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WILDE, Diana

Aug 11, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Design, Memoir, Western Australia

Diana Wilde self-published author I don't wear step-ins anymore book cover
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ISBN 978-1-922452-98-6
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I Don’t Wear Step-Ins Anymore.

A step-in or girdle was worn in the 50s and 60s to control the flab of a female body. Dianne escaped the control of a conservative and Christian middle class family in Sydney and sailed to England in 1968. On arrival, she disposed of her constrictive clothing and began living a swinging London life. A year later, and after a visit from her parents, she moved to a Swiss Village for 6 months. Finally, she travelled home overland by Sundowners bus from London to India in 1970.

This memoir is from letters documenting her overseas journey of discovery. In January 2012 aged 64, she re-read and transcribed at least 300 letters and aerogrammes, after being told by an older cousin, she had been adopted at birth. She re-discovered the controlling mother she couldn’t stand growing up, and even while bringing up a family of her own.

Her adoptive mother Ruby was the one who gave her back all the letters written to her, suggesting she may wish to write a book one day about her travels. This memoir is a homage to her, and also to her adoptive father George, who constantly encouraged her to take off the step-ins and try everything in life.

MARTINO, AFROZ

Aug 10, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Fiction \ Novel, Photography, Poetry, South Australia

Bringing my Words to Light by self-published author Afroz Martino
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ISBN 978-1-922452-91-7
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Bringing my Words to Light

I have so much to say, so much to put on a page, but all I see are dancing words. So, one morning I got up and decided to simply allow the words to fall on the page; and with these words I have written this book from my heart.

Five Pebbles in a Pond by Afroz Martino
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ISBN 978-1-922722-73-7
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Five Pebbles in a Pond

It is a story of sacrifice and love.

Five exceptional women originating from diverse backgrounds meet each other at university and strike an everlasting friendship. Despite their differences in language and heritage, they become one in spirit. They name their sisterhood ‘SAKTE’, each letter representing their name.

As they struggle through life, the foundations of their friendship stand strong. Five Pebbles in a Pond is a story of a unique friendship between friends who struggle with identity, dual culture and traditional values.

It is a story inspired by true events.

Afroz Martino Author

About the Author

Afroz is the eldest daughter of the late Dr A K M Amzad Hossain Mian and Begum Firoza Hosneara Mian, born in Pabna, Bangladesh. Her parents moved her and her sister, Azmiri Mian, to Greece when Afroz was 8 years old for her father to complete his doctorate. After, they could not return to Bangladesh as civil war broke out, so they immigrated to Australia.

Afroz graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Science and then worked many different jobs, travelled, and eventually pursued a career helping disadvantaged children. She married David Martino, and together they have four daughters and two grandchildren.

Writing poetry has given Afroz a sense of belonging, understanding of being a woman and is a way to make sense of her world.

Testimonials

A book to touch your soul. Raw experiences told from the heart. This is how it touched me when I read it. It was very powerful.

Georgina Williams

First-generation Australians will empathize with Author’s struggles between traditional cultural values and  Australian values. We were there and at the time it seemed insurmountable, now our children take pride in their multicultural backgrounds.

Josie Allocca

Such meaningful poems! Bringing my words to light took me on a journey through my own life, the struggles and what makes life what it is, unique for each and everyone of us.
 
Katrina Stratos

In every poem I read I felt the Author’s emotions and it touched my heart. It made me cry while reading author’s wonderful words. So touchy the whole writing in this book that’s why I loved it.

Marufa Gaffar

Afroz Martino’s beautifully written poetry collection Bringing my words to light is about her love, relationships, nature and many more aspects of life. The boldness and frankness in her writing is very rare to find. This is very enjoyable to read about Afroz’s adventurous journey of life through her poetries.

Firoz Mannan

…very beautiful… very clear… nicely organized… practical and I guess it’s a deep thoughts of every woman…

Nusrat

This book is a good book to read. Afroz penned her sadness, and her struggle with two different cultures and her pride and love for her family, so well, that I could feel all her emotions in this book.

Nancy Kirby

ANSTEY, Peter, & APPS, Joan

Aug 4, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Family History, History, South Australia
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ISBN 978-0-9873575-8-8
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Charles Anstey & Eliza Cererher Port Elliot Pioneers

A ship-wreck and an escape from the Great Famine of Ireland are the starting points for the story of Charles Anstey and Eliza Cererher in South Australia. Told against the backdrop of the Encounter Bay region’s unsuccessful attempt to become the sea terminal for the River Murray trade, this history uses nineteenth century newspapers and other records to describe key events in the lives of these two pioneers of the Port Elliot region. First cousins Peter Anstey and Joan Apps (nee Anstey) are grand-children of Charles John Anstey, the youngest child of Charles John Anstey and Eliza Cererher. They have long shared an interest in family history. Their research has come together in this book which explores and answers many questions about their great-grandparents’ lives. In the process they discovered that life in a small country town was not necessarily idyllic, that ancestors had human frailties, and that caring for the family cow could cause problems.

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ISBN 978-1-9224528-7-0
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Kalgoorie to Glenelg

Charles Anstey & Fanny Smith: A Family History

In this companion volume to Charles Anstey & Eliza Cererher: Port Elliot pioneers, first cousins Peter Anstey and Joan Apps (nee Anstey) continue the story of the Anstey family in Australia, focusing on the lives and family of their grandparents Charles John Anstey and Fanny Louisa Smith.

Set against a background of economic depression and a gold rush, the first part of the book outlines Charles and Fanny’s years in the Western Australian gold mining towns of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, their return to South Australia and their family and working life in the districts of Glenelg and Sturt (Marion).

The second part of the book describes the lives of Charles and Fanny’s children, including the shadow cast on them by the Second World War. The third part is devoted to Fanny’s family and includes a brief history of the Smith (Godden) and Killery families.

The authors observe that during much of this period, the lives of their grandparents and parents revolved around their church and local community – fetes, bazaars, card games, dances and balls – a world where speechmaking and poetry recitation were still considered worthy pursuits.

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BALDOCK, Tim

Aug 4, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, History, Thesis \ Academic Work, Western Australia
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ISBN 978-0-6483649-0-0
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Fortress Fremantle

This book is dedicated to the memory of the 84 servicemen aboard the USS Bullhead who lost their lives in 1945.

The Port of Fremantle played one of the most predominant roles of any Australian port or city during World War II. Not only was it a significant embarkation point, and subsequently the last glimpse of Australia for thousands of servicemen heading overseas to serve their country, it was also one of the most crucial submarine bases of the Second World War.

A longstanding passion and interest in military history, plus a realisation of there being little public knowledge on the fortress that Fremantle was – given the significance of its contribution to the eventual Allied victor y in World War II, is what inspired me to write Fortress Fremantle: Its Lost Sub & Contribution to World War II.

Presented in a condensed yet significant manner, my hope is that people reading this book find it a light, easy to comprehend, factual account of what life was like in Fremantle and surrounding lands during the early 1940’s when for a while, Australia stood all alone, in the face of great adversity.

About the Author

Tim Baldock is an avid military historian, with Fortress Fremantle: Its Lost Sub & Contribution to World War II being his first book on the subject. The decision to write about the Pacific War was driven by his personal interest in that campaign, largely influenced through his work as a volunteer tour guide on Rottnest Island in Western Australia where the Oliver Hill Gun Battery still stands today.
A proud West Australian, who grew up with a deep connection to Fremantle, this book has allowed him to share his passion for history with his love of the Port.
 
 
 

DUNCAN, Craig

Jul 24, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Health & Wellbeing, Memoir, New South Wales, Psychology \ Mental Health, Reference, Self-help \ Personal Development
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ISBN 978-1-922452-94-8
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Self Science 

A Study of You by You

AT THE PRINTER – COMING SOON 

One of the world’s leading performance scientists presents in simple terms some strategies to help you enhance your everyday life.

Dr Craig Duncan provides the basic concepts, the regimen and the vision for implementing the philosophy of “self-science”, a way of living that focuses on the importance of self-exploration and self-awareness as a pathway to a better life.

Using the knowledge gained from working alongside elite athletes in professional sport, and also from his personal experience, Dr Duncan has developed a system to help anyone who wants to reach their full potential.

This is about you becoming involved in the management of your life, rather than being a spectator.

SCHULTZ, Amanda & MAYFIELD, Greg

Jul 21, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Biography, Design, Justice \ Law \ Crime, South Australia
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ISBN 978-0-6485614-5-3
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ISBN 978-1-922337-21-4
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Whit

‘My father was a policeman – he was shot’
Pebbly Beach remains a timeless place, but it holds a dark secret

The waves lap at the stony shore, seemingly wearing away at a 38-year-old mystery – the death of South Australian police Inspector Geoff Whitford.

Who was this man who headed a highly-secretive organised crime task force? Why did he take his own life on this lonely piece of South Australian coast, leaving suicide notes to be found on October 22, 1981? Why did he leave behind a wife and three daughters?

In these pages, Amanda Schultz, the youngest daughter, sets out on a journey to discover her father, as seen through the eyes of his colleagues and superiors. Her goal was to “meet” her father so she could share her lived experience and support and educate others about suicide awareness.

Amanda, herself a former police officer and now a corporate executive, collaborated on this book with Greg Mayfield, who was a police reporter at The Advertiser at the time of the incident. The pair weave an intriguing story of a career detective who loved life, was slated to be the next Police Commmissioner and whose death has never been fully explained.

It was an era when South Australia was wracked by sensational allegations of corruption against its police force and drug squad. Amanda, who was aged nine years old at the time of her father’s death, travels far and wide to meet the people who knew her father best. Her unrelenting search for answers – and plea for access to secret Coronial files – results in the case being mentioned in State Parliament in Adelaide.

Is the tide of opinion gathered by Amanda enough to break open the official silence on the matter? You be the judge.

‘Amanda discovers her Dad through yarns that are hilarious, absurd, harsh, inspiring and tragic, but always insightful … why did a conscientious and incorruptible detective die?’

—Michael O’Connell AM APM, former SA Commissioner for Victims’ Rights

‘A powerful story well told.’

—John Silvester, crime reporter and co-author of Underbelly

 
 

About the Author

47 year old wife, mum, sister and daughter, Amanda Schultz decides she needs to “meet” her dad 37 years after his alleged suicide, which occurred when she was just 9 years old. Amanda’s goal is to share her story and if she can help just one dad to understand it doesn’t make everything better for those you leave behind then her “lived experience” is positive. Amanda is supported by long time journalist Greg Mayfield who has always had a strong interest in the story of Geoff Whitford and what led to these tragic circumstances throughout the early 1980’s in SA Police.