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GLEESON, David

Jun 30, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Melbourne, Memoir, Psychology \ Mental Health, Victoria

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ISBN 978-1-922957-31-3
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The Bucket’s Full

A life story of traumatic experiences and overcoming consequences.

The bucket’s full is a true story of a Police Officer who has worked for 37 years in a number of Policing jurisdictions and capacity
development missions in Timor Leste, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea.

The author, David J Gleeson, was a high ranked station manager and detective in Victoria before joining the Australian Federal Police to work overseas. Following a series of incidents whilst deployed in Papua New Guinea in 2014, Federal Agent David J Gleeson is diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His bucket was filled.

During treatment, Gleeson recounted his various adventures and episodes that led to his diagnosis of PTSD, which resulted in the compilation of his story.

The Bucket’s Full covers a wide variety of the events and traumatic circumstances that lead to an eventual serious mental health injury that almost resulted in his death.

This book is a worth reading collection of a man’s insightful experiences who learnt to live again.

SCOFIELD, Sandra

Mar 6, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Culinary \ Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, Manual \ Training Material, Parenting & Family, Queensland, Reference

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ISBN 978-1-922890-96-2
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Busy Person’s Cookbook

For busy people and working parents

Having a busy life either with kids, work or all the many other things that come at you sometimes you just run out of time. You want to make nutritious, tasty meals for your family or for yourself but the clock is against you.

You want to try something new only to look at a recipe and there is a list of ingredients as long as your arm, 30min prep time and 60 min cook time, really who has the time.

We see meals made in 30 min but a lot of the time it is full of pasta or television chefs telling you how easy it is when they have an army of people probably doing their prep. Inside are recipes and meal ideas form busy people, everyday people like my mum, aunty and work colleagues just trying to do it all.

All recipes will have no more than 6-8 ingredients with very little fuss or mess.

You add what you like and take out what you don’t.

BAUTISTA, Shane

Feb 16, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Addiction & Recovery, Memoir, Psychology \ Mental Health
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ISBN 978-0-6485862-6-5
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Resilience: A Story of Survival

Resilience a story of survival is a compelling memoir. Shane’s message of hope, recovery, and resilience.

With the odds stacked against kids that come from being ‘State Wards’ – drugs, becoming a teenage parent, living a life of crime, prison and even death; Shane got out and worked towards obtaining a higher education that leads to a career as a Mental Health Nurse.

Shane is his own success story.

About the Author

Shane Bautista is a gay male who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He currently works as a Registered Nurse and has a passion in helping others. As a child, Shane was made a ward of the state and placed in foster care at the age of seven years old. Shane suffers from mental health issues with depression and anxiety. Sharing his story of survival growing up in care and becoming a success story by defeating the odds and having the resilience to have overcome many diversities in his life. Shane is a first time author. Completing his debut non-fiction novel, has been Shane’s biggest achievement yet. Shane’s memoir ‘Resilience: a story of survival’ is raw, confronting and inspirational. 

MUSSON, Dave

Dec 14, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Health & Wellbeing, Philosophy, Western Australia

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ISBN 978-1-922890-83-2
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The White Cat

A guide in waking up to the truth; that you are.

These books will help as a guide in waking up to the truth; that you are.

They will assist you to use this truth to free yourself from the suffering that can come when we lose ourselves in the constant chatter of the mind’s, often negative, thoughts.

As suffering is removed from your life, you will begin to see that life is far more friendly, joyful and far less challenging than you may have thought possible. A journey of self-discovery in which all that clouds your vision is allowed to pass, enabling you to find the timeless perfection you are.

DICKSON, Peter

Oct 12, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Health & Wellbeing, Melbourne, Memoir, Sport, Victoria

Book _ He was my brother by Peter Dickson
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ISBN 978-1-922890-68-9
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He was My Brother

The story of Rob Dickson and me

“A compelling story I urge you to read”
Gillon McLachlan, AFL CEO

One phone call, one sudden unexpected tragic event in a distant land. That’s all it took to shatter one man’s world and his close-knit family into a thousand pieces.

The death of Australian football identity, reality TV star and documentary maker Rob Dickson stunned his hundreds of associates and friends across Melbourne’s corporate, sporting and social world.

But none felt it more than his hero-worshipping younger brother, Peter. The bond between them was unbreakable. From an early age they were far more than brothers. They were mates, buddies, best pals and eventually business partners.

Rob’s death hit Peter harder than he or anyone could have imagined. The aftershock has lasted for years, taking its toll not only on Peter’s mental and physical health but also his family and business relationships.

In this uplifting memoir of survival and recovery he tells with brutal honesty of his fight back from intense despair, with Rob as his ever-present inspiration and guide.

He delves back into the pair’s childhood under the strict but loving eye of their Bible-quoting mother, traces Rob’s larrikin rise into the world of Australian Rules and details his ongoing struggles to rival his brother’s skill behind the camera.

An immensely readable story of highs and lows told with the sharp eye of one who has beaten the odds to reach the peak of his profession as an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

“They were the greatest storytellers I’ve ever known, mixing larrikin humor with existential wisdom that left their audiences laughing & crying, spellbound & uplifted. Their love for storytelling and helping others was outshone only by their love for each other”
— Ben Crowe Leadership Mentor & Mindset Coach.

COFFEY, Sarah

Oct 4, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, LGBTQ+ Non-fiction, Psychology \ Mental Health, Queensland

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ISBN 978-1-922803-93-1
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Sweet Grass

The girl in the dream

Sarah Coffey was brought into the world in 1961, and was assigned male at birth.

As a young child, she experienced feelings of being different – in her soul and her mind she was female.

It was only after navigating adolescence, early adulthood and the birth of her children that Sarah finally decided to listen to the feelings within her to become her true self.

Follow Sarah on her journey of discovery and self-love. At times raw and emotional, Sarah sheds light on a topic which can be confronting.

An authentic and powerful story, Sweet Grass: The girl in the dream will allow insight not only into Sarah’s own experiences but hopes to spread awareness around gender transitioning.