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MUSGROVE, Joyce

Dec 6, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Memoir
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ISBN 978-1-922722-29-4
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Letters to my Mother

Joyce Musgrove was born in Leongatha in 1929. From the time she was little, she had the responsibility of looking after her siblings while her parents were out.
She just wanted to be a MOTHER.

She met and married the “Love of her Life” while living in Chelsea and became a devoted wife and mother and eventually a loving nan and great-grandmother.

Joyce suffered many illnesses during her 92 years, including heart failure and a massive Stroke.

She has lived her life making other people laugh and smile with her antics.
Her daughter, has written Memoirs for both of her parents.

Kaye also wrote a poem after her mother’s stroke and sent it to the Stroke Foundation

 

“A Stroke was the last thing that she ever wanted
And let me tell you it was hard
She was left in such a predicament
Not even knowing her own backyard.”

GILBERT, Laurie

Dec 6, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Military

A Tattered Weed by self-published author Laurie Gilbert
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ISBN 978-1-922629-82-1
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A Tattered Weed

A Tattered weed explores the psychological impact of war on young minds and the need to establish an identity when everything seems unreal.

Reese was a young man with the world at his feet when he was drafted to fight in Vietnam, a conflict that was so controversial he was not fully convinced it was a just battle. He and best friend, Chris did their tour of duty, with Reese being injured and spending months in hospital after being shipped home. He suffers from nightmares and flashbacks but is working towards resuming his normal life when everything is changed in an instant. He takes his Harley out with dire results that will change his life, and his outlook, forever.

He struggles to accept that anyone would want to be close to him and rejects the person he loves most, Brooke, because he sees himself as unlovable.

He finds solace in his guitar and in his writing but life has a way of throwing him into situations with which he is too broken to be able to successfully deal. He forms a band with Chris and finds a small amount of success but life takes another turn when he meets, and later marries, the frigid Alicia. Th e consequences of this union provide yet another watershed in his life.

LOURENS, John

Dec 6, 2021 | *, *listed, Animals \ Pets Fiction, Australian, Christian, Queensland

Dog Spel
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ISBN 978-0-645156-21-8
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Dog Backwards Spells God

This small book proposes a charming way in which we might better understand and appreciate God, thereby improving our relationship with Him.

It is perhaps more than coincidence that DOG backwards spells GOD. Valid comparisons can be made between our relationship with dogs and our relationship with God. Occasionally we see that dogs reflect the nature of God. Sometimes
we discern dogs point the way to a better relationship with God. And at still other times we recognise that our relationship with dogs is strikingly similar to our relationship with God. In a real sense, dogs truly are messengers of God.

Described as a picture book for adults, this work presents twenty comparisons between our relationship with dogs and our relationship with God. And as we think about each of the twenty comparisons, we start to realise that interacting with dogs enables us to catch tiny glimpses of God Himself

Dr John Lourens

About the Author

Hi, I’m John.

I am a retired university academic, and spent my entire career as a teacher. A lifelong dog-lover, I cannot remember a time when I was not blessed with the companionship of a dog. I regard dog ownership as an honour, a privilege and a profound educational experience. I firmly believe that if we are willing to take advantage of the delightful learning opportunities provided, canine companionship can teach us a great deal about God and our relationship with Him.

In my view, it is quite possible that after reading this small book, and after reflecting on its big message, you will no longer look at the canine companions in your life in quite the same light as you do now.

A practising Christian, I am active in my local church community. I live in Melbourne, Australia with my wife, Molly, and our two canine companions and messengers of God, Dior and Sammy. I hope you enjoy reading my book as much as I enjoyed writing it.

John Lourens

CHARLES, Jason

Dec 6, 2021 | *, *listed, Australian, Children's Books
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ISBN 978-1-922722-41-6
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Major Grumpy Morning Man

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, woo who, of course young children too.

We would, love to introduce you to the Major Grumpy Morning Man crew.

A morning routine doesn’t go to plan, it’s Major Grumpy Morning Man.

From causing strife to a beautiful wife from putting on a shirt to going berserk this is Major Grumpy Morning man getting ready for work.

major grumpy morning man no work it's raining jason charles jason gobby
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ISBN 978-1-922803-31-3
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Major Grumpy Morning Man: No Work, it’s Raining

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, woo who, of course young children too.

This time, in book two, we meet the kids of the Major Grumpy Morning Man crew.

His morning routine, it gets canned in Major Grumpy Morning man.

From performing handshakes to making pancakes from clouds draining to the wind strength gaining.

This is Major Grumpy Morning Man has No Work It’s Raining.

About the Author

The authors wife called him Major Grumpy Morning Man. Going off if all didn’t go to plan. Yelling over little things gone wrong, same tune, different song.

No goodbye, no hug, no kiss, his unkind words, her clenched-up fist. Until she said no more, she sent him packing, she closed the door.

He was left to make some changes, he got help, he talked to strangers. He finally got to see himself, he wrote this book, he wants to help.

If you see yourself in this book there’s help out there you need to look.

 
 

BICKNELL, John

Dec 6, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, History, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Queensland, True Crime
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ISBN 978-1-922722-86-7
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Fact, Conjecture, Speculation

and the Unsolved Murders of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock

On 11 January 1965, 15-year-old best friends, Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock were overwhelmed and slaughtered in the sandhills behind Sydney’s Wanda Beach. Not only had the killer struck in a public area and during the summer school holiday break, but he’d done it in broad daylight. Despite the brazenness of the act, several police investigations and their ostensibly ongoing inquiries have failed to bring the killer to justice.
 
Why did Marianne and Christine walk into the sandhills that ill-fated day? Why were they killed? How did their killer, who was almost certainly blood soaked, leave the area unseen? Why have the various police investigations failed to identify the killer? Were Marianne and Christine early victims of a ‘True Crime Anti-Hero’ like the vile Derek Percy, or the sadistic Christopher Wilder? Were they victims of a sexual assault gone awry, or were they the ‘gateway’ victims of a short-lived ‘ripper-esque’ killing spree in the Sydney-Wollongong corridor?
 
In a search for the truth about the Wanda outrage, these vexed questions are examined through the lenses of fact, conjecture and speculation.

About the Author

John Bicknell is a licensed private investigator. He does not like questions without answers, but is learning to live with them.

LABBAD, Edward

Dec 2, 2021 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Poetry
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ISBN 978-1-922629-78-4
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Enter the Poet

NEW AGE POET

Welcome to my second title. The first was more inspirational, these are words of survival. Coming head on, they side swipe you, inducing the suicidal. At times deep, dark, and disturbed. As I lurk in the dark, I treat hearts that have been hurt. I blurt words that make you think I’m berserk, but in reality, I’m revealing the truth. Don’t be believing in proof, cause proof can be created.

Read between the lines, so you can tell the difference between the real and the animated. Black and white in front of you. Don’t be fooled by the colour pages; if you don’t believe me, just look at mother nature’s stance on machine gunner wages. Your mind races, but stop! Come on in. I give you the full picture with no fancy software to crop it. Follow me if you dare. To see where I’m going, sometimes you just gotta close your eyes, put your foot forward and…

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