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In February 1998, in South Kensington, London the death occurred, unremarked, of 75-year-old retired taxi driver David Stewart Dawson. This was the same David who, fifty years earlier in Australia had inherited a life of privilege and luxury, lived at Sydney's best addresses, married two beautiful women, then lost it all in scandal and shame. In 1849 his grandfather and namesake was born on a farm in Scotland in relative poverty. In the next 150 years, an Australian dynasty was founded and foundered, a fortune built and squandered, the family name became an international byword for style and luxury, only to fade from memory in less than a generation. This is the story of the Stewart Dawsons: watchmakers and jewellers, Australian pioneers of Jazz Age popular culture and entertainment, property tycoons and philanthropists, who counted stars of stage and screen, earls and princes among their connections. It's also a story of marital duplicity and deception, hubris and abuse of privilege, hedonism, fraud, and criminal violence leaving a trail of victims and damaged lives, where there were few happy endings.

When a motley group of students discover they share an electrifying secret, they must work together to harness their energy. With great power comes great responsibility - do they use this electricity to protect or to destroy? The more their strength grows, so do the bonds between them. The power is in their hands.Parker is happy enough with her life. She has two close friends, is getting good grades and just wants to keep her head down until she finally leaves school, head to university and be her true self. Madison is popular, and she knows it. She barely registers Parker's existence. But when the girls are caught in a frightening crime, they discover they share a unique and electrifying gift. Little do the girls know there are others at their school who share the same electrifying ability and are using it to harm others. Putting aside their differences and their fear of being discovered, the girls must assemble a team of misfits to stop their foes before they wreak complete havoc.'Electricity' is an origin story about unlikely friendships and an electrifying power that will bring new strength and discovery. 'Electricity' is the second novel by acclaimed writer, filmmaker and broadcaster, Wayne Tunks.

Gwen has huge dreams of being the 'creme de la creme' of her craft and is determined to achieve them. But can she get past the skeletons in her closet to achieve her goals? Who is there to help her and who is out to hurt her? "I turned swiftly and there, standing in front of me, was a large male figure. I moved straight into my psycho, killer, protector, scared, crazy Gwen mode and with a swift motion, sliced his throat."

Karl McGregor is twelve years old and friendless. He has a temper, so the other kids at school steer clear. Friendship's tedious until a new student, Adam 'Finch' Bird, enrols. Finch confides that his dad's in gaol; Karl says his dad is from the ninth century. Of course, Finch doesn't believe him. This is the 21st century after all. Then a mysterious object appears in Karl's shed. The boys investigate. They stumble across a dubious history professor, who tells them they've found the gamban - a mystical Norse wand with incredible powers. In the ninth century, Norse God Odin lent it to the Vikings. The boys discover that Odin wants it back and is hot on its trail. Against adult advice, the boys tinker with the gamban and activate its time travel function. They land at a farm in the ninth century, where they meet Erika. Finch gets a case of the jitters and demands they return to the 21st century. Vikings step in and capture everyone except Karl. It's up to him to come up with a rescue plan. Those Vikings is a tale of the fortunes and foibles of family and friendship. Set against the scary backdrop of a Viking invasion, it's aimed at readers 10-12 years old.

It's 1989 ... As the decade that gave the world leg warmers, the Rubik's Cube and Dynasty draws to a close, a cold-blooded killer is stalking the cast of Australia's most popular TV soap opera, Accountants. But murder is proving to be a ratings winner for the prime time soapie. Crime might not pay, but it sure sells.But why are the crosshairs fixed firmly on the show's cute young heartthrob, Toby Bardia? Is it Envy? Jealousy? Hatred? Or something else that's truly twisted? Trashy TV was never so deadly."... It's Agatha Christie meets Neighbours ..."

Conventional wisdom suggests we should just 'bounce back' after adversity. Resilience is a strategy; a set of skills that can be learned in advance to enable us to move forward despite adversity. In Not Defined by Adversity, Rhonda Emonson PhD brings us stories from those who have faced adversity and found the strength, motivation, faith and ability to move forward in spite of the challenges they faced. You will be inspired and encouraged upon reading the contributions from:Steven Teo, Pastor and Lawyer - AustraliaAmelia Bebeth Opao, Seamstress and Community Leader - the Philippines Kristin Jack, Manager and Author - New ZealandEmma Randall, Freelance Project Manager - United KingdomAmanda Nickson, Author, Speaker, Social Worker - AustraliaRussel Atonson, Medical Practitioner - the PhilippinesSuzetta Torres Sutcliffe, Director of Joraben Christian Academy and Joyland Foundation - the Philippines and AustraliaEleanor Cordova, Pastor and Educator - the Philippines

Fifteen-year-old Jack McHale has an idyllic life. He surfs daily off Newport Beach, where he lives in a comfortable home with his career-driven parents and his two brothers. A dreamer and a writer, it's their shared passion for music that draws Jack closest to his father. In '89, when his parents split up, it's Jack who's hit hardest. How could his father abandon them like this? Jack's a talented surfer. It's his escape. He's not interested in competing at a high level like his two brothers. But when Jack ignores his absent father's safety instructions, and a solo surfing expedition goes dangerously wrong, Jack discovers just how unshakeable his bond with his brothers will always be. Invited to spend the summer at Paradise Beach, where his father now resides, Jack must confront his anger at his father and his despair over his family breakdown. But Cass Garcia soon pulls his heart in a new direction, sparking the embers of first love. A rebellious surfer girl, Jack admires her adventurous spirit, but her risk-taking leads him more than once into dangerous situations. It's one thing to be brave and fearless; but courage and smarts have to go together. While Jack and his brothers are dealing with the resentment toward their parents, and navigating a new relationship with them, they must also confront a local gang leader, a bully determined to keep them off the local's end of the beach. Faced with a life-or-death decision, will Jack choose personal accolades or discover that a moral triumph brings its own rewards?

Life and all its challenges are meant to be faced head on and the reason behind this book, dedicated to international students from around the world, is to offer words of wisdom and the snippets of motivation we all need from time to time.

THE VIETNAM WAR ROCKED AUSTRALIA TO ITS CORE...The Third Chopstick transports us back to those days. In starkly beautiful prose Biff Ward, herself a protester, seeks to understand the war from multiple angles. She balances the heartfelt motivations of the protest movement with candid accounts from veterans about what was happening for them in Vietnam and afterwards. In riveting interviews, she explores combat, the ravages of PTSD, and the acceptance that can come with ageing and peer support.She also takes us to the peaceful Vietnam of the post-war years, capturing poignant images of the aftermath of what they, of course, call the American War. Her lyrical evocation of the people she meets and war sites she visits render the war in a new light. The Third Chopstick is the profoundly moving story of one woman''s passion to bear tender witness to those involved in that tumultuous time. A must-read for all the Vietnam generation, their descendants and friends.Peter Yule, author of The Long Shadow, said, I have been studying the impact of the war on the lives of Vietnam veterans for many years and I learnt more from this book than any other I have read.

Intelligencers: men and women from all walks of life and from all sections of society, servants of the Crown who work for the Home Office gathering information vital to the security of the nation.London, 1855. While Great Britain is at war with the Russians in the Crimea, a cadre of disaffected seditionists and insurrectionists, made up of members of the aristocracy and wealthy industrialists, have set a plan into action that''s been decades in the making-a plan that aims to overthrow the Queen and to install a puppet king on the throne in her place. With the war raging and disquiet in the industrial north and in Ireland, their perfidious plot, unless stopped, threatens to bring about anarchy and revolution.Aware of the imminent danger, Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, has tasked The Brothers, a band of four men, friends of over twenty years, to root out the source of the infection, destroy the clique, and track down and eradicate its foreign pretender by any means necessary. From molly houses to state banquets, from hospitals to steam baths, from aristocratic households to the meanest of slums, the friends find themselves in a succession of increasingly perilous situations.Like the mighty Thames, undercurrents flow swift and deep as they uncover plot after plot and treachery and treason in abundance.

Be careful what you wish for. Feeling progressively more and more disillusioned with his actual reality, Will revels in escapism. Of course, he never expected to wake up one day and find that he had actually been summoned to another world! Essentially shanghaied into performing an absurdly difficult task that would have perfectly suited one of the fantasy epics that he used to love reading, Will is in trouble. After all, the common sense of his old world doesn''t really apply in a reality where magic, beastfolk-type demi-humans, and literal monsters are considered just a part of everyday life. If he doesn''t get up to speed fast, and find some people he can trust as he flounders around crippled by his sense of inadequacy, he''s going to end up deader than dial-up. Still, if this is an epic fantasy story, and he is supposed to be a hero, he must be a main protagonist ... so ... no matter the odds, if he doesn''t give up, everything should turn out fine ... Unfortunately, convincing himself of that is an epic task all of its own. With the fate of a world literally cracking apart at the seams hanging in the balance, it''s going to take skill, grit, and a whole lot of luck to succeed ... but one out of three isn''t so bad when starting out, right?

A MODERN STORY WOVEN IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHYJessica''s spiritual journey is transformed the day she has an overwhelming mystical experience. For a few moments, she is drawn into a transcendental state of being. A state beyond anything she could have imagined.Fourteen years later, she is living a quiet life with her husband, raising their son on a small coastal acreage in Australia.The mystical reality she experienced as a young woman has continued to grow. Jessica knows it will consume her if she surrenders to its pull. A pull that is increasingly hard to resist. If she were to let go, would any of her remain for her family?Jessica reluctantly steps into new territory when she agrees to conduct a weekend forum on the yoga of self-enquiry. As she opens herself up to the attendees, and they to her; her spiritual ascent escalates. Now, she must learn to live between her inner and outer worlds.