This book is a penetrating and enlightening analysis of the High Court, Mabo No. 2 decision. It is the only scholarly work written about colonial settler/Aboriginal contact with an honest and forthright approach to the source material. The creation of a hereditary native title over land within mainland Australia will, in time, become an unreasonable burden and a substantial interference with the land use of the dominate landholder.The earlier reviews were flawed because the vast ma...

The origins of Liuhebafa (also called Water Boxing) can be traced back to the Daoist sage Chen Tuan (c. 871-989 A.D.). Chen is a mystical figure whose advice and perspective was sought by ancient Chinese Emperors.Liuhebafa was the last of the internal methods to be taught outside China. Even inside China, Liuhebafa had an almost mythic quality. Among the groups of inner circle students, Liuhebafa was graduate study in the internal arts.Liuhebafa's Five Character Secrets (of...

The worst choice continues to be the best choice as the zaniest crew ever collected to save a kingdom, are looking for a few good raiders. Hordes are recruited, but the only ones included in the hilarious rescue of Britta’s grandson (from whom pirates and monsters may need to be rescued) are a pacifistic squire with the world’s most dangerous laundry soap, an unknown bard with a voice that would make the Monster-of-Unheard-of-Savageness run for its life, and a trio of bears that can pulver...

In a German industrial town, four unemployed and despondent men reenact Roald Amundsen’s turn-of-the-century trek to the South Pole.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Paul Dillon as BuscherPhilip E. Johnson as SlupianekTracy Letts as SeiffertRick Peeples as RudiDan Rivkin as BraukmannElaine Rivkin as Braukmann’s wifeKirsten Sahs as RosiJames Schneider as Frankie-BoyDirected by Calvin MacLean. A co-p...

The second of a two-part guidebook on the role of entheogens and non-ordinary states of consciousness in self-discovery, self-mastery and self-care, is a continuation of Reverend Jessica Rochester D.Div's spiritual and scientific treatise. She draws from her life experience as well as the expertise of a wide variety of transpersonal and scientific professions.Volume Two: Self-Care and The Circle of Wholeness presents the four-fold practice of self-care; the principles of self-aware...

A Murder thriller set in outback Australia. Backpackers alone in the isolated red centre of Australia, in the cruel outback alone, frightened surrounded by an impenetrable wall of silence and mystery where random acts of violence strike at any moment, where the vastness, the isolation, anxiety, fear and febrile thoughts convulse the traveller into a vortex of hysteria and high drama. The boyfriend shot in the head. Brutal savagery against a defenceless woman after her boyfriend is coldly e...

When is the right time to start talking to my kids about drugs?How can I reduce the influence of peer pressure?How should I introduce alcohol to my child?How can I make sure that a party I hold for my teenager doesn't get out of control?Can you really overdose on alcohol?What does it mean if I don't remember things when I drink?How do I look after someone who has drunk too much?Is cannabis really 30 times stronger than it used to be?

In this breakthrough manual, William Dillon helps you get beyond developing a donor list to sharing a vision and drawing others into a vital ministry team. It's a highly practical guide that provides the well-honed tools you need to finance the ministry to which God has called you.

The worst choice is sometimes the best choice. Such was the case of Sir Christian de Galis, for thirty-plus years the absolute worst choice to do anything in his particular kingdom. Jesters told jokes about him. Heroes avoided him. Bullies humiliated him. The king got real tired of having him around. What suddenly made him the best choice to go on a quest with the kingdoms scariest lady who looked harmless? As Sir Christian rode to the rescue of the ladys grandson with her equally scary-ye...

Journeying into the depths of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, distilling meaning from dreams, and drawing deeply from transpersonal studies, ritual entheogen use, non-ordinary states of consciousness, and scientific research are the foundations for Ayahuasca Awakening: A Guide to Self-Discovery, Self-Mastery and Self-Care. In this two-part guidebook for personal and spiritual development, Reverend Jessica Rochester, D.Div draws from her life experiences as well as the expertise of a wide varie...

Honorable Mention, 2026 CMA Book Awards: Inclusion in the Church, given by the Catholic Media AssociationOffers a big picture analysis of American CatholicismThe Catholic Church is at a crossroads. In the United States alone there are many challenges facing the church that are both internal and external to the institution. With the rise of the growing Gen Z population and the diminishing of the pre-Vatican II generation, gone are t...

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving) antibiotics. A man with a sore knee. A young woman who has been trying to conceive for a while but now finds herself pregnant and isn't sure she wants to go thr...