A SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND MANAGEABLE SELF-HELP PROGRAMME, SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Do you feel frustrated because your back/ neck pain never quite settles down, or relief after treatment is only temporary?

Does it feel as though you have tried everything but nothing seems to work and you have been told to 'just live with it'?

Based on the author's personal experience of recurrent back/neck pain and the knowledge gleaned over a 40 year physiotherapy career, this book may well be what you have been searching for. Thinking outside the box, Valentyna has developed a simple and eff ective self-management programme, based on 4 basic exercises and modification of everyday habits. 

To connect with Valentyna ...
https://banishingbackpain.com.au/ 

Is a normal teenage life too much to ask for?

For the kids at Ravenwood High, it is.

The year is 1984. In the small town of Ravenwood, everything feels off. People brush it off until one day six teens find something that changes their lives forever.

Addison, a hot-headed misfit. Julianna, a sweetheart too sweet for her own good. Ivory, the invisible shadow of the group. Avery, the calm artist, who just wants to keep himself and his sister out of trouble. Mateo, the loyal one who would do anything for his friends. Randy, the nerdy jerk who never knows when to shut his mouth or when to open it. When fate brings these six oddballs together, a dark secret puts them in extraordinary danger and makes them become extraordinary too.

They all swear they will protect each other, but will they have each other’s backs every time they end up in danger? Will they sacrifice themselves for their group? And most importantly, will they get out of this alive?

Maya Ahmed’s Operation R.A.D. is a mix of science fiction, mystery, drama and the life of a teenager all in one, but raising the stakes.

Will they survive the changes that happen to them in their world?

To connect with the book ...
https://hemburybooks.com.au/author-maya-ahmed/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/operation-rad-maya-ahmed/1148980154
https://www.amazon.com.au/Operation-R-D-Maya-Ahmed-ebook/dp/B0G8K27NL9

Speak Up: How to be a successful presenter and media spokesperson.

Author Theresa Miller has spent decades working as a journalist and now media trainer, coaching people across all industries from CEOs and academics to climate campaigners, entrepreneurs and artists to communicate confidently, clearly and concisely. 

In Speak Up, she shows you how to successfully share your expertise and experience with an audience whether it's creating an inspiring work presentation or media release, blitzing a job interview or nailing your message on a podcast, panel, TV or radio interview.

Whatever your role, this easy-to-use guide will empower you to step up to the microphone, tell your story and make an impact.  Gain the skills to master an interview, present confidently, and share your expertise with a wider audience.

To connect woth Theresa ...
https://www.theresamiller.com.au/books
https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-miller
https://www.instagram.com/tm_mediatrainer/
https://www.facebook.com/TMmediatraining

Previous interview on Yellow Shelf ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CfuZmR1PCsSpeak Up, author Theresa Miller 

What to Believe When You Don't: A secular guide to life, the universe, and happiness.

This book invites you to explore the vibrant tapestry of human existence without the prop of supernatural belief. You’ll explore a wide range of topics and see how all are governed by beautifully logical natural explanations, no divine interventions needed!

You are guided throughout by an engaging, reader-friendly author who wears his learning lightly, and draws on crisp expert insights, hard data, and captivating anecdotes to make complex issues simple.

Above all, What to Believe When You Don’t gives the reader practical ideas to help you make your own decisions about how to live and be happy.

To connect with Paul ...
https://what-to-believe-when-you-dont.com/
https://www.amazon.com/What-Believe-When-You-Dont-ebook/dp/B0G498M1H6 

From dedut author Tyson Roberts .. an Australian writer who lives in that space where real life, reflection, and a bit of honesty all collide. He writes for people who’ve taken a few hits in life  ... the ones who’ve made mistakes, carried regret, or felt stuck and wondered if they could ever grow again.

Every setback carries the seed of a comeback.
Mistakes Are Like Fertiliser is not just another self-help book-it's a guide to seeing failure in a whole new light.

Through the untold stories of 15 remarkable individuals, this book reveals how setbacks can break us-or become the very seeds of growth. From devastating losses to hard-earned comebacks, these gripping accounts are paired with practical strategies and reflective prompts to help you:

Break free from cycles of repeated mistakes
Transform failure into your greatest asset
See every setback as the start of a powerful comeback

Honest and transformative, Mistakes Are Like Fertiliser invites you to embrace failure, grow from it, and rewrite your story. Your mistakes don't define you-they refine you.

To connect with Tyson ...
www.mistakesarelike.com
Facebook: @mistakesarelike or Author page - Tyson Roberts
Instagram: @mistakes.are.like
TikTok: @mistakes.are.like 

Natasha Perry is most comfortable camouflaged in ordinary. Raised by a violent, drunken father, her innocence was ripped from her when she was forced down a path of self-destruction. To survive a traumatic past of strip clubs and drug abuse, her mind splintered.

Now she madly survives behind a mask of restrained nothing special. Natasha uses music to soothe the psychotic-storm her alter-egos unleash when she loses control.

Her constrained world is upended by the dangerously seductive Dr Sebastian Mancini, a mysterious man with a dark past that’s hidden by his powerful family. A family that will do anything to protect their name and reputation. Being involved with the Mancini family means survival is never promised.
Unable to hold back the relentless attraction from their first searing sexual encounter, they fight to balance the pull of the too much with the too soon. 

Yet unanswered questions from Natasha and Sebastian’s pasts seem destined to collide and destroy them. Who wields their secrets against them? Will they survive and end up together?

A.M. Jaxon’s Madly is where Pretty Woman meets the Godfather and unveils the madness of inner voices, exposing the masks people hide behind when dealing with the cost of lust, love, guilt and ambition.
We all sin. It’s the choices made after that define us.

To connect with A M Jaxon ....
https://www.amjaxon.com/
https://www.amjaxon.com/buy-books
https://hemburybooks.com.au/author-a-m-jaxon/

Check out our other Yellow Shelf interviews with A M Jaxon ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeVjgKzAAik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQqW5qXTRzU 

In The Town Like No Other, Robert McLean weaves memoir with social and economic history to tell the story of Broken Hill during its 'magic years', 1950–1970.

This is the portrait of a town that punched above its weight: a world-class mining centre that delivered record incomes and productivity, but also a thriving community where unions, managers and miners forged pragmatic partnerships. 

At the same time, artists, migrants, educators and conservationists created a cultural identity that was fiercely local yet nationally influential, shaping the way the town saw itself and how it was seen from afar.
Honest and nuanced, this is the story of a community both ordinary and extraordinary. Broken Hill was a place of strong social capital, civic pride and opportunity, yet it was also marked by contradictions – married women excluded from work, Indigenous people pushed to the margins, and families grieving lives lost underground.

Through lived experience and careful research, McLean captures Broken Hill at its zenith: resilient, inventive and deeply human, a town unlike any other in Australia’s history.

To connect with Robert ...
https://bakerslane.com.au/the-town-like-no-other

In January 2023, an Afghan man ... a long-term refugee living in Australia walks into the home of two older women in Adelaide. 

What begins as a simple request for help evolves into a year-long journey of connection, resilience, and unexpected friendship. Through the story of Laila, a single mother with five daughters, and her growing relationship with the author, this work explores the power of human connection across seemingly insurmountable divides of language, culture, age, sexuality, and faith. Laila and her daughters now reside in Australia.

This book documents the Circle’s year-long effort to support an Afghan single mother and her five daughters as they seek safety and stability in Australia.

The book traces an unexpected relationship that forms across language, culture, age, sexuality and faith. Written in a moving blend of narrative and poetry based on close observation and daily exchanges with the family, it offers a rare account of what it means to navigate Australia’s refugee system from inside the process. And it shows the way this can be shaped by community action and women’s networks in Adelaide.

To connect with Mij ...
https://www.spinifexpress.com.au/shop/p/9781922964328
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lailas-story-mij-tanith/1148987148
https://www.instagram.com/mijtanith/

Sexonomic is a candid, eclectic podcast that tackles sex, relationships and culture from a curious, no-taboo point of view

The show is hosted by Heidi Holland that explores topics related to sex, sexuality, relationships, culture and taboo-breaking conversations in an open and curious way.

Described as a podcast that talks about “things all sex-related” aimed at people who are naturally curious and want to learn more without stigma or taboo.

Episodes often feature interviews, deep dives and informal discussions on subjects tied to sex, dating, identity, culture, and relationships, Sexuality and sexual behaviour, Cultural and social aspects, sex work and industry insights, and sexual health and wellbeing.

70+ epiosdes in the vault - plenty of  topics for all adults to explore.

To connect with Heidi ....
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexonomic/id1705543448
https://www.instagram.com/sexonomic.pod/
https://www.youtube.com/@UCsEQ9XHLvJ4Me-B-ySf_-Wg 

ANZAC Strike Wing: Operations in the North Sea with RAF Coastal Command.

Is the untold story of Australians and New Zealanders who fought side by side in the air war over Europe, ordinary men achieving extraordinary feats in one of history’s most dangerous arenas.

This is a story of courage, comradeship, and daring that captures the true spirit of the ANZACs in the air.

From the freezing airfields of Scotland to the storm-lashed fjords of Norway, two squadrons of aviators from the other side of the world forged one of the most daring and effective maritime strike forces of the Second World War.

In 1944, the Royal Australian Air Force’s No. 455 Squadron and the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No. 489 Squadron joined forces under RAF Coastal Command to hunt German shipping across the North Sea. Flying Bristol Beaufighters at wave-top height through sleet, flak and fighter interception, these young airmen fought with courage, ingenuity and grim determination — destroying convoys, crippling the enemy’s lifelines, and writing a new chapter in the ANZAC story.

Drawing on newly digitised archives, operational records, and eyewitness accounts, Air Vice-Marshal John Quaife (Ret’d) brings to life the exhilaration and chaos of low-level strike warfare and the enduring comradeship of those who flew and fell together. It is a fitting companion volume to Battle of the Atlantic, Quaife’s earlier book in the series on the RAAF in Coastal Command during the Battle of the Atlantic.

ANZAC Strike Wing is the 12th title in The Australian Air Campaign Series.

About the Series
The Australian Air Campaign Series from the Royal Australian Air Force History and Heritage Branch showcases the skill, courage and innovation of ANZACs in the air. Each title blends meticulous research with vivid storytelling and features full-colour images, illustrations, and maps to uncover lesser-known chapters of the RAAF’s operational history.

To connect with John Quaife ....
www.bigskypublishing.com.au/john-quaife/
www.bigskypublishing.com.au/anzac-strike-wing/
www.bigskypublishing.com.au/the-classic/
www.bigskypublishing.com.au/battle-over-the-atlantic/
www.bigskypublishing.com.au/viking-boys/