Flat Track
Loukas Mexis
'On the turns, where you defy physics and velocity beats mass, that’s where winners are made’ Flat track is the essence of motorcycle racing, and the Indy Mile is the place where legends are born and worshipped. It is the blinding lights that heat up the whole field, turning the atmosphere around the track into a sauna and making skin sweat beneath the leather overalls. It is the thousands of people cheering twenty-five hellishly-fast machines fighting for the number-one plate.

Thieves of Honour
Kent Mathieson
Amidst the soaring mountains and plunging rivers of the Tien Shan range in Kyrgyzstan, several small villages lie dry and desolate. Amidst the people of a close knit community, a man is isolated. Amidst the promise and purpose of an international development project, a myriad of motives and problems surge. From these threads, through the pressures of life, a tale is formed, a tale of fears and hopes, shame and honour. The end is not clear to anyone. Does the tale have an end at all?

The Veto Conspiracy
John S. Tobin
introduces a wide range of. Many indigenous animals that can be found in the vast continent of Australia face the threat of extinction, if measures are not taken to protect them. The Veto Conspiracy examines the sensitive and emotive issues of immigration, integration and racism, along with the present day issues on the environment, education, drugs and alcohol.
The morality of using the power of Veto by various governments and organizations within our society, that prohibit the principle of majority rule, is questioned.

Reunion
Bruce L Russell

Hungerford Award winner, 'Russell, has produced an engrossing tale of love in jeopardy, mateship in disarray, betrayal, revenge and redemption. A real page-turner from a gifted storyteller.’ - Chris McLeod.

Absence Makes
Bruce Menzies

In his debut novel Bruce Menzies explores themes of love and loss, and 'the magic of hope’. Poignant and funny, Absence Makes, will touch chords in those who can reflect on the dreams of youth and the challenges that inevitably emerge.

The Alpha Initiative
Richard Dive

A break in at one of the most secure facilities in the world, data worth billions stolen, and Hart Industries made to look like fools. The culprits: a notorious terrorist organization known as THE ALPHA INITIATIVE, a group with no known agenda, responsible for dozens of domestic and international attacks, made up of the best soldiers the world has ever seen.

The Storyteller
Ava Pashley
Her town - that story - And a man from Montana

Vicki Carlisle, a young woman with ambitions that stretch far beyond the confines of her father’s prosperous ranch in the high country of southern Wyoming, writes the adventures of her suffragette-like character Evangeline and has them published in Quest & Quill. When Evangeline tackles two age-old taboos, all hell breaks loose in her hometown of Feather Ridge.

The Uncharted Road
Reece Hammond
Torn by emotion, bounded by principal, determined to find a way

Dominic Martin, a young man, new to town and desperately trying to fit in. Surrounded by drugs, alcohol and the crush of an older girl who seemingly wants her way with him. Tolerating his family, at war with his emotions, for Dominic, right and wrong seem to have lost their meaning.

Public Property
Michael Ferres
A Novel

The murder of a young woman, a defection from Red China, suggestions of political interference in the workings of the police and of violence in the union movement – all these were great material for the daily newspapers in Sydney in the 1980’s, and even more so when they all appeared to be linked.

Nursey Rhymes
Judi Walker
Have You Seen my Uterus?

Judi Walker has been a nurse for more years than she cares to remember. She has had to embrace many changes, not always willingly. Nursing is a challenging career but ultimately fulfilling and rewarding. Judi hopes every nurse is blessed with a compassionate heart and a unique sense of humour. A little of both comes through in these poems and perhaps just a tad of frustration as well!

Might
Ben Andersen
Tension and Trouble in a Small Australian Town

Nathan Kirk, an injured ex-basketball star, wants to free himself from the small coastal town of Sandy Bay and the spiralling negativity into which the town is descending.
His plans for a better future are thrown into turmoil when his unstable wife discovers her Aboriginal ancestry and then fervently commits herself to her newfound cultural identity.

There is a realm ruled by the beast, and survived by man.
A realm of contest between myth and mortal.
A realm where beauty and monstrosity are matters of opinion.
Welcome to Earth ... or what’s left of it.

On a spring morning of cloudless blue sky in Western Australia, a teenage boy is attacked in the waters off Cottesloe Beach by a massive great white shark, so beginning an oceanic odyssey. Two years later, as another great white is the suspected culprit for a series of attacks along the same stretch of coastline, two local marine biologists think they see a pattern to the carnage and hatch a crazy plan of their own. But they’ll need some help.

Beyond the portal is a universe where space travel is possible. Where humans are hunted. Where murder is legal.

When James and Rachael, two teenagers from Earth, become trapped in a parallel dimension, they must integrate in order to survive. New languages, new races, new religions, and a new way of life. Because there’s no way home.

Lyrics From The Dead Salesmen To Underminers And Lots Of Stuff In-Between 1988-2012

"Heart wrung lyrics that are simple, initmate and emotive yet avoid the common muck of cliche. He grasped the holy grail of great songwriting: perfect, spare words that strip life to the bone." Sandra Bridekirk, The Australian

It's summer in the Ukraine and, for wheat farmers, it is time to transport their grain to the markets in the port city of Sevastopol. But the wheat caravan needs to survive the risky journey which begins near the capital, Kiev. Hungry peasants, forced from their farms by unscrupulous and unpopular landlords, form gangs and grain caravans are a prime target.

Delicious … funny, quirky, moving little bites of everyday life that hit the mark.

Angry dog walkers, depressed goldfish, poo haikus and backyard stalkers. A collection of silly and sad poems inspired by the little things in life that can be enjoyed over a cup of tea and a bun.

Part One. We Are Connected.
Little is known of Tuis within the Galaxies. A quiet planet that sits within the Universe like a lost tennis ball on the neighbour's roof. A relatively intelligent species, the inhabitants of Tuis are not the first to have engineered their planet past the ability to see that which lies within it. Out of sight for so long, its lonely dance through space will come to an end with its connection to the unique GBL Network. .

Like a tiny piece of personalised music, each of us has a name that, like all sounds, evokes some small and subconscious response from those we meet. This collective reaction, over the years of our existence, can gently trickle down and influence whom we become. This book is a must-read if you are faced with one of the following scenarios.....

"The sweltering heat of a Central Queensland summer proves to be a moody backdrop to Shirley Eldridge’s story which is part thriller, part psychological study and part story of intense mother-love. The characters come alive and the relationship that develops between the lead character Cherie and Georgie-Girl is touching and delightful.

Adventure and romance will not be denied anyone who has the courage to be free.

WYOMING, 1883… When twenty-year-old Kelley Keaton returns home after five years in New York, she discovers home is not the place it used to be. Her brother is behaving mysteriously. Her childhood nemesis, Luke Taylor, is now connected to her by a controlling organization their families created and call the Alliance. And their neighbor has turned being a nuisance and a bully into something far more sinister and menacing.

Their darkest hour is coming...Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1885
The stain of Ed Parsons’ ignominy has begun to spread. There are rumors that territorial prosecutor Cam Faraday and Laramie County Sheriff Cliff Ryan have collaborated to cover up evidence in Cheyenne’s most controversial murder. Editor of the Tribune, Charlie Quaid, has hired ambitious journalist Emmaline Roberts to investigate, but there is peril on the streets of Cheyenne for the young reporter, and she needs the skill and dedication of Sheriff Cliff Ryan to keep her safe.

There are many legends that have been lost to this world, but none more important than that of the Elysian Gifts. The hunt is on for these items, which might have the power to save, or destroy, our world.

Friends sometimes turn out to be fakes and will betray you just for fun, or greed, or to save their own skin. Real friends will stay loyal no matter what, but it can take time to find them.
When Rocket, Jules, and Doogs end up in jail together - what, if anything, do they learn about true friendship? How much time does it take?

Manila hotelier Steve Conway returns to Vietnam to look for an old wartime friend and falls in love with a local girl. But the relationship is threatened by cross-cultural differences, family resistance, and a jealous, dangerous suitor.

Friends sometimes turn out to be fakes and will betray you just for fun, or greed, or to save their own skin. Real friends will stay loyal no matter what, but it can take time to find them.
When Rocket, Jules, and Doogs end up in jail together - what, if anything, do they learn about true friendship? How much time does it take?

“Bums are meant to be fat, and that’s all I have to say about that. They’re meant to be rounded, comfy and padded – I believe the expression is value added.” So says Clara to her best friend Elsie, as they travel to work as cleaners to the wealthy citizens of Manchester. Travel with them - meet Tartan Annie, Manic Mavis and many others. A delightful book, guaranteed to make you smile.

A Tale of Love and Earthquakes in Japan
Eddie is a young French man living happily in Tokyo — spending his time on manga and anime, and more recently playing Internet poker. But when the March 11 Tohoku earthquake strikes Japan, his life is turned upside down. As aftershocks continue to hit Japan, Eddie falls into the tangled webs of the Chinese and Korean mafia. He is threatened by the potent mixture of love, sex and betrayal.

London is in chaos! Rioting mobs are looting, burning and killing. A young scientist at Woden Chemicals discovers a computer disc containing horrifying information. Scared for her life, she contacts her boyfriend, a reporter for the ‘London News’.

A story of Australia’s first “boat people” seen through the eyes of John Nichols, a barber who is unjustly transported to the harsh convict colony of New South Wales. It tells of his fight to rebuild his life and his determination to remain true to his beliefs of self-reliance and mateship. It also illustrates the generosity of spirit which moved him to provide sanctuary for a distressed aboriginal woman who came to him out of the wild bush.

A geologist, working under several layers of isolation in a remote equatorial forest on the distant planet of Einsteinia, digs up something very unpleasant. Then he prepares to tell everyone about it at a scientific conference. Consular officials from Earth are appalled. Leaders of the Einsteinian religion are determined that he won’t tell his story.

While checking out a man with no past, Mister Rainbow stumbles on a series of killings and sets out to discover the connection. An offspring of 1960's flower-children, Rainbow - his hippie mother gave him the wretched name - talks and acts like he's in 1920s Chicago. Owing to the need to keep a low profile, plus a serious shortage of dough, Rainbow operates out of an old boat parked in Sydney Harbour. He's also carrying a lot of baggage - including a Nemesis he calls Pandora.