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60 years ago, being a medical student entailed some hair-raising encounters in the course of training like giving a general anaesthetic without help or instruction, simply because you were the only help available; or assisting in emergency surgery when there was nobody else available.Distinguished doctors thronged the corridors of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Long after the war there was still a vivid memory of Burma and Libya.Find out why an elderly theatre orderly hinted darkly at "a doctor who got to Dunkirk four days ahead of the field hospital team". Get a new slant on the Penicillin story and read why the old NHS system in Edinburgh avoided "bed blockers".Here is an account of the almost explosive expansion of hospital medicine into ICUs - cardiac arrest teams, coronary care units, positive pressure ventilation, renal dialysis, etc. It was a time of medical progress and high morale.

Five animals, four cats and a dog, are all black and white and are females, but they have two more things in common not apparent at first - they have all been treated badly in different ways by a number of humans and they all have a superpower which helps them to get away from the baddies. Two kind brothers, nine-year-old Diarmuid and seven-year-old Eoghan, rescue the cats Smig, Ebi, Trig and Róisín and the dog, Mags, and persuade their parents to take them all into their home.The animals do not like each other at first, but eventually Mags persuades the cats to abandon their differences and unite together to form The She Team. Her encouraging words, "Don't get mad, get even!" convince them that they will work together to stop their tormentors from hurting other animals. They are confident that their superpowers will help them achieve their goal.

Join Buttons the Dragon as he learns his dragon skills. Follow his progress as he explores his home and surrounding area on Material Mountain.Meet his new friends and his brothers, Zippy and Popper, and his Sister, Lace.Go with him to school and visit the village of Longtimeago where you will meet the Knights.Buttons is excited to tell you his story and hopes you will be his friend.

Teddy bears don't experience life, do they?Desperately wanting that teddy bear from a toyshop, Yasin begs his grandmother to buy it for him. There is something special about that one.The day before his Uncle Sean goes travelling, Yasin gives the bear to him as a gift and decides to name him Yasibear! And this is where the story begins...Can teddy bears experience life? Yasibear can!

Are you there? Do you still wish to continue to the journey's end?Do you wish to buy fully into my madness?If so, partake further of my world, and on your own soul be it.However, have a care, as I shall surely enter into yours, become the substance of your own shadow, part of the fibre of your being.Do you wish still to continue to the journey's end, into my world, my lunacy?Then indulge, partake of my realm: HELL!

The first story in this book, The Mermaid Egg, is about a lost beach ball that ends up on an African beach and the animals that discover it and what they make of it... possibly a mermaid egg. The second story, The Mango Tree, is about an army of ants foraging for food in the jungle, due to a drought there is a short supply, until they spot a huge mango high up in a tree, they proceed to ask the help of various animals reach the Mango... but will they achieve their feast ?

"Did you know that the ugliest scariest fish in the sea has a "flashlight" at the end of a pole on the top of her head? Wrangler the anglerfish uses her light to help a group of fish friends, who disobeyed their parents, find their way back home"--

Mother Nature has issued human beings various warnings over the years, some subtle, some not so subtle; messages she intended to wake us up with, ones that would stop us from directing the planet onto a path that, some say, might already be irreversible.Unfortunately, these messages have largely gone unheeded up until now, which is why Mother Nature has decided to create something new: an Agent that is absolutely unpredictable. Her hope is that humanity will finally wake up and not only begin to preserve the planet, thus saving it from death and destruction, but bringing us humans back to the knowledge that we are one regardless of race, class or colour, and that by working together we can finally attain our freedom.Mother Nature and the Agent is about paying close attention to the greatest signs she has ever given us, so we can ultimately bring about change and welcome in a new era.

Lucie the beaver feels left out because she is different from the rest of her family. One day a storm threatens to destroy the dam in which her and her family live but Lucie is strong and Lucie is brave. Can this extraordinary beaver save her home?

An Inside Job is a gripping story of life as a chaplain inside Lincoln prison, a local jail opened in 1872. Joy Osborne writes from the heart with sensitivity and passion. The reader is drawn into a world which is generally unknown to the public. Following theological training, Joy felt God calling her beyond the church building to work inside the prison walls with some of the country's most prolific offenders. She shared in the lives of those shunned by society and saw beyond crimes committed to the person's humanity. Inside the busy jail, it was often ministry on the 'hoof', responding to an immediate crisis. Being ready with a listening ear, advice, compassion, an offer of help and prayers when requested were just part of a busy day. The challenges of prison life are portrayed in this book and are felt by the reader as they journey with Joy on an amazing walk through the prison and beyond.

Pebble and Feather get washed out to sea in a terrible storm and find themselves next to a dead coral reef.It isn't a very nice place to be and not at all like the beautiful colourful coral reefs they imagined. Things get worse when a big fish grabs Feather and swims away. Pebble is so upset, and he doesn't know if he will ever see Feather again! While Pebble is crying and distraught the sea whispers an important message to him about why the coral reef is dead and what must be done.

Dust from a broom, spray from a can, a pillow from a bed, twigs from a tree and fish from a stream all combine to make the most outlandish hairstyle ever seen. Join Willow and her Mother on a 'hair-raising' afternoon full of imagination and make-believe.

The roadside fairies have lived alongside us for many years, living by paths in secret dwellings across the lands before there were major roads and motor vehicles. Their main role was to heal creatures when they became ill or sustained injuries using their magic and potions. Over time, the roadside fairies had to readjust and move their dwellings due to major roads being built and vehicles becoming extremely fast and dangerous. The creatures of the forests needed the roadside fairies help more than ever as more and more where being injured. The roadside fairies, led by Great Elders, had learned to communicate with the creatures who held them in very high esteem. Young fairies called Limes start to rebel against the old ways, wanting to acquire the sacred 'Book of the Elders' that contained old dark magic that had not been used for centuries. This book was protected by a Great Elder called Beatri. Clover, a young girl living in a commune in the forest, is drawn into the battle to protect 'The Book of the Elders'.

Join George and his family on their path of discovery on how mental health effects young people and their families. This journey leads George on an adventure which he wasn't expecting! Join him and explore the adventure with him while learning about mental health issues.

An enchanting and uplifting tale of a little boy named Jack who is struggling with dyslexia at school. Sometimes it is difficult to understand why we are different, even though each and every one of us is unique. This story teaches us that despite the struggle and realisation of being different, just like Jack, one is still capable of fulfilling their dreams.

Tara is a 10-year-old girl living on Earth in the year 3053, and her grandfather lives on the moon.Whilst watching her favourite television show, Tara is interrupted by an emergency broadcast warning of the destruction of the moon. She races to the moon to warn her grandfather, only to find him missing!On the moon, she meets Toby, a strong-willed and adventurous young boy with information of her grandfather's disappearance. Tara's fears for the safety of her grandfather grow as she hears the information Toby has to offer, but his adventurous nature and his willingness to help brings her some hope.As the children begin their search for Tara's grandfather, an unlikely friendship forms between human and alien, taking them on the journey of a lifetime through space to find him. Their adventure takes them from planet to planet, where they meet new friends and become selfless heroes.

Someone disillusioned with the criminal justice system has decided that there is only one option available to prevent the scales of justice from tilting in favour of those that carry out heinous crimes. Believing the system broken, he ruthlessly dispenses his own brand of retribution.Cutting a swathe through a rural community, he subjects his hapless preys to unimaginable cruelty in twisted games of cat and mouse before executing them in escalating brutality.Detectives Englund and Hicks are tasked with tracking down a killer amidst their close-knit community, seemingly without motive.When a young girl is kidnapped, coinciding with the release of a notorious paedophile, Englund is forced to evaluate his own position and question what justice really means.Will Englund and the enigmatic Hicks catch the killer before the town implodes and takes justice into its own hands?Or will they become another statistic in an ever-increasing body count?