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Welcome to the latest releases in our book collection.  If you are looking for a special present for a youngster then consider Oscar's Way. We have had terrific reviews by young readers for Elizabeth's first book of fiction.

For older readers Ken has provided a number of gems for meditating and spiritual insight in his latest book - Pearls. 

Urban Mystic is for those interested in a good read about spiritual development that tells story after story that will touch and engage you.

And for you if you want something on the basics of living easily and meditatively -- Personal Well Being & Meditation for Beginners.  

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BUSHFIRE
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A Book that Reaches and Teaches

Elizabeth Mellor (The Awakening Network Inc., Seymour, 2010) 174 pages


Bushfire is a fictional story that is a great read for children and teenagers, and a powerful mentoring resource for adults.

This book is a gripping story about a child going through a bushfire and its aftermath. It also offers a path for dealing with the trauma and emotional upheaval experienced by anyone affected by bushfire. The book is written with children and teenagers in mind but speaks to all ages and provides parents, or anyone involved with young people, with a wonderful device to approach the issues surrounding traumatic events. Many adults have also benefited from reading it.

Bushfire begins on a very hot Australian summer day with the threat of bushfire in the air. The central character, Ruby, lives with her parents and her dog, Gypsy, on a property some distance from town. For over 50 hours, Ruby and her parents face the rigours of bushfire. After a long fight, they and their house survive, although other parts of their property are destroyed.

The story is written through Ruby's eyes and it takes us both through the fire and its aftermath. Having survived the fire, Ruby's family moves to a recovery centre set up on the local cricket oval where we get to know the other characters central to the book. This time of facing day-to-day difficulties and painful realisations is balanced by humour, good old fashioned common sense and an underlying theme of learning how different people cope with trauma and their recovery from it. While living there, Ruby returns to school where she faces problems with other students who didn't experience the fire and has to come to terms with her own grief. The story ends six months after the fires, as neighbours and friends gather at Ruby's home to celebrate their lives and to say goodbye to those who died.

Two resource guides are available for the book: one for parents and the other for teachers. These are free and available through Elizabeth's bushfire book website. See below.

For more book description, author information, contact details for Elizabeth, reviews and a blog, go to bushfirebook.com.au, or click here

URBAN MYSTIC: Discovering the transcendent through everyday life
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The Personal Narration of a Journey to Self-Discovery

Author: Ken Mellor (The Awakening Network Inc., Seymour-Australia, 2009)
(Paperback, 228x153mm, 470 pages)

Urban Mystic was "A Finalist in the Spirituality category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards". This is a great honour and very well deserved.

An extraordinary book, it takes hold of us from the first line and carries us through to the end.

Common comments include: "I couldn't put it down" and "I savoured it like a good meal that I didn't want to end"

The book prompts personal change as we read. Ken’s intention always was for the book to do this. As he wrote, he meditated continually so everyone would find themselves drawn into greater personal balance and into the discovery of the wonderful light, love, harmony and joy that expanding personal awakening brings. A lot of feedback to him shows that he has succeeded:

  • I realised if you could do it, then I could too
  • I have found great encouragement from your story
  • Your account of your journey has helped me understand my own much more deeply
  • As I read, I kept going into deep meditation and could feel myself changing
  • I see myself and the world very differently now.

Wonderfully easy to read, it's like having a personal conversation with Ken. He is in the room with us—an extraordinary feat. And it's like poetry in places, too.

So if you want to go on an extraordinary journey with, as Ken describes himself, an ‘ordinary bloke’ as your guide, this is a book for you.

Read much more about the book and other people's comments by clicking here to take you to the book website urbanmysticbook.com.au.

 

MEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS
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Authors: Ken and Elizabeth Mellor (Biame Network Inc., Seymour Australia, 2008)
(Paperback, 210x150mm, 110 pages)

Retails are A$22.00

This book introduces the reader to several meditations that are easy to do and very rewarding.  There is a wide variety of other information on meditation, too: why people meditate, the benefits of meditation, and how to persist and deal with the challenges of keeping on going that arise from time to time.

There is also a lot of information on practical matters about when, how long and how often to meditate; where to meditate; what positions are good for meditation; the value of movement and music in meditation; and the different contributions teachers, masters and mentors can make.

It has excellent information and help for:

  • experienced meditators
  • meditation teachers
  • those wanting to start meditating
  • those who have just started

(Wire-bound, 120 pages)

PDFs have a small A$2.50 handling charge.

If you want to subscribe to free weekly eMeditations, then click on the following link for information.
http://www.biamenetwork.net/emeditations.html

PERSONAL WELL BEING
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Authors: Ken and Elizabeth Mellor (Biame Network Inc., Seymour Australia, 2008)
(Paperback, 210x150mm, 88 pages)

Retails at A$22.00

This book is for people who want to enhance their quality of life, promote their health, and learn to live easily, effectively and happily. It takes a practical approach to the day-to-day events of normal living.

Specific areas covered include: goal-setting, relaxation, healthy eating, exercise, the balance between rest and exercise, bodily rhythms, creative thinking and action, conflict resolution, effective decision-making, and the keys to life.

Exercises and simple programs for learning the material are suggested throughout. 

Several recordings are an integral part of the learning. They are the Creative Release Meditation, the Relaxation Meditation, the Grounding Meditation, the Centering Meditation, the Unifying Meditation, and the Complete Health Meditation.

Two in particular are necessary to completing the exercises, that is, the Creative Release Meditation and the Unifying Meditation. The others are not as necessary.

A recording of each of the meditations is available in the CDs & MP3 section, in the Shop (Wire-bound, 92 pages)

PDFs have a small A$2.50 handling charge.

OSCAR'S WAY
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Elizabeth Mellor (Biame Network Inc., Seymour, 2005) 
(Paperback, 195x130mm, 197 Pages)


The story is an fable involving two key characters: Oscar, a blue tongue lizard, and Jambie, a possum, who are on an odyssey through the Australian bush to get to two gigantic trees that grow on a distant hill.

Readers, both young and old, love the story and find themselves transported into a world of living creatures, whose journey is filled with adventures and the self-discovery that goes with them.

It is wonderfully written so that the reader is invited into his or her further awakening as the story progresses - and the end is well worth the trip.

Buy it as a treat for yourself, or to read to your children. 

This is a wonderful book for fanning interest in the mysteries of life in both children and adults.

Book Review

PDFs have a small A$2.50 handling charge that will show up when your select "shipping method" as you check out.

Also, your download links for your PDFs and MP3s are usually sent between Monday and Friday (not automatically 24/7), so allow time for their arrival.

PEARLS: Advice for the Path of Spiritual Awakening
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 Retails at A$19.95

Ken Mellor (Biame Network Inc., Seymour, 2005)
(Paperback, 195x130mm, 197 Pages)


Pearls is a wonderful little book, filled with all sorts of interesting and unexpected ways of approaching meditation and promoting spirituality in your life.  Filled with simple advice, support and inspiration, it is well worth having. Use it to dip into or to read from cover to cover.

Pearls also offers advice on how to persist with spiritual practices, how to relate to Masters in order to experience maximum benefit from them, and how to deal with common challenges that arise while travelling a spiritual path. Composed of stories, dialogues, poems, inspired writing and a variety of other forms of presentation, Ken's usual clarity of perception and his depth of understanding shine through.

Book Review

PDFs have a small A$2.50 handling charge that will show up when your select "shipping method" as you check out.

Also, your download links for your PDFs are usually sent between Monday and Friday (not automatically 24/7), so allow time for their arrival.

PROSPERITY: An angelic guide to living abundantly
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 It sells for A$24.95 only through Biame Network.

Usual retail price:  A$29.95

This unique and beautiful looking book speaks to us of the kinds of lives that we want to live and the sorts of people we aspire to be.  It's about prosperity in its fullest sense - abundance. 

The author, Tony Smark, says, "If you have ever longed for:

  • meaningful, satisfying work
  • time for everything in your life
  • opportunities to be creative
  • relaxation and recreation
  • perfect health
  • financial and material security
  • fun and laughter in your life
  • a life filled with love, peace and balance

then 'Prosperity' is for you."

Ken and Elizabeth agree with him.  This is a lovely book: amusing, informative, lively and very effective in the way it teaches the reader what to do in very practical terms.  They think that you will love Arch, the angel of prosperity, who has a great deal to offer of worldly significance. 

This book is a wonderful integration of a great deal of what Ken and Elizabeth have taught for many years about making the most of life and living easily and well.  And it's very much more. 

TEEN STAGES: How to guide the journey to adulthood
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Great information on the six stages that teenagers grow through. Retails for A$22.95.


Ken & Elizabeth Mellor (Finch Publishing, Sydney, 2004) (214 pages)

Teenagers actually want to be controlled and have their parents involved in their lives!

Teen Stages is a powerful guide to each year of a teen's development, giving you tactics specific to the stage your child is experiencing. With easy-to-apply advice, plus helpful activities and checklists you can use right away, you will learn how your child's moods and bevior change as they move through the six stages of adolescence: The Baby, The Dissenter, The Fledgling, The Sweet and Sour, The Romantic and The World Leader.

Once you understand the stage your teen is at, you'll have the keys to understand why they act the way they do, what they really need, and how to communicate with them.

Also published in USA