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An Antipodean Affair    by Valerie Barnes
Price: $9.99 USD. 88970 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on December 5, 2012. .

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 his past from his future.
Lapinda - The Promised Land    by Allan James Wendt
Price: $7.99 USD. 100680 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on December 5, 2012. .

LAPINDA - THE PROMISED LAND is the second instalment to THE SCARAB BRACELET trilogy. In this sequel, Ben-K and his friends Nicky, Virgil and Professor Hanson, were pulled into a wormhole that appeared in the Professor’s living room. Transported away from earth, the friends found themselves in strange surroundings and were exposed to events that forever changed their lives, as they launched on a me
A Twist in the Knot    by Darly Jones
Price: $8.99 USD. 34110 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on December 4, 2012. .

'A Twist in the Knot’ is a humorous and compelling story of 12-year-old Georgie, who struggles to adapt to the challenges of city life after spending a carefree childhood in Australia’s Riverland. She sets out to solve the mystery of her neighbours - a strange lady called Rosie and the little boy called Christopher who, for some reason, no longer speaks. This novel sensitively deals with issues su
The Curse of Taradale House    by Dr. J. V. Riddoch
Price: $12.99 USD. 68240 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on December 3, 2012. .

It was the beginning of the nineteenth century in Australia, and a number of early settlers, bringing some wealth with them from the old country, took up holdings in various parts of the region on what appeared to be good grazing land. These early settlements were created with minimal resistance from the original Aboriginal owners of the land, because they usually moved their campsites further awa
And Some There Be    by Vin Musgrave
Price: $12.99 USD. 59170 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on December 2, 2012. .

A novel of an unpublicized war endured by unheralded people.
Undertow    by Kiri .R. Newton
Price: $8.99 USD. 68800 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 20, 2012. .

For far too long these sailor-drowning, ship-sinking sea sirens have been portrayed as happy, peaceful creatures who want nothing more than to fall in love with a prince and live happily ever after. Undertow is an unconventional twist on one of the oldest mythological creatures known to man.
Is Peace Dead or Buried alive under the rubble of continuous conflict and war?    by Jay Mitchelson
Price: $10.99 USD. 78210 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 20, 2012. .

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 why the world appears to be up to its neck in debt. Money does not evaporate. Where is it? We want to
Escape from Andaman    by David E Perrott
Price: $10.99 USD. 69850 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 4, 2012. .

The Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal are typical tropical islands, always warm with cooling sea breezes. None of this mattered to Leasa Easting an Australian widow who was stranded in Port Blair, down on her luck and her money. She is befriended by Alnos, a government official who gets her a job as an assistant on a research vessel cruising the Indian Ocean. He too goes along for the cruise.
The Furious Legion of Unloved Women    by Hilton Ambler
Price: $14.99 USD. 77970 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 2, 2012. .

Witnesses said she tried to fly to earth in a sleeping bag, but they were all off their faces on drink and drugs. The coroner said it was an accident. Two other people said it was murder; one of them was only fourteen at the time and he shouldn’t have been there. But the dead girl was in his sleeping bag when she was chucked over the rail.
My Longest Round    by Gaele Sobott
Price: $6.99 USD. 68670 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 1, 2012. .

’I’ve been fighting since the day I was born. No, I’ve been fighting from the time I was curled up inside my mother’s belly. The day my father shot himself in the head, that’s when my fight started’ Wally ’Wait-a-While’ Carr is an Australian and Commonwealth champion boxer who held twelve titles in six divisions.
So This is What it Feels Like    by Jacqueline Prydie
Price: $9.99 USD. 47220 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 1, 2012. .

Stories of True Life Experience Stories Based on Survival, Endurance, and Inner Strength.
On The Job    by Roger Monk
Price: $5.99 USD. 84810 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 1, 2012. .

This is a book of satirical and humorous short stories about people working, appearing to work. or endeavouring to maintain a work position while living with a problem caused by their boss, their fellow workers, home interference, the organisation itself, or a personal physical or mental malady.
This Army And Me!    by Bownds E. J
Price: $9.99 USD. 42900 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 1, 2012. .

E. J. Bownds has been writing since 2002, mainly concentrating on fantasy-adventure. The author lives in the Great Southern, Western Australia. Growing up on a farm was the inspiration for the author’s first book, which turned into part of a series.
The Cab Driver    by Alan Black
Price: $6.99 USD. 49860 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 1, 2012. .

Women taught both father and son everything they needed to know about sex. The father became a well-respected engineer, a builder of bridges. The son became a serial killer - the worst in American history. 103 victims. The son could have done in over a thousand if it wasn’t for an act of God. Compelling reading with an amazing ending.
Team Ministry    by Brad Cork
Price: $9.99 USD. 57280 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on November 1, 2012. .

Team Ministry ~ Being effective for the kingdom! Author: Brad Cork B.Sc, Dip. Min., MAICD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.
Talon, Flight for Life    by Gigi Sedlmayer
Price: $9.99 USD. 113980 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on October 27, 2012. .

Matica is walking with her father to the next big city of Cajamarca to purchase some food, medication and the tickets for their six-month holiday in Australia.
Talon, On the Wing    by Gigi Sedlmayer
Price: $9.99 USD. 94940 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on October 24, 2012. .

What Matica has dreamed of ever since she first befriended the condors has actually happened in the last chapter of the previous book, Talon, Come Fly With Me. Now the adventure continues. Finally accepting Matica into their community with that incredible event, the Indians of Peru love seeing her together with Talon and his parents, Tamo and Tima.
Mangadoo    by David J Morgan
Price: $8.99 USD. 109330 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on October 8, 2012. .

Firmly placed in the historical adventure genre, Mangadoo follows the story of George Nolan. Transported as a convict to Western Australia at a young age, George serves out his sentence by working on a property near Pinjarra. He is determined to find the truth behind his unjust conviction and, upon gaining his freedom, sets off on an adventure that takes him to the Roebourne area.
King’s Gold    by David Kentish
Price: $12.99 USD. 112860 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on October 6, 2012. .

King’s Gold is a story of two prospectors, Don King and Ted Walsh and their plan to locate and mine the reef of gold, which has been reported by Mr. H.B. Lasseter early in the 20th century. They have found one of the surviving members of Mr. Lasseter’s team and they hope that his information will give them a better understanding of the location of the reef.
Michael and the Multicoloured Gospel    by Mark Frew
Price: $9.99 USD. 118910 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on October 6, 2012. .

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 that the Bible speaks disparagingly about his homosexuality.
Lost Identity    by Helen Catherine Catherine Cramer
Price: $9.99 USD. 91660 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on October 6, 2012. .

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.
Changing Pillion    by Philip Joseph Barker
Price: $11.99 USD. 147930 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 23, 2012. .

Disillusioned with his life in Los Angeles, Jed decides to make a fresh start. He sets off on a motorcycle adventure across the US to take up a new job with the prospect of a brighter future on the East Coast. Enjoying the journey and finding romance along the way, things take a turn for the worse and his dream ride becomes a nightmare.
Roulette - A Winning Strategy    by Martin Blakey
Price: $14.99 USD. 34780 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 23, 2012. .

Winning big is the ultimate dream of every punter. Over time, silver bullets have been claimed and refuted. Reputations forged and lost. Fortunes won and lost. Amongst the fluoro chips, glitzy neon lights, permed-up showgirls and Cuban cigars sits a humble mathematician. Having quietly gone about his roulette strategy for 40 years, now is the time, he decides, to release it to the world.
Baggage    by Cornelia MacErlean
Price: $12.99 USD. 98710 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 7, 2012. .

Reggie and Ritchie accept an invitation offered by Sean and Moira, new "best friends", to spend Christmas holidays in the southwest of Western Australia’s wine growing district. Moira’s cousin, Francis, has made her holiday home available. Reggie is not happy, having left her family and friends in Perth. Ritchie, her husband, is keen and eager, having known Sean since childhood.
The Scarab Bracelet    by Allan James Wendt
Price: $5.99 USD. 110900 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 7, 2012. .

The book is about a boy called Ben-K and his two best friends, Nicky and Virgil, who accidentally uncover an ancient bracelet during their school excursion to the Giza pyramids in Egypt in the year 2014. With the help of an old professor to decipher the mysteries of the blue Scarab Bracelet, the young friends are virtually transported back to the period of ancient Egypt.
The Bloodlines    by Madison Grey
Price: $9.99 USD. 83130 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 7, 2012. .

Krista Haywood thought she was just another normal high school girl, about to have her 18th birthday, but there was a secret she didn’t know. As her world as she knows it changes, she has to find some answers. A mysterious necklace and some old letters from her grandma hold the key for her to unlock her true destiny.
Thoughts for a Soulful Life    by Neil Hamley
Price: $11.99 USD. 168510 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 5, 2012. .

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 Ravens of Attylan    by Finkelstein A.J.
Price: $9.99 USD. 79070 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 3, 2012. .

"The Ravens, a revered brotherhood of highly skilled fighters, are called upon to solve the mysterious death of an important political figure of Attylan, Siver Magrey. To Blane and his student, what should be an open and shut case, quickly turns into a whirlwind of carefully constructed traps, trials and puzzles leading to the discovery of a far more sinister and twisted plot. When Blane discovers
The Turquoise Tattoo    by Vaya Dauphin
Price: $10.99 USD. 68630 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 3, 2012. .

Seventeen year old Australian Scarlet Flint thinks her biggest problem is that she’s telepathic. Until new images keep appearing as ink in her skin. And that’s even before she agrees to move to New Zealand, just to make her aunt Sarah happy ... There she learns that she is an Elemental, a half-human with special abilities gifted to her by Maori ancestors. Scarlet must control her burgeoning powers
Does It Hurt To Die    by Dr. Paul Anderson
Price: $6.99 USD. 105940 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 3, 2012. .

A terrorist attack on a church in Cape Town kills twenty people. Jannie de Villiers, a well-known liver transplant surgeon avoids death, but is seriously wounded. Two weeks later while recovering at home, Jannie de Villiers is mysteriously murdered. With too many inexplicable circumstances surrounding her husband’s death Renata takes her four-year-old son Christian to live in Australia. As Christi
The Challenge of Eating Chicken Shit    by Pasene Tauialo
Price: $11.99 USD. 56080 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 3, 2012. .

Young Tusi wanted a better life. The other kids bullied him and mocked him for being poor. His dream of a better life was drifting farther and farther out of reach as Tusi was much more interested in playing sports with his friends or retaliating to taunts with his fists, than in working to get money or to change his life.
The Truth Behind Globalisation    by K. Joseph Stojkov
Price: $14.99 USD. 65710 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 2, 2012. .

The purpose of the book is to demonstrate where the world has advanced politically, socially and economically in the past two decades. An insight into the future has also been clearly defined, particularly in the last chapter. The main aim is to point out to the whole world the real truth behind the current globalisation drive that is steering everything towards abyss.
Kin Deep and the Inability to Mourn    by Cornelia MacErlean
Price: $14.99 USD. 61930 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 2, 2012. .

Irene’s early life experiences in a disturbed Germany of 1914 to 1956 encourage her to migrate to Australia as a divorced mother of four daughters. However, instead of creating a promising future for her small family in her adopted country, her family is broken apart within three years.
Flight into Death    by Alida van den Bos
Price: $6.99 USD. 74130 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on September 2, 2012. .

Flight into Death is a crime thriller about Nina, a children’s author who escapes a violent marriage to the vile, philandering drug dealer Roberto after he kills her family in a plane crash. She relocates and buys a house at the Central Coast area to what she hopes is going to be a safe place. She finds love in Matthew, but also finds evil forces at work.
Road to Fear    by Johan Claassen
Price: $5.99 USD. 82580 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 26, 2012. .

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 driving and wins a guest spot on an overland trip across Northern Australia. Soon, things begin t
The BirthSkills Book    by Shari Read
Price: $9.99 USD. 55730 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 15, 2012. .

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 often as you can. You will become more proficient with them the more you practice.
Blunder Downunder    by Philip Atkinson
Price: $7.99 USD. 104230 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 10, 2012. .

The year 2000 marked the beginning of a new millennium and the year Australia opened its arms to the world by hosting the games of the XXVII Olympiad. Behind all the glitz and glamour the underworld swings into gear. Using the Olympic Games as cover, an Australian drug cartel comprising of powerful drug lords and their network of corrupt politicians, police and customs officials arranged a ......
Time to Tell    by Warren Butler
Price: $5.99 USD. 117880 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 9, 2012. .

We have all done it at sometime or other, chosen the wrong suitcase from the corousel. Most realize their mistake and return the luggage. What happens when it is not returned and a suitcase containing 5,000,000 Euros belonging to some very unsavory Russians is unintentionally taken from the airport. Time to Tell highlights and unfolds the compelling chase through Europe.......
Cloud Riders    by Debbie Behan
Price: $5.99 USD. 147400 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 9, 2012. .

Cloud Riders Cassie is left to die in a dust ridden wilderness. Cast out by family, she finds herself entwined in the lives of an elite group of intergalactic perpetual warriors that maintain the fragile balance of peace in the Universe. Fabulous adventures take them to far off galaxies where powerful and magical lords rule their worlds, full of conflicts and raw emotions, forever......
Employer Branding    by Hugh Davies
Price: $9.99 USD. 22420 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 8, 2012. .

The idea that a company only needs to offer a monthly cheque and an annual bonus (if you’re lucky!) to guarantee some kind of loyalty is so short-sighted, it’s untrue. The reason why I stay with BP is that they have a more sophisticated view of what ’value’ actually means to me. Value is not just about pay parity; it’s about flexibility, it’s about understanding, and it’s about seeing the person n
Not Another Nigel!    by Peter Carnall
Price: $8.99 USD. 37810 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 7, 2012. .

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 hilarious incidents of his life which gives him and the reader a good laugh. There are times in o
Blue Scorpion    by Karen Lee
Price: $5.99 USD. 146700 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 6, 2012. .

Journey back to the Antediluvian Ages of the Planet - a time where the Great Reptilian Beasts roamed the earth and the Children of the Nephilim walked among the sons and daughters of Humanity. This is where the journey starts for Evanna, a lone traveller from the Great Mountains, working as a black-smith in an outpost. Her journey would take her towards friendships, adventures and the twisted plot
The Last Governor    by John W Heffernan
Price: $8.99 USD. 110700 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on August 6, 2012. .

A revealing and candid behind the scenes look at life inside Australia’s largest prison system through the eyes of a former governor. It’s 1975; the New South Wales prison system is in a state of crisis, prisoners are rebelling against what would be later described by a Royal Commission as a regime of savagery and for some inexplicable reason John Heffernan decides to become part of it all by join
Talon, come fly with me    by Gigi Sedlmayer
Price: $9.99 USD. 46800 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 26, 2012. .

Talon: Come Fly With Me, is about the life of nine-year-old girl, Matica. Matica lives in a remote village on a dry plateau in the Andes of Peru. She moved here with her Australian missionary and schoolteacher parents when she was five years old. Ever since Matica could remember, she faced cruel rejection because of a growth handicap that traps her in a body a two-year-old.
The Tan People    by Barbara Hartmann King
Price: $14.99 USD. 129690 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 21, 2012. .

The Tan People – a journey into truth This is the third book of the Coloured Sands Trilogy. The characters from the first two novels, Coloured Sands and Valley of the Eagle are joined in this novel with dramatic impact. 1973: Phillip Parry, son and heir of the great Jooloonga station uses his Cessna like a car. The coming of the secret family creates a furore that will test them all.
Shangri-la    by Greg Cornwell
Price: $9.99 USD. 45240 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 21, 2012. .

Adam Simon is a young man who inherits a cabin on an old cruise liner which sails the eastern Australiancoast as home to wealthy passengers. Existence ashore in consequence of world overpopulation nowaccomodates two types of people: those who live under a ruthless two child policy in walled cities and thosewho live outside the walls and do not practise birth control.
Mindfulness Behaviour Training    by Kyaw Sanhla
Price: $9.99 USD. 28340 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 21, 2012. .

This book is written as a manual to help the reader develop a personalised mindfulness program just like the participants who attend a Mindfulness Behaviour Training (MBT) course.
Education Country Australia    by Bruce Hookway
Price: $7.99 USD. 27620 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 20, 2012. .

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 as a child and as a teacher.
Walking the Tight Rope    by Hannelore Fiebig
Price: $9.99 USD. 104990 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 17, 2012. .

This book takes the reader through a roller coaster of emotions. Greg, a tough but proud businessman believes in himself and his honour as a gentleman, however, when he fell for a charming, seductive woman his life was in uproar. To keep his affair a secret Greg went to extreme measures to cover his tracks, exactly this action gave him away.
And not a word was spoken...    by Diana Thurgood
Price: $5.99 USD. 34100 words. Published by Bookpal Australia  on July 17, 2012. .

'And not a word was spoken' is a personal and introspective journey of an 'animal lover'. The author gives meaning and substance to this surprisingly common but seldom explained term. The book is based around the premise that animal lovers share five traits.

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Angels and Capitalists    by Bookpal Australia
Price: $12.99 USD. 60440 words. Published on May 14, 2013. Essay.

Angels and Capitalists investigates the factors relevant to the investment decisions of business angel investors and venture capitalists in funding the seed, start-up and early-stage ventures of entrepreneurs in the private marketplace. The book also considers the investment process from the perspective of the entrepreneur for whom such funding is critical to the survival and growth of the enterpr

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