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RANKIN, Peter

Sep 11, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Biography

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Peg Rankin

 

A Journey of Faith and Resilience

This is the story of Peg, an ordinary woman who was “made of extraordinary stuff ”

Margaret (Peg) Rankin is remembered by all who knew and loved her as a woman of kindness with a ready smile. Her long life brought her much joy, love and happiness.

She was the devoted mother of twelve children and many grandchildren, a farmer, a chef and a confidante for many.

There were also challenges and tragedy. With her strong will she persisted and got on with the next thing. Always positive, Peg was quick to move on from trials and setbacks.

She was a true Christian. She embodied love, mercy, joy, a ready sense of humour and above all, resilience and faith.

This is her remarkable story told by a loving son.

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About the Author

 

PETER RANKIN, born in Warragul in 1958, was the tenth of twelve children.

A devoted Salesian priest from 1989, he served in parishes across four states. He was loved for his gentle manner, kindness and faith. Aside from religion, he was a passionate Essendon supporter and storyteller.

He began writing his mother Peg’s story in 2014. Diagnosed with cancer in 2021, Peter passed away in 2022, leaving this book as his tribute.

GEORG, Sara

Jul 30, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Health & Wellbeing, Parenting & Family, Poetry by Women, Psychology \ Mental Health

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Hopefully Flawed

 

A Celebration of Motherhood

Motherhood was not my lifelong dream.

By early adulthood, Sara had it all worked out. Highly committed to her medical career, she intended on pursuing brain surgery as her specialty. Utterly content as a single girl, she wondered if she was called to celibacy.

One husband and four living children later, she found herself working as a rural generalist. Her best laid plans had clearly gone awry.

Would her medical background prove a help or hindrance with parenting prowess? Harbouring a tendency towards anxiety, how would she face the overwhelming list of things now wildly out of her control? How would this social introvert navigate the relentless demands of her adorable dependants? And as a relapsing perfectionist, would she be crushed by the weight of her own expectations with excelling at this 24/7 job?

Hopefully Flawed weaves cathartic poetry with retrospective prose to celebrate a true story about answering the call to motherhood, and the freedom of finding meaning in the mess.

Flaws are inevitable. Hope is possible.

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Country convert Sara Georg is a part-time doctor, full-time mother, and undeniably lucky wife. She endures the hardship of beachside living in rural South Australia with her husband Matty and their three youngest children.

She holds a deep appreciation for meaningful conversation, a quiet addiction to the thrill of turning off her phone, and suffers emotional allergies to high heels, half-rhymes, and hurry. When she isn’t listening to patient stories, Sara can be found indulging in Asian breakfasts, messy catch-ups, and singing in the kitchen about Jesus, Disney, and Broadway.

A poet and writer since childhood, Sara figured it was time to make something of it before entering her fifth decade. Despite B-grade brush skills, she loves to paint with words. Hopefully Flawed is her first public exhibition—and you are warmly invited.

TARRY, Rhonda

Jul 30, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Family History, Memoir

Lucy Harriet Thomson Reflections Transcribed by Rhonda Tarry
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Lucy Harriet Thomson Reflections

In 1924, Lucy Thomson and her husband William travelled by ship from Australia to tour Great Britain and the Continent.

Part of Lucy’s diary has survived from that year, and this diary (along with her broader recollections of the trip) has been transcribed in this book. Her entries move back and forward in time across the pages. It appears that much of the diary was written during the return journey, likely drawn from earlier notes and memories rather than recorded daily.

Let her words take you there—across oceans and decades—to experience the journey through her eyes.

DOBBY, Charles W.

Jul 14, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Travel \ Tourism \ Adventure

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VALE

31 May 2025

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Live Your Dreams

 

An Autobiography

THE ART OF DREAMING BIG AND LIVING FULLY

What happens when you dare to dream beyond your circumstances? Live Your Dreams offers a captivating glimpse into the life of a man who transformed youthful aspirations into a breath-taking reality.

Follow his remarkable path from collecting laundry to serving in the Army, mastering mechanics, soaring through the skies, and embarking on epic adventures across continents. This inspiring autobiography is a testament to the power of vision, resilience, and the unwavering belief that anything is possible

Author Charles Dobby

RANKINE, Warren

Jun 30, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, South Australia

Fifteen Feet Tall by Warren Rankine
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Fifteen Feet Tall

From abandonment to belonging, an incredible life story of survival, identity and hope

Abandoned into an orphanage in the middle of the night, a two-year-old boy became File #61249600—the official identity of a child marked by institutionalisation, extreme displacement, rejection, challenge, failure, resilience, persistence, and, ultimately, self-realisation.

Set against the backdrop and soundtrack of suburban South Australia, this is a story filled with colourful characters, misadventure, heartbreak, and tragedy—culminating in the remarkable success of a man who refused to give up on himself when so many others had.

Fast-paced and deeply engaging, with rare insight drawn from his own state department file, Warren Rankine shares his life’s journey with vulnerability, humour, and raw, unflinching reflection.

Others may have put him on a path. Ultimately, he forged his own.

CRIDLAND, David

May 21, 2025 | Australian, Autobiography, Biography, Health & Wellbeing, Memoir, Self-help \ Personal Development

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Finding Total Contentment

 

Becoming An Azure Warrior

This is my five books in one and it’s all revised and improved. I started writing in 1999 in Gaol I had attempted armed robbery with the intention of trying to save the world from global warming. I was found not guilty by reason of mental illness and that illness made me creative and I did time writing rhyme as I say. If you like poetry you’ll love my poems they’re well written and quite uplifting. This book can help with weight loss, addiction and mental health. It is written from a lived experience of a long slow recovery to sanity, spending 20 years as a mental health forensic patient overcoming bipolar, a chronic addiction and losing weight. In my last breach purely for personal use of cannabis I spent over 9 years in institutions without access to the community but I recovered with my resilience.

In 1999 I used the 9-Pointed Star on the cover of my first attempt at writing a book. Years later I found out that the 9-pointed star had also turned up in crop circles in 1999 when I first began using this powerful symbol. Probably the first people to use this symbol were the ancient Egyptians. I heard a voice one night say you have earned your star, a week later a friend said she could
see it above my head in my aura, I felt very content for a month or two. I was told when learning Rei-ki that it is an ascension symbol in the Baha’i faith the number nine represents perfection.

I call contentment the ultimate cure and I say state of mind is everything. I usually eat just one meal a day and don’t hunger that much anymore. Buddhist monks have been practising this life style for millennia, it is good for cell health, weight loss and fasting can be enlightening. You can find Total Contentment here and there it is a peaceful feeling not needing much and being happy and content in the moment. This book can raise your vibration and help you find enlightenment no matter what level you are at. It can take you from a rock bottom to a supreme high and you can go from being a sinner to being Saint like.

Is our true God just the Sun in the sky the light which sustains us? Is our higher power just our higher self? Are we more open to this energy when we are doing good? Are the Gods and prophets just master’s as such people who have achieved a high level of consciousness and you can find Total Contentment…