ALCOCK, Alison
ISBN 978-1-922722-30-0
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Tess & Jack: Adventures in the Bush
Tess and Jack and all their bush friends are fighting to save their homes.
The rivers are polluted and the trees are dying. Who will help them?
ANDERMAHR, Graeme
ISBN 978-1-922803-00-9
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Breaking Free from Sexual Barriers
What do women expect from a relationship and how can men help to achieve it?
What part does sex play in the personal relationship between partners?
How do we realistically deal with inequality, disappointments, and abuse within a relationship?
How can we improve the caring, respect, and love side of a relationship?
This is a confronting book which directs help to both women and men, who want to improve their potential to appreciate or fulfil their lives and relationships in the present, to understand how we are unconsciously influenced by the legacy of unresolved fears, negative thoughts, and disappointments from the challenges we have been exposed to in our past.
About the Author
Graeme Andermahr is formerly from a retailing background in the UK and Australia, working closely with developing the potential of large diverse teams of people. Years of volunteering as a domestic violence and crisis counsellor, and private experience as a lifecoach, has enriched his intelligent, perceptive, compassionate, and unique aptitude for supporting and successfully helping people, which has led him to analyse and share his observations and thoughts in this conversational style book. Graeme is particularly concerned with helping women and men in understanding their self-perceptions and behaviours that can lead to poor communications between couples, relationship breakdown, abuse, and domestic violence.
BARNES, Robert
ISBN 978-1-922803-94-8
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Australia’s Forgotten Soldiers from Paraguay
Last century ago a large number of people left Australia with the idea of the founding a New Australia – a communistic paradise – in the middle of Paraguay, in South America (states The Diggers’ Gazette). The attempt was a disastrous failure, but it is interesting to learn that the half-dozen families still left of the original settlers at Colonia Cosme sent 14 volunteers to the war practically – every fit man. One was 56 years old, and others were so young when they left Australia that they could not remember it at all. And they had to travel a thousand miles, presumably at their own expense, to reach the coast at Buenos Aires. Probably this fine result was due to a survival of the influence of William Lane, the founder of the colony, who was always strongly British in sentiment, lost a son in the war, and was largely instrumental, as editor of a daily newspaper in New Zealand, in getting compulsory service adopted there.
“This book brings light to the life stories of Australian heroes who, after calling Paraguay their new home, responded to the call of duty during the First World War.”
– Armando Fernández Galté, Head of Mission, Embassy of Paraguay, Canberra
About the Author
Robert A. Barnes first travelled to Paraguay as an exchange student in 1982.
A visit to Nueva Australia and a chance meeting with one of the few remaining colonists sparked a lasting interest in William Lane’s New Australia experiment, and more specifically, the little-known stories of those New Australians who left Paraguay to fight for Britain in the Great War of 1914-1918.
After university and short career as a provincial newspaper journalist, Robert served in the Australian Regular Amy for 23 years.
This is Robert’s second book. He has previously written a historical romance novel, Asunción, set in Paraguay during the tumultuous period between 1922 to 1947.
Robert is married to Misook and they live with their kelpie Max in Cooma, New South Wales.
EMERY, Peter
ISBN 978-1-922803-31-3
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Five Minutes to Midnight
The average life-expectancy of an Australian male is 81.5 years. In view of my proximity to that lapidary age, I thought it was time to record those parts of my life as yet unchronicled. These reminiscences are bookended by the 2021 recollections of my wife Jo and myself, who count ourselves fortunate to be based in Adelaide, one of the world’s safest and most liveable cities.
ISBN 978-1-923088-97-9
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Unsent Letters
A potpourri of propositions on topics of the day; few subjects escape the chronicling pen of a Burnside scribe, as the calendar year 2023 continues its diurnal round.
Unsent Letters is a wry take on contemporary trends in the increasingly crazy world we inhabit, as well as a hymn to Australia, a paean to the defunct British Empire and a lament for the leaving of Languedoc, Peter and Jo’s one-time second home.
About the Author
Born in Australia through fortunes of war, Peter Emery spent his formative years in Malaysia and Scotland before embarking on a teaching career, which took him to most countries of the Arab World, culminating in a stint as Visiting Professor of Translation Studies at UAE University, Al-Ain, 2010-2013.
MCLEOD, Heidi
ISBN 978-1-922803-05-4
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Wilf
A dramatic, true story from 100 years ago that resonates today, showcasing Hope and Heart in times of Hardship, for readers of every age, time and place.
When young farmer, Wilf Fritsch and his mates leave Australia in 1914, to study in Germany, they have no idea of the catastrophe ahead. Their plans are thwarted when World War 1 erupts. Stranded, arrested and imprisoned, they wonder if they will survive the war and ever make it home again. In a treacherous and unpredictable world, friendships form in surprising places, while culture, hope and purpose survive in desolate environments. Their story reveals astonishing aspects of the times, overlooked by history. However, it is the development of the lads into men of character and integrity, and the beguiling array of people they meet, that will enchant all readers. Bound together in brotherly bonds, their remarkable journey of joy and sorrow, horror and humour, spans 6 years and 5 countries, illuminating the power of perseverance and faith.
About the Author
Heidi McLeod resides in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband. A teaching career of over 40 years, three daughters and a foster son, a large extended family, many friends, and her grandchildren have nurtured her fascination in the human journey. In her first book, Heidi traces a portion of her grandfather’s life in the style of a novel. Sourced from diaries, letters, journals, and other primary sources, as well as stories heard first-hand, Heidi provides a compelling, heart-warming narrative. Skilfully crafted with original material, song lyrics of the times and an engaging style, Heidi’s recounting of her grandfather’s experiences is a tribute to all civilians who endured the non-military story of WW1.
STEENKAMP, Rynhardt
ISBN 978-1-922803-20-7
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The Travelling Monkey Lion
This is not another travel book that talks about historical museums and the ecological sights and sounds of famous landmarks. This book is about the deep truths that traveling reveals.
It is about the characters we meet and the unknown places we discover. It is about the hardships and the ecstasies that comes with risking it all to gain what no one else can take away from you – personal growth and life experience.
The content is based on true stories from my own personal experiences – documented stories from my travels over the past fifteen years. The book was written to encourage people to travel. It explains how travelling can enrich your life and excel personal growth. It is a travel memoir written to
encourage readers from around the world to make travelling a priority.
I hope that the book will motivate people to become a member of our travelling community, inspiring them to explore the world. I believe that the essence and truths in finding out who we really are, can only be found or at the very least excelled, by the wisdom and knowledge discovered through exploring the unknown. I have documented this through humor and a sense of realness, using an abstract analogy borrowed from the animal kingdom to set the tone.
I want this book to enable and encourage people to recognise and experience their own travelling ambitions. It should manifest the urgency to compile itineraries and plan trips that will enable them to discover or rediscover their true selves.
In summary this book is written for all the adventurers and should serve as a reminder that it is never too late to dream. God created this beautiful planet not for us to view from a safe distance but to experience it hands-on, meet new people, see places and make memories.