Colonel Wilkinson spent 31 years in the British Army with the Royal Artillery, commando and parachute brigades and special forces. In his last job in the army, he was the principal author of the first British Joint Warfare Publication (JWP 3-50 Peace Support Operations). During his military service he gradually came to the understanding that the achievement of peace required a comprehensive approach that addressed the causes and consequences of conflict and not just the symptoms. These thoughts were crystallised during his four years as a senior research fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London. After King's College, he was deployed as the international advisor to President Kagame in Rwanda for one year and President Karzai in Afghanistan for two years before supporting the National Security Advisor in Baghdad for three years. More recently, he spent fifteen months in the occupied Palestinian territories before deploying to Somalia for three years to support the President and Minister of Internal Security. These positions have given Colonel Wilkinson a unique perspective of international intervention operations. Many others have written of their observations from the outside looking in, Colonel Wilkinson has had the privilege of being part of the host government looking out. Many may find his observations unsettling!
You have two extremely active individuals, mid-60s, looking to many more years of future travel, boating, loyal companionship and retirement. How things can change! Not feeling well in one instance, forgetting what one did with the car keys in the other.A routine unconcerned visit to the GP, subsequent referral to a specialist and in 48 hours your life is in turmoil."You have dementia Mrs Mclean, it's in the early stages and in your case the CT scans have identified Alzheimer's. No, there is presently no cure."We then roll the dice once more. "You have a carcinoid tumour Mr Mclean. Its metastatic and barely noticeable. However, we have made an appointment for you to see a leading professor of oncology who may put you on trial for a new form of tumour suppressant."It's the two words that everyone fears dementia and cancer.This, therefore, is a deadly personal journey dealing with the many and varied implications of dementia. In this instance it meant caring for my best friend, confidant, advisor, lover and wife of 50 years, whilst fighting my own diagnosis.Misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, misunderstood and often denied, this killer with no conscience, now mainstream, leaves but an empty shell as a memory.If you know anyone with dementia, have been diagnosed in the early stages of dementia or if you are caring for a person with dementia, then you should definitely read this story of love, loyalty, passion and patience. A tale of never-ending belief in the future.
You have two extremely active individuals, mid-60s, looking to many more years of future travel, boating, loyal companionship and retirement. How things can change! Not feeling well in one instance, forgetting what one did with the car keys in the other.A routine unconcerned visit to the GP, subsequent referral to a specialist and in 48 hours your life is in turmoil."You have dementia Mrs Mclean, it's in the early stages and in your case the CT scans have identified Alzheimer's. No, there is presently no cure."We then roll the dice once more. "You have a carcinoid tumour Mr Mclean. Its metastatic and barely noticeable. However, we have made an appointment for you to see a leading professor of oncology who may put you on trial for a new form of tumour suppressant."It's the two words that everyone fears dementia and cancer.This, therefore, is a deadly personal journey dealing with the many and varied implications of dementia. In this instance it meant caring for my best friend, confidant, advisor, lover and wife of 50 years, whilst fighting my own diagnosis.Misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, misunderstood and often denied, this killer with no conscience, now mainstream, leaves but an empty shell as a memory.If you know anyone with dementia, have been diagnosed in the early stages of dementia or if you are caring for a person with dementia, then you should definitely read this story of love, loyalty, passion and patience. A tale of never-ending belief in the future.
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.
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.
Introduce your little ones to the magic of wildlife gardening in the company of the garden gnomes Graham, Dando and Spottiswode.Meet the real garden gnomes whose job it is to tend the garden. They find their way to my garden which is straggly and wild. They help to make it just right to attract insects, birds and animals who come to live there. Find the gnomes' secrets in their garden shed. Make your own garden perfect for wildlife!
This is the story of a British soldier serving in strife-torn Northern Ireland. A story of a soldier caught between necessary use of force and admiration for the people he had been tasked to put down.Bomber's LamentWatch and wait in the darkDon't be afraid, killers can be killedLike other men, don't be afraidPoint the gun and squeeze the triggerKilling is easy, living with it is hardDreams come, they go, only bad dreamsWhere are the good dreams?They died when you squeezed the triggerThe killers went to hell to burn and dieYour hell is here, it will last foreverGod will forgive, if I ask him nowGod has gone, leaving this world in disgustHe gave us paradise, we have destroyed itDestroyed through greed and religious jealousyThe hard rain fell but couldn't cleanse the soulNothing will cleanse it, for this we must sufferPriests, man, woman, child, terrorist and soldierThe unborn have a chance but the hard rain fellBomber cried for help to God, no help cameCried to his fellow man, they didn't hear himOnly the warm arms of a woman gave comfortSoothing an aching heart, wiping away the tearsAll was not lost for God is still with usJust listen and do what you know is rightHold fast against evil that would control the worldKeep a strong heart, don't be afraid of the darkOur arms and hearts are strong, we will go onGod, where is he? He is in us to strike down evilAnd the killers in the dark will be banishedBut the hard rain fell and Bomber cried.The first book featuring Bomber Brown, The Wolves of the Radfan, tells of his early life as a soldier fighting in the Middle East. Following on from Hard Rain, Bomber finds himself in more trouble in The Darkness. A story of how easy it is to go from good to bad in Northern Ireland and Switzerland.
Michael's holiday on a tiny offshore island in Papua New Guinea, where his uncle owned a copra and cocoa plantation, was like an exciting dream. It was there that he became friends with Natlik, his uncle's house servant who taught him to spear fish, recognise poisonous plants and corals and to light a fire without matches. However, an incredible boating and fishing trip with his uncle suddenly turned into a nightmare when disaster struck. Michael was left floundering in shark-infested waters off the coast of Southern New Ireland. When Michael failed to return home from the fishing trip, Natlik, using his sharp powers of observation and tracking skills is faced with a risky and dangerous trip across sea and through jungle to try and find his young friend.
Did you know that every single minute of the day, a truck load of plastic is dumped in our oceans? Did you know that by the time you are an adult there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish? Did you know that sea animals can't tell the difference between food and plastic? Even if you didn't know all those facts about plastic that's OK, but here are some more questions. Do you care about your oceans, and rivers, and seas? Do you want to help the creatures that live there? Do you want them to live on our planet forever and ever? Do you think that plastic is a bad thing to have in the ocean? If you say yes to all those questions, then you will love reading about what happens to the animals when they eat plastic, and what you might be able to do to save them. Every one of us has a role to play to make sure all our sea animals are safe and happy and that their homes are clean and healthy. You can play this role too.
With the cold and dark days of winter far behind now, the wonderful smell of spring in the air and the warmth from the sun's rays, the first wild daffodils starting to unfold their bright yellow flowers, the smell of the primroses, the carpets of wood anemones, the bright yellow celandines, the smell from the wild violets to name but a few, just filled your heart with joy. Read on to find out the many wonders that spring time can bring.
On a glorious summer's day in Qualham, Benji, Denny, Quarter, Qui Qui and Millie decide to spend the afternoon on the beach. While playing on board an old run-down pirate ship, the deck of the ship horrifically collapses under Denny's feet, sending him crashing down into an old cabin. When all five explore the old cabin, they discover a treasure map. Is it possible Benji and his friends can follow the trail and discover the treasure?
On a glorious summer's day in Qualham, Benji, Denny, Quarter, Qui Qui and Millie decide to spend the afternoon on the beach. While playing on board an old run-down pirate ship, the deck of the ship horrifically collapses under Denny's feet, sending him crashing down into an old cabin. When all five explore the old cabin, they discover a treasure map. Is it possible Benji and his friends can follow the trail and discover the treasure?
60 years ago, being a medical student entailed some hair-raising encounters in the course of training like giving a general anaesthetic without help or instruction, simply because you were the only help available; or assisting in emergency surgery when there was nobody else available.Distinguished doctors thronged the corridors of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Long after the war there was still a vivid memory of Burma and Libya.Find out why an elderly theatre orderly hinted darkly at "a doctor who got to Dunkirk four days ahead of the field hospital team". Get a new slant on the Penicillin story and read why the old NHS system in Edinburgh avoided "bed blockers".Here is an account of the almost explosive expansion of hospital medicine into ICUs - cardiac arrest teams, coronary care units, positive pressure ventilation, renal dialysis, etc. It was a time of medical progress and high morale.
Five animals, four cats and a dog, are all black and white and are females, but they have two more things in common not apparent at first - they have all been treated badly in different ways by a number of humans and they all have a superpower which helps them to get away from the baddies. Two kind brothers, nine-year-old Diarmuid and seven-year-old Eoghan, rescue the cats Smig, Ebi, Trig and Róisín and the dog, Mags, and persuade their parents to take them all into their home.The animals do not like each other at first, but eventually Mags persuades the cats to abandon their differences and unite together to form The She Team. Her encouraging words, "Don't get mad, get even!" convince them that they will work together to stop their tormentors from hurting other animals. They are confident that their superpowers will help them achieve their goal.
Join Buttons the Dragon as he learns his dragon skills. Follow his progress as he explores his home and surrounding area on Material Mountain.Meet his new friends and his brothers, Zippy and Popper, and his Sister, Lace.Go with him to school and visit the village of Longtimeago where you will meet the Knights.Buttons is excited to tell you his story and hopes you will be his friend.
Teddy bears don't experience life, do they?Desperately wanting that teddy bear from a toyshop, Yasin begs his grandmother to buy it for him. There is something special about that one.The day before his Uncle Sean goes travelling, Yasin gives the bear to him as a gift and decides to name him Yasibear! And this is where the story begins...Can teddy bears experience life? Yasibear can!
Are you there? Do you still wish to continue to the journey's end?Do you wish to buy fully into my madness?If so, partake further of my world, and on your own soul be it.However, have a care, as I shall surely enter into yours, become the substance of your own shadow, part of the fibre of your being.Do you wish still to continue to the journey's end, into my world, my lunacy?Then indulge, partake of my realm: HELL!
The first story in this book, The Mermaid Egg, is about a lost beach ball that ends up on an African beach and the animals that discover it and what they make of it... possibly a mermaid egg. The second story, The Mango Tree, is about an army of ants foraging for food in the jungle, due to a drought there is a short supply, until they spot a huge mango high up in a tree, they proceed to ask the help of various animals reach the Mango... but will they achieve their feast ?
"Did you know that the ugliest scariest fish in the sea has a "flashlight" at the end of a pole on the top of her head? Wrangler the anglerfish uses her light to help a group of fish friends, who disobeyed their parents, find their way back home"--
Mother Nature has issued human beings various warnings over the years, some subtle, some not so subtle; messages she intended to wake us up with, ones that would stop us from directing the planet onto a path that, some say, might already be irreversible.Unfortunately, these messages have largely gone unheeded up until now, which is why Mother Nature has decided to create something new: an Agent that is absolutely unpredictable. Her hope is that humanity will finally wake up and not only begin to preserve the planet, thus saving it from death and destruction, but bringing us humans back to the knowledge that we are one regardless of race, class or colour, and that by working together we can finally attain our freedom.Mother Nature and the Agent is about paying close attention to the greatest signs she has ever given us, so we can ultimately bring about change and welcome in a new era.
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