Four people are enticed to a remote island resort. But this is no playground. It's a battleground!Their host is the sadistic billionaire arms-dealer, Nicholae Mould, a man whom they've all harmed in the past, either personally or financially - and he wants revenge. A quick death however would be dissatisfying. So he concocts a game involving humiliation, pain, mental torture and the ultimate destruction of the players. And there's a reward - twenty million dollars - winner take all...

What would happen to you if you discovered the world's best kept industrial secret?Can a car engine run on water? By using an oxygen- hydrogen splitter it's theoretically possible. But as no petrol company wants to compete with the ocean, they'd buy up the patents of anyone who discovered how to do it. And silence or kill anyone who resisted them.So when Sydney photographer Colin Blake inadvertently becomes involved with an inventor who has perfected an instant water-splitt...

They're 0utlandish, extraordinary, bizarre. Stories to amuse and intrigue... Well written, mordant. Juicily entertaining. And most with endings you'll never see coming.In "Smart Move", a Duke whose neighbours are a famous rock band, discovers the perfect way to silence them.In "Hannigan", a young man who falls in love with an elderly woman never suspects why they're so compatible.In "Deep Water", the inhabitants of a residential cruise ship become the only life left o...

Shock, crime, horror! Nine tough, thrilling, chilling tales - most published in leading men's magazines. Stories from 'Man', 'Man Junior', 'Pocket Man', 'Squire' and other male mags.In 'Night Flight to Amsterdam', a millionaire's life depends on stealing another man's coat.In 'The Round Metal Tomb' a con escapes jail by being welded into a 44-gal drum. It seems the perfect ploy - until he discovers where the drum will be stored!In 'So Very Lifelike' the wife of a weal...

An aerospace tycoon who flies his personal C-130 gunship. An out-of-control Pentagon developing human robots. A renegade US president. A lab at the bottom of the sea. Agent Colin Blake has one weapon - total recall. One quest - to rescue his lover Kate, a military expert, from a cartel that intends to turn her into a sub-human device. When Blake joins forces with Chuck Braden, the US President's watchdog on the Pentagon, he uncovers a conspiracy that could devastate half the globe ... Clin...

Stories in this anthology have won ten literary awards: two Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers Awards, four NSW FAW Awards, a Moomba Award, an Alan Marshal Shire of Eltham Award, a Shoalhaven COE Award and a Lane Cove Library Literary Commendation. The writer has also won the inaugural Mary Drake Award, a Bicentennial Literary Award for short fiction and an FAW award for a screenplay. (33,500 words)."Work of impressive quality. Each story skilfully manipulates language and ...

Top short women's fiction from periodicals such as WOMEN'S WEEKLY, CLEO, WOMAN'S DAY, ARGOSY UK and ABC Books.There's 'The Sand Man' - an award-winning story about a crazily-in-love couple who build a huge sand man on the beach. What happens then will make you cryThere's 'The Snag' - a story about a man who can do anything, except relate to women.And 'Serpent for Celia'. Do sea serpents exist? Of course not. But still...And 'The Man Who Made Whistles' - where a...

This lavish book from Veranda—the magazine that knows the art of luxurious living—offers a wealth of ideas for creating exceptional outdoor rooms and spaces.You’re invited to enjoy abundant gardens, elegant porches, stunning courtyards, and magnificent pools—all of which grace homes designed by the world’s best, most influential designers. Covering elements of outdoor style like lush landscapes, verdant escapes, and evocative views, Veranda Escapes: Al...

From beautiful design details that inspire to pretty personal spaces you’ll want to call your own, this stunning volume from Veranda captures the allure of luxurious decorating.Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. Veranda**Decorating takes you on an A–Z journey through the essentials of decorating, from “Antiques” and “Art” to “Zoning.” Dozens of spectacular photographs showcase sophisticated furnis...

Almost fourteen percent of American children over age six and twelve percent of adolescents are obese, more than double the rate of thirty years ago. Although there are countless diet and weight-loss books on the market, few of them explain in jargon-free terms the basic factors, the body processes that can lead to childhood obesity, and the research currently underway to combat this growing health risk.In Understanding Childhood Obesity, Dr. J. Clinton Smith has created a...

Set in the 1950s, The Broken Word is an extraordinary poetic sequence that animates and illuminates a dark, terrifying period in British colonial history.The combination here of language and imagery that feel utterly contemporary, and subject matter - tribal violence and subsequent retribution - that seems almost Homeric, gives the narrative all the febrile energy of classical drama, re-charged and re-imagined.Tom has returned to his family's farm in Kenya for the summer v...

Ben's on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier, combined with a tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm - and suddenly his trip turns into something totally different as the Barrier is breached and London is flooded. With streets underwater, communications down, rats pouring up out of the sewers and thousands of people in a state of panic, survival becomes a key issue. But as Ben tries to get across London to meet his mother, little does he know that two t...