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Sid, the Herring Gull – Book 2
Living on the rooftop of number forty in Kent is a family of five herring gulls. Sid, his wife, Sas, and their three young daughters, Su, Se and So, give a display of splendour to the world every day. They are very, very talented in singing and dancing.
Sid is extremely protective of his nest and he guards their home every day, especially from the troublesome wind. Sid likes to tell stories and he would like to share his and his family’s adventures with you.
Sid and Sas enjoy living on the rooftop with their family and also like teaching their three young daughters the life skills that they will need to survive. The herring gull has collected a lot of interesting items, especially plastic bags to push into the cracked chimney stack to stop the chimney from hissing out smoke. But one day something weird pops out of the chimney, taking him off guard as it colours the family in an array of plastic outfits.
Read about Sid and his family. The issues he has and he will, I am sure, make you giggle.
This is book 2 of 9 in the series of Sid, the Herring Gull.
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Six Miles from Home
Six Miles from Home chronicles the compelling events of one of the UK's worst urban air disasters that claimed the lives of 72 passengers and crew. Drawing on 20 years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with all those involved, the author has produced a truly remarkable and compelling book. Full of suspense and high drama, it tells a powerful account of death and survival, with compassion and understanding that leaves the reader with lasting images. As an analysis of the disaster and how it changed lives forever, this account is an important social record. The book is the achievement of a skilful writer who is passionate about his subject. This is the author's fourth book on civilian aviation accidents; in addition, he has contributed numerous articles on the subject for newspapers and magazines. He has also taken part in a number of television documentaries. Based in Cheshire, his previous books include, The Munich Air Disaster, which deals with the Manchester United tragedy; and The Devil Casts His Net, which chronicles the events surrounding the Winter Hill air disaster.
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Skimmer - Deep Sea
A contractor sub-surface mining skiff is delivering deep sea minerals collected by its drones to the moonpools of a giant Chinese-owned GlobeCorpMining Harvester ship stationed in the Pacific Ocean. The artificial intelligence or AI operating the skiff and its drones is monitored by a small young crew. Onboard, one of them with family connections to mining in ‘the Area’ is coerced into acquiring a revolutionary AI technology being developed by another crew member. It becomes apparent that Xed Ocean Academy crew monitoring and communications security has been compromised. Another mining skiff has also disappeared off ‘the Area’ grid. As the situation becomes ever more desperate no one seems to know who is behind all the deception and why. Somehow the Sea Hunters who patrol ‘the Area’ and GlobeCorpMining are also involved. Against the odds, and with the Sea Hunters in pursuit the young crew must learn to work together and overcome betrayal.
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Sled Dog Gun: Aviemore Dreaming
Jim Bryde, sled dog racer, always had the ambition to place first in the pinnacle of Britain's sled dog racing, the competition ‘Aviemore'. This is the story of his life shared with Siberian Huskies; the trouble, love and tragedy that can come with a passion for racing and indeed for the dogs themselves.
Jim's beloved dogs include the loveable Joker, stubborn Dansa, the placid and friendly Bandit, but could it be Gun, son of Fly and Maji, and Gun's subsequent bloodline, who can finally lead Jim's team to victory, after many years of placing second?
While Jim's personal life sometimes overlaps into the world of racing, the passion for his hobby can be felt in every word of this endearing account of sled dog racing. To those interested in owning Siberian Huskies and racing sled dogs, his own individual accounts of his experiences are full of valuable tips.£8.99 -
Smar
Something strange has again landed on Topside of the Planet Smar. The Great Council has hurriedly put a small team of “volunteers” together to seek out what it is and discover what it’s doing. Sergeant Ha’an, the reluctant leader and soul survivor of a previous expedition to encounter an object from the sky, leads his equally reluctant band of misfits on their perilous journey across Topside. On the way, they meet up with Nerak, a fearless explorer and scientist, and she joins them on their quest. They meet up with Tega, an old scout, who leads them to the landing site and their epic encounter with the strange machines and what lies within them. They battle with their own personal demons whilst forming a lasting friendship. Meanwhile, in the city of Below, an unscrupulous journalist tries her best to get her story no matter who gets hurt in the process whilst the equally unethical Information Bureau does its best to stop her. What does the Great Council really know about the objects from the sky, the ancient civilisation and where the answers are to be found?
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Smooth Like Whiskey
Bellamy is trying to get over her mental illness and accept her body for the way it is, stretch marks and all.
She never knew how one holiday could change everything, forever.
She’s clumsy, she’s curvy, she swears too much and drinks too much.
Then he comes along and makes her believe in love.
The most important kind of love, self-love.
He is escaping from his past, so travelling to Portugal for a month sounded like the perfect plan. Little did he know he’d meet the woman who will change him forever.
Six months after they part, fate has other plans for them.
Can you meet the right person at the wrong time? But more importantly what happens when you meet the right person again at the wrong time?
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Snolly Loves Strawberry Jam
Snolly the cat is happy and content in his life and his home, but he attributes his happiness to the wrong thing. As he tells us about his days with the lady in the pretty cottage with the white picket fence and flower-filled garden, we begin to wonder when will he figure this out for himself? A nasty experience for Snolly finally helps him understand what has really made him so happy.
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So How Will You Sleep?
Do you want to sleep in a tree like a koala?
How about at the bottom of the ocean like a whale?
Or upside down in a cave like a bat?
Discover how different creatures go to sleep at night and imagine yourself snuggling down with them at bed time.
You can also try and spot the playful caterpillar hidden on every page.
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SOE Agent Code Name LILLY
Mary Dumont is a third officer in the Women’s Royal Naval Service working at the Admiralty Communications Centre in London in 1942 where she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to become a wireless operator-saboteur. Parachuted into France, Mary joins a small band of resistance fighters where she leads a double life, a schoolteacher by day, a wireless operator by night; all goes horribly wrong, Mary is captured and tortured by an SS major who is determined to obtain both her codes and the names of her companions. Mary makes a daring escape during an air raid, unknown to her, German Intelligence has infiltrated SOE, a double agent known to Mary has also been parachuted into France to capture a Dutch scientist who is escaping to England with plans for the German V1 flying bomb. Evading capture, Mary’s resistance cell must get the scientist to England before he can be handed over to the Gestapo, but first Mary must eliminate the German double agent. Just when she thinks it is safe on returning to England, Mary and her companions discover the identity of the traitor within SOE, they must try to eliminate him before he can return the scientist to the Germans.
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Sojourns in Vana
Vorclaw must pay! General Baltus Blackpool continues to enact his revenge for his wife’s untimely death by placing the nation of Vorclaw under his military control and begins to hunt down the rulers of Vorclaw, known as The Council of Twelve.
Queen Ooktha, ruler of the arch-goblins, realises she is betrayed and is willing to sacrifice her followers and her own safety in order to garner revenge against the Blackpool brothers
– even if it means devastating her lover, Leif Foehammer!
Hundreds of miles far to the north, Leif and Bjorn Foehammer, Dru Blackpool and others are cut off from returning from their mission. They are forced to fight for their lives against the undead and other creatures. As they sojourn through the mountains to find a new way home, they encounter unexpected allies and a potential revelation about Leif’s past! But if they return, will it be a happy homecoming?
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Solace in Stamps
My memoir traces the many traumatic events I’ve dealt with, in socially changing times, from the mid-1950s onwards. I’ve fought the government’s solicitors because of inequality, survived a rare type of cancer and sepsis, and battled depression too. I’ve written about the emotions I’ve felt over several relationships; a cheating fiancé, a marriage on the rebound and an affair with a married lover. With little education, I tell of my quest to become a surveyor in later life. I’ve recently had to come to terms with the tragic deaths of both parents. Often when times were difficult, especially as a child, I found huge comfort in my stamp collection. Yet there are many lighter moments too!
I am fortunate to possess transcripts that describe my grandfather’s years as a dispatch rider during the Great War. He witnessed horrific sights at the battlefields on the Somme and experienced grief and heartache when a younger brother died in 1914, his older brother died at Ypres in 1915 and his mother died in 1917.
There are also intriguing links within my story to my 2nd great-grandfather who was the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner and an agricultural labourer’s daughter. Born in 1854, he trained as a tailor and travelled to where the Industrial Revolution had taken hold and mills were springing up in the Midlands and Far North.
In addition, I have an amazing connection to my 14th great-grandfather who fought for King Henry VIII and who was knighted as a result.£9.99 -
Sometimes we feel... Sad
At times, we all feel sad. Reading this book helps children understand negative emotions, the physical sensations that accompany them and healthy ways to feel better.
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