Born with two larger, stronger brothers, Cordelia learns very early how to stand up for herself. Her parents are proud of her courage and tenacity, but they have no idea how valuable those characteristics will be when their peaceful valley home is threatened.Her father, Corzell has a premonition that something evil is coming to the valley. But the five valley clans are still caught off-guard when the Krat clan, led by Captain Kratt invade the valley and start to banish other magpie ...

This is not a book about using a difficult and strict diet and exercise to lose weight and keep it off.This book will give you a much easier way of doing both.Losing weight is not an easy thing to do. I realised in my twenties that the most sensible thing to do was not to put it on in the first place.Many think this is not possible, but I have maintained my weight for all of my adult life, so I can testify that it is possible.And you can use the same method I us...

NOTES ON… CARINGDiscover the connection between care and healing with this transformative bookCare is often regarded as fundamental to the nursing profession, almost synonymous. The relationship between care and nursing is presented as though no further explanation is required, no theorisation of what it means to care, and no elaboration of the role played by care in nursing as a profession and a practice. Given the agreed-upon centrality o...

The Pangolin Diary offers reflections and insights by an Australian male midwife working in remote, rural Zimbabwe in the early 1990s, as AIDS and TB spread their shadow across the continent. -----Some stories are funny, many are sad, but they offer a range of perspectives on midwifery, health care and life in Zimbabwe. ----Says author David Stanley: “The book addresses my first year as a midwife and midwifery tutor in Africa and tells the story of my arrival at Murambinda Mission Hospital...

THE CORMORANT The Return of the Big Wind As long as there have been people on this beautiful planet, stories have been told and over the years some of these stories have become legend and some have just remained a myth. A reporter for the Liverpool Echo stumbles across a story from a fisherman in the North Atlantic Ocean that may have connections with the city of Liverpool. With each passing day the story deepens and what was thought on as a light news item that may keep the people of Mers...

Optimistic. Naive. Ostracised. Isolated.Oscar Herald's first day as a Probationary Constable in the New South Wales Police Force did not go as expected.His dedication to policing, his emotions and his mind are pushed to their limits as he crashes headlong against a carefully indoctrinated organisational culture.From the twisted political machinations that manipulate the very top executive officers, to the chasm between policy and practice separating criminals and vi...

The world has turned. COVID-25 has created havoc and Cathy knows the key to survival is finding and keeping their home safe. ‘Ambos’ (their word for the ‘turned’) ravage the country while Cathy and Jack fight to build a community, all the while struggling to understand what lies beyond the trench that surrounds Ironbark Creek.

Stanley′s Values-Based Leadership in Healthcare proposes a bold new theory of leadership to help drive positive change in healthcare organisations.The theory of ′Congruent Leadership′ is defined and presented through a series of corporate and clinical case studies and examples, which guide the reader through the possibilities for using their own values to inform best practice. Parallels are drawn between iconic historical figures and events, to show that healthcare profess...

Ironbark Creek: Blood Lines is the follow up and continuation of the Ironbark Creek trilogy. In it, Cathy and Jack and all the people at Ironbark Creek face two new threats. One from the military arm of the Global Reset Committee and one from the final grey, that is set on revenge. They are joined by two refugees from Darwin and learn of a wider threat. Again they have to fight to save their home, their community and thei land.

The first and only anthology of key writings about Glacier National Park, this comprehensive collection ranges from Native American myths to early exploration narratives to contemporary journeys, from investigations of the park’s geology and biology to hair-raising encounters with wild animals, fires, and mountain peaks.Soon after the park was established in 1910, visitors began to arrive, often with pen in hand. They included such well-known authors as mystery writer Mary Roberts ...

Ironbark Creek: Home, Land and Country is the third book in the Ironbark Creek trilogy. In it, Cathy, Jack and others resolve to travel to Darwin and try to rescue the captives there. The community at Ironbark Creek though face other challenges as the Global Reset Consortium seek their capture or destruction. However, their biggest threat comes from closer to home as they all fight to survive in the dystopian new world after the ‘turning’.

Who has not had emotional rags over addiction or known someone that has experienced the emotional rags of addiction? If we were to change our thinking to possibly looking at the rags of addiction as a wake up call to something better, could it be easier to start addressing addiction and what we need to do to stop it? The only way to cure a mind altering addiction is to stop. But how? When? Can the emotional rags we have stuffed inside us for years be healed? Is it even possible? The answer...