

Each of Ruza's poems is a petal from a moment in her life. While most of her work is autobiographical, the rest come from her thoughts and feelings. Petals is her way of ensuring that her words will not be lost or forgotten. She wrote this book in English so that her children, grandchildren and future generations will always know where and what they come from.

Shelley Conway is a medical student with a keen social conscience. However, in 1970s Australia, her medical school has no social conscience at all. The coursework is inhumane, and students have to toughen up and shut up. Shelley is shocked to realise that not only is it compulsory for every student to purchase a box of human bones, but that nobody ever asks where the bones come from. When Shelley finds a coded message in her box of bones, she ...

Ash and Destiny enjoy a happy life in Melbourne with their young son, Tomas, a large and slightly dysfunctional family, a successful art gallery, and Destiny's new exhibition about to debut. But everything changes for Ash on one extremely hot Summer Solstice when a car crash leaves his family shattered. Waking in hospital Ash knows his whole life has been flipped on its head and his long journey to adjusting to loss and pain is just about to...

Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being implemented at a fast pace in almost every area of our lives.There is a lot of information out there, but much of it is not easily accessible to the average person. It is easy to get confused.Prabash Galagedara, an industry executive with over 20 years of experience in data and analytics, finance and technology, discusses the role AI plays in different areas of our lives, including finance, job-seek...

Walk With Me is the trek of Busybird's very own Kev Howlett up to Mount Everest Base Camp and back, detailed in beautiful photography, to raise awareness of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease and funds for the CMT Association Australia. A gorgeous photo-colour journal that was originally published in 2014, Walk With Me has now been re-released in this stunning new format.

Do you struggle with your English studies? Are you stuck expressing yourself in English? Are you having a hard time living overseas and fitting into western culture? None of these things are easy. The English Builder!: Ace Your English in 365 Days is here to help and guide you. You're about to set out on an English language learning journey with Jessie Gao - originally from China and who has been living in Australia for over a decade. The fanc...

Three women, strangers, set out for a writers' course in Paris. Ruth: 'To ponder a pestering dilemma through writing: Is it possible to enjoy a personal relationship at this stage of life, or will I devote my country life to tending my French garden, reading and writing? What must be compromised? Kaye: 'To spend time on creative writing, something I always wanted to do. It was a hidden desire. Something deep within me knew that if I wanted ...

Nothing can prepare you for being told that your baby has died. This is so far removed from a couple's thoughts, hopes and plans for their future. And yet, the death of a baby before birth, during the birth or in infancy can occur without warning. What if this happened to you? What if you were carrying twins and one of your babies died during the pregnancy? Whilst we may not want to think about this as a potential complication of a t...

Graeme Ratten was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1939. He received his primary education at a State school and his secondary education at Carey Baptist Grammar School, then studied Medicine at Melbourne University graduating in 1963. He commenced post-graduate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne in 1966 and also gained experience in Port Moresby, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, and at West M...

Put away the screens and sing this new Australian Christmas Carol, to the tune of 'The Holy and the Ivy'. Feel the warmth and laziness of our summer. This rewriting of 'The Holly and the Ivy' with soft watercolour paintings and words will bring you that anticipation of an Australian family Christmas and beach holidays. Listen to Grandma Prue - she says singing together at Christmas will bring joy.

This is the work of the late Fler Beaumont, who passed to higher life (1-9-2019). She was a prolific poet and author. "The Cosmic Connection" volume by Fler, came through a spiritual walk-in, known as Peter Mardon. His spirit wrote these poems, during the 1960's & 1970's. It is an honour to reproduce this work, titled. "The Cosmic Connection, (A Special Collection of Poems from the 60's & 70's"). "For words, like nature, half reveal, and half ...