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A Bite-Sized Pirate
Have you ever wondered if the pirates in your dreams,
Are really all that big? Really all that mean?
What if there was a secret? A passcode you could roar,
That would shrink these scary scallywags, till they were feared no more!
“Yo ho, climb aboard, me hearties, as we set sail and discover the decades-old secret that will keep you safe from the one-eyed pirates who sail the open seas as you sleep.
For, the passcode be yours to find, the passcode be yours to keep!”
Savvy?
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A Blessing And A Curse
These poems invoke waves of emotions, pulling you in before spitting you out – exhausted, and never the same as you were before. They will open old wounds and help to heal new ones. They will force you to confront your own experience and that of those around you. These poems helped repair my soul and regain my spirit through heartbreak, abuse, mental illness, and loss. I hope they can do the same for you.
In a sea of darkness, know that you are not alone, and that it’s okay to not be okay.
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A Book by its Cover and other Poems
Whether or not you are a fan of poetry, A Book by Its Cover has something for everyone. Each poem in this little book of poems has been sculpted like a piece of art, every word chosen like the ingredient of a recipe. The result is something memorable, useful, thought-provoking and delightful.
Topics range from social media to dating to dieting to stress, with anxiety, mindfulness, friends, flying, kindness and even a china cup thrown in.
So curl up, settle down and soak up this satisfying read of eclectic rhymes which will evoke feelings and memories past and present. You might even find that some of the poems are genuine mood-boosters and help you so much that they become a mantra for your future!£3.50 -
A Book of Birds and Verse for Young and Old
A Book of Birds and Verse is a collection of good-humoured verse fused together with illustrations of some of our best-loved wild birds; birds that we may see every day in our gardens, towns and countryside.
The writer and wildlife artist Joseph Johnson has combined his talents of painting and writing to bring the reader a presentation of a number of Britain’s favourite wild birds, each one introduced through rhyming verse.
Joseph has enjoyed a lifelong love of the natural world and is a keen conservationist. He has written this collection of short illustrated poems with a humour which will introduce, entertain and perhaps educate the young reader as well as the maybe not so young to many of the characteristics of the subjects.
Our fine feathered friends are a blessing to us all and the author hopes that the readers of this book may come to see some of them in a new and fresh light together with a smile.£3.50 -
A Book of Poems and Stories
Young Tree, for that was his name, had everything he could wish for; plenty of love, warmth and food from the forest he lived in with his older brother and parents.
Yet he wanted more than this; he wanted an adventure.
He found it difficult to concentrate on the lessons his mother gave him every day. He dreamt of exotic islands and endless beaches, with coconuts growing everywhere. Monkeys befriended him to keep him company, with flocks of birds to talk to all day.
One fine day he set forth, pulling up his roots. His steps were light and he was full of hope. Leaves crunched beneath his feet.
Even in his determination to face the challenges ahead of him, and which crossed his young mind; the path became more and more difficult.
Have you ever wished for an adventure of your very own, then this is the story for you.
Read on and see what happens to Young Tree…
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A Book of Rather Strange Animals
From the creator of the hugely popular @StrangeAnimals on Twitter comes A Book of Rather Strange Animals – a collection of one hundred remarkable animal specimens from around the world. With fascinating descriptions of nasty feeding habits, bizarre mating rituals and shocking defence mechanisms, you will marvel at both the splendour and gruesomeness of nature.
Meet the lizard that shoots blood from its eyes, the isopod that replaces the tongues of fish, the bug that stacks the corpses of ants on its back and the amphibian that looks like a penis.
Come and discover the world’s most peculiar species!
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A Book of Short Stories
Do you like pirates, dragons, curses and mysteries? What about magic, or talking cats? Then welcome to A Book of Short Stories where all this is possible, and more. Read on to find out what happens to the mysterious village of Thorn, or do battle with Princess Fabiola Ulrike; will she succeed in her quest, or will she be doomed forever? And whatever did happen to that talking dragon…?
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A Book of Songs and Poetry
Life and death, battles and war. Fathers and sons, mothers we adore. Babies and children, people we love. Those that we have lost who watch from above. Hopes and fears, wisdom and truth, innocence, and carefree youth. Autumn, winter, summer, spring. Nymphs, doe deers, nature and mysterious things. People lost and people found. Those that reach out to help others unsound. Lost paths and opportunities. Restless souls and obsessive entities - All in a book of songs and poetry.
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A Bouquet of Fish Bones
The unhappy narcissist is threatened by the loss of beauty. The sophisticate takes reward from the geometry of desires. The eccentric form defective passions. The restless spirit seeks out a series of liberating falls. The daydreamer is charmed by planetary coincidences. The womanizer falls victim to fatal attractions. The loner finds amusement feeding his inflated imagination with scenes of mystery. The awareness of mortality leads them to the expression of passions, and mistakes.
The carousels of all these people’s little panics perpetually rotate, each circle closes for another to open and the tyranny of existence continues to be summed up in the agonizing question: the eternality of the temporary or the temporary eternity?
Against a background of the universe’s vast mirror, to what extent can the instantaneous, the insignificant and the random leave any trace on time’s relentless flow, giving another dimension to eternality?
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A Boy called Josh
Josh's life changes when he finds an old pipe with a face carved into it on the beach.
Blowing bubbles through it, he is transported back in time to the Spanish Armada.
With cannons booming, Josh must help the crew of The Revenge capture a Spanish galleon...£3.50 -
A Boy Full of Emptiness
"Leo tells the stories of his life as though he is living them all over again; it is an extraordinary gift. Every scene comes to life: every fragrance, every bad smell, every delicious morsel of food or stinging slap becomes real.”
Pete Townshend, The Who
This book is rich with the story of a boy born in the 1940s and coming of age in Lucca, a walled town in Tuscany still retaining the feeling of a medieval community. His narrative immerses the reader into the life of funny and sensuous adventures in an Italy suspended between Fascism, the war and the economic boom of the sixties. The story ends with the author travelling to England in search of riches and fulfilment.
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A Boy Named Tigger
Adoption is a wonderful opportunity to give a child a loving parental relationship to grow up in the comfort of a home and family. One hears or sees TV programmes of how successful adoption can be! A Boy Named Tigger tells the story of a little boy torn away from a loving family environment to be adopted at the age of four by a couple struggling to get back on their feet after the second world war.
He went to a mother who had a split personality and tried to control every aspect of Tigger’s life subjecting him to mental torture at times. Growing up he managed to tear himself away from his mother and start a new life, gradually clearing his mind from the unhappiness of his childhood and embarking on several successful careers. The writing of this book was the therapy he needed to eventually clear his mind.
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