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Bob Rich

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in Budapest, Hungary

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Self Help, Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Bob Rich, PhD, is a visitor from a faraway galaxy, where he is an historian of horror. So, Earth is his favorite place in the universe. Nowhere else do sentient beings engage in a game of killing non-combatants (war). Nowhere else are child raising practices designed to harm children. And delicious for an historian of horror: nowhere else is the entire global economy designed to destroy its life support system.
Here on Earth, he is disguised as an Australian storyteller, with 20 published books, six of which, and over 40 short stories, have won awards.
He has retired five times so far. He still works as an editor for several small publishers and a steady stream of writers.
Above all, he is a Professional Grandfather. Anyone born since 1993 is ...more

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	Ascending Spiral: Humanity's Last Chance by Bob Rich (Goodreads Author), Robert Rich 4.62 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide 4.69 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit and Run 4.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereavement 4.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guardian Angel 4.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeper, Awake 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lifting the Gloom: Antidepressant writings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anikó: The stranger who loved me it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Striking Back from Down Under 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I have an excuse for being away

I haven't visited Goodreads for a while, but the result is a new book I've just published.

Guardian Angel is my entry to Amazon UK's "Storyteller contest." For the present, I have listed it at the minimum price possible, which is 99 Australian cents, or 75 US cents.

My beta readers have all been very enthusiastic about the final version, which is about the 50th revision. :)

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Bob Rich rated a book really liked it Only Being: Awaken Your Deeper Self to Greater Intuition, Creativity, and Emotional Resilience by Stephen Daniel	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book has the potential to change your life, despite being a “sample of one.” It would have been an invaluable read when I was younger, although I have arrived at a similar place along my unique path. One of my issues is that at the start Stephen ...more
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Bob Rich rated a book it was amazing Resolve: Stories That Wrestle With Truth by Kelley Rene (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Like the other Palm Branch Publishing anthologies I have read, “Resolve” is inspirational, showing humanity at its best. It is also entertaining to read. Most of the stories show an all-too-faulty person taking the step toward a stronger, better way ...more
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Bob Rich rated a book it was amazing 20 Ways to Break Free From Trauma: From Brain Hijacking to Post-Traumatic Growth by Philippa Smethurst	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Meticulously researched and with the ring of personal experience as a therapist, this book is invaluable for people suffering past trauma, for those wanting to help a sufferer, and for students in the field of psychotherapy. Philippa’s approach is dif ...more
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Bob Rich made a comment in the group Indie Voices: Authors & Books — Introduce Yourself topic " I am Bob Rich from a little country town in Australia. It is the metropolis of Healesville, which has WONDERFUL sunsets thanks to the air pollution of ...more "
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Bob Rich rated a book it was amazing Opi's World: Book 5 in the Flying Crooked Series by Geoff Nelder (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This fun story is the latest of the Flying Crooked series. Although there is a summary up front, to enjoy it really needs the reader to be familiar with its prequels. The author’s wild imagination has created a reality that is amusingly different fro ...more
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Bob Rich liked Dawn Colclasure's review of The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereavement: "Before I started reading The Hole in Your Life by Bob rich, Ph.D., I wasn’t sure what the hole in the title meant. I knew the book discussed grief and bereavement because of the subtitle, but what was this “hole” the title spoke of? As I read the book" Read more of this review »
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Bob Rich and 1 other person liked Carolyn Wilhelm's review of The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereavement: "practical and gentle with resources Excellent book for those grieving - what is “normal” and for how long, how to deal with the feelings, links to supportive readings, and more of a resource which could be consulted again and again. It is a shorter r" Read more of this review »
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Bob Rich liked Skye Taylor's review of The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereavement: "Losing a loved one is never easy, even when it means that person no longer suffers. Even when that individual has made peace with their coming demise and is ready for it. It matters not if you are surrounded by family and friends, there is and always" Read more of this review »
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Bob Rich made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My book still has an incorrect author page topic " My newest book, "The Hole in Your Life: Grief and Bereavement" has a page correctly assigned to me, but it has a second page, https://www.goodreads.co ...more "
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“Live simply, so you may simply live.”
― Bob Rich, Ascending Spiral: Humanity's Last Chance

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“Live simply, so you may simply live.”
― Bob Rich, Ascending Spiral: Humanity's Last Chance

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“There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World