Attention: Are you single and wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of your current relationship status? Here's a breakdown of the benefits and challenges of being single.Interest: Being single has both its perks and challenges. On the one hand, you have the freedom to do what you want, when you want, without having to consider the needs and wants of a partner. This means you have more time for personal hobbies, interests, and pursuits, as well as the opportunity to focu...

Two elderly blokes. One missing mayor. And a mystery that really messes with their travel plans.They’re meant to be organising a heritage trip to Ireland — not chasing after a vanished ex-mayor they never liked. James Northan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and now claims he’s descended from Shakespeare. So when he disappears, the two old fellas from Windy Mountain are hardly heartbroken… at first.But then local landmarks start vanishing. Demoliti...

“An impressive guide to finding and following your path to success!”-D.G. WildDo you dream about doing something different with your life?Do you wish you knew what your next move should be?Do you hope to start your own business someday?Do you regret not exercising consistently?If so, read Empower Yourself. In this powerful analysis of the mindset and choices that lead to self-actualization, you will learn how to identify your strength...

Are you frustrated by your continued failure to follow through on your goals?Are you tired of getting excited about your New Year’s resolution or business idea only to find your enthusiasm dwindle and your efforts fade away after several months or even weeks?It has been proven throughout history that persistence—not talent— is the most valuable ingredient to accomplishing feats both big and small.In The Power of Persistence, author John Mar...

Near-death experiences offer a glimpse not only into the nature of death but also into the meaning of life. They are not only useful tools to aid in the human quest to understand death but are also deeply meaningful, transformative experiences for the people who have them. In a unique contribution to the growing and popular literature on the subject, philosophers John Martin Fischer and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin examine prominent near-death experiences, such as those of Pam Reynolds, Eben A...

The unreliability of the San Diego River compelled the Franciscan fathers to construct the area's first dam in 1813 to conserve drinking and irrigation water for the Mission San Diego de Alcalá. This water-driven circumstance continued and expanded in the ensuing American era. Lacking a reliable water source at the turn of the 20th century, San Diego County was destined to experience modest growth. The region's semiarid conditions, cyclical droughts, and existing river systems determined t...

For fans of Hard Core Logo, The Commitments, The Shining, and The Fisherman comes a novel that twists genres and subverts expectations--Punk is Dead.ARE YOU SICK OF THIS WORLD?SUZY DESTROY IS.SHE'S READY TO TEAR IT DOWN!"A guitar-blow to the chin of patriarchy and totalitarianism."Suzy Destroy is the frontwoman of the underground punk band SUZY DESTROY AND THE CYNICS, a crew of rebels who ...

Every tall tale needs its first lie. This time, the old blokes are trying to fool tourists into believing the Tasmanian Tiger isn’t extinct after all.Which is just as well… because in this comedy, Windy Mountain’s new museum manager is going to need all the help he can get.This hulking Irishman arrives by taxi late at night — and gets a taste of what's to come when the town’s scrawny old cab driver takes a swing at him.Mistaken identity.Old ...

When Billy Gumboots returns to the small town he’s done everything to avoid, the local funeral director goes out of his way to help him. But why? What's in it for him?Billy also encounters other bizarre characters – including a handyman who sprouts Latin, a red-headed Feng Shu expert who explains why Billy has his yin and yang all wrong, and an old man who looks like him but denies paternity.He soon finds himself tangled up in a mess he can’t easily escape. Can Dave, the un...

No one believed the town drunk when he claimed an extinct animal had awakened him in a bus shelter. Now he is leading a community revolt!This story goes back to the beginning of the funny Windy Mountain series.Although it's Book 6, feel free to climb aboard here and go back to see how the series unwinds.Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples! is set in the 1990s. Although that isn't long ago, rural Tasmania was a very different world....

It's 2020. The former mayor thinks the world has gone soft with all this talk about a global pandemic – so he's furious when he's forced to go into lockdown.What's even worse is that he has to share a small weatherboard house with two less well-off octogenarians for three months.He isn't on speaking terms with either man and they're well below his social station. One used to be the town drunk, for goodness sake!James Northan has to submit to a futur...

The Welsh Not was a wooden token given to children caught speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century schools. It was often accompanied by corporal punishment, and is widely thought to have been responsible for the decline of the Welsh language. Despite having an iconic status in popular understandings of Wales’s history, there has never before been a study of where, when and why the Welsh Not was used. This book is an account of the different ways children were punished for speaking Welsh in nin...