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Miss Sue narrates her thoughts about things she likes that make her happy. She hopes to give children thoughts too as to things that make them happy.

"...this book is different, it's quirky, it's a touching little set of stories." - Bruce Petty

Tales from Dalgleish:

Missing Dot

Her Own Worst Enemy

It Had Been that Simple

Dot

The Christian Riding Camp

King

Tiara

The Picture Hat

Tales from the Sixties:

Mrs Duck

You Wouldn't Read About It

Miss Rickard

The Bride Doll

Fitzwilliam Road

MODERN INTERIORS rummages around in the back rooms and passageways of the family. When her husband dies, Philippa Finemore, formerly a pillar of the Establishment, is determined to broaden her life. She sells the family mansion, acquires a lover and new friends, and devises new plans for the family money. Her adult children, rather than welcoming her new direction, are unrestrained in their condemnation of what they perceive as gross irresponsibility and personal betrayal.

Take immediate control of your life and business!

 

Moment of Impact is a true story of two entrepreneurs who built an $11.5 million dollar business then, because they took their eye off the ball, lost everything. Now having rebuilt their lives, business and wealth from the financial collapse, international authors and business consultants Lorraine Brooks and Rob Duncan want to ensure that other entrepreneurs and business owners don't suffer the same fate. Moment of Impact is jam-packed full of business tips and strategies to ensure your business is successful and the wealth that you create is protected even if there is a moment of impact thrust upon you.

 

You'll learn:

- How we build a multi-million dollar business and how you can too

- How to choose the right advisors who can protect your wealth

- A complete step-by-step system to ensure that your business succeeds no matter what industry you are in

- How to break through uncertainty and hesitation and take definitive action in both life and business

- The untold steps you need to know to avoid the business mistakes we made which cost us millions

- How to thrive and survive in this new global competitive economy without risking it all

- How to deal with adversity and put your life back together if you have a moment of impact

 

"Lorraine and Rob have worked with business ventures of every kind, condition and category; the examples and methods shown will help remind you that, no matter the desperation of your current status, you are not alone. I am honoured to recommend this book, as the authors are fighters who have never given up and have given you such invaluable first-hand information and lessons that is not easily accessible." - Mal Emery, Australia's Millionaire Maker

 

Adapt, adjust and execute. Read this book - your future might depend on it.

Whatever your view of life - spiritual, ornery, laid-back, reactionary, woke or wacky - you will welcome this debut collection of short stories by Sydney-born, Sydney-bred, peripatetic author, Phillip Derone.

Tales born of experience and imagination.

Share in relationships, intimacies, romantic interludes, self-satisfied contentment; sly sex, sex on the side, sex on the slide.

Consider contentious contemporary issues heavily cloaked in fictional drapes. Recoil from - or cheer on - confronting opinionated mindsets. Despair at poor judgment and inevitable disaster.

Take fantastical trips - into space, into time, into re-imagined Biblical narrative, into childhood, into dreams - or stay grounded in the murky world of internet dating.

Discover another angle to Shakespeare; eavesdrop on brief conversations with other long-dead writers.

Laugh out loud at mayonnaise madness in Majorca; view vignettes of inner Sydney, including Audrey Hepburn's innocent contribution to its social fabric; contemplate the end of humanity, albeit a highly benign one.

Delight in stumbling upon buried treasure of wordplay, cultural allusions and cliches.

And always be prepared for an ending that you had not expected.

So, travel to various destinations, experience novel philosophical itineraries and gain insight into other worlds by way of stories laced with intrigue and tinged with an ever-circling cynicism. You may find yourself examining common assumptions, questioning the mundanity of the quotidian, wondering whether coincidence can be life changing, and enjoying some momentary pleasures.

'When I listen to Bach, I seem to turn into a fish'. - Bach (Pau) in Love.

'We forget because we want to live. We forget because we live in hope for a better life. It's this wretched hope that demands that we forget the unforgettable'. - The Last Smile of Graf Tolstoy.

These stories explore the nature of love, loss and memory: central to them is the uneasiness the narrators feel about their place in the world. A critical moment in the life of each narrator illuminates these themes in remarkable ways. For instance, in the story 'Walter Benjamin's Pipe' the narrator wants to comprehend that critical moment when Walter Benjamin, the famous Jewish-German philosopher and literary critic, decided to end his life. In the story 'Bach (Pau) in Love,' the famous Catalan cellist Pablo Casals imagines the situation which would have inspired Bach to compose his six suites for cello. In the story 'Anna and Fyodor in Basel,' Anna, Fyodor Dostoevsky's wife waits for that moment when Holbein's famous painting about the dead Christ makes its appearance in the novel The Idiot. In 'The Quartz Hill,' a Cantonese photographer looks at the prints of Paddy Bedford's paintings about the Bedford Downs massacre and decides to visit Halls Creek in search for her Gija grandmother's roots.

DO YOU HAVE BIG DREAMS AND BIG PLANS, BUT LACK THE RESOURCES TO PURSUE THEM? DO YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING 'IF ONLY I HAD THE MONEY...'? ARE YOU TOO EMBARRASSED TO ASK OTHERS FOR HELP?

In her bestselling book Daring & Disruptive and its sequel Life & Love, serial entrepreneur Lisa Messenger shared the business insights gathered in more than a decade of success across multiple industries, including how to identify your true purpose, pinpoint your passions and create the working life most only dream of. But, let's be honest, you need the means to make it all happen.

In her latest book, she tackles a topic with a stigma - money! What would you do if money was no object, how can anyone find profit in the impossible and - her personal bugbear - when will 'gunnas' stop using lack of money as an excuse for not stepping out of their comfort zone and pursuing their purpose?

Mixing advice from mentors, experts and famous role models, with lessons learned in her own entrepreneurial journey, Lisa reveals how she built a global brand, and launched a magazine sold in 37 countries, without having to borrow a single cent from a bank.

This is from a woman who, years before, could barely afford to buy toothpaste.

In the self-deprecating manner that has become her trademark style, Lisa shares her own journey, clearly stating she is not a guru when it comes to finances, but has used fresh thinking and creative ideas to fuel a burgeoning business.

She will help you appreciate your real value, amplify your self-worth and find the means to achieve everything you dream of.

Many of us are raised to believe it's rude to talk about money.

But as a self-proclaimed disruptor, this entrepreneur wants to put a bomb in the bank vault and blow it wide open...

Charting surreal and yet familiar worlds where hope and horror co-exist, Monster is ruthless, weird, dark and funny. These 32 stories explore loss, addiction, love and breakdown with unsentimental economy. Stories concern mothers losing or leaving children, relationships dangling by a thread or exploding. Some characters are institutionalised, others are profoundly lonely. Some just wander around - lost, while others are filled with shocking violence. There is joy here, too, and a kind of blazing intimacy in this debut collection of tough, tender and unflinching stories.

 

Ashleigh Synnott lives in Sydney. Her stories, poems and essays have appeared in publications such as Meanjin, Overland, the Long Paddock, and Antipodes. Monster is her first book.

 

"Synnott has a rare gift for mixing light and dark, a love of outsiders and of inner worlds that soon becomes addictive. The stories in Monster pierce the skin, pick at wounds, and break through to the mysteries of embodiment and desire with a strange power. This is a writer who's not afraid to aim for the guts." - Jennifer Mills

 

"Monster takes us into unexpected corners of the imagination, a place inhabited by misfits and dreamers, innocents and lost souls, who take us by out necks and shake us around." - Debra Adelaide

 

"An astonishing writer. Synnott's immense empathy for her outsiders and her fearless ear reminded me of George Saunders." - Delia Falconer

 

"Strange, haunting, beautiful." - Sunil Badami

 

A wooftastic mystery.

You might think that dogs can't understand us, but you'd be wrong.

Apart from his obsession with cheese, Monty the Golden Retriever is actually a very clever animal. So when his beloved master is murdered, Monty decides to use his formidable nose to track down the killer.

Luckily, he manages to find a new home with Rose Sidebottom, the young policewoman who's investigating the case.

Monty and Rose soon discover they make an unbeatable detecting team.

James Moody of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion found an Egyptian dog in 1940, who became Horrie, the Battalion's mascot. He wrote it first as a simple tale, augmented by his own photographs of Horrie and his mates in action in Greece, Crete and Palestine. This was sent to Ion Idriess, who developed the book with a series of questions, to finally develop the classic tale of man's best friend: Horrie the Wog Dog (ETT Imprint 2017).

Published here for the first time is Moody's original tale, and extended.response to Idriess' questions, which gives a much stronger picture of members of the Battalion itself, the Rebels, written and lived in than Australian larrikin manner. Introduced by Tom Thompson, it also includes many pictures of Horrie in action, never before published.

'Moon Over the Mediterranean' is the fascinating story of Alexander, a conscientious objector in 1960s Holland. He embarks on a lifetime adventure, travelling the hippie trail through Greece, India, Nepal, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and beyond. He keeps his sketch pad at hand, always has a good book to enjoy and engages in deep philosophical discussions with fellow travellers, as well as falling in and out of love along the way.

As he matures, Alexander becomes more involved with the world around him, helping displaced persons, building clinics, schools and rehabilitation centres, assisting children who have been abducted as child soldiers and abused in horrifying ways. Finally, he embarks on several monumental projects where he attempts to change the way people think towards bigotry and asylum seekers.

'Moon over the Mediterranean' is a feel-good book despite the difficult issues it confronts. It tells the story of one man's struggle to make the world a better place and live a compassionate life.

Floyd McGuinness is a D-grade student with a clear lack of direction. His world is changing - is he ready to change with it?

With Year 12 in the rear view mirror, Floyd throws a party for his graduating class. Hard liquor, inexperience and a testosterone-fueled peer group are seldom a good mix.

What seems funny at the time isn't always funny in the morning. A court case suddenly looms on the horizon. Futures are hanging in the balance. The boys find themselves scrambling; all for one, and one for all.

Well, maybe not this time!

Raw, moving and sprinkled with thought-provoking humour, Mordialloc is a candid reminder; no matter who you are, or where you are - 'growing up ain't easy'.

From the success of Australian True Crime Stories, comes the next instalment in the stories of criminals past and present. Join Joe Tog as he retells stories of the people he met along his criminal path. From inside prison, to suburban houses and the street, Joe's true stories are informative, intriguing and give a rare insight into the collective criminal mind. Including stories of organised crime, escape from prison and high-level shop-lifting, learn the ins and outs of this dangerous life.

A book for the general reader rather than lawyers, this often tongue-in-cheek account of Michael Challinger's interactions with the criminals he defends gives a first-hand account of the quirky nature of human beings.

Mostly Guilty deals with the workings of the lowest level of the Australian legal system. It's about the down-to-earth cases that happen daily in Magistrates' Courts. It does so through the experiences and anecdotes of a low-flying criminal barrister. While the cases are from Victoria, the book makes reference to other states and has relevance and interest Australia-wide.

The style is light, punchy and informal, with lots of direct speech and many funny yarns. Some of the book is tongue-in-cheek (and even politically incorrect) but it also makes serious points throughout. It's entertaining as well as informative.

The chapters are short, and generally deal with specific offences (shop theft, for example) or areas of law (bail). Others  recount particular cases in an ironic or colourful way. Most cases are of low to medium criminality so the light-hearted tone is not inappropriate.

Most legal memoirs are by big-shot advocates or retired judges. Mostly Guilty is different, and doesn't take itself too seriously.

 

Michael Challinger still practises as a criminal barrister at the Melbourne Bar. He spent eight years as a lawyer in Papua New Guinea and also practised in London. He's a music lover and keen traveller, having visited more than 120 countries. He lives in Melbourne.

 

"Maggie's perspective on raising boys is spot on. She writes with humor and depth, providing insight and strategies for many of the most important issues facing moms. There is a lovely ease to her writing and a powerful honesty. I hope every mother of a son (and everyone else!) will read this book. The future of the world, to a great extent, depends on how we raise our boys." - Michael Gurian, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Wonder of Boys and Saving Our Sons

 

If we can see the world through boys' eyes a little better, we will make different choices in the way we mother them… and we will find them less confusing, and love them more deeply.

 

Mothers of sons are worried about raising their boys in a world where negative images of masculinity are front and centre of our media, almost every day. Not only that, but statistically our boys are still struggling in many ways.

 

Even though we live in a time where we recognise that nothing in gender is fixed, it remains a fact that the influence of a mother on her son is massive.

 

A mother of four sons herself, Maggie Dent draws on her personal experience - and over four decades work as a teacher, counsellor and now author and speaker - to help build understanding, empathy and compassion for our boys.

 

Maggie shares her five key secrets that every mum needs to know and uses the voices of men she has worked with and surveyed to reveal what really matters in a boy's relationship with his mother and other mother figures.

 

Maggie is one of Australia's most popular parenting authors and educators, and her seminars about boys have sold out all across Australia and in the UK. She is finally sharing her insights, her reflections, and (as always) her humour around mothering boys to help you be the mum your son needs you to be.