A sceptical believer’s journey through the New Age Smart, savvy and skeptical, Amal Awad takes an unbelievers look at the wide and disparate industry known as ‘new age’ from more than one perspective; that of religion, commercialism, downright fraud and...
What an amazing achievement this book is for the author and illustrator. We Go Way Back is a superb attempt to explain the beginnings of life on earth. Using the format of a hard back picture book children have access to ideas and science at a level they can...
Do not be fooled by the cover and title of The Little French Bridal Shop. While it is indeed charming, it also raises issues that many of us must face. The main character, Larisa, has returned to her small seaside hometown. Her great aunt has died, and Larisa wants to...
A small, hidden folded sheet of paper covered with the most majestic of scenery is tucked away in the album cover; nothing but the name of the album and the composer placed upon the glorious picture. Full of Life by John Gregorius offers a landscape of stark beauty...
The recent Women’s March 4 Justice marches around Australia have heightened the awareness of violence again women and the fact that there is still much work to be done to keep women safe; a real problem in society. In her well written book, “The Family Doctor” Debra...
Poignant and powerful A Gift of Moments from award winning Louis Anthony deLise transports the emotions to a place of great sensitivity, with a varied and much hued palate of gloriously rich pieces, all written during the time of the COVID lockdown of 2020. Along with...
Pianist composer Sydney Stevens has captured something very special in her work Waltz of Life made up of tracks created over many years, each piece composed in relation to life events which inspired the need to be written as a tribute and a memory to this event. She...
Life isn’t always a bed of roses; at some point in life, each of us goes through a life-altering event, which Dr Russ Harris calls a ‘Reality Slap’. This newly revised updated edition of his book ‘The Reality Slap’ provides strategies which the readers can put in...
Sorry for your Trouble is a collection of short, but poignant stories that capture a small schism in time, a time which when viewed in retrospect could be something, or nothing other than a mere passing of time. Richard Ford very carefully presents many moments in...
The front cover of Bluebird does more than explain the setting. It shows a dated but idyllic scene of an almost deserted beach, with a bronzed surfer and his board, overlooking the bay. The seagull above his head represents the voice of his step- mother in law....
Vivienne Morris, at age 95, decides to tell, and what a life story she had to tell. her life story. City of Girls focusses on issues such as female sexuality, feminism, loyalty, and relationships. As a member of a wealthy, social family, whose disinterest in their...
Mindfulness for some time passed has almost seemed to be the latest catch phrase to be used widely, occasionally practiced and in many ways, little understood for its healing ability and soothing benefits. Along with Mindfulness it is It is also well understood that...
