Damascus (Audio CD; unabridged; 12 CDs) by Christos TSIOLKAS

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Banking Bad How Corporate Greed and Broken Governance Failed Australia by Adele Ferguson

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

In Banking Bad, Adele Ferguson traces the origins of the banking scandal to the early 1990s, when buckets of money began pouring into compulsory superannuation funds, set up by Labor Treasurer Paul Keating. Attracted by the increasing cash, banks devised corrupt and questionable practices to get their h ands on funds, along with aggressive selling practices that ignored due diligence, trust and honesty. Drawing on her multiple sources who led her to break the story of malpractice – the individuals, business owners, farmers and ordinary people who lost everything. Adele also looks at the falls from grace at the hands of the royal commission of some of the country's most highly ranked captains of industry, the failure of regulators and recommendations of the commissioner, Kenneth Hayne. And she asks whereto from here? ...Show more

Gentle Yoga For Your Back audio

$12.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

"I conscientiously practise Gentle Yoga for your Back, and am relieved and grateful that my long enuring back and leg pain has disappeared. I appreciate and love my yoga session with Gillian's CD.' – Patricia Vipond The first part of this download introduces energising breathing techniques, and includes a sequence of gentle movements using the breath to both relax and strengthen your back. The second part is a deep relaxation practice known as yoga nidra in which you lie on your back and rotate your awareness passively through your body allowing it to relax. This particular pratice places special emphasis mediation for the spine and concludes with a movement meditation for the spine." ...Show more

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clear-sighted grandmother, Elwood is about to enrol in the local black college. But given the time and the place, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy his future, and so Elwood arrives at The Nickel Academy, which claims to provide 'physical, intellectual and moral training' which will equip its inmates to become 'honourable and honest men'.In reality, the Nickel Academy is a chamber of horrors, where physical, emotional and sexual abuse is rife, where corrupt officials and tradesmen do a brisk trade in supplies intended for the school and where any boy who resists is likely to disappear 'out back'. Stunned to find himself in this vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to Dr King's ringing assertion, 'Throw us in jail, and we will still love you.' But Elwood's fellow inmate and new friend Turner thinks Elwood is naive and worse; the world is crooked, and the only way to survive is to emulate the cruelty and cynicism of their oppressors.The tension between Elwood's idealism and Turner's scepticism leads to a decision which will have decades-long repercussions.Based on the history of a real reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and warped and destroyed the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States. ...Show more

Phosphorescence: on Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark [Bolinda] by Julia Baird

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Gulpilil (Audio CD)

$49.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Be Mindful with Kate James The Essential Collection

$19.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Life is full of setbacks, big and small. We don’t have control over life’s challenges, but we can control how we deal with them. This collection from Kate James – successful coach, meditation teacher, speaker and writer – is full of easy to digest insights and exercises that will help you bounce back f rom unexpected challenges and changes, and will help you discover more about yourself and what will make you happy. It will boost your self-belief, get you motivated and help connect you with a more creative and inspired version of yourself. This collection includes the following from the Kate James series: Change How You Think and Be Happier Now Build Resilience and Free Yourself From Fear Believe in Yourself and Do What You Love Be Mindful and Simplify Your Life The perfect companion in stressful times, Be Mindful with Kate James provides the essential tools that will help you savour the good times and roll with the punches when things don’t go to plan. ...Show more

Desert Midwife, The by Fiona McArthur

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

What if the love of your life forgot who you were? When outback midwife Ava May meets Zac on a flight to Alice Springs, they tumble into a whirlwind affair. But an exciting adventure leads to a terrible accident, with shattering consequences. The couple who had so much going for them now find themselve s with everything to lose. Devastated, Ava retreats to her family cattle station to help salvage what she can of the critical situation. But at home on the drought-ridden farm, her brother is being pushed to his limits, and as his depression intensifies, Ava must step in to prevent another family tragedy. Against the majestic backdrop of Australia’s Red Centre, old dreams are shattered, new babies are born and true love takes flight. ...Show more

Young Lion, The

$49.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Against All Odds (Audio CD; unabridged; 8 CDs)

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

‘I just want to warn you. You’re going to dive to the end of the cave. You’re going to see these kids. They’re all looking healthy and happy and smiley. Then, you’re going to swim away, and they’re probably all going to die.’ In June 2018, for 17 days, the world watched and held its breath as the Wild B oar soccer team were trapped deep in a cave in Thailand. Marooned beyond flooded cave passages after unexpected rains, they were finally rescued, one-by-one, against almost impossible odds, by an international cave-diving team which included Australians Dr Richard Harris and Dr Craig Challen. These two men were chosen for their medical expertise and cave diving knowledge, but this dangerous rescue asked so much more of them. They had to remain calm under extreme pressure and intense scrutiny, adapt to constantly changing circumstances and importantly, build trust among the rescue team and with the young boys and their coach, whose lives were in their hands. Here is the story of these two Australian men who became international heroes – it is a story of determination, cunning and triumph that will long be remembered. ...Show more

Dark Emu Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? Audio CD by Bruce Pascoe (Read by)

$34.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD

Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing - behaviors inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag. Gerritsen and Gammage in their latest books support this premise but Pascoe takes this further and challenges the hunter-gatherer tag as a convenient lie. Almost all the evidence comes from the records and diaries of the Australian explorers, impeccable sources. ...Show more

The Summer That Never Was by Peter Robinson; Simon Slater (Read by)

$39.95 AUD

Category: Adult CD | Series: Inspector Banks Ser.

A skeleton has been unearthed. Soon the body is identified, and the horrific discovery hits the headlines.Fourteen-year-old Graham Marshall went missing during his paper round in 1965. The police found no trace of him. His disappearance left his family shattered, and his best friend, Alan Banks, full of guilt.That friend has now become Chief Inspector Alan Banks, and he is determined to bring justice for Graham. But he soon realises that in this case, the boundary between victim and perpetrator, between law-guardian and law-breaker, is becoming more and more blurred. ...Show more