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Embarking on several months of random budget travelling in S E Asia, the author takes us on a journey to several stimulating and exotic countries in this remarkable part of the world.

Reflecting in the Shade provides a unique mix of poems, prose, and short stories, with reflections of the pandemic that will interest both adults and children alike.

History is written by middle-class academics, looking down. This is history from the bottom of the pile, looking up. The evolution of life, to the evolution of man. The evolution of un-civilisation, religion, society and politics, colonialism and imperialism. This is the history we the people need to teach our children.

In this collection of stories, T. P. Nash captures the distinctiveness of a fictional village in Norfolk, with its charming confines, differences of opinion and religion amidst a tight-knit community devoid of central authority.

Stanley the bear is on a mission to help humans discover their own worth. He's been observing us and helping his own human, Annie - and now he's ready to share his wisdom with the world.

The nineteenth century saw the growth of commercially available solutions for dealing with the problem of domestic infestation by mice and rats. Promising a reliable means of destroying the ‿furry detestables‿, such products as Battle‿s Vermin Killer were sold cheaply over the counter, as well as being sent through the post.

The first of its kind, In Search of the Irish Wolfhound, takes a real in-depth look into the history and origins of the Irish wolfhound.

Have you ever wondered about the scientific advances being made in our times? Some of them have been distinctly helpful, others have been quite disastrous. One wonders if the clever inventors actually do stop to think of the medium to long-term consequences of their clever ideas.

They say that to really know a person you need to understand their past. If that is true, then Mary Beker did not know her husband at all.

Whilst The Gene Editors is written through the eyes of a fictional character, it is based on the cumulative result of 4-years independent research into: biotechnology, genetics and genomics, the creation of the world's first gene-edited babies, infectious diseases and the origins, impact and legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Many historical novels on St. Patrick are adventure stories based on myth and legend. Becoming St. Patrick ‿ His Mission is unique in its objective of telling how it conceivably was, in Patrick‿s lived experience, in fifth century Ireland, this research-based story presents what he did, and how he did it...

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A girls' boarding school in the Devon countryside. Like most teenagers, Nicky thinks she knows it all, but she's no match for what lies ahead. Separated from her family, and the safety of home, she longs for love and affection - and finds it in all the wrong places.

The book tells two stories: the first of Alexander Stewart, captured by Napoleon, who made four attempts to escape before returning home to become a Congregational minister who was presented to QV on her accession and coronation. The second of the transformation of the nation by abolishing slavery. Stewart was at the heart of this transformation.

A fast-paced thriller, with a diverse range of carefully drawn characters, inspired by the landscape, culture, food and the sapphires of Sri Lanka.

Historical fiction, based on fact, about the life and times of âEUR¿the Real MackayâEUR(TM) the favourite stage comedian of Sir Walter Scott. A novel which brings to life the golden era of Scottish national drama in the early 19th Century.

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A rare and ancient manuscript, saved from destruction and hidden since colonial times, is discovered in the basement of the British Library. A secret that links two great chefs, separated from each other by 250 years.