62 Ergebnisse - Zeige 21 von 40.

A series of case studies that look at how people can adapt to climate change.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

A collection of poetry covering the experience of homelessness.

In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham swept through the Middle East, threatening the lives of women, children, and millions of people already clinging to life after decades of conflict. This is the incredible story of Susan, an Iranian woman caught in the middle of that war.

Keine Beschreibung.

Told from alternating points of view, Jonno and James tell the story of their journey from home to Lima, through Huarez and ultimately to the peak of Casharaju in the Cordillera Huayhuash mountain range in Peru. The narrative is intercepted by occasional vignettes from people they meet along the way, who provide a birds eye view of their developing relationship and of the cultural context of Peru itself. Written almost in the form of diary ent...

The Gods Of Frequency is a literary novel by Shane Johnstone, a working class Glaswegian writer and musician. It follows the relationship of two traditional musicians living in Glasgow, one working class, without formal education, battling with the crippling self doubt and anxiety that can be observed in all working class musicians, the other privately educated. Written in flowing Glasgwegian dialect and standard English, we follow the protago...

Jonathan Watts' "Bury Me Where They Fall" is an epic fantasy novel about a disloyal soldier named Amiel who takes on a mysterious and dangerous warlord known as Decius.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

A true crime memoir featuring the authors journey from university student to bank robber and his time in American prisons.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

This book is a composition of powerful, poignant and perceptive poems that depict life on the autism spectrum. Written by a young person with High Functioning Autism, the poems reflect on her school and college years, capturing sadness at being marginalised as well as appreciation for the people who supported her.The poems provide important insights on the difficulties that people on the autism spectrum face, including deep anxiety and develop...

This book is about Bristol's changing face. Written by an author who grew up in the heart of Bristol's ghetto, Palmer sheds light on the supposed 'renovation' that Bristol's poorer quarters have been undergoing. Growing up in Easton's neighbouring Whitehall, he would get into fights, be beaten up, be robbed at the end of a gun barrel, and experience the rough and ready upbringing that youths in these areas face the country over.After returning...

Keine Beschreibung.

Hayden's realm is a voyage into space and time like no other, crammed with twists that will keep you questioning what will happen next. It is a journey of a man (Max Hayden) who finds himself trapped in an alternative realm - like another dimension, where everything he knows is not quite as it was. Max is able to pilot a newly developed anti-gravity ship, but this technology attracts the attention of an advanced alien intelligence. Thus begins...

What made a promising university student become a bank robber?How did a world traveller become an internationally wanted criminal?"This book is an autobiographical account of the author's route into crime, from an unknown university student to an infamous bank robber wanted on both sides of the pond. It isn't long before he swaps lecture halls for the ruthless walls of the American prison system. This book shows how the path of crime is not al...

Pulled by a thread through a fog, Mowzl arrives in the human world from a future time. In his home world Mowzl is a real mouse, here in the human world he is a toy - but alive, with a heart and feelings. He is found by Pip and LuLu, who are grown-ups, and LuLu makes him a woolen pouch in which he can fly. He talks with wild creatures and is upset to learn that the world is being badly damaged by what humans are doing. In his home world there a...