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Gerald's New Home
Gerald the giraffe lives in the zoo with his kind friend, Ken the zookeeper. Every evening, Gerald feels lonely as he watches the happy visitors leave while he remains behind his enclosure. Will Ken be able to find Gerald a special home where he truly belongs?
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The Istanbul Legacy
Two former MI6 officers, Bill Simpson and Eileen Harriman, die on the same day on opposite sides of the world. Coincidence? What was the secret project they had been working on years earlier? Was that what drove Simpson to continue his obsessive search for an English double agent in Istanbul? And what was Simpson’s link with an enigmatic Turkish intelligence officer? Why was his body found on wasteland not far from her home?
James Davidson’s hopes of becoming the next Director General of MI6 are dashed when he is sent to Istanbul to investigate. He will immediately become a person of interest for the Turkish intelligence officer, putting his life at risk.
In Argentina a young doctor has just discovered that his biological father was a high-ranking Nazi war criminal, not the much-loved man who had brought him up. In turmoil he sets off to trace his biological father’s footsteps across Europe, ending up in a traumatic encounter with Commander Kadir Demercol, the man who arrested his father and brought him to trial.
Emotionally exhausted, he heads for Australia, where, by chance, he meets and falls in love with Anoushka Demercol, Kadir’s daughter. She is lodging in a house once owned by Eileen Harriman. During renovations, a package is found addressed to former Superintendent John Arbuthnot, friend of Kadir.
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The Morning I Got Up Dead
What awaits us after death? Paradise or hell? Or there is nothing after death and the earth will be our last duvet?
I think that paradise awaits us after death. Paradise adapted to everyone's wishes. There is no need to be afraid.
Our dear Linda is also afraid; she doesn't know what awaits her in the morning when she gets up dead. She starts to feel sorry, and she cries... Everything comes out of her: regret, remorse, hatred... But also love and hope, forgiveness...
She is dreaming of a nice, funny movie where she is the main character. And why not? In fantasy, everything is possible.
When she meets Mr Death, Willy and his horse Oscar, she is surprised but also amused. They are so nice and friendly.
After waiting for Mr Death, who had forgotten her, she goes after him. When she hears about Willi's life story, she realises that someone else also has a painful past...
LINDA WANTS TO GO BACK TO LIFE… CAN WILLY HELP HER?
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Shaggydog Dog Memoirs
John Lewis has spent his life doing many different things, but the passion that has stayed closest to his heart is the care and training of dogs. After time spent in the army and the corporate world of business, Lewis began to focus on his love for dogs and his seemingly natural ability to train them. Shaggy Dog Memoirs explores his work alongside these four-legged friends in a personally humorous way.
Throughout these entertaining memoirs John paints a picture of his love and connection with dogs, creating a collection of stories that share much wisdom as well as allow the reader to get to know the writer himself.
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Candilazo: A Poetic Sweet
In Candilaso: A Poetic Sweet, the poems explore the beauty nature provides: purple fog under El Escorial outside Madrid, Spain, from turmoil to thankfulness to God for recovering from sickness, gleaming blue eyes by strong light reflection and vase artistry silhouetted by a woman reaching out for affection as she sings a German Lied. These are just a small sample of what you will delve into when reading this book.
This book is a continuation of the style found in Casey Krysztofik’s previous book, Tanka Cavalcade: Referring not to toy construction trucks, except now free from self-restricted poetry form. It includes an epigraph poem about lessons being ignored by some from history.
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Catch 25
The human psyche can typically only take so much negativity: getting wrongly excluded from education, having your friends betray and abandon you, and failing at your career. This is something Jason finds out the hard way.
Luckily, there are ways around going insane, or worse. One of them being having the best partner in the world.
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Homesick for a Home I Don't Have
The mystery surrounding the questions of where anxiety originates, how morosity discreetly overwhelms us, what makes us hopeless, and why we experience joy and optimism remains vague and unanswered. Typically, the brain is regarded as the source of all our emotions and desires. In contrast, others consider the human soul to be the source. In the quest to understand the mysterious and invisible soul, this fictional narrative has sought to uncover some insights into the human psyche. The fiction’s protagonists, a homeless boy and his sister, and their interactions with the narrator, have attempted to unveil some insights into the functioning of the human soul. The fictional narrative depicts that the anxiety, fear, joy, optimism, and various desires originate from the invisible soul of each protagonist, which has shaped their life and guided their actions.
In contrast, different brain activities, such as attention and memory, organise human intelligence and knowledge. Moreover, brain function helps to hone, inhibit, and shape various emotions. Finally, the fictional narrative has distinguished between brain function and the function of the soul in organising human behaviour.
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Roots and Wings
These poems are not just words on a page; they are footprints in soil and feathers in flight.
In Roots and Wings, The Literacy Guy, Dr Zidane X. Salmon, traces the tender, turbulent journey of a little Black boy from the vibrant shores of the Caribbean to the complex terrain of the United Kingdom. This striking debut collection is both a love letter to home and a brave reckoning with displacement, identity, and transformation.
Each poem is rich with rhythm, memory, and cultural pride grounded in the soil of ancestry yet reaching boldly toward possibility. Through vivid imagery and unapologetic truth-telling, Salmon explores what it means to belong, to resist, and to rise as a young Black man navigating two worlds.
From the sting of racism to the balm of community, from inherited wisdom to the longing for freedom, The Roots and Wings is a testament to resilience and becoming. These verses will speak to anyone who has ever straddled borders, geographical, emotional, or spiritual and wondered if they were enough.
This is more than poetry. This is a flight from root to sky.
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Dream Happy Excited
Step into a world where dreams leap off the pages and into vibrant reality! In “Dream Happy Excited”, young readers are invited on an enchanting journey with Mia, a spirited dreamer who uncovers the magic of her subconscious every time she sleeps. From thrilling adventures in exotic international shops to playful escapades at the aquarium and zoo and the joy of strumming a captivating melody, Mia discovers that the possibilities of her imagination are as boundless as the world itself.
This whimsical A-to-Z exploration introduces kids to different countries, sparking curiosity and igniting a passion for adventure and learning. Each letter serves as a doorway to new experiences, encouraging readers to embrace their dreams and chase their passions.
Themes of exploration, creativity, and cultural appreciation weave through every page, ensuring that children will not only dream happily but also wake excited to make those dreams a reality.
Join Mia as she learns that with a dash of courage and a sprinkle of joy, every dream can blossom into an unforgettable experience. “Dream Happy Excited” is a heartwarming tale that will inspire young dreamers to step out into the world, fuelled by the belief that their aspirations can come true. Perfect for bedtime or anytime reading, this beautifully illustrated book promises to inspire laughter, joy, and a desire for adventure in the hearts of readers of all ages.
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They Called Her Bitter Green
Once again, S.P. Peredo draws from both personal experiences and his imagination to present a collection of engaging stories: During a visit to a museum in Alaska, Judy sees the photograph of a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her and sets out to solve the mystery behind it; During a camping trip, a man who nearly drowns has a near-death vision that alters how he thinks about his own mortality; the life story of a young Mexican man who perishes in his attempt to enter the United States Illegally shows the gentle, human side of migrants seeking a better life; A sensitive young man is moved by the paranormal experiences centred around his mother’s death; a fantastical allegory of human society as seen through the lives of ectoparasites that live and thrive on human skin; A comical, yet sad, street musician in Mexico City finds an opportunity for success through a chance encounter with two boys on their way to school; An old man, through an amazing dream and his love for a young woman, finds a glimpse of eternity; an audacious man who never thinks twice about consequences In his quest for adventure.
These heartfelt, beautifully written stories, full of vivid imagery, are evocative in their range of themes that lead intriguing characters to encounter the spectrum of human emotions, including friendship, betrayal, hope, despair and love.
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The Four Friends, Vol. 1
Meet Charlie, Spencer, Brock and Anna as they embark on FOUR short misadventures in their neighbourhood.
Treehouse – To impress the other kids in the neighbourhood, the four build a treehouse as the ultimate status symbol.
Party – When rejected from Angelica’s party, Charlie decides he’s going to join it one way or another.
Music – Spencer struggles to play his violin, that is, until a new kid moves to the neighbourhood who is willing to assist in teaching Spencer.
Camping – The four take their younger siblings as well as the irresponsible Dude on a camping trip, however, when the younger siblings go missing the older kids must go looking for them.
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Shining Light: The Love That Saved Her
What can a soul remember when the heart is fully open for love and ready to listen to the universe?
In this sensual and tantalisingly soulful follow-up, Gatinha returns with a hypnotic blend of truth and fiction, inviting readers into a deeper journey: one of embodied healing, feminine power, and a spirituality that pulses beneath the surface, beyond what the eyes can see.
As her reality begins to slip—raw, dreamlike, and stirred by a delicious kind of madness—she’s pulled into a realm where time bends, the body remembers, and pleasure becomes a sacred language of its own.
In the liminal space between longing and surrender, past and present entwine. And to reclaim her peace, one woman must bare herself to the echoes of memory and the fire of desire.
This is a story where silence moans louder than words, where touch becomes truth, and intimacy opens the door to transformation.
A story of sacred sensuality, surrender, and the irresistible return to the self – whole, wild, and utterly alive. Contains soul. Contains sex. You’ve been warned.
£11.99
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