Books

Living in the Shadows is a chilling tale about a violent, psychopathic criminal who spent ten years in Melbourne’s infamous underworld. This is the story of how a troubled young man defied all the odds to eventually become one of the most dangerous, bloodthirsty criminals society has ever seen. "Organised crime is often glamorised, but it isn't always fun and games. I have been shot at, bashed, knives pulled on me, guns pointed at my head and had contracts put out on my life. I've rubbed shoulders with some of the worst criminals [read more...]

Writing up literary reviews would be an agreeable pastime if not for the hundreds of man hours spent reading so many books. Seasoned (read aging) literary critic Michael B. has had enough of wading through oversized predictable novels and formulaic, impractical self-help books and so decides he’ll cut out the middle man, as it were, and write reviews sans books. Outstanding Fake Book Reviews showcases Michael’s best reviews of non-existent books in a collection that takes up where real novels and real reviews leave [read more...]

This book describes the fundamentals and strategies allied health business owners can put into their business immediately to drive new numbers into their practice. Marketing is the heartbeat of your any business and this is an aspect that the majority of health care professionals have no training or expertise in. This book has been written to alleviate that. The fundamentals that every person who owns a allied health business and wants to market their services must know. With the majority of health professionals facing tough [read more...]

Bob Pearson has led a very active and diverse life spanning three careers: soldier, engineer administrator. With his first book ’A Penny On Friday.’ about his early life which began in pre-war Lancashire leading up to and included the Second World War. He has also made several contributions to works in Australia and England as recent as 2012. With his sequel ‘A Peg Leg Hero‘; he enlisted in the army in Feb 1945 , under age at 16 years, and served from 1945 to 1961, with active service in the occupation forces in Italy, [read more...]

Moving your loved one into Aged Care is never going to be easy. There are so many emotions to deal with – there is a lot of advice on where to go and how to pay for it - but there is nothing about dealing with your emotions. We are here to ease your way and help you through this difficult time. In the last couple of years things have changed. My sisters and I became our father’s care givers, our roles have been reversed. How do we handle it? How does he handle it? Lots of emotions rushing about, harsh words but more [read more...]

There are more people employed in the selling profession then in any other field of work. In fact we are all ‘selling’ something one way or another; a product or service, big ideas or personal issues. We ‘sell’ to our wives or husbands, the children, and we could be said to be ‘selling’ even when we are buying! Everyone is a salesperson; everyone is ‘marketing’ something. This book is aimed at achieving more successful outcomes through selling and personal communications. This work, and its sometimes unusual ideas and methods, will [read more...]

In the year 1408, in the lands of Enabladoor, upon the sister planet to Earth-Solestia, the bloodied, massacred bodies of soldiers- both attackers and defenders- lay upon the grassy slope afoot the castle Magniforte. Our story begins almost 1400 years earlier upon the very same land upon the very same planet as unwittingly the inhabitants go about their daily lives. Descending from the coastal regions of the North, the nomadic hunting and gathering people known as the Axeons arrive for their once in a century hunt, for the giant [read more...]

Its 2012 Detroit is still suffering from the GFC, job loss, poverty is high the only things that are growing are the many casinos that feed off the poor and that leads to a sky rocketing crime and murder rate. Detroit was once the beacon of the USA now its ruins hid a secret? His name is Michael, a boy of only 17. He has no idea of the many layers of lies and truths about his life, his birth, plus the conflict inside of his heart that is hidden. In the back ground keeping Michael safe and hidden from unknown enemies is the [read more...]

The task of establishing yourself as an elite sportsperson is a monumental one. It's not for the faint-hearted. Elite sport is tough, unrelenting and a lot of hard work. The blood, sweat and tears can teach you about yourself in brutal ways, but if you choose to listen, they will teach you lessons that are invaluable for the rest of life's journey. Is there any possibility that this person you discover and become on your journey is the real you God has been waiting to connect with? The one who is exhausted, who couldn't run [read more...]

When Ludan Bone started making her phone calls to China in 1993 she was one woman with no contacts trying to sell an intangible, copyrighted product to an industry where royalties were alien. But over the next two decades, she built a formidable business from scratch and became the biggest player in the production music business in China. The business memoir, One in a Billion, charts Ludan’s rise from a part-time marketing manager in Sydney to the head of her own top-tier firm in Beijing with one of the biggest music libraries in [read more...]