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The people who built Newgrange were a special people. With their magnificent works they have left their imprints on the sands of time. Their legacy tells us much about them. They were a highly organised neolithic society. They had advanced engineering skills. They had the courage to undertake massve projects. They were skilled in art and astronomy. They had a multi-dimensional view of the cosmos that illuminated their world. They held powerful...

Life is challenging and often it can feel as though everything and everybody is against us. Feelings of gloom are overwhelming. Hena Prashad knows and understands these feelings of despair, and she suggests that hope and a life in balance can offer a way forward. In Before The Harvest, she illustrates how we can achieve balance in our lives, and how we can all achieve a sense of fulfilment and wellbeing.

In early 1944 thousands of American soldiers continue to engage in military manoeuvres with landing craft and tanks on the North Devon sandy beaches. When will they move on and where will they go? Against this wartime backdrop, Emily, a newly qualified teacher comes to convalesce at the farm near West Buckland owned by her aunt and uncle, after witnessing the bombing of Sandhurst Road School in Lewisham and suffering a nervous breakdown. Altho...

Ordinary people have presented extraordinary stories through the power of poetry, shedding light on the challenges of racism, so we never forget its ugliness and we recognise the need to address it if we as a people are to progress.Dr Marvelle Brown, Associate Professor - Programme Team Lead for Public Health, University of Hertfordshire Charlotte, your latest book...like the others, is full of insight, forcing one to think about the world we ...

The Royal Parks of London are safe green spaces enjoyed by many thousands of people, but when the body of a young woman is discovered in Hyde Park, the harmonious balance between nature and recreation is disturbed.Newly promoted Detective Inspector Isobel Woods is tasked with leading the investigation, then elements of a previous case threatens her wellbeing forcing her to prove to a new boss that she is fit to lead her team.Things rarely go t...

Here at the gateway to the River Thames in Southend came together more merchant ships' Masters and the greatest number of convoys sailed than ever in the history of the world"84, 297 ships sailed in convoys from Southend Pier 1939-1945 The purpose of this book is to inform with unique sources of documentary evidence a detailed contemporary account of a momentous unsung event in defence of our nation in WWII. For the eager reader or student wis...

Searing reflections on inequality, suffering and human endurance. These poems are a defiant call to arms for justice, community and caring. "Freedom gives us strength to speak out loudno more cowed with terror heads a-bowedthe right to write - ignore the censor talkrelease the prison gates to let us walk

Once again, the five intrepid cousins - Paige, Perissa, Kadejah, Jhané and Deondrea - are back together on their summer break. When a letter arrives from Chief Inspector Barrette, Paige knows that this won't be an ordinary summer vacation... Mysterious breakdowns, missing people, treacherous terrain ... the five cousins will need all their cunning and skill to solve the mystery of Breakdown on Forrest Road. The thrill is on again.

Closure in grief: A Mythical Finish Line" offers a fresh perspective on the concept of closure in the context of grief. In this insightful and empathetic book, the author challenges the commonly held belief that closure means leaving grief behind and getting back to a "normal" life. Instead, the author argues that closure is a process, not a defined moment, and that it involves accepting the reality of the loss while still honoring the memory ...

Pink blossom, daubed an avenue of cherry trees, caught in still air, near silence save for a buzz of spring bees. This, yes, I remember this from that visit to Broadhurst Abbey. It all began with that good feeling of being alive to nature's resplendent new life. I later promised Brother Patrick not to divulge my experiences at the Abbey, but ...Venue for a Delegation He ran back along the wooden dock, in open necked check shirt, best go ashore...

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The reader will be taken from the ordered life of a young Guards officer, a career he had looked forward to since childhood, to that other world. The world of the hired gun. Where a man fought simply for money. Throughout his service as a mercenary he always felt that the cause was just fighting against the drug crazed African terrorist who recruited boys as young as ten and led them on a path of rape and barbaric behaviour. Nothing however la...

A love story. Jeremy never knew what love was like until he met Abigail. ¿¿This was the weekend Jeremy knew he had the chance of meeting a lovely girl, and making something out of it.

Wrangway is a peaceful place. Timothy the Tawny Owl is the Guard of Wrangway and takes his responsibilities very seriously. He absolutely loves his job. His head can turn right round so he has eyes in the back of his head at any time. The trouble is getting it back in the right position. Luckily his wife Trinity, who always calls her husband 'dear', is there to put it back. Timothy does quite loud hooting especially in the morning as his ot...

Let's make a rocket and fly to the Moon!" And so, the adventure begins ... One day Mary and her brother, Tony, have a great idea: they decide to build a rocket ship and fly to the moon. When they land there, they meet a strange little creature and he is happy to come back to Earth with them. This a gentle tale of their adventures with him and how he opens their eyes to the beauty of animals on Earth.

Entertaining brief encounters with the variously talented musicians, actors and artistes who might - or might not - have crossed paths with the "strange Druid man". "...I just stood and in my vagabondage homo way flicked a 'V' sign, realising I would never get to talk to the insightful Madam of Sex...

Conosciuta come la "Naked Mafiosa" a causa dei suoi desideri sessuali, si considerava un ragno che cercava di catturare la sua preda. In questo caso un giovane pastore che vagava vicino alla sua tela, ne fu intrappolato e sarebbe stato consumato dalla sua passione. Il ragno non avrebbe accettato un no come risposta. Lo ha inseguito sui social media, lui sarebbe stato suo, anche se ciò significava puntargli una pistola alla testa.

This collection of short-stories, written over several years, demonstrates how anyone's life can change, unplanned, for better or worse, in an instant. Fate, kismet, chance or destiny, whatever you call it, none of us knows what tomorrow will bring or what surprises are in store. The author imagines unsung characters, unknown to the wider world, but still somebody's loved one, and what part they play in an event, large or small. It could be...

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We all loved it when Paddington had tea with the Queen ... Well, meet Scratcher, a rather naughty cat who tries really hard to be good. One day he goes to London with Grandma to attend the King's Coronation. Four fun rhyming tales of a cat that tries to be good ... but sometimes isn't. Scratcher Learns A Lesson Scratcher's Reward Scratcher's Surprise Scratcher At The Coronation