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NHIAL, David Jock

Jul 26, 2024 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, Childrens books, Education, Society, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-923265-39-4
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SOUTH SUDAN

 

THE WORLD’S YOUNGEST NATION

South Sudan: The World’s Youngest Nation is full of fast facts and cultural information aimed to help South Sudanese people who are living in Australia connect to their homeland’s past and present. This guide highlights the country’s journey, its cultural heritage in a quick yet comprehensive way.

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About the Author

David Jock Nhial is a dedicated and compassionate social worker and author with extensive experience in helping individuals and communities. With a strong academic background, including a bachelor’s degree in Humanities, a Master’s Degree in Social Work, and various other qualifications related to child wellbeing and youth work, he is known for his empathy, excellent communication skills, and deep commitment to social justice. His achievements include publishing two children’s books, contributing chapters to notable publications, and being a finalist in the 2012 Pride of Australia Medal in the Fair Go category.

David conducted extensive research, including surveys with South Sudanese youth in Australia, to understand their struggles with cultural identity and adaptation. He found that many young South Sudanese in Australia have limited knowledge about their homeland. The information written here seeks to bridge that gap by providing valuable insights into South Sudan’s culture, history, and the journey to independence.

Through his book, South Sudan – The World’s Youngest Nation, David aims to inspire young readers to embrace their cultural heritage and understand the importance of unity and diversity. This work seeks to educate young readers about the Republic of South Sudan, which became an independent nation after separating from Sudan. David hopes to empower the next generation of South Sudanese youth, particularly those living in the diaspora, by helping them understand their cultural heritage, the history of their nation, and the significance of its independence.

GAWI, Kate

Jul 25, 2024 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Handbook, Self-help, Society, Uncategorized

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ISBN 978-1-923214-97-2
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Tea with the Dutchess

How to do anything with style

Discover the secrets to living life with elegance and charm in Tea with the Dutchess!

Have you ever dreamed of mastering the art of sophistication and glamour?

Does a life of style tickle your fancy?

Are you ready to ignite your inner princess?

Get prepared to unleash your inner royalty as you delve into this enchanting world. From charming tea parties, to spellbinding candlelit soirées the Dutchess will unveil the secrets to captivate your guests with grace, the intricacies of hosting parties, transforming your humble abode into your own palace and indulging in a life of opulence —all while keeping your feet humbly on the ground but ensuring your crown never loses its shine!

About the Author

Kate Gawi is an accredited interior designer, who alongside her husband operates Architeria Architects and Interior Designers in Melbourne, Australia.

Kate has designed the interior for some of the most opulent and luxurious homes in Australia. She has studied art history and interior design and there is nothing dearer to her than creating beautiful homes and an equivalent lifestyle.

When Kate is not designing, decorating, or entertaining she will be found in her tea house, sipping on an Earl Grey while reading historical novels. Kate’s family has rarely witnessed a birthday without the pomp and circumstance, many times with themes resembling a bygone era.

Her European upbringing made her appreciate art and architecture and as a natural storyteller and a self-proclaimed lifestyle connoisseur Kate’s first book had to be about creating beautiful environments and how do it in style.

CHIKWUBA, Emeka

Jul 25, 2024 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Education, Health & wellbeing, Self-help, Society

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ISBN 978-1-923214-10-1
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Tribes of Champions

 

Anatomy of youth developments: step by step logics

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LEGACY?

Let us stop waiting for someone else to be ‘the one’ – YOU be the one.

Maybe you want to start doing something that makes you feel truly alive, but you’ve had anxieties about doing something like this for a long time, feeling uncertain, inadequate, or this or that.

But know this: you do not just walk into an extraordinary existence with ease. There are barriers that must be broken – shattered – to create a LEGACY.

Dive into your dream life, make mistakes, and dare to develop yourself as you stagger through the ladder of new human development and expansion. Subject all layers of your self-development process to a rigorous but well-articulated degree of discipline and watch yourself break new grounds for all to see.

Every exceptional invention was brought to LIGHT from this dry, unrealistic, uncertain, confused starting point. YOU do not need all the fact to be excellent and great. You do not need permission to do little things in extraordinary ways, you just need to be true to achieving the general good of all; that is the reason great achievements are deemed as BREAKTHROUGHS.

You can be truly exceptional in your life if you want to. Be that SHINING DIAMOND in the dark places and believe YOU TOO can shine bright like a DIAMOND.

MIAN, Azmiri

May 27, 2024 | *Featured books, Australian, Family history, Society, South Australia

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ISBN 978-1-923214-19-4
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Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap explores our cultural differences and their profound impact on generational relationships. While older generations cling to traditional customs, younger Muslims navigate the complexities of Western influence, resulting in a divergence of values and beliefs.

Through anecdotes and scholarly insights, the book delves into the pivotal role of grandparents in migrant families, illuminating how they serve as custodians of cultural heritage and sources of wisdom.

By fostering understanding and dialogue, it charts a path towards reconciliation, where tradition and modernity coexist harmoniously in the ever-evolving tapestry of Islamic identity.

LESLIE, Rob

Dec 22, 2023 | Australian, Christian, Philosophy, Society

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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 and crime, Society
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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.