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Sail away with the delightful new novel from Gervase Phinn, bestselling author of The School at the Top of the DaleA summer cruise should be just the ticket for a few weeks of luxury and relaxation - but for the passengers and crew of the Empress of the Ocean, the sights of the Mediterranean are nothing compared to the excitement on board...For bickering couple Albert and Maureen, the trip might prove a much-needed escape - or the final straw....

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Sail away with the delightful new novel from Gervase Phinn, bestselling author of The School at the Top of the DaleA summer cruise should be just the ticket for a few weeks of luxury and relaxation - but for the passengers and crew of the Empress of the Ocean, the sights of the Mediterranean are nothing compared to the excitement on board...For bickering couple Albert and Maureen, the trip might prove a much-needed escape - or the final straw....

Tom is finding it hard to come to terms with the death of his father and life just gets worse as Mum meets a new man and a bully joins his class at school. Unkind people say that his firefighter father ought not to have risked his life in a blaze when he had a family to support, but Tom knows that his father was a true hero.

The third in a delightful new series from bestselling author Gervase Phinn, set in a village at the top of the Yorkshire Dales, and following on from his acclaimed Dales and Little Village School series.

The third in a delightful new series from bestselling author Gervase Phinn, set in a village at the top of the Yorkshire Dales, and following on from his acclaimed Dales and Little Village School series.

The second in a delightful new series from bestselling author Gervase Phinn, set in a village at the top of the Yorkshire Dales, and following on from his acclaimed Dales and Little Village School series.

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The first novel in a new series set in a Yorkshire Dales village, featuring colourful characters and laugh-out-loud moments, as a newly qualified teacher takes his first assignment, with a period of adjustment to rural culture in store.

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Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, schools inspector, educational consultant, and visiting professor of education - but none of these is as important to him as his family.For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Adviser for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided so much source mater...

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Mass market edition of Phinn's third volume of memoirs, in which he begins his third year as a Yorkshire school school inspector, and prepares for his forthcoming marriage to his sweetheart, Christine Bentley. Sales of the hardback stand at 40, 000, and his overall paperback sales at 300, 000, and this edition will be backed with a major marketing campaign and an author tour. "Uproarious and touching! Gervase Phinn writes with enormous warmth ...

Gervase Phinn was a teacher for many years and later a school inspector and advisor. He is a real enthusiast, regularly promoting children's books and reading at conferences. As well as his hugely successful DALES books for adults, he is the author of a growing list of poetry and fiction books for children. Gervase lives in Doncaster with his family.

The fifth novel in the "Little Village" series packed full of humour, warmth and village drama, from bestselling author Gervase Phinn.

Paperback edition of the collection of Phinn's very best humorous writing, in which he looks back over more than sixty years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking. He has sold over 900, 000 copies of his series of "Dales" books. Brimming with nostalgia, it gently mocks life's absurdities, and unearths the humour, character, warmth and wisdom in diverse experiences.

The 2nd novel from the author of the "Dales" series, following the success of "The Little Village School". Headteacher Elisabeth Devine has saved her small Yorkshire village primary school from closure, but now she hears it's about to be merged with its arch-rival school, Urebank. The "Dales" series has sold more than 900, 000 copies. 'Packed with delightful and authentic characters, juicy gossip, precarious romance and good old-fashioned vill...

Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, school inspector, educational consultant and visiting professor of education. For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Advisor for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector. He holds five fellowships, honorary doctorates from Hull, Leicester and Sheffield Hallam universities,...

One hot day in the middle of a jungle, a strange little creature hatches out of an egg. "Who am I?" he asks himself. Off he plods through the tall grass to find out. He meets many animals but all of them are different. Will he ever find out who he is and what makes him special? Illustrations.