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STRATTON, Abigail

May 12, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Family History, Memoir, Painting & Illustration, Poetry, Poetry by Women, Psychology \ Mental Health, Self-help \ Personal Development, Writing

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Life Through Art

Revive creative freedom, heal from trauma and embody spiritual wisdom

You don’t need to be a technically good artist to use art as a vehicle for healing or self-realisation. All you need is your preferred art medium and a willingness to move across the page in whatever way you’re called.

In Life Through Art, Abigail shares the personal experiences that guided her to embody an art healing modality. That is, a method of visual art where the individual relinquishes the urge to control the outcome on the page in lieu of liberating what their intuition seeks to express. It is a stream of consciousness approach to artmaking which promotes healing benefits beyond the satisfaction of executing a particular image.

Through original art, poetry and incisive self-reflection, the author explores the connection between being creative, healing from trauma, and becoming more aware of the spiritual world. This is offered as a guide for how we can use art healing to flow into a more fulfilling path.

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Abigail is a writer, fascinated by the relationship between art and spiritual healing. Art-making is what helped her become more aware of the spiritual world and spiritual healing helped her connect even deeper with her intuitive art practice; She marries the two to unlock the beauty in every day.

She holds a Bachelor of Communications from University of Technology, Sydney as well as an Advanced Certificate of Energy Healing and a Teaching Certificate from the Ashati Institute of Energy Healing. Abigail published her first book; My Horse Is My Guide in 2024.

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HARKNESS, Anthony

Apr 30, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, History, Memoir, Sydney

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Just A South Sydney Lad

 

The Everyday Adventures Of A Maroubra Boy In 1950s and ’60s Australia

Against the backdrop of the sixties, when British music invaded Sydney streets and TV colonised loungerooms, a Maroubra boy took his Dad’s advice and ‘got on with it’…

Jump aboard the everyday adventures of a Maroubra boy in 1950s and ‘60s Australia where Sunday Mass, getting on the punt and sitting on the hill for the match of the day at the SCG was a holy trifecta.

And amidst a time when floggings by teachers, schools suspiciously burning down, headless chooks running about backyards and boxing gloves were part of a Maroubra childhood … this lad had plenty to get on with.

As he revisits the memories of his youth, Anthony will tell you exactly why he was glad to be a South Sydney lad!

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Anthony Harkness was born in the same year Princess Elizabeth became Queen (1952) and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra – a child of the fifties and a teenager through the sixties. His school days moved from slate to sharpened pencils, from knibs and inkwells to fountain pens and finally the ubiquitous Bic biro – the last implement being regarded as the work of the devil by his teachers.

Anthony has been at various times a teacher, a senior school assistant principal, a rugby league coach, and a singer in two rock ‘n’ roll bands. He has degrees in Education, Economics and Theology which makes him well suited to explore the sweet mysteries of life on spreadsheets and/or metaphysical essays.

He has published in academic journals and written for community radio on the Sunshine Coast. He reached the national finals of ‘The Spoken Word’ poetry competition in 2021 with his original poem ‘Wine Wisdom’.

An anthology of poems is presently underway. ‘Just a South Sydney Lad’ is his first novel.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tony.harkness.56
Instagram: @tony_harkness_writer

MCCULLOCH, Glenn and REILLY, Peter

Apr 16, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, History, Medical, Medical Research

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Donald Simpson

Neurosurgeon and Humanitarian

DONALD SIMPSON WAS A REMARKABLE MAN.

This biography, written by two former trainees, and later colleagues, tells the story of his family background and academic career in neurosurgery, from Adelaide to Oxford. It covers the many aspects of his life – from medical research and historical interests to working with disabled and sick children and his humanitarian activities. It also contains many contributions from people who knew him and many stories about him, some humorous, some surprising but always “Donaldesque”. The unique character of Donald Simpson, neurosurgeon and humanitarian, shines through.

STRUNGS, Inara

Apr 8, 2025 | *, *Featured books, Australian, Biography, History

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Love, War and Crocodiles

 

A Life of Arvids Blumentals, aka Crocodile Harry

The extraordinary adventures and loves of Arvids Blumentals, aka Crocodile Harry, one of Australia’s most unusual post–World War 2 migrants.

Harry was a Latvian patriot who went to war at 17, lost his homeland, and became a crocodile hunter, gravity surveyor, opal miner, writer and womaniser. He called himself a baron and married an opera-singing German lady he’d never met.

He appeared in a high-profile inquest, entertained Tina Turner and Olivia Newton-John and was the subject of many media stories. His dugout in Coober Pedy was featured in Mad Max 3 and still attracts tourists today.

This carefully researched book looks at Harry’s diverse pursuits, his intriguing personality and the historical background of a war that shattered a generation of men. Few others reacted as flamboyantly as Harry.

BOULT, Margaret

Apr 3, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, History, Medical, South Australia

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Frontier Medicine

 

Stories of illness and survival in South Australia 1836 – 1856

A journey into the harsh yet hopeful beginnings of South Australia, where survival was a daily battle and resilience shaped the future.

The voices of South Australia’s early settlers resonate through letters and diaries and illuminate their struggles with illness and survival. From the perilous voyage to the challenges of an unfamiliar land, these settlers faced an unrelenting battle against a strange landscape, climate, and diseases.

In 1839, Joseph Warner had grappling with the devastating loss of his wife Mary, who succumbed to illness shortly after their arrival. His diary reveals a man torn between caring for his children, managing a fledgling farmstead, and tending to his ailing wife. Such deeply personal accounts, drawn together in this book, provide vivid insights into the harsh realities of settler life.

Readers will discover how settlers coped with ailments and death, the relentless torment of insects, extremes of weather, and the rudimentary conditions of makeshift camps. The book highlights their medical concerns, their use and belief in doctors, and their resilience in adapting to an unyielding environment.

By bringing these stories to light, this book off ers a compelling exploration of the medical challenges faced by South Australia’s first European settlers. Through their words, it gives readers a chance to connect with the raw and often heartbreaking realities of life almost 200 years ago.

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Margaret Boult is an independent medical historian with a keen interest in the human stories behind historical medical practices. Her work delves into the challenges of nineteenthand twentieth-century medicine, focusing on the experiences of patients, practitioners, and institutions. In 2019, she earned a Master of Philosophy for her thesis Epilepsy in the Lunatic Asylums of South Australia (1853-1913). Combining rigorous research with a storyteller’s touch, Margaret brings fresh perspectives to the intersection of science, health, and the environment. Her background in Botany and medical science informs her exploration of topics ranging from the struggles of early South Australian settlers to the resilience of children aff ected by polio. Through her writing, Margaret invites readers to connect with the past and the enduring human spirit in the face of medical adversity.

A, Inspector

Feb 10, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, History, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Memoir, Military, Queensland, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government

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The Syria Scam

 

An insider look into Chemical Weapons, Geopolitics and the Fog of War.

Something horrid happened in the city of Douma in Syria on 7 April 2018. It was alleged to be an attack with banned chemical weapons, said to have killed more than forty terrifi ed civilians. The US, UK and France responded with punitive missiles and airstrikes.

But what did actually happen? And how does this relate to the other alleged chemical attacks by the Syrian regime?

Inspector A takes us on a journey through his investigations and travels in Syria during the conflict, and the political intrigue that has
caused bitter divisions among Member States at the UN and the OPCW, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog.

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Inspector A joined the UN-affiliated Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the first group of inspectors in 1997.

A chemical engineer with military experience, he soon became a foremost Inspection Team Leader conducting inspections around the world. He left in 2005 to continue a career in the chemical industry.

He joined the OPCW again in 2016 as part of the “rehire” scheme, aimed at bringing back experienced inspectors. He soon saw signs of the Syrian chemical weapons narrative being politicised. Inspectors started objecting but got nowhere.

Along with his UN passport, Inspector A has cheerfully carried British, South African and Australian passports. He wishes people would be honest and do the right thing, even in geopolitics. He knows this is naïve, nonetheless tried in two UN Security Council meetings to get his story across. He failed, gave up and wrote this book.