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Travels on the Breadline

Travels on the Breadline

Back in 1987, longing to get away from her domestic routine as a wife and mother but living uncomfortably close to the breadline, Fran Adams scrimped and saved until she had scraped together just enough cash to take her teenage sons on a cycling tour of Brittany. They found themselves having to deal with torrential rain and furious gales, frequent punctures and mechanical hitches and encounters with eccentrics from both sides of the English Channel, but in the end their tight budget did not stop them having the holiday of a lifetime and collecting some never-to-be-forgotten memories, so much so that the following year they went back for more. Travels on the Breadline is Fran’s memoir of two simple but happy holidays with her boys.

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Thistledown

Thistledown

He sought adventure, and found more than he had bargained for. Thistledown is the story of François, a wilful and restless young Frenchman who, in the early years of the 16th century, leaves his family home to travel to Scotland in search of adventure. Undaunted by strange warnings along the way, he soon finds himself in grave danger. Only after being hunted down and imprisoned does he discover why his arrival in Scotland has attracted so much attention. It seems he bears an uncanny resemblance to someone very important indeed. Thistledown is an ingenious and thrilling story of adventure, romance and political intrigue.

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They Let Me Out

They Let Me Out

Born in the Maldives to an aristocratic island family, Fatima first married a raw young Scotsman whom she loved for his left-wing politics, then a cultured Welshman who turned out to have a different agenda. Both men agreed that life with Fatima was never dull. Having finally emerged triumphant and in good health from her 20-year battle with bipolar disorder, Fatima has written her witty, moving story.

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The Wild Muse

The Wild Muse

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff has never been accorded the recognition given to other 19th century German poets, though interest in the literary world is now increasing, not least because of her enigmatic reputation as a woman who appears a mass of contradictions; sociable and open, yet almost crippled by introspection. An examination of the considerable work she completed during her short life reveals a fascinating mind and an exceptional talent, yet one which defies attempts to define or categorise. Marion Tymms, whose examination of Droste-Hülshoff’s spiritual life and related work was published in 2012 (God’s Sorely-Tested Child), now discusses her poetic achievements in general and the influences behind them, from her teenage years to maturity, focusing particularly on certain key relationships which affected the course of this troubled woman’s life. For the first time Droste-Hülshoff’s lyric poetry is presented and introduced, in the context of the key events in her life, for the non-German-speaking reader.

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The White Queen of Middleham historical

The White Queen of Middleham

For Anne Neville, a timid and delicate child, ignored by her mother, patronised by her elder sister and bullied by her formidable father Warwick the Kingmaker, her childhood friend Richard Plantagenet becomes a source of strength throughout her life. As she moves abruptly from castle to castle, from England to France, with Warwick’s changing fortunes in the turbulent Wars of the Roses, Anne is a pawn in the dangerous games of political intrigue that she struggles to understand. The third son of the ambitious Duke of York, later King Richard III, is a hero in the eyes of the shy and bewildered Anne, and the key to her understanding of the great events happening around her. Their love, almost wrecked by the feud of York and Lancaster, culminates in great happiness and the last Plantagenet reign in England.

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The Water Realm

The Water Realm

Spiritually speaking, the realm of the water is deep and powerful. It is not easy to understand. However, it is the most spiritualised realm, because the Spirit of God was on the face of the water before the Heavens and the Earth were separated from the waters. Therefore, the earth and the heavens are connected to the water in their own unique ways. In this book, Pastor Uzor Ndekwu explains why spiritual strongholds in the water are so formidable. He also explains why those under the bondage of water spirits are not easily delivered, and why the marine powers and their agents do not easily give up those under their bondage.

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The Time Project

The Time Project

When archaeologist Dr Thomas Long stumbles on a Viking burial site, an old friend, scientist Dr Jon Walker, steps in to help him get up close and personal with the people of 8th century Denmark, with the aid of a new time travel machine he has developed. First, with the help of attractive lab assistant Gracie Stevenson, they must use the device to sort out a few little problems with history involving Jack the Ripper, the Nazis and Blackbeard the Pirate. But Walker’s determination to hog the glory for his invention soon leads the friends on a path towards disaster.

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The Time of My Life

The Time of My Life

Peter McNally enjoyed a boyhood of privilege and hard work, growing up in a large and happy extended family during the war years in the safety of the Ulster countryside. Public school back in England gave him a moral code and work ethic which stood him in good stead over the meteoric years that followed in business. After qualifying as a chartered accountant at the age of 22, Peter found himself mixing with the powerful and wealthy and getting to know some of the leading players and businessmen of the day. When the opportunity came to join the board of the newly-created London Weekend Television as Finance Director, Peter, still only in his thirties, seized it with both hands. He became a senior member of the team that steered LWT to dramatic success in the 1970s, eventually sharing in its financial fortunes, which has enabled him in later life to enjoy many leisure hours salmon fishing, shooting, skiing and partying with a wide circle of prominent friends.

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The Tales of Mr Winkle

The Tales of Mr Winkle

Beryl E. Organ, born in Bristol in 1928, has been fascinated by animals and flowers all her life. For many years she ran a modelling agency. In later life she took up writing and over the years she has produced a series of children’s books, all focusing on the natural world some in prose, some in verse. An accomplished artist, she also paints pictures of animals, birds and flowers, from pet dogs and cats to wild birds and butterflies. After publishing Tiggy’s World and Benjy’s Magic Mantle in 2010, Beryl has now completed Tales of Mr Winkle, the story of a garden gnome, and is working on three books of verse for children entitled Animal Antics, Our Woodland Friends and ABC of Flowers. Tales of Mr Winkle is about an old garden gnome who watches the comings and goings of his many animal friends and neighbours from his seat beside the pond. When the winter nights start drawing in Mr Winkle is sad to watch the squirrels, frogs, hedgehogs and songbirds disappear until next spring, but he has many other visitors to keep him company, particularly his friend Rudi the Robin. He is soon joined by some unexpected friends to cheer him up.

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The Snood - A Really Cool Dude

The Snood – A Really Cool Dude

A strange looking bird was the snood. His hips were narrow, his bottom like a sparrow. He thought he was a really cool dude. A brilliantly funny story about a loveable and quirky bird. Laugh and cry with him on his journey to find love and respect. With lots of hair-raising adventures and feather ruffling on the way!

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