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Nyaloka is my story. In the early 1990s, I left Australia to marry Okeyo, a Kenyan national. Along my 3 year journey, I learnt about the Luo culture and the art of surviving on a remote farm in Western Kenya and how to navigate the cultural divides. Okeyo's family welcomed me with open arms, despite my inability to carry jerry cans of river water on my head. My husband was a sound technician and video photographer. We made a living managing a...

The Adventures of Excelsior: The House of Surprises is a humorous story about disasters that overtake a family home. Due to a faulty button on the toilet, the backup of sewage ended up overflowing into the backyard. Through this incident the family learned about the sewage treatment plant in Bondi, Australia. And they also learned how the stuff in the toilet makes its way there, and what happens to it once it gets to the treatment plant. M...

Dreams really can come true. Fredrik and Gabrielle Renshaw are a testament to that statement. They loved each other from the first moment their eyes met and now fifty years later, they are still completely, utterly and madly in love, as they cruise the world hand in hand, lovers forever.

Dreams really can come true. Fredrik and Gabrielle Renshaw are a testament to that statement. They loved each other from the first moment their eyes met and now fifty years later, they are still completely, utterly and madly in love, as they cruise the world hand in hand, lovers forever.

Boudicca the Black hen just wants to be a mother hen, just like all of her friends in the Devis Nest Farm Hen House. With a little bit of help from Farmer Brad and Farmer Adam her dream finally comes true. But all is not as it seems because Boudicca's new baby is very different to all the other new chicks. The story explores the concept of Motherhood, surrogacy and the strength of a mother's love that ultimately overrides genetic inheritanc...

Duck Duck has grown up from a fluffy yellow duckling into a beautiful young duck with a beautiful full white coat of duck feathers and down. However she still identifies herself as a chicken so has some challenges as she adapts to life beyond the nest and takes her place as a young adult In the hen house. The story explores the challenges and acceptance of an individual's innate skills, talents and diversity as they take their place in the wo...

Elias Gomez is a young man living a simple life in San Andrés, Colombia, along with his legal guardian, Lina Vespucio, despite being happy, Elias longs for travel around the world, just like in his early childhood. One day, he meets a very old captain and traveller, called Ludwig Bineo, after some time, both realise they have a lot of things in common and create a powerful friendship. Immediately, Ludwig makes Elias an offer he cannot refuse, ...

Elias Gomez is a young man living a simple life in San Andrés, Colombia, along with his legal guardian, Lina Vespucio, despite being happy, Elias longs for travel around the world, just like in his early childhood. One day, he meets a very old captain and traveller, called Ludwig Bineo, after some time, both realise they have a lot of things in common and create a powerful friendship. Immediately, Ludwig makes Elias an offer he cannot refuse, ...

The Lonely Octopus is the Third in a series Of Australian Themed children's Stories. This story is set on the Coral Reef and introduces us to some of the Marine life that calls the Reef home. The story is about a lonely Octopus who travels to the coral reef for the first time to make friends and finds it is not as friendly as he first thought. He encounters a situation that puts him in danger to rescue a Green Sea Turtle and in doing so, fin...

Inspiration comes in many forms. Sometimes it wakes me in the middle of the night, sometimes it springs from a picture or a sight I see or even the line of a song. My family are a treasure and the source of many ideas that end up in poems. The adventurous life that I have led, having lived in both the city and the bush, also gives me a wide range of experiences to draw on. I hope that readers find pleasure in shared experiences or from the sto...

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to write a book. One that could reach out to others and give them hope and courage. To give the reader a belief that they are not alone in their struggles, in their pain. To help them to know that they are enough, just the way they are. Throughout my life I have used poetry as an overflow valve. A way to externalise the intense feelings building up inside of me. It is my hope that the pages in this ...

Come with me on a journey through the most trusted profession. It's highs and lows, with all of the moments ranging from inspirational to joyous and sorrowful events. Live the happiness and heartbreak of one of the communitys' first responders. We get to be involved in events that many of the community avoid or shun, bringing hope to those that are sick, ill and injured. The events outlined are real, and span a career of over 25 years in an Au...

Come with me on a journey through the most trusted profession. It's highs and lows, with all of the moments ranging from inspirational to joyous and sorrowful events. Live the happiness and heartbreak of one of the communitys' first responders. We get to be involved in events that many of the community avoid or shun, bringing hope to those that are sick, ill and injured. The events outlined are real, and span a career of over 25 years in an Au...

Making Money Without Money relates the author's experience of making more money in a week running a course than he had ever made over the same time period when he held paid jobs. The story is even more impressive in that he made this money without spending any money, in fact, he did this when he was completely broke as a result of being unemployed for 8 months after being forced to resign from his last job. Following that first experience, he ...

This is a wry but candid first-person account of the scandal surrounding the corruption of the NSW Minister for Corrective Services Rex Jackson. It is written by the then high-profile criminal defence lawyer who was jailed for his part in it. It winds through an intriguing slice of Sydney's 'colourful' underworld at that time - half-arsed crims, some straight and some very bent coppers, dodgy policing practices, court tactics, informants now n...

We aim to perfect ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually through expansion, self-discovery, diet, finances, darthood, apotheosis, protocols, greatness and more so that we can pursue the purpose and success we long for in a hierarchy, and working to attain a self-control, real power and wisdom through the doctrine of action and hierarchy, emphasizing the need to seize opportunities to gain success. This book in the trilogy seeks to acq...

I grew up during the hardships of World War II in a family with limited income and a father devoted to racing pigeons left behind by two brothers who didn't return from war. Life was tough. My holidays at a fishing village dictated subsistence living and improvisation. With limited schooling my cousins learnt to build canoes, sailing boats, launches and two weatherboard homes designed with pencil sketches. My grandfather surprised me when t...

We aim to perfect ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually through expansion, self-discovery, diet, finances, darthood, apotheosis, protocols, greatness and more so that we can pursue the purpose and success we long for in a hierarchy, and working to attain a self-control, real power and wisdom through the doctrine of action and hierarchy, emphasizing the need to seize opportunities to gain success. This book in the trilogy seeks to acq...

In this heart pounding thriller set in the year leading up to 9/11, James Grant is on the front lines of counterterrorism. James Grant has no one. The way he likes it. As part of a special forces group inside the CIA, all he needs is a gun silencer and a green light. Coming home never bothered him. But when Grant is assigned to a domestic intelligence mission, he meets a whole new set of challenges. Fellow officer, Jia Page, suddenly has hi...

POWER OF THE MIND Know yourself - the real you within your layers of thinking. The unknown potential which exists in each of us lies in our Unconscious-mind. As a medical doctor and plastic surgeon. I had observed the way a patient's health and well-being was influenced by the thoughts they held in their mind, especially their Subconscious and the deeper levels of that. Appreciation of Surgical results can be closely affected by the Self Imag...