Books published by Xlibris AU

The author takes you on a rich visual journey using meditative Haiku penned based on real-life experiences. It is designed as a workbook to help in contemplation ,reflection and in insightful meditation for inner bliss. The Haiku themes are based on the varied , colourful aspects of life - birth , growth,change,letting go etc which will help the reader in rejuvenation and self acclimatisation.

Anne wants to educate children about why farmers are important and why they matter to our lives. She also wants to educate children, through this book, about where our food comes from in its most natural state before it hits the supermarket shelves.

The sixth in a series, Margie and Wolf: The Hidden Caves shares the story of the ongoing adventures of Margie, Wolf, and their friends and family. In this book, the children and the fairies swim down to visit the home of River, the little turtle fairy. The magical River and her family live in a beautiful cave under a big waterfall. Together, the group has wonderful adventures and experiences together, growing in their friendships.

Two thousand years ago, two-time travellers are involved in a tavern brawl, resulting in one free room at the inn. It is all downhill from there. Fighting the zombie apocalypse in AD 27 while searching for a cure on Noah's ark, two friends embark on a mission to put their world right once more. Using their advanced technology in order to perform miracles and an abridged online copy of the Bible, they endeavour to recreate Christianity, becoming involved along the way in a revolutionary war to over throw a corrupt monarchy.

This book has been carefully and beautifully created to understand and relate to the moon's energy during each phase. Crystal in the Night: Moon Child is reflective of scenarios that may be present at each moon phase, enabling a beautiful story to unfold.Enjoy the journey of each moon phase as you follow the guidance.

A quirky and adventurous cow, attracted by the beautiful garden, manages to get inside a house. The little girl who lives in the house wonders how she got in and now tries to protect her belongings, but it's not an easy task.

The map of Australia abounds with fascinating geographical place-names, the origins of which have, for long, been hidden in the journals of our early explorers. Now after nine years of research, Erwin Feeken, a highly qualified cartographer, and his wife, Gerda, have finalised the first complete record of Australian geographical place-names and the most comprehensive general reference work on Australian exploration ever published.In European Discovery and Exploration of Australia, there are twenty-three beautifully drawn four-colour maps plus index showing the routes of more than 120 explorers with the locality of their named features numbered to accord with a Key to the Maps. The place-names in the Key have been numbered approximately in chronological order of their naming, though places found during a single expedition have been grouped together. There is also a gazetteer containing over four thousand place-names alphabetically arranged with notes on their origins. The map reference numbers (in brackets) form a cross-reference with the Key to the Maps.The work is introduced by a foreword from Lord Casey and an essay on the nature of Australian exploration by Professor O. H. K. Spate, director of the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. The text, comprising a survey of Australian exploration, is arranged in the form of biographies of the explorers (describing, for the first time, several almost unknown figures) with emphasis on their expeditions and under the following headings: "The Approach to Australia"; "Exploration before Settlement, 1606-1788"; "From Botany Bay to the Blue Mountains, 1788-1813"; "Land and Sea Expeditions, 1813-1901." This section of the book is very fully illustrated with 18 full-colour plates and some 150 black-and-white photographs, mostly reproductions of early prints. Concluding the book are bibliographies of sources and references, a list of illustrations, and an index of explorers and ships.The comprehensive nature of this work will ensure that it becomes a valuable reference book for students, while the text and illustrations will appeal to all who are interested in our history. Collectors of Australiana will welcome this most attractive addition to the ever-increasing number of available publications.

A doctor using unusual hypnotic techniques with his patients accidentally contacts a human being from another planet. Through this person he becomes aware of a large colony of these people living on Earth, a knowledge which causes him a lot of complications as these people definitively do not want to be known.The doctor is hit by a car, not quite accidentally, and wakes up in hospital on a distant planet.After recovering, thanks to the advanced alien medicine, he continues his work there, trying to look into the future through the minds of hypnotized persons.The doctor becomes very successful in his work-which causes him new problems as some scheming politicians do not want the future to be known too early.

A young medical student, by the accidental finding of a strange metal object, becomes aware of a large colony of alien people living on Earth. This knowledge eventually will cause him to be taken to their distant planet where there is a much more scientifically advanced civilization. There he finishes his medical studies and returns to Earth to practice medicine and to assist the aliens to advance Earth civilization to be able to join the vast Galactic Union.He gets into difficult situations when trying to use his alien medical knowledge at the local hospital.

The prince of Gomorrah desperately seeks eternal life. With a large entourage, he sets off into the desert to find the wise sage, Wisdom. The prince is certain Wisdom can help. In exchange for the secret to living forever, the prince offers the man and his family wealth, pomp and pageantry, debauchery and drunkenness, and even mystical insights into the human soul. Nothing works.The prince resorts to intimidation, threatening to destroy Wisdom's stronghold and enslave his daughters. Wisdom stands firmly in his decision and drives the prince and his entourage into the desert. After three days, they encounter the Dark Lord who offers the prince eternal life for an exorbitantly high price. The prince accepts, and the Dark Lord delivers. The prince must live with the catastrophic outcome of his choices.

Jonny Meets Mr Nasty is about the further adventures of our hero. He meets some new aliens, and some want him dead while some are a little nicer, albeit a little stoned. He also meets some very affectionate goddesses and has a bit of fun with them.

Jonny''s Wild Ride is an amusing story of disaffected member of Earthen Republic who decides to defect to the Mondor Star Kingdom. He brings ten superdreadnoughts that he stole from the shipyard he was employed at, with the intent of exchanging them for some nice land on a beach somewhere warm.

Jonny Hates Spiders revolves around Jonny stopping a war between humans and giant arachnids using a mix of extreme violence and diplomacy.

The Frankston Train follows the misadventures of a true denizen of ''Franghanistan'', Neeley Glasscock. His first world complacency is shattered when he is embroiled in that quintessentially Australian public disturbance, a racist rant on public transport. The Frankston Train is a satire about overt racism and unconscious bias that tests the claim, which is often repeated by luminaries like the present Prime Minister, that ''Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world.'' It is easy to identify with Neeley Glasscock; after all, who hasn''t witnessed some disconcerting or unsettling incident on a train, tram, or bus. And like Neeley Glasscock, we have all faced that dilemma of the petty existential hero or heroine - whether to intervene or not, whether to speak up or remain silent.Predictably, in the age of the ubiquitous cell phone, vision of this deplorable episode goes viral. All those involved become instant celebrities. Neeley''s employer, a pay-day lender, tries to exploit Neeley''s fifteen minutes of fame; however, chaos ensues when Neeley devises a devious plan to punish his employer''s cynicism and atone for his moral turpitude.