This book provides in verse an A-Z of unusual cases which have challenged the author over a period of more than 40 years. Some are exotic, some tragic, some embarrassing, some triumphant, but all are recorded as they happened. This book presents each case in verse with anecdotes, often amusing, to explain what really happened. The explanations which follow, in prose, will enable the reader to learn about some very rare cases and thereby share the learning experience. Above all, this book is meant to convey the joy of medical practice, with new challenges just around the corner ready to test the unwary.

I've stuck up thousands of posters across Australia to interrogate our national identity. With each, the response has grown. You might expect I have unshakable convictions about social justice, but I don't. I reject the label 'activist'. So why do what I do? Maybe it's time I made sense of my motivations. Artist Peter Drew wanted a better Australia. In 2013, frustrated at the political discussion around asylum seekers, he put up a poster, commenting on Australia's offshore detention. What followed was an outpouring of community support, and a national, then global, following for his art. As Peter's profile rose, he began to question his beliefs - a struggle that led to destructive behaviour and affected his relationships. When compelled to face a painful family legacy, Peter realised that his behaviour and his motivation to make art shared a common thread- his father. Their relationship had been shaped by an outdated Australian machismo - a mix of bravado, inadequacy and shame that not only affects sons and their fathers, but informs social relations more broadly, including the way we as a nation treat outsiders. Told with humour, sincerity and an attentive eye, Peter's story is both intimate and inclusive, drawing a parallel between our personal relationships and Australia's national narratives. This is a book about family and identity, about the lies we tell ourselves and the past we bury. It is an expedition to be a better citizen of his country.

You always hear how important it is to be educated so you can earn a good living. In Buyers Intervention a veteran sales professional shares from experience why he believes so many people who actually achieve this goal, end up seemingly quite uneducated when it comes to spending their hard earned cash. Working in the framework of a well-known theory of the actual process of how we learn, you will see the following important truths that have probably eluded you since you spent your first nickel: 1) That you actually learned much about how to spend starting at a very young age from the very ones who benefit from your purchases. 2) Technology has made the marketing machine more powerful than ever and yet people remain completely unaware of its white noise running in the background of their lives every day, influencing why, how and what they buy. 3) A new way to think and move forward to the "someday" you really want for you and your legacy. ..".this work is for the young and the earlier in life you understand the power and pull of marketing on your financial decision making, the sooner you will form lasting habits that will lead you to a better life and change the future for those that will follow you." Peter Drew, founder of Buyers Intervention