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Barbara Kastelin is a story-teller - assured narratives in vivid locations with compelling characters, and a surprise at the end. A dove falls from the Sicilian sky, the green pullover is a problem, a big-nosed statue is abused, while rats pile up in the bedside table.

Moved by devastating media coverage in 1985, John Tomlinson packed his bags to volunteer for the Save the Children Fund with the intent to help rebuild, and run, a small hospital in a town on the border with Ethiopia. However, faced with diminishing supplies, poorly trained staff and civil unrest, the enormity of the task became clear.

All too often, pain in ridden horses is labelled as 'bad' behaviour. The apparently 'sound' horse is 'naughty', 'lazy', 'difficult', 'explosive', 'spooky', 'nappy', and more. These labels are wrong.Pain impacts all aspects of a horse's performance, including its partnership with the rider, and its potential to progress.

I grew up hearing tales of a great-great grandfather, a Catholic man of the cloth from Cork who eloped with a nun. As a child I found ancestors dead-boring, living relations bad enough.

The year is 2060, springtime is missing and Britain hasn't seen snow for over twenty years...Unbeknown to the creatures of the wild, Human 'Beings' have been destroying their homes for centuries. But will they discover the truth in time?

'Quite unlike anyone, Bright is hard to fit into the contemporary poetry scene. Late Modernist? Anti-populist, certainly. Skilful, undoubtedly.

Gonnae no dae that? This is a Scots expression imploring someone to stop doing something. Advice Miller H Caldwell definitely didn't follow. In his memoir, Miller goes back to 1950, growing up in the manse at Kirriemuir. After some troubling experiences, he finished schooling in Glasgow determined to lead a humanitarian life.

Meet Egg. Egg is not like any other egg you've ever seen. Egg is gold and white, and can fly and talk and be seen by children and special grownups. It lives in a place of stillness and silence until one day a girl's hand suddenly picks it up and sticks it in her bedroom. Egg is amazed. What is this place?

Four years ago, my 16-year old daughter, Aeryn, took her own life. Even now, those words still don't feel real. I have found it virtually impossible to separate thoughts and memories of my daughter from the cold, hard, terrifying fact of her death, from the depression that robbed us of her.

All comedy is based on tragedy that is why we laugh at somebody who makes a mistake or trips over the carpet and we smile thankful that it's not us!

This is a collection of 39 short stories that explores what it means - what it feels like - to be alive; to be a fully-functioning human being. The stories represent life as we know it - but writ large, and in bold.

When a seemingly innocent photograph in the street ignites a nationwide manhunt, a desperate flight for freedom begins and young British traveller Daniel Weaver finds himself running for his life. Using his wits, misdirection and a change of identity, Dan flees through the northern deserts of Xinjiang in his pursuit of freedom.

Just a few years ago Jesse Travis Scott hiked Colombia's famous Ciudad Perdida, a grueling, mosquito-ridden, all-weather-encompassing, 44 kilometer, 4-day hike through the Sierra Nevada mountains near the city of Santa Marta. The average age of his fellow trekkers was about 27 years old, whereas Jesse was about to turn 43 at the time.

Angelita lives a protected life in a small mountain village in Andalucia. Reaching adolescence, and angered by hostile gossip about her father and restrictions on visiting him in Madrid, she commits a crime against the community, and is imprisoned.

Set in 1969,'Islands' opens in Manhattan where John and his best friend Mike are living and working in order to make money for their big trip. As they travel, John is trying to figure out what to do with his life and what his values really are.

It is 1474 and England is finally at peace after 25 years of internecine bloodshed where Yorkists and Lancastrians battled for the crown. On the throne sits Edward IV with his beautiful queen, Elizabeth Woodville, at his side.

Do you feel constantly exhausted by work? Do you sometimes feel negative and cynical about work? Is it taking you longer than it should to complete even simple tasks at work? If you answered yes to any of these questions you may be on the road to burnout.

How does the opportunity ever arise for one person to alter the destiny of a world?

Tommy is a happy young dinosaur with no cares in the world. One day he begins to feel unwell, so his friend, Pterry, takes him to see the Witch Doctor.

Our local councillors come from people close to their electorate: family, friends, neighbours, work mates, people down your street. They spend multi billions of our money annually on schools, housing, social services, roads, environmental and public health, amongst many other day-to-day matters vital to us all.

Alba White returns. Holidaying at her favourite Cornish hotel - perched as it is on the cliffs above a remote beautiful, quiet cove - Alba is surprised and embarrassed to bump into an old school friend. Surprised because they have not spoken for years and embarrassed because Alba herself was the cause of their estrangement.

George and Graham Miller are identical twins. They are so alike even their parents can't tell them apart. They discover at an early age that they can "Switch" identities with impunity. Sometimes they switch for a reason and sometimes just for a laugh. No one ever suspects a thing.

Love conquers all, they say. The streets disagree. Two teenagers connect across the divides of London's gangs. Meteor, a WMD, and Jaycee, from a different postcode. Yet their deepening relationship feels matched at every turn by the hostility of the world around them.

Have you ever wondered how the space and time of our everyday lives works - and why? Explaining how space and time works as a complete system, the book is helped by brief accounts of the contributions of some of the great scientists and philosophers who helped us understand its components.

It is the year 832, and a torrent of crime is sweeping through the Kingdom of the East Angles. The cattle upon which folk depend for milk, meat and muscle are being slaughtered in droves by unknown killers and left to the wolves.

The story of folate (vitamin B9) is one of outstanding achievements which have advanced major areas of medical practice and also of scandals of international significance.

Lilly's life is turned upside down when the global pandemic hits. In one sweep, she loses her job as an airline steward and is forced to move to rural Oxfordshire and live on her grandparents' farm. From flying high to living low, she spends her days trying to forget and her nights haunted by dark dreams.

18 Holes is a unique collection of short stories; one for each of the 18 holes that make up a round of golf. The stories reflect the fact that golf is far more than a game. From death and glory through to love and valour, 18 Holes captures life itself as much as a sport that challenges and delights so many.