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When Police Lieutenant BJ Strafer returns to Benjamin, his old home town, many things are rekindled his thoughts of returning home for good; his fears for old Sam Carstairs; the long-running feud with that man's son who'd once idolised him, and the hopes of reclaiming the love of the Police Chief's daughter.While investigating the deaths of many young girls, Strafer uncovers the townsfolk's many dark secrets. What he hadn't expected was the return of his old bad reputation, implicating him as the prime suspect.

Come and spend time with Outback Sam as he shares his day in the bush.Outback Sam experiences all the joys of the outback, his day time enjoyment of all things in the bush shared in rhyme.

This ghost memoir tells the life of Catharine Maber, from her harsh beginnings as a child in Ireland, to her eventual marriage and transportation to a penal colony in Australia. A skilled embroiderer, which often helped her to survive, Catharine tells her story through the making of a patchwork quilt.Catharines story is told from family research and written from Catharines point of view, outlining how she survived in a harsh environment, with a husband who constantly absconded with her hard earned savings, and her desperation to survive led to her arrest and conviction and eventual transportation to Australia where she started life anew.

With the development of steam trains and the majestic steam ships, Bertie Bristowe was able to realise his dream of traveling around the world in 1896. His diary recorded details of his adventures. Also woven into his narrative are personal accounts from a variety of other Victorian voyagers. Bertie was just one of the many people from all walks of life who could now travel for pleasure, due entirely to the advent of steam power.Virgina Bristowe has delved into the history of 19th Century travel, the destinations visited, the ships and great shipping companies. There are also contemporary photos and postcards showing images of life as it was then.The reader may experience travel in the slow lane of the 19th Century, when there was no air transport, none of the cacophany of noise and fumes from motor vehicles, no credit cards, mobile phones, or internet.Bertie's future was transformed by his experiences, when discontent with his life was replaced by eternal joy on his return home.

As diverse and colourful as the Goldfields themselves, the prose, poetry and images that makes up this creative collection by the Goldfields Writers Group is just as diverse and colourful. Enjoy the stories, poems, art and photography that bring the Goldfields to life.

The tranquillity of a Western Australian wheatbelt town is shattered when an out-of-State shearing team secure local contracts by thuggery and scare tactics. Nick Manetti, a returned Vietnam veteran who the whole town fears, reluctantly becomes involved when the trouble escalates and threatens his livelihood.When Becky Cooper, the new girl in town, witnesses the horrific murder of Nick's best friend, she flees for her life, Nick rescuing her from the clutches of trained killers in the nick of time. But were they seen escaping? And if so, where will they be safe?At the height of a bitter storm they race across country in a bid to reach safety as a personal war unfolds for them both. As the town wades into a battle it is totally unprepared for, Becky's and Nick's lives hang in the balance. Who will survive the ruthless violence that plays out on Devlin Street?

North of Lithgow, New South Wales, on the edge of the Great Divide lies Cheshunt, a vast property where therare and glorious waratahs grow. Home to the Richards family since 1905, Max is restoring Cheshunt to its formerglory. It is now the 1990s, and the family are keen and active competitors, showing their precious Morgan horses, when Stella, Max's daughter, is suddenly stricken with an illness that does not respond to treatment. The long hours in the saddle, the days working with the stock and training for the hunter classes become a thing of the past for Stella and her mother, Kirsty. The journey begins to find a cure. But months turn into years... Then the family are told Stella will never walk again. While life at Cheshunt must go on, the Richards family face their troubles with the true courage and dignity ofthe pioneers from which they descended.

A delightful collection of stories, poems and articles reflecting on learning life's many lessons.Life's lessons cannot be learned in a minute, an hour or maybe even a lifetime. Life experiences and surviving our mistakes provide the opportunity for 'life lessons' to be learnt well so we don't make the same mistakes twice. The more life you experience, the more lessons you accumulate.There are so many life lessons that can be learnt and this collection of short stories, memoirs, poems and articles deal with a whole range of them, such as the need to speak your mind, not judging people without knowing what they can do, accepting that things change over time, and people change. All these lessons, and others, have been learnt and shared within the pages of this book, proving the writers are adaptable and wise enough to learn from the challenges life has thrown them.

Stories From Another Place is a collection of tales of the supernatural, about ordinary people who find themselves in unusual circumstances or are confronted by the unexplained.When David and Claire decided to stay in a delightful cottage by the sea to work on their music they didn't expect the horror that lay ahead.Sam didn't know the nightmare she had entered when she stole the name of a dead man while she walked in a cemetery.And Ella could never have imagined what would happen when she moved to England to live with her Uncle Arthur.

The story of Arthur Leggett, a young man growing up in Australia's developing years, patriotically serving his country in World War II, and surviving four and a half years in the hands of the Germans as a Prisoner of War.Australian larrikanism shines throughout Arthur's journey from boyhood to manhood, through his war ordeals and on into his senior years.But Life is never over and Arthur plunges headlong into a series of new challenges and adventures, proving Life begins after 60.This wonderfully exciting celebration of Life will entertain, inspire and reveal how an 'ordinary' man can indeed achieve extra-ordinary things.

This is a ghost memoir about migrants who struggled throughout the Depression and War years. Florence Brown and her husband Bill were victims of the Irish Troubles and had to flee to a new country. Amidst racial tensions, poverty and migrant issues, this book describes the rough road of this family through early times in Western Australia's history.