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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. Her strategy is upset when Azita, an Iranian refugee, joins her Year 7 class, and they become friends.The two girls are opposites, and Holly's world expands in unexpected ways. It will take her on a journey towards independence and self-belief and towards a greater understanding of the natural world. She will have to contend with grief and learn how to live with it and grow beyond it. Set in an imaginary coastal town in Queensland, Holly's perceptive and captivating account will resonate across all age groups as she grapples with personal uncertainty and tragedy to hope for a better world.

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. The bad news is that the funds have been sent and spent by Council's Shire Clerk Shifty Grey and his corrupt cohorts. This is a rollicking fast-moving story about political skulduggery, greed, love and lust. It features outrageous characters, blossoming romances, pathos and importantly, has an incredibly happy ending.

The Severed Cord is a story about love, loss and redemption. 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 the eldest enlists, the remaining brothers are bound to follow and Jimmy, the aboriginal stockman is coerced into joining them in Palestine, where they battle to survive, eventually returning to Australia, their lives forever changed. In Palestine, Jimmy assumes the role of protector and is forced to negotiate a world where prejudice is suspended only to be replaced by the horrors of war, a conflict that leads to the most profound betrayal and loss.Interwoven with Jimmy's story are the modern-day exploits of the grandson of one of the brothers. Harry is an immature man beset by self-doubt and self-recrimination, avoiding responsibility for his actions and any of his relationships, until a chance meeting with Anika leads, at last, to love, to purpose and the genesis of understanding about his life.From a prosperous pre-war Australia, to a war-torn 1917 Palestine and from the modern-day shores of Israel to the water saturated deltas of Bangladesh, The Severed Cord is a tale of adventure and misadventure that delves into the genesis of intergenerational trauma, a phenomenon that potentially binds us all to the negativity of the past, stalling the creation of a positive future.The Severed Cord is the eagerly awaited sequel to The Veiled Thread, though it can be read as a standalone story.

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.By the time he was 30, he'd made a fortune. Then lost the lot. Undeterred, he set out into the remote and dangerous north-west frontier of Queensland in search of new wealth.Henry's story is told by himself and by others he associated with in his search for that wealth.Much of that story is based on the extensive records, journals and letters that Henry wrote during that period. It also relies on consultation of records of events of the time.

This is the true story of Eve, an English woman, who lived during the turbulent years of the twentieth century. Born into a working-class family, Eve determined early in life to do whatever was necessary to lift herself out of her working-class origins by marrying well and above her station. Blessed with good looks and a vivacious personality, she was largely successful, but along the way endured a number of crises, some of which were of her own making.

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 of recruits in Australia reached a total of 417,000 out of a population of 4,875,000 in 1914 - and 331,000 served overseas. The final total of casualties reached 215,000, including 59,000 dead.

This book has two intertwining subjects. The first is an articulation of how Merrylyn experienced, eleven years apart, the traumatic loss of her boys to death. First her only son, and later, his only son. She briefly describes her earlier life and speaks of her subsequent second marriage. The primary and most important theme and purpose of the book is to encourage and point out to you, the reader, the principles she has developed and practised in order to grow her own grief lessons and painstakingly transform her mindset from grief to acceptance and to life happiness. The book will guide a reader who has experienced trauma or one who has an interest in growing their own happiness and letting go of stress and pain. Each chapter will point the way of how you can indeed 'let go and reframe'; alter unhelpful thinking patterns, and follow the given strategies to achieve purposeful and considered decision-making in order to make best choices for self and others. In those ways you too can develop into becoming the authentic, capable, and happy worthwhile person you choose to be and you can further develop your aim to nestle into a contented and happy life worth living. This book will be invaluable to all who seek assistance in overcoming and eliminating all the barriers people have struggled against in a search for grief lessons, life happiness and contentment. YOU CAN CONTACT MERRYLYN ON HER WEBSITE AT: DrMerrylynAsquithphd.com.au

Dieter Paesano exploits the greed of small business "e;entrepreneurs"e; operating on the fringes of the gold industry in Africa. They are attracted by any proposition, risky or not, which leverages their investment stake. However, Paesano is running out of projects, the financial returns are falling and the punters are getting restless. He resorts to strong-arm tactics to keep them compliant and puts his thuggish minder, Shorty to work. He ensures complaints reduce as investors disappear ... Fortuitously, a really exciting proposal comes across Paesano's desk, one that has been passed over by the major mining houses. Dr Richard Curie, a scientist of high industry repute has developed intellectual property that enables gold to be won from low value ore. The IP has been bench-tested, but requires further funding to prove its practicality. Paesano buys out Curie's interest on a "e;success only"e; basis. He teams Curie with another scientist and locks them away in a secret secure house to thwart competitors. It now seems unlikely that the dishonourable Paesano will complete his side of the deal. The scientists begin to fear for their lives as violence escalates ...

Mused upon a bush trail, soliloquised in the bathtub, conjured in a conversation, spun in a dream, or inspired from a Reiki healing, the sayings most often reflect either my own growth or what I most need to learn. So, come join me inside on my voyage of discovery through the experience of life.Adrian Crawford.