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This book reveals true life dramas across the 17th and 20th centuries as seen through the eyes of ten generations of ordinary men and their families. The men lived in the coastal area of East Kent and the book describes how they struggled with a complex mesh of intriguing events to live out their daily lives. A major theme running through the first half of the book is the rise and fall of wool smuggling in the area and the various attempts of ...

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This true story is set in the Victorian Era. It follows the life of Thomas Dobson, who started and ended his life in a workhouse. He lived in the garrison city of Canterbury, Kent, where he became a Master Baker. In the 1800s the city faced many social problems including poverty, theft, police corruption, prostitution, poor sanitation, health issues, and intoxication.

This book is a work of fiction based on well researched facts. It follows the lives of eight women in one family living between the 18th and the 21st century. It follows their struggles to bring up the next generation and the developing practices of midwifery form a major theme throughout the book.

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This practical guide, filled with handy links to exercises, really challenges our notions of what happiness is. The idea, held by many, of it being about pleasure, is torn down by the author's brutal logic and honest disclosure of personal experience. Instead we find that happiness is more akin to freedom, liberation from our judgements and attachment to outcomes, as well as compassion and generosity to others. For those who are seeking more h...