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The Jazz Boat
The directors of Great Trips Ltd have a serious problem: they are on the brink of bankruptcy. In a desperate bid to save the company, they partner with a foreign business to launch a river cruise on the Seine, offering entertainment tailored to the British tourist market.
What the directors don’t realize is that their new partnership is secretly involved in people smuggling. When their youngest colleague uncovers the truth, she faces a difficult choice: should she report the operation to the Border Force, or put herself at risk to stop it from within?
Among the passengers on the cruise is someone working undercover to gather evidence of the smuggling operation. Tensions rise, and the truth comes dangerously close to the surface at the Captain’s dinner party.
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From Blinker Hall to Room 39: British Naval Intelligence 1880-1945
Dr. Wells offers an exhilarating deep dive into the world of British Naval Intelligence, exploring its intricacies with a level of detail and professionalism never before seen. As the only living person to have served in both British and United States Intelligence, and having been trained by the leading figures of British Naval Intelligence during World War Two, Anthony Wells brings unmatched expertise to this compelling history. Spanning over 65 years, this book draws readers into a captivating exploration of the political, institutional, organizational, personal, operational, strategic, and technical aspects of British Naval Intelligence across both World Wars. Wells invites us into the inner sanctum of British Naval Intelligence, revealing how history was shaped by the extraordinary expertise, courage, resilience, and intellectual brilliance of those who came from all corners of British society. This book not only enthrals and captivates but also educates, shedding light on the essence of outstanding intelligence work, much of which continues to influence the present day.
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Eight Kids from London
Were you ever at school? Did you sometimes hate school and sometimes love it?
Did you have a teacher that you loved? Did you have someone who inspired you totally?
Did you have a gang of mates that you always hung around with? Did you have a secret name for your group of friends? Would you have done anything for your mates?
Have you ever run? Have you ever swum? Have you ever played football? Did sport change your life? Did you have an injury that you thought you’d never recover from?
Did you ever get really hurt? Did you ever get to your absolute lowest and recover from it? Did you have people who believed in you, people who changed your life?
Well, if any of these apply to you, then maybe, just maybe you’ll enjoy Eight Kids from London!
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The Dingo Hunter
Laurie Corbett was born in Castlemaine, Victoria in 1941 and spent much of his early life catching wildlife to supplement the family diet and thus developed an understanding and love of the bush and its fauna. He joined the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research to study dingoes and their prey in central Australia 1968-75 and later 1980-96 in Kakadu National Park.
Intervening those years, he studied Scottish wildcats and feral cats in Aberdeenshire and the Outer Hebrides. At that time, he regularly returned home for Christmas where, en route, he ‘discovered’ dingoes in Thailand and other South-east Asian countries; and subsequently made regular visits to study them resulting in a Whitley Award for his 1995 book The Dingo in Australia and Asia.
In 1997, he led ecological surveys at Bradshaw Field Training Area and at Christmas Island, and concurrently was a member of IUCN’s Canid Specialist Group with field work in Indonesia. In 2007, he formed his own consulting company to provide dingo management advice at mine sites in deserts throughout Australia. Throughout this journey, he met an incredible array of characters and experienced many unusual events, most pleasant but others not so.
This illustrated narrative provides research data in conjunction with the day-to-day joy, frustration and danger associated with working in outback Australia. Similarly, in relatively isolated regions of Thailand, Laos, and Burma where the English language is not spoken and unintentional non-compliance with local customs can have dangerous outcomes.
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Bound by Tradition
These are not stories of fiction, but echoes of real lives – the lives of my family, spanning generations. Their experiences, passed down through whispered memories, shaped not only those who lived them but also those who came after.
Through their tales, I pieced together the intricate mosaic of my family history. These vivid images and the emotions they evoked helped forge the person I am today.
The events recounted here will, I hope, intrigue and perhaps even shock you. My culture, steeped in traditions vastly different from those of the West, may seem puzzling or even brutal to some. The mindsets of certain characters may appear utterly foreign to Western readers, but I trust that the explanations of our customs will shed light on their motivations.
Names have been changed to protect the privacy of my elders. May these stories provoke thought and spark a deeper understanding of a world far removed from your own.
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The Food Lady
Miss Deer is very hungry, but the local squirrels and birds do not want her to eat with them. She is sad and lonely, she doesn’t understand their rejection. She does not see why she cannot have some bird seed, which is rich and plentiful at this lady’s house. The many birds, squirrels and chipmunks tell her she is too big and scary. She becomes very frustrated and decides to eat the lady’s prize roses. She feels, too, a comradeship to the man who lives here, for he is also rejected by the animals. A hungry but friendly raccoon, out in the daytime, stops her and tells her that deer are not mean.
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Gummy's Adventures in Fatro
Gummy is back and this time he has many new friends including Sebby the Skate, Kermit the Hermit Crab, Algy and Angie the Angel, fish and a surprise meeting with a character you may have heard about!
These six short stories will capture your imagination as the underwater antics continue. There are also encounters with Gummy’s old friends from his first adventures.
As Gummy travels from his lonely goldfish bowl to the fantastical underwater world of Fatro, the magic lingers. Come inside and see!
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New Governments and the Protection of Foreign Investments under International Law
In recent years, there has been a tension in international arbitration between legal stability and political change. This tension increases significantly when new governments face pressure to enact economic reforms that redress the perceived shortcomings of their predecessors. In doing so, new governments may have to renegotiate concession contracts, terminate monopolies and re-nationalise state assets that have been illegitimately transferred into private hands. However, when foreign investments are affected, foreign investors may claim that judicial, administrative or legislative measures have violated the core principles of international investment law under investment treaties. Indeed, foreign investors have previously raised claims against host states in relation to the implementation of treaty obligations. Such claims raise the question of how arbitral tribunals should address the tension between legal stability and political change.
The primary aim of this book is to effectively understand how international law deals with the tension between legal stability and political change. Specifically, this book seeks to address the vagueness that surrounds determinations on the international liability of new governments in relation to foreign investments under international law. Thus, the scope of the book covers three main areas of international law: 1) the law of state immunity; 2) the law of state responsibility; and 3) international investment law, which is a sub-field of international law that integrates both public and private international law.
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A New Home for Holly and Ivy
Holly and Ivy are a new pair of matching, colourful Christmas socks. They are very fond of each other.
One day, something unexpected and strange happens, and Holly finds that Ivy is suddenly missing.
Holly feels rather sad, but luckily, she will be reunited with Ivy very soon – on Christmas Day itself!
A sweet, festive story that introduces young children to the concepts of temporary loss and the possibility of helping others through second-hand clothing charity shops.
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Elimination
This is the world. This is our world. This is my world. My world is not fair. My world is cruel. My world is indifferent to all that inhabit it. In my world, life is cheap. In my world, evil excels. In my world, the good are condemned, while the bad proliferate. There are many people who inhabit my world. To the east, there is the fascist ‘paradise’ of Antrioch. There, women dominate all. There, the leader decides what is right and what is wrong. There, humanity is unaffordable. To the west, there is the democratic country of Allia. There, they think they’re free.
Are they really free, though? It’s a funny thing, freedom. It’s often when we believe that we possess it that it’s furthest from our reach. To the north, there is my home, the socialist utopia of Spidred. Here, there is little to do but think and freeze. Often that is the best strategy for survival. Is it enough to consider? Or must we act in consideration? That’s what’s left to contemplate in this part of the world. Technology has supposedly freed us.
Are we truly advanced? Or are we merely tomorrow’s obsolescence? Sometimes I wonder. Will this world thrive? Will it move forward to a better future? Or is it doomed to destitution? I do not know, but, I’m sure that I will have fun finding out.
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Now We Are Very Old
If poetry be the food of love, read on’ as some particularly famous playwright bloke once said or maybe he didn’t. It might have been that he said, ‘if music be the food of love, play on’. Frankly, be that as it may, this composer of little rhyming ditties thinks poems are rather fun and many of them are, in any case, about things he loves. Thus, it works either way.
This little volume of twenty-four poetic offerings on various themes (plus one totally free extra ditty in the introduction, please note) rather proves the point even if the author most un-humbly does say it himself.
Read out loud with rhythm in your voice. Set them to music of your own choosing and sing them if you like. However you prefer to take your poems, please enjoy them for what they are: a bit of simple fun.
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Reckoning
Harrison Stone knew they’d taken a risk returning to Carlisse, but had no idea how truly shattering the consequences of rescuing Queen Nadia would be. Barely escaping the city with his life, Harrison returns to the mage sanctuary in Arencia to understand the fiery power that has overwhelmed Rylie whilst also getting aid for Zack, who has been severely wounded.
To protect the people he cares for, Harrison must combine old skills with new knowledge, deal with a recent betrayal and the rising threat of war. Time is of the essence as hunters become the hunted, friends are called upon in the hour of need, and the Imperator’s determination threatens to destroy them all.
£14.99
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