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From Wellie Boots to Jungle Boots
My early years in the 50s was a bad time for me, being sent to a school for bad boys in Glasgow for 18 months. Among the street wise Glasgow boys, I had a lot to learn about life. I never got much love from my father, but mother made up for that. There were ten in the family, six boys and four girls. We were very close.
Joined the army in 1960 and I loved it for 13 years 321 days with medical discharge for hearing loss. Managed a pub for four years, was a continental coach driver. I joined the masons, one of the best decisions I made in my life. Just waiting for God now.
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The Writing on the Mirror
1980: The year the SAS became both famous and infamous. Unemployment reached a staggering 1.9 million. The Iron Lady held the reins of power, and The Police dominated the airwaves with their chart-topping hit, ‘Don’t Stand So Close to Me.’
In this turbulent backdrop, a kid with a taste for Guinness, weed, and motorbikes crosses paths with an aspiring actress in a smoky country pub. What follows is a whirlwind of events: a kiss under Cleopatra’s Needle, a fateful incident in a pub, and a peculiar investigation led by a tea-and-biscuit-obsessed detective. Along the way, a bull named Hector makes an unforgettable appearance.
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The Magic Kingdom of Witches and Fairies
In the Magic Kingdom, kind witches help all the creatures, including fairies and animals. Winnie is a witch who believes she can cast powerful spells, often scaring everyone with her rantings. Ellie, the main fairy in the kingdom, has magic powers and loves to play tricks on Winnie. Ellie hopes that her playful pranks will eventually help Winnie become one of the kind, caring witches.
The kingdom is filled with colourful and unusual animals: birds that sing real songs, rabbits that chirp like birds, monkeys that laugh at everything, and big bears that smile. And, of course, all the animals can talk.
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Electrification Today Increases the CO2 Emissions
This book is about how to rationally reduce emissions of harmful gases, primarily CO2, into the atmosphere. Today, this effort is dominated by wishful thinking, incompetence, and profiteering. Both authors were educated at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). One holds a doctorate in chemistry; the other is a physicist. They realized early on that electric cars do not necessarily reduce CO2 emissions – on the contrary, in some cases, they can increase them. This was so easily demonstrable that they assumed the world would soon discover this on its own. But it did not happen. Disseminating this message proved extremely difficult. Clearly, neither the media nor politicians wanted this information. Therefore, this book had to be written.
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Orphans and Strangers
Defying his family’s wishes, William falls for Margaret, a Catholic nurse, and is cast out for marrying her. Desperate to reclaim his mother’s love, he joins the army, seeking the respect afforded to the American GIs stationed in Fermanagh. But war leaves him volatile, and his time as a POW scars him deeply. Tragedy strikes again and again: his wife succumbs to TB, and his beloved daughter drowns. Consumed by grief and paranoia, William makes a devastating choice, abandoning his daughter Trisha with his sister and fleeing to England with his son, George. Years later, George, burning for revenge, draws them both into the heart of the Troubles.
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Dragon's Breath
When Joe the dragon loses his magic, he is heartbroken. Determined to get it back, he sets off on a daring journey – unsure of who or what awaits him along the way.
His quest leads him deep into enchanted forests and shadowy caves as he searches for his elusive magic, hoping to restore it and return safely home.
Along the way, Joe encounters incredible mythical creatures, from towering giants to majestic flying horses, who offer their help in unexpected ways. He tastes exotic foods, rests on beds woven from gossamer threads, and pushes forward through day and night, never losing hope.
But will Joe ever find his missing magic?
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Luke to Theo, Again
Luke presents Christianity’s growth as explosive. His is the story of its far-reaching spread “to the ends of the earth”. If Luke were able to name his work (and it seems he never did), he would describe it as The Acts of God, or better still, the Acts of the Holy Spirit.
Luke to Theo, Again continues the author’s journey into the Graeco-Roman-Hebraic world of the first century. With Peter and Paul as the protagonists of the Jesus Movement, Luke’s sweeping panorama, with over 80 characters, moves from Jerusalem, across Asia and into Europe.
The author continues the practice of using box texts to illuminate various points in his commentary of Luke’s text. Clear biographical, literary, historical, and geographical data is presented in easy-to-follow list and dictionary formats, as well as more detailed background mini essays on the beginnings and spread of Christianity.
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Life in Spain
Having travelled, lived abroad and visited Spain, I imagined living there would not imply a drastic change in lifestyle other than learning the language, and different climate and food. However, I was in for a shock. I was immersed into a large, close knit, traditional family in the south of Spain in the early eighties and it was like stepping back in time. They had not long become a democracy, recently freed from years of dictatorship when time had stood still, especially for those living in the poorer areas of Andalucia.
The role of women was more related to that of my grandmother, for example a woman even needed her husband or father’s permission to open a bank account, whereas I had run my own business. My sister-in-law who was considerably younger than me had not been allowed to go on a school trip to France with Nuns, whereas I had been to France and Africa on school trips, travelled considerably and also lived and worked abroad.
I must have appeared as some sort of alien, I didn’t even speak their language consequently initially I was blissfully unaware of the fact my behaviour must have been rather shocking for them, I was used to doing everything unchaperoned which was unthinkable for some of my peers. However, they were warm and friendly, I grew to love the people and the lifestyle, and witnessed the radical change that swept over Spain during the following twenty years.
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The Line to Freedom
Andrew was recruited into the British Secret Intelligence Service in 1939 for his linguistic talents and other qualities while working in the banking sector in the City of London.
From the beginning of WWII, he worked full-time for the Service. His first mission was to witness the attempted assassination of Hitler in Munich in November 1939, followed by three further missions: sabotaging a German train carrying armaments deep inside enemy territory with a colleague; assisting in the evacuation of BEF soldiers during the Dunkirk operation aboard one of the ‘small ships’; and working with the Royal Navy to help bring the Norwegian king and his cabinet from Tromsø to exile in London.
After extensive commando-style training in Scotland, lengthy Royal Navy officer training, and instruction as a parachutist, Andrew was dropped into northeast France in late May 1941. This highly risky mission involved collaborating with the French Resistance.
Following several smaller, but equally dangerous, missions, he was sent to Sardinia to work with the Partisans in July 1941. His objective: to thwart the Italian Air Force from bombing Allied convoys heading to Malta.
On returning to England, Andrew assumed the identity of a missing French Resistance operative and was dropped back into France. There, he joined multiple groups on a perilous mission, narrowly escaping the Wehrmacht and the Abwehr before making his way back to England via Spain.
This is a compelling narrative, rich with exciting and lesser-covered themes in spy fiction. The writer’s attention to detail and meticulous research offers readers a vivid and comprehensive insight into the complex and colorful world of intelligence during WWII.
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The Crystal Heart — A Dragora Tale
Dreams can shape the future, replay the past, or reveal something far more mysterious.
When Rajan becomes trapped in a terrifying nightmare, it marks the beginning of an unexpected journey for him and the lady of his heart. But is this the start of a heroic adventure, or something far more sinister?
Beneath the scorching desert sun, they must unravel an ancient mystery and decipher the meaning behind the haunting dreams. They must solve the puzzle or perish in the attempt.
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Rainbow Play
Rainbow Play makes learning fun by engaging children’s interest through storytelling and bringing the book to life. Dive into a collection of delightful tales, where each story is written to be read as you’d want to hear them as a child: fun, expressive, and full of life.
With relatable characters, believable adventures, and engaging language, these stories will keep young readers hooked from start to finish
And as the little ones ask their Mummy, Daddy, carer, or guardian, ‘can you read The Golden Wishbone again?’ you’ll find yourself just as captivated by the magic of Rainbow Play.
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Princess Lily and The Chompie Zompies
Follow Lily, an inquisitive child with a love for crisps, living with type-1 diabetes, as she navigates her way through her morning deciding that as she is now a ‘Princess’ she does not need any help and can go it alone for breakfast with her trusty sidekick, a stuffed unicorn, by her side. But watch out for the Chompie Zompies that live upstairs…
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