Water is contained in these poems in many different ways: from the water filling a second-hand cooler in an old farmhouse to ocean riptides and impassive dams; from swimming lessons to paddocks layered with water after rain. From scheme water, pipelines and a countryside in the grip of drought – the water in this collection is a many-sided metaphor. Tracy Ryan's latest collection of poems is full of intimate intensity and clear vision, each poem wrought with consummate skill by "one of Aus...

Poems of keen appraisal and survival, bound by a cohesive vision, form this collection, which features the work of Australian poet Tracy Ryan. Revealing the poet's preoccupation with mortality, this compilation deals with the cold cross-examiner death by responding with life.

This collection of elegies for dead friends and a past love is also a tribute to poet Tracy Ryan's embattled but joyous life on a plot of land in the bush. In a long sequence addressed to her Swiss–German first husband, Ryan delves into the feelings found with unresolved grief and lost love and the ambivalent emotions that remain after severing intense relationships. The universal themes from one of Australia's most gifted scribes is a must read for anyone with an interest in poetry.

WhimsicalPoet: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry is a new quarterly anthology that features the work of today's most talented artists and poets. Each issue is carefully curated to accrue a fine selection of international works.

Two women from different worlds in Renaissance France cross paths in a way that changes both their lives.One is Marguerite de Navarre, a King's sister. Powerful, privileged and widely admired, Marguerite must nonetheless marry where she is told to, regardless of her feelings, and despite the thrilling new ideas of religious reform causing upheaval in France must toe the line for the good of her brother's kingdom. Ever a risk-taker, she does what she can to protect her reformist fri...

'If I held my whole kingdom in one hand and my son in the other, I would toss them both to the bottom of the sea before I would let them impede me.'Sixteenth-century Princess Jeanne d'Albret is twice royal: her uncle is King of France, her father King of Navarre. She is small, she is often ill yet she won't allow that to define her. As a child, she is carried to the altar at the French King's command but she and her mother have a secret plan to get their own way......

A sweeping collection of verse from Western Australia's most vital voices. This anthology showcases the rich tapestry of Western Australian poetry, spanning from its colonial roots to contemporary expressions. Edited by acclaimed poets John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan, this collection offers a unique perspective on the region's identity, history, and landscape.Discover the diverse voices of 134 poets, including significant contributions from WA Indigenous poets, reflec...

Success Unlimited by Ryan Tracy & Lance Ong is about how to succeed in life. It shows you what is the problem and difference between people who succeed and those who can’t. Reading this book will give you a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed in life — if you’ve ever been stuck in life… see what it takes to break free. This is the life story of Ryan Tracy… a Spirit living in a Carnival inside a tin can. Desperate to succeed in life, he goes on a micro-epic journey to seek his S...

Hemp has a rich history throughout many cultures and regions as an effective, natural cure to a variety of ailments that affect mammals and, more specifically, human beings. Clinical research conducted with hemp cannabinoids officially began in the 1940s in the United States, when CBD was first isolated from the molecular structure, despite ongoing international research proving the efficacy well before that time. Scientists and doctors from around the globe are heavily invested in the stu...

Kurt Stocker's Swiss childhoodis dominated by strict and god-fearing parents. He enters a seminary with theintent of becoming a priest and making his parents proud of him, but strugglesto adapt. Leaving this vocation behind, he marries Liesl and they eventuallyemigrate to Australia.Decades later in small town Australia, Terry Riley feels drawn toconvent life, despite her parent's objections. At the convent she is hauntedby a strange sickness and knows in timethat she must return to...

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon’s epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings.“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!”The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his re...

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.'No woman shall succeed in Salique land'Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d’Artois. Her plan is simple – to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence and her unborn child.As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. However, how far is he ...