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A-Z of Animal Collectives
Have you ever wondered what a group of ants is called? Or a group of ducks? Or eagles? Or lizards? There is a whole world of amazing “collective nouns” to describe these groups. Some of them are very funny! Join us on an alphabetical journey through some strange scenarios, silly predicaments, and crazy situations, as animal groups from apes to zebu join together in a funny word world all their own! Language is a wonderful way to engage and amuse kids!
This book of 26 short verse poems plays with the sounds and images language produces for children and encourages imagination in the young reader.
Insects in a Rabble went out to play.
They put on their shoes, yellow and grey.
But a Mess of Iguanas had taken the swings,
And the sandpit and climbers and jumpity things.
Inspired by the inquisitive nature of children and their endless quest for answers, this sweet, funny book will ignite the love of language, reading and imagination in young readers everywhere!
Twelve Beds of Oysters lined up in a row,Trying to sleep, though finding sleep slow,
Called out to a Parliament of Owls flying low,
“The moonlight is making us restless, you know.”
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A.H. Avenue Number Three
This is a story of one family, but it could just as well be the story of any family.
A story with beginnings in different countries, in separate times, narrated by three generations. It moves through three significant historical events, the despair of the 1930s in Germany; the 1940s civil unrest in Ceylon; and the stifling fear of the 1970s in India.
It is a story of the demands of class and caste, education and politics, wealth, and status in the lives of all people. It is symbolic of the pain and grief that all humans endure; the disruption they experience when their best laid plans go awry. But crucially, the innate goodness that lies entrenched in the human heart, causing it to rise above petty prejudices.
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Abbie Brown: On the Cusp
Abbie Brown kicks off her 34th year with an unexpected splash of fame: her Santorini vacation snap, featuring her in a vibrant yellow bikini atop a donkey, is plastered on billboards across London. (For clarity, the bikini is on Abbie, not the donkey!) Riding this wave of newfound celebrity, she lands a spot on Sir Giles Bromley’s BBC gardening show. Life seems perfect, until the universe serves her a slice of humble pie.
Navigating the chaos of single life (weighing in at 73kgs, if you must know), Abbie finds herself in the midst of an office medical drama, dealing with her nightmare flatmate Janice, and questioning if Rebecca truly is the refined acquaintance she seems. As for romance? Between George’s overbearing mother, Oliver’s youth, a married butcher, a BBC exec with a cringe-worthy habit, and the not-so-perfect ‘Peter Perfect,’ Abbie’s love life is a rollercoaster. Yet, she remains hopeful that her knight in shining armor is out there in the vast English countryside.
In the midst of it all, she gains a furry companion: Woofer, a lovable terrier with a quirky ear. Plus, there’s a promising spark with a dashing farmer from the Yorkshire Dales. The two are smitten. (We’re talking about Abbie and the farmer, not the dog, of course!)
But with Abbie’s track record, what could possibly go awry? Dive into a tale of unexpected fame, comedic misadventures, and the quest for true love.
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Abduction Seduction
Abduction was the furthest thing from Aimalee Robertson’s mind when she applied for a research position, but it occurred, unceremoniously and intrusively.
Thrust into a world she could not comprehend and did not believe existed, she soon discovers the secrets behind the research position for which she so innocently applied.
Aimalee finds herself in a brand-new world amongst strange and intriguing … aliens!
These creatures are not at all what she imagined. In fact, they are intelligent, attractive, peaceful and loving.
As she is drawn into their world, she finds herself attracted to a particular alien and, unable to resist his advances, succumbs to her inner guilty pleasure.
Now that she’s tasted the coveted “honey”, she realises there is nothing sweeter!
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Abductions From My Beautiful Life
‘There is a shapeshifter asleep in my head. And when it wakes you won’t recognise me as my children’s mother, my husband’s wife, or the writer, veterinarian and advocate that I am. You won’t recognise me as someone who is alive to adventure and beauty.’
Anita Link was thirty-two years old, and six days into motherhood, when she experienced a psychotic episode and was trapped on the wrong side of sanity for the first time. It took months in hospital, medications, electroconvulsive therapy and psychological therapies to fully recover. And then, a few years later, it happened again.
This memoir is a look into what can happen to a person’s thoughts, emotions and behaviour when they are ravaged by a severe mental illness. Anita writes compellingly about what psychosis, mania and catatonic depression can feel like. Her authentic narrative of recovery reveals the hard work it takes to return to normal life after being stolen away from it by highly stigmatised symptoms.
Anita has survived these abductions and returned to her beautiful life many times. This is her story.
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Abdus Science
Abdus Salam, the subject of the book was a Pakistani scientist who shared the Physics Nobel Prize in 1979. Born in a remote, rural sunburnt country town in the outback of colonial Punjab, he made it to the forefront of theoretical physics. Abdus Salam compartmentalised his studies of physics, politics, religion, and family.
Although his life in physics has been sufficiently covered, few have extensively studied his life and engagement in other fields. He served military regimes and was closely associated with the birth of nuclear expertise in Pakistan where his membership of the schismatic Ahmadiyah community marginalised him. His working life was divided between London’s Imperial College and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.
His fans perceive him as a victim of religious bigotry but, on his part, he did not seem to exercise scientific detachment in religion. Abdus Salam had two wives. His second wife, Louise Johnson (1940-2012), was a leading Molecular Biologist who served as Professor Emeritus in Oxford University; and it remains an awkward question as to how the two managed bigamy in Europe. Abdus Salam validated the Judaic-Muslim prohibition of pig meat and went as far as judging people who consumed pork as ‘shameless’ like the beast itself. A substantial amount of information provided in the book is supported by direct one-to-one interviews the author of the book conducted with Abdus Salam in 1984.
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Above the Circle
What would you do if you knew that you had been given a second chance to sail away from life’s safe harbour? Each of us has dreams of doing something that takes us out of our comfort zone but few of us take the plunge and actually do it.
In this book Mervyn Smith describes a point in his life when he was facing the question of his own mortality as he recovered from a serious life-saving surgery. This is the story of how he responded to that challenge and followed a life-long dream to ride a motorcycle from his Shropshire home to a destination way above the Arctic Circle and who he did it for.
Read what brought him to that decision, what difficulties he overcame to pursue his dream and the adventures he had on the journey riding through the hottest European summer on record. This book will inspire you, challenge you and hopefully motivate you to realise that everyone has a skill set unique to them which, with faith, imagination, and creativity, can be released. And that age is never a barrier to doing something extra ordinary.
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Absent
What happens when you find yourself living a nightmare that you thought only happened to other families? Or that you thought only ever happened in a TV drama?
The Spencer family are a hardworking, unassuming, contented, ordinary family – a mother, a father, and three offsprings.
Nothing different from anyone else. Until one night, a tragedy unfolds, and their ordinary lives are thrust into total disarray.
What they all once knew has all but gone, and now their lives are one big sequence of hurt, upset, uncertainty, and, above all … hope.
A roller coaster of emotions that seem to have no end.
This story expresses courage, strength, love, and what can happen when a family pulls together and never gives up hoping.
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Accepting ME
What do you do when your life is turned upside down by an illness?
Learning to adapt and cope with illness is extremely difficult and can lead even the most confident person to becoming vulnerable.
Follow Lou through her fascinating true journey of how she learned to live with her illness and how she discovered a way to live again.
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Acres of Diamonds
The title gives nothing away, but it may provoke your curiosity and interest and not a novel to be ignored. The very idea of three university undergraduates planning a daring diamond robbery beggar’s belief; especially when one considers that they are in their final year.
Were these questions asked by the three students of themselves? Their conclusion: we are clever enough to commit the perfect crime, with no one any the wiser. But as we all know, things in life are never that simple or as straightforward, and the most unlikely turn of events turns up!
Rather than let the cat out of the bag by describing the course of events and the unexpected outcome, it is left to you, the reader, to find out what happened to our thrill-seeking trio in their ingenious adventure. It is an easy and thoroughly entertaining yarn.
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Acting Monologues | A New Collection | Volume I
This is a diverse and exciting new collection of modern and historical pieces for young performers, aged 7 to 17 years.
A selection of speeches designed to empower and authenticate young girls, teenagers, and individuals who identify as female, as well as numerous gender-fluid roles.
The monologues are suitable for acting examinations, competitions, and auditions – or any situation where a solo scene is required from a published book of monologues. For those learners who study LAMDA examinations, the collection provides options for the learner’s ‘own choice’ category from grades Entry – Grade 5.
Vitally, the themes are fresh and relevant to young people in a modern world; giving learners wider opportunities to explore, learn, and grow as actors, inspired by new and original writing, which is fun, challenging, and meaningful to perform.
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Ada and Emily
Ada and Emily are best friends and next-door neighbours. They love to engineer and build a variety of creations in Ada’s shed. One warm summer day whilst staring up at the sky, they realise what they want to do most is fly. They quickly get to work, turning a past project, a go-kart, into their very own aeroplane in which they can take to the skies and have amazing adventures.
Join Ada and Emily as they plan and build their aeroplane, become aircraft engineers and pilots, and take their first flights.
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