Readontime Bv: 201 books

The book is the edited philosophy of an ordinary person who sees the twin global human problems of male violence and female freedom as interlinked and requiring humanity’s serious and urgent attention in order to assist in seeking co-operative peace and freedom for all humans. It offers a few simple...

This book was written for those whose social curiosity is very much alive and who want to understand, a little better, the dynamics of our shared world. The book attempts to demystify the confusing tangle of information that descends like a numbing fog into our already busy lives. We want to know...

There are times in our life that are really hilarious and remain as fond memories in our minds forever. It could be an innocent comment or a crude joke, but it remains with us for our whole life. Sometimes it even defines the very way we look at life. In Not Another Nigel, the writer reflects on these...

Whiplash is a common injury generating up to 60,000 claims each year in Australia. However in 20-40% of cases symptoms persist for years after wards and little science exists for its treatment. No injured party should have to endure what Colin Caudell experienced at the hands of bureaucrats and health...

‘Our Incredible Shrinking Planet’ explores the possibility that gravity slowly increases over millennia forcing the Earth to become more massive and crush itself under the pressure. Scientists cannot explain how the dinosaurs managed to attain their huge sizes or how enormous pterodactyls were...

Single mother, Rhonda Norbury faces the greatest challenge of her life when her 18 year old much loved daughter, Cleis is brutally bashed by an unknown assailant after a night out. As Cleis clings desperately to her life, Rhonda begins writing a journal about the experience. Her heartfelt and detailed...

In The Medicalization Trap, Dr Gloria Wright constructively and critically explores the process involved in “becoming known” as ADHD. This thought provoking study illuminates how diagnostic labels such as “ADHD” actually emerge. It’s a “must read” for parents, medical and health professionals,...

You will find within, a wealth of knowledge, strength andpower. You will (earn to trust yourself, your body and nature. You will have a calm, welcoming birthing. The techniques and information within this program are your tools, choose those you like, leave those you don't, workjwith your tools as...

This book, short and from a mother's heart, is about aspects of life with an adult son who has a moderate to severe intellectual disability and autism. It shows that people with an intellectual disability and autism can do lots of things and can be appreciated for their different perspectives on the...

This is a true story of a family whose humour and pain, trust and love, was the wealth that bound them together.

This book is an intimate account of the author’s journey to a healthier and fitter body, self-love, high self-esteem and spirituality against the backdrop of different socio-political and cultural environments of the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and Australia. The ’learn and adapt’ approach...

Working as a simultaneous conference interpreter with United Nations, Valerie Barnes travelled to India, Iran, Nigeria, Zambia and Zaire. She also met and fell in love with Peter, an Australian delegate who had decided to sail single-handed in a 22-foot yacht from England to Australia to separate...

For the most part, education in Australia is controlled by a state system, operating from state capitals. The majority of schools are in metropolitan areas or centres of about 20,000. But there are many small towns with schools and many are reasonably remote. I have spent time in these regions both...

Like all religions Christianity has a code of ethics. Christianity's ethics are all based on one thing, which is 'love'. It is love of God, and his demand that we love others as we love ourselves, that is the basis of Christian morality. The book looks at how Christian conduct manifests itself in response to God's call to make unconditional love the fundamental in our dealings with others.