Pioneer of Australian idiom for kids dies From: The Australian, March 25, 2010 12:00AM PATRICIA Wrightson, who died this week aged 88, was one of the first children's writers to use Australian places and idioms in her novels. Born in the northern NSW town of Lismore, Wrightson's first books were published in the 1950s, and […]
Kitty Crowther is an illustrator and author, born in 1970, who lives and works in Belgium. The jury's citation reads as follows: Kitty Crowther is the master of line but also of atmosphere. She maintains the tradition of the picture book while transforming and renewing it. In her world, the door between imagination and reality […]
Embraces The Dash Philosophy to Remember Brother 03.16.2010 – Linda Ellis’ poem "The Dash" was published and made into a short internet video by Simple Truths. Since its debut in 2006, the book has sold more than 300,000 copies, and the movie has been viewed over 30 million times. This remarkable poem has touched many […]
"The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small." -- Mary Webb
"Life is the coexistence of all opposite values. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, up and down, hot and cold, here and there, light and darkness, birth and death. All experience is by contrast, and one would be meaningless without the other." -- Deepak Chopra
"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation." Pearl S. Buck
"I do not have superior intelligence or faultless looks. I do not captivate a room or run a mile under six minutes. I only succeeded because I was still working after everyone else went to sleep." Greg Evans
If you have a web presence, surely you've at least thought about launching a product or program if you haven’t already done so. Have you achieved the maximum results you desire? Ali Brown hasn't only attempted it--she's perfected it into an art form. In fact, she recently sold over 600k worth of a product in […]
Inspiration + Entertainment = Spiritual Cinema Circle We know that modern medicine can fix a broken bone, heal an infection or transplant a heart (or lung or kidney), but the healing of the soul requires insight and inspiration. Our friends at Spiritual Cinema Circle have gathered a collection of films that each offer […]
In this book, You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School, the goal is to share many of the simple truths of leadership that the author learned in 30 years as an entrepreneur. And the one he shares here, he says is near the top of his list. The chapter is titled, Attitude Isn't Everything, […]
