Readontime Bv: 201 books

Wednesdays at Gam’s Providing daycare for grandchildren: What really works explores how grandparents who provide daycare for young grandchildren can build a nurturing and close relationship where fun, laughter, learning and love are shared. Written in an easy to read format, this little book is...

Michael and the Multicoloured Gospel is a semi-autobiography of the author and centres around the protagonist, Michael Farril, who discovers early in his life that he is gay. Michael is brought up in a Protestant Christian home and told that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. But he discovers...

The title of this book, “DISTRESS – A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION” is aptly and accurately named, simply because the Incoming Distresses of an individual’s life have the capability to become stress, and in that form carry the potential for serious human disorders, physical and mental. But the...

Based on a rescue operation during the Angolan civil war in the deeply divided African continent in the 1970s, Task Force Retriever - Out of Angola explores love, war, the politics of hate, apartheid, international intrigue, the involvement of Cuba in African affairs and one man's sense of duty when his country is under threat.

Growing up in a Victorian country town in the 50's was fascinating for Graham Jones - the challenges of post war economics and lifestyle of an ordinary family who shared a passion for music and entertaining. Graham lived in the shadow of his older, more talented brother, who would later commit suicide....

Kerry O’Day, a genius engineer, revered by his peers and employers, is forced to make a career change. Idiotically, he decides to go for a career in selling - a world of people persons where social skills are the passport to success. Alas, Kerry’s social skills hardly allow him to say good morning,...

The book contains a 10 point plan, or 10 proposals from The Answer Movement (TAM), including greatly strengthening the United Nations Organization (UNO), and an International Code for Uniform Culture (ICUC), which if successfully put into place, would make our world a much better place for everyone...

Liz was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1956 at the age of eight. During her life, she had to cope with isolation, rejection and a range of illnesses resulting from the side-effects of diabetes. Some 40 years later, this culminated in a life-threatening heart attack followed by a heart transplant. Despite...

Set in 1927-1960, Lost Identity is a relationship and family saga which involves love, tragedy and intrigue. It moves between rural Australia and Britain where the story unfolds, based on a lie told without thought or plan. The central characters are identical twins, Clara and Carla. Born after...

The 1800's, was a time when a woman was expected to conform to the expectations of a male dominated society. Courtship was followed by marriage and a life dictated to by the whims of her husband, the raising of countless children and dependency on his financial acumen. For those brought up in those...

Matt West is falsely accused of being a coward. The blow to his self-esteem is magnified by the fact that it is his fiancee who has accused him. She is soon his ex-fiancee. Feeling sorry for himself, Matt looks around for something to keep his mind off his troubles. He becomes interested in four-wheel...

Michael Angele, the boy with the jade eyes. Orphaned at four years and unwanted by an uncaring family. The Reverend Johnathan Wilkes an in-law and dean of a boarding school for sons of the privileged reluctantly agrees to act as the boys’ guardian. The Reverend is a man with many dark secrets...,...

Fandemic explores the tension of being a football fan and writing about sport in an academic and literary style. The fusion of football, literature, popular culture and myth provides a perspective rarely seen in the genre of sports writing.

Thoughts for a Soulful Life is a collection of short passages about the Soul and living a Soulful life. The book explores two foundational themes. The first is that the essence of each individual - indeed of all life - is Divine Awareness: what has traditionally been called the Soul or Spirit. The...