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Rhinoceros and the Dragonfly
In a world where being different can feel lonely, two unlikely friends prove that sometimes, it’s our quirks that make life an adventure.
Little, the smallest rhino in the herd, has spent his days being overlooked, squashed, and forgotten. But when he finally decides to leave the chaos behind, he meets Twinkle, a flashy dragonfly with a celebrity status that’s more exhausting than glamorous. Together, they embark on an unforgettable journey where big dreams and tiny wings collide.
With glasses that change everything, a sinkhole that almost swallows them whole, and a savannah that comes together to save the day, Little’s and Twinkle’s friendship teaches us that being true to who you are and finding someone who sees you for all you are can lead to the most surprising and heartwarming of adventures.
Join the tiniest rhino and the most fabulous dragonfly as they navigate the wild, the messy, and the wonderful world of friendship. This delightful tale is a reminder that even the smallest creatures can make the biggest splash!
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The Adventures of Mr Whiskers
Meet Mr Whiskers, the cat that has a knack for causing chaos and a heart full of curiosity.
Mr Whiskers roams from one home to another, leaving laughter and trouble in his wake. Despite countless attempts, he never finds a forever home until he crosses paths with a wonderful eccentric man who matches Mr Whiskers’ wild energy and chaotic charm.
Together, they form an unforgettable duo, filled with laughter, love, and a touch of madness. Dive into this heartwarming tale of friendship, adventure and the unexpected bonds that bring us home.
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Notes on a Neighbourhood
A quiet street in the city of Edinburgh, tall buildings whose numerous windows both look out onto the same street and hide the residents inside them bar the occasional twitching curtain. Nothing to see here, just your everyday residents going about their daily business, a perfectly regular neighbourhood. Unless you look a little bit closer, the patterns, routines and characters are trying to hide their stories, and some are desperate to be seen. One local observer watches their comings and goings, meticulously noting their movements and impact on those around them.
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Fritz and the Giants
Fritz is a little Jack Russell who lives in the village of Baltimore, Ireland.
Rescued and adopted by the Haffners, he begins a life with a new family. Fritz experiences all the emotions that children and adults experience when going through change. Unfamiliar surroundings, new friends, fears and pure emotion. The stories allow children the ability to link to the experiences Fritz goes through. A heart-warming tale with metaphors the whole family can understand.
Fritz will be your child’s companion through all those struggles in a childhood of change.
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Ecology and Flora of Qornayel, Lebanon – Al Salam Village
A village situated in Qornayel, within Mount Lebanon, was founded in 2003, integrating seamlessly with the exceptional natural environment of the region. The area’s distinctive geological formations, rugged valley cliffs, verdant vegetation, and varied plant species have influenced the author, who has been conducting ecological and botanical research in the locality since 2009.
This publication acts as a comprehensive reference to the flora of Al Salam Village in Qornayel, offering novel insights into local species supported by photographic documentation obtained during field surveys led by the author. Additionally, it covers topics such as geology, cultural heritage, forest ecosystems, rock types, wildlife, and plant nomenclature. The study catalogued 160 species with 334 photos, representing approximately 6.1% of Lebanon’s total flora. The findings highlight the importance of ongoing conservation initiatives and ecological monitoring to safeguard Qornayel’s biodiversity.
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Towards Iraq
Putting one foot in front of the other – it’s not spectacular, it’s not extraordinary, but it can lead us to extraordinary ends.
These words are spoken to Hannah Denno during her 3000-mile walk across Europe, a journey where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
In April 2015, Hannah laced up her boots, hoisted her rucksack onto her back and set out from London towards Iraq, the country her grandfather came from, seeking connection with the land of her roots. The expedition was to become as much about traversing an emotional landscape as it was the physical terrain.
Each day’s tasks are unspectacular, but as she walks, she grapples with questions of national and individual identity and sees connections between her journey and the journeys made by others before her. And she never ceases to be blown away by the extraordinary kindness of strangers.
When political winds alter the course of her journey, Hannah is led to make new discoveries that take her personal pilgrimage to unexpected places.
“A cleverly balanced book, winding between European history and an individual family story.”
– Ursula Martin, author of One Woman Walks Wales and
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The Magic Lizard
When Meg and Peg, her younger sister, explore an old watchtower on a tiny island off the coast of Spain, they meet Tony, a lizard who can grant wishes. By mistake, Meg wishes the three back to the eighteenth century.
When they meet and become friends with José and Juan, two boys from the island, the girls realize there is something wrong. What are the boys terrified of? Is it true that there could be a pirate attack at any minute?
While they help the islanders to prepare against the invasion, Meg and Peg stumble over a treasure trove and hear some scary and exciting stories about the history of the island, as well as learning more about Tony and his strange powers.
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A Medley of Short Stories
The stories set against the background in which we live will capture the imagination and provide food for thought. The tales will make each want to read them to the end and to reflect and ruminate on the content afterwards. Described as a ‘medley’ because the content of the narratives are so different.
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Tales from Mill Pond
Humans had long thought Elves were just a fairy tale. Until the connection between the two worlds of Earth and Sylvan was rediscovered. Now both species know of the others’ existence.
But are humans and Sylvans friends? Enemies? Or perhaps something more?
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A Rabbit Called Floppy
A true story about the author as a little girl, who comes across a brown teddy bunny in a shop window at the seaside with her mum and dad, whom she falls in love with and calls Floppy. This book marks the beginning of the love and adventures that the author and Floppy will share over the years to come. This story is about love, family, hope and happiness.
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Life at the Chalkface
From his first day of teaching in one of the most deprived towns in the United Kingdom to the end of his career as headteacher of a large international school, Graham Lacey reflects on thirty-five years at the ‘chalkface’, through a number of specific experiences that helped shape his views, practical and theoretical, on educational matters.
While Graham is convinced there are certain prerequisites for a successful career in the profession, his tales illustrate that there can be no substitute for bitter experience. They reveal the steadily narrowing gap between the heady idealism with which Graham entered the profession and the painful reality as he progressed through it.
His anecdotes are laced with humour and predicaments that are likely to resonate with members of the teaching profession and shed light on human behaviour for other readers.
In short, Graham suggests that a comical or chastening experience may turn into a salutary lesson learnt. In that sense, Graham implies, the school classroom is perhaps no more nor less different from the world outside it.
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Valentine Poet
A narrator walks through life with a poet’s mind and a heart bound by obsession. Dante’s every thought and every pulse are controlled by the idea of her. When he unblocks Lyla after years of silence, the floodgates open. Their conversations became poetry, their silences thunderous. But as words weave between them, past and present blur, bleeding into a dangerous longing.
Torn between reality and the fiction he pens. Dante spirals into a rhythmic descent. A mind lost in love, in longing, in the unbearable weight of unspoken words. Valentine Poet is an intoxicating lyrical descent into obsession, passion, and the raw ache of wanting something just out of reach.
In this novel, love is not a gift. It is a longing, a compulsion, a poem that refuses to end.
£7.14
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