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How curious do you think you are? This book will help you to explore and expand your curiosity potential. Just like Alice in Wonderland, you will become 'curiouser and curiouser...' Are you ready? Let's discover a brand new, curious YOU...

Alexia and her brother Brad travel out beyond Yass River to bring home Duchess, the beautiful black pony with the four white socks. The clever Duchess has many pony tricks in store for her new family, but proves to be very brave, when things go amiss at Pony Club Camp. Alexia dreams of competing with Duchess at the annual Royal Show, but there are lots of obstacles to jump first!

Would it really be out of the question for the coach to make a slight diversion? We heard that this tour was headed for the Northern Lights. That's why we took it, but now we can't seem to find those Northern Lights anywhere on the itinerary. Any idea why that would be the case? Now you are curious about this book, right? Let me enlighten you. This is a book about Italy and her beautiful northern lakes. While travelling on a tour coach on a round trip from Milan, tiny olive branches are handed out to perfect strangers in an effort to let the Italians know that their country is not considered number one in the world in terms of World Heritage and Culture for nothing.

Since the messy breakdown of her first (and only) relationship, Alice Attwood has sworn off men - for good. The only love she's interested in is other people's, which is why she puts all her time, effort and energy into her exclusive match-making service, 'The Attachment Agency'. Running her business with clockwork precision, Alice sees herself as independent and successful; someone who can do everything on their own. She needs no one - well, apart from Lyndsey, her long-suffering assistant. But then Alice's perfectly constructed world receives an unwelcome blast from the past: suddenly, the one thing keeping her sane, her beloved agency, is under threat. With no time to spare, Alice takes on the challenge to save her business, and, more terrifying still, finds she has to rely on others to do it. Amidst this confusion, Alice is thrown back into a world she swore she'd never set foot on again: one with the potential for love. Alice has to decide whether the juice is worth the squeeze, or whether going it alone is the only path for her. To get her life back on track and overcome the obstacles in her way, Alice will have to use every skill at her disposal, every favour owed and every trick in the book to rise to the occasion... and who knows, she may even get more than she bargained for in the process. Will Alice be able to do this? Or has the matchmaker met her match?

After losing a wonderful friend to Covid, during the height of the BLM 2020 movement, with her job in jeopardy, feeling threadbare, the author wrote this positive story of hope, to remind children that they must always be who they are, especially in troubled times.

Have you ever wondered if dragons are real? Well, of course they are real. Just because you haven't ever seen one, it doesn't mean that dragons don't exist. The sad truth is that there are not many left nowadays. In times gone by, we humans lived very happily with dragons by our sides. But times change; nothing stays the same for ever. In extraordinary times, extraordinary things can happen. And these are most definitely extraordinary times. A dreadful virus is sweeping through the country - around the whole world, in fact - with consequences for us all. But in these troubled times, siblings Alexander and Lily discover many positives as they embark on an adventure into the unknown. Along the way they find that lots of important lessons are not learned in school! Dragon Times is a heart-warming, inspirational tale of generosity, resilience and hope. Definitely hope!

There is nothing that has attracted as much attention as 'love'. Most songs are about it and Hollywood and Bollywood have converted love to a romantic and sugar-coated concept. The problem is that couples expect that their relationships will resemble the make-believe world of the silver screen, literature and love-songs. In the real world the challenge is how to preserve love and avoid becoming another statistic in the flood of failed relationships. This book offers an advanced programme, tailored to today's world, that will enable you to revive your relationship and enhance understanding, communication and cooperation. In a clear and pin-point style, the authors provide answers that re-instil depth and pleasure to any relationship. For over 30 years, the authors have been engaged in training and counselling in the field of self-awareness, communication and parenting around the world. In their work, they have encountered a great number of people whose relationships have broken down or lost the sparkle. Over and over again, they have proven that it is possible to repair or revive every relationship as long as there is desire and intention. Are you willing to invest in your relationship in order to rekindle the flame?

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 fiance, 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.

A journey of a brother and sister who were abandoned by their parents and put in a care system. This seems to go well at first, until they are put forward for a foster placement, which goes downhill very quickly afterwards. Siblings is an engrossing family saga that you won't be able to put down.

'I was a most unlikely traveller. Growing up in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, I had no great ambitions to travel other than to visit friends and family within a two- or three-mile radius. From the age of 11, I had to take the bus each day to the nearest grammar school, 10 miles away in Omagh. Apart from that there was an annual, one-day, bus trip to Bundoran, a small seaside town in County Donegal. That was more than enough travelling for me. At the age of 19, I had never been to Belfast or Dublin, and didn't feel I had missed anything. Sixty-two years later, when I sat down to write this travelogue, I realised that in the intervening years I had visited seventy-five countries and all five continents, many of the countries visited multiple times. How had I morphed from someone with little interest in travel into someone who was ready to fly off to anywhere in the world at the drop of a hat? Were the wanderlust seeds sown in my formative years or was I bitten by the travel bug after accepting an offer to represent Northern Ireland at an international conference? I begin by trying to answer that question before going on to recount my unique experiences and perceptions, gathered from over 30 years of travel, along with insights into different countries, places and peoples. I hope you will agree that the outcome presents as a rich and illuminating read.'

It is summer in the sleepy village of Much Moaning. Clang the tufty-pawed dog and his pals, Soot the Greyhound, Twinkle the Great Dane and Bodger the King-size Poodle, are planning a party at Silly Sausage Cottage. It is to be DOGS-ONLY! No humans will be allowed to join in the fun. To have the cottage empty for the party, Clang needs the three humans he lives with to go to Lord Actually's Summer Ball, but there is a HUGE problem! Lady Esme Her Silliness, Lady Lavinia Her Unusualness and Lady Wallopy Thump have no new dresses to wear. Lady Wallopy Thump won't go to the party in an old dress. Clang twitches his ears, whirrs his tail and thinks up what seems to be a wonderful plan to make the ladies leave the cottage. With Clang planning everything, what could possibly go wrong?! Join Clang and his pals on a hilarious party adventure that you won't forget!

April 2018. Two and a half years have passed since the unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Barbados' Prime Minister, Jeffrey Motby. His surprisingly quick and full recovery had enabled him, just eight months later, to lead his Barbados United Party (BUP) to a third successive general election victory. Policies and projects were working. The UK vehicle investment project he had directly masterminded had reduced unemployment to just over eight per cent. England's Test cricket team was set to visit Barbados to play a resurgent West Indies. A royal visit to Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines was scheduled and the Prime Minister's daughter planned to marry shortly. There were no known crises on the horizon.But situations can change quickly. Major, unexpected actions disrupt the best laid plans of the government. A perfect storm? The Organisation comes to town; there is a mid-morning prisoners' escape and the un-explained disappearance of a senior government official. A botched night robbery in a prime tourism nightspot is also witnessed by a top overseas journalist. A response by government is required as other scheduled sporting and entertainment events become part of the mix. Barbados' long-established reputation for stability, hospitality and security is threatened by this convergence of events.The Prime Minister, also the current CARICOM Chairman, demands rapid answers and an early return to normalcy. Events inadvertently connect a senior BIB operative who is hung out to dry. Nothing is what it seems. Can Barbados' robust law enforcement agencies combine to save the country's stellar reputation?

Don't you wish children really did come with instructions? Caregivers of children with attachment difficulties, who have experienced childhood trauma, often don't know that they need to parent differently to meet their child's specific needs and help them to start making sense of the world. Seeing the Unseen is a one-stop-shop for families who are besieged.Learn the founding principles of attachment and trauma theory.Understand why it's important to put on your oxygen mask first.Discover how to become a trauma detective.Access practical strategies to tackle behaviours-from sleep issues to sibling rivalry, manipulation to miscommunication.Easy to navigate and written in a straightforward style, Seeing the Unseen is a must-have for adoptive and foster caregivers. It will also benefit anyone who has been touched by attachment disruption, including divorce.

In 1962, when air-travel was in its infancy, a nineteen-year-old boy who felt trapped in Melbourne, Australia, made up his mind that he was going to return to his homeland in the United Kingdom. He was prevented from doing so by both lack of documentation and the funds required.Putting an idea to work without the thought of losing his life, he became the first person in history to fly for nearly five days in a crate across the Pacific Ocean.

How did a fishmonger's son from Tyneside, growing up in the 1950s with a Geordie accent, become the person who recorded over 900 audiobooks and received an MBE from the Queen in the Birthday Honours of 2017?This 'charming', 'entertaining' and 'heart-warming' memoir answers that question. Reviews:AudioFile magazine"e;...not simply a reader but an artist of the spoken word..."e;"e;...Gordon Griffin, an entire acting company in one person..."e;Miriam Margolyes: Witty and moving memoir of how a working-class boy becomes THE voice of the spoken word.Honest and vivid account plus excellent advice for those of us who work with words.

It seems easy to understand. Just don't eat anything made by animals. That's easy to do, right? Shirley feels she needs to do this to attract the best-looking ram on the field. We are all sheep any way, moving around in herds, whether physically or in thought patterns. Could a change in widely accepted diets be undertaken by the herd?

It's 1942 and the Second World War's Pacific Theatre has started. John Knight and his soldier colleagues have escaped being prisoners-of-war of the Japanese. They established a Coastwatcher network who report on the Japanese from the islands of New Guinea. Since the war started, John's group of part-time soldiers have transformed into an effective group of killers. The group operates from a stolen Japanese gunboat and engage the Japanese on both land and sea while they continue to rescue people from the clutches of the advancing Japanese army. The group's unlikely successes have been recognised and they now also work with the army's special forces directly engaging the Japanese in high-risk missions behind enemy lines. John knows that capture by the Japanese means certain death. On the battlefield, the Japanese receive no quarter and John's group expect none from the Japanese. It is a desperate time and no one is playing by the gentleman's rules of war. John and his group have survived through stealth, innovation and ruthless efficiency but is that enough to survive the imminent invasion of New Guinea's capital? John's group need the luck of the Irish if they are to survive the war. This book is a sequel to the highly successful book, Expendable Soldiers: Invasion.

Five children. Jeremy, Lydia and Sam look after their two little ones, quiet Jubilee and her outspoken brother, Joel. One evening as they fall asleep, they drift into a dream of things that happened over two thousand years ago, where a rough fisherman called Peter met Jaycee, a man who heals sick people - by magic? Jeremy still has his magic sac of everlasting water. Sam's stick from a cedar tree becomes a magic sword and is back in his belt. Lydia checks her pocket; her mirror of knowledge is still there, and the little ones carry two amazing gifts - a stone and the Book of Life. Many strange creatures help them on their journey of discovery. Giant locusts fly them through time; Amos, a proud Pelican bird, is the wing commander of many bird divisions - on watch! Florrie, a nervous stork; Red,the clumsy navigator cockerel - who crows three times and flies them into a maze of planet worlds. Two young first-year student angels are sent to take care of them - to pass their exams!The children witness the shape-shifting of Jaycee on a high mountain, where a mysterious hut leads to many rooms of life after death, but are the swirling grey ghostly dervishes waiting? High above them are the Zephier Comet bikers - shooting star angels - who come to save them in a great heavenly battle between Jaycee and the evil dragon prince of Persia who needs to stop Peter from being a great leader.

English is the world's international language. Consequently, many speakers of other languages have taken great pains to make English their second language, mainly for practical reasons rather than for love of the language itself. Practical reasons include travel, business, academic intercourse and inter-governmental communication. China recognises this need and, in consequence, the author spent more than ten years in China, finding the experience interesting, enlightening and exciting, albeit at times frustrating. It was a wonderful time. In the author's view, it is essential that the world comes to know and understand this huge empire. This book is full of observations from within the country, which should help in presenting China, its people, customs, educational systems and way of life, its contradictions and its attractions as well as its darker side. Most importantly, it gives some insight into how the people think - and this is important. Hopefully readers learn something while enjoying the experience.

The Sensational Senserman is a short novel about a royal house of human-like alienated species called Tyradias who discovered a planet with black crystallized metal with a gem inside a gem. This gem gave a person, Stefan Tyradian, omnipotence which he used for good, creating a brilliant kingdom and protecting the people from the enemies of Ckoria. Life was peaceful till the king's wife Anabella died and then things went wrong. The king became depressed and lonely and died, but not without a twist. He will be born again in another body one day bearing the infinite sense mark; he will be better than ever. But will he exceed his past life's expectations or will his inner demons get the better of him?

"e;She is going to sell you something and you will buy it."e; It's Fashion Week and Lower Manhattan churns with construction on the third anniversary of 9/11, as Emma O'Farrell Paige arrives at the federal courthouse to depose her former boss, the diabolical villain behind a counterfeit perfume ring. With little more than tenacity and courage, Emma breaks free from her dysfunctional Midwest childhood and fights for her long-distance marriage to independent league baseball pitcher Ethan Paige, as she plays to win among world-class dealmakers in the trenches of the international beauty biz. Under the guidance of mentor and boss Julian Petrenko, Emma masterminds the two-hundred-million-dollar fragrance deal with boy band sensation 'UK Connection'. When the deal of the decade reveals the underbelly of the vaulted Beautyland, Emma is forced to examine herself as closely as she's studied the beauty game. ********* Beautyland is hard to put down, engaging the reader from the first word, a riveting story of a women who knows her destiny and never gives up. Dana Kline's writing makes you feel every emotion deeply and twists and turns in the story are ones you would never expect. I didn't want to put the book to end as I felt like I was saying goodbye to my friend. You will truly love this book"e; - Tracey Bregman American Actress & Producer

Alex Valentine will never be trusted. With her fate tied to an ancient prophecy she is destined to destroy her clan...and she has every intention to do so. Under the ever-watchful eyes of her Authorities she is forced to serve time in her clan's military institute. However, when she destroys their sacred artefact, the Ankh of the Dead, it appears she has signed her death warrant. With the Authorities' grip tightening, enemies closing in and two more Midnight Children revealed; Alex needs to act fast. Prophecy or no prophecy she will have her revenge. For the life she was forced into and for the life stolen from her, nothing will stand in her way. Except... her own past. When old ghosts return to haunt her she must decide who she can trust, including herself. She must decide how to play her game without playing right into the Authorities' hands. She must decide how far she is willing to go and how much blood she is willing to spill.

ONE CITY. TWO KILLERSA serial killer and a supernatural killer terrorise a city. One kills willingly preying on adulterers and the other unknowingly with no memory of being a monster. The city knows about the serial murders committed by the Sin Killer, but unaware of the shape-shifter whose murders are blamed on the Sin Killer. The captain of police is related to one of the killers.

This book is written with charm and humour by a child who grew up between two worlds - an idyllic childhood in Hong Kong in the 1950s which was shattered by his return to England at the age of seven to a new life as a boarder at a Catholic preparatory school. From the age of seven to seventeen, he travels between these worlds and comments on all the changes that occur in this dynamic decade. He sees Hong Kong develop from an entrepot to a booming manufacturing powerhouse with the effect this has on the Cantonese and their relationship with Europeans and compares this life to the smog-bound, tired English way of life only just beginning to recover from the devastation of the Second World War. It is a joy to read and is a fascinating record of two worlds by a child of a bygone age.

This book is divided into two different sections. The first section is about the time when Nan first fell ill, how we all dealt with it as a family and how we looked after Nan throughout the duration of her illness. The second section is about Nan's passing; from the day she passed away right through the whole of the first year and how I personally dealt with it.I felt the need to write a book about it because, whether we have faced it or are yet to, it is inevitable that everyone will experience the grief of losing a loved one at some point in their life.More importantly, I wrote this book in the hope that my words and experiences that I share here will help someone who is currently going through what I went through.- Rianna Webster

If you are wondering what happens after you die, or think there is life after death, or think we are here by accident, then think again!We are only at the beginning of a long journey. If you think we are special or here by accident, we are not. Thank GOD there is life outside our solar system. This is the story of Capella Smith after she dies. On earth, she was a politician, but now she can be whatever she wants to be - as long as she reads the small print!

Lyrical is a contemporary fiction novel set in the mid to late nineteen eighties. The setting focuses primarily around the County of Angus on the north east coast of Scotland. Lyrical depicts the ever-revolving changes within the lives of its characters. As you build their personas, the author tantalises, frustrates and teases the reader as she shapes the characters traits, dislikes and passions within your mind The author uses two of the main characters, Louise Dixon and Charlie Grey to demonstrate the choices, growth and development (inclusive of maturity) they encounter as they make the transition from young adults to adults. Louise Dixon has grown up in a single parent family with her dad, Daniel. The book relays the struggles, demands and emotional challenges that a single parent family encounters over the years: the mid-1980s social norms inclusive of a nuclear family, two parents with two children to differ from these created predjucies, individuals being judgemental against father. Thankfully, this was beginning to change when marriage rates went down as couples decided to live together and divorce rates went up in the late 1980s.