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2021Climate activists like Greta Nilsson and Edward Halliday united millions of people around the world in peaceful protest against the forces driving catastrophic climate change.2031A different type of eco warrior has emerged. Men and women prepared to imagine and implement the unthinkable. The few must perish so that the many might live.

One girl's determination to succeed against the odds.

In a career spanning five decades, Dr John Gayner acted as a medical adviser on dozens of TV and film sets. This led to a collection of stories that entertain, and show what went into the making of many well-known films."A Doctor For All Seasons is an engrossing and compelling read, a genuine page turner. A fascinating, profound, informative and, at times, extremely funny memoir of what it's like to be a doctor labouring on the coalface devote...

Awards2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, First Non-Fiction2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, Non-Fiction: Religion/Christian¿Some scholars have called the Gospel of Thomas "the fifth gospel, " joining the four canonical books of the New Testament-Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Some have even suggested that a new and fresh perspective on the teachings of Jesus can be observed in its extraordinary aphorisms, dialogues, and para...

Once upon a time, our ancestors told tales of asexuality, symbolic stories that hint at other identities: a princess who grows a beard to escape marriage, a knight who forsakes his wife's bed to become a werewolf, a goddess with detachable parts, a planet where everyone is asexual.Drawn from many times and places, retold and reimagined for the 21st century, Elizabeth Hopkinson's second book of myths and tales brings asexuality out of the close...

Widowed with a 10-day-old baby at the age of 34, Rhiannon didn't relate to the stereotypical definitions of widowhood. Not only was she younger than the average widow, but she also hadn't been married to Oliver, her baby's father. In fact, when he died, they weren't even speaking.Grieving a complicated relationship is hard enough. When you add in a death with blurry explanation, it can make characterising your situation too tricky to contempla...

As a young doctor, Nicòlo Barbaro sets off for Constantinople to seek adventure and escape the confines of Venice and his family's expectations. He arrives in the city just as the Ottoman Turks and the Byzantine Christians are locked in a bitter battle. Urged to flee Constantinople by his loyal servant, Nicòlo deserts his friends and patients and sails back to Venice. When his ship is infected with pneumonic plague, Nicòlo has the chance to re...

Fifty-one poems about animals from all around the world, suitable for home or classroom.

An inspiring account of struggle, survival and coping with life during the early twentieth century...Two sailors sit astride camels at the Pyramids, on leave from guarding Suez against attack in 1914. Crewmen scramble from the flooded engine room of thei

Alf the sheepdog is in for a surprise when he checks which sheep have had their lambs. Will he discover who has been up to mischief?A delightful story with beautiful illustrations, followed by a fun quiz that includes counting and number recognition.

It's very difficult to write a collection of stories from massage therapists without including the very annoying innuendos and inappropriate behaviours of some clients.However, it's not all, "Do you do happy endings?" and "How much do you charge for extras?" Collecting these stories was the most incredible fun, I have never laughed so hard listening to the true stories that therapists have shared with me.The purpose of this book is to bring a ...

Cake, creatures and chaos.

A new poetry collection covering memories, loss, family life, history and nature from author Frances Thomas. For more information and to find out about Frances' other publications, visit her website at www.francesthomas.org

Jack believes he has a talent - a gift, in fact - for working with troubled teenagers, precisely because he used to be one himself.As he sets off on the motorway with his wife and young daughter - herself suffering from the sudden loss of her twin sister - to start his new job in a children's centre, he's travelling with decidedly mixed feelings. As well as a general sense of hope and excitement, he's got that sharp, metallic taste in his mout...

When little Yazmin Fletcher's bones are discovered in Wiltshire woodland twenty years after her disappearance, DI Jeff Lincoln promises Sonia, her mother, that he'll find out what happened to her. His efforts are hampered by his new boss, though, who'd rather he investigated an incident at the country club. But then local aristocrat Hugh Buckthorn dies, apparently in a bizarre sex game, although Lincoln suspects murder - and he's soon proved r...

He will take seventeen to the match - how many will he bring back?In Cibola football is a matter of life and death. Sir Tristram must reunite his Blood City teammates - Knights, Pirates and Westerners - to win the prestigious Seskie tournament against their oldest rivals.Behind the match is a bigger power play, a king's mission to bring down his greatest rival by persuasion, trickery or force. Needing a squad of soldiers as well as footballers...

When the sun goes awayAnd the colours go greyAnd the stars become an archwayAnd the moon comes out to playMy shadow disappears in an alleyway

Prediction is very difficult - especially about the future".Is the future already mapped out, a path that we are following? Or is the future unwritten, made up of endless possibilities? When a stranger knocks at her door in the middle of the night, Hannah Siggers is given the opportunity to find out. While Hannah was not looking to be the person to save humanity from extinction, Torben Christiansen was trying to change the world. He just didn'...

Boris is a mop-haired spaniel with views (which he's rarely slow to express), Rory is the thinking dog's man. Rory has arrived in London and needs a job. Boris doubts he'll find one.Wrong. Along comes Barney, the billionaire from Queensland. But what's Barney's real game? Certainly, it's subtle. Will Boris - or Rory - be able to thwart him? If they do, how will Barney react? Remember: he's Australian.Then there's Rory's love life: the dating s...

Tom Angel thinks he is just an ordinary ginger kitten until a sacred stone, the Clach Na Cait, is stolen and he is drawn once more into an intoxicating world of ancient warrior clans and mesmerising magic.Will Tom live long enough to discover what his destiny is?