Books published by publisher Morris Publishing Australia

The revised version of this book provides essential guidance, compelling ideas, and unique ways to Enterprise Architects so that they can successfully perform complex enterprise modernisation initiatives transforming from chaos to coherence. This is not an ordinary theory book describing Enterprise Architecture in detail. There are myriad of books on the market and in libraries discussing details of enterprise architecture. My aim here is to highlight success factors and reflect lessons learnt from the field within enterprise modernisation and transformation context.As a practising Senior Enterprise Architect, myself, I read hundreds of those books and articles to learn different views. They have been valuable to me to establish my foundations in the earlier phase of my profession. However, what is missing now is a concise guidance book showing Enterprise Architects the novel approaches, insights from the real-life experience and experimentations, and pointing out the differentiating technologies for enterprise modernisation. If only there were such a guide when I started engaging in modernisation and transformation programs. The biggest lesson learned is the business outcome of the enterprise modernisation. What genuinely matters for business is the return on investment of the enterprise architecture and its monetising capabilities. The rest is the theory because nowadays sponsoring executives, due to economic climate, have no interest, attention, or tolerance for non-profitable ventures. I am sorry for disappointing some idealistic Enterprise Architects, but with due respect, it is the reality, and we cannot change it. This book deals with reality rather than theoretical perfection. Anyone against this view on this climate must be coming from another planet.In this concise, uncluttered and easy-to-read book, I attempt to show the significant pain points and valuable considerations for enterprise modernisation using a structured approach and a simple narration especially considering my audience from non-English speaking backgrounds. The architectural rigour is still essential. We cannot compromise the rigour aiming to the quality of products and services as a target outcome. However, there must be a delicate balance among architectural rigour, business value, and speed to the market. I applied this pragmatic approach to multiple substantial transformation initiatives and complex modernisations programs. The key point is using an incrementally progressing iterative approach to every aspect of modernisation initiatives, including people, processes, tools, and technologies as a whole. Starting with a high-level view of enterprise architecture to set the context, I provided a dozen of distinct chapters to point out and elaborate on the factors which can make a real difference in dealing with complexity and producing excellent modernisation initiatives. As eminent leaders, Enterprise Architects are the critical talents who can undertake this massive mission using their people and technology skills, in addition to many critical attributes such as calm and composed approach. Let’s keep in mind that as Enterprise Architects, we are architects, not firefighters! I have full confidence that this book can provide valuable insights and some ‘aha’ moments for talented architects like yourself to tackle this enormous mission of turning chaos to coherence.

Gardening with Guineas is a delightful and informative guide to raising guinea fowl. It covers the life of a guinea from egg throughout adult, including incubation, feeding, housing, training and common problems. In Gardening with Guineas you will learn: Reasons for raising guinea fowl, what you need to know before you buy, working with newborns and young keets, handling typical problems, and much, much more. This book is easy to follow and will surely benefit anyone who desires to raise guinea fowl.

The policing context, as it relates to martial arts, is an important one, being a significant contributor to the early spread of Asian martial arts around the world. Policing arts, especially through W.E. Fairbairn, are one of the roots of military combative systems. It would be true to say that the policing context is one of the broadest and most difficult problems a martial art can hope to solve.This manual was produced by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1967. It was originally entitled Technique & Use of the Police Baton - A Handbook for Law Enforcement Officers. It was serialised in three parts (July, August and September) in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin magazine in 1968. It is a notable course in that, whilst compact, it is rather comprehensive and makes interesting use of the features of the old style police baton. The notes indicate a certain amount of practical experience has been used in it’s compilation.Apart from a change in title for commercial reasons, some formatting changes have been made. Originally this work would have been available on a larger page format. To both assist in the transition to a smaller, more accessible format and to eliminate the need to refer to illustrations several pages away from the relevant text, a certain amount of reformatting has been made in the hope that it will assist the reader to get the most from the manual. We are proud to make this often overlooked text available to the public.

SYNOPSIS: The newborn lambs are going missing and Matthew thinks the bunyip that lives in a cave under the water in their billabong is taking them. His grandfather told him about it. His mum, dad and big brother say bunyips don’t exist, but Matthew is not so sure.He and his grandfather camp out one night to watch the sheep. Matthew sees a dark shape dive into the waterhole. Now he is sure it is the bunyip.His big brother brings home his scuba gear to find out once and for all what Matthew saw diving into the billabong.Will they find the bunyip or will it find them?

Destiny's Road is a story of decisions and consequence. It is a real life journey that changes the life of the main character, Jessica, in ways she couldn't imagine. Brought up without a father, at 16 Jessica meets him for the first time. Before she has a chance to get to know him, her mother whisks her away to new town. Leaving her life-long friends behind and starting at a new school is more than Jessica can cope with. Being threatened on her first day at her new school doesn't help at all. She struggles to fit in. And then she is faced with a huge decision – a chance to go back to her old life – but it comes at a cost. Follow Jessica's journey as she struggles to find the right path and deals with the trauma of a new life, her first relationship, and growing up.

When Meg Sealy woke up that fateful morning, she had no idea that by day's end the life that she had known would be gone forever...While saving her best friend Amanda, fourteen-year-old Meg and her older cousin Jaiden, stumble upon a secret valley where time stands still. They are thrust into a dangerous world of magic, time travel, dinosaurs and animals they believed extinct. Here they learn that it is their destiny to use their new magic skills to join the fight to save the valley from exploitation by an evil group. Follow their journey as undercover agents threaten Meg’s life, and they fight wild and magical animals to complete their mission.

Sean lives with his mother who is a foster parent, he doesn't understand why the foster children they care for must return home. Their home is always filled with children. As Christmas approaches they must face the reality that the children are going home to their own mobs. Although it is a sad time for all happiness prevails when more children come to stay.

OPAL DREAMING - THE BRONZE HORSESBook One in the series - Opal Dreaming Thirteen year old Erin loves horses, but thinks history is boring - until her mystical opal helps her drift into a dream to follow the misadventures of Fayina, a girl of similar age from a fierce, nomadic, horse riding tribe from the Bronze Age in 3000BC. Fayina is lost on the Eurasian Steppe. Strangers from another tribe, Arima and his sister Mia find her and take her to their secret village. Their tribe is wary of her.Fayina is threatened with banishment unless she can teach the village people some of her horse and riding knowledge. Can Fayina save herself and return to her own people?When Erin wakes from her dream, she realises that many of the things she has learnt about horses are not new and modern at all.