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LESLIE, Rob

Dec 22, 2023 | Australian, Christian, Philosophy, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government

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ISBN 978-1-922957-88-7
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Consciousness and Biology

A Theology of Transformation for the 21st Century

Consciousness and Biology is for passionate atheists as well as passionate believers. It explores a new way of understanding the radical message of Jesus which is not only compatible with the ideas of modern science – but is also deeply honest about the human condition, radically progressive and ultimately hopeful.

It starts with the idea that, whatever else we might be, we are biological organisms who have evolved over a period of four billion years through a process of natural selection. We are also, however, biological organisms who now experience a threshold level of consciousness. A level of consciousness which not only allows us to observe the world around us – but also to observe ourselves. Our human level of consciousness provides us with the capacity to transcend our biological heritage. To choose behaviours which are an expression of Intentionality, Creative Freedom and Connectedness. An expression of Spirit.

These emerging modern ideas can not only be used to re-imagine the central ideas of Christianity. They can also be used to reimagine the ideas of other spiritual and religious traditions. These emerging modern ideas point towards the possibility of a universal way of understanding our human experience of Spirit. An understanding centred around the idea of Transformation rather than Justice.

UMUHOZA, Frida

Sep 26, 2023 | *, *listed, Biography, Christian, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
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ISBN 978-0-6485862-3-4
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Frida

Chosen to Die, Destined to Live

“A BOOK DEMANDING TO BE READ.”

~ Christopher J. Mruk Ph.D. Fellow, American Psychological Association Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University

When Frida approached me as a student to help her work on this second edition of her book by directing it more toward resilience, I knew that I was about to become the student and she was to be the teacher.

As we went through the first edition talking about the changes she had in mind, it became clear to me that somehow this individual did everything “right” that we know about in terms of recovering from, and growing through, trauma. Her story takes the reader through all the stages of the process. It begins with the most devastating destruction of one’s sense of order about how the world works and the absolute shattering of personal identity. Next we follow her through the common after-effects of confusion, self-blame, betrayal, depression, and anger often associated with the process. Finally, the book leads us through the other side-effects that researchers talk about, especially finding ways to rebuild a sense of meaning, discover a larger purpose in life, being able to love again, and becoming even more than who and what one was before the trauma.
 
To put it in the simplest terms, this book is alive and powerful in a way that is humbling yet inspiring. It could be read as a story of personal survival, one of psychological transformation, or a journey to spiritual salvation. Anyone who has suffered at the hands of others, people who work with survivors, and those who are interested in the amazing capacity of the human spirit to be resilient could benefit from reading this book.

About the Author

Frida is the only survivor of her family, now married to Rob van der Zaag and the couple has seven children. She graduated from Bowling Green State University Firelands Campus in the State of Ohio with a bachelor’s degree of Arts in Communication. Frida has shared her story of miraculous survival, God’s grace, the power of forgiveness, inner healing and resilience around the world including, Africa, Europe, America and Australia. Frida is also a keynote speaker at high schools, universities, churches, business and not for profit organizations and various women groups.
 
Frida spoke at the UN Headquarters in New York during the 2016 Annual Commemoration of the Rwanda genocide against the Tutsis. In 2019, Frida spoke at Memorial de la SHOAH in Paris and at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre.
 
Frida is also the author of In the School of Resilience.

 

RICKARDS, Scott

Sep 12, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Design, History, Photography, Reference, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government, South Australia

StupIT People by self-published author Steve Eatts
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Adelaide Between The Wars by Scott Rickards

ISBN 978-1-922452-84-9
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Adelaide: Between the Wars

A stunning collection of maps and rare photographs of Adelaide CBD between WWI and WWII. Between 1924 and 1926 the Fire Underwriters’ Association of South Australia produced a series of detailed maps of the main business district of Adelaide.

In this book, each of these maps are divided into six sections, showing in detail the businesses and dwellings of each street, as well as providing some insight to the architecture and features of each property. To accompany each of these maps, the facing pages show photographs of street scenes, businesses and people from within, or adjacent to, that map.

Price: $125

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Pick-up: from Green Hill Publishing 75-77 Dale Street Port Adelaide, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). Credit card payment can be received in person (if not paying online).
 
Features:  
  1. Exclusive Limited Edition of 200 copies
  2. Beautifully curated, written, designed and printed
  3. Hardback with ribbon bookmark, gloss pages, printed ends, section sewn binding
  4. Size 420mm x 420 mm (about 1/2 meter square!)
  5. 72 pages
  6. 36 giant super detailed heritage maps – focussing on Adelaide CBD streets and laneways.
  7. Amazing rare historical photographs from the period.
  8. Collection of business press advertisements referencing the maps.
  9. Of interest to history buffs, photographers, Adelaideians and anyone interested in Australia’s premier planned city

A remarkable amount of information in amazing detail…

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NEED, Allan

Aug 11, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Design, History, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government, South Australia

StupIT People by self-published author Steve Eatts
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ISBN 978-1-922337-54-2 PAPERBACK

SA Greats

South Australians are lucky.

They have not only a temperate climate but a government, developed from the principles of the Enlightenment, which encourages innovation and social progress. The lead South Australians have given the world in agriculture, science and social advancement can, in part, be attributed to the women and men described in this volume and to the system set up by Wakefield and his team in London in 1835. The culture espoused by such people as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill reached a long way!

RB Smith’s invention of the Stumpjump Plough, Lawrence Bragg’s discoveries which eventually found the structure of DNA and Mary Lee’s world-first embraced innovation and social reform. Perhaps the greatest gift to humanity though was Howard Florey’s development of penicillin. These people and others are saluted in this book.

Their contributions do not appear to be diminishing. Terry Tao’s recent solutions to many different longstanding mathematical problems and the installation of the world’s biggest battery in South Australia in 2019 suggest we are not faltering, but there is a long way to go.

DUTSCHKE, Richard

Aug 9, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, History, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
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The Towitta Tradgedy

This story recounts the inquest into the murder of Bertha Schippan on 1 January 1902. Her elder sister, Mary, was charged with the murder, but she was found not guilty. At the time, the news surrounding the murder and trial captivated the nation.

On New Year’s Night 1902, in a lonely farmhouse at Towitta, 13 year old Bertha Schippan was brutally murdered. She suffered over 40 stab wounds and the walls and floor of the house were covered in blood. She had fought her attacker ferociously before succumbing to deep cuts to her neck. Her 24 year old sister, Mary Schippan, went to trial for her murder two months later, but was found not guilty. The murder was a sensation at the time with unprecedented media coverage throughout Australia. Mary’s relationship with Gustav Nitschke provided the press with much to write about and the police with an apparent motive. The crime remains officially unsolved. Ron Nitschke, a nephew of Gustav Nitschke, researched the case for over 50 years. He spoke to many people who lived in the district and knew the family well, including his own family. Ron tells the story of the murder in great detail. We learn why the murder was committed and by whom. The vast majority of people in the Murray Flats and the Barossa Valley knew who murdered Bertha. It seems the only people who didn’t were the police…

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COSTER, DJ

Jun 22, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Memoir, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-922957-80-1
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A Boomer’s Ride

An unlikely journey through post-war Australia

‘Profoundly insightful with a good dose of wit… a light-hearted, nostalgic read’

D.J. Coster describes his life journey against the background of profound socioeconomic change in Australia in the 80 years since the end of WWII.

Coster is a perceptive observer of what has gone on around him and acknowledges the impact of national and international events on his life – and everyone else’s.

He describes the transitions that have tested him – from a working-class home into elite educational institutions, from medical student to junior doctor and the metamorphosis into a clinician scientist, and the tricky transition from doctor to patient. The story is told honestly and reflectively by someone not afraid to provoke. It is not a story of personal achievement against the odds, but a description of factors that made the baby boomer generation more privileged than any other generation before or since, and the way national and global events, chance encounters, and luck, shape lives.

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About the Author

D.J. Coster AO, DSc, FTSE, is a retired ophthalmologist with a distinguished career in academic medicine.

He lives in Adelaide with his wife Marion.