Books published by Xlibris AU

Gerald Saul: Legend in His Own Mind tells a story that spans the first forty years of life with mystery, adventure, sadness, love, philosophy, and travel of a person who is a legend in his own mind. It begins with the family background of a single parent mother of five, goes on to tell of the life on a small West Indian island, continues into England, travels to German then to the endurance and the struggle of life on a kibbutz in Israel, and ends on the continent of Australia.It delves into the working life of an individual from being a paperboy to factory worker, salesperson, student, banker, police officer, youth worker, businessman, and teacher.The individual is not politically correct, uses women for pleasure, is immoral but charming, and is a villain and a hero.Gerald Saul: Legend in His Own Mind tackles the challenges of growing up without guidance, questioning one's morals, coping with discrimination, and reasoning the experiences in life and the hardships of loneliness, and much more.

Ever dreamed of creating a secret fist pump? Some of the coolest kids in the world are ready to demonstrate some of the most amazing fist pumps!Within a step-by-step guide that includes beautiful illustrations, fun characters like race car drivers Ralf and Tilly; skydivers Charlie, Max, and Gracie; and kangaroo riders Rocco and Mia show children how to quickly master creative fist pumps. Included are extra blank pages that encourage children to use their imaginations to develop, draw, and colour their own original fist pumps.The Kids Official Guide to Fist Pumps shares delightful, amusing fist pumps that remind children that they have the power within their own imaginations to make life fun!

An old fisherman lives alone on a craggy, windswept coastline. His home is built from the wreckage of long-gone ships. Each day, he embarks on a treacherous path to the sea where he collects the fishes that he delivers to the leper colony to help feed the homeless children at the mission. He is a kind and caring widower.While on his daily journey, he encounters a wounded merchild, but he doesn't know the child has been left as bait for him by the merfolk queen. She wishes to use his bones to decorate her palace. She also believes that being kind and caring is a weakness. The old man works to keep the merchild safe and to resist the queen.A fairy-tale for children, The Fisherman and His Foundlings shares a story about the importance of being kind and caring.

In the year 2050, probes are launched into deep space. Two dwarf planets orbiting around a sun are adjudged suitable for colonization. Just as the Quakers and Pilgrim Fathers established colonies in the New World, two religious sects, Greyce and Kaire, settle in space.Both sects originate from the great teacher Christos, but fifty years later, each has evolved to bear little resemblance to the other-a trajectory not lost on a dangerous, militant civilization that has been scanning and observing the planets. Envoys are dispatched with devious intentions of colonizing Greyce and Kaire. After the self-proclaimed prophet and leader of Greyce is lured by the glamorous envoys into their shuttlecraft, all the colony's parishioners quickly follow and vanish forever. Can Kaire resist this fate and progress toward a different future?The Crinkling on the Pie explores today's values of wealth, materialism, pleasure, youthfulness, and status through a fable set in space.

This is a story of Mara who has beautiful long hair. She decided that she did not want to brush it. This story describes action and consequences. Mara did not brush her hair and got into a bit of trouble because of that.

This is a very special book, it's the Savior's book. Jesus has guided me through much revelation about the Golden Eagles and the seven years of obedience training they must go through before they enter the ministry.Golden Eagles pursue perfect obedience and have a very strong desire for intimacy with the Lord Jesus Christ.In this little book we will guide you through the teaching of perfect obedience and the invitation and training necessary to be one. We will discuss things about rank and authority, intimacy, discernment, anointing, the twelve chief spices and spiritual warfare.

reach out & clasp your hands to mine. let's be lost together. unleash our souls down the portal to the messy truths of who we are. dig up our roots & replant them. hang our scars out to dry. fill our lungs with new ideas about love. bask in our darkness. shower in our light. slip out of old identities. breathe new beginnings. visit the moon & return home again.

Ruby is a little girl starting big school for the very first time, being a shy girl she found it difficult to make friends at her new school.When Ruby was sitting at her desk she began to daydream while looking out the classroom window. She saw unicorns, fairies, large butterflies and flowers of beautiful colours.Suddenly the bell rang awakening Ruby from this magical place. Then Ruby heard the teacher calling out to her and the children were laughing.Saved by the bell Ruby thought, as she walked out of the classroom to go home. When Ruby goes to wondrous places she makes lots of new friends. In her dreams she has also met dolphins, mermaid's and the fairies invited Ruby to their celebrations to meet queen Epona. Ruby was delighted to get an invitation.

What makes us feel safe and content? Imagine living in the big city and aching to step on a luscious green patch of grass, not allowed to even touch it. Imagine walking through a beautiful park but having to stick to the concrete pathways. This book explores the different places we go when searching for our 'big patch of grass', one we can feel between our toes and run our fingers through - whether this is an escape to a farm in the countryside or all the way to the other side of the world.

After a century of humiliation, China re-emerged as an independent and sovereign nation following the1949Communist victory in the post-WW2 civil war. Chairman Mao Tse-tung said that "the Chinese people (then) comprising one quarterof humanity, have now stood up..." His grand mission, as well as the aspiration of many Chinese, was for China "to become rich andstrong" again, which it had been historically for millennia.From a dirt poor country, China's phenomenal progress led to its rise as the world's second largest economy in 2010; its GDP grewfrom US$216.8 billion in 1978 to US$8.2 trillion in 2012.New China has freed over 700 million people from the clutches of extreme poverty -- more than twice the present population of theUnited States.China's urbanization has also been unparalleled in history -- from 17.9% (180 million urban residents) in 1978 to 51.27% (710 million) by the end of 2012, when its urban population exceeded its rural for the first time in its long history of over 5,000 years.China's previous renaissance occurred during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126)., about one millennium ago.The present leadership in Beijing has described the "Chinese Dream" as a work in progress over a time span of one century (1949-2049),when China will be completely reconstructed and rejuvenated.The "rise of China" has been named the top news story of the 21st century by the Global Language Monitor. And, it's probablythe greatest story ever of the development and transformation of a major nation in the annals of the human race.

Through My Eyes takes the reader on a journey through one boy's life, from when he is a baby to when he starts school. The words represent what the boy is thinking, but he is not able to articulate the emotions he is feeling to his mother or his teacher. As the boy grows, he continues to find himself in new situations that are overwhelmingly uncomfortable, painful, loud, and upsetting. Each day becomes increasingly more challenging. Will the boy be able to cope in this big and scary world?