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Countryman by Mereo Books

Jim Emerton is a lifelong lover of the wilderness and the creatures of the countryside. Though he is best known for his prowess as a breeder of racing pigeons, Jim is also a great enthusiast of wildlife and in his day was a keen wildfowler. In this book he recalls the joys of an innocent childhood in the Lincolnshire Wolds spent watching and sometimes hunting for the wild birds and animals that fascinated him and some of the great country characters he came to know. He also reflects on the new and more philosophical perspective on nature and the wild which the years have given him.

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16th January 2017 0

Through The Dragon’s Gate

Jean O’Hara is now a prominent psychiatrist in London, but she grew up in a humble tenement flat in Hong Kong in the 1960s, the daughter of an Anglo- Burmese librarian (later a senior civil servant) and his Chinese wife. Her childhood was a simple one, sleeping on a straw mat in a tiny bedroom which she at first shared with both her grandmother and sister. As Jean grew up she developed a fascination for medicine and moved to the UK to attend medical school, eventually becoming a consultant psychiatrist.

This book is her account of a childhood steeped in the culture of China, and first steps in a career in medicine. Central to the story is the character of Jean’s Chinese grandmother, a charismatic matriarch who gave her a rich understanding of Chinese culture and an oriental outlook which has never left her.

21st December 2016 0

Jim’s World of Creatures

Jim Emerton is a philosopher, a poet and a nature lover as well as an internationally-known pigeon racing expert. His travels around the world and his explorations of the rural environment near his home have given him endless food for thought about the natural world. These little pieces are his musings about creatures of all kinds and sizes, from the exotic to the familiar, he has encountered on his travels. There is something here for readers of all ages.

14th December 2016 0

Poetry Free Range

Eddie Thompson is an expatriate Manxman who settled in Milton Keynes with his Welsh wife Enid and daughters Kirsty and Gill in 1981. His verses are based on his experiences, observations and thoughts about life and are for the most part refreshingly brief. He published his first volume, Poetry Lite, in 2015. This second collection again covers a variety of subjects from youth to age, singing to shopping and black puddings to religion.

14th December 2016 0

The Narrow Gate

During His ministration on the Mount, Christ exhorted His disciples to choose the narrow gate, not the broad one, because only the narrow path and the narrow gate lead to eternal life. Yet few individuals find it. How can we find it? To take the path towards eternal life we must embrace a change to godly living. Tomorrow might be too late. This means we must obey God’s commandments, have hearts of forgiveness and be filled with the Holy Spirit, in fear of our Lord. There is no room for pride in the Kingdom of Heaven. The path towards the narrow gate can only be achieved by total submission to His mandates.

7th December 2016 0

Why Hasn’t God Healed Me?

Based on the author’s experiences of teaching the Word of God on healing and praying with the sick, this little book uses a common-sense conversational approach to provide answers for those unhappy people who have not yet received the manifestation of their healing by God, and have failed to understand why. The author explains why the first requirements are a desire to be healed and accepting that sickness does not come from God, and how faith and the Word must work together to harness God’s power for healing. The book explains how to deal with doubt and unbelief, as well as many other possible barriers to healing. The final message is that in seeking healing through God, we must never give up hope.

6th December 2016 0

The Imaginary Man

All Caroline’s fiancé wants to do in bed is sleep – so soundly that she’s free to go visiting their handsome neighbour in the small hours. Annie is addicted to flirting and sets out to find a cure in the shape of a super-hot professional sports star who has the moves it takes to make her feel better. Madison’s best pal has a dreamboat of a boyfriend who exists only in her head – or does he?
These seven stories, with a strong transatlantic flavour, are all about women and sex, and all are funny, intriguing and occasionally outrageous.
By the author of It Starts With a Kiss

5th December 2016 0

The Pedagogue

Michael Zabinsky is an iconoclastic science teacher with a revolutionary zeal to enrich the lives of his pupils and create a better world. Driven by the idealism of youth as a volunteer in 1970s Botswana, he finds his dedication to teaching tested to destruction on returning to England. But Michael doesn’t just teach – he thinks. He contemplates the human condition. He confronts racism and political correctness, and after 9/11, Islamism. He tries to juggle the demands of his job with those of his personal life. And there is a twist. At a reunion with Michael’s fellow Botswana volunteers, it transpires that something unforeseen has happened to the village where they used to teach. What has become of their former pupils? Does Michael need to reevaluate his time in Africa?

5th December 2016 0

Pigeon Man by Mereo Books

Jim Emerton bred and raced birds for 40 years and had birds return to the loft from as far as 879 miles away. Now in retirement from active racing, he devotes his time and energies to sharing his experiences, his observations and his expertise with the rest of the fancy. Here in one volume is a comprehensive collection of his thoughts about pigeons and pigeon racing, ranging from short pieces originally written for the leading fanciers’ magazines to full-length articles and interviews.

“What unites us in principle is the common good of the sport, and with this in mind I do what I can for others – it all oils the cogs of the sport. Some will see me as a know-all, yet I am a quiet little man making my mark, that’s all. What is true is that I have made a life study of pigeons, and as a teacher I like to impart knowledge and experience… My aim is purely to tell it as it is to me, and if this is illuminating to others, then so be it.”

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30th November 2016 0

Read a Poem, Write a Poem

Simon Ireland has worked as an English teacher for 35 years and brought many poets into schools for workshops, Book Weeks and the like. Now he has published a collection of his work for 7-13 year olds, with the aim of entertaining and educating young readers. Each poem is matched by questions designed to prompt pupils to think about the meaning in the verses and explore the ideas in them more widely. The book has been designed to encourage youngsters to read more widely and even have a go themselves. An entertaining and instructive introduction to poetry for youngsters.

23rd November 2016 0
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