Recommended Reads
-
Marguerite Hepton Memorial Hospital
Based on the author’s own experiences, Marguerite Hepton Memorial Hospital is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who left school and entered a world of learning and strict discipline, often headed by girls only months older than herself! There she was using equipment and procedures now long forgotten for diseases such as tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, polio and congenital conditions, all of which are now eradicated or treatable.
Her book will appeal to those connected with Thorpe Arch, the hospital, as well as a wider audience of anyone interested in real life nursing and how, off duty, these young people entertained themselves and their patients.
Good care, support, and camaraderie in the midst of changing attitudes, and fears of society towards illness at a time when the world was recovering from World War Two and trying to embrace new technological ideas or discovering new drugs such as antibiotics and streptomycin.
This book should appeal to many people whose lives have reached a reflective stage and anyone interested in history and nursing or educationalists looking for historical facts.
£6.99 -
Maria's Papers
Based on a true story, the once-wealthy Chance family are swindled out of their Whitewall Estate in the mid-1700s and the truth isn't discovered for nearly ninety years.In 1850 Maria Chance promises her dying father to put this injustice to rights, and is thereafter plunged into some extraordinarily dangerous and terrifying situations in mid-Victorian Britain that threaten not only her life, but her sanity too. One hundred and fifty years later, Naomi Draper, the Head of the local Council's Historic Research Department, causes a long forgotten document case to be opened, and she too is immediately plunged into a web of intrigue surrounding ownership of the now named Whitewall Farm. As she and her diverse range of friends and allies begin to unravel the mystery, it soon becomes apparent that some very powerful people don't want the truth disclosed, and that they are prepared to do anything to suppress it.A wonderfully compelling and exciting tale encompassing murder, love, intrigue, and betrayal spanning three centuries.
£9.99 -
Marriage Wars
You may believe that you know the person with whom you are walking down the aisle, but do you know the person that he/she will become after the vows are spoken? What changes take place with the placement of rings? What are the critical issues that you might be facing that you had never addressed, or thought you had addressed?
For example: how will you handle money, friendships and family, children, hidden addictions, sex, and cheating? While not insurmountable, they can become overwhelming, and potential battlegrounds for the war that has so often become marriage.
Learning to navigate the battles, and choosing the right weaponry, can help you to win the war without destroying the relationship—or yourself.
£7.99 -
Marriage, The Iranian Style
Every time I attended a wedding for a reason, I noticed that despite all prior talks and agreements, the wedding ceremony was again carried out with great difficulty, and the couple endured many troubles to be able to get together. It was not because of not having a home and a lack of income, or due to the legal age for marriage, but the customs of the time, the condition of parental consent and their meddling in their child’s future life, or even the influence of the bride and groom siblings, were the main reasons to lead the simple routine of marriage in a bumpy and misled way, and even prevent it from happening.
I’d already written about my cousin in a family context in my diary. After reading it again, I realized what interesting and surprising, and at the same time painful, points there were during their marriage. For this reason, I decided to write about this event, which might be considered as a sample for other marriages, in a separate book in detail, called Marriage, The Iranian Style, so that the unpleasant parts can be reflected on.
£6.99 -
Marsupial Tracks
As a jaded regular in the city’s underground music scene, the only thing that mattered to Jacob Blythe was punk rock. When the arrival of a mysterious girl tempts him into seeing a vision of the world that exists beyond the confines of his cosmic nihilism, Jacob finds himself helpless to resist it.
Now, sitting alone in an unfamiliar train station, and possessing no memory of how he got there, Jacob has no choice but to piece together the scattered remnants of this fractured past before he is consumed by the sinister creature chasing him.
With time running out and one of the greatest punk bands of all time about to take the stage, Jacob has only one chance to discover the answers to life’s most complicated questions.
If only he and his friends hadn’t drunk so much first…
£10.99 -
Martex Renver in Search of a Better Life
Planet Capo is situated on the other side of the black hole. There was a war and after a chemical fallout, the humans were left with an altered DNA. They must get to Planet Earth because they believe that by combining their altered DNA with that of the Earthlings, it would revert to the way it had been. On the night before the official launch to Planet Earth, Martex Renver and his friends go on board the spacecraft for a tour. After a mishap Martex becomes the new Commander, and his friends the new crew and they are on their way to Planet Earth to find a cure for their altered DNA. Martex must first destroy a meteor as big as a bus that is about to collide with them. When they land on Earth, they discover a problem. They are much smaller in size than the Earthlings. Martex meets the American President's daughter, Angela Andrews. They fall in love, but their size difference makes it impossible to have a normal relationship. Can Martex get back to his planet in time with the cure to save his father from an early death?
£9.99 -
-657ad31f784efuploaded_image.jpg "image-description")
Martinup
The year is 1967 and Martinup, situated in rural Western Australia, is largely unaffected by the sixties revolution that is sweeping the rest of the world. High school is the focus of attention for Brian MacArthur and his friend, Trevor Stewart.
It is so different from primary school. They make their own entertainment in the bush.
Their science teacher, Paul Newton, is on his first teaching post, straight from Perth, missing his girlfriend and sharing a dreadful flat with an outrageous person who works as a primary school teacher. Life is unbearable and conflict inevitable.
Brian has reluctantly accepted the position of altar boy in the local Catholic church. The priest hides a dark secret involving church funds.
The Vietnam War rages on, threatening Brian’s older brother, Roger, with conscription should he fail in his exams at university.
Brian and Trevor launch a hot air balloon which starts a bush fire and causes the deaths of hundreds.
Well, no. But it could have.
£9.99 -
Mary and Her New Friends
Mariam, who is lovingly called Mary by her family, is lonely at school but makes new friends by demonstrating a talent drawn from her native culture: drawing henna patterns on hands.
Mary and Her New Friends is written specifically to attract pre-schoolers and kindergarteners, and includes some coloring pages of sample henna patterns at the end of the book. The children can color in these, thereby developing their creativity and fine motor skills.
£10.99 -
Master Builders
Chris finds himself in a foreign environment and form, ten light years from Earth after his untimely death. His mentor, Brian, explains the new order of things. He discovers that he is now in a mechanical shell and bemoans his loss of some body parts. Chris joins three other junior builders, that have been tasked to seed the universe with newly tailored and tested sentient beings. Chris gets into trouble with the Sentient Species Test and Evaluation Facility management but is then instrumental in saving Earth from an Orion reptilian attack. He interacts constructively with the galactic federation based in the Pleiades, leading to the resurrection of an old treaty between Earth’s United Nations and the federation.
£8.99 -
Master Healthy Eating Habits
Do you want to eat healthier foods, lose belly fat and improve your health?
Previously have you lost weight, then old eating habits sneak back in, regaining the weight you lost?
Clear six-week guide to change your eating and activity habits.
If you read this book you will understand how, when and what to eat to …
Control appetite
Lose belly fat, gain muscle
Have more energy to be more active
Feel in control of what you eat
Feel in charge of your body
Put the odds in your favour for a longer life
Dieting does not work long-term because it only changes your body.
Changing eating habits works because it transforms your body and your brain.
£8.99 -
Matthew's Tears
Matthew is born in 1974 and his proud father, Geoffrey, takes him to their family doctor for his first triple antigen vaccination. Within 24 hours, Matthew begins to incessantly convulse. This is a time when no one questions their doctor, their word is sacred.
Nothing can be done to stop Matthew’s fits, and the doctors only say they are continuously causing more and more brain damage.
Geoffrey blames himself and descends into a self-destructive pattern of behaviour, causing his life to spiral downward and out of his control.
£11.99 -
Max's Tail Saves The Day
Max knows his animal friends are all different in many ways. He tries to copy other animals to be special like they are. He sets out bravely on an adventure to find out what he can do to play a useful part in his forest home. With the help of his friends, Max learns that he is special too, and becomes a very happy dragon.
£9.99
Discover