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Seven Steps to Transformational Self-healing.

Sound and colour have been used for healing in many ancient civilisations, and are also very relevant to today's healing needs.

International author, healer, spiritual teacher and international concert violinist Dian Booth shares a new pathway to self-healing, on which encouragement and gentle support are offered to those who struggle to come to terms with emotional trauma, depression, fear, grief and loss.

The 'Anami' Way is a unique approach which offers several pathways to transformational healing, and hints for those who wish to walk their own path of self-healing.

You'll learn:

- The ancient art of the Buddhist Satipathana healing breath

- Exercises in how to use this knowledge in letting go of your suffering, plus special meditations to help you experience a deeper level of inner peace

- Why it is important to use exquisitely beautiful healing sounds to support your healing needs, and where to get them

- The history of sound and colour for healing and how it could help you today

- How to explore your spiritual relationship to the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Space, and how this knowledge can assist in your own healing

- The story of Dian's life of huge challenges and how she overcame them will give hope and encouragement to those who sometimes feel 'the path is to difficult'.

- How a rare Egyptian healing instrument can help transform your healing process in another different way.

'Treat yourselves to one of the truest healers of our age. Her angelic music places her in a category of her own.' - Alan Gutierrez, 'Sapphire Songs', USA

This book will empower you to take control of your life.

Heather Feather is a baby emperor penguin from Antarctica. She sets off in this environmentally-concerned information story, all the way around Australia.

Join her and learn about the coastal cities and animals she sees, as well as the degradation of habitat, and pollution, that really gets her goat.

The Waters family amazed and inspired their neighbour Margaret Wentworth. She'd never met a man with bigger dreams than Ces, the charismatic father, nor one from such unpromising beginnings.

He'd bashed, thieved and pimped in Manchester slums, did time and migrated to Australia. There he planned an assault on some of the world of sport's most glittering prizes. Sons Dean, Guy and Troy rose to dizzying heights. Troy came close to a world title in a San Diego boxing ring. On results, Ces Waters ranks among Australia's greatest trainers and motivators.

They saved doomed dogs, made winning horses out of old nags, ate no meat, drank no alcohol, never swore and focused single-mindedly on reaching the top.

She co-produced a documentary, 'Rebels with a Cause', about him, and began a biography, the basis for this book.

But when Ces' rival was murdered, Margaret realise the man she was writing about was a lie. To silence her, Ces threatened the biographer's life. She was trapped. His laughter, jokes, yarns and 'honesty' hid his sick obsessiveness and psychopathic ruthlessness. This manipulator operated at a level your office control freak only dreams of.

'Hellbent' is a radical biography which shows how Ces used truth and lies to gain the author's trust and cloud her eyes, and how she began to see again.

Why was Ces Waters compared to Charles Manson in court?

Why did he threaten his biographer's life?

How did his three sons rise so high in boxing?

Why was Allen Hall shot dead one night?

Why was Dean Waters acquitted?

Was Ces Waters a pimp?

Was the Waters clan's clean living a total fraud?

How did Ces Waters exercise the steely control he did?

Henry the emu wanted to fly!

But flying fish, eagles and launchers can’t seem to help. It’s only after meeting Wallagoot Jean that Henry learns about the science of orbit, and the importance of flying first with his mind...

This book's introduction is clear about where culturally diverse women stand in the 2020s: 'while we have made some meaningful inroads towards equality, we are nowhere near enough to where we need to be.' Such women face the glass ceiling of their gender, and a cultural ceiling as well.

 

It assembles the voices of over 40 women from many walks of life, many of them high achievers, who detail the difficulties and the triumphs they have met within their lives. Their stories, strength and resilience inspire.

 

Her Voice arose from the Food for Thought network, founded 20 years ago in Melbourne, made up of Greek Australian women originally, but quickly drawing in other migrant women and daughters of migrants through friendship, love and the recognition of how much they had in common.

 

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"...a beautiful book! it's such a triumph - the content, the design, the intent." - Maggie Hamilton, Sydney

"...A monumental book, a gift not only to Greek women but to multicultural Australia, a historical reference point for future generations ... it should be read by all men and women ... Touching, and inspiring" - Bill Papastergiadis OAM, Melbourne 

"...Narrated with an authentic voice, this book is a treasure trove of life journeys." - Zografina Kopanidis, Melbourne 

"Varvara's story and her book is beautiful and inspiring, a true display of intelligence, determination and empowerment ... These small windows into other womens choices reminds me how important relatable role models and mentors are for our girls." - Dora Kordakis, Melbourne

"I couldn't put the book down because literally and metaphorically I heard their voices. I cried. I giggled. I rejoiced. I connected with all of them. A brilliant book of historic importance." - Maria Makris, Melbourne 

"Many thanks to Varvara for introducing me to so many wonderful and inspirational women. In particular, I found the key events that shaped and assisted each woman in her journey, to be very interesting! There is certainly valuable advice for younger women who read "Her Voice: Greek Women and their friends". - Sandra Keown

"...Amazing book ... a valuable resource for anyone who seeks to understand the role of women within our community and beyond and Varvara Ioannou deserves our heartfelt gratitude ... she is a national treasure ... many of the achievements of women are glossed over, effaced or obscured. This volume allows Greek women of all ages and others connected to our community to speak for themselves. What they choose to say about themselves and their worldview is significant." - Dean Kalimniou, Melbourne

"It is a wonderful book with a lot to offer and Varvara should be very proud of having brought it all to us women from all backgrounds but especially for women of Greek origin." - Marina Marangos, Brisbane

Tales of love and lust between heroic and adventurous men across the ages from Ancient Egypt to a future in space.

Kerry Greenwood's historical detail and sense of place and time sets the scene for a wonderful collection of happy-ever-after love stories.

The first in a 3 book series, Herotica will take you around the world in 36 stories of adventure, romance, lust, exploration, war and peace, and above all love.

Or as Kerry herself says: "Wonderful stories of gorgeous gay men shagging each other senseless in impeccable historical settings."

Kerry Greenwood - the creator of the fabulous Phryne Fisher - is also the author, for Clan Destine Press, of Out of the Black Land; the Delphic Women trilogy: Medea, Cassandra and Electra; and Salmancis.

Tales of love and lust between heroic and adventurous men across the ages from Ancient Greece and Troy to almost-modern times.

Kerry Greenwood's historical detail and sense of place and time sets the many scenes for a wonderful collection of happy-ever-after male-male love stories.

The second in a 3 book series, Herotica will take you around the world in 29 stories of adventure, romance, lust, exploration, war and peace, and above all love.

Or, as Kerry herself says: 'Wonderful stories of gorgeous gay men shagging each other senseless in impeccable historical settings.'

Kerry Greenwood - the creator of the fabulous Phryne Fisher - is also the author, for Clan Destine Press, of Out of the Black Land; the Delphic Women trilogy: Medea, Cassandra and Electra; and Salmancis.

Alister Kershaw was a member of the lively crew of poets, painters, musicians and marginal madcaps who made up Melbourne's artistic avant-garde in the Thirties and Forties. In this book he recalls some of the people he knew in those distant heydays.

Here are Albert Tucker and James Gleeson, who were savaged by Kershaw in a notorious satirical poem but who later became good friends of his. The youthful Max Harris is depicted with affectionate irony although his fellow publisher John Reed gets thoroughly roughed up, as does the Marxist critic Bernard Smith. Sir Sidney Nolan's admirers will be scandalised by Kershaw's disrespectful attitude, in marked contrast to his admiration for Adrian Lawlor - writer, painter and sublime eccentric.

Camille, a fourteen-year-old witch, watches as her mother is burned at the stake. She flees, chased by Xavier, a member of The Society. When Camille finds the auch, Aiyu, he takes her into the mountains for protection. Xavier follows and finds the entrance to the high country. The Society plans to have King Leopold attack and destroy the auchs, but Leopold misreads the information. Leopold marches south to intercept an invasion from Greche. With Leopold out of the city The Society hatches an alternate plan...

This is the first volume in a three-part medieval fantasy saga about The Society.

High Noon at Starbucks is an eloquent and compelling exploration of human particularity in diverse cultural settings: the author's hometown of Melbourne, Trumpite Florida, posthandover Hong Kong, and Switzerland. Its themes include midlife experience, identity, mental and physical illness, gender, colonialism and the Holocaust. Whether comic, tragic or tragicomic, these stories are pervasively concerned with the complexities of the moral life. Their historical reach includes imaginative encounters with classics of nineteenth century fiction. Sophisticated but accessible, High Noon at Starbucks reminds us that fictional realism remains very much a going concern.

“Tonally complex and acutely observed, Richard Freadman's powerful stories take us into the inner world of conflicted men as they confront personal crises, and into the experience of the people with whom they share romantic, familial or fleeting relationships. Freadman’s exploration of the effect of patriarchy on both women and men extends the reach of Australian fiction. Running through the volume is a comic element, transgressive as well as funny.” – Hermina Burns, author

This is an authoritative, comprehensive account of Victoria’s justice system, starting with a tour of the historic justice precinct which is located on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street, Melbourne. The author takes us back to the earliest days of Victoria’s settlement and introduces the politicians, police, magistrates, and even the criminals who played their parts in Melbourne and Victoria’s development. We are shown how the prison hulks developed into stockades on land, and uncover the philosophy behind the construction of the prisons – many no longer occupied – and the building of courts which were built for conducting trials, both civil and criminal.

The book is, in many ways, an insight into an aspect of Victoria’s social history about which little has been written elsewhere. It is a valuable addition to the justice bibliography and even exposes a mystery or two. It took seven years to research and fact check, and includes many photos.

All of the author’s proceeds of this book after costs will be donated to Victoria Police Legacy, which looks after families of deceased police officers who have died in the course of their duties.

Hodgkiss and The Fatal Map / Hodgkiss and the Telltale Eyes / Hodgkiss and the Unsafe Safe

Hodgkiss is a cranky old sod. The continual sniping and point-scoring between him and his son-in-law, Detective Sergeant Donald Burke, drives his daughter Esme to distraction. Hodgkiss compensates for his obnoxious treatment of Donald by helping him to solve a series baffling crimes, thus giving a welcome boost to his son-in-law's career. But it is towards the incompetent and corrupt Kanundda Council that Hodgkiss directs the most venomous products of his bile.

Hodgkiss' letter-writing campaigns in the columns of the local newspaper, The Northern Star, create big problems for the dodgy councillors and their corrupt developer mates when details of their venal little schemes start appearing in print. And when disgruntled council employees begin leaking embarrassing information to Hodgkiss, the trouble starts... big-time.

Murderous mayors, cowardly councillors and manipulative staff weave their way through plots involving sudden death, blackmail, corruption and, of course, sex.

A murdered body in a locked room - but how did the killer escape? How was the invisible body identified? How did the blackmail photos vanish impossibly from a locked and guarded safe? Hodgkiss arrives at the truth through impeccable logic.

»Bony spürte eine warnende Kälte im Nacken und fuhr herum. Zwei Krähen schienen den Verstand verloren zu haben; sonst gab es nichts zu sehen. Er ging im Kreis um den Schacht herum und fand das große Loch, einsfünfzig im Durchmesser und ungefähr in der Mitte einer kahlen, flachen Platte aus Kalkstein. Hinter ihm bellte Lucy wütend. Wieder drehte er sich rasch um, und die Kälte in seinem Nacken wurde zu Eis.«
Bony sucht eine Frau, die spurlos aus dem Zug verschwunden ist. Und er findet inmitten der australischen Wüste eine eigene geheimnisvolle Welt mit eitenen Gesetzen und eigenen Verbrechen: die Höhle des Schweigens.
Ein ungewöhnlicher Fall für Inspector »Bony« Bonaparte, jetzt erstmals in deutcher Sprache.

Discover the secrets of living in harmony…

International author and leading health and wellness expert Tanya de Haan has dedicated over 15 years to learning and mastering techniques in the field of Kinesiology, Bowen Therapy, CBT, NLP, Nutrition, Aromatherapy, Access Consciousness and much more.

By mastering holistic health principles through mind, body and spirit, you too can overcome any kind of adversity. This inspirational book will show you how to navigate life challenges by achieving optimal health to lead a balanced, holistic and healthy life in harmony. Tanya will share and guide you with tools, tips, ideas, techniques and strategies to live a life of holistic happiness and wellbeing, promoting positive beliefs and cultivating a sense of heartfelt love in all areas of your life, giving you peace, ease, calm, joy and happiness, plus so much more.

You'll learn:
- How to create a meaningful and amazing life through holistic health and happiness
- Top tips to let go of pain once and for all to allow more ease and joy in life
- The secret 8 laws of good health that keep you in balance
- Helpful strategies to access the power in you
- Simple techniques to sustain happiness and fill yourself with positive energy and enthusiasm
- 6 proven ways to cultivate gratitude while designing the life you deserve
- Why Bowen Therapy, Kinesiology and Essential Oils can bring the whole of you into balance

Take charge of your happiness and life today!

 

A volume, four stories of Enric, his boyhood as a child undercover agent in the Spanish Resistance to Fascist rule after the Civil War. Fiction based on the true life of Enric Torres, narrator in the novel To the Death, Amic

Hospice

Enric, the boy of To the Death, Amic works as a smuggler for The Organisation, the resistance movement in Barcelona. From France, over the high country, he brings in ammunition, leaflets. This time his job is to smuggle a young woman north, across the French border, over the Pyrenees.

Where the night air is so cold I tell you, I piss icicles.

As a Bird, South

MOTHER was at the treadle. All I could see of her, by the sewing-bench lamp, were fingers as swift as shuttles, a scarf at her shoulders, and at the hollow of the throat her silver crucifix.

Mama, I said, I'm home. I was home from the prison, so expected a welcome.

Home from his prison sentence, for smuggling an illegal over the north border, Enric is summoned by the Organisation, the resistance, south to Cartagena. His age, at twelve, makes him a favoured courier for the underground, since living around the streets has trained his cunning beyond his years.

Barcelona Honours the Prostitute Maria Lopes

General Francisco Franco is to pay Barcelona a State Visit

The day chosen in secret for his reception here in Barcelona was no surprise to us, since the garrisons on the waterfront at Atarazanas and in the castle atop Montjuic were now crowded with the regiments of Navarre and with African Moors; the Guardia Civil enforced the nighttime curfew with companies on horseback, and factories were closed for three days so smoke would not entice rain.

Markswoman Jacinta Llano Moya, member of the anarchist cell named after the revolutionary prostitute Maria Lopez, prepares her welcome for the dictator.

An Old Lag's Guide to Barcelona

This guide, the now older Enric, shows off the history of the Old City where his boyhood was spent during the Civil War, as the narrator Enric in the novel To the Death, Amic

Walk LaRamblas, everyone does. This is the promenade. The centre concourse is a mall. Bulbs light the trees like stardust. Stalls stock newspapers in any language. Bird breeders sell pigeons and small parrots.