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Jag, short for Jaguar, was orphaned when her environmentalist parents died in the jungle saving animals' lives. Although she was put into a care home, she ran away two years to live on the streets where she was adopted into a street gang who have now become her family.
After describing the processes of history at work on ordinary people (i.e. Bill's immediate ancestors) in Glimpses of Far Off Things, the second volume finds Bill settling in at Topic Records and collaborating with Ewan MacColl and Bert Lloyd, the architects of the folk revival.
Discovering Buddhism introduces Buddhism as a culture and civilization, a system of thought and a religion. It presents the views and practices of all the main Buddhist traditions without bias and addresses the history of Buddhism, the key topics taught by the Buddha, and a selection of contemporary issues.
On the final day of their last term at Oakwood Primary two talented pupils, Sam Martin, the best in the school at sport, and Charlie Woods, its brightest academic prospect, go head to head in the sixty metre dash. It is a day neither of them will forget but afterwards they must go their separate ways.
This book follows Eden Dyson, when her life gets turned upside-down by a series of events, some explainable, most not so much.
Margaret was a huge personality, an optimist with a great sense of humour. She advocated for gender equality, universal health access, and the welfare of the health workers.
Little One - A Cat's Tale is all about the adventures of an extremely intelligent and curious cat.
With this short book, Professor O'Reilly brings his considerable engineering experience to bear upon three subjects close to his heart: dynamical systems, automatic control and singular perturbations.
It only takes seconds for your life to change. It's said that everybody knows someone who is battling, or has battled, cancer. In a breathtakingly personal account, Tits Up is the story of how Carole Paterson underwent breast cancer treatment from start to finish
Mus-Iggle was now a successful composer but when he was little his jazz musician father wanted him to play music but he couldn't - and he was so sad.
This book is the autobiography of one of the Baby Boomer generation of individuals who now stand accused of all manner of heinous crimes, including ruining the world and generally enjoying themselves in the process.
Farmyard Adventure is another book in the Storycises (TM) range for pre-school and primary school aged children. The story is designed be acted out by children and adults alike.
Through this verse translation of Vergil's Book VI of the Aeneid we journey with Aeneas through the Underworld to meet his father.
The book is about me being born in Tottenham to working class parents and subsequently growing up in the Tottenham area and the schools I went to and the 'drinking establishments' I frequented in the area.
'Finding Values' is the story of Claire Ford, a successful young professional. Claire grew up in Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, she is an Oxford graduate and has a post-graduate degree from Kingston University. Now she is based in London and leads a busy life, enjoying the buzz of the city and the many diversions that it offers.
Harry Vos, a retired man and part-time private investigator who lives near Antwerp, is torn between the pleasures of retirement and the attractions of involvement in challenging investigations. When an old friend phones and tells him about the possibility of becoming an heir hunter, he jumps at the chance.
Steven D Coles worked as a solicitor in the West Country for thirty-nine years where he undertook civil and criminal litigation in crown, magistrates and county courts throughout the region.
Charles Coombes lived history - evacuated from France in 1940, returning to that coastline four years later in the Normandy landings and finishing the war in Arnhem, Holland.
Many animals gain greatly from contact with humans, but many others do not. What do they really think of us?
Have you ever wondered if you have your sport / life balance out of kilter? Have you forgotten that in life's rich tapestry your team's last minute, VAR assisted defeat at Burnley really matters not a jot and letting this ruin your, and your family's, weekend is a rather charmless and pointless thing to do
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