A boy has lost his favourite toy. He needs to search the house for it. Can he find his missing BaaBaa?A short picture book designed for parents to read with their young ones and eventually for them to read for themselves.
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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Renee Duke
In the dull, everyday world, seventeen-year-old Rose Evermore struggles to plan beyond her final year of high school. But when fire suddenly obeys her every command and her dreams predict the future, she becomes hungry for more of this strange power.Under her dreams' guidance, Rose lands in the fantasy realm of Lotheria-with a tagalong. Tyson, her best friend since childhood, winds up there with her, just as confused and a hell of a lot more vulnerable. In Lotheria, Rose is welcomed and celebrated as a fire mage at the Academy, while the very un-magical Tyson is forced into hiding under threat of death from the headmasters of Rose's new school.As Rose's talent in fire magic draws unwanted attention and Tyson struggles to transition from high school student to blacksmith, Rose must find a way to return Tyson to their own world before the headmasters discover and execute him-no matter the cost.
dear darling is a sweet, rhyming tale about gratitude. It's about noticing the many wonderful and simple things in life.
Four TOLD short stories by four very different women leading very different lives in South East Queensland, Australia in between 2010 and 2021. Their life choices directing them into paths that will shape their futures and impact them and their families, communities and readers. A school teacher who decides that life with an abusive partner is not for her.A welfare support worker that changes her attitude and changes lives. A mum who decides to live on the streets and becomes infamous in her community.An addict who turns her world around with a 12 step program and describes her sobriety 18 months into her recovery.
Max believes he is the strongest boy in the world. His cheeky pet bird, Bruce tells him just how strong he is too. One day, they both go to a birthday party and Max thinks he is the strongest, mightiest, coolest kid there. But why was everyone mad at him?
Max believes he is the strongest boy in the world. His cheeky pet bird, Bruce tells him just how strong he is too. One day, they both go to a birthday party and Max thinks he is the strongest, mightiest, coolest kid there. But why was everyone mad at him?
Most of us experience challenges, crises, sadness and triumphs and success at some point over the years. Life throws us curveballs. Some are made of glass and hard to catch, some bounce off us and others seem to fall straight into our hands. The author calls these 'gifts'. How we catch (or drop) these gifts depends on our mindset, perspective, beliefs, experiences, values and so many other things. In this thought-provoking book, Ren e teaches us how to adopt the Gift Mindset to learn from these life experiences and appreciate them as gifts. The first part of the book explains the benefits of adopting a Gift Mindset and barriers you might face; the second introduces us to the 12 Gifts, which are: OptimismChangeCuriosityCourageGratitudeResilienceGrowthEmpathyConnection ForgivenessContributionRe-energisingA chapter is dedicated to unwrapping each gift. There are stories and research to illustrate how the gift can be useful, and practical advice on how you can reframe what can seem to be a challenge into an opportunity. At the end of each chapter there is a GIFT process to help you share the gift with others and a five key takeaways which provide a quick reference point to ensure you embed and share the learnings for yourself, your team and loved ones.Ren e Giarrusso believes that by adopting a Gift Mindset, we can grow as leaders, live a life with purpose and leave a valuable legacy. This mindset is a key trait of a limitless leader.
Sex and marriage is all about wonder and beauty, intimacy and delight. Designed for engaged couples and newly weds, this book is packed with biblical foundations, healthy insights into holistic sexuality, and a liberating approach to exploring sexual pleasure and satisfaction in marriage.In her simple and relatable style, renowned sexologist, Renee Yam, explains how our bodies are intricately wired for sex and how couples can cultivate their most powerful sexual technique - communication. Full of conversation starters and practical ways to awaken and enhance sexual intimacy, you will be equipped and empowered right from the start of your marriage, to enjoy sex to the full - just the way God designed it.
Isobel finds the body of a woman on a deserted beach. A woman that looks just like her. They have the same birthday and grew up in the same town. But they never met. At first, it seems like they led parallel lives. But when Isobel digs deeper, she finds a darker side to Veronica. Then a single revelation changes everything: Veronica had been looking for her. The connections between their two lives are more than coincidence. Isobel wants the truth, but the secret that binds them is more dangerous than she ever imagined.
Image is everything, or is it?Advertising executive STU COOPER is fascinated by his hairdresser. Over the past two years, he has trusted her with his biggest secret - that his silver highlights are faked to give him a look of seniority in business. He adores her cheerful creative outlook on life, and for too long he has tried to ignore that she has the best boobs in town. If only he could reconcile his interest in her with his overwhelming need to live up to the image he has spent years cultivating.Hairdresser POPPY KARAHALIOS has inherited her grandfather's barber shop in trendy Surry Hills. With her creative flair, she'd love to take the salon into modernity but family loyalty holds her back. One client makes all the hard work running her own business worthwhile. For two years, she's been tinting the edges of his temples with grey, using all her skills to make him the most desirable fake silver fox in town. For two years, she has contented herself with fantasy, and those tingly touches against his skin as she worked. Because Poppy knows for certain that someone so concerned with his image wouldn't be interested in an overweight hairdresser with rainbow hair.
Can a second chance at fame avoid repeating old mistakes?RILEY MICAH is at a cross-roads in his life. As a teen he found fame as lead singer for So You Think, but he lost it all in a haze of alcoholism. He's been clean for eight years, absolutely bloody sober. To sort out his life, he hid in the outback, working for a local council as part of a road crew. Unlike the stereotype of a road worker, it was hard physical work and it made him lean and tough. Recently, a tune he uploaded to Triple J Unearthed under a new name gets airplay on the radio, and he has a decision to make. Can he go back to life as a famous musician? If he tells people that Riley Le Breton is Riley Micah, the old lead singer for So You Think, the song-and perhaps his music career-will take off. But at what cost to his sober self? He needs a marketing plan to help him control it all; the money, the message, the impact on his sobriety.VINCE CATTANEO has spent over a decade getting rich. His grandfather was rich, but his father lost it all on gambling and drugs, and it was Vince's mission to put that failure behind him and regain the family wealth. Now Vince is the owner of Kapow Marketing and no one will ever suspect that he spent the last years of his teens driving a beat up old car with a radio that wouldn't work and a CD stuck in the player. So You Think; on repeat for two years. If he never hears those songs again, it'll be too soon. When one of the band members walks into Kapow needing a marketing plan to deal with sudden new success, Vince is surprised at the way his voice resonates with him. He knows one thing is true; he doesn't want to get stuck on repeat, like the CD, chasing the untrustworthy love of an addict.
Society expects them to be rivals, but what if the best revenge is love?Fashion blogger JAMIE CLEVELAND only gets access to her trust fund when her father is happy with her actions. If it was just money, she'd walk away, but she desperately wants to keep her mother safe too. Obedience matters to him. When she gets pregnant, she learns that her lover Craig is married and she freaks out. Her family, especially her father, cannot find out. Desperate, she confronts Craig's wife, and they argue. All is lost until she turns up at the hospital for an appointment and Craig's ex-wife is her doctor.When DR AMANDA AITKEN discovers her ex-husband, Craig, has been screwing a fashion blogger, she's reminded why she filed for divorce. It's one thing to believe that women shouldn't be pitted against each other when a terrible man is to blame, but it's another thing all together to see one of her husband's fuck-buddies in person. But when Jamie arrives at the hospital for an appointment, she realises she can't let her children's half-sibling grow up alone. She invites Jamie to live with her and raise the baby along with her own two children.Society expects them to be rivals, and neither of them expect that the best revenge on Craig is to love each other.