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A social history of Australia, not of the famous and heroic, but of the small people, the anonymous people who were the heartbeat of a growing nationWhat did kids do in the 1950s when there were no smartphones, tablets, and computers? They roamed the neighbourhood on scooters and bikes. They went on bush hikes. They went to Saturday matinees where the theatres were packed to the rafters, and kids yelled at hero-action and booed kissing. Most of their pleasures were self-made. Besides roaming the streets free of risk, kids enjoyed trips to the beach and zoo. They took a double-decker bus town to see the Christmas displays. Christmas in the city was a wonderland of toys and amusements. The decade of the 1950s now seems idyllic to many now in their seventies and eighties. It was so different from the first decades of the 21st century that those years now seem like another world, an impossible world of social and moral values. In today's atmosphere, it seems hard to imagine it possessed any legitimate social and moral coherence.The author looks back on those years, telling the story as much about the world he grew up in as about himself. He starts from his birth in July 1946 and goes to the end of his second year at primary school, 1953, when he turned six and learnt to read. It was also the year that Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England, a super-nova event for Australia. The author's story involves his lifelong friend, Pete, a rubella baby, a condition which tragically took his already poor sight in his teenage years. Pete's story, told as an adult without sight, is fascinating. The year 1946 was the year after the Second World War had ended. Despite an optimistic outlook, Australia was full of talk of the war - of the threat of war, of the suffering, of the shocking cruelty of the Japanese army, and of lost loved ones. The author's upbeat father, just discharged from the navy with the rank of Chief Petty Officer, put it all behind him and began building the family's first house in Lane Cove, a suburb on the north side of Sydney Harbour, and the scene of his childhood. Their new three-bedroom, double-brick home was like a palace. For a boy, who according to his mother had ants in his pants, the author remembers much about the social and political events that provoked his father into long and loud comment. He has clear memories of the Korean War, the activities of the communist-controlled unions, Prime Minister Menzies' measures against them, and so much more. The local convent under the regime of the Mercy Sisters is an unmissable part of his story. He recalls with affection the sisters' teaching methods and their strict regimentation of their pupils. He thinks some of their disciplinary methods, now condemned by many, are rather amusing to look back on. He regards that class of 1953 as the end of a phase in his development when he learnt to read. The following year, 1954, was rich in social and political events and will start the fourth book in the family history series, COMMUNISTS, BILLYCARTS AND TWO WHEELERS.

Take a waltz on the wild side with Julie - backstage, onstage and in the dance studio. Enjoy a frank and amusing insight into the colourful and sometimes shocking world of a professional dancer from a young adult to her golden years - from showgirl, to belly dancer, ballroom dancer to dance studio principal and wedding dance teacher. Be entertained as she shares trials and tribulations from her long dance career and why she claims; "There's much more to it than meets the eye". Born from regaling letters to her distant family and friends, MORE Than Meets The Eye includes a delightfully honest, unexpected and entertaining collection of stories depicting her plight as a wedding dance teacher as she faces epic histrionics whilst tiptoeing through emotional pre-nuptial minefields. You may or may not laugh, you may or may not cry, but a walk in Julie's shoes as you waltz through these pages and experience life from another angle, will definitely fascinate you.

To recovering 80s kid Amy Liz Harrison, getting sober and giving birth were shockingly similar. And she's uniquely qualified to know since she's been sober for over a decade and has given birth to eight children (nope, this sentence has no typos).Before she was a sober mom of an army and living in the suburbs of Seattle, Harrison was a creative Christian kid in 1980s Mountain View, California (Google and Facebook hadn't made it cool yet). After running amok at church camp and dreaming of becoming the next Madonna, she moved to Los Angeles, graduated from college and married an airline executive.Grounded by life as a young teacher turned stay-at-home mom to four kids, Harrison watched her husband's career soar. He gained altitude, earning promotions and relocating the family as she struggled with excess baggage. Depression, isolation, boredom and a devastating crisis offaith led to extra glasses (or bottles) of wine at the end of the day. Which eventually led to being led away from her kids in handcuffs.Ten years of sobriety and four more babies later, Harrison realized that giving birth and getting sober were kinda sorta the same. In some ways, her story is unique (really, who has eight kids these days?), but it's also the experience of many other travelers. People get sober and transform their lives. Jet lag, childbirth or alcoholism-they all require recovery.Try not to gasp through Harrison's wild trip from Bay Area adolescent to young mother to incarcerated drunk and ultimately to the epiphany that if she gives her health and recovery priority boarding, she can eternally expect everything else in her life to fly first class. A recovery memoir like no other, Eternally Expecting is a hilarious romp through a serious issue and a memorable story from one of recovery's most original new voices.

Freddie Kelvin tries desperately to escape his roots. He marries in a church but is haunted by ghosts of his Jewish past. As he jumps from job to job and city to city, he feels lost and disconnected. After a brief stint in Canada, he returns to his homeland.Once back in England, he's told unwelcome news: "We can't hire you; you're too much of a wanderer." So, he jumps ship and lands a job in North Carolina.He survives a major heart attack and two cardiac arrests but remains alive 15 years later. Finding new passions in photography and the performing arts, he takes his camera to many exotic countries including, to his surprise, on several trips to Israel.Part memoir and part a unique perspective on religion, history, and culture, Freddie traces his experiences in a wide variety of different communities.After wandering far and wide for so long, he continues to ponder where he belongs and finally comes to terms with his Jewishness.

I have always considered myself to be shy and socially awkward even though I enjoy being with people. But on this day, as I watched the lifeless, staggered steps of a familiar stranger walk by as if futility was his only hope, God completely crushed my heart. I immediately knew what He wanted me to do.Shy, awkward, and all, somehow I needed to barge my way into the life of this elderly Einstein-like stranger and share the love and hope of Jesus with him. God wanted to breathe life back into the body and soul of this broken, lifeless man, and my obedience was part of His plan. I had no idea how this would happen, but I knew God did. My part was to trust and obey. The rest was up to God.It was by obeying the promptings God placed in my heart that I felt Him working to touch the life of this stranger as He breathed life back into his vacant and withering soul. Through obedience, I was given a front-row seat as I watched God touch the life of this precious little man.The unorthodox friendship that followed was something only God could have foreseen.

Don and Karen Clifford put God's promises to the test when they found themselves in storm after storm as they lost three small children to accidents and disease. These life-long Christians tell their inspiring story and share the lessons and insights they gained as they found God's grace to be sufficient. Here is what some Christian workers have to say about Grace Enough for Three. Few have experienced the sorrow of Don and Karen Clifford with the death of three small children at different times as well as two miscarriages. Most marriages do not survive such tragic events. Don and Karen are testimony to the biblical truth that God's grace is sufficient in the darkest hours of life. They are a joy filled couple faithfully serving the Lord. Their faith and faithfulness are an inspiration to others. When I read their story it became the seed for a series of messages on THE SUFFICIENT GRACE OF GOD. Their story will challenge you to overcome the difficulties in your life by trusting in God's sufficient grace. Dr. David Sheppard, Senior Pastor First Baptist Church St Charles, Mo. As I read "Grace Enough For Three," I was totally captivated, reading deep into the night and early mornings. "Grace" reads almost like fiction - but it most certainly isn't fiction. Don and Karen lived every moment of this fascinating and riveting story. In their lives, through their pain and oft times lack of understanding, they learned much about God's wonderful love and grace. Our thanks to Don and Karen for allowing us to be a part of their experience, for a look at how God can work in mysterious but marvelous ways in the lives of his children. Dr. M. Dale Allen Professor of Bible Missouri Baptist University.

"This book is as good as one of my acting roles. I like my characters like I like my cannoli. Hard exterior but filled with sweet, soft, and sometimes nutty, insides." - the ghost of Gina Lollobrigida

Raising Atlantis picks up where both Umma Dawn and BioHazard left off…Biohazard is the natural history of Earth and Umma Dawn the cultural history of Earth… while Raising Atlantis is the real history of Earth… Ever since Atlantis was first mentioned it has been feeding the dreams and fuelling the feuds of adventurers and historians…What was Atlantis ? Where was Atlantis ? What happened to Atlantis ? Where did Atlantis go ? Where did Atlantis come from ? Did Atlantis even ever exist ? Was Atlantis only a dream ?

Natalie Busch's life was pretty conventional. She was a worship pastor's wife in the suburbs of Dallas with two young children. She blogged as a hobby, writing about beautiful, messy motherhood.Then, out of nowhere, her world was turned upside down. She and her family found themselves without a home of their own, facing poverty and an unexpected diagnosis. She continued to write, sharing the raw emotions of some of their life-altering decisions and heartbreaking challenges, hoping that God could use their story in some way. This heartwarming memoir will have you laughing, crying, and cheering for this family as Natalie navigates the world of welfare and hearing loss. It's a story of hope for anyone who is struggling to see God's hand in the midst of difficult situations.

Step into the memoirs turned telling testimony of how God, the ultimate artist, orchestrated one sinner's life taking him from a troubled childhood to great success; bringing him to a breaking point only to provide a dynamic rescue. From boyhood fist fights in South Carolina to dancing his way into a young woman's heart, Steve Anthony found himself in dealings with the Italian mafia where he fought for life and livelihood. While searching for fortune he found himself desperate for the true giver of life who set him free from a torrid past and offered hope and restoration for him and his family.

This book is just a part of one's life story wrapped up in an array of art, walking a particular path on a unique journey. This is The Story of Me and Bobby McGee.A life together, calling it our own, was filled with love, triumph, pain, and sorrow. At anytime and anywhere, there are others who are lost, not knowing who they are or where to go. We were in that mix. Hope in Jesus Christ is always the answer. Let me assure you of that. And, along with that, it is really the only answer. This is just a glimpse and small inside look of how two lives intertwined with one another and how faith remained a constant in getting them through the rough roads.Life stories and testimonies are meant to be shared, along with the blessings, gifts, and talents that the Lord has given each and every one of us. As believers in Christ Jesus, we are to use them to glorify God and spread His Word.My hope is for every one of us to know the love, wisdom, and forgiveness of God and His Word, which is timeless. He is the same yesterday, today, and always. He doesn't change.

One man's journey through the sick and twisted world of heroin addiction. Listen to his every thought as he tries to reexamine life, or what it has become. See each struggle unfold as things get more and more complicated. Learn how to curve the pain, and ultimately how to simply just give up.

Mysterious ruins north of Los Angeles, on public land called Murphy Ranch, have spawned an urban legend that they were Nazi-inspired. No one ever asked the people who had lived there whether this was true, or why they had built the place. Yet the story has grown and spread since 1975, with new far-fetched additions. Norman and Winona Stevens, my grandparents, owned and built Murphy Ranch in the 1930s. This is the actual story of their lives and intentions in building a survival retreat. The book contains many photographs never seen before by the public. Spoiler alert: they weren't Nazis! But their lives are full of interesting stories, especially the latter half of Norman's 100-year life. Norman became a spiritual teacher, inspiring thousands of people with his books. This is a story of a huge fortune, a mysterious healer, black magic, buried gold, the beginnings of the New Age movement, Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, Aldous Huxley, and Los Angeles from the 1920s to the 1980s.

"Girl, Get Your Life Back," an anthology of true stories from six ladies who were going about their day-to-day lives and suffered a stroke or endured some type of brain injury. These ladies had to be resilient and fight through their own pain and struggle with what comes with brain injuries. Each person's story is different and they tell you about life before the stroke or brain injury, the effects of it, and their way back to living life in abundance.

Mine is deeply honest and beautifully raw.Bisi Oladiran holds nothing back as she shares her life's most heartbreaking challenges. From childhood abuse to breast cancer, Bisi shares with such a genuine heart about the reality of trauma, relationships, illness, treatment, and recovery.It is clear Bisi has walked the hard road of reclaiming her life and has reached a place of inner peace and healing. Her words are inspiring, uplifting, and convicting. Mine will leave readers brave enough to embrace their own healing journey.

Embark on a transformative journey alongside Jeanne Collins in her captivating memoir as she fearlessly embraces life's challenges with an unwavering spirit of abundance.

Now retired, author Dr. Steven Bentley was a successful emergency physician. But his path in life wasn't always an easy one. In Poor No More-An American Dream, he shares his story of how he survived a rare birth defect, abject poverty, an alcoholic mother, a KKK father, an abusive children's home, and a cruel step-mother.This memoir tells how Bentley emerged from a difficult childhood and adolescence to practice ER medicine during a time of enormous change in the field and how he developed a lifelong love affair with his chosen profession. He discusses how he found it gratifying to apply his medical knowledge and to impact someone's life for the better. He relays a host of stories from both his personal and professional life, detailing the trials and tribulations and the challenges and rewards.Poor No More-An American Dream describes Bentley's journey to escape his roots and become a successful doctor in America. It tells about one man who lived in and through some interesting times.

Fishing with family and friends and sometimes by your self supposed Tobe a relaxing time with nature and your thoughts. But sometimes Mother nature has other plans.

Do you find it difficult to obey God when you don't understand what He is doing in your life?Elena R. Jordan tells her own story of reluctantly following God's instructions to relocate to another state. Having to leave her hometown and family behind to start anew seemed unfathomable. Unforseen circumstances landed her in a homeless shelter. A place she never thought she would end up. Instead of having faith and trusting God in the transition, she finds comfort in a forbidden relationship to escape her lonliness and uncertanties.What you will take away from Rivers In The Desert is to stay on the path that God has for you and trust the process that He's taking you through. Having faith and obeying God is the key to all of God's blessings.

When a little girl was born in Saigon a few days after the end of the war, she was named, Minh Nguyêt (Bright Moon). When the baby was two months old and her mother had no breastmilk left, a kind relative gifted the family a goat. Every morning for three months, her mother gathered enough milk to feed Minh Nguyêt. And so began the goat milk baby's journey through life.In a captivating memoir, Pham chronicles her family history and coming-of-age experiences as she relied on her instincts, learned from mistakes, focused on her studies, married, became a retail pharmacist, had a baby, and gave her blessing for her husband to travel to Australia for work. But when South Vietnam began losing one town after another to the Viet Cong and she made desperate arrangements to escape to Australia, Pham had no idea that she was securing passage on the last plane to leave Saigon. While disclosing how she rebuilt her life and overcame diverse challenges, Pham also reveals how an encounter with a special bacterium presented her with an unexpected yet exciting scientific discovery.The Goat Milk Baby is the autobiography of a Vietnamese-born Australian scientist who navigated through early difficulties to become a better, stronger, and happier person.