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CARBONE, Julie

May 15, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Action Adventure, Fiction \ Novel, South Australia

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ISBN – 978-1-922337-65-8
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Coming in June

Harry

 

When 18-year-old Harry is just beginning to find his feet after a difficult childhood in post-WWI Adelaide, he experiences heart-rending rejection and runs away to the Australian outback where, as an awkward station hand, he discovers a rare talent for shearing. Success as a gun shearer gives him confidence he’s only dreamed of but also brings with it, the biggest battle of his life. A challenge that needs someone bigger than himself to overcome.
 
Harry is a fictional narrative based on the true story of a profoundly deaf boy who endures bullying, abandonment and coming of age escapades. Then as a man, he encounters the tough but honest breed of men from the Aussie bush where he discovers success, failure, true friendship and love. Filled with humourous tales of life in the incredible Australian outback, it brings hope to each of us that have ever faced a life impacting-challenge.

About the Author

Julie works as an anaesthetic nurse and facing life and death scenarios often, this has given her insight into the unsung heroes who just do life. So many people’s lives are incredible. Obstacles overcome, dreams realised, good times and laughter, tough times and sadness. We just need to hear their stories. That is Julie’s dream. To tell the world the stories that otherwise, remain hidden. If they could do it, so can we.

Her debut novel Harry takes her father’s captivating outback Australian tales and surrounds them with his inspirational life.

She is passionate about many things. Chocolate, family and breaking down people’s stuffy stereotypes are just a few.

She lives with three adult children and one husband, whose life’s goals are to keep her humble, and three dogs and two cats who are constantly hungry, no matter how much they eat.

A member of the Australian Writers’ Centre and Writers Centre SA, she has completed numerous creative writing courses and hopes to one day be taken seriously as an author.

She is currently working on her second novel.

 
 

DOHERTY, Pauline

May 12, 2020 | *listed, Justice \ Law \ Crime, New South Wales
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ISBN 978-1-922452-97-9
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The Unforeseen Warrior Woman

 

NOW OUT IN PRINT AND AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION

If it wasn’t true, one could be forgiven for thinking this book is a work of fiction. The plot is deep and the shocks are even deeper.

It’s a family history and a history of rural New South Wales 70 years after the convicts first arrived. The land had been divided and apportioned by a society which was transplanted holus bolus from Europe.

That transplantation had brought with it, the entire social and economic problems of the time. The only difference was a different land.

The poor were still poor and the rich were still rich. With wealth came prosperity and with nothing came hard work and subservience. What sustained this family was their Lutheran faith, hard grinding toil and strong women.

For the men it was work on the land, for women the endless cooking cleaning and nurturing of children and for young girls of 14 years the duties of maid to the local landowner. What followed was a baby girl and decades of shame attributed to the abused rather than the abuser. The hidden shame of an unwanted child sired as a result of a criminal act.

The power of the wealthy to stigmatise the poor and to control them though control of the local administrative apparatus, dominated by the Council, the Police and the Catholic Church.

The very institutions which were supposed to nurture and support were used by the powerful to subdue, steal and abuse. They were dominated by the powerful, the wealthy, people who make the law and break it in their next breath. With impunity!

This is a story of a woman from a family determined not to be dominated, one who educated herself against all headwinds, a Warrior who struggles still for social and economic justice.

About the Author

Author Pauline Doherty’s life has been one of sometimes extreme personal suffering. With tragedy, illness in the form of Stage Four Melanoma and Rare Kidney disease, she also experienced the recruitment of people close to her by the Catholic Mafia. She tells her sometimes confronting story with honesty and candor.
 
 

JOHNSTON, Martin

May 8, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Melbourne, Memoir, Victoria
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ISBN 978-1-922337-82-5
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Toxic Wounds

As a government forest fire fighter over summer, he eventually ends up as a gun toting convoy manager in war torn Afghanistan. After the war, continues as a mercenary in South East Asia for a fi rm with shadowy links to the CIA when he meets the company adjudicator, falls in love, marries for the 3rd time, gives up the days as a mercenary and returns home.

He soon becomes mortally ill, a legacy from the mysterious toxic smoke of war. His new wife nurses him back to health forming an unbreakable bond and together hatch a plan to rescue his young daughter from a certain future of treachery and prostitution by a previous marriage to a notorious Thai mamasan that’s taken all he has.

BAXTER, Janie

May 4, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Children's Books, Fiction \ Novel, Queensland
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ISBN 978-0-9923392-8-9
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A Heart Full of Stars

When a strange mist rolls in from the sea and blankets a small fishing village, the abandoned lighthouse starts glowing again after many years of darkness – and a young boy’s life is changed forever as he discovers the transformational power of love, friendship and bravery.

About the Author

Janie Baxter has had a crazy rollercoaster ride through journalism, marketing, film publicity, communications and public relations, usually with a glass of wine in her hand. Recently she has ventured into travel writing – and, flying solo, travels the world, following her gypsy heart. She lives in far north Queensland with her three dogs.

SIEGERT, Tom

Apr 29, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Comedy \ Humour Fiction, Melbourne, Sport, Victoria
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ISBN 978-1-922337-76-4
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The Suburban Footballer

 

Tom Siegert is The Suburban Footballer

Tom was a below average junior player and his career has been in free fall ever since. It is the final round of the season and once again he finds himself in the familiar position of warming the interchange bench. It’s freezing cold, rain is tumbling down and his head is thumping with his worst hangover since last week. As he sits, wishing he was anywhere but playing a game of footy, he wonders why he does it to himself. Should this be his final season or should he go around one last time?

Harry and the Magic Footy Tree Tom Siegert Book
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ISBN 978-1-922452-46-7
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Harry and the Footy Tree

 

Harry loves footy…
…but Harry was too small to play footy…
…or was he?

SAPHIN, Craig

Apr 29, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Business, New South Wales

CREDIT- This book cover was largely conceived, art-directed, designed, commissioned or illustrated by the author.

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ISBN 978-1-922337-87-0
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Scaling New Heights

 

You have grown one or more businesses to a critical mass.

You are turning over several million dollars and hired five or more people.

You are working too hard and would like to redefine your role in the business.

Your business growth has stagnated or not growing as quickly as you would prefer.

You have the energy and motivation to Scale New Heights

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► scale a business to grow or,
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My hope is that you find this collection of vignettes and expert opinions to be useful and that your business Scales New Heights.