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      • Ventura Press

        Ventura Press is one of Sydney’s leading independent publishers and has become synonymous with high quality titles and internationally respected authors. Our list covers a unique and specific market – books to enhance life. The Ventura mission is to provide boutique, innovative and exciting publishing in Australia and world wide – with particular focus on bringing strong, female Australian voices to the global stage.

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      • V-Ventures Pte Ltd

        Did you know that kids think that food tastes better when there is a cartoon character associated with it? That's what makes The Food ABC books so clever; they subtly send a message to "eat the rainbow" - think carrots, zucchinis, beans, even mushrooms - without focusing on food at all.   The stories teach positive life lessons that are relatable to modern-day kids, from tidying your room and staying off digital devices to self-esteem and the importance of a good night's sleep.

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      • Trusted Partner
        January 2023

        Howling Tiger

        by Mu Ling

        This booklet describes a beast-infested mountain forest inside and outside, several generations of mountain people and the tiger between the grudges and feuds - this was originally a know how to fear nature, and wildlife and coexist in harmony with the family; by the temptation of foreign, but also out of the narrow-minded "vengeance" mentality, the villagers Wang Ermeng and a few hunters again and again contrary to the rules of the village to capture beasts and hunt tigers, resulting in the tiger and the mountain people of the antagonism, but also brought the contradiction between fathers and sons.

      • Trusted Partner
        November 2011

        Lynda La Plante

        by Julia Hallam, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock

        Lynda La Plante is Britain's most successful and well known screenwriter and the first woman to win the prestigious Dennis Potter writer's award. Attracting millions of viewers, the popular and critical success of La Plante's work is central to understanding changes that shook the UK television industry in the late twentieth century. This critical introduction, the first account of her work, focuses on three innovative serials: Widows (ITV, 1983), Prime Suspect (ITV 1991) and Trial and Retribution (ITV 1997). In each chapter questions of gender and genre, acting and stardom and authorship and value are mapped against the changing relationship between women and the television industry. The final chapter traces La Plante's metamorphosis from 'just a writer for hire' to the astute businesswoman she has become through a focus on the trans-national appeal of dramas such as Killer Net (C4 1997) and Bella Mafia (CBS 1997). ;

      • Trusted Partner
        Fiction

        Where D' You Go

        by Kehinde Ademoye

        WHERE ‘D YOU GO is a collection of short stories about terrorism in Northern Nigeria. From Captain Shola and his men, who are ambushed by killer herdsmen while on patrol and need to hold their ground, to a retired Special Forces officer who leads his men to protect his village and its environs from killer herdsmen; to Lieutenant Colonel Abel, whose team had to extend their tour by two days to escort the Senate President’s daughter to an IDP Camp and then wait out an assault by Boko Haram insurgents; to Kunle Pierce who is a CIA operative, but comes to avenge the murder of his brother-in-law by the Boko Haram sect; to the Corps members caught in a post-election violence and fight back; and then there is Halima, an abducted girl from Chibok who suffers from Stockholm syndrome, and tries to settle down to normalcy after her release with some other girls. The stories are action-packed, depicting loss, justice, vengeance, bravery, courage under fire, sacrifice and patriotism.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2013

        The Black Death

        by Rosemary Horrox

        This series provides texts central to medieval studies courses and focuses upon the diverse cultural, social and political conditions that affected the functioning of all levels of medieval society. Translations are accompanied by introductory and explanatory material and each volume includes a comprehensive guide to the sources' interpretation, including discussion of critical linguistic problems and an assessment of recent research on the topics covered. From 1348 to 1350 Europe was devastated by an epidemic that left between a third and one half of the population dead. This source book traces, through contemporary writings, the calamitous impact of the Black Death in Europe, with a particular emphasis on its spread across England from 1348 to 1349. Rosemary Horrox surveys contemporary attempts to explain the plague, which was universally regarded as an expression of divine vengeance for the sins of humankind. Moralists all had their particular targets for criticism. However, this emphasis on divine chastisement did not preclude attempts to explain the plague in medical or scientific terms. Also, there was a widespread belief that human agencies had been involved, and such scapegoats as foreigners, the poor and Jews were all accused of poisoning wells. The final section of the book charts the social and psychological impact of the plague, and its effect on the late-medieval economy.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        March 2006

        Art history

        A critical introduction to its methods

        by Michael Hatt, Charlotte Klonk

        Art History: A critical introduction to its methods provides a lively and stimulating introduction to methodological debates within art history. Offering a lucid account of approaches from Hegel to post-colonialism, the book provides a sense of art history's own history as a discipline from its emergence in the late-eighteenth century to contemporary debates. By explaining the underlying philosophical and political assumptions behind each method, along with clear examples of how these are brought to bear on visual and historical analysis, the authors show that an adherence to a certain method is, in effect, a commitment to a set of beliefs and values. The book makes a strong case for the vitality of the discipline and its methodological centrality to new fields such as visual culture. This book will be of enormous value to undergraduate and graduate students, and also makes its own contributions to ongoing scholarly debates about theory and method. ;

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        Medicine
        August 2018

        Lyme Disease

        An Evidence-based Approach

        by John J Halperin

        This new edition of Lyme Disease provides up-to-date evidence-based research and covers the significant advances in our understanding of the disorders referred to as Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis. This book explores the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, the role of host immunity on pathogenesis and long term prognosis. The authors provide balanced perspectives on all aspects of Lyme disease and explicitly review both the basic biology of the infection and practical clinical aspects. This new edition: Includes new borrelial pathogens that have been identified (B. miyamotoi, B. mayonii and B. bavariensis among others). Provides updated information on the molecular biology of the organism, neuroborreliosis, and the role of the C6 peptide in diagnosis. Discusses the controversies about 'chronic Lyme disease', post Lyme disease syndrome and other ongoing but non-specific symptoms that have been attributed to this infection. As the endemic footprint of Lyme disease continues to grow, this book provides a broad and detailed guide for clinicians and researchers involved with the diagnosis and treatment of the condition. Covering biology, epidemiology and therapeutics, it is also essential reading for students of global health and infectious disease.

      • Fiction
        August 2018

        Retribution

        by Morton Middleditch

        Retribution is the final chapter of the story of Eddie and policewoman Sam Jacobs, who were responsible for the closure of the drugs cartel run by the Millichip family. It now leads to the desire for retribution by the Drugs cartel. Juan Ramos, a Lima cop played a key part and now seeks election as a Senator to continue to fight crime in Peru. He also is a target. Danger follows the Jacobs both in Peru and London, leading to a dramatic finale on the Exe Estu

      • December 2010

        The Meaning of Vengeance

        Out of Print

        by Jamie Fessenden, Paul Richmond, Paul Richmond

        In the world of medieval Iceland, family loyalty and complex codes of revenge are everything.  When nineteen-year-old Geirr attempts to seek vengeance against Ari Thorgillsson for the death of his older brother, he is nearly killed himself. But Ari has grown tired of the feud that has devastated their families, and he nurses Geirr back to health. The two reach out tentatively to one another, attempting to bridge fifteen years of hatred and death with a bond of friendship. But trust doesn’t come easily to either man, and friendship may not be enough when it comes to a choice between love and duty. ;

      • Legal history
        May 2012

        Vengeance Is Mine

        The Scandalous Love Triangle That Triggered the Boyce-Sneed Feud

        by Bill Neal

      • Thriller / suspense

        The Unwanted

        by James Mckenna

        Fed up with habitual criminals using prison as a temporary hotel? Directus Iurisdictio has an ancient alternative.  Sean Fagan of SOCA is sent undercover to investigate the dark structure of a secret network that executes habitual criminals, dishonest MPs, greedy bankers and spying policemen. Aided by Victoria Lawless of MI5, Fagan allows himself to be enticed by two beautiful sisters to join a medieval judicial system whose tentacles stretch from street to Government, a judicial system which saves the country billions and cuts the crime rate to near zero. Discovering criminals on a national scale have died or vanished without trace, Fagan realises a powerful and organised force is executing the most ancient system of social retribution. Finding Fagan is a spy and not a potential recruit, Directus Iurisdictio order his immediate execution.  Knowing the secret order has infiltrated police, the SIS, Whitehall and Government, Fagan has nowhere to turn and only his own skills to extract him from certain death.

      • June 2013

        Purpose

        Out of Print

        by Andrew Q. Gordon, Paul Richmond, Paul Richmond

        Forty years ago the Spirit of Vengeance—a Purpose—took William Morgan as its host, demanding he avenge the innocent by killing the guilty. Since then, Will has retreated behind Gar, a façade he uses to avoid dealing with what he’s become. Cold, impassive, and devoid of emotion, Gar goes about his life alone—until his tidy, orderly world is upended when he meets Ryan, a broken young man cast out by his family. Spurred to action for reasons he can't understand, Gar saves Ryan from death and finds himself confronted by his humanity.Spending time with Ryan helps Will claw out from under Gar’s shadow. He recognizes Ryan is the key to his reclaiming his humanity and facing his past. As Will struggles to control the Purpose, Ryan challenges him to rethink everything he knew about himself and the spirit that possesses him. In the process, he pushes Will to do something he hasn't done in decades: care. ;

      • Fiction
        September 2021

        Strange Tales from Japan

        99 Chilling Stories of Yokai, Ghosts, Demons and the Supernatural

        by Keisuke Nishimoto

        Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside. 33 color woodblock prints and over 55 b&w illustrations of these creatures, who have inhabited the Japanese imagination for centuries, bring the stories to life.The captivating tales in this volume include: The Vengeance of Oiwa—The terrifying spirit of a woman murdered by her husband who seeks retribution from beyond the grave The Curse of Okiku—A servant girl is murdered by her master and curses his family, with gruesome results The Snow Woman—A man is saved by a mysterious woman who swears him to secrecy Tales of the Kappa—Strange human-like sprites with green, scaly skin who live in water and are known to pull children and animals to their deaths And many, many more! In his introduction, renowned translator William Scott Wilson explains the role these stories play in local Japanese culture and folklore, and their importance to understanding the Japanese psyche. Readers will learn which particular region, city, mountain or temple the stories originate from—in case you're brave enough to visit these haunts yourself!

      • Historical fiction
        February 2014

        The Doksany Legacy

        by Quentin Cope

        The Doksany Legacy It’s the winter of 1987. Mohsen Raza, merciless head of Iran’s feared Revolutionary Guard hunts millionaire oilman Declan Doyle, whose personal undertaking to deliver the Geneva Project … a vital offshore oilfield installation in the Persian Gulf, crucial to the survival of an Iranian economy, weakened by the war with Iraq … has proven worthless. Englishman Doyle, desperate to escape Raza’s retribution and save his company, makes a frantic last throw of a set of dice loaded heavily against him. Evading Raza’s forces he flees the tiny Arab state of Abu Nar, feverishly bent on seeking the truth in a dying man’s story of Nazi treasure, one great enough to finance and complete the Geneva Project, saving him from a possibly agonising end at Raza’s hands. With nail-biting action from the start, Doyle’s frantic escape from his Iranian hunters leads him through dangerous, unpredictable Mujahideen-controlled Pakistan, onward to Northern Europe and finally to the Arab enclave of Dhofar, a desolate place that holds the key to possibly saving his life … a life spent cheating and ruled by greed for which he knows, inevitably, a price must be paid. What Doyle cannot know is his chequered past and discovery of much sought after Nazi treasure, has set other hunters on his trail … and Mohsen Raza may not end up being the very worst of them. The Doksany Legacy … the much-anticipated sequel to Quentin Cope’s highly successful action and adventure novel The Geneveh Project, is an un-put-downable tale of stark terror and final retribution for a lone, desperate man fleeing some of the most feared adversaries in the world … until finally forced to face the ultimate legacy of his own past.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

        Payback

        by Antony james

      • Fiction
        April 2016

        Lindos Retribution

        by John Wilton

        This is a murder mystery set in the picturesque holiday village of Lindos on the island of Rhodes over one weekend in June 2004. As the police investigate they uncover a web of infidelity, jealousy and gossip, particularly amongst the British ex-pat community, and they soon come to doubt the real identity of some of those involved. They eventually discover a story extending back long before that summer, and far beyond the Greek paradise of Lindos.

      • Thriller / suspense
        August 2012

        Pisachas Retribution

        by Lee Cushing

        When two teenage girls are raped by brutish mercenaries and the witnesses murdered while the thugs are helped to evade justice. Forrest King and Catherine Jordan track the culprits to Greece where they infiltrate the private island of Stefano Balasi, the crime boss who employs the thugs. Determined to make the mercenaries pay for the rapes, Forrest, Catherine and their friends back in England soon find themselves the targets of an ancient demonic cult whose followers have a taste for human flesh.

      • Fiction
        February 2020

        THE PUPPET’S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES

        by Isaac Hsu

        Though technically “short” stories, the eight sci-fi tales in this collection are never short on world building. Drawing on diverse influences from martial arts to high adventure, software engineering to piracy, they are nonetheless bound by a common concern with how technological advances are mediated by the limitations of our humanity.   The titular first story presents itself as classic martial arts fiction, but behind the duels and high-minded feats lies a sympathetic exploration of human beings transformed into bio-chemical robot slaves. The interstellar setting of “The Death of Chaos” echoes the terrestrial Age of Discovery, drawing out reflections on colonization, and an investigation into the truth behind a series of momentous prophecies.   An AI protagonist named Hamlet features in three stories, “An Affair”, “Hamlet’s Commensurate Crises”, and “Roba’s Farewell”, dialectics on AI morality that pay tribute to Asimov’s three laws of robotics.   Addressing the theme of reincarnation against a setting of high seas piracy, “Vengeance” portrays a man grappling with the contradictions between two selves: that of his current life, and that of his previous life. In “Yaliena” the curator of a computer museum discovers a very human mystery embedded in the code of defunct software programs. In the final story, “Inverse Function”, a simple mathematical principal becomes the deciding factor in a criminal case involving a storytelling machine.   With a firm grounding in both hard science and classic science fiction, author Isaac Hsu has a gift for posing challenging theoretical and technical questions within a narrative framework. Readers of this diverse collection will know the thrill of keeping pace with his light-speed mind as it pushes into the outer reaches of human thought.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2021

        Post-Apocalyptic Era The King Of Kings

        by Disciples of the Creation Fa

        IntroductionAll the ancient predestined affinities are linked together,By the grace of the “Creator” and the “King of Kings”.The time has finally come for mankind to rise again.Thousands of years of waiting… During the countless reincarnations and refining of everyone,Favor and Vengeance...Repaying kindness and taking revenge,All will be reconciled today.To and fro in heaven and hell, it’s not just the countless autumns.After the lives full of twists and turns, ups and downs, the one who can still read this:It is a blessing in a thousand, because of the care of the divine covenant!The lives of innumerable beings are bound up in the "Holy King",To ensure the safety of lives in the universe.After thousands of years of waiting, it's finally time to go home.Startled to hear! Someone is "in search of the Wandering King in the mortal world".Who's the King that hasn't woken up yet?The beings of his world long for the return of their King.If you wake up, you mustn't forget of:Those unawakened Kings by your side.Urge them,To find the truth. The truth will bring back memories.You are the luckiest person,For you are also the King of Heaven!This is a book that cannot be bought with human wealth.It's because of your origin and your predestined affinity with Fa,That qualifies you for a glimpse into the billions of years of unexplained heavenly secrets.Therefore,No matter who you are, what your religion or social status is,This book will reveal to you the truth about life and the universe.Delivering this book to you,That was our covenant before we even descended to the human world!I have fulfilled my vow!Pointing you to the "Cosmic Truth" that originally belonged to you.Here's a poem that has been passed down among men:In Search of the Wandering King in the Mortal WorldBy opening the curtain on this return of life to your origin,Perhaps a flicker of your ancient memories will come back to you.

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