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BENEATH HER LIES by LEANDA HERRING - PRE-ORDER NOW
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“This outback thriller will whack you for six!” Faye Janeway.
“A gripping, suspenseful murder mystery.” Judith Lees.
When a body is discovered at the bottom of a popular tourist summit in the Flinders Ranges, Detective Sergeant Bianca Mills teams up with clinical psychologist Jack Collins to investigate. Snippets of information gathered from residents of the nearby small country town lead the duo down a twisted path, revealing hidden secrets, lies, and a dark past. Is there a connection between their current investigation and the cold case disappearance of four university students three years earlier? And will Shirley from the local Tourist Centre be able to help DS Mills and Jack… before it’s too late?
ISBN: 978-1-7637218-6-9 288pp 233x153mm
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Intruder in the Apartment - A Short Novel by David Robinson
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PAPERBACK ISBN: 9781764123426 - 100pp 198x130mm
As Laura dreams of owning her own apartment, she watches on at the development and construction of a new prestigious apartment building across the road from her modest rental. Overcome with curiosity, she pretends to be an interested buyer to gain access to a tour of the multi-storey apartment building. When discovering one ‘empty’ apartment and finding the spare key to this luxurious penthouse, along with a key to an electric car parked in the garage, there is an opportunity to fulfill her dream.
What she decides next will change her life forever.
Also available as an eBook - $12 EBOOK - Come back later when the book is launched then click here - eBook ISBN: 9781764123433
One Wobbly Wood Pigeon
NEW RELEASE - COMING SOON - A Beautifully illustrated children's counting book by renowned Adelaide Hills artist Lloma Mackenzie.
When Max, Bella, and Violet go outside to play they watch the birds, listen to the farmers, smell the flowers, play with toys, walk in the forest, enjoy a picnic with their aunties, eat nuts, dance like ants, and paint some pictures!
With its humour and beautifully hand-painted lino prints by renowned Adelaide Hills artist, Lloma Mackenzie, this vibrantly illustrated and numbered picture book will delight readers of all ages.
ISBN: 978-1-7641234-0-2 32pp 20x25cm
Suffer the Children: Recollections of a Child Protection Worker by Anne McKenzie
Suffer the Children: Recollections of a Child Protection Worker is Anne McKenzie’s memoir, a collection of her vignettes and short stories, based on her experiences as a child protection worker, supervisor, team leader and manager.
The narrative arc of this book is as much about what it is like to be a child protection practitioner in a government department that is losing its way, overwhelmed by the sheer weight and volume of its statutory responsibilities, as it is a moving testament to the child victims of abuse, to their pain and their resilience.
There are stories that will make you laugh and others that will make you want to weep. Others still, will frustrate and anger you.
This book is not only essential reading for all human services students and professionals but also for everyone else in our community who cares about the welfare of children or has a role in meeting their needs or determining how those needs are met.
ISBN: 9781763721876 150pp 210 x 147mm
The Art of Gary Lee-Gaston by Peter Gaston
Thought Provoking Art - NEW RELEASE OUT NOW
ISBN: 978-1-7637218-4-5 136pp 279 x 213mm
South Australian artist and sculptor Gary Lee-Gaston OAM (1938-2021) produced an astonishing body of work during his lifetime. Numerous award-winning landscape paintings and commissioned portraits of a South Australian Governor, Police Commissioner and legendary war heroes were only part of his catalogue. There were also an estimated 40 000 life drawings and a published book on the subject. His apocalyptic pictures and scenes depicting Australia’s colonial history are fascinatingly thought provoking.
As an Artist and designer for Adelaide’s famous Christmas Pageant he contributed much to the cultural enrichment of South Australia. He designed and produced over 250 floats as well as the iconic magic cave. He also designed and crafted the distinctive roof top cyclists for Adelaide’s world-renowned Tour Down Under as well as numerous other significant commercial projects.
‘The Art of Gary Lee-Gaston’ written by his oldest son, Peter, brings together his most notable artworks for the first time. The book contains over 200 images as well as numerous previously unpublished poems and intimate behind the scenes stories. It provides context and insight to these wonderful creations and the man who produced them.
Impressions of the Heysen Trail - Margrit Warmer
A Beautiful Book of Art, Nature, & Walking ...
ISBN: 9780645945676 156pp 279 x 213mm
About the Book
This book Impressions of the Heysen Trail is the artistic creation of Margrit Warmer who, with a group of fellow hikers, walked the entire 1200 km length of South Australia’s iconic Heysen Trail. Starting at Cape Jervis, the book sets out the various sections of The Heysen Trail that can be walked from end-to-end, all the way through to Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges. Margrit Warmer’s beautiful sketches and paintings included in this book are based on her photographs taken along the way, then produced using watercolour, pen, ink, and pencil. Margrit Warmer’s Impressions of the Heysen Trail is a tribute to nature, as she captures in her artwork the breathtaking scenes, charming walking trails, and the diverse and spectacular panoramas of the Heysen Trail. Impressions of the Heysen Trail is an inspirational journey through art, nature, and friendships.
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BENEATH HER LIES by LEANDA HERRING - PRE-ORDER NOW
PRE-ORDER YOUR PAPERBACK COPY TODAY - AVAILABLE late-JULY 2025
“This outback thriller will whack you for six!” Faye Janeway.
“A gripping, suspenseful murder mystery.” Judith Lees.
When a body is discovered at the bottom of a popular tourist summit in the Flinders Ranges, Detective Sergeant Bianca Mills teams up with clinical psychologist Jack Collins to investigate. Snippets of information gathered from residents of the nearby small country town lead the duo down a twisted path, revealing hidden secrets, lies, and a dark past. Is there a connection between their current investigation and the cold case disappearance of four university students three years earlier? And will Shirley from the local Tourist Centre be able to help DS Mills and Jack… before it’s too late?
ISBN: 978-1-7637218-6-9 288pp 233x153mm
This title will also be available as an eBook RRP$29 - epub, mobi, & pdf - return here in late july to purchase and download your copy
Intruder in the Apartment - A Short Novel by David Robinson
New Release Short Novel Coming Soon - Pre-Order your Copy Today
PAPERBACK ISBN: 9781764123426 - 100pp 198x130mm
As Laura dreams of owning her own apartment, she watches on at the development and construction of a new prestigious apartment building across the road from her modest rental. Overcome with curiosity, she pretends to be an interested buyer to gain access to a tour of the multi-storey apartment building. When discovering one ‘empty’ apartment and finding the spare key to this luxurious penthouse, along with a key to an electric car parked in the garage, there is an opportunity to fulfill her dream.
What she decides next will change her life forever.
Also available as an eBook - $12 EBOOK - Come back later when the book is launched then click here - eBook ISBN: 9781764123433
Finding Kapiten Boodieman - Priyambudi Sulistiyanto - EBOOK
Bacaan yang menginspirasi - An inspiring read
Indonesian Language eBook version only AVAILABLE IN EPUB, MOBI & PDF
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Sebelum kolonialisme bercokol di Nusantara, wilayah-wilayah yang kini menjadi negara kesatuan Indonesia berdaulat untuk menjalin hubungan niaga maupun budaya dengan bangsa dunia. Salah satunya yang menjadi titik pijak buku garapan Priyambudi Sulistiyanto ini. Bahwa sejak abad ke-16, hubungan Indonesia-Australia sudah dirintis oleh nenek moyang pelaut pencari teripang dari Sulawesi Selatan dan penduduk Aborigin di Australia. Khususnya di tanah Arnhem (Australia Utara) dan di wilayah Kimberley (Australia Barat), kedatangan para pelaut ini telah menjadi bagian keseharian penduduk Aborigin yang karib dengan memori, cerita, pohon asam, maupun warisan maritim. Jejak nakhoda bernama Boodieman diharapkan membuka pelayaran ke masa kejayaan jalur teripang ini.
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Before colonialism took root in the archipelago, the territories that are now the unitary state of Indonesia were sovereign to establish commercial and cultural relations with world nations. One of them is the starting point for this book by Priyambudi Sulistiyanto. That since the 16th century, Indonesia-Australia relations were pioneered by the ancestors of sea cucumber searchers from South Sulawesi and Aboriginal people in Australia. Especially in the land of Arnhem (North Australia) and in the Kimberley region (West Australia), the arrival of sailors has become a daily part of Aboriginal people who are close to memories, stories, tamarind trees and maritime heritage. The footsteps of a skipper named Boodieman are expected to open shipping to the glory days of this sea cucumber route.
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E-ISBN: 978-1-7637218-9-0
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Fallen Through - Ellie Cram - eBook
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Time stands still when Adeline “Della” and Tyler lock eyes for the very first time. Their love is instant, but something sinister threatens to break them apart. Pursuing a long distance relationship was never part of Della’s plan. Her home has always been in Adelaide and Tyler is based in Sydney. Will they find a way to make it work – to share their future lives together?
Their love is strengthened as they find ways to connect physically across distant state borders, but when Della plans to move to Sydney permanently ostensibly for work and study, Tyler isn’t so sure. He’d thought he would graduate from school and then spend the rest of his life with beloved Della, but all that changes when one bad decision has devastating consequences for Tyler.
As Tyler’s life spirals downwards with a drug addiction, he is plagued with friendship and financial troubles. Della is convinced there is more to it as she watches him falling through the rabbit hole. Will her unwavering commitment to their relationship be enough to keep Tyler out of trouble, or has their future together fallen through before it has even begun?
E- ISBN 978-1-7637218-5-2
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Impressions of the Heysen Trail - Margrit Warmer
A Beautiful Book of Art, Nature, & Walking ...
ISBN: 9780645945676 156pp 279 x 213mm
About the Book
This book Impressions of the Heysen Trail is the artistic creation of Margrit Warmer who, with a group of fellow hikers, walked the entire 1200 km length of South Australia’s iconic Heysen Trail. Starting at Cape Jervis, the book sets out the various sections of The Heysen Trail that can be walked from end-to-end, all the way through to Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges. Margrit Warmer’s beautiful sketches and paintings included in this book are based on her photographs taken along the way, then produced using watercolour, pen, ink, and pencil. Margrit Warmer’s Impressions of the Heysen Trail is a tribute to nature, as she captures in her artwork the breathtaking scenes, charming walking trails, and the diverse and spectacular panoramas of the Heysen Trail. Impressions of the Heysen Trail is an inspirational journey through art, nature, and friendships.
The Silent Syringe - Judith LEES
NUMBER 1 CRIME FICTION IN THE HILLS
ISBN 9780648986201 254pp 234x153mm
The Silent Syringe is a murder mystery set in the Adelaide Hills and follows the lives of people connected with the towns’ bakeries. Sally and Dean have finally settled into their country cottage in the Adelaide Hills and are all set to expand their thriving bakery to other towns across the hills when tragedy strikes. When the body of a baker is discovered lying on the floor at the Wattle Creek Bakery their idyllic lifestyle is threatened by the subsequent events. Sally’s husband, Detective Dean Matthews is determined to solve the mystery of these despicable crimes. The story connects with the interwoven lives of people who have no means of escaping from their backgrounds. Harry believes that life couldn’t be better when his baby Chloe is born, his wife Janice doesn’t agree. Psychiatric sister Paula Jones can’t believe that she is
being blackmailed by one of her patients. Hearts are broken and lives destroyed in this intriguing mystery of lies, love and revenge.
The Art of Gary Lee-Gaston by Peter Gaston
Thought Provoking Art - NEW RELEASE OUT NOW
ISBN: 978-1-7637218-4-5 136pp 279 x 213mm
South Australian artist and sculptor Gary Lee-Gaston OAM (1938-2021) produced an astonishing body of work during his lifetime. Numerous award-winning landscape paintings and commissioned portraits of a South Australian Governor, Police Commissioner and legendary war heroes were only part of his catalogue. There were also an estimated 40 000 life drawings and a published book on the subject. His apocalyptic pictures and scenes depicting Australia’s colonial history are fascinatingly thought provoking.
As an Artist and designer for Adelaide’s famous Christmas Pageant he contributed much to the cultural enrichment of South Australia. He designed and produced over 250 floats as well as the iconic magic cave. He also designed and crafted the distinctive roof top cyclists for Adelaide’s world-renowned Tour Down Under as well as numerous other significant commercial projects.
‘The Art of Gary Lee-Gaston’ written by his oldest son, Peter, brings together his most notable artworks for the first time. The book contains over 200 images as well as numerous previously unpublished poems and intimate behind the scenes stories. It provides context and insight to these wonderful creations and the man who produced them.
THE DISPATCH by Judith Lees
No. 1 Murder Mystery in the Adelaide Hills
ISBN: 9780645733631 276pp 234x153mm
Detective Dean Matthews is back on the force and he needs to solve this intriguing murder mystery.
A mystery of life, love and revenge.
The peaceful Adelaide Hills town of Ashcombe, still reeling from the murder of its local baker, is once again a major crime scene when the local butcher is found dead in his cool room.
Having served their time in Vietnam, three men return to their lives and their wives in the hills’ communities of Ashcombe and Wattle Creek.
It soon becomes clear that the war has changed them and the snowballing effects on their families, leads to tragedy.
Friends Bev, Anne and Carol had not expected their lives would be forever haunted by these changes in their husbands. How will they protect their families from unravelling?
Judith Lees vividly describes the lives and lies of those being investigated by Detective Dean Mathews and his old partner Detective Graham Solomon. But as they narrow down the list of suspects has Dean become distracted by his grief, love and loyalty?
Is everything what it seems in these idyllic hills’ towns?
First it was the bakers, then the butchers… who will be next?
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Also by Judith LEES - THE SILENT SYRINGE (2020- re-released in 2023) available now
Fallen Through by Ellie Cram
“A tragic tale where love doesn’t conquer all.”
PAPERBACK - ISBN 978-1-7637218-3-8 424pp 153 x 234mm
Time stands still when Adeline “Della” and Tyler lock eyes for the very first time. Their love is instant, but something sinister threatens to break them apart. Pursuing a long distance relationship was never part of Della’s plan. Her home has always been in Adelaide and Tyler is based in Sydney. Will they find a way to make it work – to share their future lives together?
Their love is strengthened as they find ways to connect physically across distant state borders, but when Della plans to move to Sydney permanently ostensibly for work and study, Tyler isn’t so sure. He’d thought he would graduate from school and then spend the rest of his life with beloved Della, but all that changes when one bad decision has devastating consequences for Tyler.
As Tyler’s life spirals downwards with a drug addiction, he is plagued with friendship and financial troubles. Della is convinced there is more to it as she watches him falling through the rabbit hole. Will her unwavering commitment to their relationship be enough to keep Tyler out of trouble, or has their future together fallen through before it has even begun?
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Killer Island - Robert KOEHNE
A beautiful island with a dark past. No. 1 Crime Novel on KI! READ THE NOVEL THEY DON'T WANT YOU READING ON THE ISLAND!
Robert Koehne’s vivid descriptions of the Island’s beautiful scenery and local characters will have you enthralled as you unravel its dark secrets.
After a turbulent career on the mainland and an equally choppy ferry ride, new police constable Dudley ‘Deadly’ Nicholls arrives on the Island. He is expected to toe the line but when he stumbles upon a dark secret, he fights against all odds to uncover the truth. He soon discovers that things are not what they seem in this idyllic tourist destination. With the Island’s famous Flinders Chase Cup set to go ahead, the high rollers are flying in and heading down to the luxurious Acacia Bay Resort. Ambitious and resourceful Mayor Don Ferris is hatching a plan to boost the local economy, while environmentalist Kurt Nilsen has other plans when he embarks on a four-day trek along the southern coast of ‘Killer Island’.
Second Edition with map - ISBN: 978-0-6452995-9-5 342pp 234mm x 153mm
Little Raven - written and illustrated by Bridget Uppill
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Beauty and words in one little bird...
Sometimes the darkest things show us the most beauty…
The idea for Little Raven came to author and artist Bridget Uppill after a walk with her newborn son at Woorabinda Bushland Reserve in Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. She said, "I was sitting on a bench feeding my son in the beautiful winter light when a Little Raven landed on the bench next to me. I was startled at first as I had never really liked crows* but noticed how beautiful this bird was as the light reflected off its wings. I noticed its piercing blue eyes, its regal presence, and the way it cocked its head with curiosity at my son. When I reached out my hand to the bird, he flew away to watch me from afar. I wrote the poem Little Raven and began drawing the illustrations of the bird over an 18-month period."
Little Raven is a book about seeing the awe and beauty in something that is not seen as typically beautiful. Moonglow Publishing and Bridget Uppill are delighted to be able to share this idea with children to help them understand that you may have to look at things a little harder to see their natural beauty. This book is aimed toward older children but can be loved and appreciated by all ages.
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ISBN 9780645945621 - 32pp Hardback 254 x 203mm
WALKING THE LINE: A GRAFFITI MEMOIR - JIMMY C
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Authentically Written
'A new book recounting my involvement in the graffiti scene in Adelaide and Australia, the risks and adventures that ensued, and my gradual steps towards becoming a full time artist.' Jimmy C
James Cochran, better known as Jimmy C, is an aerosol artist who played a key role in the development of the underground graffiti movement in Australia during the early 1990s. His work is now recognised around the world.
Walking the Line chronicles his beginnings as an illegal street artist in the late 1980s and early 90s in Adelaide, Australia.
He reflects on how he became obsessed with the underground subculture following the death of his mother in a car accident. Unable to connect with his distant, grieving father, he finds solace and camaraderie in the illicit act of painting in the night.
As his skills develop, his home life crumbles, and the young artist tries to balance his aerosol ambitions with his desire to reconcile with his father.
Walking the Line is an honest and compelling memoir, a moving insight into the mind of a young artist driven to succeed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Cochran, aka Jimmy C played a key role in the development of the underground graffiti movement in Australia during the early 1990's. After working on numerous mural commissions and community arts projects, he went on to complete a Masters Degree in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia with an interest in urban realist and figurative oil painting. His two interests in graffiti and oil painting converged, leading to the development of his signature aerosol pointillist style; portraits and urban landscapes painted from dripping dots and dashes of spray paint. He now lives in London and his canvases and walls can be viewed in cities across the world.
ISBN: 9780646890128 252pp 234x153mm and published by JimmyC.
Cage of War - Kerri Reeks (1st Ed)
A Thrilling Read! - First Edition
ISBN: 978-0-6489862-9-4 - 354pp H-233mm x W-154mm -
After being captured in Vietnam in the late 1960s Australian soldier James ‘Ned’ Kelly is eventually rescued by US special forces, but they are part of a rogue CIA team involved in clandestine war tourism called ‘Tiger Hunts’. He is rehabilitated but forced to join them. Kelly doesn’t take long to realise things are very wrong at this jungle base, including the theft of foreign aid, drug trafficking, political assassinations and war crimes. Kelly is trapped in this ‘cage of war’ until a tiger hunt goes wrong, and Kelly is wounded, left for dead. Again, he is rescued and finally sent back home to Australia. Discharged from the army he settles down in the scenic Adelaide Hills but an explosive chain of murderous events threatens his life, family and friends. Can Ned ever be free of this ‘Cage of War’?
Makerson's War - Max Simmons - Paperback
AN ACTION PACKED READ
Two honourable men – both dramatically transformed by their participation in the Afghanistan conflict and their struggle to control their individual, manifestly affected lives.
David Makerson, an Australian Infantry Captain is severely wounded on a routine patrol by an IED explosion. During his rehabilitation, he lapses into depression and anomie; he becomes a shadow of his former self.
Saarim Darwish becomes head of his family after his father is executed by the Taliban. Saarim’s plans to attend university and study engineering are destroyed as he is forcibly recruited by the insurgents to join their network to construct roadside bombs.
Makerson needs to remember and take control over his life. Dangerously under-equipped, he returns to Afghanistan to exact his revenge. Enter Major Hannah Jardine; a military psychologist or the leader of a covert Special Forces operation to locate and cripple the major bomb-making cell in Eastern Afghanistan. Why is she so fixated on Makerson? Who is she really working for?
Makerson’s War explores their journeys of survival as they all deal with their respective situations and with those allies and enemies with whom they come in contact. Morality and values become a secondary consideration when their individual existence is threatened.
About The Author Max Simmons
Vale Max Simmons 1937 - 2025
Before his retirement from full-time work in 2001, Max was a senior Health Psychologist in the Adelaide offices of the Department of Veterans Affair’s Veterans Counselling Service. He continued his successful private practice consulting with veterans and private clients referred from local medical clinics. He has worked in the Geelong University Chronic Pain Clinic and has been a regular team member on the Deakin University, Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) for the Doctor of Medicine since 2012. Max attained his PhD from Flinders University in 2007. Titled The Discursive Construction of War-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the thesis reviewed post trauma stress responses over the past 120 years and interviewed veterans, DVA officers and mental health providers dealing with the effects of war-related trauma of Australian soldiers over major overseas conflicts.
During the past thirteen years, Max has led groups on mindfulness and meditative approaches to chronic pain and trauma. He has self-published an e-book screenplay, Fall from Grace, examining the trauma response in Australian East Timor veterans. Max lives on the Victorian Bellarine Peninsular with his partner, Annette, and builds and runs workshops on wooden boat building.
Paperback: ISBN: 978-0-6457336-7-9 260pp 234 x 153mm
Suffer the Children: Recollections of a Child Protection Worker by Anne McKenzie
Suffer the Children: Recollections of a Child Protection Worker is Anne McKenzie’s memoir, a collection of her vignettes and short stories, based on her experiences as a child protection worker, supervisor, team leader and manager.
The narrative arc of this book is as much about what it is like to be a child protection practitioner in a government department that is losing its way, overwhelmed by the sheer weight and volume of its statutory responsibilities, as it is a moving testament to the child victims of abuse, to their pain and their resilience.
There are stories that will make you laugh and others that will make you want to weep. Others still, will frustrate and anger you.
This book is not only essential reading for all human services students and professionals but also for everyone else in our community who cares about the welfare of children or has a role in meeting their needs or determining how those needs are met.
ISBN: 9781763721876 150pp 210 x 147mm
The Search for Time Warp Tommy - Jim SINCLAIR
A thrilling adventure, with many twists and turns, and facts and figures that will inspire your imaginations.
In most ways Tommy Marsden is your average eleven year old boy; he annoys his older sister Annabelle, and enjoys hanging out with friends. What sets Tommy apart from other kids his age is his interest in shortwave radio, and the fact that he is busy building a time-machine in his bedroom.
When he goes missing in strange circumstances on the same day as the Centenary Celebrations are to be held in Upper Wattle, Victoria, Annabelle wonders if he could be the ‘boy who fell out of the sky’ 100 years ago.
Tommy’s grandpa, Tom Marsden Senior, has another theory; and so the search for Time Warp Tommy begins.
Spanning the globe in an adventure worthy of Biggles, Jim Sinclair captures the mystery and drama awaiting Tommy Marsden. Kidnapped by a man with many names and shipped to the isolated rogue nation of Yaroon for the sole purpose of encouraging his research into Time Travel, how will Tommy survive?
As other young people join him, he realises there is something amiss. Were his parents really killed in a car accident? What ever happened to his sister and grandparents? Will he ever be able to escape and find his way home to Australia to reunite with his family?
ISBN 9780645733655 204pp 234x153mm
BEWARE! The Loop by Jim Sinclair (E-BOOK)
Time Travel. Nobody has done it yet, so this book is fiction at this stage.
Jim Sinclair’s Beware! The Loop is an attempt to guess what the result would be if somebody actually did it. Tom Marsden, aka ‘Time Warp Tommy’ is asked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a scientist experimenting with Time Travel. What he finds will shock you.
E-ISBN 9780645945669 Downloads Available EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Tom Marsden has a master’s degree in Theoretical Physics and works in a small, obscure section of the government, officially called The Office of Esoteric Understanding.
When he was just twelve years old he tried to build a time machine in his bedroom, but disappeared on the exact same day his townsfolk were enjoying their Centenary celebrations. Had his experiment succeeded? Was he the boy who fell from the sky 100 years ago as the media claimed? Tom Marsden senior, his grandfather, unwilling to believe the hype, embarked on a global search for his grandson, ‘Time Warp Tommy.’ This in itself is an exciting tale but has been told elsewhere in Jim Sinclair’s The Search For Time Warp Tommy.
In this new technological adventure by Jim Sinclair, Beware! The Loop examines the circumstances surrounding a mysterious request to assist with investigations into the strange disappearance of a military scientist experimenting with Time Travel, in a small country in the middle of Asia.
Time Warp Tommy is asked to explain how the world’s greatest expert on time travel has built a time machine, climbed into it and disappeared into a grey haze. With only two co-workers left behind and a pile of hand-written notes and diagrams, Time Warp Tommy must devise a way in which the experiment can be safely ended.
With the help of his highly intelligent daughter Emily, what they discover will lead them into a web of drama and intrigue, danger and distrust. When the co-workers are charged with their superior’s murder Time Warp Tommy’s must explain the science to the judges in order to save their lives. But time is running out.
Beware! The Loop has many twists and turns, and facts and figures that will inspire your imaginations.
Downloads Available EPUB, MOBI, PDF
Waylon's Garden Adventures by Don Oswald with illustrations by Mark Rogers
Waylon’s adventures through the garden.
Have you ever seen a butterfly land on the ground Then flip and flap and flutter away? Have you ever wondered what the butterfly is doing today, and hoped it wouldn't fly too far away? Join Waylon’s adventures through the garden as he encounters the many interesting plants and creatures who live there.
A beautifully illustrated children's picture book - suitable for all ages 0+
ISBN 9780645733624 32pp 18x21cm
ALSO BY DON OSWALD AND MARK ROGERS - WAYLON'S BEACH ADVENTURE
Zoo Lullaby - Veronica Parmiter & Ari Lyons
PURRR GRRR ZZZzzzzz
After a long day at the zoo Lachie the lion just can't seem to fall asleep. A story of friendship and working together, Tilly the tiger has an idea. Along with the other zoo animals she tries to help Lachie. Join the friends as each one adds their own unique song to create a zoo lullaby. Click on the video below to hear the author reading the book.
ISBN 9780645733648 Children's Illustrated Book 32pp 21x18cm
One At A Time by Cate Ellis
ONE AT A TIME, UP THE HILL
What begins with one goat and one hill becomes a community, and that’s fun for everyone! In this beautiful and classically illustrated children's book the animals climb up the hill until they are all on top, and then they go back down again.
One at a time, up the hill. Two at a time, “Yes, we will.”
The words are rhythmic, fun and engaging, and the illustrations also promote numeracy. Can you find the hidden numbers on each page?
About the Author
Cate Ellis is an artist, illustrator, and retired art teacher. She lives in the Adelaide Hills and was inspired to create this book to encourage creativity and numeracy skills among children.
ISBN 9780645733693 32pp Paperback, W 215.9mm x H 279.4mm
SCAN THE QR CODE in the book to access FREE Online Suggested Learning Activities suitable for early learners through to junior primary.
Waylon's Beach Adventure
Head to the beach with Waylon!
ISBN: 978-0-6459456-8-3 32PP 220 x 250 mm
About the Book
A treasure of seashells is mixed with the sand
Small ones, round ones, some as big as a hand.
Waylon found one big shell near
And carefully held it up to his ear.
What did Waylon hear in the shell?
Join his adventure-filled day at the beach as he explores rock pools and enjoys other exciting encounters on the shore.
ALSO BY DON OSWALD AND MARK ROGERS - WAYLON'S GARDEN ADVENTURES
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One Wobbly Wood Pigeon
NEW RELEASE - COMING SOON - A Beautifully illustrated children's counting book by renowned Adelaide Hills artist Lloma Mackenzie.
When Max, Bella, and Violet go outside to play they watch the birds, listen to the farmers, smell the flowers, play with toys, walk in the forest, enjoy a picnic with their aunties, eat nuts, dance like ants, and paint some pictures!
With its humour and beautifully hand-painted lino prints by renowned Adelaide Hills artist, Lloma Mackenzie, this vibrantly illustrated and numbered picture book will delight readers of all ages.
ISBN: 978-1-7641234-0-2 32pp 20x25cm
Dolphins, Whales & Me - MIKE BOSSLEY
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ISBN - 9780645299526 Size 155mm x 235mm - 270pp
Dolphins and whales are a “mind in the waters”, with self-awareness, culture, and complex communication. But they, and their cousins the whales, are under threat almost everywhere from hunting, entanglement, habitat damage and toxic pollution. This book puts Dr Mike Bossley’s research and activism into an international perspective on the campaign to protect these enigmatic beings. This book describes Mike’s epiphany watching dolphins bodysurfing with humans and goes on to describe his work in helping stop whaling in Australia and then reducing it worldwide, and how, as one of the founders of Greenpeace International, he helped the organisation evolve from a scattered band of eco-anarchists into the most powerful environmental organisation of the twentieth century. Along the way Mike Bossley has survived the attempted assassination by French commandoes who bombed the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour; turned an ecological slum into an internationally respected dolphin sanctuary; befriended a lonely hermit dolphin and performed psychotherapy on him; and documented the emergence of cultural behaviour in Adelaide dolphins. In many ways the situation is gloomy, but Mike Bossley hopes this book will inspire people to make a better world for dolphins, whales and all their oceans, and in so doing, to make a better world for all of us.
Meet Me in the Cool Room: A Chef's Journey - Andrew 'Red' Ovenden
Searing, magnificent, outrageously good memoir.
Meet Me in the Cool Room is the street credible autobiography of Andrew ‘Red’ Ovenden, who started off as a young chef and slowly worked his way through the hospitality industry in Australia and overseas. In a time, way before the culinary revolution fueled by food bloggers, social media and endless celebrity cooking shows on television; when equal opportunities and rights were rare, and racism and sexism were nothing but a dirty tea towel left on a cross contaminated prep bench, chefs were seen as the blue-collar workers and hospitality was a forgotten industry where employee opportunities favoured the socially inept and career challenged individuals.
In a time where change was considered dangerous, ingredients were abundant, wages were anything but digestible and customer palettes were predictable and pretentious, one man stood between a serving of rocket with a pub schnitzel. Meet Me in the Cool Room is a memoir based on part rock ‘n’ roll, part coming-of-age and part travel diary. It is a memoir of life in the fast lane, where youth is a mere ingredient in the attainment of credentials and culinary achievements in the cutthroat world of chefs. Like a temporary emulsion of defrosted memories, this book reflects on the life of a man dedicated to his craft and work, and how he found agnostic redemption, sobriety, and personal freedom after travelling a long road of self-destruction.
ISBN 9780645945690 284pp 153x234mm
Nothing and Everything: A childhood memoir by Sandra Kanck
A Beautiful Memoir
ISBN: 978-0-6459456-5-2 - 234x154mm - 288pp
How does a child cope with guilt-ridden Christianity, a vindictive mother, an angry father, poverty, and her own major health problems? Increasingly called upon to run the family including responsibility for up to six younger siblings and the consequent decline of her school results, how did Sandra survive with no major impacts on her mental and emotional wellbeing?
Through the lens of ’50s and ’60s moralisms, including Sandra’s inferior status as a girl, this memoir explores the first 20 years of her life in the male-dominated mining town of Broken Hill. In a place where women were expected to seek fulfilment as wives and mothers, Sandra knew she wanted more. But complicated by a lack of parental guidance—other than ‘do what I tell you’—she executed a few counter-productive twists and turns along the way.
School became Sandra’s escape from home, with education ultimately providing the tools she needed to understand she was not a bad person, providing too the strength she needed to reject her parents’ belief systems, allowing her to go her own way.
The story concludes with Sandra emerging as a young woman with a strong ethical and moral base, paving the way to a future of political activism. Sandra is living proof that a tough start to life need not determine one’s destiny, that we each have the power to break loose from our personal shackles to create our own futures.
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Reflecting: My Songs My Story by Dave Clark - Folk Singer and Poet
MUSIC TO OUR EARS
ISBN 978-0-6489862-3-2 Paperback 216pp
100 Self Penned songs, poems and stories of history, hope and humour, by renowned folk singer and poet Dave Clark. This 216pp volume of sheet music, lyrics, stories and poems is an historical archive of life, love and music in South Australia and beyond. A must musical resource for all folks, especially musicians and teachers.
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Dogs Are My Family by 'Red' Catherine Johns
A beautiful book!
“For 75 years I have lived with many dogs, mostly rescued dogs. Dogs are my heart and in my soul, they are my loves and my companions and have been with me since my father first took me home after my birth and put me with the dogs in a playpen with the cushions all around to keep me safe and warm, to feel touch love and their beating hearts. This memoir is my and their stories from over the years of being together. The stories still continue today with my beautiful companions.”
Dogs choose to live with humans, they give unconditional love. For Catherine Johns they are her great love. With her dogs she has met amazing people, in the streets or on the beach, shared fascinating stories and heard how dogs have saved other people in many ways, the connection being our love of dogs.
Paperback ISBN9780645299588 - 256PP 234x153mm
Jack of All Trades, Master of None: From would be shearer to nurse - Michael Fahey
This is the story of a typical country boy, Michael Fahey.
From a large family living in Hallett, in the Mid-North of South Australia, Michael talks about his life growing up with his four sisters and brother, and about going to school, which he ‘hated with a passion’.
Michael reflects on his working life and shearing career, and talks about his travels across the countryside; meeting interesting characters along the way. He shares his adventures and misadventures with work, holidays, sport, women, marriage, and fatherhood.
Michael Fahey also reflects on his more difficult life experiences, including divorce, depression and loneliness, and becoming estranged from his two sons.
This is a book about hitting rock bottom, soul-searching, and reinventing yourself.
This is the story of a bloke who has battled adversity all his life, but has now found happiness and a sense of belonging.
Michael Fahey is a Jack of all trades, master of none. He is a shearer and a nurse, but he is also a son, brother, father, husband, nephew, uncle, and friend to many across the Mid-North and beyond.
Liepa Tree Books - ISBN: 9781763721821 254pp 234 x 153mm
Derek 'Groucho' Grove - The Cheats Have Gone
A RIPPING SPORTING YARN
ISBN: 9780648986270 250pp Paperback (size 15 x 23 cm)
The ‘Cheats Have Gone’ is a sporting journey with Groucho over more than 50 years, accompanied by not only our friends the umpires on and off the field, but also some of the more interesting playing personnel and their on-field persona, as well as extremely important off-field activities and characters. Humorous and tragic anecdotes, covering referees and umpires from a variety of sports illustrate the torments and stresses that affect these officials, or conversely the players and spectators reliant upon them. The book also exposes what can happen when a robot umpire takes over!
Groucho’s research and personal experiences reveal fascinating stories from the archives of some of South Australia’s sporting heroes, legends and other characters! The golden 70’s and early 80’s naturally abounds with many of these, as this was the core of Groucho’s active involvement. It is not restricted to just local tales though, as we also learn about the nuances of playing on the Nullarbor, as well as some of its more colourful celebrities from the past – and even head off overseas on a sporting ‘World Tour’! Finally, owing to the overwhelming popularity and advancement of Veteran’s cricket in Australia, England and others countries in recent years, the latter content is relatively current … and if you happen to take a stroll through the Adelaide Hills, do keep an eye open for any black panthers!
Life Actually: A Feast of 500-Word Memories - Revised & Limited 3rd Edition
"That’s life, actually!" - Limited 3rd Edition
This thoughtfully revised and updated 3rd Edition includes an additional 500-word memory dedicated to the author's late father Brian Sarre; an extended Index of Friends and Acquaintances Mentioned in Rick's witty and insightful 500-word memories; and some updated photographs from his collection.
Rick Sarre has been the ‘go to’ legal commentator on ABC local radio for over two decades, and a regular contributor on legal matters for The Conversation and The Advertiser. Veteran federal parliamentarian Christopher Pyne once described him as his favourite electoral opponent. Now that he’s retired, Rick Sarre has written a series of personal reflections on education, politics, history, sport, religion, legal practice, academia, travel, and family life. Drawing upon 50 years of daily journal writing, in stories each of 500 words, Rick ponders his successes and failures, his joys and heartbreaks, and his likes and dislikes. He reveals his favourite acquaintances and the lessons that his life’s journey has offered him. His conclusion? That our existence on this planet is rich with meaning. While sometimes tinged with sadness, our lives are often punctuated with moments of exhilaration and peppered with random acts of kindness. These experiences are worth celebrating at every turn. In Rick’s own words, "That’s life, actually!"
This collection is a delightful and eclectic weaving of reminiscence and personal reflection, bound together with Rick’s witty asides and great insights. His curiosity and compassion shine. Read it, you won’t regret it. – Linda Matthews
Rick has taught and inspired a generation of lawyers in Adelaide. From his diaries, we now can see what inspired him! It’s a good read. – Franco Camatta
ISBN 9780645945607 - Paperback - 382pp
Goodbye Tipperary: A Life Story by Helen Hammond
A COURAGEOUS MEMOIR - Vale Helen Hammond - 27/02/1943 - 24/12/2024 A courageous woman. Please contact the publisher directly for overseas sales or purchase below if in Australia. Email: [email protected]
Helen Hammond has written her life story to share with the world. This beautiful memoir includes stories within stories, showing the dynamics of families, the intense emotions around relationships and the evolution of friendship out of tragedy, rivalry and loss. While her life story takes its own path, it is immeasurably impacted by the influences of key connections, who have their own stories to tell. These stories are interlaced through and shape Helen’s experiences, reactions, and emotions, and often rely on contemporaneous correspondence and other records. This memoir attempts to bring those stories together, to reflect times past and the emergence of a strong, reflective, resilient and courageous woman.
ISBN: 9780645945614, paperback, 100pp, 234 x 153mm,
Adapting to a World of Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Noise - Lindsay Childs
The importance of listening and hearing this ...
ISBN: 9781763721807 Size A5 184pp
Many people have hearing issues, especially with older age, yet little is heard about their experiences and how they cope.
I’m sorry, I missed that… sorry I didn’t hear you…please speak clearly and slowly … please repeat that… PLEASE, don’t shout in my ear.
Likewise, friends and family can be confused and frustrated with the unwillingness of loved ones to get tested, wear hearing aids and socialize.
Turn the TV down… get your hearing tested…put your hearing aids in…why won’t you come out to the café?
Lindsay Childs lives with the invisible disability of not hearing well, ever-present tinnitus and sensitivity to noise. She shares her experiences with hearing aids, mic, audiologists, captions, phone calls, lip-reading and all the daily dilemmas of pretending to understand, deciding when to interrupt for clarification and when to withdraw. Accepting the loss and grief associated with hearing loss, feelings of loneliness and vulnerability, and questioning ‘who am I now?’ is challenging. Adapting and finding ways to enrich life is an ongoing process. Lindsay invites creativity and awe into her daily life and feels hugely grateful she can still hear birdsong.
DOLPHINS, WHALES AND ME by MIKE BOSSLEY (E-BOOK)
Inspirational
About the eBook
Dolphins and whales are a “mind in the waters”, with self-awareness, culture, and complex communication. But they, and their cousins the whales, are under threat almost everywhere from hunting, entanglement, habitat damage and toxic pollution. This book puts Dr Mike Bossley’s research and activism into an international perspective on the campaign to protect these enigmatic beings. This book describes Mike’s epiphany watching dolphins bodysurfing with humans and goes on to describe his work in helping stop whaling in Australia and then reducing it worldwide, and how, as one of the founders of Greenpeace International, he helped the organisation evolve from a scattered band of eco-anarchists into the most powerful environmental organisation of the twentieth century. Along the way Mike Bossley has survived the attempted assassination by French commandoes who bombed the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour; turned an ecological slum into an internationally respected dolphin sanctuary; befriended a lonely hermit dolphin and performed psychotherapy on him; and documented the emergence of cultural behaviour in Adelaide dolphins. In many ways the situation is gloomy, but Mike Bossley hopes this book will inspire people to make a better world for dolphins, whales and all their oceans, and in so doing, to make a better world for all of us.
About the Author
Dr Mike Bossley has been active in research, activism, and environmental education nationally and internationally for fifty years. He taught at university for many years and has held senior positions in organisations such as Greenpeace and Whale & Dolphin Conservation. His research has featured in numerous international TV documentaries, newspaper, and magazine stories, and in various books. His thirty-year (and ongoing) research project on dolphins in Adelaide’s Port River estuary led to the establishment of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary. He has worked on many other marine conservation issues, including commercial whaling; the protection of Antarctica; and the plight of critically endangered Maui dolphins in New Zealand. He is an advocate for marine protected areas and maintains an involvement in education. He was awarded the Centennial Medal in 2000, Australian of the Year (South Australia) in 2005, and the Order of Australia in 2006 for his work in marine conservation.
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Personalising Dementia Care: Constructing a Culture that Respects, Connects and Cares
ESSENTIAL READING FOR AGED CARE
ISBN 978-0-6489862-6-3 164pp Paperback (size A5)
“They are Still People!” This is what Dr Jenny Slape wanted to yell out to the staff at one aged care facility, when she witnessed their treatment of people living with dementia.
Instead, Dr Jenny Slape embarked on an in-depth research journey the findings of which are presented in this book.
Personalising Dementia Care: Constructing a culture that respects, connects and cares, reveals the challenges facing people living with dementia, their families and carers. The residential aged care sector is put under the spotlight here, and their corporate priorities are weighed against the culture and representations of ageing and dementia in our society.
As a society, we have high expectations of residential dementia care. Families expect their family member with dementia to feel safe and content, and to receive a high standard of care. Care staff expect to be valued and respected as employees, and sufficiently trained to perform their role. However, the outcomes of dementia care regularly fall short of these reasonable expectations.
Dr Jenny Slape discusses the culture of personhood care that is deeply grounded in the value and respect of each person. The needs of residents and staff are equally highlighted alongside competing priorities. Dr Jenny Slape provides a framework for personalising dementia care, and creating a culture of respect that connects and cares for people, at a time when the Australian Government is constructing its own response to the report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
BORN AT SEA: The Life and Art of Wood Sculptor Geoff Bromilow by Kathryn PENTECOST
BIOGRAPHY: ISBN: 9780645299564 134pp W-21cm H-25cm
Kathryn Pentecost has beautifully documented the life, art and work of the sculptor Geoff Bromilow in this biographical and photographic portrait of a man who was born at sea, on a British ship in the Indian Ocean. His family were leaving Australia temporarily, heading to the United Kingdom. When Geoff was two years of age, his family returned and settled in Brighton, South Australia.
Geoff’s life and art are interwoven. His work speaks of his immense reverence for the wood he sources in South Australia and Tasmania. Geoff’s sculptures pay homage to the spirit of once magnificent trees such as Huon pine, River redgum and King Billy pine – some of which took thousands of years to grow to maturity. Geoff’s life and art have endured over the years. In 2001, while exhibiting his sculptures in a New York gallery, Geoff and his friends were due to be at the top of the World Trade Centre at the very moment the terrorists attacked the towers with hijacked airplanes. Fate intervened. Geoff’s poignant photographs of the aftermath and destruction are included in this volume.
Dr Kathryn Pentecost is well-known as an author and teacher. Her work over many years has been published in the print media and online. Her career in the arts and education spans over 40 years. Kathryn has a PhD Social Sciences from The University of South Australia. Kathryn met Geoff in The Blue Mountains, NSW in 2001 and they now reside on their 10-acre farm in Delamere on the Fleurieu coast of South Australia, Dr Kathryn Pentecost’s website is: https://bohemianpalaceofart.wordpress.com/
Living, Grieving, and Finding Acceptance by Merrylyn Asquith
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.
Dr Merrylyn Asquith's 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 the principles she has developed and practiced 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 points the way to how you can indeed ‘let go and reframe’; alter unhelpful thinking patterns and follow the given strategies to achieve purposeful and considered decision-making to make better choices for self and others.
You too can develop and become the authentic, capable, and happy worthwhile person you choose to be. You can further develop your aim to nestle into a contented and happy life worth living.
152 pages 140 X 216mms, ISBN: 978-1-925707-70-0,
Psychology / Inspirational / Memoir
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Our Earth and Our Children: Natural Wonders by Ann Lindsay
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Writing under the name Ann Lindsay, Lindsay Childs' debut book explores childhood development in a world of uncertainty.
My grandmother used to say things like 'the cows are lying down it's going to rain', 'don't poke your nose where it doesn't belong' and 'I don't know what the world is coming to'.
Today, some children are so disconnected from the natural world they don't really know much about cows, or rain. As for being curious, children have every right to be in this extraordinary time of uncertainty and change: their futures are at risk. Many are asking, in puzzlement, sadness and despair, what is the world coming to? Will it end up a mighty mess? Will Earth shake us human ants off as a dog shakes raindrops from its coat?
Ann Lindsay's stories wander and weave through landscapes exploring the personal and universal, pain and joy, the mundane and miraculous. A teacher and therapist for those who know trauma, she highlights the fact that children and our planet are inseparable. If one hurts so does the other. Vulnerable to neglect and abuse, each can react in eruptions of volcanic rage and torrents of tears. If we treated all our children with respect, as beautiful and wondrous, would we also treat Earth the same way? If we took responsibility and cared for our natural world passionately, would our children and future generations feel more safely grounded and at home?
Lion lullabies, foxes and snakes in the garden, wild dogs in a cemetery, tree-houses and sand sculptures, wells and memory-soaked soil, urban sprawl and high-rise living, screen security and outdoor risks, food and violence, pot plant nurturing, seal-circling, dolphin healing... By making friends with the natural world, children learn to ride the waves of life, and grow the qualities our planet needs in abundance - imagination, playfulness, spontaneity, focus, purpose, courage, persistence, hope, compassion, love and joy...
A little six-year-old watches in awe as waves thunder onto shore, smothering the sand. On her way home, she picks up a fallen branch from a Norfolk pine and sweeps it back and forth in front of her, declaring, 'I'm clearing all the poisons.' In her blue raincoat and yellow gumboots, her hair 'dancing', as she liked to call it, she looks like a little witch with a broomstick.
Also by the same Author - Adapting to a World of Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Noise - Lindsay Childs - available here.
Venturing Out: Poems and Portraits by ROGER REES
A Poetic Celebration
ISBN: 978-0-6452995-5-7 208pp - 153 x 233 mm
Venturing Out: Poems & Portraits is a celebration of interior lives, personal relationships and life events. Roger Rees reflects gratefully on life, in poems and literary portraits which are joyful, sometimes tragic, all of them extolling unflinching individual courage, resilience and personal warmth.
Review - Roger Rees’s writing is multilayered and defined by his compassion and celebration of the people and environment he loves. His poems invite an indwelling which is both brightening and soothing. They range from the moving childhood poem Winter Walk at West Humble to his honouring of the Hamar tribal people of Ethiopia, from his sonnets for courageous Russian poets, to the magic of music and his acclaim of people who experience life changing trauma. There’s humour and admiration that embraces life enhancing talent in Dancer at Universal and Elizabeth Campbell Recital. Roger Rees’s language rings with lucidity as in the beguiling historical poem The Westbury Quilt. This is a rich collection with endearing poems and portraits which explore joy and bliss, poised carefully alongside life’s anguish; all of this writing speaks directly of personal experience in a sharing of a full and empathetic life.
Keith MacNider
Review - In this brilliant array of poetry and short prose, Roger Rees takes readers on a journey at once personal and universal, local and global. Venturing Out is an evocation of poignant tales and recollections of landscapes, cultures music, and art. With a keen eye and sensitive soul, Roger celebrates the lives of brave and creative people in words that bring them to life.
Lindy Warrell
About the Author
Roger Rees is Emeritus Professor of Disability Research in the School of Medicine and Health Science at Flinders University.
He has twelve broadcast scripts for the ABC RN Science Show including titles such as: Humour as Medicine, Music and the Mind, Oliver Sacks Virtuoso, Buz Kashi and the Kempsey Bus Crash, Community Focussed Rehabilitation, Sailability and Stroke, Post-Concussion Syndrome –Ebb and Flow and The Battle for the Injured Brain.
His poems and essays have been published in The Australian, The Advertiser, The Age, Link, Arena, New Statesman, Cabir, Speak Out Vols 1- 12, Thin Air, Aust Journal of Psychology, Neuro Rehabilitation, Journal of Orthopsychiatry, The Courier, Argus, Times VH and locally in Milang Community News. Roger Rees has received ARC grants and awards for his writing notably the Flinders University Excellent Achievement Medal for his writing and promotion of equal opportunities. Significant titles among his eight published books are: Parents as Language Therapists, Out of Calamity – Stories of Trauma Survivors, Interrupted Lives – Rehabilitation from Brain Injury, The Art of the Possible, Rewriting the Script, and his novel No Turning Back.
His current work-in-progress is titled Steadfast in a Crumbling World, a non-fiction book about Sydney's The Chris O'Brien Lifehouse.
*The Author Roger Rees will be donating $5 from the sale of each book to Mental Health Research and Development.
Bound by Compassion -The History of St Paul’s Lutheran Homes Hahndorf by Maya
A thorough local history
About the Book
Located in the Adelaide Hills, Hahndorf stands as Australia’s oldest German settlement, rich in history from its Indigenous roots to its pioneering families and religious controversies. This backdrop sets the stage for the story of St. Paul's Lutheran Homes, founded in 1973. Through this book, explore the evolution of aged care in Hahndorf, highlighted by stories of dedication, challenges, and achievements that have shaped its current state. Discover the enduring spirit of a community that cares for its aging citizens as well as preserving its history.
About the Author
After dedicating more than 15 years to the IT industry, Maya found herself seeking a deeper sense of purpose. A suggestion from a friend led her to consider Aged Care—a field that promised a more meaningful engagement with the community. Embracing this new path, she underwent the necessary training and soon found herself in a rewarding role as a Personal Care Assistant, marking the beginning of over two decades of service in this sector. In 2019, while working at St Paul’s Lutheran Homes Hahndorf, Maya took on a role in the Lifestyle team. It was here that she combined her caring nature with her love for history, engaging the residents with fascinating tales about Hahndorf. Her research and storytelling not only enlightened the residents about their heritage but also deepened her connection with the town's rich history. This exploration was the catalyst for Maya's venture into writing, leading to the creation of her first book.
ISBN: 9780645945645 326pp w20xh25cm
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Vistas and Visions of a Blind Man - Tony Doyle
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“There are none so blind as those who will not see.”
PAPERBACK ISBN: 9780645733600 314pp 234x153mm
This collection of poems and sketches will take you on an intricate, winding journey focusing on society, environment, science, politics, religion and many other, often poignant, aspects of life.
These poems contain critique, commentary, lots of humour, pathos, absurdity and a degree of red alert. They are more raised eyebrow than highbrow, a mix which may well appeal to people who don’t often read poetry. Tony Doyle’s poetic styles vary and references to blindness are sprinkled throughout the book.
These poems will entertain, challenge, amuse and perhaps even shock you. Some of them take a critical look at modern life, recent cultural changes and possible future scenarios. The widening gap between rich and poor is referred to in several poems. The author considers it to be a dangerous and undealt with phenomenon of the modern era. Other poems will cheer you up with a bit of irreverent and quirky humour.
In the early days of Covid Tony Doyle decided to try his hand at writing poetry. In this collection of poems, he opens up vistas and visions into the world he perceives and experiences with no eyesight but plenty of insight. Please join Tony Doyle on this engaging and often humorous journey.
CHAMBERS OF THE HEART: A Book of Poetry by Nick HUGHES
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POETRY FROM THE HEART
This collection of poems by Nick Hughes is diverse and inspiring. The poems range from powerful social insights to intense personal explorations to light-hearted tilts at the great and not so great in society. Many of the poems were written and first read to the Mount Lofty Rangers walking group as Nick Hughes explored the beautiful Adelaide Hills with them. And so, there are poems that sing with the joys and delights of nature. There are many sonnets in the collection and these poems display a developing enchantment and fascination with the form. The combination of lyrical musicality and rhythmic symmetry is by turns surprising and bewitching. Nick Hughes skilfully wrestles both personal subjects and wider social issues into the constraints of the sonnet and makes them flow naturally. Some of the later sonnets are deliberately regular, allowing the metre and rhyme to amplify the meanings. Many of the poems are deeply personal and revealing but that is the point of poetry: to express meanings in ways that reverberate within the hearts and minds of others; to find words whose beauty and truth can resonate in human souls. Not every poem in this collection does that of course – some of them just seek to make the reader chuckle a bit – but the variety and range of the collection is very entertaining.
ISBN: 978-0-6457336-8-6 154pp 130x198mm
Ambient by John Gitsham
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Limited Edition Photography
ISBN: 978-0-6452995-3-3 (176pp A4)
AMBIENT is John Gitsham's second volume of his photography collection
Photography is a journey of chasing and painting with light and dark, the camera is just a box to capture latent images, whether they be on film or digital. It is up to the photographer to interpret what they see in pre- and post-production. Light is the most important component of photography: the way light falls on an object, a landscape, its various moods, and shades throughout the day. The creative process is within the artist and then reinterpreted by the viewer who may see something completely different from its original concept and intention.
John Gitsham shoots mainly in Black & White; it is his preferred medium in photography. For John Black & White shows the instinctive, the design and abstract in life, the image must hold up by itself and not rely on colour to give it impact. His images are ‘dark and moody’ in their appearance. He likes dark blacks and the full tonal range of greys to whites. And in some of the photos he uses a slight colour tone/tint to give the image a mood, but still retain the Black & White strengths and presences. His images are often pre-visualized, and some are montages of several images, some are older photos re-imagined and reworked, but most are found images as he journeys around with his cameras.
Ambient shows his love of the surreal, the abstract, the mystery of seeing images in a different way: different from how we usually see things in real life.
Ambient is beautifully presented on 150gsm sovereign silk paper and printed carbon neutral by Finsbury Press Adelaide.
The Image Collector - John Gitsham
A masterful exploration of simplicity
ISBN: 9781763721814 Size A4 204pp – Colour and Black & White Photography
About the Book
John Gitsham’s The Image Collector is a masterful exploration of simplicity, impermanence, the wonder of the natural world, the chaos of city living, and the beauty found in recognizing the transient nature of earthly things. Through his deliberate framing, use of abstraction, and keen compositional skills, Gitsham invites viewers to embark on a visual journey that celebrates the ephemeral, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the imperfections that define our shared existence.
This is John’s third book, following on from The Dream Theatre in 2020 and ambient in 2022. This book – The Image Collector - includes all new photographs. Some are shot on film and others are digital images.
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Finding Kapiten Boodieman - Priyambudi Sulistiyanto - EBOOK
Bacaan yang menginspirasi - An inspiring read
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Sebelum kolonialisme bercokol di Nusantara, wilayah-wilayah yang kini menjadi negara kesatuan Indonesia berdaulat untuk menjalin hubungan niaga maupun budaya dengan bangsa dunia. Salah satunya yang menjadi titik pijak buku garapan Priyambudi Sulistiyanto ini. Bahwa sejak abad ke-16, hubungan Indonesia-Australia sudah dirintis oleh nenek moyang pelaut pencari teripang dari Sulawesi Selatan dan penduduk Aborigin di Australia. Khususnya di tanah Arnhem (Australia Utara) dan di wilayah Kimberley (Australia Barat), kedatangan para pelaut ini telah menjadi bagian keseharian penduduk Aborigin yang karib dengan memori, cerita, pohon asam, maupun warisan maritim. Jejak nakhoda bernama Boodieman diharapkan membuka pelayaran ke masa kejayaan jalur teripang ini.
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Before colonialism took root in the archipelago, the territories that are now the unitary state of Indonesia were sovereign to establish commercial and cultural relations with world nations. One of them is the starting point for this book by Priyambudi Sulistiyanto. That since the 16th century, Indonesia-Australia relations were pioneered by the ancestors of sea cucumber searchers from South Sulawesi and Aboriginal people in Australia. Especially in the land of Arnhem (North Australia) and in the Kimberley region (West Australia), the arrival of sailors has become a daily part of Aboriginal people who are close to memories, stories, tamarind trees and maritime heritage. The footsteps of a skipper named Boodieman are expected to open shipping to the glory days of this sea cucumber route.
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Fallen Through - Ellie Cram - eBook
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Time stands still when Adeline “Della” and Tyler lock eyes for the very first time. Their love is instant, but something sinister threatens to break them apart. Pursuing a long distance relationship was never part of Della’s plan. Her home has always been in Adelaide and Tyler is based in Sydney. Will they find a way to make it work – to share their future lives together?
Their love is strengthened as they find ways to connect physically across distant state borders, but when Della plans to move to Sydney permanently ostensibly for work and study, Tyler isn’t so sure. He’d thought he would graduate from school and then spend the rest of his life with beloved Della, but all that changes when one bad decision has devastating consequences for Tyler.
As Tyler’s life spirals downwards with a drug addiction, he is plagued with friendship and financial troubles. Della is convinced there is more to it as she watches him falling through the rabbit hole. Will her unwavering commitment to their relationship be enough to keep Tyler out of trouble, or has their future together fallen through before it has even begun?
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Makerson's War - Max Simmons (E-BOOK)
Dangerously under-equipped, he returns to Afghanistan to exact his revenge.
Two honourable men – both dramatically transformed by their participation in the Afghanistan conflict and their struggle to control their individual, manifestly affected lives. David Makerson, an Australian Infantry Captain is severely wounded on a routine patrol by an IED explosion. During his rehabilitation, he lapses into depression and anomie; he becomes a shadow of his former self.
Saarim Darwish becomes head of his family after his father is executed by the Taliban. Saarim’s plans to attend university and study engineering are destroyed as he is forcibly recruited by the insurgents to join their network to construct roadside bombs.
Makerson needs to remember and take control over his life. Dangerously under-equipped, he returns to Afghanistan to exact his revenge. Enter Major Hannah Jardine; a military psychologist or the leader of a covert Special Forces operation to locate and cripple the major bomb-making cell in Eastern Afghanistan. Why is she so fixated on Makerson? Who is she really working for?
Makerson’s War explores their journeys of survival as they all deal with their respective situations and with those allies and enemies with whom they come in contact. Morality and values become a secondary consideration when their individual existence is threatened.
About the Author
Vale Max Simmons
1937-2025
Before his retirement from full-time work in 2001, Max was a senior Health Psychologist in the Adelaide offices of the Department of Veterans Affair’s Veterans Counselling Service. He continued his successful private practice consulting with veterans and private clients referred from local medical clinics. He has worked in the Geelong University Chronic Pain Clinic and has been a regular team member on the Deakin University, Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) for the Doctor of Medicine since 2012. Max attained his PhD from Flinders University in 2007. Titled The Discursive Construction of War-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the thesis reviewed post trauma stress responses over the past 120 years and interviewed veterans, DVA officers and mental health providers dealing with the effects of war-related trauma of Australian soldiers over major overseas conflicts.
During the past thirteen years, Max has led groups on mindfulness and meditative approaches to chronic pain and trauma. He has self-published an e-book screenplay, Fall from Grace, examining the trauma response in Australian East Timor veterans. Max lives on the Victorian Bellarine Peninsular with his partner, Annette, and builds and runs workshops on wooden boat building.
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BEWARE! The Loop by Jim Sinclair (E-BOOK)
Time Travel. Nobody has done it yet, so this book is fiction at this stage.
Jim Sinclair’s Beware! The Loop is an attempt to guess what the result would be if somebody actually did it. Tom Marsden, aka ‘Time Warp Tommy’ is asked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a scientist experimenting with Time Travel. What he finds will shock you.
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Tom Marsden has a master’s degree in Theoretical Physics and works in a small, obscure section of the government, officially called The Office of Esoteric Understanding.
When he was just twelve years old he tried to build a time machine in his bedroom, but disappeared on the exact same day his townsfolk were enjoying their Centenary celebrations. Had his experiment succeeded? Was he the boy who fell from the sky 100 years ago as the media claimed? Tom Marsden senior, his grandfather, unwilling to believe the hype, embarked on a global search for his grandson, ‘Time Warp Tommy.’ This in itself is an exciting tale but has been told elsewhere in Jim Sinclair’s The Search For Time Warp Tommy.
In this new technological adventure by Jim Sinclair, Beware! The Loop examines the circumstances surrounding a mysterious request to assist with investigations into the strange disappearance of a military scientist experimenting with Time Travel, in a small country in the middle of Asia.
Time Warp Tommy is asked to explain how the world’s greatest expert on time travel has built a time machine, climbed into it and disappeared into a grey haze. With only two co-workers left behind and a pile of hand-written notes and diagrams, Time Warp Tommy must devise a way in which the experiment can be safely ended.
With the help of his highly intelligent daughter Emily, what they discover will lead them into a web of drama and intrigue, danger and distrust. When the co-workers are charged with their superior’s murder Time Warp Tommy’s must explain the science to the judges in order to save their lives. But time is running out.
Beware! The Loop has many twists and turns, and facts and figures that will inspire your imaginations.
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DOLPHINS, WHALES AND ME by MIKE BOSSLEY (E-BOOK)
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Dolphins and whales are a “mind in the waters”, with self-awareness, culture, and complex communication. But they, and their cousins the whales, are under threat almost everywhere from hunting, entanglement, habitat damage and toxic pollution. This book puts Dr Mike Bossley’s research and activism into an international perspective on the campaign to protect these enigmatic beings. This book describes Mike’s epiphany watching dolphins bodysurfing with humans and goes on to describe his work in helping stop whaling in Australia and then reducing it worldwide, and how, as one of the founders of Greenpeace International, he helped the organisation evolve from a scattered band of eco-anarchists into the most powerful environmental organisation of the twentieth century. Along the way Mike Bossley has survived the attempted assassination by French commandoes who bombed the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour; turned an ecological slum into an internationally respected dolphin sanctuary; befriended a lonely hermit dolphin and performed psychotherapy on him; and documented the emergence of cultural behaviour in Adelaide dolphins. In many ways the situation is gloomy, but Mike Bossley hopes this book will inspire people to make a better world for dolphins, whales and all their oceans, and in so doing, to make a better world for all of us.
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Dr Mike Bossley has been active in research, activism, and environmental education nationally and internationally for fifty years. He taught at university for many years and has held senior positions in organisations such as Greenpeace and Whale & Dolphin Conservation. His research has featured in numerous international TV documentaries, newspaper, and magazine stories, and in various books. His thirty-year (and ongoing) research project on dolphins in Adelaide’s Port River estuary led to the establishment of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary. He has worked on many other marine conservation issues, including commercial whaling; the protection of Antarctica; and the plight of critically endangered Maui dolphins in New Zealand. He is an advocate for marine protected areas and maintains an involvement in education. He was awarded the Centennial Medal in 2000, Australian of the Year (South Australia) in 2005, and the Order of Australia in 2006 for his work in marine conservation.
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The Estate: Murder in the Veld by Lyn Dickason (E-BOOK)
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Set during the apartheid era in South Africa, a series of murders brings a divided community together. When the families of school friends Pumla and Nandipha move to the new Estate on the outskirts of the city, there is no school for them to attend. While their parents work on the farms or up in the main houses, and only after they have completed their chores for the day, these girls visit each other to practice the schoolwork they remember. Everything changes on the day Pumla meets someone on the bush path on the way to her friend’s house. Kate and Robert, acutely aware of their privilege, dream of a brighter future and dare to build a farm school for the children of the workers. While Thabo investigates the murder suspects, Zom gets a job constructing the new school building. Nandipha and her friends can’t wait to start school again, but the murders continue. Uncomfortable truths are revealed and lives are shattered. The oppressiveness of the time is contrasted with the warmth of new friendships and new opportunities. This is the story of the many characters that went against a system designed to divide them, and in doing so united the community towards a common goal.
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Lady of Ice and Snow - Jasmine Knight (E-BOOK)
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When rivals Alex Venice and Kit Martinez are forced to work together to bravely guard the four realms, their volatile partnership is put to the test. When the Queen of the Winter Realm suddenly falls ill, Kit the daughter of the Goddess of Snow is blamed. To prove her innocence Kit and Alex must venture to each of the realms to find the ingredients needed to cure the Queen, but they only have seven days in which to do it. Each ingredient leads them on an adventure and as each day passes their true feelings for each other are revealed.
About the Author
Jasmine Knight lives in a small country town in rural South Australia. Inspired by the Mallee landscape and its extreme seasons, Jasmine Knight has created a gripping fantasy adventure. Jasmine Knight began writing fiction from a young age and The Lady of Ice and Snow is her debut novel. Jasmine loves reading and her major literary influence comes from Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices series, and Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. Jasmine is currently working on her next novel which continues the adventures of her lead characters Alex and Kit.
Vistas and Visions of a Blind Man - TONY DOYLE (E-BOOK)
EBOOK ISBN 978-0-6457336-1-7
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.”
This collection of poems and sketches will take you on an intricate, winding journey focusing on society, environment, science, politics, religion and many other, often poignant, aspects of life.
These poems contain critique, commentary, lots of humour, pathos, absurdity and a degree of red alert. They are more raised eyebrow than highbrow, a mix which may well appeal to people who don’t often read poetry. Tony Doyle’s poetic styles vary and references to blindness are sprinkled throughout the book.
These poems will entertain, challenge, amuse and perhaps even shock you. Some of them take a critical look at modern life, recent cultural changes and possible future scenarios. The widening gap between rich and poor is referred to in several poems. The author considers it to be a dangerous and undealt with phenomenon of the modern era. Other poems will cheer you up with a bit of irreverent and quirky humour.
In the early days of Covid Tony Doyle decided to try his hand at writing poetry. In this collection of poems, he opens up vistas and visions into the world he perceives and experiences with no eyesight but plenty of insight. Please join Tony Doyle on this engaging and often humorous journey.
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