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It is 1987 and thirty-three-year-old Lina has just left her husband and two teenage sons and returned to her mothers house, emotionally spent from the pain of harboring the secret of domestic violence for too long. As her journey eventually leads her to the mountains and into the arms of new lovers,...

The moral of this story is that life is a journey, and no matter who or how busy we are, we should never forget to help each other by sharing and caring.

Three seemingly unconnected strangers are brought together when traumatic, transforming circumstances force them to look deeply at how their lives have been created. One is a victim of domestic violence, the second is a corporate high flier, and the third is a young woman experimenting with drugs...

This is a story about finding purpose, leadership, and true friendship. You will embark on an epic journey of self-discovery and join the eagles and their friends as they overcome difficult situations and challenges. You will see yourself in the characters, and you will laugh and cry as you get to...

Grieving a suicide can be an isolating experience. Shrouded in secrecy, stigma, and shame, suicide not only can be almost impossible to discuss openly, it also challenges many of our most fundamental values. Following the suicide of her husband, author Sheralyn Rose felt everything familiar had been...

I called myself Abuelita (Nanny) because my children rescued these pets from different unsuitable environments. The book is about the event/story of each pet. Also, it is meant to encourage people and children to give a little one a chance to have a home and to be loved. Children can learn many lessons...

The third son of a farmer, born in the small town of Kooweerup in rural Victoria during the Second World War, author Daryl Joyce was a sensitive Australian boy who realized there was life beyond his parents farm. In Crossing Over, he narrates his story as he found his way in the world, navigating...

Ally Graham is a vibrant and energetic fifteen-year-old who has an overwhelming love of nature and longs to be a truly harmonious part of it. In the process, she comes to define for herself what spirituality actually means and creates her own method of tapping into its wisdom. She dearly loves her...

The Fairy Dragons of Rainbow Mountain tells of a magical family of fairy dragons who have been asleep inside their Rainbow Mountain home for many, many centuries. Their awakening coincides with the return of the Magic to the earth in order to break the spell that the Darkness has held over the minds...

Laugh, empathise, sympathise, and often be brought to tears. Prepare to become involved on a very personal basis. Based on many different aspects of one familys life situations, Not the Body takes you from the happy birth of a precious baby down through the dark and sinister dealings of the...

On a steamy summer day in 1964, sixteen-year-old Guy Harmon is drawn into a situation more dangerous than even his youthful imagination could have devised. Life in Roxborough, his rural Australian hometown, has never been this mysterious or confusingor exciting. On the outskirts of town, he...

Just as Hordea is about to embark on a journey into adulthood, he realizes the citizens of the three main planets in the Federation are dying at the hands of Boridus, their treacherous leader. As the citizens battle a mysterious disease and years of peace begin to vanish, Hordea seizes an opportunity...

All my life, I have been inspired by life. In my childhood, I experienced the supernatural. I do not look at life in the same way as other people. I see magic, I see spiritual, I see life as a master program our creator put in motion a long time ago.

The Story of Goldie Owl and the Three Wombatscomes from my early exposure to storytelling and my appreciation of native animals, which has been a life-long love affair. The natural fauna of Australia are unique to the world. Perhaps the storytelling from my earliest memory helped me to write as much...