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Are you still waiting for your Prince Charming to come along and sweep you off your feet? Do you wake up at four in the morning and panic about where the next buck is coming from? Do you spend like there's no tomorrow, then feel overwhelmed with guilt? You're not alone!Leslie Falkiner-Rose surveyed over 100 women of all ages, from all walks of life, to find out their views on money. She also consulted financial experts and delved into research in order to determine why so many women have trouble managing their money. Women Talking Money is the fascinating result, and uncovers:* perceptions about women's money management* adjusting financially to marriage, having kids and other major life changes* securing your financial future* fears and insecurities about money and debt* the power associated with money* different investment options and utilising financial professionals.Leslie suggests ways to tackle these and other financial issues, and identifies the resources available for various areas of interest. Women Talking Money is engaging and entertaining, and provides insights into how women handle money.
People often say 'You don't deserve this' but, when it comes to cancer, who does? So, when a devastating diagnosis tips the Falkiner-Rose family on its head, it takes medicos, bloody-mindedness and imagination to survive their version of medical whack-a-mole. At the time they kept up a stream of Pete Updates for friends and family. Using those and intimate reflections, Leslie Falkiner-Rose tells a tale that's messy, moving, mind-blowing and, at times, very amusing.
Once upon a time, in a land Down Under, from the depths of the Clan cave, Clan Destine Press issued a challenge to Australian and Kiwi authors to write cliff-hanging, Australian-flavoured, action-packed adventure stories for two protagonists; stories of the What If, What Now, And Then... kind. This was a catnip call, an irresistible lure, a kid-in-a-candy-store kind of a challenge: what writer wouldn't want to take a crack at that? To make it that little bit more intriguing, the editors decreed the stories could be contemporary, historical, realistic, far-out, spec-fic, horror, SF, or urban fantasy; and, in a spirit of mischief, that at least one of the two protagonists must be human. You'd think that would cover all bases. But writers are a contrary bunch: they pushed these very broad boundaries even further. The result is not one, but two volumes of kick-arse, action-packed stories: And Then... The Great Big Book of Adventure Tales. This is Volume 2: a fascinating collection of genre-bending adventure stories garnered from a mix of sf, fantasy and crime writers, happily encroaching upon each other's territories, and then some.
Adventure ~ Action Danger ~ Derring-do Rip-snorting action adventures of the What If... What Next... and, most importantly, the And Then... kind. A cohort of Australia's best genre fictioneers, and one bold Kiwi, present a fabulous and strange collection of action-packed adventure stories - each featuring two heroes. The two-volume And Then... anthology features page-turning and genre-bending stories by 32 award-winning, established and emerging Australian writers of crime and speculative fiction. The settings are historical, futuristic and contemporary; the heroes are human, animal, alien and mythical; and their adventures are real-world, far-out, speculative, horror, mystery, science ficti...
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