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  • Echoes in Darkness
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    Echoes in Darkness
    Kentse Sesele

    Echoes in Darkness is more than a book—it is a sanctuary. A sacred space for anyone who has known the ache of loss, whether sharp and recent, quietly persistent, or buried so deep it lives unnamed within the body. This is a compassionate companion for those navigating grief in all its forms—felt and unfelt, spoken and silent.


    Drawing from personal experience and the voices of others who have walked through devastation and dared to rise, this book offers both mirror and map. It gently guides you to reconnect with your body, release trapped emotions, and awaken to the possibility that grief, when honoured, can be a catalyst for healing.


    Layered with reflective prompts, somatic practices, and creative exercises, Echoes in Darkness is not a prescription but a presence. It weaves together narrative and neuroscience, embodiment and emotion, to illuminate the tender journey of transformation.

    £10.99
  • Human Evolution - The Future
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    Human Evolution - The Future
    John Cowley

    Ever since Charles Darwin wrote about the origin of species, there has been a great deal of argument and controversy over the evolution of humans.


    The author examines the evidence for the genetic basis of evolution in general and the influence of natural selection on the development of the human race.


    The focus of the book then turns to the question of what the future might hold for the further evolution of humans with particular reference to space exploration and the long-term effects of space travel.


    The human body is highly adapted in evolutionary terms to living under the influence of gravity and its absence can have some serious health consequences. Weightlessness and its effects on human physiology are only one aspect of space travel the returning astronauts have to deal with.


    Long space journeys will involve time discrepancies which, in extreme circumstances, result in astronauts returning to a changed world in which their peer group has already passed away and they find themselves amongst strangers.


    It is difficult to determine exactly what the psychological effects might be on returning voyagers, but it is likely to be quite traumatic.


    The author suggests the possibility that those who choose to become career astronauts will likely prefer to remain permanently living in space, and over time exposure to different selection pressures will result in a human variant given that both men and women will be equally drawn to scientific research and/or the adventure and excitement involved.

    £6.99
  • Kyrie Eleison’s Ad Agio
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    Kyrie Eleison’s Ad Agio
    Patrick Gaultier

    In the digital age of communication through mass internet media and web applications, observing user behavior online reveals issues stemming from a lack of information about privacy settings and security configurations, as well as an insufficiency or abundance of legal guidance or conduct guidelines from various website administrations. Additionally, internet browsing involves accessing international content subject to diverse restrictions and regulations, raising significant concerns about network safety.


    While this book does not aim to define humanity’s broader faults or the violations of sanctity within Al’s impunity, it emphasizes the importance of maintaining a meaningful life and purpose in the digital realm. We present a newly developed perspective on procedures and mediums that align with the spirit of the law and higher principles. As a result, we reaffirm our commitment to the principles of fundamental justice, liberty, and democracy, particularly the pursuit of happiness and freedom of expression, to foster a meaningful cyber coexistence within a redefined framework of the rule of law.

    £6.99
  • Funny Stuff Happens
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    Funny Stuff Happens
    Ross Farley

    A delightful insight into family life in the outer suburbs of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, is brought to life in this collection of short, witty anecdotes from author Ross’ life, commencing in the 1950s and 60s when Ross was a child.


    His family life was full of mischief and humour, which radiates through these stories written as recalled by Ross about his family and friends. Without a doubt this book will make you smile and laugh aloud as you relate to a family full of spirited boys living in a time when raising children was much different than today. A feel-good read that will leave you full of warmth and wondering how much one mother can endure!! These stories are too priceless not to be recorded and enjoyed.

    £6.99
  • Piers Willoughby
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    Piers Willoughby
    Tapy Lekaw

    ‘Piers Willoughby’ is an autobiographical novel that recounts the life of an innovative English architect through the latter half of the 19th century, with some emphasis on his intellectual and professional formation and development, influenced by the early ‘Arts-and-Crafts’ movement and the architect George Truefitt, dedicated to breaking away from the prevailing architectonic classical- and gothic-revival traditions of the era in Britain and Imperial India.


    A casual shipboard encounter on his way to establish and direct, possibly, the first modern, design-based school of architecture in the world makes a fundamental change in his professional and domestic lifestyles and the resetting of his moral compass.

    £8.99
  • Georgina and the Mouse
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    Georgina and the Mouse
    Gary Cobbin

    Maisie loves life, as each new day brings interesting challenges, great excitement and time to improve her agility. But lurking in the shadows and ever watching is a cat. But not just any cat, for in the shadows hungrily awaits Georgina the Cat. Will Maisie be able to prove her bravery and continue her fitness spree?

    £8.99
  • Didn't Expect That Did You
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    Didn't Expect That Did You
    Carol Butterly

    “It’s cancer.”


    Until somebody says those words to you personally, you have no idea how it will affect you, both at that point and in the future.


    This is the story of my journey with breast cancer, from diagnosis to surgery, through the sad, the bad, and the funny times. If you are reading this because you or a family member/friend is going through their own experience with cancer, I hope my story is able to help you.

    £7.99
  • Fleeting Shadows of the Night
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    Fleeting Shadows of the Night
    Laurie Corbett

    Laurie Corbett, as a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen 1975-79, conducted research on wildcats (Felis silvestris grampia) and feral cats (Felis catus) in Aberdeenshire, the Outer Hebrides and the Monach Isles. This study, based on radio-tagged individuals and direct observations of tagged and untagged cats, indicated that ‘pure’ wildcats were numerous and that their increase in population numbers at that time was likely due to the increase in forest habitat, a relaxation of pressure from game-keepers, and the advent of myxomatosis that enabled rabbits to be more easily caught. He also indicated that hybridisation with domestic cats may be a threat to the future survival of wildcats as a distinct species, as concluded by recent reviews from 2021-2014 by eminent authorities. This illustrated narrative presents a summary of his cat research in the 1970s and the reviews, some 40 years later, on the dismal future of the ‘critically endangered’ wildcat in Scotland.

    £6.99
  • A World Away
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    A World Away
    Nalda Kingston

    This narrative invites adult readers to reimagine themselves as an 11-year-old child in 19th-century County Somerset, England. You have a younger brother… both sons of a once-proud apple cider artisan who left for London one morning, never to return. His last words to you: “While away, take care of your brother and help Mother, son.”


    Already in ill health, your mother dies within the year. Now orphans, your only means of survival is stealing food and clothing from villagers. After being caught twice and released with warnings, a new English law against child felons forces your constabulary to send you to the Old Bailey for sentencing. (Children had recently been hanged there for lesser crimes.) You escape execution but are sentenced to transportation… from England to Port Arthur Penal Settlement in Van Diemen’s Land… first imprisoned on a derelict hulk in the Thames, surrounded by adult male convicts: unhygienic, cruel, and predatory.


    You survive… both the hulk and the voyage to the Great South Land… but nothing prepares you for Point Puer. Many friends, already frail and undernourished, are forced into adult labour gangs with matching expectations. Homesickness, illness, and constant vigilance to avoid convict violence leave you in perpetual terror. So traumatised are some boys that they vanish into the infirmary, never to return.


    This faction-genre narrative blends fact with fiction. Such boys existed. Such conditions existed. Such harrowing treatment of children served economic ends. While historians recount their fates, few authors explore the minds of these children… undoubtedly filled with fear, horror, and trauma.


    A reminder: This story of fiction woven with fact is for adult readers only.

    £8.99
  • Pegasus for Hire
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    Pegasus for Hire
    Larysa Semykova

    What is a writer willing to do to create a bestseller?

    How to saddle a rebellious Pegasus?

    How to deceive Death itself? Can a flea become a beloved pet?

    Perhaps we underestimate our dogs?

    Can cars be more humane than humans?


    In front of you—a collection of short stories, each one like a reflection in a distorted mirror: familiar, but warped, a bit stranger, a bit more truthful than one would like.

    The Ukrainian author observes the world with irony and an eye for detail—those very little things behind which the real meaning hides.


    These are stories about us—just seen from an unusual angle.

    £7.99
  • Emissary Femme Fatale
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    Emissary Femme Fatale
    Alan Paisey

    She responded with alacrity when her country was invaded in 1941. The fear of punishment was pushed aside owing to the strength of the diverse motivations she faced, which drove her on once she had made that commitment.

     

    While many people suffered the shortage of food and obeyed the prohibitions imposed by the invaders, she cycled to buy and barter for food in country districts. She encountered personal awakening experiences that had been prevented by her schooling and upbringing.

     

    Her determination and intelligence caught the eye of a distinguished operator who had evaded capture by the invaders. He commissioned her to travel to London, by unorthodox means, under the supervision of MI6 to plead the cause of nationalism with the newly established Serbian government in exile.

     

    With her supervisor, they negotiated the fickle and turbulent course of the exiled government, finding ways of discharging her purposes frustrating and difficult.

    From being astute enough to save herself from being pushed under a train but guilty of assassination and turning the table on a suitor, she nevertheless pursued her purposes.

     

    Throughout she found her grasp of strategic issues impressed her colleagues, the women finding her allure irresistible, the men respectful of her record in practice, both genders welcoming her winning, fiery, but calculating mind.

    £10.99
  • The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Golden Haze
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    The Horses of Saddlers Ranch: Golden Haze
    Alison Bellringer

    “I can’t believe you’re boarding Tammy’s palomino for a whole month!” Lexie Howard exclaimed to her friend, rather breathlessly.


    “Neither can I,” Coral Johnson laughed in response to her eager enthusiasm. “But my cousin is going away for a while, and unfortunately, she couldn’t take Golden Haze with her on holiday.”


    “Unfortunate for who?” Lexie grinned. “I thought you’d be delighted to have such a pretty horse staying at your ranch…”


    “I am!” Coral playfully shoved her friend on the arm, amused by her good-natured teasing. “But I’m still surprised that my dad said yes when Tammy called to ask.”

    £7.99

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