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Have you ever let animals in your house? I don’t mean spiders or moths; I mean wild animals like foxes or hedgehogs. I know a man who did just that, one very cold Christmas Eve.
This man loves nature. He learnt about animal tracks. He learnt about trees and the wildlife that uses them. Not only to live in but also for food, seeds and nuts.
We are surrounded by technology. In itself not a bad thing, but it can‘t beat finding the traces of a deer in the mud, or hedgehog poo or putting the name to a tree when you find its leaf or just standing and listening to the bird song.
You can find nature in your own back garden at any time of year. Just open your eyes and ears. That‘s what the man in this story did. He – oops! I almost gave it away.
Why not find out by reading the book?
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Gloria – The Fastest Angel is a beautiful story that is about self-worth, divine purpose and faith. So much more than a Christmas story, it tells of an angel called Gloria who doubts her gifts but soon realises that certain skills are meant for certain jobs! Its message is to accept and recognise your gifts and trust that you can make a difference! Gloria’s ability for flying fast gets her a job that embraces the Christmas story, as she is called upon to help announce the birth of Jesus. A playful, lovely, imaginative story.
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Confused? Trying to make sense of the modern era? You’re not alone.
The world is a battle of dichotomies—left-right, conservative-liberal, progressive-regressive, open-closed, feelings-knowledge, evidence-opinion, religion-secularism, ideology-pragmatism, identity-fluidity, nationalism-globalism, fixed mindset-growth mindset, and more.
Nothing is Black or White! Nothing is That Simple, provides invaluable insight and much-needed perspective for the most complex period in our history.
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As a regular man with dyslexia, I see life through a unique lens, shaped by both challenge and wonder. While dyslexia has made things difficult – especially with numbers and words that seem to dance on the page – I have learnt to embrace my journey. I didn’t realise I was dyslexic until my 30s and only after returning to college in my 40s did I find out I was dyslexic. Accepting this, I changed how I approach learning in a different way. With the love of all nature, especially trees, it helped my creative flow. I often find peace and the words I need to inspire myself to write and to connect with the things I love. Poetry has become a passion, allowing me to capture moments in short bursts. This is just the start of my journey writing poems and even children’s stories. I feel quite victorious with what I have achieved.
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Sparky, a once confident and proud dragon, embarks on an adventure to regain his confidence, optimism, and overall spark. Along the way, he meets some unexpected friends who help him on his journey of self-discovery.
A book themed around emotional intelligence: focusing on self-belief, bravery, positive affirmations and the importance of making mistakes.
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Christof’s Search for Happiness: A Christmas Story
On a lonely Christmas Eve, young Christof feels unseen, left out, and longing for true happiness—until a silent Angel appears and invites him on a magical journey across snow-covered lands and heartwarming lessons.
From skating with a Snow Goddess in Iceland to giggling with a bubble-gum shop owner in England, Christof meets whimsical friends who teach him that courage, laughter, self-worth, and wonder are all part of the path toward true happiness. But it is only in the wondrous Kingdom of Woo that Christof begins to understand the greatest truth of all: that true, lasting happiness isn’t found in things or places, but within the heart—where love, faith, and joy abide.
Told in lyrical, rhyming verse, Christof’s Search for Happiness is a heartwarming holiday tale for ages 7 and up—perfect for cozy family read-alouds, independent young readers, or one-chapter-a-day countdowns to Christmas. A timeless Christmas gift to share and treasure year after year.
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The Grass isn’t Greener on the Other Side
The second book in a delightful series for young readers, this charming and humorous tale follows two playful goats on another exciting adventure. Determined to find greener, lusher pastures, the mischievous pair set off beyond their familiar paddock in search of something better.
But as their journey unfolds, the goats soon discover that the grass isn’t always greener elsewhere. Along the way, they learn that the place they call home and the comforts that come with it may have been the best pasture all along.
A lighthearted story that gently reminds us that sometimes what we are looking for is already right where we are.
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The cruelty of glory’s poisoned chalice has never been more poignant than in Napoleon’s fall. A vast empire to rival Rome comes crumbling down, like the marble to the chisel, even as the sculptor strives to capture its enduring legacy.
The Empire was chipped away, piece by painful piece, from the snow-swept steppes of Russia, to the blood-soaked Spanish sands of Pamplona’s bullring colosseum, and to final defeat by Wellington at Waterloo.
This novel tries to uphold, to the bitter end, humanity’s will to hold back the tide of the inevitable and cling to the flame of one man’s destiny, even as it threatens to burn out amidst the snow.
The flicker of Napoleon’s light, fragile as the snowflake before the all-vanquishing thaw, was never extinguished despite the howling wind, snapping like the wolves ever at his heels, seeking to tear his empire apart, piece by piece.
I hope you see Napoleon in this light, as I do.
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Lepanto: Silver Lycus Ghosts of Constantinople
A band of armoured Latin adventurers are bound together by a startling and remarkable thread; they are descendants of a select few Italians, and Spaniards, who stood atop the walls of Ancient Byzantium, perishing as they tried to hold back Sulymann’s hoards.
Like the glistening Silver Lycus River through the ancient city of Constantinople, sparkling in the moon-light, this silver spectral thread binds these adventurers together, across the waves, even as far as the New World, and Cortez’ conquistadors, as they fought the Aztec Empire.
Lepanto: Silver Lycus, is the beginning of a quest across the ages, a forlorn quest to rid the Mediterranean of the Ottomans, and restore long-lost Byzantium to its rightful owners.
An endless saga that continues, in some ways, sadly, to this very day.
Futility, betrayal, loss, and adventure, confronts our intrepid Latins, as they fight the forces of evil, that would ensnare and enslave their very own, Mare Nostrum.
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Don’t Feed Sprouts to Reindeer
It’s Christmas Eve, and Father Christmas is getting ready to begin his busiest night of the year. The snow is falling, the toys are loaded, but his usual reindeer are sick! What will he do? His chief elf has a plan, but an oversight at feeding time causes regrettable consequences. Powered by methane and magic, Santa Claus endures the smelliest, the most pungent, the most stenchy and altogether the most rotten night’s flying he’s ever had.
Come along on his journey, a tale told in rhyme; this might be too naughty to read at bedtime! If you don’t like bad smells, leave this book on the shelf, but you’ll miss the discovery made by Norbert the elf.
Will the outrageous reindeer put the boss in a rage? There’s one way to find out; come along and turn the page.
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In mediaeval times, a king and queen, pray, separately, to their favourite goddess for a daughter with a soul. Their son is kind and popular, unlike the daughter, whose manner is haughty and unpleasant. The Irresistible Force Fate, is impressed by the depth of feeling in the royal couple’s prayers and protects the request until it reaches the goddess. She looks into their hearts and sees Sincerity smiling back. A daughter is born, loved by all for her good nature, kindness and seeing good in everyone.
The child grows and, with Fate’s help, meets Ben, the head gardener’s son. A powerful bond forms, and they become inseparable.
With adulthood comes angst. The Dark Forces increase their mischief. Although she wants to believe that Ben loves her, the head wins more often than the heart. Eventually, she leaves Ben and agrees to marry a kind prince for reasons of political alliance.
At the wedding, Ben appears at the back of the chapel pleading for her to reconsider, but Paranoia and Self-doubt are too strong, and she shakes her head. Ben disappears.
Fate’s sister Love asks Father Time to intervene. Time takes a step back and the scene replays. This time, Fate and Love intervene, and the outcome changes enough for the princess to know where Ben will be. She runs to the garden where they first met to find him lying there, dead, holding the poem that first brought them together. Her eyes fill with tears. Some fall on Ben.
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Missing from most discussions of the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 is any consideration of what happened in the Senate—where the action really took place. Most of the accounts have concentrated on Mr Whitlam, on the House of Representatives, and on the Governor-General. This complements other accounts that have appeared.
The latter part of the book concerns life in the leafy and pleasant suburb of Mosman in Sydney.
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