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The perceived themes of this second anthology essentially cover aggression, transgression, progression and its nemesis of regression which are all impacting worldwide, and certainly not new phenomena as evidenced throughout history. Aggression has a vehicle not only in military might but also in bullying, body language, a war of words and propaganda, all acting as powerful, pervasive and persuasive threats or weapons and inducing duress. Transgression is particularly visible in the political arena where holding onto power, breaking rules, being a stranger to the truth, exhibiting widespread and uninhibited hubris and brazenly "getting away with it" is endemic - the people's government is an apparent misnomer, whereby a self-serving government not fit for purpose does not prioritise nor enact the needs of the people it was duly elected to represent. Progression, interpreted as the advancement and prevalence of good, is often counteracted by regression and retrograde outcomes via evil raising its ugly head. Civilisation should be at its zenith in the 21st century, but the world is in a quandary, waiting and hoping for the cavalry to arrive! As a global community, and forerunners of the future, we have to ensure that it does.

A concise and balanced view of what is known as the Blitz on London. The title emphasizes bombing over blitz and recognises that the meaning of 'the Blitz' has now acquired other general connotations and is often equated to 'Britain in wartime' or the spirit of carrying on.

Greed. Deceit. Jealousy. Treachery. None are qualities you want to come up against, especially when they're brought to life in a group thought to be dead. Unfortunately for Hugo Bennett, an eleven-year-old schoolboy, and his friends and allies, this group wants what they have and will stop at nothing to get it.

This travelogue moves along by Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, by the Burren, a land of strange beauty that inspired Tolkien, by the ruins of remotely-placed monastic shrines and chanting monks.

Violet Bellamy is surprised to find herself a ghost because, as a rational person, she doesn't believe in them. After a life of timid conformity, she now wants to complicate the lives of people with empty charm and too much self-belief.

Three little birds is a real life account of what it's like to experience infant loss. The book is based on Liana Stemp who's life through pregnancy, birth and babies has been anything from easy.

A self-illuminating white ribbon spiralled in the gloom. Appearing slowly as though she had willed them into existence, the ribbon became a T and a C. As they approached her they quivered and more letter appeared until the ribbon read: Terms and Conditions.

The premise for this book was an introspection into Information Technology (IT) which I felt has neither been done before or in this style. All the events and conversations written have all happened and, to reduce folk's embarrassment, everyone in the book has been given an appropriate nickname to hide their true identity.

Laura's quiet life in the wilds of Scotland is thrown into disarray one night, and so begins a whirlwind quest for her identity.

Rebecca the Woodpecker is a beautifully written rhyming tale about a woodpecker who is very different from all the other birds, because she is actually made out of wood! Rebecca's mother created her out of a tree stump by pecking and pecking at it, until Rebecca appeared and magically came to life.

Who is the spy with green eyes? Travel back through the ages to an ancient land of two mighty rivers, crisscrossed by nine others, studded with jewelled islands, palm-fringed beaches, mangrove forests and dense jungles - Goa! It is the sixteenth century.

Annabel Christie is wracked by guilt. It was rediscovering her late father's letter after thirty years, which finally did it. A thunderbolt to Annabel's conscience, the letter was a reminder of her idyllic childhood spent in a wonderful, wild garden, her lost love for nature, and the broken bond between father and daughter.

This is a true story about two non-identical twin brothers who were adopted soon as they were born due to unfortunate circumstances. They were taken up by two different families who happened to be in the vicinity of about ten miles from each other - none of the two families knew each other.

Double Damned: English Tuberculosis Complex (2018) provided a history of errors in the attempted eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) from the UK. Covid-19 appeared in 2019 and illustrated that the errors were embedded in the human race.Homo stupidus contains an update of the book, and much more. Human stupidity has and continues to hamper control and eradication of disease. For example, bTB is spread by movement of infected cattle and badgers. Incest is very rare in mammals. Male badgers move outside their social group to breed, and inadvertently spread disease.This long-established fact was ignored by planners. Badger bTB was localised to the West Country for at least 20 years, but is now widespread nationally. Badger to cattle and cattle to badger transmission occurs: once introduced, the major spread is within species. The disease was eradicated years ago from countries where it had not established in wild life.Aspects of the disease have changed during the past 50 years, but a possible solution is suggested.Simple fatal errors made in the control/eradication of Covid-19 are specified and discussed.Human and animal disease control/eradication is confounded by ignorance, misunderstanding, polarised viewpoints, fragments of information, conflicting ethics, political expediency and complex mathematics.