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Lost is the way to the skyland. Our souls wander forlornly in the land of ghosts. Our spirits become their play things; our bodies their food, to be ripped apart, and our gnawed bones are scattered. We are in despair; we are sickening unto death; we call to be healed. Anxiously we wait for our mapan, the Master of the Ghost Dreaming to deliver us.

In the first years of the 19th century a small Aboriginal tribe reels under the threat of white invasion of their ancestral lands. Fada, a missionary from London, is attempting to impose a Christian God over their ancient beliefs. Fada and his wife Mada bring with them disease and despair, along with a message of hope - the result of their own Cockney dreaming.

This novel by Mudrooroo, author of the acclaimed Wild Cat Falling, is a story of survival - physical, metaphysical and magical. It is also the story of Jangamuttuk, the custodian of the Ghost Dreaming, and his shamanistic efforts to will his tribe back to its own promised land.

This is the first of the completed quartet known as his Vampyre Novels...

How important is mentoring in accelerating my career success and helping me realise my potential? Why are men more likely to have mentors than women? How do I proactively pursue a mentoring relationship? What is more effective - formal mentoring programs or informal mentoring relationships?

Me and My Mentor explores these and other questions mentors and mentees face in their working life. Eleven mentor and mentee couples talk openly about their experiences, the professional and personal friendships that evolved, the challenges they worked through, the career and learning opportunities that opened up for them and the mutual benefits they received from the relationship. Each story provides practical tips and insightful lessons from which men and women can learn and apply to their own mentoring journeys.

If you've ever been curious about how mentoring can advance your career, or how you can apply mentoring to achieve true diversity in your workplace, then Me and My Mentor is a must read!

A country GP found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when an angry patient went looking for someone with whom he could share his pain.

Dr Andrew Taylor was working an ordinary Saturday morning shift when he was shot repeatedly by an armed and deluded man who simply needed to show any doctor he could find, just how upset he was with the world at large.

Random shootings like this are unusual in Australia and the bizarre unfairness of what happened to Dr Taylor did not end on the day he was shot.

Welcome to crime shots - short, sharp, true crime stories from Australia's past and present.

Sorceress, Princess of Colchis, Securer of the Golden Fleece.

Her very name is a byword for infamy.

Legend has it that she murdered her own children for revenge.

But love in Ancient Greece was often a dangerous game; and legends are not always what they seem.

Medea, devoted wife of Jason, was also a loving mother, a loyal friend of Herakles and a brave adventurer with the Argonauts.

A woman both betrayer and betrayed, the real story of Medea is strange, sensual and heroic.

Medea - first in the Delphic Women trilogy - followed by Cassandra and Electra

Never fear the news media again!

If you've always had that underlying fear of media attention, Media Training for Modern Leaders is for you. Written specifically for today's leaders, you'll learn how to face the media confidently in any situation. International author and media expert Pete Burdon shares his years of experience as a journalist and high level media adviser. He shows you how to turn news media encounters from perceived threats into major opportunities.

You'll learn:

- Crucial new skills needed by media spokespeople in the modern era

- 5 essential steps to eliminate your fear of the news media forever

- How to get your key points through the editing process every time with ease

- The vital secrets to answering the toughest questions

- How to avoid landmines that can derail your interview

- The essential steps to handling the media when crisis strikes

- How to appear professional and impress any media audience.

Take action now. It's too late once it hits the fan!

Memoirs of Galina follows the true story of Galina Kuchina, A Russian Australian from China.

Born in China into a traditional Russian family, Galina endured a difficult time under Japanese occupation, living under Soviet rule following liberation by the Soviet Army. Although the young lived against the backdrop of war, they still managed to study, work and fall in love.

In 1957 Galina and her family migrated to Australia and integrated into Australian life. Working life was punctuated by a full social life, as well as an intense cultural commitment.

Galina Kuchina is founding president of the Solouhin Literary Society, and recipient of the Meritorious Service Award (Government of Victoria) and the Service to the Russian Community Award (Russian Ethnic Representative Council). Galina has published several books in Russia and remains a regular contributor to various literary magazines.

There was a foundation myth I craved connection to as a child that had a kind of quiet but powerful hold over me. At times I would look beyond those granite hills, seeking the Russia my paternal grandfather had come from, which an instinct told me contained some reality that would help form me. I wondered what the villages, fields and forests would look like…

Rod Myer has had an unusual and interesting life. A member of the celebrated Myer family, he had an adventurous spirit and explored his identity through travelling and research. A farm kid born in Kelly country, he had premonitions and yearnings which led to mustering cattle with Aboriginal people in the Top End. He worked in politics and journalism, and discovered family secrets which led to revelations about his Jewish roots in Eastern Europe, something that altered his life completely.

That past, I believe, stays with us, as life is not a linear progression. It is more a series of spirals drawing on a spiritual world to nourish our progress through our own reality. That reality is built on the past and the present concurrently, and at times I feel the honour of my forebears touching and inspiring me now.

Tense, intelligent and gripping, Merdeka Square presents a rich portrayal of the terrifying crisis which brought General Suharto to power, and the deadly aftermath which claimed more than one million lives throughout the Indonesian Archipelago.

 

Was 'the coup' the work of communists, President Sukarno's own sympathisers, the US backed Council of Generals, or simply a master-stroke by the ambitions General Suharto?

 

Merdeka Square explores an exotic, shadowy world, mixing undoubted fact and exciting fiction in an intoxicating form that will fascinate both Asian and European readers.

 

'Collison puts the Indonesian experience into perspective.' - Sydney Telegraph

Indonesia - Intrik Perebutan Takhta Istana, 1965-1967

"Bagaimana kalau kita memanfaatkan tanggal Lima Oktober?" Saran Yani, ketika Dewan Jenderal mengadakan rapat untuk melakukan perlawanan terhadap Komunis pada 5 Oktober.

"...kita harus melangsungkan gerakan sebelum 5 Oktoberodan menangkap (anggota) Dewan itu pada hari Kermerdekan Cina," kata Soebandrio, ketika mereka (Aidit, Soebandrio dan Omar Dhanai) membahas rencana untuk menghalangi rencana Nasution mengambil alih Negara.

Peristiwa 1965 merupakan puncak dari segala pertarungan ideologis. Skenario-skenario politik pelbagai pihak dimainkan seperti kisah "Bharatayudha". Akibat konflik ini rakyat sipil yang tidak tahu apa-apa menjadi korban, layaknya wayang, yang siap "dikorbankan" oleh dalangnya.

MERDEKA SQUARE ditulis berdasarkan penelitian atas fakta-fakta sejarah serta ingatan pribadi Kerry B. Collison selama bertugas di Jakarta. Memaparkan tentang pertarungan dua kubu, Angkatan Darat dan PKI yang klimaks pada 30 September 1965. Bagainman kisah selanjutnya? Dan siapakah pemenang konflik perebutan kukasa ini?

Reviewers praised Kerry Collison's bestselling first novel, Timor Man.

"... hard to put down..." The Canberra Times

"... certainly a powerful doomsday thriller..." Australian Book Review

"... inspired by his long experience... intriguing plot... vivid descriptions." Sydney Morning Herald

In 1996, the 113-year-old Fitzroy Football Club played its final game in the AFL. Financial pressures brought about by the steady professionalisation of the AFL respected neither the worth of the club's history nor the passion of its fans. Out of time and money, on 4 July 1996 Fitzroy was forced into a merger with the Brisbane Bears - creating the League's first, and thus far only, merged club.

MERGER tells the story of that fateful year, from boardroom drama and intrigue to the wind and mud of the Whitten Oval, capturing the profound tragedy of Fitzroy's doomed plight.

'The demise of Fitzroy is a deep wound rather than a scar. A tear in the fabric of the game that will never truly repair.' - from the Foreword by Gerard Whateley

Mia's Optiscope is the story of a girl with a big heart and bigger imagination, a story of morality, fantasy, adventure and quest to discover the parallel world of Nilimbia.

Newly arrived in the bustling suburb of Kingsford, in Sydney's east, Mia feels lonely, missing her friends. Walking to school up Meeks Mountain, she makes a new friend and finds herself the Keeper of the Optiscope. Before she can learn its true purpose her mysterious friend is gone, leaving few clues about the Optiscope's powers.

With her grandad's help, Mia uncovers its secrets and the Dream Team embark on adventures to Nilimbia, an awesome world of Dream Weavers and endless magic, where a little imagination and hope makes the impossible possible.

Learn to think like a billionaire.

If you have ever dreamed of a better life, Millionaires & Billionaires Secrets Revealed will show you how to achieve the extraordinary lifestyle you desire and deserve. Learn how to master your own personal & professional financial future.

You will learn:

* Wealth creation strategies of the ultra rich.

* How to quadruple your speed to financial freedom.

* 5 key financial habits of the wealthy.

* The lifestyles of the rich & famous.

* How you don't need to have a university degree to be rich.

* Tips & secrets from millionaires & billionaires.

* How you can become rich doing what you love.

* The psychology of millionaires & billionaires.

In a time when nothing is as real as virtual reality, sixteen-year-old Eila is shortlisted in a competition by a global technology giant. But then law enforcement officers force her to spy for them, underground activists reveal a murderous plot and someone uses virtual reality to fill her head with a stranger’s thoughts. Amid secrets, lies and distortions, Eila must decide how far she will go to protect innocent lives.

On Tournament Day, teams solve problems. Art the part-time spy doesn't want to take part. He's not keen on reading and he can't spell TOURNAMENT, but he's good at solving problems. His friend India makes him join her Tournament of Minds team. They get ready to present their problem. But then thieves try to steal secrets from the university. With India's help, Art solves an unexpected mystery. Tournament of Minds is where problems are solved, and Art is a great problem... Solver.

Miss Sue narrates her thoughts about things she likes that make her happy. She hopes to give children thoughts too as to things that make them happy.