Many remarkable things about Fife's origins never understood before are set out in detail here ‿ a must read for all Fifers and those with an interest in the County.
The Two Worlds of Tom Tinderlee follows Tom, a young boy with temper issues, as he travels to an undiscovered planet. Will Tom find the courage to overcome his fears and combat an ancient predator who after centuries of sleep is about to wake?
A young woman, Idunn, and a young man, Heimdar, make a perilous journey to gather momentum for their religion, The Old Faith. Along the way, they are joined by others, including a minstrel, a young warrior who is testing her sexual boundaries, and a wolf. Meanwhile, the neighbouring kings decide to attack over the differences between their faiths.
Life is full of ups and downs. Powell reflects on a secure but challenging start in life, followed by a police career that took him all over the United Kingdom and the world, witnessing the aftermath of many significant events. These reflections are often in verse, ranging from crime and riot to the lighter side of life, featuring everyday issues.
A unique fusion of fiction and non-fiction, follow Ava as she explores the effects of air pollution on climate change. See how her friends change her attitude toward the environment, how she learns to express her thoughts and ideas about the birds and animals endangered by the chemicals and gases in our air and how she gets active to help!
What is the ‿something fishy‿ that Petroc Tremayne believes is going on at St Cadoc‿s Abbey on the Cornish island of Morgarrow? He asks his great-niece, Iris Grant, for advice, but before she can visit him, Petroc dies. Iris‿s friend Persephone Brown brings Gawaine St Clair and David Powers to investigate.
This book provides an encouraging space for anyone to be a leading positive presence in the workplace, building strong attributes and skills to coach teams using sound workplace practices and tools. It is an essential toolkit for management and workplace matters. It also serves those wanting to build a positive and mindful workplace culture.
We meet wormlet Ferret Lumbric who is on the road to rack and ruin, but all he really wants is to be is a clown. Next, Ivy Glue emerges, ambitious and frustrated. After a series of mishaps, she discovers she absolutely loves singing and is good at it too! We encounter George and Binky, who are childhood pals.
Alice and her mother meet a stranger on a bus and minutes later find her on a bench panicking. For Alice, it‿s simple: the three of them need each other. Rachel fights against imposing her disability on the pair. Rachel‿s seizures trigger painful childhood memories for Beth, and Alice is torn between loyalty to her mother and standing by Rachel.
It‿s the twins‿ first sleepover - Flo and Ludovic have some friends over. When it‿s time for bed and Dad turns off the light, Ludovic becomes quiet. The other children snuggle into their comforters, but Ludovic hides under his. Suddenly, from under the blanket, he hears a noise. One by one, the dogs printed on the others' comforters come to life!
Vivien Brandt loves all things British and has done since she was a child. So when she moves from California to live with her gorgeous new English husband, in a small Yorkshire village, she doesn‿t foresee any problems beyond negotiating when to put milk in her tea. But she soon finds herself tripping over cultural differences. Oh, and a body.
Aiming to be a clan chief is easy when you have the right credentials. It‿s a bit more tricky when you haven‿t any. But lack of proof need be no barrier when you‿re absolutely brimming with all the right stuff to make a great chief. At least that‿s the theory according to billionaire, ego-maniac, Gordon Weever.
Trudi Penislow is a seriously feisty (and precocious) nine-year-old Cornish girl on a mission to save the world from climate catastrophe. Though her dad‿s a former Prime Minister she reckons she‿s got the better handle on political activism.
There were always fires in my marriage. Fires that were never quite put out and wetted down by tears, before starting up again with even more ferocity and vengeance. The atmosphere in the house was uncomfortably humid as a result of this. Four Humid Months is a deeply personal reflection of my marriage and the four months we spent living together.
How would you go about finding a relative if they had gone missing abroad?For Michaela Kingdom this should have been all in a dayâEUR(TM)s work. After all, she had previously been a search analyst for the CIA in London.
Beginning in 1921 and spanning a period of 26 years, Tumble tells the story of Emiliano, a boy who was born into poverty in the north Italian town of Bardi.
You‿re facing change. Right now. Today. And you probably don‿t feel you have everything you need to get through it. In fact, if it‿s change you‿d love to create in your life, you may even stall and not make it a reality. And if life keeps handing you curved balls you might feel that you don‿t know where to start.
âEURoeWhen a factor meant to unite threatens to so violently separate you from the one person who infuses wholeness into your every day, would you let go? Or would you cling with both hands, feet, and perhaps teeth?
When Englishman Michael Hood receives an invitation to visit his old school friend‿s farming estate in Equatoria, British East Africa, at the start of 1960, he can hardly imagine the beauty and allure of the region he will come to know during repeated lengthy stays, nor the excitement, drama and tragedy which will mark his visits.
