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In this charming story with illustrations, best friends Tod (a red squirrel), Freddie (a dormouse) and Jed (a water rat) decide to build a raft to sail on the lake they live beside. The name of the raft? 'Voyager'. A story to capture the hearts of children and entice them into a world of lakeside adventures.

Tomas and Anastasia have settled in the model village of Oakdale in the Sirhowy Valley in Monmouthshire, South Wales, and have assumed the names of Thomas and Ann Thomas who are the owners of Tommy Twicer's Amazing Animal Dance Circus. It is the continuation of Tomas's desire to become a great showman and he is set to create the best circus in the world with his troupe of amazing animals. He will promote Kanga Bruce, the boxing kangaroo, who will certainly get a shot at the world title. All is going to plan, especially as he now has the help of Merlin, the magician. Read and enjoy and please help save Abercwmzoo.

Being a survivor of institutionalized abuse from the late 1950s in Ireland, author Josie Dias Wallace describes her journey after leaving a convent and embarking on a new adventure in England, UK, where she settled permanently alongside her sister Mels, RIP.

Learn about four different times of history with Travel Through Time with Baby. Visit Stone Age Baby, Iron Age Baby, Roman Baby and Saxon Baby. Relive what the eras looked like through images of clothes, foods, objects and homes, all reimagined for little ones.

From trying to follow the ants home, to attempting to swim with the ducks, to cooking a big meal. Every day and everything is an adventure for this toddler and she is grateful for all these wonderful moments! Come and join us in this little adventure and let's count our blessings together.

How curious do you think you are? This book will help you to explore and expand your curiosity potential. Just like Alice in Wonderland, you will become 'curiouser and curiouser...' Are you ready? Let's discover a brand new, curious YOU...

Would it really be out of the question for the coach to make a slight diversion? We heard that this tour was headed for the Northern Lights. That's why we took it, but now we can't seem to find those Northern Lights anywhere on the itinerary. Any idea why that would be the case? Now you are curious about this book, right? Let me enlighten you. This is a book about Italy and her beautiful northern lakes. While travelling on a tour coach on a round trip from Milan, tiny olive branches are handed out to perfect strangers in an effort to let the Italians know that their country is not considered number one in the world in terms of World Heritage and Culture for nothing.

Since the messy breakdown of her first (and only) relationship, Alice Attwood has sworn off men - for good. The only love she's interested in is other people's, which is why she puts all her time, effort and energy into her exclusive match-making service, 'The Attachment Agency'. Running her business with clockwork precision, Alice sees herself as independent and successful; someone who can do everything on their own. She needs no one - well, apart from Lyndsey, her long-suffering assistant. But then Alice's perfectly constructed world receives an unwelcome blast from the past: suddenly, the one thing keeping her sane, her beloved agency, is under threat. With no time to spare, Alice takes on the challenge to save her business, and, more terrifying still, finds she has to rely on others to do it. Amidst this confusion, Alice is thrown back into a world she swore she'd never set foot on again: one with the potential for love. Alice has to decide whether the juice is worth the squeeze, or whether going it alone is the only path for her. To get her life back on track and overcome the obstacles in her way, Alice will have to use every skill at her disposal, every favour owed and every trick in the book to rise to the occasion... and who knows, she may even get more than she bargained for in the process. Will Alice be able to do this? Or has the matchmaker met her match?

After losing a wonderful friend to Covid, during the height of the BLM 2020 movement, with her job in jeopardy, feeling threadbare, the author wrote this positive story of hope, to remind children that they must always be who they are, especially in troubled times.

My memoir traces the many traumatic events I've dealt with, in socially changing times, from the mid-1950s onwards. I've fought the government's solicitors because of inequality, survived a rare type of cancer and sepsis, and battled depression too. I've written about the emotions I've felt over several relationships; a cheating fiance, a marriage on the rebound and an affair with a married lover. With little education, I tell of my quest to become a surveyor in later life. I've recently had to come to terms with the tragic deaths of both parents. Often when times were difficult, especially as a child, I found huge comfort in my stamp collection. Yet there are many lighter moments too! I am fortunate to possess transcripts that describe my grandfather's years as a dispatch rider during the Great War. He witnessed horrific sights at the battlefields on the Somme and experienced grief and heartache when a younger brother died in 1914, his older brother died at Ypres in 1915 and his mother died in 1917. There are also intriguing links within my story to my 2nd great-grandfather who was the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner and an agricultural labourer's daughter. Born in 1854, he trained as a tailor and travelled to where the Industrial Revolution had taken hold and mills were springing up in the Midlands and Far North. In addition, I have an amazing connection to my 14th great-grandfather who fought for King Henry VIII and who was knighted as a result.

How did a fishmonger's son from Tyneside, growing up in the 1950s with a Geordie accent, become the person who recorded over 900 audiobooks and received an MBE from the Queen in the Birthday Honours of 2017?This 'charming', 'entertaining' and 'heart-warming' memoir answers that question. Reviews:AudioFile magazine"e;...not simply a reader but an artist of the spoken word..."e;"e;...Gordon Griffin, an entire acting company in one person..."e;Miriam Margolyes: Witty and moving memoir of how a working-class boy becomes THE voice of the spoken word.Honest and vivid account plus excellent advice for those of us who work with words.

It seems easy to understand. Just don't eat anything made by animals. That's easy to do, right? Shirley feels she needs to do this to attract the best-looking ram on the field. We are all sheep any way, moving around in herds, whether physically or in thought patterns. Could a change in widely accepted diets be undertaken by the herd?

English is the world's international language. Consequently, many speakers of other languages have taken great pains to make English their second language, mainly for practical reasons rather than for love of the language itself. Practical reasons include travel, business, academic intercourse and inter-governmental communication. China recognises this need and, in consequence, the author spent more than ten years in China, finding the experience interesting, enlightening and exciting, albeit at times frustrating. It was a wonderful time. In the author's view, it is essential that the world comes to know and understand this huge empire. This book is full of observations from within the country, which should help in presenting China, its people, customs, educational systems and way of life, its contradictions and its attractions as well as its darker side. Most importantly, it gives some insight into how the people think - and this is important. Hopefully readers learn something while enjoying the experience.

The Sensational Senserman is a short novel about a royal house of human-like alienated species called Tyradias who discovered a planet with black crystallized metal with a gem inside a gem. This gem gave a person, Stefan Tyradian, omnipotence which he used for good, creating a brilliant kingdom and protecting the people from the enemies of Ckoria. Life was peaceful till the king's wife Anabella died and then things went wrong. The king became depressed and lonely and died, but not without a twist. He will be born again in another body one day bearing the infinite sense mark; he will be better than ever. But will he exceed his past life's expectations or will his inner demons get the better of him?

"e;She is going to sell you something and you will buy it."e; It's Fashion Week and Lower Manhattan churns with construction on the third anniversary of 9/11, as Emma O'Farrell Paige arrives at the federal courthouse to depose her former boss, the diabolical villain behind a counterfeit perfume ring. With little more than tenacity and courage, Emma breaks free from her dysfunctional Midwest childhood and fights for her long-distance marriage to independent league baseball pitcher Ethan Paige, as she plays to win among world-class dealmakers in the trenches of the international beauty biz. Under the guidance of mentor and boss Julian Petrenko, Emma masterminds the two-hundred-million-dollar fragrance deal with boy band sensation 'UK Connection'. When the deal of the decade reveals the underbelly of the vaulted Beautyland, Emma is forced to examine herself as closely as she's studied the beauty game. ********* Beautyland is hard to put down, engaging the reader from the first word, a riveting story of a women who knows her destiny and never gives up. Dana Kline's writing makes you feel every emotion deeply and twists and turns in the story are ones you would never expect. I didn't want to put the book to end as I felt like I was saying goodbye to my friend. You will truly love this book"e; - Tracey Bregman American Actress & Producer

This book is written with charm and humour by a child who grew up between two worlds - an idyllic childhood in Hong Kong in the 1950s which was shattered by his return to England at the age of seven to a new life as a boarder at a Catholic preparatory school. From the age of seven to seventeen, he travels between these worlds and comments on all the changes that occur in this dynamic decade. He sees Hong Kong develop from an entrepot to a booming manufacturing powerhouse with the effect this has on the Cantonese and their relationship with Europeans and compares this life to the smog-bound, tired English way of life only just beginning to recover from the devastation of the Second World War. It is a joy to read and is a fascinating record of two worlds by a child of a bygone age.

This book is divided into two different sections. The first section is about the time when Nan first fell ill, how we all dealt with it as a family and how we looked after Nan throughout the duration of her illness. The second section is about Nan's passing; from the day she passed away right through the whole of the first year and how I personally dealt with it.I felt the need to write a book about it because, whether we have faced it or are yet to, it is inevitable that everyone will experience the grief of losing a loved one at some point in their life.More importantly, I wrote this book in the hope that my words and experiences that I share here will help someone who is currently going through what I went through.- Rianna Webster

This book gives an account of some amazing places which the author was fortunate to visit in China--from magical Guilin to historical Zunyi; from the stunning Three Gorges to tropical Hainan; from cities of the eastern provinces to the Avatar mountains of Zhangjiajie; from relaxing Xishuangbanna to hectic Hong Kong and Macau; and in the north from the Mongolian grasslands of Nei Menggu to the heart of it all: Beijing. Many people travel today, with something approaching 10,000,000 people in the air on an average day. Yet this is only a fraction of those who travel by other means. Why? For relaxation? For education? To get away? Or simply to say they have "e;been there"e;? On his own travels, the author saw many tourists arrive at a scene, struggle to get to a vantage point, get there, take the obligatory photograph and move on. They have not even looked, let alone appreciated where they are. All they are doing is ticking off places on their "e;bucket list"e;. In this book, the author is striving to delve deeper, especially when it comes to the significance of Beijing.

Six Miles from Home chronicles the compelling events of one of the UK's worst urban air disasters that claimed the lives of 72 passengers and crew. Drawing on 20 years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with all those involved, the author has produced a truly remarkable and compelling book. Full of suspense and high drama, it tells a powerful account of death and survival, with compassion and understanding that leaves the reader with lasting images. As an analysis of the disaster and how it changed lives forever, this account is an important social record.The book is the achievement of a skilful writer who is passionate about his subject. This is the author's fourth book on civilian aviation accidents; in addition, he has contributed numerous articles on the subject for newspapers and magazines. He has also taken part in a number of television documentaries. Based in Cheshire, his previous books include, The Munich Air Disaster, which deals with the Manchester United tragedy; and The Devil Casts His Net, which chronicles the events surrounding the Winter Hill air disaster.

Diane then said to her aunt and uncle, "e;Benny told us we are staying with you for a holiday."e; Bet looked at Benny, who signalled for the girls to come to him. Looking at the two small girls, he swallowed hard. When he had their attention, he said grimly, "e;No girls, I have brought you here to live with Auntie Bet and Uncle Bertie, because if I had not taken you away, then they would have killed you."e; Diane frowned, "e;They? Who are they?"e; Benny replied, "e;Your mum and dad."e; Benny explained that when he came to collect them, their mother said, "e;Take them, or I will kill them. I've had enough; I don't want them in my sight."e; Diane gasped and grabbed Jo's hand. This is the true story about two small girls who suffered neglect and appalling abuse at the hands of the people who should have been caring for them; their parents.

A Suitcase Full of Boomerangs is essentially a romp around the Republic of Ireland. Tiny boomerangs are bequeathed to colourful characters encountered throughout the three-week round trip. Narrated in the first person, the protagonist and two of her sisters manage to have a ball as they traverse the width and breadth of Ireland in a big black jeep filled with suitcases full of boomerangs. This book of travel laughs, mishaps and adventures is a light-hearted, feel-good read, intended to whisk the armchair traveller far away to another time and place - the magic that will always be Ireland.