Punter's Turf
Punter's Turf

Author: Peter Klein

Publisher: Pan Australia

Published: 2009-03-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1741984920

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"Is Peter Klein Australia's answer to Dick Francis? As with Francis, Klein knows the territory intimately with his autobiography of racing life, A Strapper's Tale, selling out within months. He turns out to be a dab hand at crime fiction, too. Klein is a natural writer. This is a cracking yarn, written in an action-packed, unpretentious style, underscored vividly by the author's detailed knowledge of the racing world." THE AGE Pick of the Week John Punter, professional gambler and amateur private investigator, has seen his fair share of crime and shady dealings, both on the race track and off it. So when the daughter of a bookmaker friend is abducted, following hot on the heels of a gruesome murder after an abduction-gone-wrong, Punter's offer of help is gladly accepted. But then, just when everything seems to be going right, a local trainer hits a run of unusual bad luck and a young jockey dies under suspicious circumstances. With the help of a journalist friend, Kate, Punter begins to put the pieces together, and finds himself drawn into a tangled web of underworld crimes that are much more sinister than he had anticipated...

Computers in Railways XIV
Computers in Railways XIV

Author: C. A. Brebbia

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2014-06-01

Total Pages: 941

ISBN-13: 184564767X

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This book contains the 14th proceedings of the, very successful, International conference on Railway Engineering Design and Optimization (COMPRAIL 2014), which began in 1987.

A Long Way to Goulacullin
A Long Way to Goulacullin

Author: John Kingston McMahon

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-12-05

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1493131184

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The seasons of my life have passed by so quickly, and now as I reach the autumn of my life, I refl ect on what has been and what might have been. I have been lucky and am somewhat surprised that I have made it this far on my journey of life. Now I look back and remember, on these pages, those that I knew and those whose lives were never fulfi lled. I am only one of a quarter of a million people who were brought up in the child welfare system in the 1950s and 60s in Australia, and who are now referred to as the Forgotten Australians.

I Always Wanted To Kill: Paul Denyer Serial Killer
I Always Wanted To Kill: Paul Denyer Serial Killer

Author: Pamela Lillian Valemont

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-01-26

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1326148605

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Paul Denyer is an Australian serial killer, currently serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 30 years at Barwon Prison for the murders of Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17, over a seven week period between June and July in the winter months of 1993. Denyer, known as The Frankston Killer for his crimes which occurred in the Frankston seaside area of south eastern Victoria, now wants to be known as Paula and wears women's underwear and cosmetics. He claims he hated and killed women because he always wanted to be one. This forensic numerological analysis attempts to establish whether Denyer is also responsible for the murders of two other young women who disappeared in the same area: Sarah MacDiarmid whose body has never been found and Michelle Brown, whose body was found behind a gun shop in Frankston.

Police Stories
Police Stories

Author: Vikki Petraitis

Publisher: Lake Press

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0655219927

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From the bizarre to the brutal to the unbelievable, truth is often stranger than fiction, as these fascinating stories testify. Vikki Petraitis has spent hundreds of hours interviewing police - sometimes even accompanying them on active duty - to complete this collection of stories from the frontline of policing. Police officers from many fields have shared some of their best stories: the ones that were out of the ordinary, the ones they'll never forget. The result is this riveting collection of real-life Australian dramas. They include: - a 'black widow' who reported her husband missing after an argument - the perilous body retrieval of a drowned diver from a sunken submarine - the capture and conviction of a man who drugged his unsuspecting victims by spiking their drinks - the disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid. In each case the police concerned have achieved results through dedication and teamwork, and sometimes at great personal risk. We thank them for their service and understand that sometimes, the toll was too high. Vikki Petraitis is a Melbourne author who has been writing true crime since the early 1990s. Her bestselling book about Frankston serial killer Paul Denyer, The Frankston Murders, is a classic in the true crime genre.

The Book Ninja
The Book Ninja

Author: Ali Berg

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-05-21

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1925640302

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Sometimes love means having to broaden your literary horizons. Frankie Rose is desperate for love. Or a relationship. Or just a date with a semi-normal person will do. It’s not that she hasn’t tried. She’s the queen of dating. But enough is enough. Inspired by her job at The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, Frankie decides to take fate into her own hands and embarks on the ultimate love experiment. Her plan? Plant her favourite books on trains inscribed with her contact details in a bid to lure the sophisticated, charming and well-read man of her dreams. Enter Sunny, and one spontaneous kiss later, Frankie begins to fall for him. But there’s just one problem – Frankie is strictly a classics kind of gal, and Sunny is really into Young Adult. Like really. A quirky and uplifting love letter to books, friendship and soulmates. Film rights have been optioned. Praise for The Book Ninja ‘A funny, quirky read with a fantastically book-ish flavour.’ Kelly Rimmer, bestselling author of Before I Let You Go and The Things We Cannot Say ‘I could not put The Book Ninja down. It’s so very Melbourne … It’s young and funny, and very modern. It was written very beautifully.’ Carly Findlay OAM, author and activist ‘Great read! Highly recommend. Original idea and really well written.’ Chyka Keebaugh, The Real Housewives of Melbourne ‘Hilarious, heartwarming, amazing.’ Pip Drysdale, bestselling author of The Sunday Girl and The Strangers We Know ‘An unbelievable love story in a very believable world. It was funny, sad and so, so relatable. I loved every page!’ Sophie Dillman, Home and Away ‘A light hearted, quirky romance’ Herald Sun ‘A delightful, funny read’ Good Reading ‘A clever, loveable book that is to be enjoyed. Maybe even hugged’ Better Reading 'This was a fantastic five star read for me and a great breath of fresh air. Read it with a cheeky glass of wine and then share it with your bestie.’ Crazy Book Lady, Instagram ‘This book celebrates the joys of reading anything from childhood classics to YA and onwards. Ah my bookworm heart is all excited just thinking. About my old faves plus the potential of future reads.’ What Jane Read, Instagram ‘Still looking for love online? Forget it. The Book Ninja is the only thing a modern girl needs in her dating toolkit.’ Sharon Krum, journalist and author

Struth The Bloody Truth
Struth The Bloody Truth

Author: Iarn Pernell

Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC

Published: 2017-11-30

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1641661410

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This book describes how we’ve all been living according to a reality that exists only in our own mind’s creation of what we believe to be reality. It explains how the church has manipulated the purely natural human emotion of fear to instill a belief in their god. Just as each different religion has their god as the only true god, so too does every individual. “Astrology” is a word used to describe the energies that permeate life on Earth and, as once believed by now-ancient civilizations that were overtaken and nearly destroyed by religion, is the energy responsible for everything that manifests in life and, in fact, life itself. For too long now, man has lived under the fear of damnation in hell as a result of living against the word of the church’s god, which is only a creation of the church in order to preside over the minds of the masses for their own benefit. Great monuments and rituals have been created by the church to give their god relevance and impress mankind to believe in a myth that exists solely for the purpose of gaining power over our mind and actions. The French and Spanish Inquisitions are but one example of the total control the church almost achieved. But truth cannot be changed, for to do so is to manipulate the truth for your own selfish purposes. Religion is in a constant state of change because religion is only a manipulation of philosophy. Astrology has never changed over the hundreds of thousands of years that man has been observing the movements of the stars. We are all only energy, just as is the light given from the stars and energy responds to energy. Thus, we are all subject to a greater energy than our ego permits us to believe.