As a teenager, Mel Houghton was an internationally competitive swimmer, representing Australia at three World Championships. She also set several Australian Records and won multiple National Titles. She had the world at her feet, but, what most people don't know is that she suffered from depression from the age of 15 and developed Bulimia Nervosa at age 17. The disorders consumed her life and after several disappointing years she retired from competitive swimming at 20 years old. Thereafter, she spent 3 years healing herself. After which she thought her hardest ...

Alain-Fournier, was born in 1886 in La Chapelle-d'Angillon in the Cher region of France. His book "Le Grand Meaulnes" is about adolescence and regret for that which is lost. Jennifer Hashmi has not tried to transform Le Grand Meaulnes into an English version of a French novel. The poetic style of the original has been left intact, pointing always to something unattainable. Alain-Fournier communicates in hints, recollections, and frequent ellipses when Francois leaves the reader to intuit the rest for himself. Ms. Hashmi has adhered to the French wording and ...

Welcome to Modern QUick Easy Role Playing in the Wild West. Researched and written based on The Wild West of the United States. This, the latest QMod release, has everything that you need to run a 'rootin - tootin' gun slinging games evening. This book includes over 10 new character types New Special Skills: Gambling rules for Poker and Roulette (QUERP-style) an anventure to get you started.

Running to Learn tells the compelling story of an international running career in which each step has led both round in circles and towards healing and awareness. Through the many highs and lows of her life, Julia discovered the skills necessary to perform at top level throughout times of difficulty as well as triumph both on and off the track. Here, Julia shares her journey behind her unique and dynamic approach to life - the struggles behind the performances, her battle with an eating disorder and the challenges of her personal relationships. Running ...

Before the 2015 general election took place, the Conservatives pledged to legislate for a referendum on EU membership to be held by the end of 2017. Following the election of a Conservative majority government on 7 May 2015, Cameron reiterated that same pledge, suggesting that the referendum could even take place a year before than originally planned. The government included the referendum proposal in the Queen's speech on 27 May. Should Britain vote in favour of 'Brexit', it would not be the first country to leave Europe, since as far back as 1985 Greenland ...

Jamala won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine with her emotional performance of "1944", in a thrilling final in Stockholm. Australia were runners-up in only their second Contest and would have won if the traditional points system had still been used. The 2016 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 9th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 313 pages, 30 more than last year. The new points system was a big change this year and its effects are covered ...

No horror writer can work without a graveyard or two to draw on for inspiration. Thirteen O'clock authors took up the challenge to fill an anthology with graveyard based stories - what a mix of chills and horror came in! Open graves, closed graves, haunted graveyards, the whole gamut of themes are right here. Enjoy...

Dreamscape is a collection of poems written from November 2015 to March 2016. Poems included come from thepoeticunderground.com as well as some never before published online. All poems are written by Erin Hanson and all illustrations are by Aimee Hanson

The next step in Wing Chun after learning the Siu Lim Tao is to learn Chum Kiu; this is the second form in the system and takes you from the stationery position of Siu Lim Tao by adding mobility and kicks including a brand new tool set thus giving you a whole new outlook on how things work in the system, suitable for home study via my distance learning course or just simply to help you with your knowledge of wing chun, this book is the intermediate level of wing chun known as Chum Kiu or Bridge seeking, you should read and absorb the first Book for Siu Lim ...

Blind like Homer - the influential and beautiful poetry, mingling the religious and the erotic, of the mediaeval Syrian poet and philosopher Abu'l-Ala (he lost his sight in childhood through smallpox), edited by Ruth Finnegan HISTORIC MIDDLE-EAST POETRY, Callender series