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Peacetimes
From an internationally respected author comes this amazing book. "Peacetimes" brings the message of peace in a fully illustrated age appropriate manner to children. It is practical and helps children to understand that peace is not just something outside of them but involves them directly where they live and play. This remarkable book sets new standards in children's literature. "Peace is not a gap between times of fighting, or a space where nothing is happening. Peace is something that lives, grows, spreads and needs to be looked after ..... because peace begins with you in your own backyard"
Congo Dawn
'Katherine Scholes is one of those rare writers who connects Australia to Africa in creative fiction. This is, in the best sense, a big, lusty novel. But it exceeds most such novels in sensitivity and imagination, in potent narrative and artistic terms.' Tom Keneally You can't go back and change the past. All you have left is the future. Melbourne secretary Anna Emerson's life is turned upside down when a stranger hands her a plane ticket to the Congo. The newly independent country is in turmoil, Simba rebels are on the move - but the invitation holds a precious clue to the whereabouts of her estranged father. Dan Miller signs up as a mercenary commando to fight the Communist uprising. He su...
Beautiful Mother, The
In a remote corner of Tanzania, Essie Lawrence lives with her husband in an archaeologists' camp. One morning a chance encounter with two strangers sees her making a rash promise. When she returns home to the research base, she has a baby in her arms. Essie is to care for the little girl until the coming of the rains. And then hand her back. The organised world of Magadi Research Camp is turned upside down. As her heart opens up to new life, Essie is drawn into the ancient wisdom of the Hadza, the last hunter-gatherer tribe in East Africa. And she is led back to memories of her own mother and her first home on the island of Tasmania, at the far end of the world. But there is a price to pay. Essie's marriage, her career - everything she's worked for - is put at risk. On the shores of the flamingo lake, personal stories are played out alongside the Lawrences' quest to find the origins of the human species. Nightmares and dreams go hand in hand as past and present merge. What is real and what will turn to dust? And after a season of being a mother, will Essie be able to survive the hardest challenge of all? To love, and then let go... - Publishers description.
Peace Begins With You
Explains, in simple terms, the concept of peace, why conflicts occur, how they can be resolved in positive ways, and how to protect peace.
The Stone Angel
One summer changed Stella Boyd forever. It was 1975. And his name was Zeph. Fifteen years later, Stella's life is full of excitement and danger as she travels the world writing magazine articles about women. But then one day she receives an urgent message that changes everything. Her father is missing at sea. Stella heads home to Halfmoon Bay, the Tasmanian fishing village where she grew up. She desperately doesn't want to face the painful memories that await her. But as she takes part in the search for her father, the life of her old home draws in around her. She finds herself taken back to that extraordinary summer when she met a young man who was sailing the world alone. A time of devastating tragedy, but also of first love . . . Like the sea itself, the past rises up, refusing to be ignored. There are dark secrets to be unearthed, lost dreams recovered. Only then can hearts be healed, and an unexpected reward be claimed. 'A truly absorbing book filled with secrets and conflicts.' Woman's Day
The Rain Queen
Two women, bound by a shocking event, drawn to a vast and beautiful country they cannot forget. Kate Carrington has cut all ties with Africa, the land of her birth. Her past is buried alongside her missionary parents, the last reminders locked safely away in the attic. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door, Kate's carefully constructed world is torn apart. Annah Mason has led an extraordinary life – one that has taken her from a hospital in Langali to the company of rainmakers deep in the Tanzanian bush. Her connection with the Waganga people has brought her the great love of her life, and freedom beyond her dreams. Yet she carries with her a painful secret. Now, the time has come for her to tell her story – to finally set Kate free. The international bestseller that has captured hearts the world over. 'This most moving book, whose every breath is a love-song for Africa and her people, is a faultlessly woven cloth.' LE MONDE (FRANCE) 'One to keep you reading late into the night.' WEST AUSTRALIAN 'Beautifully written, lively and sympathetic... an adventurous and highly entertaining read.' BOOKSHOW (GERMANY)
The Hunter's Wife
Mara, a young Australian, marries a big-game hunter who lives on the spectacular grasslands of East Africa. Three years later, their safari lodge is in trouble - and so, too, is their marriage. When a Hollywood movie crew descends to film on location, Mara knows this could be the lodge's salvation. She thrives on her sudden responsibility and independence, but she also finds herself dangerously attracted to the film's leading man. From an internationally bestselling author comes this poignant love story set against the breathtaking backdrop of Tanzania. The Hunter's Wife is a powerful and moving story of a young woman's heartfelt struggle to reconcile duty and desire. 'Captures the very essence of East Africa... one of Australia's most respected women's fiction authors.' COURIER-MAIL 'Beautifully written and a crowd-pleaser.' HERALD SUN 'A moving tale of love, duty and desire.' WEEKEND GOLD COAST BULLETIN This book has just about everything . . . A deeply moving love story . . . In a word, unputdownable. WEEKLY TIMES
The Lioness
A moving novel that asks what it really means to be a family - and what it takes to be a mother. From the internationally bestselling author of The Hunter's Wife and The Rain Queen. When Emma Lindberg travels to a remote corner of Africa to visit the research station where her mother died years ago, all she wants is to finally lay her grief to rest. Instead, she finds herself caught up in the search for a missing child. Together with Maasai veterinary surgeon Daniel Oldeani, she sets out on a journey deep into the dusty wilderness of northern Tanzania. What they discover there will shake to the core Emma's beliefs about how the world works. A little girl's life has been saved by the extraordinary actions of a mother lioness. And that is only the beginning . . . 'An incredible saga . . . this is a spellbinding book filled with the essence of Africa and soul-searching lessons on motherhood' Chronicle 'A great summer read . . . It made me want to jump on the next plane to Tanzania.' Bookseller+Publisher 'An exotic setting, a superbly crafted narrative and more than a passing look at what makes us human.' Weekly Times
The Perfect Wife
From the internationally bestselling author - over two million books sold worldwideKitty Hamilton arrives in Tanganyika with high hopes for her new life. An exciting adventure halfway across the world could be just what she and Theo need to recover from the scandal that almost tore them apart. But in this wild and foreign land, her dreams soon begin to unravel. And there is much more at stake than her quest to be a perfect wife. As old wounds resurface and new passions ignite, Kitty and Theo confront emotions that push them beyond the boundaries of all that they know and believe in.A deeply moving story about the struggle between duty and desire - and the need to follow your heart, wherever in the world it may lead you.PRAISE FOR KATHERINE SCHOLES' BESTSELLERS'An exotic setting, a superbly crafted narrative and more than a passing look at what makes us human.' Weekly Times'A great summer read . . . It made me want to jump on the first plane to Tanzania.' Bookseller + Publisher'A beautifully descriptive read and a soul-searching take on relationships.' New Idea
Make Me an Idol
Go in search of your mother by all means, but don't count on what you'll find . . . Zelda Madison grew up knowing very little about her mother – only that she had been a dancer, an American, and that she had died. But Zelda learns that her mother was so much more than that. She was an international superstar, an idol – and she is still alive. Leaving behind her quiet life in a remote fishing village on Flinders Island, Zelda sets off on the journey of a lifetime. Piecing together the few clues left to her, she digs deep into a painful past in the hope she can uncover a new future. Moving from the rugged Tasmanian coast to the ashrams of India and the Himalayan foothills, Make Me an Idol is a beautifully touching story about how to be a mother, and how to live without one. 'This novel is undoubtedly headed for great popular success' Weekend Australian
