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A Nod’s As Good As A Wink …
It’s the early, swinging 70s in London, and Ollie is riding the wave. There’s a day-job and rent to pay but that never gets in the way of the pubs and women.
What does get in the way is the ever-present black dog of depression: a depression that clouds his daily life with feelings of guilt, more or less about everything. And if that wasn’t bad enough, add a stalker to the mix, no doubt the result of something else he’s guilty of, and Ollie knows he’s in real trouble.
So he needs to get his head right, but it’s not until his shrink, Kline, hypnotises him that Ollie remembers dark events in his early years and he is able to confront his demons, inside and out.
‘A Nod’s As Good As A Wink …’ is Ollie’s tale of discovery, full of pain and humour, as he goes from relationship to relationship looking for his place in the sun.£3.50 -
A Parent's Catechism
“God is. There is no statement more profound or simpler than this. Nothing exists apart from God. God is Being – the eternal, unchanging, infinitely powerful, infinitely knowing, and infinitely loving Being. God is life. He is creator and sustainer of all life and has created us in his own image to know, serve, and love him and to share eternal life with him. History is the story of our response to God’s unceasing invitation to be known, served, and loved.”
And so begins one of our generation’s most necessary and rationally deduced theological texts on Catholicism. A Parent’s Catechism: Passing on the Catholic Faith is an accessible, highly readable, and objective explanation of the Catholic faith. With a measured hand and strong sense of hope, Dana Paul Robinson thoughtfully and eloquently examines all that is relevant and necessary as he explores the basics of the Catholic faith, a faith when effectively followed, leads to knowledge of God, commitment to God, and surrender to God.
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A Pariah's Heartbreak
A Pariah’s Heartbreak is a series of beautifully written poems which gives a compelling look inside the chaotic mind of a trauma survivor. The poems give an alluring and devastatingly painful account of issues such as solitude, heartbreak, gender based violence, society’s disapproval, anxiety, trauma, mental health issues, among many others.
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A Passion to Run
After ten years of six-days-a-week training, she has gained three bronze medals in individual events and three relay medals at World Masters level, yet the competitive fire still burns brightly. She continues to train and now, as a sprint coach, she shares her passion for running to enable others to improve technically and live out their dreams. Speed is always the focus, whether her athletes are training for rugby, football, basketball, netball, hockey, track, tennis or mogul skiing.
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A Pilgrim's Journey
When life doesn’t have the answers about living up to the expectations of society and you just don’t fit in anywhere, what else can you do? Well, this pilgrim packed his bags, said goodbye and set out to for the Holy Mountain to seek God and to find answers, if such a divine energy existed.
So began the adventure. As he travelled through different countries with different religions and political beliefs, he found he upset the locals which put his life in danger. Somehow, he realised he needed to take chances and with the help of others managed to keep himself and the journey alive – moving forward, never ever giving up or quitting because he found it too hard.
You will find that this is your story too. So come and read an adventure and get some insights that just might save your life as well. Even though this is an epic fantasy story, some divine loving truths are held within the story for you to discover and maybe apply to your life. Buy this book and discover who you really are and what your life’s journey is all about.
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A Poet's Ache
The poems of this book are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity everyday subjects filled with love, loss, and death. These compositions were written to express my melancholic feelings. I had not intended to write a book as such, yet these composures resonated with people, and thus the idea of A Poets Ache was birthed. I strive to take you as the reader away, if only momentarily, with my fantasies of love and adventure. But I also wish to make you understand a greater feeling of despair - as my journeys throughout life have intertwined with these compositions. In my struggles to find contemporary scriptures relating to myself, I composed these for not only I, the writer, but anyone who needs to connect to something a little more. These poems are from my heart. Attached are original writings and artworks that were within my journals. A short poem like a picture can paint a thousand words - all we must do is allow ourselves to become part of it. I personally find myself reading more poetry than novels or stories.
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A Poet's Heart
Lies of night
If the tip of a sun doesn’t wash your ink away,
Then your eye has sinned throw that lamp away,
This darkness like a sigh is the sight of an eye,
With the rise of a sun comes the news of a night,
That which will give a raging fever to your art,
For years has to burn like a flame in your heart,
Every wood brings change when placed in a pyre,
Happy or sad it’s bewildered by a fire,
Filled with memories are your empty eyes,
Full of life but your spirit has died,
A night always comes with a dagger in one hand,
For those happy boarders of a joyful land,
The fire of love burns in those parts of hell,
Where windows of heaven open to drizzle her smell,
And If god lives in heart or so says the Christian man,
Then when a heart is broken does he feel the pain?
I wrote this poem in fear that should a day come where I have to write a synopsis for this book what will I say? Well, this short poem truly encapsulates my story, words, sentences, and paragraphs don’t do justice to art, so “Let the rise of sun be the proof of sun”. Poetry has burnt within me for years. This book is about that fire, I believe every single person in the world has an interesting story to tell, but not all can tell an interesting story. Then there are those stories that are both interesting and intense, those stories are really worth telling. While a neurotic can choke on his own intensity, an artist makes a story out of the flesh of his madness. There is not a lot of difference between the two, except the latter is somehow penetrable.£3.50 -
A Pony Named Bart
This story is written through Bart’s observations and thoughts of his life from early memories to the present day.
As well as telling his story it is also educational. Bart teaches many aspects of horse and pony care. He explains his early training, both as a riding and driving pony. He tells his readers about the many animals who live in the New Forest and life in this magical place.
It is presented with warmth and humour and provides an insight into the lives of these noble creatures.
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A Prickle of Porcupines
A Prickle of Porcupines is a delightfully cheeky story about five friendly porcupines who set off on an adventure through the forest, down to the beach. Their spunky spirit and mischievous nature shine brightly on every page of their journey.
Which is your favourite porcupine?
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A Prickle of Porcupines
During the COVID pandemic, Frances decided to combine her talent for writing poems with all the different collective nouns she had discovered for her book, A Prickle of Porcupines!
But as she delved into some interesting facts to include in her poems, she also discovered that sometimes there was more than one word for a group name.
She has tried to include them all, but acknowledges that the following may not be comprehensive, and some from inaccurate sources. As she found out, this really is not an exact science, but nevertheless, a lot of fun!
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A Puppy's Tale
Puppies Snuggle and Spike are two best friends. The rascally pups live next door to each other and have lots of fun together and get up to all sorts of mischief. But Snuggle years for something more and so the duo hatches a plan. With the help of his pal Spike, the pair set out on a quest to fulfil Snuggles’ dream. It was early evening when the daring pups snook out of the open gate. Intent to seek out the fearsome dog trickster, Tricky Dicky.
Will the great dog give chase, or will he reveal a long held secret spell? Tail-tricks can be a dangerous game for puppies to play. Tails can be changed forever!
This picture book will delight and put smiles on lots of little faces.
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A Quest to Get Home Bound
It is the midst of the Second World War and rationing is tightening everyone’s belts. Yet down the dark alleyways of the French capital Paris, you would find a man who could get you anything on the underground market.
When a captured American ranger receives news from home, he knows he must escape from the Nazi prison camp in East Germany and embark on a quest to get to a neutral land, so he may return to his wife in America. Unexpectedly the ranger finds himself becoming mixed up in the Paris black-market syndicate. Can he survive long enough to afford his escape? Can he be homebound once again?
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