Cirrus@Austlit

'Follow the daredevil adventures of Anglo Australian film maker - and Ozploitation pioneer - Brian Trenchard-Smith through a 50 year career dedicated to giving his audience thrills, spills, laughs and gasps. "The Man From Hong Kong", "Turkey Shoot," " Dead End Drive In", "Siege Of Firebase Gloria", "Stunt Rock", "Leprechaun 3 & 4," and Nicole Kidman's first film "BMX Bandits" have earned his work a cult following. His TV output includes "Silk Stalkings"," Five Mile Creek", "Tarzan", "Flipper", "Chemistry". The Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino dubbed him his " favorite obscure director....great energy, great sense of humor." Brian Trenchard-Smith's wry, insightful tales of the creative challenges of low budget movie making all over the world is both a personal journey and a portrait of his era.'

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'In amongst the momentary glory and inevitable change is the unrelenting, ferocious desire to express the soul through a limited body in the hope that it can bring some peace to a painful inner and outer world. Along with all the dirty work, there is also love. Along with all the dirty dancing, there is also purity. Along with all the hatred, hurt, and anger, there is also healing.'

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'Young flight attendant, Lisa Gates, is deeply in love with Adam. He ticks all the boxes except for one — he’s married. His wife, Mary, is oblivious of their secret love affair. While Mary is away in New York to launch her successful jewelry line, Lisa spends a passionate night with Adam. He seduces her with love, expensive gifts and a promise to leave his wife once and for all. But during a routine flight to London, Lisa is shocked to see Mary sitting among the passengers. Her fiery red hair is not hard to miss. When Lisa attempts to get a better look at her, she’s nowhere to be found. Even though she is not on the manifest, Lisa is certain that Mary is on the plane. Hours into the flight, Lisa is psychologically tormented with terrifying things only she can see. Taking matters into her own hands, she searches every seat but still no Mary in sight. Fear and paranoia take over as Lisa alerts the crew of a possible missing passenger. They search high and low, but Lisa’s terror and erratic behavior worsens during the flight when she believes that Mary is out to kill her.

'Is Mary really on the plane, or is Lisa hiding something sinister from Adam? There’s nowhere to hide at 40,000 feet.

'Fasten your seat belt —it’s going to be a turbulent flight.'

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'This is it, payback, and Johnnie “the Boot” Swann, boss of the East End Swann gang, has a master plan for taking out his rivals, the Beaney brothers and with them, Star Cleary, and it isn’t going to be with all guns blazing. It all looks good for Johnnie, but then what goes round, comes round. Johnnie would have done well to remember this and been ready to expect the unexpected. No one could say he wasn’t warned.

'The story of the Nine-to-Five Shelter continues in BAD book #4, scheduled to be published in 2016. The unexpected for Johnnie doesn’t end with BAD FELLAS. And he isn’t the only one to be caught up in what is to come. It is a bolt from the blue, and something neither he nor the Beaney brothers and in particular, Star Cleary, would have ever considered possible.'

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'What does the spiritual journey matter other than that it transforms our lives? Nowhere is this more obvious than in our personal relationships. Love can never be lost. It is not exclusive. Life is precious and should be lived with purpose and courage. It is not only possible but essential that we learn how to turn our human experience into a happy and harmonious one.'

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'Ali has been hiding in an attic since civilisation collapsed eight weeks ago.

'When the plague hit, her neighbours turned into mindless, hungry, homicidal maniacs.

'Daniel has been a loner his entire life. Then the world empties and he realises that being alone isn't all it's cracked up to be.

'Finn is a former cop who is desperate for companionship, and willing to do anything it takes to protect the survivors around him.

'When the three cross paths they band together; sparks fly, romance blooms in the wasteland and Ali, Daniel and Finn bend to their very human needs in the ruins of civilisation.

'Lust, love and trust all come under fire in Flesh as the three battle to survive, hunted through the suburban wastelands.'

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'Romy Love knows weddings. As the author of a hugely successful wedding blog, you’d think she’d have love covered. It is her last name, after all.

'When it comes to her big day, Romy has the flowers picked out, a dress collecting dust in the back of her closet, and a preacher on standby. There’s just one problem: the groom doesn’t know it yet.

'Romy has eyes for the Italian coffee god and single dad who owns the bakery in her building—she also has plans for his delicious buns—but in order to get her happily-ever-after, she has a few things to check off her list first:

Lose twenty pounds
Take over the blogging world one wedding at a time
Make Coffee Hottie fall in love with me

'Yeah, this shouldn’t be difficult at all.'

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'Poppy Porter's ex is getting married ... to her ex-best friend. To land her dream job of partner in the most prestigious firm on the Upper East Side, Poppy must now pull double shifts as their wedding planner and maid of honor. And the icing on a truly craptastic cake? Leo Nass. Handsome, infuriating, womanizer, and … the best man. Despite their longstanding loathing, Poppy doesn't see Leo coming. Literally.

'One ruined cake.

'One archnemesis.

'One hour to save the wedding.

'Can they put their hatred aside long enough to save Poppy’s job and Bridezilla's head from exploding?

'Piece of cake, right?'

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'Detective Louis Gautier is transferred to Tweed Heads, NSW, the area of his turbulent childhood and where his Mothers' disappearance has never been solved. As a senior detective, Louis is put in charge of the investigation of two murders of teenage girls in the town of Murwillumbah.

'He encounters the members of a cult like church called The Heavenly Way who appear to be hiding dark secrets, and a curious sect of people who are not what they seem.'

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'The Misfits are off on another planet-hopping adventure.

'When Jirra and Toreni rescue Romila from a raid on her antiques business the Misfits start off on a mission to uncover a drug-smuggling operation. A new, very potent drug is on the market, hidden in statues of ice warriors carved on a remote world.

'But all’s not well within the team. Toreni and Chet have fallen out, Toreni has received an offer that might be too good to refuse, and Jirra has doubts about her future.  When the drug-smuggling operation morphs into something even more dangerous, the Misfits must resolve their differences. If they don’t act together, and quickly, many lives will be at risk. Including their own.

'Action and adventure, with a little bit of romance.'

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'Amira and some of her friends from Waldmeer continue their search for healing and happiness in Circles of Separation. Existence is much more than we can physically see. Our potential, in every way, is far greater than we understand. Spiritual reality is always pushing us towards evolution, healing, love, and freedom.'

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'The spiritual path is very practical and relevant. This is particularly so in our personal relationships which have more power to change us than anything else. Every relationship is a love lesson. Relationships are complex and multifaceted. They form, disintegrate, and reform based on problems, growth, destiny, and Divine assistance.'

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'Elijah Brooks is putting his soul into making this wild west show a success. Pity a demon already owns it. And now the demon's come to collect.

'Elijah Brooks has lost his job, his girlfriend, and he's about to lose his truck and home. Desperate to get his luck back on track, he thinks he's found the answer. His grandfather used to run a Wild West show and rake in the cash. Elijah's father still has the tents, saddles, banners, and guns.This is Elijah's last chance to pay his debts or face eviction and financial ruin.

'He's found the location. He's hired actors and horses. The posters are up. It's opening night and the whole town is eager to see the show. But three show hands have disappeared and a strange beast made of dirt is responsible. Worse, Elijah has somehow unleashed this beast. Can he stop the danger in the dirt or will the show go on, even if it's cursed?'

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'Time travelling 2.5 million years into the Andromeda Galaxy's past to investigate why there’s a record of them having been there, the Stellar Flash's alien crew's first contact is with a creature so powerful that it has taken control of the entire galaxy by thought alone.

'With most of the crew unconscious, and the ship's A.I. offline, Captain Jonathan Hogart is in a race against time to defeat the plant-planet, save the galaxy, and find a way to return to 2133.

'If the Floran space military don't get in the way.

'But another force is attempting to take control, to use the power of the creature from the past to take over the Milky Way Galaxy in the present. And, for this, Hogart has no defense.

'How is the creature controlling an entire galaxy?

'Who has the technology to transmit this power to the present?

'And will the Stellar Flash crew and the Space Station team be able to save both galaxies from the alien threat?'

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'Upon the ancient drysine moon/city of Defiance, the UFS Phoenix is being rebuilt, but her crew cannot do so in peace. Parren factions jostle for control of not only Defiance, but of the drysine data-core that Phoenix won at such an awful price. But the parren do not lay sole claim to that ancient knowledge, and within the bowels of the machine-city, something long-dead is awakening.While aliens battle, Captain Debogande struggles to decide his next step. Human emissaries beckon him home, while a terrible new threat drives him toward the far edge of Spiral space. There live the croma, locked in a titanic struggle against the reeh, a species more terrifying than any yet faced by humanity. And holding perhaps the key to humanity's salvation are a small force of freedom fighters, waging a hopeless battle against impossible odds, having waited a thousand years for just such a saviour as the UFS Phoenix...'

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'Georgia has seen the darker side of life, growing up with a drug addict mom and an unstable home life. The one light in the darkness that keeps her safe is Sean. But Sean has a secret. When the dangers of his world threaten Georgia, Sean will do anything to keep her safe… including cutting her out of his life completely. Left to face the world alone, Georgia struggles to find the safety and security she needs. Instead, danger finds her. On the brink of death and thrust into a world she doesn’t understand, will Georgia be able to survive?'

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'Some destinies refuse to be diverted… Annabelle sacrificed her future for the sake of her family, denying her elemental gifts and opting for a normal life. When her powers are taken from her and three sentinels of the elemental order are killed, Annabelle finds herself on the run with her reckless twin sister, Ivey. But things are not always what they appear to be. With enemies closing in on her and a rebellion brewing, Annabelle discovers what she’s running from just might be the very thing that will save her.'

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