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Number of Titles Found: 152
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| Title: A Beginner Guide to Dying in India |
| By (author): Josh Donellan |
| ISBN10-13: 1921479302 : 9781921479304 |
| Fiction. Winner of the 2009 Interactive Publications Picks Best Fiction Award. Part comedy, part tragedy, part henna-drawn thriller peppered with romance and intrigue, this guide is a spiritual journey across the continents of the soul. Commencing in Australia and traversing toward the climactic scene in the snowy mountains of Northern India, this novel crosses exotic external and internal terrains with humor, sharp wit and a resonance that expands with each chapter. While confronted with mounting grief and loss in Australia, Levi is suddenly called to India by his brother and delves, though somewhat reluctantly, into the shifting sands of his own spirituality. In fulfilling his dying brother's wishes, Levi embarks on a path intersecting with adventure, new found friends, a treasure trove of riches (and not just the material kind). |
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Pages: 256
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| Published: Interactive Press - March 2010 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) : Adventure |
| List Price: 25.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 1 of: 152 |
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| Title: A Few Drops Short of a Pint |
| By (author): Chris Dowding |
| ISBN10-13: 1876819723 : 9781876819729 |
| Chris Dowding lived a quiet, solitary life as an engineer in Brisbane that only began to change when he met his future wife Kerryn who, after their wedding, persuaded Chris to move to Ireland-to a new beginning. This is the hilarious account of Chris and Kerryn's Irish experience. Capturing Chris's fascinations, frustrations and fears (did you know 58 percent of all motor accidents in Dublin occur during the day, in high visibility conditions with dry weather, on a straight road?) in his new surroundings, the story covers Irish lifestyle issues ranging from water heating to violent political factionalism. While exploring Ireland, the book is also a powerful story of self-exploration and discovery, showing that sometimes a change of circumstances is all the therapy we need. Jubilant and demoralised in equal measures, this is a story oozing with razor sharp (and often self-deprecating) wit that beautifully captures the experience of transplanting yourself into a foreign culture. |
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Pages: 212
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| Published: Interactive Press - November 2007 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Autobiography: general : Ireland |
| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: A Safe Place for Change |
| By (author): Hugh Crago, Penny Gardner |
| ISBN10-13: 1925231887 : 9781925231885 |
| It is increasingly recognised that the strength of the bond between counsellor and client is the best indicator of a good outcome for the client. The theoretical model employed by the counsellor matters less than the relationship the counsellor can build with each individual client. Yet first year counselling students continue to be taught about different models of therapy and specialised approaches supposedly needed by clients with different problems. The result is often confusion and uncertainty, and many trained counsellors graduate without a solid grasp of how to form an authentic relationship with any client. Unlike most texts, A Safe Place for Change focusses squarely on the therapeutic relationship. Skills are presented in terms of their contribution to the relationship. Theories and models are referred to throughout, but the authors emphasise what the different approaches have in common, rather than the specialised terminology that often makes them seem more different than they actually are. The personal capacities and skills that distinguish a good counsellor or therapist are presented in the same order in which they would appear within the actual therapeutic relationship. The initial chapters teach holding and exploring -- skills that are almost automatically required in the first few sessions with a new client. Then follows a chapter that deals with the challenge to the counsellorclient relationship which often appears after the first two sessions, and shows counsellors how they can respond most usefully to that challenge. As the therapeutic relationship continues and deepens, it becomes possible to invite clients to consider how they might be contributing to their own problems -- the skill of gentle honesty or encountering. Finally, the authors introduce two different approaches to achieving change-- solving the problem via advice, instruction, and homework, and re-parenting the person -- something that is more likely to be crucial in long-term work with clients who present entrenched difficulties in living and relating. Well-written, insightful and accessible, this textbook speaks directly to students of counselling and psychotherapy, recognising their needs and their challenges. The authors real-world experience is evident throughout the book, as is their skill in teaching complex concepts in clear language. |
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| Preface for Trainers and Educators; So You Want To Help People?; Being There: Developing The Capacity For Holding; The Story Unfolds: The Skills Of Exploring; The Elephant In The Room: The First Three Sessions; Fix The Problem, Or Re-Parent The Person? ; Gentle Honesty: Skills Of ‘Encountering’; "Giving Wise Advice": The Skills Of Coaching; But How Do You Know When They’re Finished?": Supervised Work With Clients; Further Along The Road Less Travelled: What Counselling And Therapy Can Accomplish; Index. |
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"This unique text is a welcome contrast to formulaic texts on counselling and therapy. It enables new counsellors and therapists to deepen their abilities to “be with” clients and develop a range of interventions and skills." -- Professor Ione Lewis in Psychotherapy in Australia
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"A Safe Place for Change is not obsessed with content and instructions, it is not limited to just one approach, but instead provides a holistic and integrated foundation on which to build further knowledge of both skills and theory. Highly recommended!" -- Paul Bogacs, Lecturer and Counselling Strand Convenor, Avondale College of Higher Education
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"It is such a unique text in the way it clearly explains issues for the beginning therapist, and what this strange beast called “process” looks like." -– Kim Kownacki, Morling College
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Pages: 212
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| Published: Interactive Press Australia - March 2019 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Peace studies & conflict resolution : Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) |
| List Price: 34.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 3 of: 152 |
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| Title: A world without maps |
| By (author): Jane M. Simpson |
| ISBN10-13: 1925231372 : 9781925231373 |
| In poems that range from the minimalist to the theatrical, Jane Simpson evokes the fascinatingly unfamiliar world of the Arabian Peninsula, where she found her preconceptions about Muslim women completely shattered. She writes of home and family with great tenderness. Choked forms wonderfully match the sensations of grief. In a synthesis of home and abroad, science and art, the poems reveal a compassionate, searching gaze in a world without maps. |
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Pages: 70
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| Published: Interactive Press Australia - September 2016 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets |
| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 4 of: 152 |
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| Title: About Face |
| By (author): Robert Moore Illustrated by: Monkeystack |
| ISBN10-13: 1921869127 : 9781921869129 |
| Last night I had a funny dream... My eyes jumped out of their sockets. My nose fell on the floor. My ears unscrewed themselves. Then my lips slid off my mouth and opened the door... |
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Pages: 36
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| Published: Interactive Press - March 2011 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Picture books : Interactive & activity books & packs |
| List Price: 20.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 5 of: 152 |
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| Title: Along My Way |
| By (author): Harold Hunt |
| ISBN10-13: 1925231291 : 9781925231298 |
| In this compelling book, Harold Hunt OAM charts his life from his childhood during the Great Depression to the present. One of eight children raised by a single Mum in New South Wales bush towns, with only a primary school education, he forged a career as a stockman and shearer, but then graduated as a drunk. His recovery set him on a path to help others experiencing the same horrors he had. Though he never achieved his dream of becoming a boss drover, Harold was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2014 for services to the community. This is a good yarn by an ordinary man at 90 years who has led an extraordinary life with humour, sorrow and ambition. |
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| Published: Interactive Press Australia - December 2018 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Biography: general : Black & Asian studies : Indigenous peoples : Political activism |
| List Price: 25.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 6 of: 152 |
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| Title: Amethysts and Emeralds |
| By (author): Daniel King |
| ISBN10-13: 1925231739 : 9781925231731 |
| A selection of Daniel Kings award-winning poetry, much of which has been published in journals around the world. The poems embrace a wide variety of forms, from free verse to sonnet, roundel, villanelle, and sestina. Thematically, too, the poems are very varied, ranging from the realist Head in the Sand, published in the prestigious London Magazine, to a song lyric from Shadows of 1876: The Wild Birds have Returned, a CD of mystical country music songs about historical figures and events from the United States in the year 1876. Most of the poems, however, have a special interest in Catholicism, Hinduism and mysticism. |
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Pages: 82
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| Published: Interactive Press Australia - December 2018 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets : Oriental & Indian philosophy : Hinduism : Theology |
| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 7 of: 152 |
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| Title: An Encounter Between Quaker Mysticism |
| By (author): Cho-Nyon Kim |
| ISBN10-13: 1921869682 : 9781921869686 |
| In this lecture, Cho-Nyon Kim explores his spiritual journey in the Korean religious environment, in which Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Christianity have all influenced cultural practices and been integrated into daily life. He is inspired by the life and thoughts of Ham Sok Hon, a prominent Korean peace activist and Quaker. He asks how we can live a simple life in a complex world. He wants to focus on how we can create a peaceful society in the face of nationalism and self-centredness. Quakerism has similarities to Taoism in its mysticism and its sense of waiting in a meditative way. Cho-Nyon Kim concludes that he must lead his life in the manner of those who always seek truth with an open mind' |
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Pages: 40
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| Published: Interactive Press - June 2018 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) : Taoism : Mysticism |
| List Price: 13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: No Longer Distributing
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| Title: 8 of: 152 |
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| Title: Animating Freedom |
| Sub-title: Accompanying Indigenous Struggles for Self-determination |
| By (author): Jason MacLeod |
| ISBN10-13: 1925231976 : 9781925231977 |
| In 1991, Jason MacLeod travelled to occupied West Papua. That visit changed his life. Eight years later, in 1999, Jason made athirty-year commitment to journey in solidarity with West Papuans as they search for nonviolent ways out of occupation. Since then he has been regularly traveling inside the country. He has walked alongside Papuan leaders as they travelled from West Papua to Washington; Port Moresby to Port Vila. It is a journey has taken him deep into the mountains and forests of West Papua; from the halls of power to the inside of police interrogation rooms.In this Backhouse Lecture, Jason shares what he has learnt about accompanying West Papuans and to a lesser extent Aboriginal people, Bougainvilleans and East Timorese in their struggle for self-determination. Through personal stories, he tries to make sense of this experience in ways that might speak more broadly to Quakers. This lecture is a deeply personal reflection on what one person thinks it takes to animate freedom and accompany Indigenous peoples on a journey from empire to the good life. |
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Pages: 72
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| Published: Interactive Press Australia - July 2020 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) |
| List Price: 13.99 Pounds Sterling |
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| Title: 9 of: 152 |
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| Title: Aquamorphia |
| Sub-title: falling for water |
| By (author): Shé Hawke |
| ISBN10-13: 1925231003 : 9781925231007 |
| Aquamorphia: Falling for Water is a mythological, psychological and elemental poetic history of water in three deeply entrancing parts. Each section of this exciting and tumultuous water narrative takes the reader for a ride on different streams of intoxicating, daring and at times playful water worlds. From ancient Greek creation myths to the Australian beach, Aquamorphia moves symphonically, praising the maternal and generative qualities of fluidity since the Big Bang, or splitting of the Cosmic Egg. The verse is afloat with metaphors that flesh out the minutiae of the aquatic landscapes that sustain life. |
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Pages: 86
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| Published: Interactive Press Australia - November 2014 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets |
| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
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| Title: 10 of: 152 |
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