Recommended Reads
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Women in Christian Ministry
This compendium presents the view that the challenge of the gender gap is of a personal and institutional concern. It is a concern about how our Christian community enables and empowers women and men to experience authentic Christian discipleship and reflect the ‘Imago Dei’ in our private and public world.
The book makes the case that much ‘unlearning’ is required on the part of individuals and institutions for us to move beyond irrational assumptions that hinder and hamper the growth and ministry of our Christian witness.
It highlights the fact that addressing the challenges of the gender gap provides opportunities to repudiate practices which disproportionately empower men and cause many women and some men to languish rather than flourish in their Christian service.
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Buddy the Robot Alien and Friends: Seaside Adventures
Dive into another cosmic adventure with Buddy the Robot Alien and Friends: Seaside Adventures by Lisa Wilson. The extraterrestrial crew is back from planet Zonk. They enjoy a day at the seaside with Riley, Hayden and Dolly, the one-eyed dog.
They all have lots of fun at the pier. They all work together as a team to save Snoozy Woozy from the dangers of the sea.
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You Speak to Me
You speak to me is about how something we come across or encounter resonates with us in different and diverse ways, can be part of our internal dialogue, or where we find ourselves being in two minds, feeling conflicted, or emotionally torn between what choices, decisions, and actions to make and take.
This book intends to serve as a medium in promoting expression and connection through a collection of topical and theme based poetry in dialogue with one another highlighting metaphorically speaking, what speaks to us and what we need to tune into, attend, and respond to.
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The Mesmeriser
The Mesmeriser
Respectable. Charming. Deranged.
Surgeon-dentist Louis Bertrand arrives in Sydney with gleaming instruments, impeccable manners and a reputation polished to perfection. To polite society, he is a man of science and sophistication bringing the advances in modern dentistry to the colonies. But beneath the veneer lies something far darker.
When Bertrand falls for Ellen, the elegant wife of a prominent banker, desire quickly turns into obsession. What follows is a spiral of delusion and depravity – a feverish descent into madness and the most bizarre behaviour that plays out in plain sight. The eventual crime of passion is merely the grim punctuation mark at the end of a tale so twisted, so flagrant, it could only have unfolded right under the noses of respectable society.
Based on true events that scandalised nineteenth-century Sydney, The Mesmeriser is a chilling portrait of the man they called The Mad Dentist of Wynyard Square. It’s a story of vanity, lust and the thin line between brilliance and insanity – a case where murder may be the least shocking of the perpetrator’s crimes.
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Beee Your Beeeautiful Self!
Join Bumble and Honey, two curious bees, on a heartwarming journey through the meadow of emotions! From the sting of anger to the sweetness of joy, these best friends explore what it means to feel—and how to share, support, and soar together. With gentle humour and vibrant illustrations, Beee Your Beeeeeeautiful Self helps young readers understand and manage their own emotions while celebrating empathy, friendship, and the beauty of being yourself.
This series takes individual emotions and offers invaluable insights to help you connect with your child and students on a deeper level to create a positive impact on their lives.
They also provide detailed explanations of the themes addressed in each story, along with suggested questions to help engage children in meaningful discussions for deeper comprehension. It includes a variety of enriching activities designed to reinforce an emotional toolkit for resilience and self-esteem that helps children navigate life’s challenges with confidence and strength.
Perfect for bedtime or classroom story time, these charming tales will have little hearts buzzing with connection.
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A Purple Patch!
Pete Carnes’ first memories of life on the Island of Alpha
were of the Island’s markets.
To him it seemed a magical place.
It certainly looked different from the rest of the Island.
Here they bartered, that is to say they traded with one another for their various needs. The Alphaen’s form of trade is exchanging one commodity for another, item for item.
It is the one place where the islanders seemed to come to life,
to laugh and meet…
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The Mifbunkling Snark
This story is for the monsters who live under beds,
And all the children who guard them.
When a kind, courageous little boy faces his fears,
And a scared little Snark finally decides to be brave,
A new friendship grows and they both learn that it’s easier to be brave together.
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Travels with Chog
Travels with Chog is an account of an overland adventure undertaken in 1983/4 by the author and his stalwart companion Chog. Adapted over the years from the author’s meticulous diary notes, the travelogue captures the innocence of youth and the exultation of the spirit, as well as the joie-de-vivre of simply being alive. The joy and excitement of being on the road is well captured as the pair of Londoners immerse themselves in their adventure, taking discomfort and adversity in their stride.
Starting out on 90cc motorcycles, they ride their modest steeds to Greece before continuing their journey (ostensibly to Australia) on public transport. The author’s often Brysonesque narrative offers the armchair traveller a glimpse into the halcyon and nostalgic days of travel before mass tourism. The story skips along apace and takes the reader along as the two young adventurers behold ancient mosques, deserts, mountains, wildlife and colourful locals.
Interspersed and cleverly woven into the travelogue are the author’s memories and reminiscences of growing up in the 60s and 70s in working-class London. Travels with Chog is at times side-splittingly funny and at others, serious and contemplative as well as informative. Above all, it’s a good old-fashioned Boy’s Own romp!
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The Branford Chronicles Book 3: An Unwelcome Passenger
Prominent UK politician Elizabeth Mountjoy is unaware that while she was on holiday in Africa, dangerous parasites entered her body. She quickly got over three days of food poisoning and arrived home feeling fit, healthy and energised. At work she suddenly becomes more empathetic but starts to take dangerous risks. The parasites have lodged in her brain and are affecting her behaviour, causing her to undertake reckless actions that could destroy her career.
Her long-time aide, Julien Fellows, cautions against her suggestions, but she dismisses his advice, something she had never done before.
She is contagious and unwittingly infects others, including some younger people, the consequences of which prove disastrous. Detective Naomi Charlton returns from her honeymoon hoping for an easy start back at work but is immediately thrust into an investigation of a suspected suicide, though she quickly realises that it’s a murder.
Is the death connected to the infection? How far will the infection spread?
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Go Going Gone
This story is about destinations. We’re often going somewhere, towards something new and undiscovered – that’s part of the thrill of being alive, but there are risks involved.
Hinging on big decisions, ‘Go Going Gone’ charts a young Englishman’s rite of passage inextricably linked with the struggles of an Irishman and his eight children trying to cope without a wife and mother.
Advised to ‘Go West’ in the summer of 1967, ex-school friends Simon Cooper and Ian Bradshaw end up in a coastal town. Here they meet pub singer and seaweed factory worker Joe Pierce, whose wife has recently left him for England, leaving her eight children and their ailing grandfather in the family’s small cottage. Despite much fun and entertainment, the violence and squalor in the household become too much for Ian, who hitches back home. Bound up in events beyond his wild imagining, Simon’s bold wish to get their mother back has life-changing consequences.
Featuring priests and nuns, doctors and policemen, lawyers and courtroom drama, along with family turmoil on both sides of the Irish Sea, ‘Go Going Gone’ includes moments of craic and comedy, domestic violence and tragedy. When professional social work in rural Ireland was largely unheard of, the church had other ways of doing things.
Full of culture shock and sudden change, this story bristles with conflict.
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Echoes of Silence
When Biedima arrives at the Clark mansion in Lagos, she’s met not with warmth, but with silence. Her father, David, never told his family she existed. Her stepmother, Bunmi, sees in her a past she’s tried to forget. And her brother, Tonye, has already decided she doesn’t belong.
In a house where image means survival and silence is tradition, Biedima searches for connection in the cracks.
David, torn between pride and guilt, hides behind the quiet rules men are taught to follow. Bunmi, grieving and bound by expectation, is asked to forgive what no one will say aloud. And Biedima, caught between their silences, must find her own voice.
Told through three intertwined perspectives, Echoes of Silence is a story of love withheld, truth unspoken, and the quiet courage it takes to be heard.
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The Prophecy for Eternal Human Survival
Humanity has always faced, and continues to face, one of the most complex and troubling problems, its own future. Ever since humans recognised themselves as part of the universe, science, philosophy and religion have invariably addressed the fate of the human race, its origins, evolution, and continued survival.
This book attempts to examine this problem in the context of both the modern scientific worldview and historical processes reflected in palaeontological and astronomical data. The central idea is to understand what humanity must do to ensure the continuation of life as planetary and cosmic processes enter a new phase.
Not all conclusions can be considered universally accepted; some are hypothetical or provocative. However, this is precisely the scientific and ideological value of this work. It encourages the reader to consider the scale of what is happening. “Prophecy” in this context should not be understood in a religious sense. Rather, it is a reflection on probable future scenarios, based on the observation of natural patterns and an attempt to understand the possible limits of human capabilities.
This book is addressed to any reader considering the fate of civilisation. It calls not for fear, but for awareness: for the need for knowledge, responsibility and harmony with nature as the only path to humanity’s survival and further development in a changing universe.
£10.39
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