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Kashmir has been in geopolitical limbo since the partition of the British Raj in 1947. A region of stunning natural beauty and diverse ethnicities and cultures, its people have experienced violence, state oppression, and terrorism for generations. This book provides an introduction to the region, and its people, and reveals the everyday realities and experiences of conflict from personal accounts. It explores the reasons for the tensions withi...

One fateful evening in 17th-century Bavaria, a mysterious woman arrives in Reimersberg, the town at the end of the Adventurer's Road. The town lies deep in the mountains and the wolf-inhabited forests of a place known as the Valley of Witches. Seldom reached by outsiders, its people are not welcoming, proud of their traditions, they frown upon change and those who bring it. Ilsa saves the life of a sick boy, Karl, but is suspicious of the ca...

An exploration of ancient civilizations and technologies via ancient texts and manuscripts, and via archaeological and prehistoric sites. This book argues that our current view of human history is far too narrow, and that we have various forms of evidence that show that our history is far more ancient, and was far more modern, than we have hitherto imagined. The book explores topics such as ancient mines, the practice of ancient metallurgy, an...

This is a thriller about a group of people who set up a charity that is penetrated by a terrorist, and the outcome to which this leads.

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A romantic fract-based novel describing a love relationship etween a man from the West with a girl from East Berlin at the close of the 1950s.

This work of fiction describes the life of those in a care home during the Covid-19 crisis.

This book describes true events and stories over many ages that are remarkable in arousing credibility amongst most people with intelligent curiosity.

This is a literary novel tracing the life of an Irish boy, Brendan Ryan, through various episodes, from birth to his present age of twenty-four.

This is the third collection of poems by Tim Hopkins, and this collection is devoted to subjects of interest to children.

This book is concerned with the many theoretical scientific theories as to the origin of the human race.

In Italy a widow, sculptress struggles to keep her family together and discovers that her son works for the Mafia.

Cities provide the physical theatre for our economic activities and social life, where civilisation can develop and thrive, and Civilizing Cities shows how.

In confronting the threat to the environment and over-population, it is argued that Technological Civilisation under the leadership of the advanced industrial economies, should take the initiative in addressing the greatest problems of our time.

Wittgenstein's Football Tactics and other poems' is a second book of original poetry by Tim Hopkins, the first book being, 'Epitaph for an Auctioneer and other Epigrams.

This book is concerned with cultural shock and social disorientation that would occur with the sudden appearance of an alien race finally revealing itself to humanity and how the people of Earth would react.

A young Lancaster crew's battles over the skies of Germany in a series of highly-dangerous operations. Every event described in this fictional account actually occurred, often many times. Ploughing through skies pockmarked with the smoke of exploding shells from anti-aircraft guns, and coned by dozens of searchlights, they also faced the bullets and canon shells of night fighters.A different kind of danger, but sometimes no less deadly, often ...

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In a world racked with anxiety and depression the author's attitude to living will inspire many readers. An ordinary man who made himself extraordinary by never accepting failure takes us on a journey through life. As a child, his relatively humble but comfortable beginnings in a tiny Essex village meant work on the farm from a very early age. Boarding school from the age of ten was difficult but character-building and the book demonstrates an...

This is a work that examines the many mysteries and anomalies regarding our Moon. It has been said that there is no scientific consensus of opinion regarding the Moon and its origins. A scientist also stated, "By all known cosmic laws the Moon should not be there". Over 800 lbs of Moon rock have been retrieved that instead of explaining the Moon and its mysteries, have only introduced more, and are still being puzzled over.