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Now in her nineties, the author, in a fictional story, recounts the true events experienced by her family during decades of commercial trawler fishing on the mid north coast of NSW. Based out of Yamba, trawlers would have to negotiate the treacherous bar, the narrow channel through which the Clarence River entered the Pacific Ocean. With photos throughout, including of their trawler nearly capsizing when struck by a rogue wave in the bar, the story details many aspects of the life of a commercial fisherman. Suitable for readers from late primary upwards, it is a good introduction to the fishing industry and a fisherman's life.

Author and historian, Elizabeth (Bessie) Webb, traces her family roots growing up in Tallawudjah Creek near Glenreagh, on the Mid North Coast of NSW, between WWI and II. A prolific contributor to the history of the Glenreagh area, evidenced by eight other historical works she has researched and authored, Bessie shares her childhood memories. Her collection of photographs adds authenticity to her stories. Now 101 years of age, her childhood is of a bygone era, characterised by pioneering timber cutters, bullock wagons and a culture of mateship in the community. Those relationships shine through the pages and many photos, a camaraderia which tackled adversity and the hardship of life head on. But the march of progress is also evident as rough cut, bark lined shelters gave way to dressed timber and corrugated iron; horse back communication with the outside world replaced by a single phone line; and educational opportunities blossomed in the small school. Yet in all of the changes of life, Tallawudjah Creek, flowing just outside the family property, whether in flood or drought, became the constant in her life. Bessie tells her story with heart, giving the reader an insight into not only life at the time, but what it was like to be a young girl growing up in the bush. It's a real Australian story told by a real Australian hero. Bessie was honoured to receive the Centenary Medal in 2003 for "service to the community", and the Order of Australia Medal in 2013 for her "service to the community of Glenreagh".

Jack Cleary, once indifferent to corruption, is thrust into its heart upon joining the Sydney police and being assigned to the infamous Park Lane Police Station. Lurking in the shadows are the Black Knights, a covert group seeking to ensnare Jack in their web of deceit. When he's caught between a Chinese gang war and the enigmatic brothel owner, Madam Liu, who desires to wield him for her empire's gain, the stakes are sky-high. As Sydney is rocked by gunfights and power plays for control of its underworld, can Jack resist the allure of corruption and treachery? Adding another layer of complexity is the ambitious rookie TV reporter, Jodi Myers. She's not above using her allure to get close to Jack, hoping for exclusive stories to propel her career. But when she takes on the formidable Black Knights, her life hangs in the balance. Torn between loyalty to the force and saving Jodi, Jack faces an agonizing choice. Where does true loyalty lie, and at what cost? From the very first page, this riveting crime thriller plunges you into the dark underbelly of corruption, making you question everything you thought you knew.

Dan Simpkins, although born in Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee River in the south west of New South Wales in 1942, spent his childhood and formative years on the far north coast of the state. Because of his father's nomadic lifestyle, he attended five different one-teacher bush primary schools, so small that on two separate occasions when larger families relocated and the little schools had to close, his education proceeded by correspondence. Stability was achieved with the award of a state bursary allowing attendance over five years at the Lismore High School. Dan worked as a bank teller in Canberra for twelve months after high school before entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon. This book commences by tracing Dan's forbears as they settled into Australia, and then follows his own upbringing from the bush at Dobie's Bight to the start of his life in the Army. It is another example of the value of hard work and education.

Viktor Haas served with distinction during the Andevan Wars as Captain of the Sydney. The Sydney was a Deep-Space Class, Heavy Cruiser in the fleet of the Terran Space Exploration Administration, or TSEA.Captain Haas takes command of a very different ship - the Admiral Byrd. The Admiral Byrd, affectionately known as the 'Byrd,' is a Scout-Class science vessel. The Byrd has been tasked with a mission that is very different to those Captain Haas usually undertakes.Although Captain Haas brings certain of his Sydney crew with him, the crew on board the Byrd, and the ship itself, requires that the Captain embrace a very different command style than he usually employs. He has been told, however, that if this mission is a success, his captaincy of the Sydney will be revisited.The Byrd is known throughout the fleet for having problems. Will Engineer Siksika be able to fix those problems and allow the ship to finish its mission?In these pages is an adventure that takes you not only to different planets but to other places of interest in space where you will meet very different creatures and societies.

In Self-Portrait of a Painter, a Triptych Memoirs, journey through the fascinating life of a remarkable woman, born to an Irish mother and Jewish father in the vibrant, working-class neighbourhood of The Rocks in Sydney. From her roots in a Socialist household committed to social justice, she defies convention to become a celebrated portrait artist. This compelling biography traces her life's arc, from her formative years to her education at Art School, from marriage and motherhood to the realization of her artistic ambitions. She paints the faces of diverse subjects - some at odds with her own ideals - yet each becomes a fascinating character study etched onto canvas. As she finds love a second time, her world expands further through international travels, taking her to the esteemed art galleries of Europe. Immerse yourself in a story rich in art, social activism, and personal growth, a tribute to a woman who never wavers in her values while capturing the essence of others. Self-Portrait of a Painter, a Triptych Memoirs is not just an interesting read; it is an exploration of a life passionately lived.

Axzis, son of Thela the Swordsmistress and Vasmox the head of the institute of the Paranormal in New Sydney, knows about his Ezskiasian heritage, though he has never been Over There. His rich and varied life as a student and lute player is, however, interrupted when he catches sight of a strange, masked figure on the side walk opposite where he lives. From then on his life takes dramatic turns where he comes face to face with his roots. Lucy, a middle-aged Zealandian academic receives a large sum of money from an unknown source, which prompts her to finally follow her dreams and explore sides of her nature which have remained on hold for most of her life. So, she goes north to the mystical and myth-laden area of the beautiful Hokianga Harbour and the home of the patupaiarehe, fairies of M¿ori mythology. Her historic new home is beautiful. The forest mysterious and compelling. Then, in a strange configuration of trees resembling a tunnel, she comes face to face with something not wholly unexpected...

Time travelling rock star Black Alice - Book 2 of the Sons of Steel Series. From award winning Australian science fiction heavy metal musical film Sons of Steel written & directed by G L. Keady author of book 2. Sons of Steel - Cyberwars

"Journey to chef Junda Khoo's homeland of Malaysia and showcases the unique cuisine through 100 staple recipes from street food classics to homestyle cooking with soul. Starting with simple, budget-friendly meals to make in 15 minutes, Khoo shows us how to make all the classic Malaysian dishes from hawker and street food classics like poached, juicy Hainan chicken and crimson bowls of curry laksa, to home-style recipes, like deep-fried, curried chicken and snacky loh bak (five spice pork rolls) and more. But it's not just the classics that we discover in this book, Khoo introduces us to nourishing homecooked Malaysian dishes which aren't commonly served in eateries outside of Malaysia. Think lotus roots steeped in a pork bone broth and fried bee hoon, a smoky, umami vermicelli noodle dish. The recipes in this book are made up of dishes Khoo serves at Ho Jiak Town Hall, a hatted-venue named as one of Australia's best restaurants by Gourmet Traveler, as well as food from the streets of Malaysia and recipes Khoo makes for his children, which were passed down to him from his beloved amah (grandmother). Khoo has no culinary training, but his food has so much heart that he now owns one of the best restaurants in Australia. Ho Jiak, translating to 'good eats', is Khoo's modern interpretation of Malaysian cuisine that is steeped in tradition and full of heart."--

BLACK ALICE is at first a reluctant time traveller. In SONS OF STEEL BOOK 1, he accidentally travels time after being dematerialised into a hologram and then trapped inside a holographic projector only to be unwittingly released 113 years later. It is a post apocalyptic world of mutated monsters, barbarians and disease. In this dark future he struggles to find a way back to his own time to save the world from the destruction that had caused the apocalypse. Against all odds he succeeds but the process has left his body with an unsound molecular structure, and after only a matter of hours back in his own time, he dematerialises again, this time slipping through a wormhole into yet another indeterminate future: this time 2087.

¿ sollte von einer bewußt langsam wachsenden Zahl deutscher Neusiedler ¿ Vertretern möglichst verschiedener Berufsgruppen ¿ zunächst noch ausschließlich Tauschhandel getrieben werden, damit die Insulaner sich dank einer so angebotenen Vielfalt von Kontakten ihre Partner selber aussuchen und das Tempo ihrer ¿Zivilisierung¿ in Grenzen mitbestimmen konnten ¿Auf seinen frühen Handelsfahrten durch die Südsee und in Auseinandersetzung mit seinem mächtigen politischen Gegner, dem Berliner Bankier Adolph von Hansemann, entwarf der Kaufmann Eduard Hernsheim ein alternatives Kolonialprogramm für die Südsee. Im Mittelpunkt von Hernsheims Vision standen eine Begegnung mit den Inselbewohnern auf Augenhöhe und eine schonende Modernisierung ihrer Lebenswelt. Jakob Anderhandt wurde 1967 in Bonn geboren und lebt als freier Schriftsteller im Großraum Sydney (Australien). Während seiner ersten Weltreise als Überarbeiter auf einem Frachtschiff der Hamburg Südamerikanischen Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft passierte er auch mehrere Südsee-Inseln. Anderhandts Biographie über den Südseekaufmann Eduard Hernsheim fand in allen einschlägigen Fachzeitschriften positive Resonanz und gilt als Standardwerk.Die Südsee-Bibliothek erzählt wissenschaftlich fundiert vom deutschen Einfluss in Ozeanien ab etwa 1850. Historisch interessierten Lesern bietet sie einen lebendigen Einstieg in das Thema, Akademikern eine solide Material- und Arbeitsgrundlage. Wichtigster Grundsatz der Schriftenreihe ist ihre Treue zu den Quellen.

Edward's Cat is a young adult (YA) novella about a teenage boy who can transform into a cat. Even though his twin sister had the power before she died and was able to control it, Edward has no control over how or when he transforms.

At the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben Bravery woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer. As a scientist, Ben understood the seriousness of his condition. Cancer had quite literally whacked him in the guts, after all. But what he didn't expect was how being a patient, and a young one at that, would make him feel. Why hadn't he been better prepared for the embarrassment and vulnerability of lying naked on the radiation table? Why wasn't he warned about the sheer number of tubes he would discover coming out of his body after surgery? Why did it feel like an imposition to ask doctors about his pain on their ward rounds? And why did he have to repeat the same information to them over and over again? During eighteen long months of treatment, including aggressive chemotherapy, Ben felt scared, overwhelmed, sometimes invisible and often alone. As he recovered, it struck Ben that after everything he'd been through he couldn't go back to his former career. He needed a change - and he wanted to make change. He wanted to become a doctor. He passed the entrance exam and dived headfirst into the challenges of medical school - including an unrelenting timetable, terrifying ward rounds and the difficulty of maintaining compassion under pressure. Now, driven by his experience on both sides of the healthcare system, this patient-turned-doctor gives a no-holds-barred account of how he overcame the trauma of his illness to study medicine and shares what he believes student doctors, doctors, patients and their families need to do to ensure that the medical system puts the patient at the very heart of healthcare every day. Honest, powerful, eye-opening and sometimes heart-wrenchingly funny, this is an inspiring memoir that shows that no matter our situation we all need to be treated with care and compassion, right until the very end.

A special 90th anniversary edition of the definitive story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the world's most amazing engineering feats - a structure that has become a national icon. Ninety years on from its opening in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge remains the most recognizable symbol of Australia. The iconic arch took almost nine years to complete - at a cost of sixteen lives and more than six million pounds - and the people, political wranglings and incredible feats of engineering behind its creation have become the stuff of legend. The Bridge brings to life the stories of those who dreamed it, built it and were drawn to it: Lennie Gwyther, the nine-year-old boy who made a 900-mile solo journey on horseback to witness the opening; Dr. J.J.C. Bradfield who eventually realized his dream of connecting Sydney's two shores; Vince Kelly, the larger-than-life boilermaker who fell from the arch and survived; and many other fascinating characters. This is the lively history of a bridge that has garnered the collective pride of the nation and become one of the world's most famous structures. > "Lalor has written a most intimately affectionate version of an epic story." --Canberra Times

A vivid recreation of the origins of the Sydney suburb of the Rocks that illuminates the real lives of the convicts and ex-convicts in the first forty years of white settlement. The Rocks is Sydney's earliest surviving neighbourhood. Grace Karskens builds up a vivid picture of the lives of its earliest white inhabitants. A wealth of historical documents, pictures, maps and archaeological evidence allows her to recover the words and gestures, tastes and habits, aspirations and fears, of the dealers, publicans, labourers, artisans, watermen, washerwomen, servants and prostitutes who lived there. What sort of town did these people make? What did it look like? How did they treat their neighbours? And what of other human relations-how did men and women behave sexually? What did they think was 'moral' behaviour? What were their marriages like? How did they bring up their children? Grace Karskens shows it was a place very different from the usual images of a brutal 'gaol colony': it was, rather, a preindustrial town, a face-to-face society, marked more by movement and opportunity, dialogue and negotiation than by coercion, discipline and punishment.