Book Review: Blokes Health by Dr Bernie Crimmins

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Rating: Blokes’ Health is written by Dr. Bernie Crimmins who has been a General Practitioner for 27 years and features cartoons by published illustrator and cartoonist Paul Harvey. Some of you may ask why a men’s health book is being featured in an online women’s magazine? But it is often women who are the driving [...]

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101 Ways to Get Free Money from the Government

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A new edition of the 2009 bestselling book, 101 Ways to Get Free $$$ from the Government is now available in bookstores. I haven’t actually read this book (my reading pile is already stacked up to the ceiling), so I can’t make a personal recommendation. But I’m told that whether you’re young or old, a [...]

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Book Review: Susan Boyle – Living the Dream

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Like many of you, I too shed a tear while watching Susan Boyle’s audition for Britain’s Got Talent on YouTube. The moment when Susan Boyle showed the world why we shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, will remain in my memory at least, one of the most beautiful ever captured on film. Thank God [...]

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The Making of Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard is the first woman in our nation’s history to become the Deputy Prime Minister and is tipped by many to go all the way to the top job. Highly intelligent, with a strong work ethic, Gillard is widely perceived to be ambitious. But does she even want to be Prime Minister? Author of [...]

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Book Review: Buddhism for Mothers of SchoolChildren by Sarah Napthali

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Being a big reader of books on psychology and the inner workings of the human mind and heart, there has been many a book on my adult reading journey that’s brought me an ‘aha!’ moment or two. Few books, however – no matter how life-changing or enlightening – have brought me so many aha! moments, [...]

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In Search of Angels

When her 14 year old niece was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, respected journalist, radio producer and TV researcher, Janise Beaumont (pictured), set off in search of a miracle. What she found will warm your heart and perhaps, restore your faith in humanity. Eight years ago life hurt like crazy. Janise Beaumont felt she had [...]

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The Butterfly Effect: A New Positive Approach to Raising Happy, Confident Teen Girls

There is something poignant in the title of The Butterfly Effect – a book that gently prises open the cocoon surrounding teenage girls; those delicate creatures caught half-way between a lengthy and often difficult metamorphosis into womanhood. Like butterflies, teenage girls are in the process of blossoming into a life of full-blown potential, but the [...]

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Do You Want Sex With That?

Journalist for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Claire Halliday (pictured), was asked to write a book on Australian’s attitudes to sex. As well as providing a fascinating look inside Australia’s sex industry and the organisations that oppose it, Do You Want Sex With That? discusses the impact of sex in the media on our society. [...]

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Lisa Williams – Life Among the Dead

Since 2006 Lisa Williams (pictured) has been hosting her own cable TV show, Life Among the Dead, which airs in Australia on W. On 14th September the popular medium and clairvoyant spoke to me by telephone from her home in England. It was the evening before my 40th birthday and I was hoping Lisa Williams [...]

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The Real Man’s Tool Box: A DIY Health Manual for Men

Released in time for Fathers Day, The Real Man’s Tool Box by Tammy Farrell is the most important book your husband, father, brother, son, or male friend, will read all year. In May 2009, the Senate’s Select Committee on Men’s Health released its report on the state of men’s health in Australia. The Committee reported [...]

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