True Time

This hug of a book contains joyful surprises everywhere! Marvel at the little girl who found friendship with a frog, the lady who transformed her flat into a hummingbird hospital, the company that makes self-parking chairs, the blind elephants who enjoy swaying to classical music and the man who found a huge dinosaur fossil in his garden - there's a something to delight and inspire for everyone.

Tim Rogers of You Am I has always been a complicated man: a hard-drinking musician with the soul of a poet; a flamboyant flâneur; a raconteur, a romantic and a raffish ne'er-do-well. In this offbeat, endearing memoir, Tim walks us through years jam-packed with love, shame, joy, enthusiasms, regrets, fights, family—and music, always music. A work of real grace and tenderness, Detours is often impossibly sad and beautiful—but also full of wit, wordplay and punching jolts of larrikin energy to make you laugh out loud.

In The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang, Josh Dean reconstructs the gang's glory days and reveals how the real story, pieced together through months of research and reporting - most prominently with Reid himself, as he comes to the end, at age 64, of his final days in the custody of the state - is more remarkable than the myth that has long been told.

No one gets closer to Australia's craziest characters than 'Doc' Tim Watson-Munro, a criminal psychologist with 40 years' experience assessing the mad, bad and dangerous. In a riveting series of weird, funny and terrifying tales sure to thrill and chill true crime listeners, Tim reveals the warped minds behind crimes that shocked and intrigued Australia.

Discover the path to living a truly fulfilled and meaningful life with "Living True, Living Well" In this captivating and transformative book, you will embark on a journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and the pursuit of a life that aligns with your values and aspirations. Through the exploration of key themes such as authenticity, embracing change, forgiveness, wonder and curiosity, finding meaning and purpose, and nurturing connections, you will be equipped with practical tools and profound insights to enhance your well-being and create a life of deep satisfaction.

Do you want to learn more about William Shakespeare, but don’t have time to read/listen to huge, long biographies? Then let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour of his life. Mention the name of William Shakespeare to students of English the whole world over, and you’ll run an entire gauntlet of reactions ranging from a glazed expression of complete indifference to abject misery and unmitigated terror.

At the age of 32, divorced and alone, I suddenly found myself in a deep depression. Never having experienced this before, I didn't know how to cope. Seeing my car keys, I was going to drive off a cliff. The next morning I awoke and was scared by what I had felt. At that point I begged God for something to change. Suddenly I heard, ever so quietly, a whisper without sound, but with words that formed clear, transcendent impressions expressing an impulse urging me to write.

When paramedic Tim Booth finds himself rushing a patient's dead cat to a (human) hospital's Emergency Department for resuscitation, he finds himself wondering where it all went wrong. From bedroom mishaps and hypochondriacs to suspicious rashes and freak cattle incidents, the doctors, nurses and paramedics of our hospital EDs have seen everything. Every day, Tim and his colleagues battle burnout, an overburdened healthcare system and compassion fatigue, powered only by caffeine, dark humour and a heartfelt drive to save lives.

Volume 3 of "The People who Cam has Encountered" is a collection of more stories that I've remembered over time. This book adds more stories to the series. More stories that could have been added in the other books in different places but got left out for one reason or another.

Experience another 26 chapters of "The People Who Cam Has Encountered" in Volume 4 of the series. This collection of rated-r short stories will probably shock you, make you laugh, and possibly trigger a gag reflex.

Más de dos años han pasado desde que empezó la pandemia por covid-19 en el mundo. Millones de personas han perdido su empleo, han tenido que cerrar sus negocios o han visto más complicado llevar dinero a sus hogares. Sin embargo, no han dejado de ser acosados por esa otra economía, la que demanda voraz sus ingresos pese a las circunstancias. A partir de 13 historias de quienes sufren la violencia en sus múltiples formas, incluyendo la que proviene de las autoridades, Manu Ureste narra cómo el crimen organizado se adaptó con suma agilidad a la pandemia.

Do you want to learn more about Charlie Chaplin, but don’t have time to listen to huge, long biographies? Then let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour of his life. Charlie Chaplin’s legacy lives on forever in the films that have been left behind, bringing the gift of laughter to viewers of every generation, past, present, and future.

Kylar Evans is excited about her first day at co-op! Her three siblings seem eager to help make her day go smoothly by walking her to class, showing her around school, and playing with her during recess. When Kylar's siblings fail to keep their promises, her big day turns out to be a big dud. Will Kylar choose to treat her brothers and sisters with kindness despite their forgetfulness?

As Australia's most distinguished criminal psychologist, 'Doc' Tim Watson-Munro has assessed over 30,000 'persons of interest' in some of the nation's most notorious court cases, including Hoddle Street gunman Julian Knight, corporate fraudster Alan Bond, Melbourne gangster Alphonse Gangitano and, in recent years, Australia's first terrorist convicts. But the front line of psychology is no place for the fainthearted.

As sunlight illuminates an old, abandoned factory, Aubri, the puzzle piece-covered ribbon, notices a little boy slipping inside. Driven by her protective instincts, she follows him into the silent, dust-laden building. Navigating through shadows and echoes, Aubri races against time to find the boy amidst lurking dangers.

Three young women snatched from the streets. From their lives, friends, and family. Two of them - Jane Louise Rimmer and Ciara Eilish Glennon - brutally slain. The third, the youngest - Sarah Ellen Spiers - still missing but presumed dead. Assumed murdered by the same man. The hunt for their killer had already spanned two decades and three continents, confounding detectives who had never given up, but had nothing to show for their endless years of searching.

Major crimes of murder, burglary, home invasions, kidnapping, carjackings, and distribution of heroin, cocaine, and meth are the primary focus of coverage in the Chesapeake region. Many reports include detailed accounts of plea deals and criminal history of the accused.

Once there was a wilderness: Australia's frontier, a dangerous and unforgiving place where outlaws ruled the roads and killers were hailed as heroes. It was here, in 1838, that one man's uncompromising sense of justice changed history and shocked the world. Denny Day was a vicar's son from Ireland. A member of the Anglo-Irish ruling class, as a young man Day joined the British army before resigning to seek his fortune in New South Wales. There he accepted the most challenging role in the young colony: keeping the peace on the frontier.

This collection of anecdotes—from Golf Digest editor Don Wade—brings out of the locker room and onto the green an engaging treasury of more than 100 of the greatest golf stories ever told from the game's legends: Ben Hogan, Nancy Lopez, Fred Couples, and others. From Augusta National to Royal St. George, this entertaining, intimate, and funny audio takes you onto some of the best courses alongside the greatest players in the world.

I was born in 1964 in Prince George British Columbia on December 18. My biological father was a nice guy when he was not drinking. My mother and he had a very rocky relationship. She left him when I was 8 years old. About three months after they broke up, she found the love of her life, Al Thun. He had just moved from Vancouver and bought the National hotel.