by Jacqx Melilli | Feb 8, 2025 | Articles, Book Reviews
Can you picture (no pun intended) a little boy from the bush—Geelong in Victoria, Australia, actually—who finds a Kodak Brownie box camera in his grandpa’s magnificent dark brown oak wardrobe and instantly falls in love with the art of taking photographs. Little did...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jul 31, 2021 | Book Reviews
The Freedom Circus by Sue Smethurst is a riveting biography of Sue’s grandparents-in-law, Mindla and Kubush Horowitz’s escape from Hitler’s genocide of Jews. Old Photographs and Brightly Coloured Nail Polish Sue is an award-winning author and journalist for a reason....
by Jacqx Melilli | Feb 18, 2020 | Book Reviews
From Hero to Zero is the incredible, true story of Captain Rod Lovell’s unbelievable castigation for doing the very thing he was paid to do – keep his passengers safe. Imagine being punished for saving lives? Imagine if you only had 46 seconds to save those lives....
by Jacqx Melilli | Aug 27, 2019 | Book Reviews
Rainbows Through Cobwebs covers the topic of grief in its many forms. From grieving over the death of a loved one, including pets, to grieving over the loss of your identity or dreams, Rainbows Through Cobwebs has case studies with toolbox tips on how you can overcome...
by Jacqx Melilli | Oct 7, 2016 | Book Reviews
Fifty Years of Silence is the memoir of Jan Ruff-O’Herne, a war rape survivor. The book begins by describing Jan’s idyllic childhood in Dutch colonial Indonesia. The picture she painted of her loving family and privileged childhood were imperative to understanding how...
by Jacqx Melilli | Feb 17, 2014 | Book Reviews
By Lyne Marshall From time to time I come across a book that is silk to the eyes. Harnessing the Power of the Creative Spiral is not only a pleasant visual journey displaying Lyne Marshall’s stunning paintings, the content within is seeped in wisdom. Lyne is...
