Linda returns to the family orange farm in South Africa to attend her father's funeral. She is drawn back to her past, to the striking beauty of her homeland and the people who still live and work there, but her country is vastly different. A democratic government has emerged from the shame of apartheid, yet it's a violent land where extreme poverty, AIDS and TB exist alongside western affluence and where beliefs in ancestral spirits and voodoo still linger below the surface.Her father's last wish was for Linda to investigate the murder of her youngest brother and the guilt of those accused. Ghosts of the past guide her search as she seeks the dangerous truths behind each new lead. As the lies unravel, her family will be dishonored, a shameful past will be revealed and yet there is great hope for reconciliation and the future.

The Scent of Oranges

Literature & Fiction

Zawatzky, Joan

United States

Garev Pub Intl

The Elephant’s Footprint

Genre Fiction

Veritax

The Third Generation

Romance

Bookpod

This breakthrough book addresses the current problem of anxiety in families and the suffering of family members from anxiety disorders - parents, school going or younger children, teenagers or grandparents. Step-by-step solutions are offered clearly and without jargon. This book provides families with three major ways of overcoming anxiety: 1. Stopping the cycle of anxiety spreading in families. Anxiety is like a virus. When one person suffers from anxiety, it can spread to other family members without anyone realising it is happening. Home life can begin to deteriorate and break down. 2. Ways in which a family can unite to support an anxious loved one, and how individual members can help each other to recover. 3. Information about how to cope with all common anxiety disorders, including generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and separation anxiety. Conditions associated with anxiety such as depression, eating disorders, ADD/ADHD are discussed as well. The issues covered in this book include: • The difference between worry, everyday anxiety and anxiety disorders. • Understanding relationships and developing stronger family bonds. • The causes of anxiety. • Changing destructive, anxious thinking with cognitive behavioural therapy. • Reducing anxiety by nurturing self-esteem and developing assertiveness. • Preventing anxiety caused by bullying at school, work and cyber bullying. • Spiritual belief as a means of finding meaning and purpose. • Methods of deep breathing, relaxation and mindfulness. • The calming effect of exercise the effect of substance abuse on anxiety. • Exciting current research studies on anxiety giving information and hope. About the Author: Joan Zawatzky is a psychologist who brings her experience of over 25 years in counselling individuals, couples and families to this book. She writes directly and compassionately, offering practical support to sufferers of anxiety and their families. This book follows her previous book, Depression: Light at the End of the Tunnel. She is also the author of The Scent of Oranges, The Elephant's Footprint and The Third Generation.

STOP Family Anxiety: A guide for anxiety disorders in parents, grandparents, teenagers and children of all ages

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

An insightful, humorous, and uplifting story told from a cat's point of view. Bella is a Tabby cat rescued from a garbage dump by Karen, a counsellor. Karen recognises Bella's calm, affectionate and easy-going temperament, and she becomes Karen's therapy cat. With her deep purr and caring touch, Bella forms powerful, healing connections with Karen's distressed clients and with seriously ill patients in hospital. But, Bella does not work all the time. When not playing or sleeping, she delights in describing her world and the people in it. We discover her thoughts about her owners, sad children and teenagers, family relationships, vets, catteries, dogs, her friend the duck, her dreams and much more. Her comfortable life is threatened when Oliver, a tiny, Siamese kitten joins the family. Bella faces the loss of some of her valuable territory in the house and struggles to understand Oliver, a different cat in many ways. When Karen has her first child, Bella encounters her greatest challenge, and discovers her true inner strength. Joan Zawatzky is a counsellor who was inspired to write Bella - An ordinary cat with an extraordinary gift, by her own cat. About the Author: Joan Zawatzky is a psychologist who brings her experience of over 25 years in counselling individuals, couples and families. Stories of Love Hope and Healing follows Joan Zawatzky's non-fiction books, Stop Family Anxiety, and Depression: Light at the End of the Tunnel, and her novels, The Scent of Oranges, The Elephant's Footprint and The Third Generation.

Bella: An Ordinary Cat with an Extraordinary Gift

"Humans are easy to control. Soon we cats may domesticate them." Another funny, heart-warming and insightful novel written in both cats' point of view following their journey in the Catland series. Bella, a ginger, therapy cat and Oliver, a handsome, Siamese show cat are unique. Not only are they delightfully charming, and at times hilarious, they share their intimate feelings and shrewd observations of their human family, vets, catteries and all that they encounter. Dawn in Catland is more than an engaging book about cats, and reveals that cats do more than eat, sleep and purr. Bella describes her visits with her counsellor owner to calm and encourage sick and sad people in hospital, while Oliver shares his experiences at cat shows. Bella and Oliver seeks answers to questions important to cats as well as people: what is the purpose of life; why animals and people are cruel and bully each other; the meaning of the word "love", used so often; how to accept others who are different and how to adapt to a climate that seems to continually change. They are strongly tested, and their cosy lives disrupted, when a new baby arrives followed by a dog. It is through their battles to adapt to both that they understand what love really means. About the Author: Joan has spent most of her working life as a counsellor, but now devotes her time to writing. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and their new cat, Lily. Though she has written non-fiction books and novels she is now writing about cats, her life- long interest and passion. "Dawn in Catland" follows her first novel about cats, "Bella-an ordinary cat with an extraordinary gift."

Dawn in Catland

Humor & Satire

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