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During a business trip to Taranga, a Pacific Island nation, Douglas Van Ekeren, a second generation Australian, is mistakenly invited to a clandestine meeting held by a group planning a coup d'état. The mistaken identity is due to a similarity in surname to another coup member, who is flying into Taranga from overseas and scheduled to stay at the same hotel but who has been delayed. Initially Douglas believes the meeting relates to his business trip, but slowly realises the true situation, feigns illness and manages to get out without arousing suspicion.He flies back to Australia from Taranga the next day, but the coup plotters have realised their mistake. To ensure the coup is not betrayed, they kidnap him from Sydney Airport on his arrival and hold him captive, but after several days he escapes.But with no money or means of communication, deep in country Victoria and pursued by his late captors, unable to contact police because his captors have incriminated him, can he reach ASIO in Canberra and forestall the coup?

“The girl was terrified, her head vibrating as she shook. She probably would have run but Rosie was standing in the only exit from the room to the safety of the night.”Rosie Bannister is in her last year of a turbulent experience in primary school. Staying with her grandparents on their farm in the Paterson Valley over the Easter break of 2015 while her parents are away, she is confronted in the wee hours of the night by a young girl from a foreign land stealing food from their kitchen cupboard.Set against the backdrop of a ferocious storm in the Newcastle/Hunter Region of New South Wales, Rosie, her cousins and her grandparents become embroiled in a life-changing experience that begins in a derelict dairy on the banks of the Paterson River and takes them to the mighty halls of power in Parliament House, Canberra.

Gaunisala Ni Bula is a Fijian term for the “Road of Life.” It reflects what has been my road of life in many ways. My life has been one where I have likewise had to endure some very testing times and often it has felt like there is only a narrow road that is keeping me sane and alive. The fact that I am both is an absolute miracle with many witnesses — Christian and non-Christian — who can testify to that fact.This book is not only a story of my rather miraculous survival against some trying odds but also a testament of my own Christian beliefs, which feature prominently. My purpose is not to preach; rather, it has to clearly demonstrate what the case was.There is an old conversation that begins when a man who has a lousy boss asks God, ‘Why are things the way they are?’ God tells him, ‘Well, you know what it is like to be treated roughly, so nowyou know how not to treat other people.’ As you read this book, the purpose of its title becomes very relevant indeed.

It’s exciting to fight battles, to rescue damsels in distress, and to make important decisions. But children grow up fast as well…From the first page of The Strangest Of Antics onwards is a mixture of humour, excitement, sadness and total imagination. From a cat being stolen, to a broken-hearted cricket bat who feels there is nothing more to life, to a pimple that refuses to go away. Other poems deal with hard battles like self-esteem issues.The book is suitable for pre-teenagers or anyone who loves animals, forests and bewitching tales. Read these poems aloud to hear the intensity and yearnings of its inhabitants – of wishes that can sometimes come true.