In a world where suburban nature is declining and diversity is shrinking, Habitat is a practical guide for those of us who want to encourage insects, reptiles, frogs, birds and animals into our garden. Not only for our own enjoyment, but as a direct contribution to the health and sustainability of our local environment and wildlife. AB Bishop shows how to design, plant and maintain fauna-friendly landscapes, stressing the importance of understanding how all aspects of the backyard...

It was a warm spring evening in the country home where Beth and Marie shared their lives with dogs, cats, cows, chickens, and many beautiful birds flittering in the trees. Beth sat under a huge oak tree and relaxed after chores were done, animals fed, and the evening light fading. Marie had left that morning with her brother to visit family up north. Beth was planning to catch up at home, with HAM radio operators, spend some quality time fishing in the nearby river, and write a few stories...

What did Beth volunteer to do? She was about to drive a semi-tractor-trailer rig across the country. But there were no maps, no diesel, no communication, and no truck stops.Discovery in Sunshine is a story set in a period of postapocalyptic recovery from volcanoes, floods, fires, and loss of cities and lives within western North America. Her family had developed a better way to collect, store, and save solar power to effectively run heavy transport trucks. Their company needed to p...

One morning, Beth awakened from a deep sleep and sat straight up in bed. She had been having the same repeated dream, again! Looking at the bedside clock, she saw that the power was out, again! She lay back down and sighed deeply. What was once considered “normal” was gone and never to return. That wall had been built right under everyone’s noses, and it now divided the country in half. What were considered their normal resources were scarce on this side but known to be abundant in the Eas...

Winner of the 2018 HMAA Laurel Award for best bookFirst published as The Australian Native GardenThere's never been a more crucial time to droughtproof your garden and to consider Australian native plants as a key component in your outdoor space. This award-winning practical volume, from two of the country's foremost horticultural experts, offers everything you need to know about designing and growing a garden that promotes careful water use and features A...

Lessons for Living (volume 3)Heroes of Faith is a curriculum designed to provide a more profound appreciation of the Heroes of Faith as listed in Hebrews 11, an impressive list of remarkable and heroic men and women whose biblical accounts stand out to encourage and strengthen the faith of the reader. The reader will be challenged to reflect on and make an assessment of his/her own faith at various times throughout the study. The contemporary relevance and necessity of faith in the...

Lessons for Living (volume 2) is a curriculum designed to help Christian leaders shepherd, mentor, and disciple others in the various aspects of evangelism as prescribed in Gods Word. This study offers weekly reminders about the doctrine of evangelism and real-life application and scenarios that Christians face each day as they share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. Lessons for Living encourages readers to spend time in the Word of God, and can be used individually or within study g...

This authoritative and practical book--written in an approachable and accessible style--focuses on growing and using native plants in the home garden. It provides expert information on the fundamentals--soils, cultivation techniques, pruning, fertilising and maintenance--and looks at different styles of garden design, using Australian plants not only for aesthetic reasons but for creating droughtproof gardens, fire resistant gardens, and environments attractive to native fauna as well. Gro...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. F...

This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes in climate at global, regional and local scales relevant for ticks and tick-borne infections. It examines changes to tick distribution and the evidence that climate change is responsible. The eff...

Love & Other Monsters explores the search for love from the perspectives of three women at different stages of life ̶ a girl discovering romantic love for the first time, a young woman new to adulthood experiencing the volatility that comes with passionate relationships and heartbreak, and a middle-aged woman who has won and lost in love more than once and seeks to rediscover her joy.

In Moon-Briar Castle, sexy pleasure-servant Sebastian has enjoyed a happy relationship with Princess Cassia for several years, but when she discovers he has taken other lovers behind her back, her trust in him is broken. Sebastian will do anything to keep his mistress - even face her harshest punishment...but will his pleasure be worth the price? And will Cassia find a way to live happily ever after with her favorite lover? A novella of love, lust, and the ecstasy of earning forgiveness.