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Told through the eyes of a lawyer, Stephen Roche, this is a compelling account of the most important sexual abuse civil trial in Australian history. It begins when a young girl's life is torn apart while attending a prestigious Anglican preparatory school, suffering repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her boarding master.

Is your home healthy? Would you know if it wasn't? This book is for those who are - renovating or building - a parent or expecting a baby - suffering from asthma or allergies - recovering from an illness - active in creating a healthy lifestyle. Discover how to create a beautiful home for your family that is functional, energy efficient and supports good health. Explore strategies to minimise your exposure to indoor pollutants that have been linked to a range of health concerns, including asthma and allergies, reproductive health, childhood development and cancers. Gain industry insights to navigate products and decisions in the home that will save you dollars. Learn how to adapt your home to be healthier and more sustainable - a smart way to live for so many reasons, starting with the health of your family! Author Biography: Healthy home expert Melissa Wittig is an accomplished health-focused interior design and property professional. She is the founder of Australia's Healthy Interiors information resource hub, and authored the Healthy Home app, a finalist at the 2013 National Mobile Awards. Sustainability consultant Danielle King is considered an expert in her field and is the founder and director of Green Moves Australia. She has provided industry input to government and industry bodies on sustainability in the built environment, and consults to and delivers training for some of Australia's leading organisations and construction groups.

'A Collection of Poems and Stories for My Grandchildren' is a beautifully illustrated book about fairies, monsters and animals. Monsters There are monsters in my room I see them every night, They come from underneath the bed When you turn out the light. They fly around my cupboard Making such a noise, I can no longer sleep in here, Neither can my toys. Daddy can you help me? Take these monsters from my room, Put them in the rubbish bin. Please Daddy, do it soon.

This is the story of Dr John Cornwall's remarkable life from modest beginnings to an outstanding reformer as a Labor Government Minister. Spanning eight decades it covers a childhood in Bendigo, two decades of veterinary practice from the 1950s to the 1970s, and life as a Minister in the South Australian Government in the 1980s.

This book focuses on the post-war surrender of Croatian civilians and soldiers to the Communist Yugoslav Army on 15 May 1945 in Bleiburg, Austria. Sources reveal Tito's massacre of over half a million unarmed Croats, and the discovery of hundreds of post-war mass graves. The Yugoslav perpetrators of genocide have never been punished.

Jon Weaving, born in Melbourne in 1931, studied in London with Glyndebourne's Jani Strasser, and was a rehearsal singer under Sir Thomas Beecham. Mentored by Richard Bonynge, Weaving developed into a tenor able to sing the great Wagnerian roles. His debut role, opposite June Bronhill, was Danilo in The Merry Widow with the Sadler's Wells Opera. In Sweden, Monique Brynnel began a career that would encompass jazz, musical theatre, operetta and opera. Mentored by soprano Alice Sterner and director Styrbjorn Lindedal, Monique won a scholarship to London. Independently pursuing careers in Europe, the UK, and - in Weaving's case, Australia, where he toured and starred with Suzanne Steele in an ABC series - the two became very successful. Weaving was a renowned Heldentenor, and sang in Wagner's Ring cycle for the English National Opera and in numerous German Ring productions. After five years with the Riksteatern (national theatre company) in Stockholm, Monique's lead role in The Gypsy Princess in Austria began a stellar career in many European opera houses. It is also a love story, one that began when Monique listened to a glorious tenor voice at Wigmore Hall and finally met the man himself seven years later. Married with a small son, their move to Sweden in 1976 allowed them to maintain guest performer status in many European opera companies. From 1978, resident in Australia, the couple performed in productions for the Victorian, Queensland and Australian Opera companies, a television series for the ABC, and made recordings. Monique also performed in several concerts at the Sydney Opera House, and taught at the Victorian College of the Arts. In 1992 they founded a singing school in Melbourne. Jon fell ill, and died in 2011. Monique recently resumed the writing task, and has told their story until their arrival in Australia in 1978. A description of Monique's singing technique for students, and a select list of recordings made separately and together, are included."

When Jenni Townsend knew she was getting closer to the average age of menopause, she started to organise a party to celebrate its arrival. 'Yoo Hoo, ' she chortled. 'I'm fifty and free from that natural part of my life.' When Ms Menopause knocked at her door, what Jenni actually encountered was everything but a celebration. The invitations to her party are still collecting cobwebs and dust as they still linger to be handed out. Why, in the 21st Century, is Ms Menopause still being allowed to bully and dissolve women through the next natural part of their lives, to the point of disappearance? Not only does Ms Menopause bully the menopausal woman, she affects family, loved ones, and finances. She will chew away at hormones and the essence of a woman until she becomes a shadow of who she was. Why does the medical community see fit to toss HRT and other synthetic medications at the menopausal woman, when the Medical Community is fully aware they create dangerous side-effects and cause illnesses to the women who are given them as options? Why isn't the medical community giving the menopausal woman all the options in a transparent manner, including BHRT-Bio-identical hormone replacement. As an intelligent woman she can then make informed choices. Join Jenni as she enters menopause - this next natural stage of her life - with a gigantic bag of ignorance, and finds herself having to stand firmly against the medical world and society's flippant attitude towards the menopausal woman. Walk with Jenni on her harrowing quest to ensure every menopausal woman has the truth and knowledge in hand, and that every menopausal woman is treated safely and with respect. This book is for everyone. About the Author: Jenni Townsend is a fifty-five-year-old Aussie, born in Marrickville, Australia, who sees herself as an 'everyday woman'. In a rush to earn her first fistful of dollars, Jenni started her working life at aged fifteen, part-time after school, weekends and school holidays. She marched into fulltime work in 1980, at aged nineteen. The gypsy in her blood and her love of Australia led her to travel, work and play in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. In her twenties, Jenni loved being part of the 80s, travelling to Tasmania, New Zealand, and having a two week cruise to Vila, Noumea, and many other beautiful islands. At thirty-one, with the birth of daughter - Jenni's greatest and happiest achievement - she and her tribe settled in Brisbane Australia. Family has always been Jenni's first priority. At thirty-four, Jenni suddenly and unexpectedly lost her mum. Less than ten years later, she cared for and lost her sister to leukaemia. And then, only two years later also cared for her dad as he battled and succumbed to bowel cancer. Throughout these times of great grief and loss, Jenni dealt with each heartache in a calm, loving and compassionate way. With her indomitable spirit, she always got back up, dusted herself off, and continued to take life head-on. Her untameable humour also helped enormously with these challenges of life. Jenni considers that she's 'always grown well into her ages', and is now well settled in Brisbane, the city she now calls 'home'. She looks forward to her years ahead, hoping to live her life healthily, happily and... disgracefully.

This breakthrough book addresses the current problem of anxiety in families and the suffering of family members from anxiety disorders - parents, school going or younger children, teenagers or grandparents. Step-by-step solutions are offered clearly and without jargon. This book provides families with three major ways of overcoming anxiety: 1. Stopping the cycle of anxiety spreading in families. Anxiety is like a virus. When one person suffers from anxiety, it can spread to other family members without anyone realising it is happening. Home life can begin to deteriorate and break down. 2. Ways in which a family can unite to support an anxious loved one, and how individual members can help each other to recover. 3. Information about how to cope with all common anxiety disorders, including generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and separation anxiety. Conditions associated with anxiety such as depression, eating disorders, ADD/ADHD are discussed as well. The issues covered in this book include: - The difference between worry, everyday anxiety and anxiety disorders. - Understanding relationships and developing stronger family bonds. - The causes of anxiety. - Changing destructive, anxious thinking with cognitive behavioural therapy. - Reducing anxiety by nurturing self-esteem and developing assertiveness. - Preventing anxiety caused by bullying at school, work and cyber bullying. - Spiritual belief as a means of finding meaning and purpose. - Methods of deep breathing, relaxation and mindfulness. - The calming effect of exercise the effect of substance abuse on anxiety. - Exciting current research studies on anxiety giving information and hope. About the Author: Joan Zawatzky is a psychologist who brings her experience of over 25 years in counselling individuals, couples and families to this book. She writes directly and compassionately, offering practical support to sufferers of anxiety and their families. This book follows her previous book, Depression: Light at the End of the Tunnel. She is also the author of The Scent of Oranges, The Elephant's Footprint and The Third Generation.

A nineteen year old is catapulted out of an 1890s rural lifestyle into the 'cradle of terrorism, genocide and reprisals', in a strange land. Thanks to some military type training, he is able to survive wounding, capture, escape and emergency surgery and rescue a business while fighting as an 'irregular' to help hasten the end of the Boer war. He encounters the slave trade, mass murder reprisals and terrorism. During this time, he falls in love with a very beautiful girl of mixed race and has the prejudice of a 'mixed' marriage, false accusation and relentless victimization to overcome. About the Author: Hugh Aldersey was educated at Radley College and Birkenhead College and worked in heavy engineering before going into the British Army. He was commissioned in REME and served in Egypt with African Colonial troops, British troops and native tradesmen. On leaving the Army he migrated to Australia and was editor of the 'Australian Mechanical Engineering' magazine. He has also held a number of positions in technical marketing and has travelled extensively.

Women & Success will take you on a journey of self-discovery. In this ground breaking book, you will read stories from successful and inspiring women and will begin to reflect and define what success means to you, and how you define yourself through the lens of success. This is more than a book: it is a treasure chest of insights and resources to support and stretch you on your journey. It is a self-paced mentoring program with a call to action: take a stand for living the life you want by standing on the foundation of what success means to you. In Women & Success, Pollyanna Lenkic will show you how to slay the sabotage and self-doubt that is derailing your right to live a fulfilled life, and preventing you from acknowledging your achievements and successes. When women step into their power and recognise their contribution, amazing things happen. Be part of this journey. Reviews: 'It has been said that we know ourselves by the stories we tell. In Women & Success, author Pollyanna Lenkic provides plenty of inspiring stories of powerful and successful leadership and gives the reader the tools needed to define and create success. The book is both concrete and inspirational! Don't miss it.' Karen Kimsey-House Co-Founder The Coaches Training Institute and best-selling co-author of Co-Active Coaching & Integration: The Power of Being Co-Active in Work and Life. Pollyanna made me realise that as a professional, a leader and a woman, there are several barriers that I needed to overcome, but the most important one was about giving myself more credit than I had in the past. This was about finding my inner bliss and utilising it across my life.' Angelina Pillai - National Manager, Australian Human Resources Institute About the Author: 'For me, success is how I feel about who I am; my place in the world; the contribution I make; and the people in my life. It is about aligning the things I do in my life to the bigger picture of who I am being and becoming.' Pollyanna Lenkic is passionate about bringing the discussion and exploration of what success means to women, how they see themselves through the lens of success and the impact this has on their lives and the lives of others, at home, at work and globally. She has spent the past 15 years studying, researching and exploring women and their relationship to success. She believes strongly that the issue of women and success is a business and global issue, not a women's issue. Understanding how women see and define themselves through the lens of success is an important discovery for both women and men. This discovery helps to understand how to promote success and to maximise potential to the benefit of the individual, the organisation and the world. Pollyanna is interviewed regularly by magazines and regional newspapers as a subject expert on women and success. In 2006, Pollyanna designed, conducted then launched the results of Women, Work & Success; a first of its kind report in Australia about how women perceive success. Pollyanna is the founder of the Women & Success series: a suite of mentoring and leadership programs run within organisations and for entrepreneurial groups. She regularly hosts Gender Balance Forums gathering industry leaders and providing the opportunity for executives (from these organisations) to share experiences and strategies in implementing gender balance in their organisation.

Twenty chapters, each is a different but complete story of crime, actual and attempted, within the superannuation industry. Contains elements of biography of the author as a General Manager, Trustee and Consultant to several of Australia's top superannuation funds and later as an Investigator. Chapters relate how murderers sought to claim the superannuation of victims, an attempt by a "widow" to claim a death benefit for a still alive husband and an opportunistic couple and their teenage daughters who colluded to bury a "spare" corpse. Attempts by contributors to fraudulently obtain total and permanent disability benefits with forged medical documents are disclosed as is the humorous method employed by a doctor to reveal the ploy of a swindler and the coercion inflicted by a Manager to obtain a resignation from a would-be swindler. Fates of frauds involving ingestion of substances to imitate serious cardiac conditions are aired. Details how psychiatric disability was abused by a contributor and his Psychiatrist mistress to manipulate sections of the medical and legal professions to rip off several superannuation funds. Murder by axe, poison and the "accidental" discharge of five bullets from a .303 rifle into the back of an inconvenient husband by a violent woman make fascinating reading. Persecutions of superannuation fund managers are featured, one in particular being at diplomatic level. A "Royal" who was conman scum and tales of tainted Trustees of similar ilk are eye-openers. The scale of defrauding of super funds by conmen with dodgy investments and embezzling employees are sure to cause unease, particularly the thefts of millions of unrecoverable dollars by dozens of swindlers from SMSFs. How a super employee got away with millions from a bank employees fund and the $150 million attempted fraud by a gang of criminals that came so close to success. This book is a fascinating and totally engrossing, entirely different, aspect of the superannuation industry. Superannuation is Australia's most massive, highly profitable and hence highly competitive industry. The industry fears any exposure of its weaknesses. This is the book the industry dreads. About the Author: Percy Cooper is a semi-retired Melbourne author. In his civilian career he had over 40 years as General Manager, Trustee or Consultant to Australia's top government, semi-government and industry superannuation funds, with over 15 years as a Councillor of the Victorian Division of the industry's peak body, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). In the wider field of business, he served as a Director of a Bank, a Motel Chain, and a joint semi-government / Bank multimillion dollar property trust and was Chairman of an ASX listed property development company. As a licensed Private Inquiry Agent he draws on decades of experience to detect and resolve, mainly by common sense negotiation, "irregularities" within the superannuation industry. Restitution before retribution is his strength. Parallel with his business career, he served as an Officer in the Australian Army Reserve rising from a humble National Serviceman to Officer Rank and receiving the ED (Efficiency Decoration). His last posting was that of Divisional Artillery Intelligence Officer for the Third Division. The author's qualifications and vast experience make him the only person capable of writing this unique book.

She was the American woman who changed Australian history. She broke through barriers for women in architecture and spent 15 years working for Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the formative years of the Prairie School of Architecture. Then she teamed up with Walter Burley Griffin working with him in winning the design contest for the new Australian capital city, Canberra. She was an architect, artist, environmentalist, social observer and community builder, yet her work has been constantly overshadowed by the famous men in her life. The first biography of Marion Mahony Griffin in her own right, Making Magic tells Marion's story. It dates back to the days of Abraham Lincoln who was friends with her grandparents as a travelling lawyer in Illinois. It follows the story of her life over three continents - America, Australia and India. And her love affair with her husband which produced such historic results. A woman with a fierce sense of idealism and a passion for nature, Marion always had a mind of her own. She developed fine artistic and architectural skills which helped to make Wright and then Griffin famous. A woman in a man's world, she made history with her pioneering role as a female architect. Her creative work was sheer magic. Faced with her own challenges, she drew on her energy and creativity to refashion her role in a new country. She was instrumental in setting up a unique community in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. Her paintings, drawings and descriptions of the Australian bushland produced another exercise in magic. Yet few know her real story. Making Magic comes as Marion's role is now being recognised with accolades in America and Australia. Northwestern University Professor David Van Zanten describes her as the Frida Kahlo of the Chicago school of architecture. "Everywhere and nowhere, forgotten then suddenly remembered, unique in her work." Drawing on her diaries and historical records in libraries in Australia and America, and conversations with Griffin experts home owners and others with links to Marion's life, Making Magic tells the story of a most unusual woman. It puts the case for her recognition as an important figure who emerged from Chicago's Prairie School of architecture and tells an inspiring story of a woman and her own special brand of magic. About the Author: Glenda Korporaal is a journalist and writer based in Sydney, Australia. She has lived in Canberra and Washington, DC, and has a Master of Arts (Economics) from George Washington University, Washington, DC. The author of four books, she has a long time fascination with the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and interest in the ties between Australia and America.

More than 200 Tasmanian nurses enlisted in Australian and British military forces during the Second World War. They formed a cross section of Australian nurses who enlisted and in microcosm, their experiences replicated those of the whole with few exceptions. They were in the Middle East, Egypt, Greece and Ceylon from 1940 to 1943, in Malaya and Singapore in 1941 and early 1942, in Papua, New Guinea, New Britain, New Caledonia, Morotai and Borneo from 1942 onwards, and back in Singapore after the war had finished. Some also served on hospital ships, especially the Wanganella. Several were prisoners of the Japanese, and some died in captivity. Others went to the Philippines as part of medical teams to nurse released prisoners of war, and some went to Japan in 1946 as part of the occupying forces. They also served in the Northern Territory when the military hospitals there were exposed to Japanese air attack, and they worked in medical units scattered throughout Australia. Some also travelled by sea to Canada and the United States with Australian air crew trainees, and some served with British military forces in England, Europe and India. They therefore form a representative sample of Australian military nurses in general, but they are not too large as an overall cohort to prevent attention to individual and small-group experiences in some detail. This closer focus enables an exploration of the diversity of experiences which nurses had, the dangers they faced, the conditions under which they worked, and the impact of the war on their lives. Veils and Tin Hats contains over 200 photos, includes nominal rolls of Tasmanian nurses and AAMWS and is indexed. About the Author Peter Henning was born and educated in Tasmania. For much of his working life he was a history teacher at senior secondary colleges in Hobart and Launceston, finishing his teaching career as an assistant principal at Launceston College in 2002. He is the author of Doomed Battalion (Allen & Unwin 1995), a history of the largely Tasmanian 2/40 Battalion, captured by the Japanese on Timor in early 1942, tis members then scattered through prison camps across east Asia. He was a contributing writer to The Companion to Tasmanian History (University of Tasmania 2005) and The Australian Centenary History of Defence (Volume VI, Oxford, 2001). In between writing history he has written extensively about Tasmanian contemporary political issues and has established, with his wife Diane, an award-winning olive grove in the Tamar Valley, north of Launceston.

He is an Australian businessman with a secret hope that Australia as a nation will count for something important in its region and the world. She is the daughter of an Indonesian mystic whose secret hope is that she will become the country's president. Each year she spends a night with her father in the graves of their ancestors. "Otherwise," she laughs, "I'm just a regular Sydney girl," or, as she sometimes says, "a ratbag feminist". She is against abortion and wants marriage and children. He believes that free love, like free markets, will find its own way. As a compromise, they marry in a secular ceremony in Prague and become crusaders for a liberal, democratic new world order. But Indonesian and Australian politics - and the Goddess of the Arafura Sea - conspire against them. Author Biography: Australian writer-diplomat Bruce Grant has written ten works of non-fiction, three novels, essays and short stories published in The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Playboy, Cleo, The Bulletin, Quadrant, Overland and Meanjin. His first book, Indonesia, became a classic. Crossing the Arafura Sea is one of three novels on the theme "Love in the Asian Century". He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, foundation chairman of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, chairman of the Australian Dance Theatre, chairman of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, president of Melbourne's International Film Festival and president of Melbourne's International Arts Festival. His essay "The Great Pretender at the Bar of Justice", written at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, was published in The Best Australian Essays 2002. "Bali: The Spirit of Here and Now", written after the October 2002 bombings, was published in The Best Australian Essays 2004. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by Monash University in December 2003 and distinguished Fellow by the Australian Institute of International Affairs in 2010.

Retail lease negotiation and administration is the key to running a successful retail business. This practical guide will assist retailers to negotiate a fair lease and successfully administer occupancy costs during the lease term, whether you are: A small retailer in a shopping centre or stand-alone shop. A chain of retail stores. A supermarket or department store. A franchisee. A professional, such as a pharmacist, doctor or optometrist trading in a retail environment. An international chain considering trading in Australia. An essential checklist highlights the protection given to retailers under the Retail Tenancy Acts in Australia and those clauses permitted in leasing. It also covers the following essential aspects of retail business: The 8 golden rules of negotiating a retail lease. A fair retail rent. Outgoings control and monitoring. The fit-out of the store. The disclosure statement and its implications. Making a lease offer. Purchasing a store from an existing tenant. The rights of franchisees under state legislation. The new Franchising Code and its impact on all parties. Negotiation with a landlord during an economic downturn. Handling options in leases. How to administer a lease portfolio. About the Author: Hymie has over 25 years financial and management consulting experience specialising in the retail and property industry. In his role as a business consultant, Hymie has assisted small and large retail groups in negotiating their leases with landlords and set up administration controls for franchises. He has acted for many professionals in negotiating their leases according to professional regulations. He is the author of Australia the Immigrants Guide to Retail, Retail Survival in Tough Times, and The Retailers Guide to Carbon Tax. If you have an interest in the retail sector you will benefit from reading Hymie's new offering."

Countless seasons had passed since her ancestors were saved by the Gray Wolf Mother. Now, in the year 573, Eliz and her people, the Celestials, continue to live as nomads. They are people who rely on the Earth Mother Goddess and pray to the Sky God above. At a time of shift in power amongst the Southern Kingdoms of China, Eliz is torn between the desire to have a family and the longing to find her warrior father. Her quest for love and acceptance will take her out of the shelter of her mountains. With her horse and wolf companion, she will enter a world of wonder, romance and perils which she never would have contemplated. Author Biography: Belin Aydan began to develop the idea for Eliz of the Celestials while in her teens. She later went on to study business and work in the finance sector. It was after the birth of her two daughters that she once again embraced her passion for writing. Encouraged by her husband and two teenage daughters, she completed Eliz's story. Belin Aydan lives with her husband and daughters in Melbourne.

Know Your Enemy is the sequel to Irregular Safari and follows the same family through two world wars and the Great Depression. Renewed terrorist activity, reprisal attacks and political pressure force the sale of the family interests in South Africa and after much difficulty, a gun battle and tragedy they are able to consolidate back in Britain. On the outbreak of WW I the family become involved and some are posted to the Western Front in France. The horrors of trench warfare and a field hospital are experienced. (Based on a diary written in the trenches by the author's father.) The countries of Europe were bankrupted by the war and were ill prepared for the start of the depression and the Wall Street crash and were struggling for survival. Hitler emerged and manipulated the situation to form the Third Reich with plans to overrun Europe. Members of the family and their friends are directly involved in many of the lesser known secret facets of WW II such as Mulberry, Knickebein, Armadillo, Pluto, Un Grand Ruse de Guerre and the Quattara Rabbit Run Deception. An assignment to gather secret information keeps the family au fait with a lot of classified material but causes reprisal attacks from the 'Enemy Within' and amazing revelations of traitors operating on the 'Home Front'. The highly secret preparations for 'D Day' and the Normandy landing reach a crisis that requires much skill, improvisation and bravery to resolve. About the Author: Hugh Aldersey was educated at Radley College and Birkenhead College and worked in heavy engineering before going into the British Army. He was commissioned in REME and served in Egypt with African Colonial troops, British troops and native tradesmen. On leaving the Army he migrated to Australia and was editor of the 'Australian Mechanical Engineering' magazine. He has also held a number of positions in technical marketing and has travelled extensively.

Republic Earth is an educational, social, political, economic and technological ideology that aims at the establishment of a full global democracy that values all aspects of humanity around the world. Republic Earth primarily aims to build a global online democracy using the technology of the digital revolution, as soon everyone on Earth will be connected if they wish to be. Republic Earth appreciates that in the coming years people will increasingly reach, and relate to, people far beyond our own borders and language groups, sharing ideas, doing business and building genuine relationships. The origins of Republic Earth are inspired by Australia and cities like Melbourne and Sydney, which have developed robust multicultural societies that have been enriched by greater diversity. According to Sacha Payne, 'More than a quarter of Melbourne's population was born overseas with Victorians speaking more than 260 languages and dialects, coming from 200 different countries and sharing 135 different faiths'. The goal of Republic Earth is to encourage a global proliferation in awareness of other cultures and peoples around the world for the greater benefit of humanity. The Republic Earth concept also aims to assist Australia in becoming a modern prototype republic and aims to help it establish an Australian head of state; but the Republic Earth concept will hopefully broaden out to other countries and gain momentum worldwide, with valuing democracy and the fullness of humanity as the keys to long-lasting peace and enjoyment for all peoples on planet Earth. Republic Earth is an 'imagined community'. 'Imagined communities' is a concept coined by Benedict Anderson. An imagined community is different from an actual community because it is not (and, for practical reasons, cannot be) based on everyday face-to-face interaction between its members. For example, Anderson believes that a nation is a socially constructed community, imagined by the people who perceive themselves as part of that group. Within the 'imagined community' called Republic Earth there are 7.2 billion people, between 6,000 and 7,000 languages and 370 million indigenous people living in 90 countries around the world. Author Biography: Daniel White BA (Hons) JD, is an Australian Lawyer who is currently an adviser to Hon Anthony Byrne MP, Federal Member for Holt. Also the founder of the Labor for an Australian Republic Group and co-founder with his brother Andrew of Republic Earth. Daniel previously published a chapter called "Republic Is Coming" in the book entitled "One of Us: An Australian Head of State" edited by Damien Kingsbury (2014).

A dramatic meeting at night in a garden in New Delhi is the beginning of a tragic affair between a young Australian archaeologist, Annie, and an Indian poet, Gopala. "A meeting like this only happened when the signs were right... It was like Krishna and Radha at the lily pond." The pace of the novel is swift and direct, moving from love scenes that are sometimes sensual, sometimes tender, to diplomatic and political life. It is a study of India as an ancient civilisation adapting to the contemporary world and of Australia, secular and modern, searching for an identity in its region. Love poems of a 14th century Indian poet Vidyapati are used as a leitmotiv. Eventually, Annie says the three words that lovers down the ages have said to each other. It is too late, but Gopala hears the words and acknowledges them. A moment in life becomes eternal; because she said "I love you," death has lost its sting. Annie returns to Australia determined that her experience in India will change her life. Author Biography: Australian writer-diplomat Bruce Grant has written ten works of non-fiction, three novels, essays and short stories published in The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Playboy, Cleo, The Bulletin, Quadrant, Overland and Meanjin. His first book, Indonesia, became a classic. The Last Kiss is one of three novels on the theme "Love in the Asian Century." He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, foundation chairman of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, chairman of the Australian Dance Theatre, chairman of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, president of Melbourne's International Film Festival and president of Melbourne's International Arts Festival. His essay "The Great Pretender at the Bar of Justice," written at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, was published in The Best Australian Essays 2002. "Bali: The Spirit of Here and Now," written after the October 2002 bombings, was published in The Best Australian Essays 2004. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by Monash University in December 2003 and distinguished Fellow by the Australian Institute of International Affairs in 2010.

'The Book' on Lifestyle & Weight Management Want to change the way you look and feel? Well something needs to change BUT... it is way easier than you may think. Are you eating because you... are bored, lonely or frustrated? Where are you hungry? And what are you really hungry for? Imagine the New You What would that Look like, Feel like, Sound like? Author Biography: Cas and Heather combine to bring you CaS Therapy (Conscious and Subconscious Therapy). Cas is a lecturer, public speaker, clinical supervisor for counsellors and hypnotherapists and a long time therapist covering many modalities whilst Heather is a hypnotherapist who specialises in assisting people with weight management and quitting smoking. Together they help, guide and inspire many clients to bring about change within their minds and then within their lives. So they can... Be, Think, Feel, Eat and Live a Healthy Lifestyle. Cas was programmed as a child to believe that she would always be 'fat.' 'It's in your genes so you better get used to it, ' she was told, when in reality Cas was extremely unhappy and found that stuffing down her emotions with food was a way to cope. The joy of eating to feel better was, however, short lived. At this time in her life Cas was approximately 132kg. Cas dropped to less than half of her body weight and has maintained that for over 25 years. This book shares many of the secrets of her success. Heather at this time in her life believed she was big. In the 80's at a size 8 or 10 - her programmed belief was that she was big, would grow up to be big like her Grandmother and would always be big.

Australia has been a federation for more than a hundred years, and an independent country for more than seventy. But its system of government is still based on political compromises thrashed out in the late nineteenth century. In particular, the division of power between national and state governments is dysfunctional, irrelevant to the twenty-first century, and it costs us many billions of dollars every year.

A critique, homage, future vision and intimate portrait of mundane, marvellous Melbourne. A city of silence and shadows. Performance artist Leigh Bowery bursts out of Sunshine. Past and present pains arrive in trams. Ghost signs. Football. A young woman opens an all-girl garage in the 20s. A policeman's suitcase. Bats. A walking clock. A hundred years of screams. A convivial House of Bricks. Poetry. Stories past, true and new. Cassandra Atherton Peter Bakowski Kevin Brophy Gaylene Carbis Anne Connor Geoffrey Dobbs Helen Elliott Peter Ellyard Nick Gadd Antoni Jach R.J. King Carol Middleton Patricia Poppenbeek Jane Price Chris Ringrose Sue Robertson Phillip Siggins Heather Slutzkin Kaushal Srivastava Loretta Smith Jane Sullivan Alan Wearne Lea Weaver Chris Wheat

An Australian professor, negotiating middle age as a bachelor, and a Chinese girl student, negotiating the hazards of freedom in Australia, are the central characters in this study of the human dimension in the Asian Century. Their tender, thoughtful, unfulfilled relationship is set against a background of China's rising power and Australia's struggle to find a response, while remaining an ally of the United States, all played out in and around a class of international and local students in a Melbourne university. Author Biography: Australian writer-diplomat Bruce Grant has written ten works of non-fiction, three novels, essays and short stories published in The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Playboy, Cleo, The Bulletin, Quadrant, Overland and Meanjin. His first book, Indonesia, became a classic. A Young Woman From China is one of three novels on the theme "Love in the Asian Century." He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, foundation chairman of the Australia-Indonesia Institute, chairman of the Australian Dance Theatre, chairman of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, president of Melbourne's International Film Festival and president of Melbourne's International Arts Festival. His essay "The Great Pretender at the Bar of Justice," written at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, was published in The Best Australian Essays 2002. "Bali: The Spirit of Here and Now," written after the October 2002 bombings, was published in The Best Australian Essays 2004. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by Monash University in December 2003 and distinguished Fellow by the Australian Institute of International Affairs in 2010.

Magical things happen when pushing yourself beyond 3/4trs the speed of light - dreams come true, life takes on new purpose, all ills are cured, planets are saved. When the destiny of a zillion lives are thrust into your hands you have two choices; 'man'-up or crumble in a heap. Shug was never much for crumbling. The adventure that lay ahead would be like all the others he's had - terrifying when you're having them, electrifying when reminiscing. But, would he get the chance to look back on this one? None of the odds are on his side. With just under a week to save his entire nation from extinction, the only glimmer of hope lies with Magdalena Magdolin, Nessie, and the Edenite Collider. Can they fulfil his hope? As always... time will tell. About the Author: Steve Cooper was born in 1962 on St Andrew's day in Glasgow. After working as a fitter at the Face in dank Scottish Collieries through the 80s, he continued his Engineering studies at Strathclyde University followed by a Business Degree at the University of Glasgow before moving to Australia in 2008. Steve lives in the leafy suburbs of Melbourne with his partner Lynnie. He is a professional engineer, amateur motorcycle racer, and perpetual garage-band drummer. When not writing, his favourite pastimes are travelling, cooking, and sharing a cold beer and champagne with family and friends.

Nine year old Kate is very scared when her dad Sam is badly injured in a car accident. But then she meets some special friends and things take a strange and magical turn... About the Author: Born in Sydney, I've enjoyed playing with words and creating stories most of my life, usually writing about whatever is inspiring me at the time. A few short stories and articles have been published over the years, Under the Ghost Gum Tree my first children's story. Definitely born with a fair amount of 'gypsy blood' coursing through my veins, I've travelled and lived in different places in Australia and overseas working in various roles such as registered nurse, massage therapist, horse trainer, carer, Yoga teacher, gardener, among many others. A few years ago I was inspired to head south to Tasmania to write my latest children's story. Since then my partner David, intrepid small black poodle Ebony and I have been living the gypsy life on this magnificent southern island, going wherever that wind blows us. Jenny Nestor, gifted Melbourne artist and writer came into my life to illustrate Under the Ghost Gum Tree, and thankfully she's still in it! About the Illustrator: Jenny Nestor spent her childhood in Central Victoria then trained in Drawing and Etching at Victoria College in Melbourne. Though not formally trained as an Illustrator she has worked in this field on various projects for many years. Her artwork has been exhibited in both solo and group shows in Australia and overseas.

This book is for you if you feel: your life is out of control. defeated and hopeless about the future. things that once gave you pleasure are no longer of interest. tired all the time. unable to motivate yourself. You can find light at the end of the tunnel and beat depression. Joan Zawatzky shares the knowledge she has gained from many years of counselling depressed people. She provides you with the help you have been searching for in this unique combination of practical, tried and tested therapeutic solutions. There are four approaches to help you: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) that breaks down your negative, self-destructive thinking and helps you to rebuild your life. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) that continues the good work of CBT with meditation, awareness and acceptance of your thoughts. Healing tales that will inspire you and bring hope and motivation into your life. Case histories and explanations of the forms of depression, its causes, symptoms as well as the most current treatments available - both medical and natural. If one method doesn't help you, another will. In addition, Joan Zawatzky offers you methods of understanding and supporting a depressed teenager, assistance with a partner or an older family member who is depressed. She deals with the important areas of turning aggression into assertiveness, improving low self-esteem, encouraging low motivation and keeping your body in tune. The important topics of bullying, preventing suicide in teenagers and adults, substance abuse and seeking professional advice are also covered in the book. About the Author: Joan Zawatzky was born in South Africa. After completing her studies, first in art and then in psychology, she moved to Australia, where she worked for many years as a counselling psychologist. Joan Zawatzky brings her many years of experience in counselling depressed clients to this revised edition. Her special interest is research into advances in the understanding of depression. She writes directly and compassionately, offering practical support to sufferers of depression and their loved ones. Her approach is broad and balanced and aims to help the total person. She is also the author of The Scent of Oranges, The Elephant's Footprint and The Third Generation.

Writing a book is not a guaranteed fast track to vast royalty windfalls and bestseller fame and fortune. Nor is it an ego trip to be put off until retirement. Writing a high quality, content-rich, non-fiction business book to showcase your expertise and promote your brand is the smartest and most cost-effective marketing and business development decision you'll ever make. In 2006 RainToday.com and Wellesley Hills Group published a report called The Business Impact of Writing a Book. Of the business book authors surveyed: 94 percent reported that their book improved their brand. 95 percent reported that their book generated more speaking engagements. 96 percent reported that their book generated more clients. 94 percent reported that their book generated more leads. 87 percent reported that their book allowed them to charge higher fees. 87 percent reported that their book allowed them to generate a more desirable client base. 76 percent reported that their book allowed them to close more deals. The overwhelming outcome of this research was, "Assuming you have something worthwhile to say in a book, write one!" How to Write a Book in 33 Days will explore the numerous benefits of becoming an author and take you through a systematic process to help you travel from an idea on a blank screen to a finished manuscript faster than you ever dreamed possible. It will also walk you through the various publishing options available to you and explore the pros and cons of each. About the Author: Karen McCreadie is a professional author and ghostwriter. She has written over 35 books, including several international bestsellers. Karen has been commissioned to write for mainstream publishers, including John Wiley & Sons, Marshall Cavendish and Infinite Ideas. And for the record, Karen is not a trained writer so if she can do it - so can you!

ISLANDS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW is the story of an extraordinary man living through ordinary times, or perhaps it is the story of an ordinary man living through extraordinary times. From his childhood in the off-shore British island of Guernsey which was pretty idyllic, except for the very difficult matter of no knowing who his true parents were, to a chaotic time spent in England as a child refugee from the II World War, to where he now lives in Frankston, Southern Australia, there have been numerous good and bad times to deal with as he sometimes stumbled or hurtled along on his journey. Bernard Blestel's life story will revive details and memories that are familiar to many readers, and will undoubtedly open the eyes of many others whose lives have taken different paths. His generosity of spirit casts a shining light on the way that he has dealt with all his adventures. There is courage, humour and compassion in this true story of a man who climbed out of the shadows and into the sunshine. ISLANDS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW is a gift for all of us who have doubts or fears. A shining light in a shadowy world. About the Author: Sunshine and Shadows will hold the readers interest, as the author relates his thrilling passage through life, a journey where he has both received love and given love to those who have been denied this wonderful experience. His eventful life has been filled with varied and sympathetic understanding of those in the shadows. Bernard Blestel has provided a masterly lesson in how to write a life, thus bringing us out of the Shadows and into the Light.

Can you really make money playing slot machines? Peter Liston, otherwise known as the Slot King has done just that, turning $500 into millions over the past twenty five years.Million Dollar Slots is not a "How to do it" but a "How I did it" book. You will be left in no doubt that the slots can be beaten and you will learn how it was done.For the first time, Peter reveals the secrets that have turned him from a high school teacher into a globe-trotting professional gambler doing what is considered to be impossible - playing the slot machines as a business.Share with Peter as he cracks the code to the slots, tests the theories in his local slot venues, then exploits that winning knowledge in hotels, clubs and casinos around the world.Unlike any other book on slots that tell you how a slot machine works, then sheepishly tell you the slots can't be beaten, with Million Dollar Slots, you will realise that not only can they be beaten, but by learning when and how to play them can provide you with a sustainable income.Peter has appeared in television and radio interviews in U.S.A., Australia and U.K. He was one of the keynote speakers at the World Gaming Protection Conference in Las Vegas in 2012 and has been an occasional guest on the podcast Gambling with an Edge.Please note that Peter's other book Playing Poker Machines as a Business contains the same information, but is designed for a Down Under audience

Learn how Australia's leading poker machine expert turned $500 into $millions. Can you really make money playing poker machines? Peter Liston, otherwise known as the Pokie King has done just that, turning $500 into millions over the past twenty five years playing in the very same pubs, clubs and casinos you can find in your own neighbourhood.Playing Poker Machines as a Business is not a "How to do it" but is a "How I did it" book. You will be assured that yes, the pokies really can be beaten, and not only beaten, but can provide a sustainable income. For the first time, Peter reveals the secrets that have turned him from a high school teacher into a globe-trotting professional gambler doing what is considered to be impossible - playing the poker machines as a business. Share with Peter as he cracks the code to the pokies, tests the theories in his local gaming venues, then exploits that winning knowledge in hotels, clubs and casinos around Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America and Africa. Peter has appeared in television and radio interviews in Australia, U.K., and U.S.A. Peter was one of the keynote speakers at the World Gaming Protection Conference in Las Vegas in 2012.Please note that Million Dollar Slots contains the same material as Playing Poker Machines as a Business but uses different terminology for an international market.