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Postcards from Heaven
Nearly all of us either have had or have heard of an experience in which a soul already departed reaches back to those of us who have been left behind…Sometimes, it’s no more than a whisper, a familiar smell in the air, or just the feeling of presence as vivid as when the loved one was still alive.
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Drug Repair That Works
Author and ex-drug addict Jost Sauer, says that from his extensive drug experiences as well as his many years working with people struggling with drug dependence, he has become aware of the limitations of the current approach to drug issues, the inadequacy of many rehabilitation methods, and why so many people continue to ‘fall off the wagon”.
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Limitless You – the infinite possibilities of a balanced brain
Brain State ConditioningTM, is a brain training system that has been designed to train the brain to become more in tune with itself. By altering levels of brain energy through a feedback loop and feeding this activity into a computer and back into the brain via auditory input, brain training enables the brain to recognise where it’s out of balance and readjust itself.
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The Fighter Within
Nicknamed ‘The Fighting Machine’, Rocky was one-time NSW Featherweight Champion and Jeff Fenech’s sparring partner before retiring from boxing at age 27. With 48 professional bouts under his belt, Rocky learnt a lot about the thin line between success and failure, wealth and poverty, and lack and abundance.
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The Depression Book
The Depression Book – Depression as an opportunity for spiritual growth, grabbed my attention instantly, because of the handwritten typeface that has been used, which “is an effort to slow the reader down so that awareness can touch the heart as well as the head”.
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So you think Medicine is Modern?
Virginia, from the Commonwealth University (US) states “We believe that life science research is initiating a progression of development that begins with traditional reductive science and ends with the not yet completely defined science applying the principles of complexity”.
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The Return of the Prophet
The Return of the Prophet, written by Hajjar Gibran (great cousin of Kahil Gilbran author of the acclaimed masterpiece The Prophet), is based on Hajjar’s real-life experiences. The book is a collection of inspiring words that are spoken to Hajjar by Kahlil in a series of visions.
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Past Lives
If you have ever wondered about past lives – whether they are ‘real’ or not, this book might sway you. Filled with personal experiences, Past Lives reveals how people's problems with unexplained phobias, lack of trust, patterns of abuse, and relationship and other issues are rooted in their past life experiences.
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Scattered – the inside story of Ice in Australia
At the beginning of Scattered, the author Malcolm Knox assures us that the use of Ice or crystal
methamphetamine in Australia is on the decline and that the majority of ice users are using it
within safe limits.
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The End of Food
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the coming crisis in the food industry
This is a must read – no two ways about it. Every chapter reveals new and different information on the food situation from around the world. “…because food production now occurs in an entirely global context, with different commodities produced wherever costs are lowest and then simply moved to areas of demand, the system is extraordinarily vulnerable.
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The Mayan Prophecies for 2012
This gorgeous, pocket-sized, hardback book documents the author Benedict’s in-depth study into
the Mayan prophecies, with a particular focus on the Long Count Calendar’s end date in 2012.
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Radical Gratitude
At the age of five, author Andrew Bienkowski was banished to Siberia with his family. During one of the long, cold winters, with very little food availabe, his grandfather chose to starve himself to death to enable his family to survive.
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Kids! Indigo Children & Cheeky Monkeys
Don’t let the name fool you on this one, as a lot of the material within this book can also be applied to adults. However, the intention of the writers has been to provide an in-depth profile of five different personality archetypes which can help parents, carers, health care professionals and teachers to bring out the best in children.
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Whats happening to our girls?
What is really going on is certainly covered by Maggie in this truthful, revealing, in-depth look into the lives of girls in Australia - from birth to their teenage years.
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Healing Foods
– cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohn’s and IBS
Healing Foods is the first recipe book I have personally come across for awhile where every page I turned, I wanted to cook that recipe – and I actually wrote down ingredients to purchase straight away (the first that caught my eye was a Pumpkin and Goats Cheese salad).
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Making the Cut
In the opening Author’s Note of Making the Cut, Khadra talks about tutorials with students where he insisted that they presented a favourite poem in each class, to impress upon them that their role as a surgeon would be ‘intimately and inextricably involved in the study of humanity’.
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A Soft Place to Land
A Soft Place to Land is a collection of very short and succinct tips on essentially - making your life easier and more enjoyable. I would describe each ‘piece’ as a life lesson.
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Sydney’s Guide to Saving the Planet
Sydney’s Guide to Saving the Planet - whilst providing ‘screeds’ of good information about saving energy that you can easily incorporate into your daily life, you will also raise your awareness and have a valuable reference in your home (good for kid’s school projects!).
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Livestrong
This powerful collection of true stories written by cancer survivors offer wisdom and hope to others newly diagnosed with this pervasive disease, or suffering its consequences.
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Animal Dreaming
This is the revised and expanded version of the original first published in 2003, and it really is a great item to have on your bookshelf. In it you will find a comprehensive list of Australasian animals, with the spiritual and symbolic language for each.
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Better - A surgeon's notes on performance
Atul Gawande is a general surgeon at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for The New Yorker, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and a frequent contributor to The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Beyond the Emotional Roller Coaster
The vision that Anthony Salerno has for this book is to help ”you heal and transform the things in your life that are holding you back so that you can make a quantum leap to a new level of living and experience the peace, joy and love that you seek”.
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Soul Mate or Soul Inmate
Firstly, don’t be misled by the title of this book .’Soul Mate or Soul Inmate is a really in depth look at our ‘selves’ from an energetic level.
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Sculptor
The Sculptor is simply a story
about a man who, on introduction, is at a very low point in his life
and doesn’t know how to change it. Through a series of incidences,
he begins to glimpse another way of living and starving to lead a
life that is worthwhile, starts to reinvent himself.
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Reinventing Myself
Reinventing Myself covers all the
‘now’ issues which are delivered through the author’s own experience
and through the telling of other people’s stories.
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Permission to Dance
Not to be entered
into lightly, Permission to Dance is a very real and valuable
opportunity for us to really face who we are, to really look inside
rather than just peek.
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The Wellness Zone
The Wellness Zone is an absolutely jam-packed, comprehensive ‘bible’ of
information, a fantastic resource book. The writer, Dominique
Finney, is a well-recognised Australian natural therapist who is
passionate about herbs and wellbeing achieved through natural means.
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Last Seen in Lhasa
This is an amazing, very real, true story - amazing because
it is difficult to comprehend how any human can survive with so
little and in such harsh conditions, and very real because of the
way Claire has so carefully collected, interviewed, translated and
finally delivered her story to us, the reader.
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Holism & Complementary Medicine
Today the profession of medicine in the Western
world is undergoing a subtle shift in its approach to healing, and a
widespread reassessment is occurring of the ways in which medicine
has influenced health and sickness.
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The Structure of Energy Healing
Kay Urlich, the
author of The Structure of Energy Healing, was diagnosed with
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 16 years ago.
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The Truth about Drug Companies
The author of The Truth About the Drug Companies, Dr Marcia Angell, has been
the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, is an
internationally recognised authority in the field of health policy
and medical ethics, and is an outspoken proponent of medical and
pharmaceutical reform.
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Understanding the Woman in Your Life
This is a book for any man who is struggling
to understand the woman in his life…some of the time, most of the
time or all of the time.
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Mythology - an esoteric view
In exploring the world of mythology we
enter a realm of symbolism and representation which touches every
aspect of the human psyche.
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Turn Over a New Leaf
I saw this book and just fell in love with
it. Finally, a cookery book that seems interesting when you pick it
up – that tells you what you need to buy each week, how to store the
food you buy, and has recipes that don’t require you to weigh
everything!
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Firstly Do No Harm
Firstly do no harm is an easy and
informative read for people seeking a deeper understanding of the
true ‘workings’ of the human body.
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Your Life Matters
Your Life Matters has so many messages – it
is one of those rare books you know you could read over and over
again and each time learn so much more.
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It could be allergy and it can be cured
Phillip Alexander has over twenty years
experience in helping people who suffer from allergies and currently
runs a very successful clinic in Dee Why, Sydney.
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The Magician's Way
This book is absolutely mind-blowing. It is
so different and just so enjoyable. It is about a man, Mark Vale who
meets a group of contemporary alchemists who teach him, through
everyday life experiences, how to transform confronting situations
into golden opportunities
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How a Man Love's a Woman - Secrets of Success
How A Man Loves A Woman - Secrets of
Success is an interesting book about
what the writer, Steve Gunther, has learnt about women.
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Chi-Reflexology - Guidelines for the middle way
Moss Arnold, BA, Dip Ed, Dip FR, Dip OM, Dip
TCM, Natural Therapist and Reflexologist, has been an educator
for over 20yrs and a therapist for more than 10yrs.
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Cancer: Cause & Cure
This book, written by Percy Weston at the age of 97,
reflects his life and personal experiences with cancer.
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Living Wisdom - a tale of self discovery
This book has a simple, flowing and interesting story
line. Written in fiction format, Living Wisdom encompasses some of
the common blocks and limitations we ‘mere mortals’ face on a daily
basis.
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