I would like to tell you a bit about my poems. When I started writing them, I really enjoyed it. I get inspiration about everything in life. I love to visit the beach, just sit there, and relax, and a poem would start to develop in my mind. I always take a book and pen with me wherever I go. If something inspires me, I write it down. I love life, and I have also written poems about my three children; even my little dogs, Sooty and Baily, give me inspiration. Some of the poems I have writte...

Boston, 1904. She was told to stay away. She didn't.Twelve-year-old Kitty O'Neill knows what happens when adults are afraid. Ever since her father's death, her mother has held her close -- and when she forbids Kitty to see Rosie, the girl next door, the rule feels final.Rosie lives by different rules. She works brutal hours at a brewery, walks with a permanent limp, and understands how easily children can be used and discarded.When the girls meet in...

This is a book of poetry that I wrote in my younger years.

A charming collection of little stories collected over the half-decade ending 2020 about people and happenings involving Sydney buses. Some are humorous and heart-warming, others are salutary lessons about life, and one or two are sad commentaries on the human condition. All are accounts of things the author observed over a period of several years when she was a frequent bus traveler.Most of the stories involve travel from the Eastern suburbs to the Sydney city centre, showcasing h...

M O R E Life and Times on Sydney Buses is a sequel to the original book, Life and Times on Sydney Buses (ISBN: 978-0-6487593-0-0), a collection of vignettes and stories about people and adventures on Sydney buses. It is another group of engrossing tales about Sydney buses put together by the author, Mary-Jane Field. Some are funny, some are sad, but each will keep the reader wanting to read on to the next one.

Small town, southern girl, Clair Christopher, leaves her home in Natchez,Mississippi to escape the pain of being jilted at the altar by her fianc. She travels to Los Angeles and unexpectedly finds a new love in the person of Mack Fielding, a rock-star of the We Are the World, 1985 music era.Fate throws the two strangers together when Clair, jogging in the park, is chased by an unknown man and ends up in the path of Macks car. When he insists that she move into his home to recoupera...

Kate Mitchum, Leanne LeDeaux, and Kathy Jonesthree little girls, growing up in Saint Elizabeths Orphanage in New Orleans, Louisiana, were as close as any friends could be. That is, until just before Christmas when they were nine years old. Turning points can come when you least expect them, as Kate Mitchum finds out as a child and later as an adult. She is smart and she is strong and she has the love and support of her friends and family at Saint Elizabeths as she faces lifes continuous st...

Among the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (née Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others, "the most dangerous woman in America." A forceful and picturesque figure in the American labor movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mother Jones was a born crusader.Widowed at the age of 30 when her husband and four young children died during a yellow fever epidemi...

The implementation of National registration requires Australian and New Zealand Nurses and Midwives to perform annual Continuing Professional Development. They must also document evidence of skills acquisition, activities, reflection, identification and prioritisation of their learning needs in a portfolio. With the global trend towards e-Portfolios, many higher education institutions encourage the use of e-Portfolios as a tool to enhance learning and demonstrate career development. Nursin...

Portfolios for Health Professionals 3e is a practical guide to designing and developing a portfolio that documents and communicates your professional achievements and competencies, in order to meet the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) annual registration requirements. Now revised to address a range of health professions, this third edition will help students to gain a basic understanding of what a portfolio is, how it is used, and why diffe...

Wrenched apart by tragedy, they’re brought back together by love.Carly Holbrook and Brian Westbury are weeks away from their high school graduation, and their future seems bright with promise. Everything changes one spring night when their six closest friends, including Brian’s younger brother, are killed in a fiery car accident that Carly and Brian witness.The trauma leaves Carly unable to speak, and Brian is forced to make unimaginable decisions about a f...

Since he won the Academy Award for best original screenplay a few years ago, Grant McCarthy's personal and professional lives have fallen apart. Abby, the woman he was supposed to marry, is engaged to someone else, and Grant is back at home on Gansett Island helping run the family marina business while his father recovers from a serious injury. While all of Grant's focus should be on winning back the love of his life, the pesky marina restaurant manager Stephanie is working her way under h...