‘I invite you to be courageous and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, because any discomfort you feel is temporary and pales in comparison to what black and brown people often have to experience on a daily basis. Are you ready? Let’s get started, we have work to do.’

Collection of pivotal speeches from Nova Peris as well as her favourite inspirational speeches by other key figures with personal introductions written by Nova. In 2013 Nova Peris, former athlete and the first Aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal at the Olympics, became the first Aboriginal woman elected to federal parliament. She was determined to make full use of the platform she felt privileged to land herself on and continues to share the message that Aboriginal people have to keep talking and keep fighting, because the quest for equality, for equal rights for all Australians, remains, sadly, an ongoing battle. This new collection of Novas notable speeches spans her time in the Senate as a Member of the Labor Party and includes some of her favourite all-time speeches from a number of people who have, and continue to inspire her in her daily life. The significance of each speech is discussed at the beginning of every chapter. From Novas speeches about the referendum, to National Sorry Day, clean energy, alcohol abuse, closing the gap for Aboriginal Australia, and her inaugural senate speech, to the famous words of Martin Luther King Jrs I have a Dream speech, Nova: Finding My Voice is full of inspirational words about race, justice and injustice, hope, freedom and change.

Nova is a young girl a year from graduating school and pursuing her photography career. She lives her life happily alongside her longtime friend, Adrian, whom she feels herself developing feelings for. But Adrian is disturbed by dreams of his dead mother living on in another world. Together, they find themselves caught in a mess of a new world of dreams and in a battle against the strongest and deadliest creature of their newfound world. Follow them along as they meet new friends like Ryda and Kikina, discover magical abilities, and take love to a whole new level.

The Cambridge Astronomy Guide is intended for lovers of astronomy who wish to do more than just look at the night sky or marvel at glossy pictures of it. It tells you how to get outside and actually practise astronomy, even if you own nothing more than a simple camera. Astronomy, more than any other science, offers amateurs the opportunity to make meaningful and lasting contributions to the field. This Guide explains in simple non-mathematical terms how you can take stunning star photographs and then put them to use making valuable contributions to the science of astronomy. Ben Mayer's odd-numbered chapters provide a fascinating account told with much humour of how one raw amateur got started and quickly progressed to become one of the world's best known and in many ways most successful amateur astronomers. Bill Liller's even-numbered chapters provide a more extensive commentary on much of what Ben writes, plus some additional material which gives the professional point of view.

About the Book Life is Short and is an Adventure is a memoir of one man’s dealings with changes, tragedies, and blisterings of life, more so than average. McGuirk goes through the highs of an adventurous childhood and meeting the woman he would marry to the exceptional lows of a terrible accident that leaves him scarred, followed by repeated and various health complications. Through it all though, he never gives up and always continues forward. About the Author Tim V. McGuirk’s special interest is his continuing work in speech recognition computing, in which he has two degrees including a master's degree. It is his goal for speech technology to take over where crippled hands can no longer type.

Meet beautiful Franco Bianchi, the thorn in his father’s side. Heir and scion of one of Manhattan’s wealthiest families. They might be new money but they have more than most. Plus, they have an old money politician in their pocket who needs a favor as much as Franco’s father needs to find his son a wife. Meet Carine DuBois, the good girl. She’s the good daughter of an old money politician who needs a favor as much as Franco’s father needs to find his son a wife. Tasked with saving her family from an impending scandal, she’s arranged to one of Manhattan’s richest bad boys but she fears he might just be too much to handle. Bad Boy meets Good Girl and instead of protesting the match he fights tooth and nail to make it happen. This scoundrel is madly in love and wants his happy ending. This is a steamy romance, with one bad boy, one good girl, a few meddling parents and soul mates who get their happy ending.