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Haunted Realm. A collection of fourteen chilling ghost stories that will have you wondering right until the end, each with a lingering feeling of menace and a shock just around the corner. Many are accompanied by a short introduction by the author detailing the locations and the accompanying myths, legends and yarns that inspired them. From Norfolk to the West Country, from Pembroke to Northumberland, tales abound of unquiet spirits roaming t...

Carla's lower leg had to be amputated due to an accident. Her dreams of being a prima ballerina crashed, all she had to cling to was the love of her ambitious dancing partner, Eric. Carla's misery was compounded when Eric announced he had no use for a cripple and walked out of her life. Although fitted with a prosthetic limb, Carla is determined to return to the spotlight again.

1969/70. Peter Toms comes to Cambridge to study archaeology at Radnor College. The experience of his first year is like that of so many freshers - an eventful social life running in parallel with a demanding programme of study. But developments in the wider world make their mark in Cambridge as well. The colonels' junta ruling Greece seeks to improve its image across Europe by PR campaigns, and this includes a "Greek Week" in Cambridge in F...

Following on from Mystica, Making Waves and Seeking Rainbows, this sequel is again set at an unspecified time in the future, after a series of catastrophic happenings which led to a corrupt and cruel governing administration.

THIS IS A TYPICAL BACK 2 BACK THE FISRT SCENOND AND THE THRID OF MY AMAZING STORY LUCY IS BACK WITH BENJMAIN EXCEPT THIS TIME LUCY IS RUNNING THINGS WITH BENJMIAN IN THE BACK GOUND FOR MOST OF THE STORYS AS USAUAL LUCY IS IN BAD MOOD BENJMAIN IS AT HOME AND LUCY IS ON HER HOILIDAYS ONLY TO GET IN TO TROUBLE WITH ONLY HER PHONE FOR COMMUNICATION AS LUCY GETS IN TO TROUBLE.

How Al Sistani and The Pope regained peace in Iraq by Atef Kadom is an educational and expressive book highlighting the history and religious importance of two incredibly well known and influential religious leaders. It delves deeply into Al sistanis role in sectarian Iraq and how and if the Iraqi citizens accepted his role as cleric. The book will identify and analyze the distinction between Al Sistani's approach, and Wilayat al-Faqih. Furthe...

Changes in teaching were afoot. The National Curriculum had been in place for a decade and many new initiatives were being introduced. Literacy Hour, Numeracy Hour, Science and Design Technology loomed large, as did the new Ofsted inspections. Health and Safety was largely left to common sense and teachers had more flexibility than they have today, although restrictions were closing in. I taught the oldest children in a small village First Sc...

Jay Brett is a transgender woman, who was born in the late 1940's. A very different time to today. She has spent her lifetime trying to understand her issues and this book describes that journey and a twisting and convoluted journey it has been. The book explores the knowledge distilled from her own experiences and the experiences of many others. The book provides valuable insights into transgender issues for, transgender people (more specifi...

Delve into a poignant collection of short stories that explore the enduring human themes of aging, loss, nostalgia, and love. Each tale is a delicate weave of emotion and insight, inviting readers to confront the fragility and resilience that define our existence. Journey through a series of lifetimes, each flickering like a brief candle, illuminating the beautiful, often heartbreaking moments that give life its deepest significance. A compell...

KATE THOUGHT SHE would do anything to escape the tedium of her job as a primary schoolteacher in the sleepy Irish village of Ballyvaughan. At thirty-two years old, she has never been daring or seen the world. Her evenings usually begin and end in pyjamas and fluffy slippers with a mug of tea nearby, her faithful dog Bobby her only companion. When the opportunity to teach abroad for six months in the wilds of Kenya presents itself, Kate leaps...

Escaping the Prince" is a charmingly romantic and quirky adventure for young readers of eight onward. It does not follow the conventional route of the romantic tales that we are all familiar with such as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty etc.

Have you ever wondered how jokes work? This book takes apart more than 150 of them, to help you write jokes of your own. And if you don't want to do that, you can just enjoy the jokes. And if you don't enjoy the jokes, give this book as a present to someone you don't like.

A story about love, friendship and forgiveness. Meet Seamus the duck, Marty Mouse, Owen and his friend Lilly and many others. This book is sure to delight children of all ages who love nature and animals. Set in the beautiful picturesque Lough Gur, a rural townland in the Irish countryside, Belle the youngest of the swans sits on her eggs out on the lake waiting for her new cygnets to arrive. The story begins with a great hullabaloo as Raymond...

A slayer is on the loose and, in typical fashion, comedian Frankie Funnybone has blundered into the killer's sights. It is 1956 and Frankie's stellar career has hit the skids since we last encountered him five years before. The 41-year-old comic has resigned himself to an uneventful summer of shows at the end of the pier in Mellish, a rundown seaside resort on the Lancashire coast. But how wrong can you be! After narrowly escaping becoming t...

Hordes of children abandoned or separated from their families lived in the forests. Some of these "wolf children" survived, wandering from one town to the next. Germany's many orphans and displaced children battled to survive. This novel follows a group of four German youngsters and shows how the Soviet occupation shaped their personalities. These children overcame horrors no child should endure.

Roy Oram's life was an astonishing journey that took him from Victorian London, through the battlefields of World War I, to post-Revolution Russia, India under the British Raj, China, Mandate Palestine, then Egypt and Europe during the Second World War, and finally back to post-war Britain. Having qualified as a doctor during the First World War, Oram started his career on the battlefield, and stayed with the Royal Army Medical Corps until he...

I felt a bit light-headed and dizzy. Rhona strummed her guitar, and then started picking. She said, "This song is one of my favourites, and I'd love to record it, but Nina Simone has beaten me to it. It's called 'I Wish I knew How it Feels to be Free.' " As she played and sang, all sorts of thoughts and feelings were whirling round in my head. I couldn't put them into words, and as the train rolled along I went into a kind of waking dream. I s...

Are you blessed with empathy? Have you considered putting this potent force to use in your community, in your workplace? The Wellness Facilitation Handbook is a call to action for anyone who would like to make a difference to those they come into contact with. You don't need to be an expert to change people's lives - you just need to be good enough. We train people up to harness the skills they already possess - as well as pass on a few new id...

Online dating at a certain age. If you're above the age of 35, dating can be confusing. if you want to meet someone, you've probably dipped into the online dating game at least once. Some just to see what it was like. I can attest, it's challenging. However, I believe that finding love in the digital age is possible and worth it in the end.

A Matter of FaithThe Days of the PhoenixBook Two of The Henrician ChronicleFinally free of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII is now married to Anne Boleyn, and eagerly awaits the birth of his son. In a court still reeling from the royal divorce and amid growing resentment against church reform, Henry must negotiate widespread resentment toward Anne. But his lifelong dreams of a son to cement his Tudor bloodline are shattered when Anne is deliver...