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Learn how to overcome the devastating reality of bullying and re-build your life. Character Assassination is the harrowing story of Kieran's traumatic experience of bullying at an all-boys high school. Facing hundreds of physical, emotional, and cyber attacks every day, his life was ripped apart as the bullies attacked his self-worth through a horrifying and targeted assassination of his character. With no help from his school, the experience came very close to completely ruining his life. From severe depression to a fulfilling life as a youth motivational speaker, his story is a very real and vulnerable insight into the bullying occurring in our schools. Character Assassination gives hope to anyone wishing to overcome the devastation that is caused by merciless bullies in all areas of life. With a wide range of strategies for victims and anyone wanting to make a difference to those being bullied, Character Assassination is a practical hope-giver that teaches you how to overcome the trauma of bullying, and build a life of inspiration for yourself and those around you.

Jim Nicholls takes readers on a journey like no other. Visit places as remote as the Zulu battlefields in South Africa, learn about an inventor who made the first heavier-than-air flight before the Wright brothers, and take in an Easter church service in a small Portuguese town. All this and more are held together by tales of trains ranging from a tiny rail motor in the Queensland outback to a wild ride in Borneo. Experience Switzerland and America from the windows of a train. Train travel opens a window on the world, allowing a visual eavesdropping and intrusion into a country's backyard that, if done in any other form, would probably result in arrest. Trains have it all, they convert the journey into the adventure. Real people travel on trains. Discussing with a young girl from New Zealand how one meets interesting and friendly people on such journeys, she neatly summed it up: 'Yeah, how many nice people do you ever meet on an aeroplane?'

Everyone needs friends and when the friendly Urmanou finds himself without any, he sets off to find his very own friends. He has been alone for so long, his adventures take him far and wide. This is a lovely story for children of fun, adventure and the value of friendship.

"Populate or Perish" was the mantra after World War II as Australia sought to boost its population through immigration. This gripping story follows the lives of two young sisters as they embark on a journey of hope and opportunity, leaving behind war-torn and debt-ridden England for the promise of a better life in Australia. But as they navigate the challenges of a new country and grapple with the harsh realities of the immigration process, they are forced to confront the tragedies and heartbreak that come with the consequences of their choices. With a backdrop of a world in turmoil and a nation in flux, this novel explores the human cost of political decisions and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Pablo (From Til Death We Do Part) is still fighting to come to terms with the excruciating loss of two wives, but in his ongoing frustration, he starts to resort to violence, something he has formerly eschewed his entire life. He is a strong and powerful man, and seems to be in control to start with, but even so, he is conflicted within himself and seeks the help of a psychologist to help him understand and control his urges. However, the law of unforeseen consequences visits him with devastating effect, and he soon finds his actions snowballing beyond anything he intended or could have imagined and before long, he shockingly finds own life in the balance. Can fate send him a surprise guardian angel to salvage him from himself and his own folly?

People in my position must often ask themselves what the answer is? How did I get here? At what cost? And how did I finally come out on the other side, into a world where the grass is green and smells fresh. And where life is worth living and relishing for every last facet of its existence - a place where utopia can exist for the simplest of men. It is ironic that what finally triggered my debut book was being handed the psychiatric report on our youngest daughter's suicide. People always say that inside every good journalist is a book, and I always joked that that ruled me out in that case. But then I thought about what everyone is looking for - the secret of a happy life. And this story is about the journey that it took to get there. We will never be able to bring her back. Obviously. But we can take massive strides towards rebuilding a family that was once so strong, and bringing it back to a time when laughter really was the most valuable thing we had. You will laugh and you will cry in equal measure, and hopefully somewhere along the way you will be inspired. But what you could not do, no matter how you tried, is make any of this stuff up.

Will someone not wonder what you are about, If the truth remains hidden and does not come out? An opportunity to get your husband the £10,000 that he owed. Does that not sound good? Is that not what Kelly would have thought, and gone along with, when presented with this once in a lifetime offer? But those who presented her with this opportunity, were they really her friends? Were they thinking of her? Or, were they using her, and thought only of themselves? And what of the malicious gossip going on in the background, accusations of which she was totally unaware. If only she had told her husband the truth right from the start, then all the uncertainty and mistrust would not have ensued. But she did not. She wanted everything to be a surprise. Thinking it was the right thing to do but she kept quiet. And the quieter she kept, the more guilty she appeared... As Christmas drew near she decided to tell him the truth. But had she left it too late? Her nonsensical story, her ridiculous version of events sounded so far-fetched and absurd. After all of this time, after all of the secrecy, was she expecting too much to imagine that he would believe her?

Stealing food from his friends, Simon wasn't the most popular sheep on the farm. Follow Simon, Frank the pig and many more down on the farm, and help Simon learn a very valuable lesson in sharing. Will Simon share in the end and become a better friend?

Dougal LeClair has decided to make a chocolate cake for the local fair's cake competition. He doesn't have all the ingredients, including the chocolate he needs. With a bit of bear logic, some cunning and a large dose of bravery, he bakes a massive, delicious-looking cake. The people at the fair are amazed, but does it really taste as delicious as it looks? Maybe there is another use for Dougal's cake...?

Touching the essence of the amazing journey of life... The job of the poet is to capture that essence in a condensed form, to make sense of the incomprehensible through words that convey emotion. Theirs is not the job of definition but rather of substance. Here, within these pages, is a collection of poems that does exactly that. Spanning the gamut of the human experience with breadth and intimacy, Vijay Mehra's latest work is a breathtaking voyage into the heart of the amazing passage called life. From friendship, betrayal, love and sex to travel, a higher power, and finding the true nature of the self, his passionate and profound meditation on our collective and individual journeys sheds light on questions that touch us all. Neither an answer to life's questions nor a guide to living, it is rather an insightful foray to acknowledge and understand the symbiotic relationship between reason, emotion, and the needs of the soul. Vijay Mehra worked as a management consultant, senior executive, and CIO in five countries over the course of three decades. His debut novel The Journey...and the Voice, the Signal and the Noise received positive reviews from Kirkus and Foreword Reviews. Vijay writes poetry as one of his many hobbies.

In a small place named Puddledub, deep within the Scottish countryside, there is a little wild kitten who loves to run and play. Her name is Kellas, the wildcat of Puddledub. Come follow her on her adventure and see just how Kellas spends her day!

Sleeping is like breathing and eating, we all need to do this, but what happens when out of the blue you suddenly discover you are awake all night and the little sleep you do manage is barely enough to get by on and nothing you do seems to help? You try everything you can think of, but the trouble is the less you sleep the more you are unable to function and think properly. Learning to cope with every day is an effort and you are trying to combat being perpetually tired and depressed. Then days turn into weeks and weeks into months and even medication doesn't seem to work. Even though on the outside you look normal, you do not feel normal, EVER. What happens then? Are you able to live as usual? Should you accept this and just try and manage or do you fight? This is the story of one woman's attempt to free herself of insomnia and get on with life because, as we know, we all need sleep.

This is an African story of a young black caretaker and the white twin boys in his care and the circumstances and courage that took them to hell and back. Unlike many other books covering the South African Angolan Bush War, the novel Until We Meet Again is the story of April and the twin boys Mark and Andy. The novel will take them on an adventure of survival and courage that will test their love and camaraderie for one another during a time when the divide between black and white in South Africa was controlled by dark forces. The novel is about the everyday lives of the two South African families during the 1960s and 70s when the country was under attack from the Pan African Congress's Poqo army. April would soon find him in a struggle between his own prospects for a better life for himself and his family, but cannot relinquish his responsibilities to care for the two siblings, which left him with difficult decisions to make which would test his courage to its limits. April became a seasoned freedom fighter and one of the most wanted terrorists in South Africa, while the twins innocently landed themselves in an adventure that had turned into a life-threatening situation that they never dreamed of before. The story will take the reader from the tranquil mountains and rivers of the Eastern Cape to the war-torn Angolan desert where one of the most controversial cold war armed conflicts fuelled by the Americans and Russians would play off and end in a stalemate.

HIS FOREVER HOME Follow Archie, the rescue dog, on his most important adventure of adoption! But will he feel happy leaving his family and friends behind? Discover what happens alongside this loveable canine, as he learns about a new world outside of his foster home! PLAYTIME ON THE GREEN Join the loveable Archie Boo on this story of adventure, as he journeys outside with his new mummy! But to his surprise, his friends are nowhere to be seen! Who is he going to meet on his walk to the green? ARCHIE SAVES THE DAY Archie Boo is back and better than ever! After this cheeky chappy gets put outside, he spots some neighbours! But some are not wanted! Is Archie Boo scared or will he be brave? Who is in the garden and who needs to be saved? A DAY BY THE SEA Archie Boo is hungry. Very hungry! Read along with him and his family as they visit the seaside! Follow him on this adventure as the fluffy Archie Boo plays in the sand! But will he manage to get something to eat? Or won't he be allowed a yummy treat? WHEELY FUN Archie Boo is scruffy and fluffy! But Mummy thinks his fur is too long! When he shows off his new haircut, he meets someone that looks a little bit different! What could it be? He meets new people and makes new friends on wheels! Read along with Archie Boo as all will be revealed!

Have you ever looked in a puddle? I mean, really looked in a puddle? You may be surprised who is in there looking up at you, while you are looking down into it. And what if you fell in the puddle? I mean, really fell in the puddle? Not just splash your wellies in it, but fell through its surface into another world where the puddlehoppers live? And just like there are not nice people in the world, so there are not so nice puddlehoppers. Jules and his Uncle Gideon become involved in an adventure to stop three such puddlehoppers from doing their evil deeds.

When Leo wakes up to find his room invaded by toucans, he and his bed are suddenly marched off out of the window and into the strange land of Loopalloo, a place far beyond the imagination. As Leo makes his way to the heart of this peculiar place, he meets many interesting characters, including the Wheeple People and the Knitty Knitters. Leo goes with the flow of his adventure, and soon finds his way to Biggy, a big green whale that fills his heart with happiness. But things are about to take a tragic turn, and Leo and Tigerdust, a fierce tiger cub, must find the courage to confront the new reality.

Have you ever wondered how to escape from depression? Or indeed, how to help someone escape from such a prison? This book finally opens up the doors to a mysterious world that an outsider cannot normally experience. Up until now, there existed an almost unbridgeable gap between the 'normal' world and the 'depressed person's' world. Using a personable and honest narrative, the text provides a unique window of experiential understanding, whereby the sufferer can feel truly helped, and no longer alone; by accompanying someone who has really been there too. Using a unique approach, interweaving three different strategies comprising hard-won personal experience, a practical cognitive tool-kit that works and God's living word full of wisdom and truth, the author sign-posts for the reader the pathway towards a real and lasting freedom; a freedom which sometimes challenges our worldly notions of life and success that tend to keep us imprisoned and enslaved. The book is a powerful and inspiring portrayal of upheaval and renewal, demonstrating to the reader that a strong backbone for life can come from an often overlooked source.

Some say, 'I cannot believe in God because science has disproved it!' It is now apparent that such reasoning is invalid. Modern science supports what the Bible teaches, and the Bible supplies what science cannot. This book demonstrates this unity with many facts and examples, showing how conflicts in the past have been resolved and how this is relevant to how we live today.

Covering the period from when Earth began to the end of the Great War and designed for the general reader, this book aims to give a chronological account of life on Earth. It relates all parts of the world to each other for those whose acquaintance with history has been limited to short periods about different places and cultures. Each of the chapters has been designed to be self-contained so that browsing by episodes of time or place will be informative and interesting. Scientific discoveries, cultural advances and religious milestones illuminate how the human race has developed through the ages. The present state of the world, and our society (scientific, political and religious), is more easily understood when we understand how it came about; in this way, it is easier to comprehend present personal and national identity and morality. For those whose knowledge of history is largely confined to short detailed periods such as those of the Romans or the Tudors, perhaps studied at school, then this account sets out to fill the gaps both in time and in geography and show how they relate to one another, and what was happening across the world in the same era.

Birds fly over the streets of Saxet. A sense of despair looms in the air as the Resistance prepares for the annual tests. Seven deadly tests. Designed to kill and leave behind the Survivors, the ones who must be eliminated. With blood on their hands and a grave history with Saxet, Resistance leader Veronica Blanchard, will stop at nothing to find every last one. 16-year-old Mavis Sterling, naïve and unsure of her place in society, is selected to take part in the tests. With her life on the line, Mavis discovers she will do anything to survive. After the tests, Mavis flees to the abandoned city that surrounds Saxet. Battling between the loss of her family and the uncontrollable pull to the dark and mysterious R, Mavis' life will never be the same. As she navigates her new life and what dangers are around every corner, she discovers her hands were not made for playing piano, they were made for throwing knives.

Are we alone in the universe? That really is the big question, isn't it? Are the little green men out there, hitchhiking from planet to planet across the vast emptiness of the cosmos? And, more importantly, what will they do when they find us? Will their first reaction be to vaporise us with death rays, enslave us as pets, or just subject us all to a thorough probing? Don't worry, it turns out they're just like you. Given the choice, they'd rather just chill out and have a few beers. So, why don't you join us, dear reader, as we take a fabulous trip across the stars to the universe's hottest new holiday destination. It might be a bit dirty, hence the name, but don't be fooled, this place really has everything; gambling; nematodes; cowboy hats; two unwitting humans who find themselves caught up in an extra-terrestrial stag party ... and while you are here, there is only one rule. What happens on Earth, stays on Earth.

TJ and the Winged Visitor is a fictional adventure story with many twists and turns. This story will draw you into its pages for it has many things to entertain your senses. If you are looking for a read with adventures, fun, humour, fantasy, drama, friendships and with love - TJ and the Winged Visitor has it all and is the story for you. TJ begins this adventure as a 12-year-old, and she is a drama queen, an attention seeker and a know-it-all. TJ is bereft of friends and creates havoc and discord wherever she goes. But there is someone who understands TJ's heart and so he sends help to her in the form of a winged visitor. The winged visitor is not what one would expect and as he comes from a different realm to the Earth, he is able to initiate thrills and wonders, and tantalising mind expanders along with visual extravaganzas. Anyone seeking an inspirational reading experience is in for a treat and a page-turning journey. TJ and the Winged Visitor is a new and insightful story of teenage living, within the norms and extremes of the 21st Century. Enjoy - and know there is more.

We all go through journeys in our lives and often feel that we are on this journey alone. It is nice to know that the everyday ups and downs are the experiences that can make us or break us. When we walk in someone else's shoes for a bit we can sympathize, laugh, cry, agree or disagree and at that point know that we are not alone in this life's journey. We keep going, we keep living, and we keep experiencing the journeys in our lives that make us who we aspire to be, who we want to be and who we are. Look at your life and the journeys you are going through and think of all the roads to come, then realize that your past experiences are the things that motivate your future journeys. Love, peace, joy, and happiness are journeys that we should have every day. But we do not! Walk with me through a couple of journeys in my life.