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Narcissism has gained popularity as people scramble to try and understand the strange behavior of so-called toxic individuals. A mountain of information exists to help identify red flags, often with the intention of ascertaining whom to avoid. In Narcissism to Nirvana, author Esther Hunter explains how narcissism is not a dirty word and shouldn't be feared. It's simply a form of arrested development. She tells how the purpose of narcissism is to trigger us toward spiritual awakening. Conquering a narcissistic situation has extreme transformative power and can awaken the dormant leadership qualities inside of us. We no longer need to be confused, hurt, or in a state of fear about encountering narcissists in our lives. By shining a light on the different ways we can use our own experiences with narcissism to achieve enlightenment, Narcissism to Nirvana provides the ultimate guide to alchemizing our struggles.

When, at the urging of her dying mother, eighteen-year-old farm worker Mary Evans sails for England in 1886 she has no idea that she has inherited her grandmother's heraldic title of Countess. Unused to the way of the British aristocracy, and much to the consternation of her peers, she adjusts in her own way to deal with the authority, privileges and wealth that have been bestowed upon her.

Kate Rayne rarely purchases Tattslotto tickets, but on the spur of the moment, she joins the multitude and purchases a quick pick for that evening's three hundred million dollar super jackpot draw. She puts the ticket in her wallet and promptly forgets about it. It isn't until a fortnight later, while Kate is reading the local paper on her coffee break, that she notices an article stating that the uncollected winning ticket was purchased at the local news agency where Kate bought her ticket. She is flabbergasted to find that she has the six winning numbers. Kate is the sole jackpot recipient, but what will she do with her newfound riches? Will she buy a fancy house and an even fancier car? Will she travel the world? Many others would, but instead, Kate ensures that the majority of her winnings are used to assist the homeless and animal shelters. What else will this lucky winner do? Follow Kate and her family through adventures that occur during the months following her surprising win.

Hawk Feather is a Spiritual/Indigenous tale of a young girls' path of discovery about her connection to the earth, nature, spirit, her community and ancestry. Hawk Feathers' courage and wisdom is illuminated as she discovers a potentially threatening disturbance in the local environment and takes on a vital role in eliminating the threat. Hawk Feather takes children on a journey through nature, her indigenous heritage and into the spirit world, invoking the imagination and inducing empowerment in the reader.

Andrew Patterson looks back at his life growing up in suburban Brisbane and his career as a civil engineer in this memoir. Born during World War II, he grew up in a rented house in Doomben a short distance from the southern end of Brisbane's main Eagle Farm Aerodrome-not a particularly safe place to live during wartime. Many family members and friends used their home as a staging post on their way north to war. His family life was sometimes odd, with his father always urging him to do well in school-or else he would turn him and his brother, Gavin, into "e;bloody little Bank Johnnies."e; He said it in such a disparaging way that it sounded like this would be the worst punishment they could possibly suffer. He also recalls his array of experiences as a civil engineer working in Queensland and other projects throughout the world. Join the author as he shares a firsthand account of growing up in Queensland, his passion for sailing and flying, and his fascinating life as an engineer.

We live each day completely unaware of the person next to us and what events have helped shape that person's life. Each one of us over time begin to carve out our individual pathways and this path then becomes our life. The Author of this book decided to share some of his greatest mistakes and successes throughout his life so far. Some of his journeys took him around the world and found him in hot water on numerous occasions. His journeys through life have not always been a smooth road by any means. He has made plenty of mistakes and freely admits his shortfalls in the book and decided to share some of the highs and lows of the path he has travelled down. Some of the tales he shares will bring a smile to your face, a gasp and even a tear or two perhaps. They are simply events that happened to him and the stories share how he had to respond as a simple human being making his way through life when faced with personal challenges. He is a well-worn man who learned a lot the hard way and yet its those very rough roads that help create the writer who now shares his life with you throughout these pages. "e;If someone can avoid one of the mistakes I have made by reading where I went wrong or feels the confidence to rush in and help because they read a story where things went right then the stories I share have all been worthwhile"e;. ~Luke Way~

From Acceptance to Zen, Spiritual A-Z for Teens, by author Gail Christiina Barnett, offers narratives to inspire teenagers, encouraging them to think outside the box and empower them to trust themselves and their intuition. Touching on purposeful topics, Barnett offers advice and inspiration to propel teenagers into a journey of discovery of themselves and the magical world of spirituality. It's meant as a guide of suggestions, questions, and permission to open a window into another form of thinking. Spiritual A-Z for Teens encourages teens to start believing in themselves deeply, and to allow them to access their own wisdom and knowledge to create their own life. Praise for Spiritual A-Z for Teens"e;Although this little volume is meant for teens, it is a valuable resource for anyone! The reflections are on important aspects of life with meaningful and simple illustrations! Because each item is short, it is in a practical twenty-first century format which can be used in a classroom, a train, or on a veranda or porch swing. These golden nuggets of insight are perfect queuing mechanisms for meditation and/or discussion. I use them in the quiet of my own meditations but find them effective before a meeting, or to begin an Energy Circle, or to begin the school day on a positive note, or even to begin a day in the hospital as a morning or midday reflection. This little book is a treasure that will never be out-of-date! Try it, you will love it."e;- Father Justin Belitz

This book will save you money and time. It shows Inventors what to do and how manufacture and market your Invention and show you how to save money, by doing it yourself. It covers how to apply for exclusive us of the Concept and also shape and configuration, together with information on the best way to make money from your Good Idea, how to protect it, with the minimum financial outlay.

This is a diary written from a mini nursing home during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns in Melbourne, Australia. Mark Miljons-Rostoks offers a personal, reflective, and emotional account of a young quadriplegic man searching for meaning amid the global pandemic. He details the realities of life in care and how he plans to re-establish an inspiring life. It's one massive vent-fest. A rare glimpse is given into a life that not many people know about, understand or can even imagine. He does this by undertaking a writing challenge that explores almost every facet of his life intimately. He also reflects on his life highlights prior to illness, fumbles his way through understanding some personal dilemmas in the present, then explores his ambitions as he plans for a brighter future when quarantine lifts. The author also recalls how he became quadriplegic after getting sick during a backpacking holiday to Europe, and how despite not being able to move his limbs he is determined that he was put here to thrive-not survive. There are highs and lows, obscure ideas and confessions, revelations and humorous accounts, and blimey even some shocking truths exposed. But above all, a raw, robust, resilient human spirit shines through in the face of adversity.

This book is about changing your mindset so that you can enjoy life, plan your life, achieve more in the same time. Be more satisfied within and most of all to be more comfortable on being who you are and being totally satisfied in your own skin/body. Reading this book will change your life for the better.

With the use of the imagination through rhyme and images Deborah's intention is to teach children and beginners the basic principles of Astrology. Along with her daughter Clare's images, she brings together the characteristics of the planets, signs and elements associated with the zodiac.

The story is about how proud a child is of her grandad, no matter what his appearance may be.

When Vincent D'Souza's brother was terminally ill and later died of cancer, D'Souza was inspired to write this book, Happy People = Happy World. During this difficult time, he came to understand that loving and forgiveness of oneself and all others is crucial to experiencing health, wealth, and happiness. This collection of prayers helps you know who you really are, an infinite, eternal, birthless, deathless, spiritual being who is complete in every way - a child of the Creator. The prayers include: the "e;I Am Prayer,"e; the Lord's Prayer, as an affirmation; the Rosary describes your purpose and life journey; the Litany of the Christ describes your true nature; the Seven Stations of the Healing Cross shows how forgiveness leads to oneness with God and all of creation; and "e;I Am Loved, I Am Loving, I Am Lovable Forever"e; a suggested hymn, and "e;The Greatest Prayer,"e; offer a tool to bless ourselves and the world. Happy People = Happy World offers insight into prayers and praying with the altruistic goal of blessing all of creation. Because, when we bless ourselves, we bless all of creation, uplifting it to higher vibrations of peace, awareness, love and light. There is only one of us, the essence of the Creator/Source that underpins every aspect of creation, so, when we choose to be PALLSS all of creation wins.

It is July 2045 when Mary-Jane Anderson (Marj) is born at her family''s farm in Kellaberrin in Western Australia. A war with China and climate change has transformed not just the world, but also life on the farm. Still, Marj knows she is loved. But everything is about to change for her when she is orphaned at age eight and sent to live with her great aunt.While living with her aunt for several years, Marj sadly never feels at home. When she becomes pregnant and must live with the baby''s father, her existence increasingly becomes unhappy. Lacking maternal feelings for her baby, Kylie, Marj considers her daughter as the cause of her problems. While feeling restricted by the norms of the time and the invasion of Social Services, Marj does her best to carry on despite the fact that it seems her life is always one step away from chaos as she travels across Australia. It is not until her path leads her into a mental health clinic in Dubbo that Marj learns a name for her condition and how to avoid the triggers that set it off.Edge of Madness is the poignant Australian tale of one woman''s coming-of-age journey and beyond as her mental health deteriorates and she struggles to know why.

After their bus breaks down on a remote road while heading to a school camp and their phones stop working, Flyn Starman, four other students, and their teachers soon realize they are lost. While desperately searching for a way back home, they are unwittingly drawn into a bizarre world where the normally invisible can be seen and thoughts can be heard by others. As they are immersed in the strange world, the group meets extraordinary characters who explain that they have entered the mystical Realm of the Seventh Sense, and that they must go deeper into it in order to be able to leave. When their individual seventh senses are awakened, they all fall under the spell of the beauty and magic of the realm and their own power in it. But there is an underlying dark side to this mysterious reality, and peril lurks in the shadows. All that they thought they knew and believed to be real is challenged and overturned. Will they ever find a way out of this mystical realm that holds them in its grip?In this captivating adventure, a group of lost students and their teachers must conquer their fears in a bizarre, mystical world or face oblivion.

A therapy in bloom is the perfect dose of relaxation and rejuvenation. It is a blend of meditation and flower arranging. Unleashing inner creativity, connection with nature and connection with one's self through the art of flower arranging. Flowers give us a sense of variety; they can make a room feel fresh, new and different. The physical and emotional benefits they provide us is immeasurable. It also has a flow-on effect; the more we include them in our environment, the better we feel and the more inspired and creative we become

Mayor Liz Valenti takes you behind the scenes of local government. She talks about her childhood and what led her to become the Mayor of Wanjup. This story has truth, lies, murder, sex scandals, BDSM and drugs. Wouldn't you like to know what really goes on with the Council you elected in?

Night before Christmas and quite unexpectedly the pirates get a visit from someone wonderful!

This work of ecofiction follows the adventures of Andrew who teams up with Ham, an alien from a vastly advanced civilization who assumes the guise of a housecat. They first meet when Ham makes a detour to Earth to enlist Andrew's help to rid his Mothership of a dangerous creature that has hitchhiked on board. This mission requires Andrew to travel back to ancient Egypt with Ham. As a practice run, the pair travel forward in time to 2099 only to find that Earth is imperilled by plastic pollution. Andrew realises that before he can assist Ham and the Mother apprehend the creature, he needs their help to save his own planet Earth from a disaster of mankind's own making.

Cole Hawkins began his American journey in early nineteenth century New York but eventually made his way to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Through his many adventures, he always followed his Indian animal totem, the hawk. Now, his saga continues, as do his travels and his loves. His children grow to take and make their own place in the land. They journey along the western trails, where Native Americans still play a prominent part of life in the wild. Journey into the dangerous and greedy time of the California Gold Rush. Ride beside the cattle drives of the Southwest. Finally, witness the horror of a prolonged and hateful Civil War. Sons and daughters rise above hardships aplenty to make their own ways as America tries to heal its wounds and grow to nationhood.

Arzu Dogan began writing to document her healing journey from an auto-immune illness. She learned, among other things, food was medicine, and she was not living her truth and her purpose. Dogan read self-help books, attended workshops, explored natural medicines and the power of organic food, and adopted mindfulness to "e;be"e; and have a more purposeful life. She learned about holistic health and how well-being-both mentally, spiritually, and physically-is all connected and when nurtured, one can live in true harmony with health and inner peace. In Follow Your Heart, Dogan tells what it means to follow your heart and tune into your intuition. This guide offers advice and tips on how you can live, eat, and be your truest, healthiest, and highest self, beaming with love and light. Dogan's story offers a true testament to how your heart is the key to expansion and transformation; you just have to follow it.

Mary travelled by ship to England with three companions in 1965 on a working holiday. She was just twenty-two-years old. Over twenty-one months, Mary wrote hundreds of letters to her family at home, sharing her sense of adventure and fun. The letters tell of her excitement in traveling throughout the United Kingdom and into Europe, the Middle East, and Hong Kong. After a fifty-year gap, Mary rediscovered the letters which had been carefully preserved by her mother, Helen, and has presented them in this book as an important record of how young Australians looked at the world in the 1960s. As well as including many excerpts from the original letters, Mary has interspersed recently added memories and reflections, thus showing how time and maturity can influence our thoughts, attitudes and growth. By reading these letters, Mary's audience will get a deeper understanding of Australia's development as a nation, and the influence those 1960s travellers had on its independence and spirit. The narrative is replete with stories of generous strangers and some fascinating, eccentric people. With her good friend Annette, Mary found excitement in ordinary events and turned near disasters into tales to laugh about.

In the illustration of the apple trees (left image), the apples jump out convincingly because the red is opposite to green in the colour spectrum. However, when you convert that image to black-and-white (right image), the apples and leaves are converted to a very similar grey tone and hence blend together to make for a messy photograph. In the book, you will learn how to make an outstanding black-and-white image. In Chapter 10, you will discover a propriety observation that Darren shares based on his 40 years of experience as a professional photographer. Your eyes will always go to the lightest or darkest part of the image. In Chapter 12, you will master the art of tone and clever use of colour to take your photography quantum.

This is two books in one!! If your biggest challenge is 'starting things', then start at the front of the book. If your biggest challenge is 'finishing things,' then flip this book over and start at the other end!Warning: this book is one part motivational, one part pushy and one part have a good laugh at yourself. You will recognise yourself in this book on some page - that's guaranteed.If you are someone who has trouble either 'starting or finishing things', then this book is for you. Ali Fowler's new book provides you with 100 compelling reasons to start or finish that thing you have been talking about or working on.Ali's book will get inside your head and encourage you to 'start that thing' and 'finish that thing' because the world needs you to do and be your thing."e;Ali Fowler is the 'Marie Kondo' of the project world."e; - Cindy Mitchell, Director, AquaDash

This beautiful biblical story of Christmas began with a set of drawings created by young aspiring illustrator, Ella Sandeman. Her mother wrote a humorous tale through the eyes of onlooking insects while her aunt, Lesley Anderson, wrote a heartfelt biblically inspired poem. The story became longer as they explored the full biblical story surrounding the birth and early years of Jesus' life. Enjoy this picture book with 2 ways of reading - by way of the poem or humorous story through the eyes of Ziggy , a grasshopper and Daisy, a snail.