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  • The Spittle Spattle Bug

    Stephanie Sabatinelli

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, June 1, 2020)
    Get yourself ready to hear the most wonderful story about an extraordinary, yet peculiar, bug!Spittle is his name and Spattle is soon to be his fame. One day very soon, he will have to save the day using his unique gift. At first, Spittle has a hard time making friends because all the other bugs think he is weird. Little do they realize the importance of Spittle’s special ability. Watch and see as spittle gains the courage to rescue his soon-to-be friends. Some large creatures have decided to raid the quiet meadow that these bugs call home, and Spittle is the only one who can help them all to come out safe from harm. Adventure awaits as the reader feels more alive with the turn of each page.Sit back and explore this colorful book, and get a chance to discover your very own courage and understanding that it is okay to be different.
  • A Clown with Courage

    Christine Reeve

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, July 29, 2019)
    Ryan Miller is a determined 16-year-old from a small town called Baladin. His parents didn't like the idea of him wanting to learn the art of becoming a rodeo clown. When he gets a job on the property of the local rodeo proprietor, Tom Jillings, he learns how to ride a horse, in precarious ways at times! Faced with a bull stampede, he has to figure things out very quickly, and it brings him to a life-changing decision.Ryan adapts to rodeo life in his typical gangly manner and learns many lessons about growing up along the way from his mentor-turned-friend, Bill Sinclair.Then he meets Angela, and together with Bill's help, they train an unruly mare for the competitive sport of barrel racing. Ryan, unexpectedly, gets his chance as a rodeo clown.
  • Against All Gods: The Way to Humanism

    David Findlay Clark

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd, Jan. 30, 2020)
    The author’s grandfather (born 1832) was a farm worker and jobbing gardener who, unusually for the time, was a committed atheist. An autodidact, his education ended when he was eleven, but he became well enough read to be, from his soap box, a socialist scourge of Ayrshire aristocracy and to correspond regularly with Keir Hardie and George Bernard Shaw. His son, the author’s father (born 1882), worked his way from poverty to Glasgow University and subsequent Training College to become a schoolteacher, but later decided to take a BD degree at Edinburgh University and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. That did not find favour with his father, who told him never to darken the door of the family home in Girvan till he gave up “that daft dog collar”. That he never did, but the author, his son (born 1930), eventually followed his grandfather’s ways, rejecting his father’s. In due course he came to write this “apologia pro vita sua” as an atheist humanist. The book presents the view that all human experience, behaviour, thought, understanding and productive activity are the products of or depend on healthy human brains, educated and trained, to some extent, in the arts, sciences and the scientific method.The book proposes that the concept of “god” is unnecessary and differences in understanding or using it are a source of conflict or even wars which continue to threaten human progress and indeed the species as a whole. There is no need to invoke gods as the creators of man, the cosmos and systems of morality. Evolution and history demonstrate that such systems would emerge naturally and progressively without any “divine tutorials or interventions”.Rationality and the scientific method offer insightful and effective understanding and ameliorations of the human condition rather than dependence on supernatural and superstitious principles demanded by gods and their prophets. Humanists may sometimes adopt moral principles from religious precepts, but only if they can be validated by present human knowledge and experience.
  • Eva

    Jack Hirsch

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, July 18, 2019)
    Eva tells her own story in this book. It is intended to show young children that animals havefeelings and thoughts a lot like theirs. Her story has many lessons about overcoming adversityand disability that children can use in their lives and have empathy for those less fortunate. Eva was rescued by SoiDog Foundation in Phuket, Thailand.
  • "NO!"

    April C. Hughes

    language (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, March 30, 2020)
    Friends find each other in unexpected ways.You may find you’ve made a new one at the end of your day.You may find this friend at school or the zoo,you may find this friend is very different from you.This story is about one unusual young boy,who has no friends and very little joy.The source of his problem is he speaks just one word,“NO!” is the answer to all things he’s heard.Something happens one day and he opens his heart,for this troubled boy, a new world will start.This story, dear children, is my gift to you.Inside I hope you find a new friend or two.
  • Legend of the Lighthouse

    J. A. Jones

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, June 3, 2019)
    If a lighthouse magically came to life, how would it react?Now imagine for a second you are a seagull who has witnessed such a miracle, what would you do?This is a story of adventure, pirate kings, sea creatures, and treasure, all packed with a powerful inspirational message for all ages.
  • Flora Has an Adventure

    Karin Gertsch

    language (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, Jan. 30, 2020)
    Flora, an Ameraucana chicken, goes on an adventure with Marge, the farmer’s wife, while the rest of the flock waits anxiously at Featherfield Farm. They wonder why Flora was taken away and imagine where she is going. While the hens ponder her fate, Flora has the time of her life. Marge learns something new about Flora, and the children in Essex are amazed at Flora’s ability. After all, isn’t Flora just a chicken? Colorful illustrations highlight the diversity of the hens, as well as the children, who take part in this adventure.
  • Little Norah's Really Big Hair

    Caitlyn VanderVeen

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, May 15, 2019)
    Little Norah is an endearing portrait timeline of a baby, young child, teenager, and then as an adult coming to terms with a unique trait she has inherited. Her hair grows very swiftly and is impossible to manage. As a child, she feels troubled that her head of hair keeps her from enjoying things as other children do. But even in a mangled head of hair, Little Norah learns to accept her unique, big, hard-to-manage locks as a part of who she is.
  • Three Purple Frogs

    Renée Mancini

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, Jan. 30, 2020)
    Hopping, skipping, and running with three purple frogs is a lot of fun.Along the way, I laugh and giggle a lot. Eventually, the three purple frogs hop faster than me and are soon out of sight.With the help of a little brown puppy, I go on a vibrant adventure to find the three purple frogs.We come upon colorful farm animals and objects that make our journey to find the three purple frogs very exciting.Won’t you come along?
  • The Art of Parsi Cooking: Reviving an Ancient Cuisine

    Niloufer Mavalvala

    Hardcover (Austin Macauley Publishing, July 29, 2016)
    Born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, Niloufer's love for food combined with extensive world travel from a young age inspired her to experiment with world cuisines. Niloufer gave her first cooking class to a group of school girls at the age of 17; loving the opportunity to meet new people who share her passion for food, she has gone on to give many, many more cooking classes in Dubai, UK, and Canada - where she has lived for the past 15 years with her family. In 2013, Niloufer decided to start a recipe blog Niloufer's Kitchen where she loves to share old and new culinary creations to a following of 100,000 from around the world. Author of 10 e-cookbooks, she also writes for the Huffington Post, assorted magazines and journals from around the world.
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  • The Steinway That Wouldn't Budge

    Peter Tryon

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers, April 28, 2016)
    Peter Tryon's Confessions of a Piano Tuner is a charming, autobiographical tale of life spent travelling around rural East Anglia tuning pianos. But this is also a personal account from boyhood of how music and more specifically the mechanics of that wonderful instrument, fired early imagination and gave rise to a lifelong fascination and involvement with the piano.As much a social commentary on people, the anecdotes about different characters are filled with humour and the text is light and easy to read. The unspoiled beauty and charm of East Anglia provides a perfect backdrop to Peter Tryon's account, all combining together to make this a book that you won't want to put down.
  • Doorways Into Dying: Innovative Teachings For End Of Life

    Ingrid Rose, Kay Ryan

    eBook (Austin Macauley Publishers, Aug. 31, 2016)
    In Doorways into Dying: Innovative Teaching for End of Life, Ingrid Rose and Kay Ryan present techniques and tools for communicating with those in out-of-ordinary states of consciousness such as those found in dementia, coma or the dying experience. Methods are presented that are useful to medical staff, caregivers, relatives and friends in making links between the outside world and the inner worlds of those who are ostensibly unable to communicate. The slight movement of a finger, the flicker of an eyelid, and other signals, are the building blocks of communication, useful in gaining understanding of the needs of the patient.This book describes how we can approach those who are ill, near death, or dying, in a way that values all experience as holding potential meaning for the person. How to connect with others in order to support them on their journeys is laid out here through the introduction of theoretical concepts, case studies and examples, as well as exercises for reader to practise.