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Philip Harding is a successful insurance executive but he is painfully shy in the company of girls. He fantasises about a girl he sees on the underground train but dare not speak to her. When promotion means he will have to move from London he realises he will not see the girl again. He plucks up courage and eventually they get together. But the girl has a big problem and Philip has to help. What follows is a dangerous game that takes our reluctant hero into situations he could not have dreamed of.
This book is basically all the spirit five story's in one binding and written again. There might be few changes but it is the same story's all action and sci-fi. WITH THEB SAME CHARECTERS, the books I think are a cool collection and that's why I have chosen to bind them in to one book and so.. there you have the trilogy. it is a beautiful story.
A ludicrous tale of dating, murder and kidnapping. After Timothy Parkes joined Two to Tango dating agency, he found himself involved in two suspicious deaths.Inspector Davis and detective Dave Quilford thought they'd taken a job in a quiet country town. Instead they found themselves working in a bizarre community. Dealing with over enthusiastic, elderly vigilantes.Police constable Eve told her colleague, 'I think they're wonderful. Such colourful characters.''I've heard they murder one another, ' he replied.'Only very occasionally, ' smiled Ev
KILL THE FUHRER AND STOP THE WAR! But who exactly is it that wants Hitler dead? - it certainly isn't the British. A stand alone novel of World War II. The fourth in the Heidi Fuchs series The assassination team are already in place: they have the means, the motive and now the opportunity. On the surface it sounds so simple - but whose interests are they serving? Two mutually hostile groups, with very different intentions are frantically scouring Berlin to find the killers, before they act. Late comers to the search are retired civil servant, and occasional secret agent, Sir Freddy Villiers and his French wife Martine, now playing catch up in the hunt for people who have absolutely no intention of being found - or stopped - by anyone. Into this unstable mix the alluring figure of senior SS officer Heidi Fuchs insinuates herself, and she has her own, deeply personal, agenda. Do you know who your friends are? "A thrilling life and death chase through wartime Berlin - just one step ahead of the Gestapo."
Powerful, moving and thought provoking verse, beautifully nudge us to see all aspects of the world around us in more depth ; chronicling what it truly means to live in our 21st century world. With inspirational poems advocating more compassionate practices and actions, to define our own individual humanity and our global collective consciousness. 'Whispers Of Life' is the continuing journey of its companion book 'Footprints In Time'.
'What Price Peace?' is an autobiographical account of a language teacher, who used environmental issues as a common theme to bring the different sections of the community together to work for peace in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Irvine then went on to progress this educational model Internationally and she gives us a poetic, honest and haunting account of her life and visionary work in Ireland, Sweden, Peru, Russia, Indonesia and Nova Scotia. She revisits and shares with us her inspirational success story (recognised by UNCED) of empowerment for women working in the environmental field and striving towards peace and awareness in troubled lands.
ALL AT SEA is a sequel, requested by readers, to HERMIT, published in 2012. The two accidental adventurers, Alan Benton and Madge le Fevfre having survived their first adventure together, settle down for a quiet life - until they unwittingly embark on a life-threatening adventure of national importance. Once more their activities involve going to sea, with near disastrous consequences.
Extending out from Northern Greece into the Aegean Sea are three peninsulas, one of which, Mount Athos, has been a monastic republic for over a thousand years. A pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain is a journey to the heart of Orthodox monasticism, and Father Spyridon takes us with him to hear words of ancient wisdom that may lead us into a deeper sense of God's presence. Father Ioakeim Oureilidis writes "This book is primarily a spiritual invitation through this paper object, that our Holy Mary, our Panagia, making good use of Fr Spyridon's skills and talents, extends to us all to visit her earthly home, the Holy Mountain, in order to be rejuvenated through faith and communication with the praying fathers and her grace."
These rare black and white images give us glimpses of the distant and mysterious land of Burma/Myanmar. For many years it was shut off from the world under a repressive military government and now in 2018 current events are disturbing and puzzling to the world. Here we see the wide elegant streets of Rangoon as it was during British rule before WW2, and many other exotic and touching sights, ancient buildings, landscapes and the people of many ethnic origins. The ancient oil wells, the ever present pagodas, the daily procession of the monks and elephants skilfully trained to do their difficult work moving the great trunks of teak to the mighty rivers. The author's family and other people she met left her with many documents and photographs from the past and the images here tell us many stories. The sadness and frustration of the Burmese during colonial times but also carefree schooldays. Small numbers embraced Christianity and very plain churches could sometimes be seen in the Buddhist villages and towns. A book which says very little in words, but is a unique and fascinating record from Burma's troubled past.
In this book are lists of over 600 classical, jazz and contemporary piano pieces from grade 5 - 8 (including some at grade 4) These are taken from an index of pieces set for piano exams between 1971 and 2014 made available to the author by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. This is a valuable source of reference for teachers and pupils alike and will assist in choosing music to study which is gradually becoming more challenging. There are also brief notes about early keyboard instruments and the first pianos and how keyboard music developed into music for the instrument we know today as the modern piano ALSO IN THE SERIES, BOOK 1 Scale charts, arpeggio exercises and chord routines BOOK 2 ways of practising to develop skills with many musical examples. Based on many years' teaching and playing experience
Does God exist? What is the nature of God? Why should I be moral? Is there an ultimate objective for man? Many different arguments have been employed over the centuries to answer these questions, for they are fundamental to our sense of purpose. This book attempts to provide answers using some simple logical analysis and observations based on common experiences. Concepts relating to the certainty of knowledge, the existence of God, the nature of morality and the ultimate objective of man are explored. The result is a challenge to long accepted wisdom and an alternative proposition for the consideration of mankind.
Broke Londoner Mart's midlife crisis takes a frightening turn as he discovers the reason his pal Nick always comes out on top. Mart - who was jilted at the altar years ago by Hayley - grew up overshadowed by the womanizing Nick. Their last caper landed them in prison for insider trading, a crime for which Mart, the innocent party, received the longer sentence. And now Nick's come up with yet another wheeze - seances. Swallowing his guilt about conning the bereaved, Mart goes along with the plan.As the life-changing truth of the connection between the two men unfolds, Nick disappears inside a disused snooker hall and Mart - who is still missing Hayley - is buffeted by forces he'd never imagined.
Turn off, tune out, and drop in. It's 1968, and Stephen Sellars is struggling with his modernist crime novel, while his lead character stumbles helplessly toward a predetermined act of murder. Will Sellars be swallowed by history before he finds his voice? The answer's here on the page, read it for yourself. But the book's not about Sellars. It's about Bergman, who gets in debt and plans to get himself out by taking something that doesn't belong to him. Only, plans never work out, everybody knows that. And he ends up with blood on his hands. So it's a serious book, but Sellars is too self-conscious (and maybe too easily distracted) to go the whole hog with the mean streets bit and come up with a gripping plot. If you want something that'll leave you breathless with surprise, go ride somebody else's roller coaster. On the other hand, take a deep breath and tag along as Sellars' novel (or anti-novel) refuses to go where it's expected to go.
Of all the enemies that our hero has shrunk away from, there was one he feared above them all. By his own admission they gave him nightmares into his dotage. It was not the French, the Spanish, the Americans or the Mexicans. It was not even the more exotic adversaries such as the Iroquois, Mahratta or Zulus. While they could all make his guts churn anxiously, the foe that really put him off his lunch were the Ashanti."You could not see them coming," he complained. "They were well armed, fought with cunning and immense savagery and above all, there were bloody thousands of the bastards."This eighth packet in the Thomas Flashman memoirs details his misadventures on the Gold Coast in Africa. It was a time when the British lion discovered that instead of being the king of the jungle, it was in fact a crumb on the lip of a far more ferocious beast. Our 'hero' is at the heart of this revelation after he is shipwrecked on that hostile shore. While waiting for passage home, he is soon embroiled in the plans of a naïve British governor who has hopelessly underestimated his foe. When he is not impersonating a missionary or chasing the local women, Flashman finds himself being trapped by enemy armies, risking execution and the worst kind of 'dismemberment, ' not to mention escaping prisons, spies, snakes, water horses (hippopotamus) and crocodiles.It is another rip-roaring Thomas Flashman adventure, which tells the true story of an extraordinary time in Africa that is now almost entirely forgotten.
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