This is a Memoir of a Carnival boy,born on the road in the middle of the Great Depression A story of travelling the showgrounds of Australia and growing up among the sideshow people, the freaks of Sideshow Alley, colourful Gypsys, Boxing Tents, Variety shows were part of his everyday existence.Attending Schools along the way with his older brother, always the new pupils, dealing with the local bullies in their own unique way. Then along came World War Two, rationing of the basic needs, mon...

Willie Tinkle is a cartoon character who goes on a search to find the answers to his embarrassingproblem.His friends are of little help,Herbi Vores, the local Italian greengrocer, tells him that his "python won't syphon" which confusesWillie because he doesn't know if he should consult a vet or a doctor.The book covers all the topics including natural medication, treatment, diet and exercise.

The most comprehensive self-help book ever written for sufferers of poor intestinal health (10 million in the UK). Claire Rayner has praised it as 'a splendidly detailed book… it will be a life-saver for a great many people' and Prof. R. John Nicholls called it 'an invaluable book for anyone with a bowel or digestive problem.'One in five people in the UK suffer from lower gut disorders , which can be extremely painful and embarrassing. In The Good Gut Guide, Stephanie Zinser, a jou...

The first volume of Clive James's autobiography.'I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but for the moment, that did not affect me.'In the first instalment of Clive James's memoirs, we meet the young Clive, dressed in short trousers, and wrestling with the demands of school, various relatives and the occasional snake, in the suburbs of post-war Sydney. His adventures are hilarious, his recounting of them even more so, ...

Considered by the World Health Organization to be the most widely-used health care manual in the world, Where There Is No Doctor provides easy-to-understand information on how to identify, treat, and prevent many common health issues. Inside you'll find:• examining and caring for sick people – how to check breathing, pulse, and temperature; identifying diseases based on fever patterns, watching for signs of dangerous illnesses, and when to...

• A balanced, comprehensive guide to routine childhood vaccinations that offers parents the information they need to make the right choices for their child.• Fairly examines the pros and cons of this highly charged issue.Deciding whether or when to vaccinate a child is one of the most important--and most difficult--health-care decisions a parent will ever make. The recent increase in the number of vaccinations recommended and the concurrent controversies about whether vacci...

Diverticulitis is very common, can be dangerous and there are rapidly increasing numbers of sufferers. Everyone has more than a 50 per cent chance of suffering from diverticulitis before the age of 60. Dr Joan McClelland describes, in her easily accessible style, the symptoms, the types of diverticulitis, the complications and the treatments, including alternative and herbal remedies. This book also tackles the psychological aspects of diverticulitis and the benefits of exercise and diet.

The truly classic Australian story of Tom Kruse - legendary mailman of the Birdsville Track.For the people who lived in the desert between Marree and Birdsville, contact with the outside world was hard and sporadic - but one man was their lifeline: Tom Kruse. For more than twenty years he was the connection with the outside world for the families, station workers and others who lived along the Birdsville Track.Tom delivered everything from the mail and news...

LIVE YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE. Studies show that all wellness traditions except western medicine offer detoxification and toxic waste management as a means of natural healing. Using the principles of natural healing and detoxification, Dr. Alexis Carrel, a Nobel Prize winner kept chicken heart alive for 38 years. He believed that cells could live indefinitely and that the secret of life is to feed nutrients to cells and to saturate the cells with Oxygen. If you can't...

A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a swag of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along the dusty plains and beside the dry creek beds under the endless southern sky.In A SWAG OF MEMORIES Brian Taylor shares with us these stories, of the people he has met, the places he has been and the moments, long-gone, that define ...

What foods should you eat if you want to keep your prostate healthy? How does sexual activity affect the health of your prostate? What are ways you can prevent prostate cancer? What should African-American men know about prostate cancer? What are the best alternatives to radiation and surgery in treating prostate cancer? What are the symptoms of an unhealthy prostate?These are some of the many important questions that are answered by Dr. Daniel W. Nixon, one of America's premier ca...

Fabulous yarns and memories of going to school and teaching in the Outback.If your teacher commuted to school in a plane; if you had to watch out for rogue bulls rather than traffic; if your daily pick-up was done by a horse - you probably went to an outback school.this collection of more than sixty stories, gathered by Bill 'Swampy' Marsh in his travels across Australia, perfectly captures the experience of life growing up in the outback. Whether you loved school or not, these stor...