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In my skin: a memoir
By Kate Holden. 2006
"I watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a…
single male driver. One pulled up in front of me; I reached over and opened the door, slid in. The smell of an unfamiliar car. A middle-aged man looking at me. 'Hi', I said. 'How are you?"...There was no single moment when someone looked at Kate Holden and said, 'Why don't you have some?' No one made her try heroin. There was only the sense, with her friends setting out on this forbidden adventure, that she would lose something if she didn't. Just once: to know. So this book is the story of a journey. From a loving family home to the streets of St Kilda; from a shy, bookish life to the ambivalent glamour of an inner-city brothel, Kate Holden describes with breathtaking lyricism and poignancy her travels in an unknown world. Contains explicit sexual scenes.Toxic chemical-free living and recovery from ME/CFS
By Trixie Whitmore. 1990
Alarming levels of toxic chemicals exist in the blood of many Australians. By dramatically reducing her exposure to toxic chemicals…
and by using other therapies as well, the author recovered from chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis).The secrets of longevity
By S Talalaj, Janusz Joseph Talalaj. 1997
A guide providing information about the relationship between diet, lifestyle and the aging process. It discusses the beneficial and harmful…
effects of various substances and therapies that have been thought to extend the human life-span.Vitamins: what they do and what they don't do (Health And Nutrition Ser.)
By Rosemary Stanton. 1999
Guide to vitamins in the diet. Provides information about the uses of vitamins in the body, in which foods they…
are found, how to preserve them in cooking and food preparation, the effects of vitamin deficiency, daily requirements, possible problems of vitamin excess and current research findings.Osteoporosis: the silent epidemic
By Leonard Rose, Melinda Rose. 1994
Giving a clear account of your bones and what can go wrong with them, this book draws on recent Australian…
research and details the latest recommendations for treatment. It also looks at lifestyle changes people can make to decrease their risks, and examines techniques such as bore density scanning which can detect the disease in its early stages, when treatment can slow or even halt its progress.Your prostate, an owner's manual: the essential guide for every man
By Derek Llewellyn-Jones. 1997
Provides an account of prostate problems and their treatment. Discusses the role of the prostate gland, the way it functions,…
possible causes of urinary problems, symptoms of prostate disorders and detection of prostate cancer.Body in action
By Sarah Key. 1993
Sarah Key, a physiotherapist, explains how the major joints work, how they can go wrong and how to put them…
right. She shows how to spot the signs of imminent joint problems and how to reverse the trend. Some simple but effective exercises are offered to alleviate pain for people already suffering from stiffness and aching joints.Overcoming allergies and stress-related illnesses: new paths to mind-body healing
By Chris Greene. 1993
Successful therapist Chris Greene explores new paths to healing by helping people to find the internal resources, abilities and strength…
of mind to overcome the stresses that cause allergies and illnesses. Illustrated by case studies and simple healing procedures, this 20th century blight, including such illnesses as chronic fatigue syndrome, petrochemical allergies and food intolerances are discussed and resolved.Epilepsy, I can live with that!: writings by people with epilepsy
By Susan Wills Goss. 1995
Epilepsy can be a frightening and bewildering condition, especially if you don't know much about it. Many questions arise along…
with fears about the condition and unforeseen problems with the new lifestyle. Find the answers from people who really know - other people with epilepsy.This book explains what arthritis is and provides a safe and sensible exercise program that will help reduce the adverse…
effects of arthritis and improve overall fitness. It targets the flexibility, strength and aerobic activities most beneficial to people with arthritis.This book provides a safe, sensible exercise program designed to pick up where formal therapy leaves off. For those recovering…
from a stroke who have a slight to moderate disability, the exercise program can be used to continue recovery, improve fitness, optimise functional capacity and prevent another stroke. Also explains what a stroke is and how the brain recovers from a stroke.Living with Parkinson's (McCulloch positive health guide)
By Lesley Cross. 1993
The author, an occupational therapist working with Parkinson's sufferers, discusses what is Parkinson's, medical treatment, the health care team, living…
every day with Parkinson's, community support and resources and latest research.No friend but the mountains: writing from Manus prison
By Omid Tofighian, Behrouz Boochani. 2018
"Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the…
land of mountains." In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. People would run to the mountains to escape the warplanes and found asylum within their chestnut forests. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile. Do Kurds have any friends other than the mountains?They cannot take the sky
By Michael Green, Angelica Neville, Andrea Dao, Dana Affleck, Sienna Merope. 2017
For more than two decades, Australia has locked up people who arrive here fleeing persecution - sometimes briefly, sometimes for…
years. In They Cannot Take the Sky those people tell their stories, in their own words. Speaking from inside immigration detention on Manus Island and Nauru, or from within the Australian community after their release, the narrators reveal not only their extraordinary journeys and their daily struggles but also their meditations on love, death, hope and injustice. Their candid testimonies are at times shocking and hilarious, surprising and devastating. They are witnesses from the edge of human experience.The first-person narratives in They Cannot Take the Sky range from epic life stories to heartbreaking vignettes. The narrators who have shared their stories have done so despite the culture of silence surrounding immigration detention, and the real risks faced by those who speak out. Once you have heard their voices, you will never forget them.Flights of fancy?: 100 years of paranormal experiences
By Lynn Picknett. 1987
In this investigation the author explores the impossible and sometimes dubious world of the paranormal, from famous hoaxes to phenomena…
for which even science cannot provide rational explanations. "Flights of fancy?" presents an array of astonishing facts and unusual theories, many of which rock the foundations of our perceived ideas of the "real" world.Nurses of the Outback: 15 amazing lives in remote area nursing
By Annabelle Brayley. 2014
The work of a nurse is challenging enough, but when you add a remote location, the stakes are so much…
higher. Meet fifteen courageous people who prove that the inland runs on nurse power.There's Anna, who is on duty as the fury of Cyclone Yasi tears through inland Queensland; Maureen in outback New South Wales, who faces everything from a snakebite to a helicopter crash; Aggie, who overcomes her demons to help young people in the Kimberley; and Catherine, newly graduated and determined to make a difference in the Gulf Country she and her rodeo-riding husband call home.From some of the most remote places on the earth, these stories bring the outback to life - we witness the harshness and isolation as well as the camaraderie of life in small towns in the middle of nowhere. These intrepid nurses tend to life-threatening emergencies, manage everyday health care and even patch up the local pets. From Bidyadanga to Broken Hill, Mount Isa to Marree, these tales are by turns moving and inspiring, full of gutsy feats and classic outback spirit.Weary: the life of Sir Edward Dunlop
By Sue Ebury. 1994
Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop is known for looking after the men under his command during their time as prisoners of…
war. However, many would not know about his involvement in the Colombo Plan, his pioneering period in cancer surgery, and his time as a young and brilliant student who also represented Australia in rugby.The pyjama girl case: a tale of sex, crime and intrigue
By Hugh Geddes. 2005
A crowd gathers at dawn on a Sydney beach, clustering around the body of a beautiful young woman. The only…
clue to her identity is the strand of yellow fabric on her naked body. As the murder investigation continues, the girl's wanton, wild life is revealed...This tale takes its lead from one of Australia's most famous and enduring true-life murder mysteries - the Pyjama Girl case took police ten years to solve.Dr Munjed Al Muderis grew up in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's reign. He went to school with Saddam's sons, then…
started his medical training at Basra University just as the Iran. Iraq War began. One day, as he was working as a trainee surgeon at the Saddam Hussein Medical Centre, he and his colleagues were ordered to remove the tops of the ears of army deserters. He could not bring himself to act in defiance of the medical code of conduct and cause intentional harm, so he had no choice but to flee Baghdad that same day. In Kuala Lumpur he paid people smugglers to get him to Australia, where he was incarcerated in a detention centre and known only as '982'. After nine months of being repeatedly brutalised for standing up for himself and other detainees, Munjed was finally freed. But he had to start his medical training again, from scratch. Now, 15 years later, Munjed is at the forefront of orthopaedic medicine as he pioneers a new form of prosthesis that, ironically, transforms the lives of soldiers mutilated in the Iraq War. 'Walking Free' is the extraordinary story of a clever young man, born into one of Iraq's ruling families, who was forced to flee the country of his birth and forge a new and extraordinary life in Australia.