Biography | Australian Authors

RYAN, Michael

May 17, 2024 | *Featured books, Australian, Family History, Memoir, Victoria

ISBN 978-1-923214-09-5
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Minutes to Memories

In 1963, two Australian families of Irish heritage, Ryan and McNamara, were united through a wedding held in Ivanhoe, Victoria.

Minutes to Memories traces the ancestry of both families, dating back to the 1850s when they emigrated from Ireland.

The author provides a conversational account of his grandparents, parents, and siblings, and also shares his major passions with tales of the characters who have made these passions so special. The book is filled with engaging stories that offer amusing reflections for its numerous characters, in addition to recording important family history.

Minutes to Memories is the author’s gift to his family, providing anecdotes to help future generations understand the personalities that preceded them. It’s a record of who they are, so that in future years they will remain more than just a statistic in ancestry records.

STOCKER, Reena

Apr 18, 2024 | *Featured books, Australian, Autobiography, Parenting & Family

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ISBN 978-1-923214-35-4
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Frozen Tears

An autobiography

An honest recount of resilience, culture and the love of a mother

Reena Stocker has written this book to give courage to those who have lost hope in humanity – to teach others to rise from the ashes and find the strength within!

Speak up and be heard!

No one has to suffer in silence; they can take everything from us, but we always have our Soul which guides us and encourages us to be the best version of ourselves we can be.

Sergeant Mick

Apr 18, 2024 | *Featured books, Australian, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Memoir

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ISBN 978-1-923156-18-0
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From the P’lice!

To fight the good fight for truth and justice

It’s the mid-80s and Mick realizes it’s time to take a stand: to make a difference.

But instead, he becomes a police officer… This is the story about what happens when one man, young and fearless, brave and determined, smart and resourceful, realizes none of these things matter when you’re knee-deep in drunks, trudging through insect-infested bush, or stuck in the in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night, busting for a pee.

From the P’lice! recounts Mick’s journey from shiny recruit to jaded detective, and the many escapades he gets caught up in, as he strives valiantly to fulfil his pledge of causing Her Majesty’s peace to be preserved without favour or affection, malice or ill-will. Albeit with a few shenanigans along the way.

JACOBS, Rex

Mar 28, 2024 | Adelaide, Australian, Biography, History, Military, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-923386-81-5
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a Soldier’s Diary

No. 33463 Cecil Howard Taylor 50th Battalion – 108 Howitzer AIF 1916-1919

‘an enemy plane was brought down today, Baron Von Richthofen was the pilot’ ‘the whole countryside was one huge flame of fire, what a battle – fear was found nowhere’ ‘so at daylight on Easter Sunday, we were baptised in shells and mud’ What a sight – dead – yes in every little trench and hole made by shells, there were dead – such is war’ ‘we ran together until a shell fell right down between us … ‘ ‘eleven times the Huns came afresh, and eleven times we withstood our ground – each time with less men and yet each time with more confidence’ ‘I cannot see what such folly war is, but for some suicide for any country – surely people were not
predestined to such giving and taking of lives’ ‘the few words I have written in this diary are as nothing compared to what might have been written’

Cecil Taylor.

CARVOSSO, John

Mar 19, 2024 | *Featured books, Australian, Biography, Family History, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-923156-36-4
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Samuel Carvosso 1814-1874

Coachbuilder & Much More

People fade from the pages of history, often leaving little or no historical memory in their community. Yet, for a time, they have occupied centre stage, some longer, some shorter, but all heroic. Samuel Carvosso arrived in Adelaide with his young family in February 1849, an ‘Old Colonist’. He lived life to the full, was memorable, likeable, complex, honest, generous, yet flawed (as we all are). He lived a Wesleyan life integrating a personal faith in his Lord with the church, his work and the broader community.

Extensive appendixes include family trees and details of Samuel’s contemporaries, friends and extended family who intersected his life. Also includes insightful fragments about the women—Samuel’s wife Louisa, their daughters, and other women.

“Samuel Carvosso’s story takes the reader on a journey through the challenges and achievements of another time. It brings to light a slice of history, showing us the differences and similarities with our own lives.”

Lisa Lark
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About the Author

John Allan Carvosso was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1952 and is a direct descendant of Samuel Carvosso.

John is a retired engineer. He specialised in piping, associated equipment, and engineering management. He is a current member of Engineers Australia, holding chartered status. He rose through the engineering ranks to the role of Technical Director with AECOM.

John’s educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering and a Diploma in Technology Management.

John has been a committed Christian all his life.

This book is the fruit of his retirement dream. The project picked up where is father, Rex Samuel Carvosso, left off in 1994.

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BRADING, Roger CS

Feb 8, 2024 | *Featured books, Australian, Biography, Christian, Memoir, Parenting & Family, Queensland

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ISBN 978-1-923156-78-4
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Why Me

Dealing with grief

This book tells the true story of how the author used his Christian Faith to reassure and guide him through the time of his deepest grief following the premature death of his wife and mother of their six children.

This yellow Hibiscus represents Doris’ favourite colour. I picked a fresh flower each day, to put at her bedside in the vase shown in the picture. On one occasion, when wondering if there were flowers in Heaven, I looked up to see the sky filled with flowers. This must have been the answer!