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Green Australia: A Snapshot

Wakefield Press, 2012, RRP $34.95 Reviewed by Wendy Scott. This 330-page large-format paperback shows the depth of its research by the final 60 pages comprising just the references! The book covers in a logical manner the various methods of reducing one's carbon footprint. Each chapter tells how individuals have minimised waste and maximised natural power and cleaning methods, made dietary ...

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Healthy Choices, Healthy Children: A guide to raising fit, happy kids

Paraclete Press 2011 RRP $27.95 Reviewed by Wendy Scott. This is certainly an easy-to-use guide for raising healthy, happy children. Each chapter is complete in itself, making reading practical for busy, frustrated parents. Healthy Choices, Healthy Children makes everything so easy. Not only does the book say what children need, it shows simply how to first get them to want ...

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Imagine We Were

Wombat Books 2012 Reviewed by Wendy Scott, Uniting Church Kenmore elder. THE scene is set in Imagine We Were by the dedication in the front of the book by Renee to her parents, thanking them for making their children feel special. This lovely hardcover book is simply but beautifully illustrated throughout. Each set of four pages has a different theme ...

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Loved by Choice: True stories that celebrate adoption

Revell, Grand Rapids 2002, RRP $37.95 Reviewed by Averil Cook. THE short chapters in this book have been written by many different people – birth mothers, adoptive mothers, fathers, and grandparents, as well as from people who have been adopted either as a baby or a child. In some cases the stories were related to one of the authors, who ...

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Footprints on Our Hearts (DVD)

Paraclete Press, 2012, RRP $76.95 Reviewed by Wendy Scott. TEARY eyes are par for the course with this very powerful DVD. There are two sessions. The first is one hour of "Footprints on our Hearts", which is a series of interviews on directed topics with parents who have miscarried or had still births. Each gives their personal views on set ...

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Though The Bud Be Bruised

Even Before Publishing, Capalaba Qld, 2012, Reviewed by Wendy Scott, Kenmore Uniting Church elder. THIS book is hot. It will sear all your preconceived notions of “good Christians”. Though The Bud Be Bruised is a true story with names changed and some characters morphed together for a more cohesive narrative. It is raw without being offensive. It would be a ...

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Be Not Afraid: I Go Before You

Currach Press 2011, RRP $31.99 Reviewed by Wendy Scott, Kenmore Uniting Church elder. This is a compassionate book about grieving. There are 50 short stories from the recently bereaved, telling of the person they lost, how their life has changed, what helped, and how they coped. The stories are separated into chapters about parents, partners, children, and friends. There is ...

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Gods and Diseases: Making Sense of Our Physical and Mental Wellbeing

HarperCollins Publishers 2011 RRP $35 Reviewed by Kevin Mark. IN recent years we have witnessed the appalling effects of natural disasters in our region. Some of us will have felt disturbed that despite humanity's unprecedented scientific knowledge and technological advances, we remain vulnerable to the awesome powers of nature. What about in the realm of our individual lives? Don't we ...

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Amen: what prayer can mean in a world beyond belief

HarperCollins Publishers (Toronto), 2012, RRP $35.99 Reviewed by Peter Harvey, Rural Ministry Associate, Presbytery of Western Australia FOR many people, prayer is an essential part of their daily lives, connecting them with God, a force, or the universe and bringing them, among other things, assistance and protection. Prayer makes their lives more meaningful, and their world make more sense. And ...

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My Schooltime Angel

Paulist Press 2011, RRP $11.95 Reviewed by Linda Hanson,Tewantin Uniting Church. MY Schooltime Angel is a board book for preschoolers. The book has lovely rhymes and is beautifully illustrated. My Schooltime Angel is about a child who prays to God to send an angel to be with him as he goes to preschool. Each page pictures an angel looking over ...

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