Now You're a Big Boy

Big boys are soooo grown up! One boy's journey to discovering all the perks of becoming a big boy. It's time to learn all the do's and don'ts of becoming a big boy.

Nusantara

After dropping out of university, getting a job as a storeman, doing drugs and then splitting up with his wife, Jack, in a fit of depression, joins the Australian Army and is sent to East Timor at the height of the troubles. He “volunteers” for a mission in Indonesia, where the United Nations, with help from the US Navy and the Royal Marines, are trying to rescue a group of foreigners, mostly Europeans, being held hostage by the local rebels. Jack completes his mission only to become the victim of misdirected revenge.

Nyango: The Girl with Healing Powers

The story of Nyango: The Girl with Healing Powers captures the life of a young girl named Nyango, born with the ability to heal. Her mother died while giving birth to her and she was raised by her grandmother, Sumediang, who was a renowned healer in their village. Sumediang’s inability to cure the son of the village’s chief led the chief to banish her from the village. The decision to expel Sumediang from the village – and with her, Nyango – led to major changes in the young girl’s life.

The book explores how Nyango and her grandmother struggled with life after they departed their village. It portrays how Nyango tried to reconcile her life as a healer with growing up as a young girl.

Obesity Wars

If the world turned its back on your best friend for being fat, would you turn your back on him too?

At a time when the obesity problem is headlining at world health conventions, one small nation struggles to find solutions to the rising cost of healthcare. Campaigning on promises to clamp down on obesity, Shape Up – led by the charismatic William Tanner – claims a landslide victory. Honouring its campaign promises, laws targeting fat people are swiftly introduced. Government obesity squads – the GO squads - roam the streets in black vans with a license to enforce the laws by any means, whipping up violence towards fat people.

Teenagers Monty and Levi have been best friends since kindergarten. Levi is smart, funny and loyal – he’s also obese. As the obesity laws become harsher and fat people increasingly disaffected, Monty begins to resent his friend, eventually disowning him. When Levi is brutally beaten by the neighbourhood bullies, Monty hardens himself to the injustice, blaming Levi for not doing more to lose weight.

But when Levi disappears, Monty realises that something more sinister is at play. Recruited to an underground anti-government organisation, Monty seizes the opportunity to fight back in the hopes of finding his friend and restoring balance in a society gone mad.

Observations

These poems are observations on personal experiences, memories, philosophy, mental illness, and other topics. They are an attempt to express myself despite a long struggle with depression. They are short poems, designed to convey themes and ideas concisely. Topics covered span from reflections on spirituality, to childhood memories, to historical figures and more.

Octavia and Her Friends Save the Sea

Octavia is a friend of George, the shark. She is very upset about the rubbish in the sea as she has lost many friends to it.

She meets her friend, George, who has got stuck in a reef. Octavia tries pulling and pushing, but he is stuck fast. Octavia gets him to wriggle while she pulls and eventually he gets free. When they are both away from the reef, they notice an oil drum. George thinks it should go back to the humans.

When the humans come back with more rubbish, Octavia gets all the fish and throws it back using their fins and tails. The humans give up and go away. The fish have a party and wish that all the humans take home all of their rubbish so the fish don’t lose any more of their friends.

Oh No Millie!

So many people chose to buy a puppy during lockdown, to help bring fun, companionship, and purpose to their daily lives. Sadly, a great number of these puppies have been abandoned or rehomed recently, because they have proved difficult to train or haven't fitted into people’s lives as expected.

The author, her son and his family, both bought puppies during this time. Millie, the golden retriever, and Milo, the dalmatian. This book takes a humorous approach to some of the scrapes that Millie and Milo have got into. Hopefully the reader will be left with the feeling that dogs make a great addition to the family. Whilst they are hard work, with patience and perseverance it’s all worth it in the end.

Millie and Milo have now become doggy best friends. They love to go on long walks and play together. Millie is younger than Milo – she’s still a silly puppy. Come with us on one of their adventures and see the trouble that Millie gets into because she doesn’t listen to Milo’s wise advice.

Oh! The Hoops You Go Through

“Have you ever wondered where people go when they die?” The King asked his wife.

But Queen Daisy never thought of such questions. For her, paradise was right where she was; with her husband, King Heeyah Cruz II, and her son, Prince Gunther Groen-Cruz the First.

But when disaster struck, she desperately needed to know: is there a place beyond all we know? A place where all of our loved ones will go?

Can anyone show Daisy how to find this place and what she must do to get there?

Must she keep jumping through hoops, or is there another way?

Oh, Archie!

This is a book about a little boy named Archie who has a vivid imagination.
Archie is always making up stories which he always tells his mum. Archie’s mum always dismisses his stories as she does not believe him.
So one day when Archie does tell the truth, his mum does not believe him.

Oh, How I Wish

Throughout our life, we will continue to discover what it is we were created to do or be. In us all, there is a purpose. For some, it is to draw, for some it is to write, for others, it is to dance or sing. Discovering that purpose is one of life’s greatest treasures.

Once discovered, it allows us to be confident in who we are, unashamedly brave and courageous. We lose a jealousy for others’ accomplishments and are content with our own.

Allow yourself to be found. Allow yourself to be on the forefront of self-discovery.

You were born, not by mistake, but for a reason! What are you here for?

Oklem

“Just because the war is over, doesn’t mean the story is.”

What happens after a 10-year war? Unity brought the Mortal, Fire, Ice and Earth Nations together to defeat Skull, a pirate army desperate to merge the supernatural world with the mortal.

19-year-old Azar Geminus finds himself at the centre of a bizarre, supernatural mystery. With the war at an end, and his heart broken, his only goal is to reunite with his parents. But this proves more challenging than expected when he learns that they have gone missing. Whilst the city he has lived in all his life begins to expose the darkness that dwells within, Azar finds himself changing in ways he cannot control.

As betrayal, mystery, and danger close in around him, Azar realises that there are three sides to every story: the Nations, the supernatural, and the truth. As one war ends, another, much more personal, is just beginning. And when the fate of the Nations rests on lies, who else can he rely on other than himself?

Old Days And Old Ways

Maggie was born into a race of Romani Gypsies first discovered within Scotland in the 14th century; they were then known as “Little Egyptians”, which later got corrupted to Gypsy or Gypo, but were known to each other as “Travelers”. People believe this group of Romanies originated from India, but Maggie strongly believes that her race originated from Egypt; hence the endearing name of "Little Egyptians". From the 14th century to the late 18th century, the Gypsies were viewed with deep suspicion, distrust; sold into slavery and put to death by hanging, simply because they were so different from others. They spoke in their own Romani language, which is still intact today. They made their own medicines and potions for themselves and their horses, and, for hundreds of years, worked on the land for farmers but using old skills to make the wooden clothes pegs, paper and wooden flowers baskets, hedge laying and stone walling. They could also live quite well off the wildlife of the country side, needing to buy very little from shops. They would barter for flour, eggs and cheese from the farmers they worked for. Gypsies are a very self-supporting race; a race which is still in strong existence today, and Maggie is very proud to be a part of this race.