This book reaches out to those who are hungry for information. It is about that wonderful robust quality we all have—our inner strength.Twenty Australians tell stories of enhancing their lives by reaching into themselves.Switch on to Your Inner Strength is a practical manual describing how to tap into this vibrant source of personal power and how to use it deliberately.THIS BOOK IS ABOUT* Sandy's encounter with grief and "letting go"* Self esteem, self...

THE FIRST TUNNEL RATSThis is the thrilling, hilarious and inspiring true story of a ragtag band of Aussie Army Engineers who redefined the word heroes ... and reinvented larrikin too.Among the first Australians to fight in Vietnam, they faced death every day defusing Viet Cong booby traps—then partied all night in a casino they'd built in secret.They led hundreds of American troops to safety, but fought US military police to a standstill in the bars of South Vietnam...

If you had security - in income, in work, in love, in safety, in health and more - would that lead to your happiness? If you had more friends, a family, a better career, abundance in all things you need - would that lead to your happiness?Are you Living Your Life Purpose? Are you getting what you want in life? Maybe you would like to make some changes, in areas such as your abundance, your relationships, a lack of intimacy, things that frustrate you, or your career. But for some re...

This book is about : 1. Accessing the subconscious 88% PIECE of your mind to: * Relaxation and Releasing Stress in 30 seconds * Accelerating Your Learning * Achieving Goals Faster 2. An Effective Technique which you can apply to such things as: * Handling Pain and Loss * Improving Sport Ability * Using Your Creativity * Increasing Your IQ * Increasing Sales and Productivity * Excelling Academically * Doing Well in Subjects You Hate * Having a Great Self Image Reviews Piece of Mind is an Au...

Scientifically proven Accelerated Learning methods (the ability to achieve faster) are presented throughout the book, including a study method described as "7 Steps to Accelerated Learning". This is easy to learn and use, and will save you time.2. The book is divided into 3 sections. Section 1 is Relaxation in less than 30 seconds, Section 2 is Achieving Goals Faster and Increasing Self Esteem and Section 3 is Academic Accelerated Learning. A unique feature is that the book is writte...

They were young, they were tough and they were everywhere. They were both the backyard builders and the frontline troops in Australia's war against the Taliban.This is the powerful story of the sappers, the Army engineers in Afghanistan whose raw courage and skills were inspired by the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the war in Vietnam. These Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan have rooted out the enemy from deep inside their caves and mountain hideouts, have defused thousands of improvi...

'We make and we break.'They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere in the fighting against the Vietcong.This special breed of soldier lived hard and played hard. They were there at the beginning of the war. They were also among the last to le...

The thrilling story of the young Australian Army engineers of 3 Field Troop who were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam.'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend . You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know w...

They are young, they are tough and they were the forward scouts in Australia's war against the Taliban. This is the story of the sappers, the Army engineers in Afghanistan who learnt their skills from the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the Vietnam War. Like their compatriots in Vietnam, the Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan have rutted out the enemy from deep inside their caves and hideouts, have defused thousands of improvised explosive devices (the booby traps and landmines of this most rec...

They were young, they were Australian, they were Army engineers and they were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. Not only did they follow their enemy down into these unknown underground labyrinths, but matched the Vietcong's jungle warfare skills and defused thousands of their clever booby traps. Off duty, it was a different story. The bad boys of 3 Field Troop were a boozing, brawling, bonking bunch of larrikins, who cut...

Chris Masters, the country's foremost investigative journalist, turns his penetrating gaze on the modern Australian soldier. Moving away from our ongoing fascination with Anzac story, he looks at the rich and illuminating present to write a character study of the modern Australian soldier - war fighter, peacekeeper, street-level diplomat and aid worker.Having been taken into their ranks in a way rarely before afforded an outsider, Masters gives heart and shape to the contemporary d...

In John Bede Cusack's fictionalised military memoir 'They Hosed Them Out', fact and fiction intersect to tell the powerful story of one man's experience as an air gunner during the Second World War. Cusack transcends the limitations of non-fiction and traditional war literature to evoke not only the well-documented horrors of war but also the adventure. Written with a profound mixture of bitterness and cynicism, humour and camaraderie, Cusack's sardonic Australian humour offers a unique an...