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With child-focused interactive content, Off Grid Kid—Survival Skills for Life will help you master essential life skills to stay safe when things go wrong. Incredibly valuable for children and adults, the information in Off Grid Kid will help develop the mindset, knowledge, and skills necessary to survive alone anywhere in the world.

A shocking and gruesome murder wakes an ancient evil in outback Australia. A truck driver, a schoolboy, and a retired couple on their dream holiday are among a group of travelers caught up in a supernatural time loop. Trapped on a long stretch of the Silver City Highway, just outside Broken Hill, they enter a nightmarish journey from which there seems no escape.

Jane is a contact tracer. She has to call a lot of people and some of them don’t want to talk. Various reasons – tax or immigration issues, infidelity. Domestic abuse. Jane knows all about that. She and her daughter Tara have spent years in hiding from Tara’s manipulative and terrifying ex. Now, as Jane talks to a close contact, she realises the woman on the phone is scared of the same man – and he’s close. Too close.

Meg lives alone - a little place in the bush outside town. A perfect place to hide. That’s one of the reasons she offers to shelter Nerine, who’s escaping a violent ex. The other is that Meg knows what it’s like to live with an abusive partner. Nerine is jumpy, and her two little girls are frightened. It tells Meg all she needs to know where they’ve come from, and she’s not all that surprised when Nerine asks her to get hold of a gun. But she knows it’s unnecessary. They’re safe now. Then she starts to wonder about some little things.

Full of suspense, mystery and humor, the books in this series follow Allie as she investigates a number of possibly paranormal events with a mix of logic, intelligence and teenage attitude. Who is writing on the walls? We moved into our new house because Mum liked the vibes. But those vibes turned scary when ghostly writing started appearing on the walls of Bethan's room. Mum tried a few new-age tricks, but couldn't stop the creepy nightmares.

Who is haunting the cabin? After Eglantine vanished, I thought I was through with ghosts. Then I went on a school excursion to Hill end and found myself investigating a whole bunch of them. First there was the ghost of Granny Evans, pacing around the museum. And Eustace Harrow smashing things up in Taylor's Cottage. But when two of my classmates disappeared, I realized things were about to get serious.

Here at Nerdmageddon, Joe, Jess, Becca and Ryan talk and tangent about anything and everything. We present news, do quizzes, bring in hosts and just about anything you can think of. Join us live at 5pm on Tuesdays on radio with KZLX, or right here uploaded every week!

Robyn Ayres works as the camp caretaker on Finch Island, a former leper colony off the coast of Queensland. Her current clients are a group of ex-military men who run a tough-love program for troubled teens. The latest crop looks like the usual mix of bad boys and sad boys. Then Robyn takes a second look at a kid called Darren. Last time she saw him his name was Aaron, and Robyn was his primary school teacher. And she was somehow at the centre of a vicious small-town custody battle involving his terrifying grandmother.

Leadership can be lonely and difficult. The Leadership Window helps leaders clarify the cloudy, simplify the complex, and align the moving parts toward the goal. With a lens on the social sector, The Leadership Window explores the unique challenges nonprofit leaders face.

SHAcast is the very first podcast from Sacred Heart Academy. You can expect interviews, school news, advice, and more from the podcast. It is hosted by Juliette St. George and Grace Jinks, produced by SHA Alethea and edited by Grace Jinks. The cover art is by Grace Jinks and Juliette St. George.

Daryl, the baby magpie, has to find his own food. But how?

A horrible holiday? You bet! A car full of smelly nappies, a constipated dog... Can anything else go wrong?

In the third Allie's Ghost Hunters adventure, 11-year-old Allie Gebhardt and her Exorcists' Club hold a séance for schoolmate Bettina - and discover, in the process, that there's a strange presence in Bettina's house.

While scavenging in the desert, Jansi stumbles across PIM, a stelcorp starship, embedded in the sand. PIM is damaged and needs the boy's help, but Jansi has never encountered a starship before, much less one capable of thought and expression. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, until a Stelcorp shuttle arrives, threatening PIM with destruction. For the boy and the starship, there will be no future unless they triumph against the galaxy's mightiest force.

Another deliciously spooky paranormal mystery for Allie's Ghost Hunters to solve, this time at the Jenolan Caves, where something is on the trail of Allie and her family. Who is waiting in the cave?

Have you ever wondered where a writer gets their inspiration from? The Fool Writes Again is a podcast for avid readers and aspiring writers told from the perspective of a writer. Follow Jinks the Writer as he explores his everyday life and travels looking for inspiration. In each episode Jinks will dive deeper into his mindset as he recounts real life stories, provides scenarios, explains his thought process, and even provides writing prompts to the listeners. Furthermore, Jinks will discuss how one can take true experience to draft a unique plot, build a realistic world, or even create a ...