Books published by Sid Harta Publishers

Pirates, treasure & modern-day murder.This is the story of pirate treasure that people have been looking for in Australia for over 150 years. The story of how it got here, of the adventurous team that is hired to find it, and the man who would commit murder and much more to keep it all to himself. Follow the ABC Adventure Team as they battle to save a missing boy, discover lost treasure while trying to avoid a killer determined to stop them.ABC Adventure Tours.Archie, Baz and Chris are three war veterans who, with the help of some friends, make up ABC Adventure Tours. They are hired to travel the country looking for shipwrecks, missing gold from the past and other mysteries.Follow their stories as they dive through history and hidden dangers to uncover the truth behind some of Australia's most baffling mysteries.

This insightful book of poems and prose walks you through life before, during and after depression. It tells of the good years when everything seemed to go well. It tells of the depths of depression where there seems no way out, and it shows you that there is a light at the end of that dark tunnel that leads you to the rest of your life.I know, I've been there - no hit or missI even enjoyed stepping into the abyssBut I failed in my mission - got found too soonSo I just got angry and planned my next moveBut they put me in hospital under lock and keyAnd tried to help me but they just couldn't seeThat I'd made my mind up to round that bendAnd bring my misery to a final endThen family and friends gathered from near and farSome by plane and others by carThey never questioned the path I choseThey just let me know that they'd always be close

Bob McTaggart returns from a tour of duty with his special forces unit in Afghanistan and his world is turned upside down. He tries to put his life back on an even keel only to find himself dangerously involved in the dirty and deadly world of drug trafficking. McTaggart has to rely on all of his sharply honed skills to survive in the tropical rainforests of Far North Queensland and on the Great Barrier Reef. The prize is worth millions, but the deceit, betrayal and uncompromising greed by merciless and unscrupulous men and women make life hazardous for all who want to play in this deadly game.This fast moving, action-packed thriller will take you deep into the deadly world of organised crime where the only thing that matters is money. To dance with the devil is to engage in risky, reckless, or potentially immoral behaviour. To dance in the Daintree is to put your life in harms'' way where the slightest slip will bring an ugly end.

A promiscuous government minister puts at peril the prospects of his party at the polls when a young woman who works in his office dies in his bed. When he calls two bumbling assistants to remove the inconvenient corpse things go from bad to worse. Edgar Hodgkiss, who by chance is waiting at the police station to meet his son-in-law, Detective Inspector Donald Burke, overhears a conversation between a sergeant and a complaining citizen. Then he sees a distinctive sports car being brought in for forensic examination. From these two tenuous threads Hodgkiss untangles a seedy web of deceit and corruption going to the very highest level of government.Hodgkiss is something of a purist when it comes to cricket. Fieldsmen should not stand about with their hands in their pockets and they certainly should not all run into the wicket to congratulate the bowler every time a wicket falls. So when a fast bowler dies mysteriously Hodgkiss knows where to look for the killer. Pat Strong invites Hodgkiss to go with her to visit a friend in the country. She knows Hodgkiss is no lover of the rural life and is likely to refuse. So she dangles a bait. The town has been plagued with a rash of nasty poison pen letters and things are getting bad. Hodgkiss can''t resist the call. When they arrive Hodgkiss finds that his reputation as an investigator has preceded him. He is soon swept along in the bitter undercurrents that are dividing the little town. Even as they leave, with the problem solved apparently, Hodgkiss has a moment of doubt.

It’s 1970s Adelaide, an elderly transport magnate, living in a retirement village with his much younger attractive wife, dies suddenly from a heart attack. The family is furious, when they discover he has left his fortune entirely to the young wife, whom the family regard as nothing more than a high class call girl.Three years later, a surprising death-bed confession, results in Chief Inspector Johansson and his offsider, Senior Constable, Tania Markovina, being appointed to try and untangle a string of crimes committed over a period of twenty years, all of which, in some way, involved the deceased magnate.Uncovering the nature of the crimes is difficult, but identifying who the perpetrators actually are, is an even greater challenge. There are a number of likely suspects. Unraveling the whole story involves dogged police work in Adelaide, Sydney, the central west of New South Wales and even beautiful Samoa.Eventually, the elusive criminals are identified. They are clever and dangerous and hunting them down proves a risky business. What will be the final outcome?

Ibegin to write this book knowing that life is about keeping true to your inner light. The alpha is the chance to begin and the omega is the legacy you were born to leave behind.First the dream and then the persistence to see that dream be realised.I encourage you to dream big and to plan for endless abundance in your life.When you exhale love and belief into your dreams, you give them the vital power to evolve and touch the lives of countless people.Delaying your dreams is pressing the pause button on your true potential and your pursuit of excellence.So what is it you truly desire? When will you start to live the life of your dreams?As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it: boldness has genius, power and magic in it."If we were born to inspire and be inspired, why wait for happiness to happen? Happiness happens to those who know what they want and who will do what it takes to attain all they desire (provided what they desire is within the laws of humanity). I begin to write this book knowing that life is about keeping true to your inner light. The alpha is the chance to begin and the omega is the legacy you were born to leave behind.

2001. East Timor remains a dangerous place. Memories of pröIndonesian savagery linger, a resurgent militia threatens, and a secret war rages between Indonesia and Australia. Agent runner Matt Hurley is swept up in a maelstrom when one of his agents is brutally murdered.Seeking justice, he must partner with the shadowy world of counter-intelligence and in doing so, familiar faces begin to surface from his own troubled past; the wily spymaster Harry Faversham, and the talented and irresistible Maggie. The rollercoaster gathers speed with the death of the killer, but all is not as it seems.To bring everything into the open Hurley conceives a strategy to terrify his true quarry into confession. But success also brings the unexpected - an opportunity to capture militia leader Marcelino Borges, sadistic ringmaster of the infamous Kissing House, a dark place of rape and murder, hiding in West Timor. Near tragedy strikes during the attempt to take Borges and in the aftermath, Hurley must go secretly into West Timor to rescue the remnants of Maggie's team, now on the run.To uncover the last secret Hurley must himself confront the beast Borges. His revelation brings everything down and propels Hurley towards the real arch-traitor he is seeking, andan outcome from which there will be no turning back.

At almost fifteen, Jess exists alone in a life which has known few luxuries.A desperate attempt one night to free herself from her past is only the beginning of a new roller coaster ride of abuse and betrayal. She is thrust among strangers who use her to cover up their own deep-rooted family tensions. Disillusioned by a welfare system that has failed her and full of hostility for a world that has abandoned her, Jess finds herself back on the streets and fighting to survive. After recovering from a serious illness, she is given a second chance by a new family. But hardened to all compassion, she is engaged in an embittered struggle with everyone around her, and ultimately with herself.But with the support of the Bowmans, and Mark, who refuses to give up on her, can she learn to trust again, or even to love?

Noel Braun yearns to walk the Camino, the ancient pilgrimage route that leads across France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Since the suicide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, he has struggled to find himself. But is it pure madness? He's an old bloke. At seventy-seven-years, he should be sensible, act his age and relax in a rocking chair. Can his body and spirit withstand the demands? Can he leave family and friends behind? Noel believes this is a journey he MUST undertake. It's a compulsion, a spiritual quest of self-discovery, an urgent need to commune with the world around and beyond him.When Noel begins his journey, he discovers it's not just the rigorous demands of the physical world he must answer. The territory of the heart and soul has its own challenges, which have him searching for spiritual and emotional insights. His travels are interwoven with accounts of the many engaging characters he meets. In time he realises he himself is one of the Camino's characters.The Day Was Made for Walking merges the spiritual with the physical, the ancient with the contemporary. It is a memoir, but also a glimpse into history and a travel guide.

Andrii Antonenko was born in the Ukraine in 1922 shortly before the Communist purges of the Kulaks. He and his family were sent to work camps in the frozen steppes of the far North when he wasn’t even a teenager. He escaped the camp at an early age and from then on his life was a tale of extraordinary resilience and survival.He was conscripted into the Red Army at the beginning of 1941 just prior to the German invasion of Russia, and was engaged in battle and subsequently wounded. He managed to return to his home town where he recuperated. Following his recovery he was forced into the German Army where he suffered under the hands of the Germans before escaping and joining the Italian partisans. During this period he escaped death several times, was often on the edge of starvation and in constant fear of his life.Ultimately through luck and deception, he managed to pass himself off as a Pole and join the Polish division of the British Army in order to escape being repatriated by the Soviets and sent back to be murdered as part of their cleansing process.

Life in Plymouth, England is a simple one where time goes by with the townsfolk crossing paths with each other.Anna seems to have the perfect life, she is well known in the community as her husband, Peter, is the town’s ferry master. She goes about her days looking after their son Adrian, who dreams about advancing his studies.While visiting their tenants, the Prescott family, Anna meets their son Sam who has come home for the holidays from his University studies.Anna starts to become infatuated with Sam and makes every attempt to see him. She starts thinking about a life with Sam.Unbeknown to Anna, Peter invites Sam to a family picnic where his sister, Elena, also attends. Peter’s main aim is to match-make the two together as he knows Elena deserves a man like Sam.Seeing Sam and Elena together sparks off Anna’s jealousy, this sets off a series of events that will change everyone’s life forever.