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Alfred's War
Alfred's War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian Indigenous servicemen who returned from the WWI battlelines.
Alfred was just a young man when he was injured and shipped home from France. Neither honoured as a returned soldier or offered government support afforded to non-Indigenous servicemen, Alfred took up a solitary life walking the back roads billy tied to his swag, finding work where he could.
Alfred was a forgotten soldier. Although he had fought bravely in the Great War, as an Aboriginal man he wasn't classed as a citizen of his own country.
Yet Alfred always remembered his friends in the trenches and the mateship they had shared. Sometimes he could still hear the never-ending gunfire in his head and the whispers of diggers praying. Every year on ANZAC Day, Alfred walked to the nearest town, where he would quietly stand behind the people gathered and pay homage to his fallen mates. Rachel Bin Salleh's poignant narrative opens our hearts to the sacrifice and contribution that Indigenous people have made to Australias war efforts, the true extent of which is only now being revealed.
Black Cockatoo
Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her… until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength. Black Cockatoo is a wonderful small tale on the power of standing up for yourself, culture and ever-present family ties. Teachers' notes available here
At the Beach I See
This delightful book for Early Childhood will mesmerise young children and older readers. The black linework and colourful wash backgrounds work beautifully with the lyrical text. Together they introduce extraordinary creatures and birds that we can discover and observe around our Australian coastline. 'Dancing jellyfish', 'scuttling crabs', 'beautiful shells', 'tangled seaweed' and a 'soaring kite' evoke the wonder of our beaches and the treasures to be found.
Our Last Trip to the Market
What a fabulous morning to go to the market. That busker is dressed as a clown! And there's fruit and a baker. There are people on bikes. Annabelle, please put that down… This boisterous family excursion is full of warmth, humour and delicious mischief.
Mikah's Big Move
Mikah monkey was born cheeky and full of energy. He was also born deaf. Even though he cannot hear, this little monkey has some special skills that help him to communicate. Can you guess what they are? When Mikah learns his family is moving, he is scared and doesn't want to go. He likes things the way they are, his routine is great! But are things as bad as Mikah thinks or does he just need a dose of bravery to make it through his latest challenge?
Cinnamon Stevens – Crime Buster
Becki vanished from our Year 7 camp last night. Went missing. Completely disappeared. It's up to me, Cinnamon Stevens, to solve the mystery. Only one small prob. Becki and I shared a tent and I have absolutely no idea what's happened to her. (Note to self: May need to improve powers of observation if serious about becoming a super sleuth crime buster!)
Young Adults
If I Tell You
What if the secret is more damaging than the lie? I never planned on falling in love in Two Creeks, but since when has life ever followed a plan? The day I fell for Phoenix Stone, there was no warning. She shattered the world I knew. This is a story about being seventeen and growing up in rural Australia.
Falling in love for the first time, following your dreams and disappointing your parents. Being brave enough to live your life, even when life is terrifying. In fear there is bravery you can either cling to the edge or have the courage to jump. But what do you do when you're left spiralling through the freefall? Be proud. Be seen. Live life fearlessly.
Stone Girl
An unspeakable event changes everything for twelve-year-old Sophie. No more Mum, school or bed of her own. She's made a ward of the state and grows up in a volatile world where kids make their own rules, adults don't count and the only constant is change. Until one day she meets Gwen, Matty and Spiral. Spiral is the most furious, beautiful boy Sophie has ever known. And as their bond tightens she finally begins to confront what happened in her past.
The Beast's Heart
I am neither monster nor man – yet I am both. I am the Beast. The day I was cursed to this wretched existence was the day I was saved – although it did not feel so at the time. My redemption sprung from contemptible roots; I am not proud of what I did the day her father happened upon my crumbling, isolated chateau.
But if loneliness breeds desperation then I was desperate indeed, and I did what I felt I must. My shameful behaviour was unjustly rewarded. My Isabeau. She opened my eyes, my mind and my heart. She taught me how to be human again. And now I might lose her forever. Lose yourself in this gorgeously rich and magical retelling of The Beauty and the Beast that finally lays bare the Beast's heart.
Into the Abyss: Vault of Verona
How is this happening? How can I possibly be in a time 600 years before my own? Harriet Hunter is living the life of an everyday teenager. In her final year of high school, Harriet is under pressure to balance friends, family, study and life. But all is not as it seems, and Harriet soon finds herself sucked back into a centuries old story – to the time of the fictional Montagues and Capulets. But are they imaginary – or simply the ancestors who came before us?
Seventeen-year-old Kat Hartland loathes Unrequited, the world's biggest boy band. She's 100 per cent immune to 'perfect' singer Angus Marsden and his unfailingly predictable lyrics. Show her the anti-fan club … she wants to be its president! Just give her a proper musician. Or maybe the seriously hot med student who rescued her on the train. Ideal formal partner, right? Ideal everything … But when Kat comes face to face with Angus Marsden himself, things start to get complicated. Throw in a deranged female singer, an enraged fandom, final exams, a part in a musical and a mum who just doesn't get it.
Short Stories
Wave After Wave
Wave After Wave is a collection of writing from the Indian Ocean. Emerging from a mentoring project run by the Centre for Stories, these short stories and poems touch on themes of belonging, heritage, loss, identity and home. Wave After Wave presents a number of new voices to offer a different perspective on our part of the world.
Underground #28 Invitation
Issue 28 marks 10 years of Underground Writers and to celebrate we've printed a special little edition of the zine. Featuring the works of emerging Australian authors Esme Lee Wilmot, Jasmin Seabrook-Benson, Jewel Swe, Geoffrey Aitken and Nicole Hodgson, the … Read More
YOUth&I: Issue 1
YOUth&I is a collection of literary and artistic works from young intersex people.
To be intersex-born with variations in sex characteristics-is not to be any one thing. To live with an intersex body means to navigate a world not designed for you. At best, you must constantly face assumptions about your body and assumptions about your identity, as well as scepticism and inappropriate healthcare. At worst, you experience a complete disregard for your bodily autonomy and integrity, medical abuse, distrust and fear, and lies about your body and history.
Here is a community of young intersex people. Here is YOUth&I.
Pigface and Other Stories: Margaret River Press Short Story Competition 2018
In the 2018 Margaret River Story Competition anthology, we take a voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of diverse characters – young and old, unsavoury and righteous, ordinary and bizarre.
Although seemingly unconnected, these stories are linked through the commonalities of the universal human experience. Tightly woven stories exploring the familiar threads of grief, regret and disillusionment are told in sometimes poignant, sometimes humourous – yet always illuminating – ways. The short stories in this collection will make you laugh, make you cry, and, hopefully, they will open your eyes to the world around you.
The Worry Front: Short Fiction Collection
Through a multitude of distinct voices, Gildfind's startling tales explore the absurd, macabre, surreal and too-real whilst wrestling with the irrevocable acts, immutable facts, and relentless uncertainties that lie at the dark heart of every life.
Meet Me at the Intersection
Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author's unique, and seldom heard, perspective.
Portable Curiosities
A young girl sees ghosts from her third eye, located where her belly button should be. A one-dimensional yellow man steps out of a cinema screen, hoping to lead a three-dimensional life. A journalist goes on assignment to report the latest food trend, which turns ice-cream eating into an extreme sport.
In Portable Curiosities, Julie Koh re-imagines our world with a dark, satirical twist. These twelve stories combine absurd humour with searing critiques on contemporary society – the rampant consumerism, the casual misogyny, the insidious fear of those who are different. Brilliantly clever and brimming with heart, this unforgettable collection is the work of a significant new talent.
Trick of the Light
An art teacher sends four of her students on a guerrilla mission. A young runner struggles to make sense of his best friend's death. A health-food company adopts a farcical promotional strategy. A factory worker spends her days applying radioactive paint to watches, while dreaming of a future with her new suitor. With a keen eye for detail and rich emotional insight, Laura Elvery reveals the fears and fantasies of everyday people searching for meaning. Ranging from tender poignancy to wry humour, Trick of the Light is the beguiling debut collection from one of Australia's rising stars.
Barking Dogs
If you took a bird's-eye view of Mount Barker, you'd see ordinary Australians living on their ordinary suburban blocks in an ordinary regional town. Get closer. Peer through a window.
You might see Nathan Long, obsessively recording the incessant bark of a neighbourhood dog, or the Wheeler family sitting down for a meal and trying to come to terms with a shocking discovery. If you listen, you may hear tales of fathers and their wayward sons, of widows who can't forgive themselves, of children longed for and lost, of thwarted lust and of pure, incorruptible love.
Within the shadows is an unspeakable crime. Rebekah Clarkson has created a compelling, slow-burning portrait of a town in the midst of major change as it makes the painful transformation from rural idyll to aspirational suburbia. What looked like redemption is now profound loss. What seemed spiteful can now be forgiven. A novel in stories, Barking Dogs is an assured debut from one of Australia's most respected storytellers.
Planet Bastard Vol. 1
Planet Bastard Vol. 1 is a shared-universe anthology featuring some of the best emerging writers in Australia. The first volume is packed with fourteen stories, containing unforgettable heroes and villains entwined by one common thread: they're stuck on the last habitable planet, which is slowly dying.
A thousand years after an event of catastrophic scale sent all remaining lifeforms flocking to Katecht, a frantic and long-fought war nears its end.
The rebel group known as the Iconoclast has struck a fatal blow to the reigning Confederacy. The world has been thrown into chaos. The Confederacy is vulnerable, but alive. And ripples are spreading through the nations.
This is where it all begins.
Women of a Certain Age
Fifteen very different life stories by women from all walks of life. From a woman who does not expect to live until puberty to teenagers with secret inner lives; from women who strive to belong to women who cannot wait to get away; from women surprised by the arrival of menopause to women embracing the unexpected freedoms of old age. Fifteen voices tell life stories of celebration, affirmation and survival about what it is like to be a woman on the other side of 40, 50, 60, 70.
The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry
The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state's poets from the 19th century to today. Featuring work from 134 poets, and including the work of many WA Indigenous poets, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and defined the ways that Western Australians see themselves.
How To Be Held
To be held is to be embraced. Not only by the bodies or cities around you, but also by yourself. Maddie Godfrey's debut poetry collection is an ode to resilience, vulnerability and tenderness. Using personal experiences the author explores gender politics, body positivity, trauma and self-preservation. How To Be Held aches with an intimate familiarity, like a diary entry which you cannot remember writing but still recognise yourself within. These poems are strong in the softest way.
Read Underground Writers' review here
Limelight is a unique collection of slam poetry paired with inspirational writing techniques. With over 30 original poems in different forms, the book features the viral video sensation 'Australian Air', which has been viewed 3.5 million times via Facebook. Solli's work tackles current social concerns for his generation, such as sustainability and social equality, all the while amplifying his uplifting message of hope.
Meet Me at the Intersection
Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author's unique, and seldom heard, perspective.
Wave After Wave
Wave After Wave is a collection of writing from the Indian Ocean. Emerging from a mentoring project run by the Centre for Stories, these short stories and poems touch on themes of belonging, heritage, loss, identity and home. Wave After Wave presents a number of new voices to offer a different perspective on our part of the world.
Underground #28 Invitation
Issue 28 marks 10 years of Underground Writers and to celebrate we've printed a special little edition of the zine. Featuring the works of emerging Australian authors Esme Lee Wilmot, Jasmin Seabrook-Benson, Jewel Swe, Geoffrey Aitken and Nicole Hodgson, the … Read More
Simply Ing
Removed from her loving parents under government policy at the age of five, Ing was placed in a mission and denied her heritage. Her name was changed to Helen, and she needed all her strength to survive. When Ing's parents died, she had the responsibility of her younger brother and sister. Returning to her community on a nearby reserve when the mission closed, Ing learnt what it meant to be Noongar after being brought up as a whitefella. Her family taught her culture and language. Ing has lived through many family tragedies. Her honest experiences reflect her indomitable spirit and give insight into the lives of Aboriginal people.
A Wife's Heart: The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson is a revered cultural icon, but despite his literary success he descended into poverty and an early death. While many blamed his wife for his decline, Bertha Lawson alleged in April 1903 that Henry was habitually drunk and … Read More
The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania
The Rapids creative and courageous is an extraordinary personal memoir peppered with film and literary criticism, as well as family history. With reflections on artists such as Carrie Fisher, Kanye West, Robert Lowell, Delmore Schwartz, Paul Thomas Anderson and Spalding Gray, Twyford-Moore also looks at the condition in our digital world, where someone's manic episode can unfold live in real time, watched by millions.
His own story, told unflinchingly, is shocking and sometimes blackly comic. It gives the book an edge that is not always comfortable but full of insight and empathy. Smart, lively and well-researched, The Rapids manages to be both a wild ride and introspective at once, exploring a condition that touches thousands of people, directly or indirectly.
Eggshell Skull
A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they find them'.
If a single punch kills someone because of their thin skull, that victim's weakness cannot mitigate the seriousness of the crime. But what if it also works the other way? What if a defendant on trial for sexual crimes has to accept his 'victim' as she comes: a strong, determined accuser who knows the legal system, who will not back down until justice is done?
Bri Lee began her first day of work at the Queensland District Court as a bright-eyed judge's associate. Two years later she was back as the complainant in her own case. This is the story of Bri's journey through the Australian legal system; first as the daughter of a policeman, then as a law student, and finally as a judge's associate in both metropolitan and regional Queensland-where justice can look very different, especially for women.
The injustice Bri witnessed, mourned and raged over every day finally forced her to confront her own personal history, one she'd vowed never to tell. And this is how, after years of struggle, she found herself on the other side of the courtroom, telling her story. Bri Lee has written a fierce and eloquent memoir that addresses both her own reckoning with the past as well as with the stories around her, to speak the truth with wit, empathy and unflinching courage. Eggshell Skull is a haunting appraisal of modern Australia from a new and essential voice.
In Danger: A Memoir of Family and Hope
When Josepha Dietrich was 21, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Four years after her mother's death, the disease reared up in Josie's own cells, this time more aggressively. She was 35, and her high-needs baby son was not yet one. As the daughter of a woman who had sought out alternatives to conventional medicine, Josie used her own knowledge and her mother's experience to find solutions for herself. Later she also used this experience to help her son rise up out of his profoundly autistic state. In Danger is Josie's journey through life with breast cancer from inside the experience, capturing her energy and force-of-nature personality. She reflects on the literary works that inspired her, from cancer literature to other medical memoirs, works that helped her to explore disease and the human condition, and shed light on its darker aspects. At its heart, this moving memoir delves deep into how it feels when everything you love is in danger.
The Anxiety Book
Since journalist Elisa Black wrote an article about her lifelong struggle with anxiety in March 2015, it has been read by hundreds of thousands of people. Clearly, what Elisa had to say found a readership far bigger than she could have expected – and with millions of Australians suffering from anxiety, it's little wonder.
There is far more to Elisa's story, though, than one article can cover. In this book, weaving memoir with science, Elisa uses the stages of her own life to relate to stages in everyone's lives and the types of anxiety that may be experienced during each phase. She includes the latest in research and other scientific information about anxiety, its causes and treatment. Elisa's story will inspire fellow anxiety sufferers to believe that there is a way to manage their condition and live more freely. From her own experience she also offers hope that anxiety does not have to dominate a life, or even dent it – it can be managed and conquered.
YOUth&I: Issue 1
YOUth&I is a collection of literary and artistic works from young intersex people.
To be intersex-born with variations in sex characteristics-is not to be any one thing. To live with an intersex body means to navigate a world not designed for you. At best, you must constantly face assumptions about your body and assumptions about your identity, as well as scepticism and inappropriate healthcare. At worst, you experience a complete disregard for your bodily autonomy and integrity, medical abuse, distrust and fear, and lies about your body and history.
Here is a community of young intersex people. Here is YOUth&I.
Ridgeview Station
Many of Peter and Kelsie Dalton's friends thought they were crazy when they bought Ridgeview Station. But five years on, their hard work, help from Kelsie's parents, and record rainfall have them in high spirits as the summer muster approaches.
Realising they're going to need more help this season, Peter rings around the neighbouring stations to try and find a good worker. After a glowing recommendation, Alexi arrives to give them a hand – and is not at all what they'd expected …
Into the World
1791. In the midst of the French Revolution, unwed mother Marie-Louise Girardin takes one last look at her baby son before entrusting him to her friend, the revolutionary Olympe de Gouges. She must escape, and only the most daring plan will bring her both the anonymity she needs and the independence to return one day for her son.
Marie-Louise disguises herself as a man and joins a voyage of exploration employed as a steward on the Recherche, one of two ships commissioned to journey to the Great Southern Ocean to find the missing explorer La Perouse.
Protecting her identity throughout, Marie-Louise forms friendships among the eccentric naturalists. But tensions rise between the royalist officers and the revolutionaries, and Marie-Louise's position becomes precarious when she discovers someone on board knows the secrets of her past. When the expedition docks in Java, chaos erupts as they learn of King Louis XVI's execution and are imprisoned by the Dutch. Marie-Louise seems certain to be unmasked. Will she ever return to France and be reunited with her child? Inspired by a true story, Into the World is a compelling novel of the amazing life of Marie-Louise Girardin battling perilous seas, her own self-doubt, and finding unforeseen loves on a journey to reclaim her child.
Afternoons with Harvey Beam
Confirming his suspicions that you can successfully run away from your problems and a dysfunctional family, talk-show host Harvey Beam got out of his regional hometown as soon as he could. Beam creates a stellar radio career in the city, and builds a life that bears no resemblance to the one he left behind.
But as things start to unravel at work and at home, Beam is called back to Shorton by the imminent death of his father. There he finds everything is still waiting for him just as he left it. Maybe, though, Harvey Beam is not the same angry young man who ran away. And maybe the arrival of a single, wonderful stranger will mean that instead of going back, Harvey can finally move on.
The Everlasting Sunday
During the freezing English winter of 1962, seventeen-year-old Radford is sent to Goodwin Manor, a home for boys who have been 'found by trouble'. Drawn immediately to the charismatic West, Radford soon discovers that each one of them has something to hide.
Life at the Manor offers a refuge of sorts, but unexpected arrivals threaten the world the boys have built. Will their friendship be enough when trouble finds them again? At once both beautiful and brutal, The Everlasting Sunday is a haunting debut novel about growing up, growing wild and what it takes to survive.
If I Tell You
What if the secret is more damaging than the lie? I never planned on falling in love in Two Creeks, but since when has life ever followed a plan? The day I fell for Phoenix Stone, there was no warning. She shattered the world I knew. This is a story about being seventeen and growing up in rural Australia.
Falling in love for the first time, following your dreams and disappointing your parents. Being brave enough to live your life, even when life is terrifying. In fear there is bravery you can either cling to the edge or have the courage to jump. But what do you do when you're left spiralling through the freefall? Be proud. Be seen. Live life fearlessly.
Stone Girl
An unspeakable event changes everything for twelve-year-old Sophie. No more Mum, school or bed of her own. She's made a ward of the state and grows up in a volatile world where kids make their own rules, adults don't count and the only constant is change. Until one day she meets Gwen, Matty and Spiral. Spiral is the most furious, beautiful boy Sophie has ever known. And as their bond tightens she finally begins to confront what happened in her past.
All Fall Down
When a bridge in the small outback town of Mululuk mysteriously collapses, the town is cut off from the world, and its citizens from each other.
The Secrets at Ocean's Edge
Every family has secrets that bind them together. A heart-rending story of a guesthouse keeper and his wife who attempt to start over, from devastatingly talented debut author Kali Napier. 1932. Ernie and Lily Hass, and their daughter, Girlie, have lost almost everything in the Depression; all they have keeping their small family together are their secrets. Abandoning their failing wheat farm and small-town gossip, they make a new start on the west coast of Australia where they begin to build a summer guesthouse.
But forming new alliances with the locals isn't easy. Into the Hasses' new life wanders Lily's shell-shocked brother, Tommy, after three harrowing years on the road following his incarceration. Tommy is seeking answers that will cut to the heart of who Ernie, Lily and Girlie really are. Inspired by the author's own family history, The Secrets at Ocean's Edge is a haunting, memorable and moving tale of one family's search for belonging. Kali Napier breathes a fever-pitch intensity into the story of these emotionally fragile characters as their secrets are revealed with tragic consequences.
The Hope Fault
Iris's family – her ex-husband with his new wife and baby; her son, and her best friend's daughter – gather to pack up their holiday house.
They are there for one last time, one last weekend, and one last party – but in the course of this weekend, their connections will be affirmed, and their frailties and secrets revealed – to the reader at least, if not to each other.
The Hope Fault is a novel about extended family- about steps and exes and fairy godmothers; about parents and partners who are missing, and the people who replace them.
The Stolen Button
"Hush!" the gypsy cried. "There's nothing to fear. I'll take your button in return for your passage home. A navel's neither an ear to hear nor an eye to see. More a tip than a fee, don't you agree?" In a golden oasis, lived a Good Mother who raised a Wicked Daughter. A truly, terrible girl. Just the sort to fall for the gypsy's trick.
Troppo's a story about black magic, big waves and mad Aussie expats. Set in Sumatra, it's told from the perspective of Penny, a young surfer who's landed a job managing a resort for the notorious Aussie Shane.
Penny is drifting, partying, hanging out – a thousand miles away from claustrophobic Perth and her career-minded boyfriend.
But things take a dangerous turn when Penny learns about Shane's reputation as a troublemaker. Caught up in the hostility directed at Shane, and flirting and surfing with the hell-man Matt, Penny soon finds herself swept into a world where two very different cultures will collide.
Planet Bastard Vol. 1
Planet Bastard Vol. 1 is a shared-universe anthology featuring some of the best emerging writers in Australia. The first volume is packed with fourteen stories, containing unforgettable heroes and villains entwined by one common thread: they're stuck on the last habitable planet, which is slowly dying.
A thousand years after an event of catastrophic scale sent all remaining lifeforms flocking to Katecht, a frantic and long-fought war nears its end.
The rebel group known as the Iconoclast has struck a fatal blow to the reigning Confederacy. The world has been thrown into chaos. The Confederacy is vulnerable, but alive. And ripples are spreading through the nations.
This is where it all begins.
The Earth Does Not Get Fat
She looked like someone who has had a hard life and no money to take care of herself, like a broken woman at the end of the world, dead on her feet, skin slapped over her bones like white paint, old white paint, slightly yellow.
Her shoulders and collarbones were sticking out of her skin like like nothing. There is nothing I know that is as awful as her bones poking out of her dirty yellow chicken-skin.
Chelsea doesn't attend school much any more. She is carer for her mother who is sinking further into depression after a trauma, and her Grandad who has slipped into full-blown dementia.
Her father is long gone; others are shadowy memories, intangible like dreams. Barely known ghosts make for strange company. Then a parcel arrives, and in it are questions about her mother and her past self, their shared histories, and the people and place from which they've run. The Earth Does Not Get Fat is a powerful and gut-wrenching debut about intense suffering and love fierce, searing love.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. Under the watchful eye of June and the women who run the farm, Alice settles, but grows up increasingly frustrated by how little she knows of her family's story. In her early twenties, Alice's life is thrown into upheaval again when she suffers devastating betrayal and loss.
Desperate to outrun grief, Alice flees to the dramatically beautiful central Australian desert. In this otherworldly landscape Alice thinks she has found solace, until she meets a charismatic and ultimately dangerous man. Spanning two decades, set between sugar cane fields by the sea, a native Australian flower farm, and a celestial crater in the central desert, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart follows Alice's unforgettable journey, as she learns that the most powerful story she will ever possess is her own.'Lush, powerful … This is an engrossing novel imbued with passion and reverence for the Australian natural world, with a cast of characters that inspire affection in the reader even as they make mistakes.
You wake up alone after an emergency caesarean, desperate to see your child. And when you are shown the small infant in the nursery, a terrible thought takes root- this baby is not your baby. No one believes you. Not the nurses, your father or even your own husband.
They say you're confused and delusional. Dangerous. But you're a doctor – you know how easily mistakes can be made. It's up to you to find your real child, your miracle baby, before it's too late. With everyone against you, is it safe to trust your instincts? Or are memories from your past clouding your judgement? This can't all be in your head . . . can it?
In at the Deep End
A quick-witted, contemporary romance about losing your cool.What woman doesn't love a real-life hero? Harriet Scott, for one. The fiercely independent daughter of famous adventurers, she grew up travelling the world on the environmental flagship The Watch. So when Harriet's ship sinks in Antarctica and she has to be rescued by Commander Per Amundsen, an infuriatingly capable Norwegian naval officer and living breathing action hero, her world is turned upside down.
Like their namesakes, the original Scott and Amundsen who competed to reach the South Pole first, Per and Harriet have different ways of doing things. Per thinks Harriet is an accident waiting to happen; Harriet thinks Per is a control freak. But when Harriet realises that Per is the only one who can help her fund the new ship she desperately wants, she is forced to cooperate with him.Per refuses to assist unless Harriet allows him to teach her to swim. But there is more to Harriet's terrible fear of water than meets the eye. Can Harriet face her fears and come to terms with the trauma and loss of her past? And will she begin to appreciate that some risks are well worth takingand that polar opposites can, in fact, attract?
The Sisters' Song
As children, Ida loves looking after her younger sister, Nora, but when their beloved father dies in 1926, everything changes. The two young girls move in with their grandmother who is particularly encouraging of Nora's musical talent. Nora eventually follows her dream of a brilliant musical career, while Ida takes a job as a nanny and their lives become quite separate.
The two sisters are reunited when Nora's life takes an unwelcome direction and she finds herself, embittered and resentful, isolated in the Tasmanian bush with a husband and children. Ida longs passionately for a family and when she marries Len, a reliable and good man, she hopes to soon become a mother. Over time, it becomes clear that this is never likely to happen.
In Ida's eyes, it seems that Nora possesses everything in life that could possibly matter yet she values none of it. Set in rural Tasmania over a span of seventy years, the strengths and flaws of motherhood are revealed through the mercurial relationship of these two very different sisters. The Sisters' Song speaks of dreams, children and family, all entwined with a musical thread that binds them together.
April in Paris, 1921
Meet the glamorous, witty and charming Kiki Button: socialite, private detective and spy. We all have secrets – it's just that Kiki has more than most … Sparkling, witty and engaging crime fiction – one for fans of Phryne Fisher and Julian Fellowes It's 1921, and after two years at home in Australia, Katherine King Button has had enough.
Her rich parents have ordered her to get married, but after serving as a nurse during the horrors of the Great War, she has vowed never to take orders again. She flees her parents and the prison of their expectations for the place of friendship and freedom: Paris.
Paris in 1921 is the city of freedom, the place where she can remake herself as Kiki Button, gossip columnist extraordinaire, partying with the rich and famous, the bohemian and bold, the suspicious and strange. But on the modelling dais, Picasso gives her a job: to find his wife's portrait, which has gone mysteriously missing. That same night, her old spymaster from the war contacts her – she has to find a double agent or face jail. Through parties, whisky and informants, Kiki has to use every ounce of her determination, her wit and her wiles to save herself, the man she adores, and the life she has come to love – in just one week.
Oriental Vagabonds: A Tale of a Far East Tramp
The eve of World War 2. Hitler is finalising plans for the conquest of Europe and flexing his muscles in Spain, while the Japanese are poised to invade China, and eyeing off the resources of the East Indies and Indochina to fuel their war machine.
Dangerous times, but there are still profits to be made by men like hard-bitten Skipper Bill Rowden and his vagabond crew, as they work their aging tramp steamer around the treacherous waters of the Far East. Uncharted reefs, tropical storms, corrupt officials, smuggling and piracy are all in a day's work to Rowden and his crew, which includes an embittered hard drinking aristocrat, a knife wielding Welshman and a hot-headed, hard-fisted Australian.
Read Underground Writers' review of this book here.
The Apology
A gripping psychological drama about family, betrayal and the limits of forgiveness
The Wounded Sinner
Matthew's father, Archie, is dying and he spends three weeks out of four caring for him in The Wounded Sinner, his grand, decaying family home. Whilst Matthew is away, Jeanie stays and works as a teacher and looks after their five children. On a hot desolate day in the West Australian hinterland, Matthew's car finally breaks down. Vince, whose own family is falling apart in unanticipated ways, stops to pick him up and, in amongst the chaos of their lives, an unlikely friendship is formed.
James can fly, though his landings need some work. However, that's the least of his problems when he crash lands into a city in the clouds. Soon James is drawn into a race against time to find the SAFFIRE, a new technology designed to save the city from the effects of climate change. Finding his way home seems impossible but with the help of Aureole, a young girl determined to save her city, James just might be able to fly away and help save the city in the process.


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French Summer Soiree
Jacintha Clark and her painting, "Bicyclette," which was for sale at Alliance Francaise French Summer Soiree. Photo by Steve Peterson, Special to The Denver Post
For one magical night, guests came about as close to France as one can without actually getting on a plane. The occasion: Alliance Francaise de Denver's eighth French Summer Soiree, which brought Francophiles from throughout the area to the Monet Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens to sample offerings from six French restaurants and bakeries while sipping wine and enjoying French-themed art created by students at Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Sisters Annie and Zoe Aqua delighted the crowd with their violin music; later, the Colorado Wind Trio and a student jazz combo from Denver School of the Arts performed.
It was the next best thing to being in the City of Light.
Proceeds from the sold-out event go to scholarships and the cost of staging the cultural and artistic events that the Alliance hosts year-round.
The Alliance Francaise de Denver was founded in 1897, and is believed to be the fourth-oldest nonprofit organization in the metro area. Early-day members included the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown.
The Alliance Francaise is a world-wide, not-for-profit, cultural and educational center founded in Paris in 1883. Its network of 1,100 chapters in 138 countries includes 146 in the United States alone.
The Alliance's mission is to encourage the study of the French language and culture, and to foster cultural, intellectual, artistic and friendly exchanges between the French-speaking world and our local community.
To learn more, visit afdenver.org.
Pictures: denverpost.com/seengallery

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iQiyi, the Netflix of China, is going public in the US
is ready for
Wall Street
Video streaming site
is getting ready for an IPO on the
under the stock ticker "IQ." The company filed paperwork late Tuesday to raise $1.5 billion in its offering, but the final amount could end up higher.
iQiyi said the figure was just an estimate for regulatory filing purposes. It didn't give details on the size of the stake it plans to list. Karen Chen, an analyst at investment bank Jefferies, told CNN her team puts iQiyi's valuation at just over $17 billion.
New York is the preferred destination for Chinese tech companies looking to go public, according to financial data firm Dealogic. Baidu, the internet firm that owns most of iQiyi, and Alibaba (BABA), China's biggest e-commerce company, both took their IPOs to the city.
One attraction is that US rules allow founders to keep control of their companies even after their stakes are diluted by selling shares on the public exchanges, Dealogic says.
But Wall Street hasn't worked out for some Chinese tech firms. Qihoo 360, a cybersecurity company, delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2016 and is moving its stock to Shanghai.
iQiyi is aiming to capitalize on the growing number of Chinese consumers willing to pay for high-end content. Despite the availability of pirated DVDs and illegally streamed TV shows and movies, iQiyi has managed to sign up more than 50 million subscribers to its service.
The company posted revenues of 17 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) in 2017, up 52% from a year earlier. But like many tech companies going public, iQiyi is not profitable. It lost nearly 4 billion yuan last year ($574 million).
One reason for that is the fierce competition to attract paying subscribers in China.
iQiyi's main rival is Tencent Video, and e-commerce company Alibaba is also a big player with its video streaming platform Youku.
They are all competing with each other to offer premium content -- the driving force for getting people to sign up for subscriptions.
iQiyi even teamed up with Netflix (NFLX) last April, striking a deal that gives its Chinese subscribers access to popular original series like "Black Mirror," "Stranger Things" and "Mindhunter."
Winning subscribers requires burning a lot of cash. Baidu owns 80.5% of iQiyi, but it does not have the deep pockets of rivals Tencent (TCEHY) and Alibaba, according to a research note from Global Equity Research.
Listing iQiyi separately will make it easier for the streaming company to raise funds directly from financial markets.
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ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Jay Gruden, most recently offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals, has been hired as head coach of the Washington Redskins, the NFL team said Thursday.
Gruden met with Redskins officials Wednesday and was introduced at a news conference Thursday as the ninth coach of the team since Dan Snyder bought the franchise in 1999.
Gruden replaces Mike Shanahan, who was fired the day after the Redskins' 2013 season ended with an eighth-consecutive loss and 3-13 record overall. Shanahan was 24-40 in four seasons leading Washington.
"I look forward to the challenge," Gruden said at the news conference.
"I don't know what happened last year and I don't care what happened last year," Gruden added regarding the reported dysfunction within the Redskins' organization. "I am only concerned about the future."
Gruden, 46, led the Bengals' offense from 2011-13. He had been interviewed by at least three NFL teams with head coaching vacancies last season and was in conversations with at least two in 2014 when he took the Redskins position.
Gruden has previous head coaching experience in the Arena League where he led the Orlando Predators and Florida Tuskers. He was on four Arena Bowl-winning teams as a quarterback and two as a coach.
Gruden is the brother for former Oakland and Tampa Bay Coach Jon Gruden, who is a commentator on "Monday Night Football." Jay Gruden was on his brother's staff in Tampa Bay from 2002-08.


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Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 87
The 1924 Annual Meeting
ANOTHER annual meeting has passed
into history. The one held in the
Executive Offices on September 22, 23,
and 24 was the largest and most important
yet held in point of attendance and in the
interest and enthusiasm displayed. All of
the firm members were present and all
practice offices, with the exception of
London and Paris, were represented.
Messrs. Tompkins and DeVault, respectively,
represented the other two foreign
offices, Havana and Shanghai, and Mr.
Gause represented Pittsburgh in the absence
of Mr. Farber who was unable to
be present on account of an important
The meeting opened at 11:30 A. M . on
Monday, September 22. Mr. Ludlam
presided and welcomed those in attendance.
This session was devoted to Mr. Sells'
memory, and announcements were made of
various memorials to him which have been
established or are being considered. The
following resolution, prepared as a tribute
to Mr. Sells' memory, was read and
unanimously adopted by a rising vote:
"Whereas, On March 19, 1924, Divine
Providence removed from among us our
beloved partner and friend, E L I J A H WA TT
S E L L S ; and
"Whereas, Mr. Sells had become greatly
endeared to us through his companionship,
friendly interest, unceasing thoughtfulness
and attention; and
"Whereas, Mr. Sells, by his vision and
untiring efforts, was instrumental in establishing
the profession of accountancy in
America and by his professional achievements,
devotion to high ethical standards and zeal
in practicing integrity had a major part in
upbuilding the reputation of a firm, the good
name of which has become our heritage:
"Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, That we
the members and managers of the firm of
Haskins & Sells hereby record our profound
sorrow and express our deep grief at the
irretrievable loss which we have sustained
in the passing of our beloved associate,
E L I J A H WA T T SE L L S , and dedicate ourselves
to perpetuate his memory by ever striving
to preserve and honor the priceless heritage
which he has bequeathed us."


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By Kathryn Weber
There's lots of talk about shoe collections and women's love of shoe shopping these days. But there's another fashion accessory women love, too: handbags. From clutches to totes, purse collections have expanded so much that storing your favorite handbags means more than tossing them on a shelf. And with the rising price of purses, storing them well protects your investment.
Helpful hints
Because different purses vary in size, it's a good idea to use different ways to store them. One of the most important ways to store your purses is to keep them upright on a shelf. Take a tip from department stores and always keep your purses filled with wadded paper. This not only keeps them standing, but also helps maintain their structure. To make getting the paper in and out easier when you change bags, try putting paper in the dust cover that your purse came with.
If your purse didn't come with a dust cover, stuff the paper inside a plastic bag and put the whole thing into your purse. This way, when you're ready to switch purses, you can pull the whole bag of paper out easily rather than unstuffing it one wad of paper at a time. Make sure, though, that you get stuffing pushed into the bottom corners of the handbag, so they don't crimp. The bottom corners are natural spots for handbags to lose their structure.
To cover or uncover
Chances are if your handbags were designer, they came with a fabric or felt drawstring bag to protect them. The problem with these covers is that they make the handbags hard to see on the shelf when you're "shopping" your closet for just the right purse to go with your outfit. Having a dust cover protects bags from scratches and dust, but makes finding a handbag less convenient.
Style storage
Different handbag styles require different storage needs. For clutches, try a covered storage box. Whether you select a fabric box with a top or a plastic storage container is up to you. However, a clear storage container will enable you to see your handbags so you use them more often. Clutches can be "filed" in a storage container by size, or by color if you prefer.
Larger handbags can be placed on a shelf, but there are other options if you're short on shelf space. The Clear PEVA 8-Pocket Handbag File from the Container Store is an option if you have hanging space (containerstore.com) on a rod or you can use a hook over a door. Another storage idea is to use the space above a shelf over your closet rod. Consider adding a rod here and using rings to hold handbags individually.
Yet another option is taking a cue from fashion merchandising and displaying your prettiest handbags on glass shelving, or in individual cubbies. If space is at a premium, add some hooks to the side of shelves to hold your handbags by the handles. Renting? Use Command Hooks by 3M. They'll hold the weight and be removable when you leave.
© Kathryn Weber, all rights reserved


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Ten Must Have Games for Nintendo 64
10. Perfect Dark - The successor to Goldeneye 007. The developers kept the same great gameplay but added extra multiplayer features. Customizable bots to fight against if you didn't have enough friends. Six different multiplayer modes. Four human players and eight computer players playing at once. Perfect Dark is the best multiplayer first person shooter you will find.
9. Conker's Bad Fur Day - A surprise game for the Nintendo 64 because it wasn't focused on the typical young N64 audience. The game has cuss words and adult themes, but it is one of the funniest games ever released. And the gameplay is great too. The same developers who made Goldeneye and Perfect Dark also made Conker, so you know the multiplayer action is spot on.
8. Mario Golf - Play 18 holes with Mario and company. This arcade style golf game isn't the most realistic one you will find but it is fun for endless hours. Play single player and beat new characters in a round to unlock them. And then play against your friends with your newly unlocked characters. I personally played this game hundreds of hours when it first came out. A friend and I played a round of 18 ever day after school for a whole year. You know it must be good if it can keep someone coming back that long.
7. Star Wars Racer - A racing game based off the Star Wars Episode 1 racing scenes. Race in the same events Anakin did, plus many more. Choose different craft, some faster, some tighter on the corners and try to beat a galaxy's worth of competition. Any Star Wars fan will have fun with this one.
6. Super Smash Bros. - A simple, yet fun fighter with all the Nintendo characters. Fight as Mario or Bowser and even some of the more obscure Nintendo characters including Ness from the Earthbound series. The fighter just uses two buttons for the most part and the joystick so it is much easier to start playing than other fighters on the market.
5. Mario Party - The game that started the party genre for video games. A big board game you play on your TV. Roll the dice and try to get around the board to collect stars. After every turn players play against each other or on teams to earn coins they can spend on special items. Great for four player action with your friends especially if you keep on losing the dice to your Monopoly set. You can't lose these dice.
4. Mario Kart 64 - The sequel to Super Mario Kart for SNES, Mario Kart 64 is in full 3D and faster than ever. Try to race around the track and get to the finish first but watch out for attack items your opponents can use. Red Shells, Stars, and even the dreaded blue shell that will hit you anywhere on the track. This is the multiplayer game all my friends want to play when we play Nintendo 64.
3. Goldeneye 007 - Until Halo was released in 2001, Goldeneye was THE first person shooter all shooters were compared to. The best controls for any FPS with one joystick and a story line that follows the movie made this a great first person game and a fantastic multiplayer one as well.
2. Super Mario 64 - Mario 64 was the launch game for Nintendo 64 and brought Mario into full 3D for the first time. Consistantly rated one of the top ten games of all time for its contributions to gaming, this is a most own title for any gamer. The first 3D game with a free roaming camera, first game with use of the analog control stick so Mario can change his speeds. This is the game all 3D action games are compared to.
1. Zelda Ocarina of Time - What Mario started Zelda Ocarina of Time perfected. This game is rated the best game of all time by countless magazines and websites because it was such a perfect transition for Zelda from 2D to 3D. Great gameplay, engaging story, and hours of entertainment. No wonder this has best review scores of all time.
With these ten games in your Nintendo 64 collection, you should keep entertained for endless hours and definitely enjoy your N64 system purchase.
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you have to admit... ocarina of time is the best game i have ever played
- February 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM
4 real u should have pokemon stadium up there
- March 31, 2009 at 3:19 PM
im definatly going to have to agree with pokemon stadium being up there, it features minigames you can play for hours! classic..
- April 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Clay FIghters should DEFINITELY be up there man
- May 4, 2009 at 5:18 PM
you really didnt post zelda majoras mask up there? its the sequel to ocarina of time, and i hate to admit it, but its a whole lot funner and challenging!
- May 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM
it should have donkey kong up there
- September 26, 2009 at 11:24 AM
that is all.
- September 27, 2009 at 9:47 PM
bowser is not in super smash bros. for n64
- October 30, 2009 at 9:56 AM
suprised Harvestmoon wasnt up there somewhere..
in my opinion the harvestmoon is overpriced at the estimated value of aroung $40
- January 2, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Zelda ocarina of time is the best game in the world but I don't get the forest temple?? Who knows how to pass that level??
- February 20, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- The Temporal Guardian said...
I remember I was in high school, counting the days to Ocarina of Time's release. I had pre-ordered it and got an original Poster for it (I still have it! I should frame it and hang it up!). I'm lucky to have the original Gold cartridge for it! Now, I have this game for my 3DS. Brings back so many memories! The graphics are betters too. And man, I was SO HAPPY when they RE-MADE the original Ocarina of Time commercial that they played in movie theaters!!! That trailer (when I first saw it on IGN in all it's 320x240 resolution glory) gave me goose bumps, and hyped me up for that game SO HARD!
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Rutgers: Nelson Dismissed From Football Program
MANKATO, Minn. -- Rutgers dismissed quarterback Philip Nelson from its football program after he was charged in an assault that left another man critically injured, while authorities announced Tuesday that a second suspect has been arrested.
Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood announced Nelson's dismissal Tuesday in a statement. Nelson, a high school football star in Mankato, was a quarterback for Minnesota but transferred to Rutgers.
He was charged Monday with two counts of felony assault in a weekend fight that left Isaac Dallas Kolstad, 24, severely injured. Authorities say Nelson, 20, kicked Kolstad in the head after another man punched Kolstad as bars were closing early Sunday in downtown Mankato.
The incident was captured on surveillance cameras, and authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested the man whom they believe punched Kolstad. The 21-year-old man was expected to be charged Wednesday.
Nelson's attorney has said his client was not the aggressor and that it's not clear who caused Kolstad's injuries.
Nelson, who is out of jail on bail, did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.
Kolstad's family said on its CaringBridge website that Kolstad had surgery Tuesday morning, which went well, and he was still critical. Kolstad is a former linebacker at Minnesota State-Mankato.
According to the criminal complaint, Nelson was upset after a bouncer at a bar tried to kiss his girlfriend.
The complaint said Nelson and his girlfriend were walking outside when they ran into Kolstad, and the two began arguing.
Kolstad's friend told police that Kolstad hit Nelson in the upper back, and video shows Nelson fell onto the ground. Kolstad was leaving when another man punched Kolstad, knocking him down. After Kolstad was punched, he went limp and collapsed to the pavement, according to the complaint.
Nelson ran to Kolstad, who was "lying on the street and not moving and appeared to be defenseless," the complaint said. Nelson then kicked Kolstad in the head and walked away, the complaint said.
According to the complaint, Nelson told police he did not remember kicking Kolstad in the head.
The complaint said Kolstad's injuries include bleeding of brain, a skull fracture and brain shifting. Preliminary information shows the fracture is on the left side of Kolstad's head, where he was kicked.
Nelson was a top recruit when he came out of Mankato West as the state's Mr. Football in 2011, and spent much of his first two seasons as the Gophers' starter. He played in 11 games last season, but announced afterward that he would transfer to Rutgers and what he said was a more pass-friendly offense. He threw for 1,306 yards, nine touchdowns and six interceptions last season and ran for 364 yards.
Nelson would have had two seasons of eligibility left after sitting out next season.
Kolstad played at Mankato East and spent two seasons at North Dakota State before finishing his career at Minnesota State-Mankato.
Rutgers did not comment beyond the statement from Flood.
"The Rutgers football family's thoughts and prayers are with Isaac Kolstad and his family," the coach said in announcing Nelson's dismissal.
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I have tried a few diets in my time, like Herbalife and Dukan – all with minor success because I just lack the discipline to stick to very strict diets.
I'm trialling something new for the next month – Diet Chef! You may have seen the commercials around for this system and it's also sold on QVC. I started on Thursday.
Diet Chef is a bit like meals on wheels – the company send you all the food you need for a month (for around £190 depending on whether you want a 1200 or 1500 a day diet) and all you mainly eat is that.
You do need to add vegetables, fruit and drinks. They are specific about which fruit and vegetables you can have. Additionally, I noticed there is a shortage most days on the calorie front (coming in at about 900 cals) so you make these up yourself, with say
chocolate fingers a bread roll with your soup.
An example meal:
Lasagne is probably the oddest main meal because it's not frozen it's just kept at room temperature…weird. I ate this yesterday and it didn't taste bad, it was a bit soggy though.
So the meal plan goes like this (very simple).
Lots to choose from, I picked granola cereal and porridge in various flavours. I never eat breakfast so this is my 1am snack.
Soup or Shake. I hate these stupid diet shakes so I chose tons of different flavoured soups and so far very tasty but the quantity is about 2 thirds of what you'd normally have from a can.
Once again a HUGE choice. I picked loads of different ones, chicken curry, chasseur, lasagne, chilli, meatballs, cottage pie, stew, coq au vin etc. There are vegetarian options too.
I have had 3 positive meals, 1 I hated (Chicken Chasseur – ew!). They're all on the watery side so serve it in a bowl next to your veg.
You add your OWN vegetables to the mains – things like green beans, peppers, mushrooms, broccoli (no starchy ones like Potatoes).
Once again tons of choice – I picked flavoured popcorn (love) and oat biscuits – savoury ones. I hate fruit oat bar type things so avoided those.
You can also have 2 pieces of fruit like apple, small banana, small pear, plums, grapes, strawberries etc.
You need to add is enough food to make it up to 1200 calories – confused me at first because because on the first day I had a whole bag of green beans with my mains and my fruit and still had 320 cals to play with.
Quite frankly, this is a good part of the diet as it makes things less restrictive and it's amazing how much veg you can have with 300 calories! I even treated myself to a chocolate finger (30 cals each).
You can also have some rice or pasta or a bread roll with your soup.
The popcorn snack is my favourite, almost like crisps!
So far so good. I love to eat and I am NOT hungry on this diet. It's harder if you can't live without junk food.
If you are big on junk food and high calorie snacks, then try and snack of vegetables or other things like a can of tuna or yoghurt.
You also need to drink your water etc. etc. – I am doing a bit better but I do hate drinking water. I am still drinking fizzy diet drinks and my beloved coffee. Milk allowance per day is 250ml.
Other benefits so far is saving money – I spend about £5-£10 per day on lunch as I like eating out and nice chai lattes! But on this diet there is no wandering about aimlessly buying food.
The customer service is ok – they didn't reply to my twitter query and on live chat, someone said hello then left me hanging! However if you email their customer service they are very quick and very helpful. Their forums are also useful for information.
Tip: If you have a smart phone download the My Fitness Pal. It will save you, as you can log everything you eat.
Well that's all there is to say so far really! I have weighed myself and will report back next week on weight loss!
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Hitachi readies high-density desktop hard drives
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Hitachi will ship its latest 3.5in desktop hard disk drives in Q3, the company said yesterday. The new units will feature the company's latest, 160GB-plus, 1.2bn bits per square inch density platters allowing it to deliver 500GB of storage capacity using just three disks, reducing drive complexity and power consumption.
The Deskstar T7K500 and 7K160 will both contain platters spinning at 7,200rpm and connect to the outside world via at least 8MB - 16MB on some models - of cache memory and across a 3Gbps Serial ATA bus with native command queuing (NCQ). They offer an 8.5ms average seek time and a 4.17ms average latency.
The T7K500 will be offered in 250, 320, 400 and 500GB capacities. The first two have two platters, the rest, three, with four and six recording heads, respectively, and non-operating shock ratings of 350G and 300G.
The 7K160 will ship with 80GB and 160GB of storage capacity, both based on a single platter, and one and two recording heads, respectively. They too can withstand 350G of non-operating shock.
Hitachi will also offer versions of the drives with parallel ATA interfaces. All six models will ship with a three-year warranty, Hitachi said. They meet the European Union's Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations, it added.
In addition to the Deskstars, the same drives will be offered as the CinemaStar 7K160 and 7K500, both pitched at consumer electronics applications. They will ship in "early Q3". ®
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Israeli report claims sanctions hitting Iran hard
JERUSALEM (AP) — A new Israeli government report finds that recent international sanctions are hitting Iran hard, undercutting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's key claim as he heads to the United Nations to argue for tougher action against Israel's arch foe.
The Israeli foreign ministry report finds Iran's oil exports declined 50 percent in the past year, while food and electricity prices have skyrocketed.
An Israeli official confirmed the report, leaked Thursday in Israel's daily Haaretz. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss internal government documents.
Netanyahu is expected to argue at the U.N. later on Thursday that international sanctions have not convinced Tehran to curb its disputed nuclear program.
Israel and the U.S. believe Iran seeks a nuclear weapon and threatens Israel's existence. Iran denies the charge.
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Researchers at the University of Colorado reported that regular exercise can help fight the negative effects of stress on the brain. In studies involving rats, the investigators found that rodents which ran for exercise released less norepinephrine (a stress hormone) than sedentary rats. In addition, rats that exercised before exposure to stress recovered more quickly from infections with E. coli bacteria.
In a major study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers reported that exercise may reduce the risk of breast cancer. The investigators analyzed questionnaires from 121,701 women, ages 30 to 55, nationwide. They discovered that women who exercised a minimum of one hour every day decreased their chances of getting breast cancer by 20 percent. Researchers believe exercise lowers the level of estrogen, which has been found to stimulate breast cell growth, increasing the chances of cancer.
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