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Life with William
The heroine is enjoying life with her second husband, but his ex-wife is still alive – so will that pose problems? Violet and William travel extensively and she sees countries that she had only read about. They also experience lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Violet discovers letters from Henry, her first love. Her piano recitals continue for charity, but disaster strikes! Will Violet cope with life minus her performance of the renowned composers?
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The Road to Freedom
In The Road to Freedom, Bruce Robertson presents a groundbreaking philosophical journey that challenges conventional thought and seeks to uncover the foundations of understanding.
Drawing from his scientific background in physics and astronomy, Robertson constructs a new paradigm – The Pattern Paradigm – that critiques the limitations of traditional Western philosophy. This model offers a fresh perspective by linking diverse fields such as consciousness, decision-making, science, and ethics into a cohesive and logical framework. Through a blend of rigorous analysis and accessible insights, the book aims to simplify complex ideas and create a unified vision of reality.
From the origins of thought to the nature of freedom, The Road to Freedom offers a rigorous yet accessible exploration of profound questions, illuminating the intricate patterns that underpin our existence. This book is an essential guide for anyone seeking a deeper, more integrated understanding of the universe and our place within it.
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Places and Faces
Spanning continents and decades, Places and Faces is a candid, fast-paced memoir tracing the unconventional path of a man determined to live life on his own terms. From sun-bleached surf in Bondi to freezing winters in London and late-night street encounters in Bangkok to the quiet pull of home, Andrew Maclean reflects on a lifetime of travel, odd jobs, misadventures, and moments of unexpected beauty. Each chapter opens a window into a world seen through the eyes of a restless spirit with an eye for human detail and an appetite for experience.
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Noah's Harvest
The planting of a seed, the turning of the soil, Noah’s Harvest paints a picture of life in the countryside, the wildlife, the weather, fleeting moments that are so beautiful but do not last long, a woodpecker in the tree, a butterfly, a squirrel on the hunt for fallen tomatoes.
The repetitive words and rhymes in the book cement the understanding and process of bringing vegetables into the kitchen straight from the allotment, all contributing to a family meal.
This first book of the series focuses on three different vegetables, drawing on the seasonality of the allotment, different vegetables and processes. All held together by the joy and love that doing it with Noah brings. And everything tastes delicious.
The perfect educational and fun book for children aged between 3~5 who are already so naturally inquisitive and learning quickly.
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One Foot in the Grave, the Other on the Treadmill: Reflections from Over the Hill
Unflinchingly honest, this collection of anecdotes treats the challenges of aging with clarity and wit. Here, the losses are diluted with laughter, the shiver gives way to a shrug, the OMG to an LOL. Readers weary of the “how to” books that promise to reverse the aging process will welcome the dark humor of a self-described narcissist preoccupied with her mortality. From fears of dementia to hearing loss, cosmetic procedures to breast cancer, joint replacement and heart surgery, the octogenarian author mines the comic potential of her humbling experience of the later years. The witty and sometimes poignant essays of this collection may not silence the ticking of the clock or slow the falling sand of the hourglass, but for readers from middle age and beyond, they are bound to resonate.
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Filling the Void
Jackie is more than just a storyteller. She is a guide, a friend, and a seeker of truth. In Filling the Void, she shares her extraordinary life experiences, insights, and teachings on discovering the deepest forms of love.
From childhood, Jackie felt an unshakable sense of searching, though she could not say exactly what for. As the years passed, this longing led her down a path of self-destruction, struggling with imbalance in her mental, physical, and emotional well-being. She turned to food and drink in an attempt to fill the void, only to find herself feeling more lost, alone, and disconnected than ever.
However, within her struggles lay the seeds of transformation. With raw honesty, Jackie recounts how she pieced together the next steps of her life. Taking a leap of faith into the unknown, she began to find healing and purpose. She unveils her journey through self-discovery, which she calls her road trips, leading her to reconnect with her feminine, emotional, and spiritual self. Through these experiences, she uncovers past life influences, learns to balance the masculine and feminine within, and ultimately teaches herself how to love fully and unconditionally.
Jackie’s story is not just her own. It is a guiding light for anyone searching for meaning, connection, and inner peace. Through her teachings, she empowers you to become your own transformational coach, unlocking the wisdom and love that already reside within you.
This is a journey of self-discovery, healing, and profound inspiration that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
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Tracks of My Tears
Tracks of My Tears is a selection of poems by Paul Hollingworth.
Hollingworth utilises varied styles, including the Sestina form, to play with themes which touch our lives in one form or another. He sees every poem as a ghost story and a space to create thought on eternal issues such as loss, love, change, ecology, time, history, markets and identity. He takes us at different moments on a philosophical and poetic journey to the Peruvian and Colombian Andes, to London, to Venice, to Andalucia and to Dorset in order to discover magic, change, and dystopia. He writes about UK riots and Covid-19.
There are many ghosts here: teachers, friends, poets and philosophers. People who shaped who we once were and are today. Real, rather than fake, influencers. There are ghostly locations everywhere too.
The collection is a pondering for all of us to question what we hear or read and “certain or safe” beliefs about where we belong, to value what is sacred within human life, and to fight for truth and authenticity as well as acceptance of others rather than lose ourselves to unscientific easy opinions and conspiracy theories despite our natural susceptibilities, flaws and failings.
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MaCello
MaCello is a series of short stories about the life of a magical violincello, origins unknown, presumed to have been especially made for the great Maestro, revealing small aspects from the lives of the individuals who played this amazing instrument, told through the lives of people’s musicanship. The stories relate how the cello magically improved each person’s ability, or not. The MaCello stories try to put forward how one’s performance and attitude develop our successes in life.
Found in a musical shop, by a young boy and his mother (also a cello player, who had to give it up once she married), the cello helps players, who love playing and music, to access their hidden talents or enhance their latent talent, but, only if they show love to the cello and dedication to their musicianship. The stories reflect the passing of years through the twentieth century, technologically speaking, of each participant’s story, and gradually reveals how the cello interacted with their lives.
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Awakening
What will the world look like a thousand years from now?
Will it be prosperous, strong, peaceful, free, equal, and fair?
Or will we be running out of resources, society disordered, dictators taking power, with war and catastrophe following each other?
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Dear Diary
Robert Day Jr. thrives on the thrill of the chase, lurking in the shadows, his mind obsessively searching, seeking out and feasting upon a target’s hidden past traumas. Clothed in a black desire to control, devour and entirely possess his victims, he greedily absorbs their vulnerability to measure the perfect ripeness for exploitation. The compulsion to assume absolute power stems from a desire to quash his own raging insecurities that persistently plague him. It seizes him like a magnet’s invisible force, compelling him to drag them into his own endless cycle of deception and destruction.
It is not his fault if they readily accept the carefully crafted narratives he creates without any need for verification or validation. Yes, it fuels his twisted sense of power, but he has no sympathy for them. The ease to condition, manipulate and violate them amuses him and serves to convince him he is absolved of any wrongdoing.
But, has that one fatal reaction finally exposed the hidden truth of his past? Will the infection of the poison he has spread be unearthed like the mud of a landslide? And more importantly, has he commanded his own downfall or will DSI Shona Williams and DCI Dion Jacobi be the ones to strike the final blow?
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Wanderings of a Wild Child
Imagine stepping outside your front door early one morning and finding that the world around you has changed. The familiar neighborhood has vanished. Where your neighbors’ houses once stood, rugged cliffs rise, their faces dotted with dark caves. A few of the cave mouths flicker with a soft amber glow.
The tarmacked road has melted away, replaced by a wide, lazy lake that laps gently at the shore. The chaotic street sounds have disappeared, replaced by a whispering breeze that playfully teases the leaves of the sturdy, ancient trees, as if telling them that change is in the air. A pale sun peeks shyly through a crooked gap in the rock face opposite.
Suddenly, movement in one of the shadowy caves catches your attention. A timid, slight figure emerges, glancing furtively around. It is a Wild Child.
Will you be brave enough to follow her? To become her unseen, silent companion as she takes her first steps away from familiar routines and comforts into a wider, wilder world of danger, challenge, and misadventure?
This is the beginning of her journey from childhood to young adulthood. Will you choose to walk beside her?
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The Miner of Wittenoom
Based on true events, this powerful story of love, resilience, and the fight for justice unfolds against the backdrop of corporate greed.
In 1961, Abele and Maria Moretti moved to Wittenoom, Australia, seeking a better life. They soon adapted to the harsh and desolate outback, creating their future and embracing new opportunities. But the mine where Abele worked hid deadly secrets.
At short notice, the mine stopped operating. Soon after, the Government was determined to close the town the family had come to love.
In 1992, as Abele’s health declined, the family uncovered the truth and sought justice. Meanwhile, a lawyer for the mining company made a surprising discovery about her family that caused her to rethink her allegiances.
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