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It is a cold and misty morning as passengers board a ship heading for Australia with hopes of making a new life in the new settlement on the other side of the world. As nine-year-old Abigale Sherman joins her family on the ship, she has no idea of what lies ahead. Aft er she makes new friends...

A heart-warming story about a little boy coming to terms with his brother's autism. My son Daniel flaps and spins and shouts. He makes unpredictable movements with strange and disarming noises. But once you know him his strangeness is not so apparent. He is sweet and gentle and he loves to laugh....

Written by Mish Mockovic Martin, a woman who has dedicated two decades to the study and sharing of the ancient holistic science of yoga and its transformative powers, Insights of a Yogi introduces you to the core concepts of yoga. By way of a truthful and sometimes stark rendition of the significant...

These are just my inner thoughts and heartfelt emotions that contribute mainly to my poetry.

In her eightieth year, Imogene knows her time is drawing near and finds herself wondering how different her life would have been if events had not occurred in the way that they did. If she had not had to endure horrendous acts of mental, physical, and emotional abuse, would she have aged a different...

Stories about bullying seem to be in the news every day. Sadly, these stories often follow a tragic event, and they usually involve children and teens. But bullying is not just a childhood phenomenon; reports of bullying in the workplace, among adults, are on the rise. In The Dark Side of Nursing,...

Religion and spirituality are today at odds, and in many ways religion has lost contact with its basespirituality. As we try to reconcile the objective world out there with our own subjective experience of it, the split between what religion says and what our spirituality reveals can become even more...

Faith, Hope, and Charity grow up in Melbourne, Australia, engaging in what at first seems to be normal sibling rivalry. Charity becomes a master at telling liesor whoppersand her mother sees her as the most responsible one. When Charity grows up, she realizes that her parents are aging and...

Winsome Smith loves a good story and loves sharing one even more. The author of eleven books and countless short stories and poems, she shares some of her favorites in Tales the Laundress Told. Her tales deal with the realities and fantasies of the imagination, human and otherwise. With honesty...

Excitement and the unexpected sometimes comes with four paws, a wagging tail, and a bark. And for one couple who needed a change, a newspaper article gave Jessie Garth the sudden inspiration she needed to nudge her adamant husband, Ken, to welcome the unexpectedto foster, train, and welcome home a...

On the planet Evan, there is tumultuous change on the wind. The southern continent has been embroiled in a long period of war, and its ruler, Prince Stefan, has long been preoccupied with protecting it from the subversion of his wifes family. A diverse group of travellerssoldiers, healers,...

This is the first in a series about author Amber Jo Illsleys cat, Reilly, whose full name is Seamus OReilly. A semi-fictional, illustrated story, Reilly A Dreadful, Adorable Cat centers around the cats antics and witty repartee with the author, inviting occasional interjections from the sleepy and...

Crystal Dunn was a born sensitive. From her earliest days, she has always seen the world with uncommon depth, a perception that has given her an adventurous and spiritually rewarding life. In The Magic Carpet Ride, she shares her life story, from a childhood full of imagination and connected...

Despite the depression, the Richardsons enjoy a rewarding life on the Tasmanian coast in Harrisons Way a small, seaside community. Mary Richardson has to deal with the grief of her friend Lilys death in childbirth, but looking into the newborns eyes, she dares to hope that little Rowies life will...