The Plant Based Diet is a diet focused on providing the dieter with the necessary nutrients required to keep the body running at its optimal capability. The Plant Based Diet for Beginners offers flavor filled recipes, sourced primarily from plants.The Plant-Based Diet has a good track record of providing the body with a higher content of fiber and phytonutrients coupled with the high density of nutrient contained in it. The Plant-Based Diet remains one of the most recommended diet ...

WELL DISPOSED' is a collection of verse created to soften the blow of being homebound during the COVID lockdowns. The topics are wide-ranging, but the poems do include a few about how we reacted to the pandemic. Current issues such as climate change and looking beyond the self are tackled; adoption simply cannot be ignored, nor can the quirky, which means there is some fun with words, the perfect antidote to a world under duress. The opening poem 'How to avoid going shopping in Buenos Aire...

The Lure of the Trail is Gary's second collection of stories, articles and poems. The forty-one contributions are eclectic, with enquiry and exploration at their core. Some of the fourteen stories are quirky; others take readers into territories they might not expect to encounter. In all instances the outcome is realistic. The thirteen articles personify the quest, embodied by a fascination with remote places, memorable events, astonishing people and divergences. The poems cover a wide ran...

MADE IN AUSTRALIA: THE ADOPTION APOLOGIES is an account of history being made. In 2013, Australia became the first (and so far only) country to make parliamentary apologies for past, harmful adoption practices. The seven chapters in the book are of interest to the public, will resonate with people who have adoption experiences and are undoubtedly relevant for policy makers and practitioners. MADE IN AUSTRALIA: THE ADOPTION APOLOGIES is Gary Coles' fourth book about the impact of adoption. ...

DISTURBING ADOPTION: The Collected Pieces is about the impact of adoption separation on mothers and adopted persons, which also includes the rare perspective of the father. In one context, Disturbing Adoption: The Collected Pieces can be considered a sequel to Made in Australia: The Adoption Apologies. Five chapters are connected to the Apologies or the lead-up to their delivery. The opening contribution, Disturbing adoption appears as Dis- words in the booklet published for the Without Co...

VERY MUCH SO is a collection of forty-five stories, articles and poems. Some of the twenty-seven stories, which form the core of the book, are fables; most are anchored by adult fancies and foibles. The settings include travel and exploration, the world of art and the home. A few are set against adoption, a subject little explored in short fiction. Relationships lie at the heart. The non-fiction section draws upon personal observations, centred on discovery and the world outside. One piece...

This book is about the fathers of children who were raised in other adoptive families. Frequently in writings about the separation of parent and child the emphasis is on the mother and her son or daughter. The father is an absent or at best a peripheral figure. The Invisible Men of Adoption brings the father into the open and accords him his proper place within the family of origin. Through this exposure of the invisible men the reader will gain a full appreciation of what it means to be a...

Carl Herbold enjoys being bad. After all, he is terrifyingly good at it. Stimulated by violence, he and his brother, Cecil, had easily graduated from juvenile delinquents to full-blown killers. And Carl, now serving a life sentence in an Arkansas penitentiary, carries out a daring escape with a fellow inmate and is on his way back to where he began--Blewer County, Texas.Ann Corbett had been widowed right before her son was born. Beset by debt and personal tragedy, she faces the tou...

It isn't the first time that identical twins Gillian and Melina Lloyd have switched identities. Melina, the more impetuous twin, proposes that her circumspect sister take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut and national hero Colonel Christopher "Chief" Heart. Although it's an enticing offer, Gillian declines for a very personal reason. Besides, she warns Melina, such a switch could have unexpected consequences.Media-savvy Chief turns out to be an easy assignment for Melina...

Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to be the city's next district attorney-without sacrificing his integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket into the office. Yet while Hammond anticipates his success, someone near him is plotting his downfall--Steffi Mundell, colleague, ex-lover, and rival for the DA's office--Rory Smilow, the homicide detective without equal and Hammond's avowed enemy--t...

On the surface, Jordan Hadlock has it all. A great job managing the English newsstand in the old quarter of Lucerne, Switzerland. Rich and renowned Swiss industrialist Helmut Eckherdt is intent on marrying her, even though she hasn't said yes. What more could she ask for? A clap of thunder and a pounding on her door soon give her an answer.Reeves Grant appears seeking shelter from a sudden downpour, but the real storm is inside Jordan and the passion they share that night. The next ...

**From #1 bestselling author Sandra Brown: when a tabloid exposes her personal life, a bestselling author reconnects with a man from her past to unearth the secrets behind her sister's murder."A good old-fashioned thriller and a winner." ―Kirkus Reviews**Bellamy Lyston was only twelve years old when her older sister Susan was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamy's fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene along with her memory of ...