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Underwater Action
Have you ever felt scared of the way some people behave towards you? Have you wished that you could disappear out of the situation, especially when it is not your fault?
It is not always the people we expect who behave badly. Sometimes friends can become foes. When this does happen, help is needed.
It may surprise you who comes to your aid.
Who are the real good guys, and who are the villains?
Let’s take a look at an age-old problem in a child-friendly way.
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The Dynamic Duo
Noah was so excited. He was finally going to do his 50th parkrun and would earn the right to wear the bright red Milestone t-shirt. He wanted his whole family there to celebrate with him… And that included Great-Grandma Nellie, even though she was 89 years old! Noah begged her to do it. The old lady hesitated. She started making excuses. It was too early. It was too warm. How could she possibly do 5k at her age? She couldn’t run anymore. But just to make her grandson happy, she agreed to do her first ever parkrun… just for him… and just once.
The next Saturday morning, the family brought her to their local parkrun. She saw Milestone shirts everywhere. No wonder Noah wanted one. As they gathered together, she looked around at all the happy faces, trying to listen to the announcer over all the chatter.
Just then, someone nudged her. Nellie slowly turned her head. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Could it REALLY be who she thought it was???
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Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner
Step into a whimsical world where every moment bursts with rhyme! In “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner”, an imaginative mum transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, turning daily life into joy with her playful verses. Each page invites young readers to join in the fun as they experience daily life filled with catchy phrases that celebrate the magic of language.
Through the eyes of a curious child and their rhyme-loving mum, families will embark on a delightful journey that encourages laughter, cooperation, and positive thinking. Each charming rhyme weaves together playful messages that inspire healthy habits and teamwork, making reading enjoyable and enriching for young minds.
Perfect for read-aloud moments or snuggly bedtime stories, this enchanting book ignites creativity and sparks joy, encouraging children to craft their own delightful rhymes…” Eggs are good for your legs!”
Join this rhyming adventure as a reminder to everyone—big and small—that in the world of imagination, you can be a WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!
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The Swinging Prince!
The little prince spider monkey isn’t your average prince; he isn’t in the limelight, he doesn’t have any friends, he doesn’t wear a crown, but he is nervous; the nerves control him. So, he spends the majority of his time with his mum, dad and baby sister walking the rainforest. That’s how he has always lived, but what if one day he had to break this routine? What if he gets the chance to swing through the tree? Should the Prince brave it, or should he stay and watch?
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The Welsh Witch and the Queen's Curse
Jamie and Tesni return in the exciting second book of The Welsh Witch Series!
When Tesni returns to Greycott, she reveals exciting secrets which shed new light on her family and the death of her father. But tragically, Tesni’s mother has been cursed by the mysterious and cruel Witch Queen. Now, Tesni and Jamie must track down the only cure for Tesni’s mother, with the help of their friends and a reanimated knight called Sir Andrion!
Step back into Greycott, and encounter brand new characters and locations, and discover the most dastardly dragon in all of Wales!
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This Bird is Free
Missing out on a lucrative career in glamour and fashion modelling via a sinister incident, young Lorna Karlin marries early, and her dream passes her by. Then, years later, aged forty-two, after a dull marriage, a new incredible chapter in her life story begins.
Her husband, Thomas Pell, a construction engineer, goes missing in France, having been involved in a criminal conspiracy, it seems. Lorna has proof he had a lover too and knew she had to change her own life around.
Surprisingly, she accepts work as a mature escort, and a client, a new contact, Carmine Sapelli, passes her on to a high-flying producer in the movie business. Is she brave enough to answer the challenge which professional acting will demand? Only Lorna can make such active choices. Will love feature in this unpredictable future? She hopes sex will, and can she conquer self-doubt? Again, only Lorna must be the one to address these questions in her fluid mind and with her actions.
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Energy Transition - The Mandatory Reality Check
As a matter of fact, world coal production is still experiencing a notable increase. This rise has nothing to do with current changes in the US administration policy. It is just a new trend.
As an example:
- In 2024, Australia approved three coal mine expansions.
- There are 25 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal government approval. This is more than during the last ten years and will simply represent massive additional CO2 emissions.
These pending projects exceed the total from any single year of the last decade. Energy transition appears fraught with challenges, complexities, and structural contradictions. As we grapple with the harsh truths of the present, two fundamental questions arise:
- Will we be able to reach the 2050 net zero targets?
- What needs to change to make it happen?
Clearly, the world will not be saved by:
- Switching to an electric car.
- Limiting your meat consumption.
In what we could name “sofa-ecology behavior,” we must refuse to shy away from inconvenient truths. Society should observe no taboos. We have no time for fear.
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Where are Sean's Sheep?
Come on an adventure with Sean the sheepman and his three furry Border Collie friends, Kate, Storm and Echo, whose sheep have gone missing on their farm. Follow the muddy paw prints to help find their sheep to give them a very nice, hearty breakfast.
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The Teahouse of Experience
This poetry book contains a four-year collection of poetry and prose, memories, rituals, life, death, rebirth, and women’s wisdom. Dedicated to every woman who managed to find a room of their own to practise creative art, experience their own writing journey, and find a voice and a path to the ‘middle way’ and freedom, which, once tasted and known, can never be unknown.
Aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, Japanese haiku, Sanskrit and other words in foreign text are strung together somatically like threads of art, entwined and embodied as body, as ritual, as landscape, as sanctuary with pieces of Self, and excerpts of experimental poetry submitted for classes on this journey.
The experience was sometimes intense, at times challenging, but mostly filled with awe, creativity, and joy at what transformed from pen to page. I journeyed ‘all-in’, saying yes to what this immersion experience presented, then further coaxed myself into depths that I can only call echoes and whispers received from the unseen ancestors, embedded within divine guidance from those that had walked the path before me.
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Can't Stomach It
Navigating the turbulence of adolescence is challenging for anyone—but for Kayleigh-Ann, it quickly becomes a battle for survival. When medical symptoms strike, her world as she knows it crumbles. What should be a time of self-discovery and joy turns into a relentless fight against an unyielding system, an undiagnosed illness, and the betrayal of her own body.
In Can’t Stomach It, Kayleigh-Ann takes you on a raw and transformative journey—a fight for answers, for justice, and for herself. Thrust into an unforgiving adult world far too soon, she confronts trauma, loss, family breakdowns, mental health struggles, and abuse of power—all while trying to navigate the everyday chaos of teenage life: friendships, school, love, and the daunting uncertainty of the future.
This is more than just a story. It’s a powerful testament to human resilience, a striking portrait of strength in the face of adversity, and an unfiltered glimpse into the realities of living with a complex condition. Join Kayleigh-Ann’s fight for survival and diagnosis. Witness her courage, vulnerability, and unwavering determination to reclaim her life and health.
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Enchantment
David, at age ten, had one passion in his young life: he loved rock-pooling, where he would spend hours on the beach searching for rock-pools that the receding tide had left behind. One day, though, an amazing sight met his eyes as a small face grinned back at him from the rock pool. Indicating that he should join them, he found himself sitting on soft sand surrounded by little people laughing and squealing in high-pitched voices. After being entertained, he was restored to the side of the rock pool where his bucket and net remained unattended. Wondering if this could be sunstroke, he blinked twice, but the little people had gone from his sight. On the way home, he pondered what had happened, resolving to tell nobody. As the years progressed, he finally left school and attended university to pursue a career as a marine biologist, giving him every opportunity to search the oceans of the world to find his newfound friends, but he had no sight or sound of them. Marriage to Stephanie and two children later, he was none the wiser; he even searched the Mariana Trench, but nothing showed up. On his son's eighteenth birthday he took the family to NASA Space Station in Florida, and there, one day on the beach, he disappeared from view. Police and tracker dogs searched the beaches but could not find any explanation for David's disappearance. A distraught Stephanie returned home to resume her life without David. Suddenly a telephone call alerted her from Florida that a body had been found thirteen years later and identified by a diver's wristwatch as being David; he hadn't aged! Interrogated by police and thought to be used in an international smuggling organisation, Interpol kept them under hotel arrest whilst they investigated his bizarre story of being taken by the little people, where he was made to work under the surface of the sea to encourage sailors to their doom. Finally, David began to age until he was near seventy years, thereafter being allowed home for he and Stephanie to resume their lives together.
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In the Path of Leonardo
In the heart of Paris, 1978, young Billy finds himself in a chilling dance with Madam Terminator, an artist notorious for painting young men at the moment of their death. When his friend Tom is ensnared by her sinister web, Billy embarks on a harrowing journey to save him.
But the enigmatic artist, with her hypnotic allure and seductive charms, proves a formidable adversary. Enter Madelyn Allard, an investigative journalist who knows from bitter personal experience just what Madam Terminator is capable of.
As the French police shy away from involvement due to Madam Terminator’s fearsome reputation, a powerful trio emerges: Billy, Madelyn, and the artist’s housekeeper Charlotte, who seeks vengeance for the sabotaging of her own artistic career. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Tom and bring down the artist, apart from Charlotte, unaware that they are being manipulated by the cunning Police Commissioner.
With millions of Francs at stake and lives hanging in the balance, can they outsmart an enemy who will stop at nothing to preserve her dark legacy? As our heroes race against time to save Tom and expose the truth behind Madam Terminator’s chilling art, they must navigate treacherous waters where art meets horror.
£7.79
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