The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a revered legend of the development of Australia as a caring nation. However, few Australians are aware of the man who founded itJohn Flynnusually known as Flynn of the Inland. Flynn, who died in 1951, is regarded by historians as one of Australias greatest sons. In addition to creating the Flying Doctor, he pioneered the Pedal Radio, founded the School of the Air, and built bush hospitals all over the continent on behalf of the Australian Inland Mission....

For half a century Everald Compton has been an active and passionate advocate for Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), campaigning for the right to make a choice as to whether or not people may end their lives this way.Now Everald has written a fascinating novel that tells the story of four very different people facing death, and within each he finds the humane and very human story of coming to terms with the end of one's life.Three practice Christianity, although quite differen...

Everald Compton first went to church ninety-three years ago when his mother Thelma took him with her to the Linville Methodists when he was just three weeks old. He has attended churches around the world on most Sundays ever since.Over those years, he was initially a fundamentalist, but then has progressively moved on to be a traditionalist, modernist, liberal and reformer.Now he is a working partner of Jesus the Man.With the decline of Churches, plus the fact that ...

Everald Compton first went to church ninety-three years ago when his mother Thelma took him with her to the Linville Methodists when he was just three weeks old. He has attended churches around the world almost Sundays ever since.Over those years, he was initially a fundamentalist, but then has progressively moved on to be a traditionalist, modernist, liberal and reformer.Now he is a working partner of Jesus the Man.With the decline of churches, plus the fact that f...

Everald Compton is a 91-year-old Australian who has led a high-profile life as a relentless advocate of public issues relating to longevity, religion, infrastructure and community service, particularly in rural Australia.Catching the Linville Train tells the story of his life experiences, all since his first train journey from his home village of Linville in the Brisbane River Valley way back in 1937. They include his perspective on world events, impressions of people he has met, n...

Read the true story of Kate Leigh, Tilly Devine and Sydney's razor gang wars from the 1920's and 30's in this gripping book by acclaimed author Larry Writer. Using exhaustive research, Larry Writer offers fascinating new insights into this case and the people involved, villains and victims. Perfect for every 'Underbelly' fan.This chapter ebook is an extract from The Australian Book of True Crime.

Are you an expert on One Direction? Can you name all the band members? Have you followed every twist and turn in the amazing One Direction story from X Factor wannabes to chart topping supergroup? If you think you know all about the boys from 1D, there is no better way to test your knowledge than with this fun quiz book. Do you know Niall’s favourite colour or which band member is known as ‘the joker’? Which member of the group is the youngest and who is the oldest? Where in the USA was On...

A celebration of chest puffing goodness and kindness from around the country written in inimitable Peter FitzSimon's style.You gotta love this country when an AFL legend takes his mum instead of his girlfriend to the Brownlow, when an Australian cricket captain joins a bunch of fourteen year olds for a bit of street cricket, when a bloke wins the Australian Marbles Championship after being reunited with the tom-bowlers his brother threw away forty years ago, and wh...

'Retiring in 1975, Fred Daly liked to tell the story of the new Member who sat next to him in the House. Turning to Fred, he said, 'I like to sit here and look across at the enemy.''Son,' said Fred, 'you are looking at the Opposition. The enemy is behind you.' 'Phillip Adams has been close to governments of various persuasions for over fifty years. Having been a confidant – or a fierce opponent – of many of Australia's most influential figure...

Press baron, entrepreneur, art collector, and wartime minister in Churchill's cabinet, Max Aitken was a colonial Canadian extraordinaire. Rising from a hardscrabble childhood in New Brunswick, he became a millionaire at age 25, earned the title of Lord Beaverbrook at 38, and by age 40 was the most influential newspaperman in the world. Fiercely loyal to the British Empire, he was nonetheless patronized by London's upper class, whose country he worked tirelessly to protect during World War ...

Are you an expert on Rod Stewart? Have you followed every twist and turn in the veteran of pop's long and successful career? Do you know all there is to know about the chart topping star's personal and professional life? Then what better way to put your knowledge to the test than with this exciting new quiz book? With 100 thought provoking questions, this book is sure to challenge your memory of the events that have shaped the career of one of the most enduring singer-songwriter's in the m...

Amazing bastard (colloquial), n: a bloke who does stuff that other bastards wouldn't try in a month of SundaysWe've all met them, or at least read about them - men who drive faster, climb higher, build and invent and triumph over impossible odds.Journalist Lawrence Money has assembled a collection of Amazing Aussie Bastards who truly stand out from the crowd. Immune to critics and disbelievers, undaunted by illness or financial setback, they have done what writer S...