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Anna, lost and alone, taken from a remote Icelandic car park on a stormy night, and her determination to be free and returned to her family. A story of abduction and stoicism in the face of hopelessness.¿ Strength of character and a strong belief that all will be well in the end. Told from two viewpoints, that of the victim and the family who search for her.

Darcy has a BIG problem. He's AFRAID of having to talk in social situations. He worries about crowds and fears he won't be able to talk in front of people.His good friend Ollie Owl has an idea. Darcy can overcome his fear by setting a goal. Taking several small steps toward that goal will help him achieve it.Wanting to perform in the school play, Darcy agrees. As the steps become more difficult, Darcy has to gather more and more courage to accomplish each one.Can Darcy achieve each step and overcome his fear even though sometimes his legs shake and his head aches?Through storytelling, Dr. Madeleine Vieira's I'M AFRAID Anxiety Disorder Series teaches children to manage their anxiety symptoms. This book focuses on Social Anxiety and Selective Mutism, and includes an About Anxiety page along with a Coping Strategies page and a Stepladder page. Parents and mental health professionals will appreciate this series aimed at relieving children's anxiety symptoms.¿www.DrMadeleineVieira.com

Winter 1961. Bruce Cordell has had quite enough trouble in his life. With a reputation badly injured by the collapse of his investigation into a corrupt corporation, he wants to keep his head down. His life has become mundane, reduced to desk work, and complicated only by family responsibilities. That is until his boss gives him a new case. A case which means that he will have to travel to the Caribbean Island of St. Eleanor, a tiny British colony being readied for independence. There the moderate First Minister, Warwick Constantine, favourable to joining the new West Indian Federation, has died suddenly, apparently from an overdose of barbiturates. Cordell is commissioned to investigate the circumstances of his death. But from the outset it is clear that mysterious interests know of his assignment. A strange delivery to his home implies a warning. Onslow-Bell, representing the business consultancy, International Project Assessment (IPA), inveigles Cordell into agreeing to compile a short report on St. Eleanor's prospects in return for an astonishingly generous remuneration. But from the outset Cordell feels his movements are being shadowed. Soon he finds himself caught up in a toxic mix of independence politics: plantation workers find their produce 'blacked' by shipping companies at the behest of the monolithic Allied Fruits; the United States is keeping a wary eye on Castro's revolution across the Caribbean and seeks a Naval anchorage in St. Eleanor; the multinational Alpha Omega is hoping to develop a tourism complex, a proposal backed by the new First Minister, the radical and slick Bob Jamieson. But more disturbing he finds are the oleaginous Jake Oppenheimer from Government House and his own IPA contact, the suave Rufus Halliday, who soon enmesh Cordell in their own intrigues. Cordell is assisted by two new local colleagues, the irrepressible Lucy Wainwright and the blunt speaking Tim Quick. Early enquiries lead Cordell to Quentin Quillham, an expatriate writer who was the last person to see Constantine alive. Quillham throws doubt on the circumstances of the First Minister's death, highlighting his anger at Allied Fruits' behaviour and that his last professional duties had involved reading a confidential report, now unaccountably missing. Quillham's wife, Chantelle, meanwhile runs a successful arts gallery in the capital, St. Jacques, as well as hosting soirees for the island's budding artists and up and coming elite. Investigations are derailed by a mysterious phone call from a female informer warning him that Quillham's life is in danger. This soon becomes an accomplished fact and Cordell despairingly seeks out the original police investigator, Woodbine Parish. Parish's ruminations lead Cordell and Lucy to search for a low life, Julian Maddox who had dealings with both Quillham and also Constantine whom he had approached ostensibly on behalf of desperate plantation workers. The Governor, Sir Godwin Faed, intervenes, educating Cordell in some of the realities of independence and the growing significance and concerns of the Americans. An informer Geneviève Clouin, a young French assistant working with Chantelle Quillham opens up suspicions about Halliday, Jamieson and the activities of Alpha Omega. A harrowing quest for answers begins, one that uncovers a shocking tale of deceit, greed and relentless pursuit. Cordell realises that he has become a pawn in other people's games.

In my story, I cover my idyllic childhood at home, protected under my mother's wing, where I simply existed in a state of bliss. This was before the age of six. At six years of age, I attended primary school and my whole world changed. I woke up to a world of fear, anxiety and trepidation. My daymares began and remained with me throughout my primary school days. Corporal punishment was allowed at our primary school and my teacher took full advantage. I was just a short time at school when I was beaten for the first time. I went into shock and I clammed up. I retreated into myself and I became a very sad and quiet little girl. I could not understand mental arithmetic and because of this and, instead of being patient and teaching me, my teacher beat me. This was a regular occurrence. I never spoke up about this at home. School was school and home was home, they lived side by side but they never merged. The poor treatment I received during my primary school years and the impact this abuse had on me affected my self-esteem and confidence for a very long time. I spent most of my life building myself up and making myself into the strong person that I am today.

The true story of a young gay man who was hanged for the murder of his mother.Sidney Harry Fox was the illegitimate son of a railway signalman. He and his mother Rosaline were a devoted couple. Sidney was a forger and a fraudster and a pathological liar who in the course of his life went to prison six times, while she was a Red Cross nurse who was kept by men. Sidney was also a handsome and seductive rent boy with well-placed clients, including three members of the House of Lords, senior army officers, a Justice of the Peace, and a suspected spy who enjoyed being flogged by guardsman of the Household Cavalry. Sidney had long supported his mother on his earnings from prostitution. At the age of twenty-one, Sidney became embroiled with a notorious jewel thief and possible male lover, and later with a married Australian woman who conspired with him to defraud her father, a wealthy merchant. He was later suspected of trying to murder her, by gassing her while she slept in their flat in Southsea after she left him everything in her will. But by the end of the 1920s, he and his ailing mother had fallen on hard times. With nothing but their combined wits and the clothes they stood up in, they set off on a remarkable odyssey around England, staying in grand hotels and leaving without paying their bills.But it was the mysterious and unsolved death of Rosaline Fox which catapulted them from obscurity into the headlines. In October 1929, they checked in to Room 66 of the Metropole Hotel, Margate, where they stayed seven days. On the night of the 23rd, the eve of the Wall Street Crash, a fire broke out in his mother's bedroom and she was found dead. A death certificate was issued giving the cause as shock and suffocation, and she was buried in the tiny Norfolk hamlet where she was born. There she lay for ten days until it was discovered that Sidney had insured her life from accident, and stood to gain £3000 by her death. Her body was exhumed, and an autopsy performed. What the famous pathologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury claimed to find led to one of the most unusual and gripping trials in British criminal history. Set in the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties, and reading in part like the plot of a Hitchcock thriller, this is the first full and authoritative account of this amazing case, packed with a wealth of newly sourced material. It explores the strange relationship between Rosaline Fox and her son, and also asks the questions - was he guilty, and did he deserve to hang? And what exactly was Sidney Fox's crime?

"...a forward passing the key to the next forward".The goal posts magically 'shimmer and shine' and a door appears! Grace uses a key and disappears through the door to a football match. She arrives at several football matches hoping to help the team on their journey. Teams such as the Netherlands who were 2017 Euro champions and Northern Ireland who were first timers at the 2022 Euro tournament appear in this story. Is football just a game?Grace's adventures show winning, losing and how overcoming boundaries and challenges can be achieved with a little bit of confidence and hope. Anything is possible!

If you love CHOCOLATE, CAMPING and SNOW, then join Mr Toilet Man and Mr Funky Man on their surprise picnic adventure. They meet two new friends along the way: Mr Smarty Pants and Mr Chocolate Man!

Noteworthy Nature around Horsham town includes information about natural history sightings at locations in or near to Horsham, West Sussex. The author has made nature notes over many years and has extracted details from her observations to enable her to write this book. She hopes that readers will become enthusiastic about nature and progress to observe the nature around their own gardens and beyond. This book tells of local places where the author has seen birds, flowers, insects, fauna and fungi. In her own garden she has encountered some interesting wildlife. In a local Nature Reserve, that she has visited often and regularly over a number of years, she describes how sometimes a bird not usually seen at this reserve might visit fleetingly. This can be a source of new knowledge and excitement. There are though, plenty of resident birds, flowers and fungi to be seen at the reserve throughout the year yielding much to learn about. Another chapter describes a different wetland area, other natural history, and a new wildlife garden. She relates how she has seen unexpected caterpillars and insects amongst the many herbal and other plants in the Museum garden. The author explains how vital Horsham's Green Spaces are not only for the people, but also for wildlife, as there is much to be found there. These places are important also as a 'Corridor' for wildlife to continue to access more territory and connect to other wildlife habitats. The final chapter is about the wilding successes after twenty years of re-wilding at the Knepp estate, and shows how natural and diverse habitats have evolved and that rare wildlife has begun to settle and breed there. The book provides some further information about local places good to visit. At the end of the book there are a small selection of the author's paintings and sketches of wildlife.

Transplant and Fears is the emotional roller coaster ride of a baby boy born 23 weeks prematurely fighting everyday against his own body against the grueling challenges that living with any chronic condition can bring, during Chris's life he has unfortunately had to under go 4 kidney transplants by the the time he was 23 while battling family,relationship and social issues as-well as as coping with issues of mental health. This story also shows the struggle on a young mother thrown into a world of not knowing what would be best for her newborn baby and always questioning her choices.

Poemisations is a collection of the poetry produced by Dave Cook after his retirement, born from an unusual and somewhat irreverent approach to poetry and a desire to produce something a bit different. The book is divided into three sections. First "A Sort of Poetry" is a miscellaneous selection of what you might call 'normal' poetry with a fair selection of conventional and unconventional forms. Second "Science, Romance and Stuff" includes poems that fuse science and romance quite naturally together. Third "The Life and Times of Felix the Helix" chronicles the adventures of an opinionated and complex but amiable snail in poetry. The driving force behind this poetry is to celebrate creativity in the language of emotion and science and of the diverse experiences of Dave's life. Expect astrophysics, chemical elements, ukuleles and sewage treatment; don't expect metaphor, classical mythology and the Bard.

The poems in this book are a collection of experiences and reflection, based on my own life and that of others, the poems are written purely heartfelt, to express the faith, hope, comfort and wisdom, to help other people in similar situations and conflicts, to let them know that they are not on their own, there is help out there, as an individual, they are as special and as unique as the next person, in their own individual way, you are unique, you are special, you are loved.

Humberfield is a quiet village, most people go about their day to day business and getting along with lives. But some residents have secrets, revenge on their minds and a need to set things right in their lives, no matter the cost to others... But sometimes, people are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Like Melyssa Woodman, she is the woman who has everything, a new boyfriend, lovely job, expensive flat and looking forward to a bright future. Her best friends have gathered on a huge yacht for a weekend of fun and frolics. But there is something else in the water, a gigantic primeval sea creature intent on crashing the party. With the situation becoming more desperate, Melyssa and her friends must try their hardest to survive the night and the aquatic monster. In this collection, there are eight other tales of obsession and injustice, including: The factory worker who has to spend the night searching through a warehouse of fridge freezers to find a terrifying secret inside one of them. And more... From the mind of storyteller Kingsley Pilgrim, 'Humberfield' is a fast paced read. Intriguing and full of suspense and twists The tales are dark, but not horror, not sci- fi, not supernatural.

Holly Raider returns to Mist Lake Spirit School for her second year. When Holly and her eagle spirit, Freedom, discover a secret map, they can't wait to go exploring to find all eight rainbow stones.The question is, where could they be?

Two feisty females move to the seaside.At last, a life of fun with candy floss, penny arcades, fish 'n' chips, and ice-creams.Even the scary seagulls will not stop themPam and Martha are outwardly mature, but the rebellious teenager is close to the surface. Walking on the tightrope between sensible and sassy is a tricky balancing actPam is not ready to abdicate her title of Party Queen.Martha is carrying a weight on her shoulders which is agonizing.Pam shares a thought about their flight to the fresh air by the shore -"We carry all our baggage with us, and they're even heavier than my rucksack."Martha cannot resist: "Nothing's heavier than your rucksack!"Walks along the coast revitalise and reawaken feelings buried long agoThe beach is filled with pebbles and framed by brightly coloured designs -"Come on Maeve, let's go and look at the Beach Hutches!" says Pam."No, Aunty Pam, they are called Beach Huts.""I know," said Pam, "but it sounds more fun, don't you think?"The breeze blows away a few of the cobwebs but the tide times change.As the clocks go back the portrait of the sun set is mesmerising.

Fearlessly whistleblowing, shining a spotlight on the Police and the embedded rotten culture of dishonesty, wanton misogyny, statistical fabrication and evidence corruption. The author, an ex Manchester police officer has chosen to highlight the Greater Manchester Police, said to have "lost its moral compass" by an ex Detective Superintendent and is "Rotten to its Core" by a leading Kings Council. This book is a contextual hard hitting, factual expose of alleged police leadership, with a continual backdrop of corruption, evidence fabrication, lies and training failures during a lengthy period of 'service' of seven naively selected Chief Constables of Greater Manchester Police. All successively 'defending the indefensible' in their own style but growing to mammoth proportions, and yet still unrecognized by choice at Government levels. The accepted status quo amongst Chief Constables and Senior Officers continued to promote the lies, fabrication of statistics and evidence. All whilst wallowing in the cesspit of corruption, built over many years with a blasé acceptance of being untouchable and if at all investigated internally by similar perpetrators. The National Media whilst dutifully reporting recent popular prosecutions of lowly Constables at the 'pointed end' for a wide variety of hitherto ignored and accepted criminal practices does not recognize the historical basis. The fact that the current higher ranks, proclaiming disgust, were once lowly constables indulging in what was always accepted practices and now hidden from the public gaze with an air of recent 'successes'.... Short and very selective memories, comes to mind.

Part VI - Finally, Kat Severn's dream of commanding her own warship has become a reality - well, partially at least. The Fires of Beltane is the best ship of the ABCANZ Federation, the 22nd Century alliance of America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, operating in the blue waters of the Anderman Straits and the islands of that region. Actually, she's their only ship operating in that region, and the contracted civilian crew answer to their own Captain, not to Kat! Thankfully, she knows that he'll do what she tells him if they run into trouble. Sure enough, whilst hunting for pirate activity, they stumble across a plot to kill a member of the influential von Welf family, not to mention thousands of innocent people. Whilst there is no love lost between the Severns and the von Welfs, Kat cannot just ignore it, as she is being set-up as being the killer. Now Kat must lead her crew into the dark realm of the Von Welfs, to save a life, and prevent a family feud from escalating into another war.

Meet Alfie! A young boy who enjoys playing video games.His new game is all about improving the city's air pollution. Join Alfie in collecting air tokens in the four missions he has to complete. The more air tokens he collects the more the air quality will improve. The video game journey allows readers and listeners to gain an understanding of the causes of air pollution, health impacts and improvements that can be made.

In recent decades we've seen how non-financial risks such as operational, cyber, model, conduct, climate change and many others have grown exponentially both in their size and complexity. We've also seen how devastating unexpected losses can be for a business; they're a CEO's and CFO's worst nightmare. It's a frequently overlooked fact that an unexpected financial loss must have previously existed as an unquantified and unreported exposure to non-financial risk. It follows that if the threat of unexpected losses is to be minimized accountants and risk managers must refocus their methods and systems onto the quantification and accounting for non-financial risks. Risk Accounting explains, with worked examples, how this can be done. Risk Accounting transforms color-coded (traffic light) risk assessments into aggregatable and comparable cross-enterprise risk diagnostics and, through accounting for the financial impacts inherent in quantified non-financial risks, backward-looking accounting profit is upgraded to forward-looking sustainability as the primary accounting measure of corporate performance.

On holiday in Australia, Bingham and Lina come across a stranded motorist, his car hung partway up a tree, the result of avoiding a kangaroo. Their act of kindness takes them to Yulara, the staging post for the sacred rock, Uluru, where they meet Nellie Doolan, an Aboriginal of mixed race, and, eventually, her father. While there, they are told that Helen Lewis, who runs the local Aboriginal art gallery, has gone missing. Arriving in Alice Springs, they visit a similar gallery where the owner, Marjory Fink, has also disappeared. Talking with the locals, particularly the woman's son, Henry, and her former lover, Ben Evans, they find little cause for concern. Bingham, however, takes the view that coincidences are for Russian novels and he begins asking questions that leads to an investigation by him and Lina that takes them back and forth along the Stuart Highway, visiting the roadhouses as they go. Their search is marked throughout by an awareness of the strange and startling Aboriginal culture which leads Lina, alone in the region of the sacred rock, along the Pathways of the Dreaming and a simple truth. This is the sixth in the Bingham series of novels and the first in which he and his wife, Lina, are both involved in an investigation from the very beginning.

This exciting new adventure of Pablo the donkey is set in the real life north Devon village of Clovelly and finds Pablo being given a very important job by the Wizard Of The Northern Shire, to deliver an ancient dragons egg to its mummy who lives on a nearby island. He finds help from some cheeky mice, clever seagulls, a magical mermaid, and his best friend Patrick the squirrel, but¿needs to overcome challenges on the journey due to the appearance¿of the notorious pirate Captain¿Arrr-thur¿and the ship's cat, one eyed Louie.

Mr. Hogg, an aging hedgehog who loves nothing more than carrot cake and home, wakes up from a long hibernation to find a lost egg in his leaf-litter home. As an honourable creature of the forest, he sets out on an adventure to find the owner of the lost egg and hopefully return it home. There are many new friends, twists and turns along the way, with the egg becoming much more than just an egg.

Discover the tantalizing flavours of vegan Indian cuisine with award-winning chef Niaz Caan's debut cookbook, "Vegan - An Indian Cookbook". This cookbook features over 40 delectable vegan dishes, ranging from traditional family recipes such as Bindi Dall Gatta, Cumin Potatoes, and Vegetable Jalfrezi, to modern takes on classic meat dishes like Tofu Tikka Masala and No Butter, No Chicken Curry. Niaz's cookbook is a must-have for any home cook looking to spice up their meals. Niaz's expertise and passion for vegan cooking shines through in every recipe, providing a nutritious and flavourful alternative to traditional Indian cooking. Perfecting spice mixes, cooking techniques, and finding plant-based alternatives to Ghee, Niaz has created a cookbook that not only showcases the deliciousness of vegan Indian cuisine but also proves that home-cooked vegan food can be both delicious and healthy. Order "Vegan - An Indian Cookbook" today and take your taste buds on a flavourful journey! "Niaz Caan has taken years of professional cooking experience, made it vegan and made it easy for us readers to follow. I adore what he has done for vegan cooking and after cooking these tantalising recipes, I wholeheartedly recommend this cookbook. Superb!" - Tommy Miah (MBE), British-Bangla Chef "Authentic, creative and most importantly, vegan, the book is inspiring to read just as much as it is to cook with. The recipes are amazing, his innovation in cooking can be clearly seen and it's no wonder his restaurant is such a big success. Niaz's recipes in this cookbook are a must for any cooking bookshelf. Watch this space!" - Sobur Khan (MBE), President - BBCA Association

This book is written for the New Children (current and upcoming generation) and for their Parents and Relatives. The readers can follow the main characters - Suzy Grandma and her Grandchildren - on their journey towards achieving self-knowledge and self-realization. The purpose of this book is to open up yourself to a new way of thinking. Only the person, who is conscious of their own spiritual functioning, and understands his or her emotions and feelings, can become less vulnerable to the outer world and live a meaningful life. Happy reading and happy thinking! Love, V.Jean

This personal memoir attempts to set out a blueprint for new NHS hospitals, alongside a commentary about a recent experience as a Trauma inpatient and outpatient in a large failing London teaching hospital which highlighted some of the difficulties and frustrations facing patients. This took place during the NHS's struggle with the Covid pandemic. The buildings and facilities within which patients are treated and staff have to work are so important to the wellbeing and successful outcomes for all concerned, but are too often ignored. This book suggests a hospital building-led strategy to restore trust and to tackle the need for improvements for patients and staff. This approach was tried before between 1970 and 1995. Then it was possible to show how new hospital buildings could promote change and innovation. Now is the time to try this again as the climate for change feels similar to that of the 1970s. A political will to sort out the NHS is essential. The NHS and its staff are in desperate need for action to deal with the backlog post- Covid.The book includes personal records covering the time spent as an inpatient and the long road to recovery, using WhatsApp messages, emails, letters and commentary. Alongside this is a description of a fantasy concept for smaller hospitals to provide a post Covid blueprint to help reduce the number of people waiting on the NHS for a surgical or medical procedure. It provides an insight into subsequent efforts to engage with "the powers that be" to improve the experience for future patients.

Policing Henley-on-Thames from Parish Constables to the formation of the Oxfordshire Constabulary in 1857 shows the progression from the hue and cry system required from every eligible citizen through to the duties of the parish constables selected annually from the population by the town Mayor, regardless of their wishes, to a more professional police in the small market town of Henley-on-Thames. The names of those private Henley citizens who were selected to carry out the duties of constable, are known through surviving records,newspaper reports and Assize and Quarter Session trial records. Parish Constables were expected to carry on their trade whilst being called upon at any time to fulfill their policing duties. Their only reward were expenses, being paid by the victim of crime, once a successful prosecution was obtained. Reporting to the towns Justices, these Henley constables maintained law and order in the town, dealing with diverse offences of Murder, Assault, Burglary and Larceny, with sentences resulting in imprisonment, and on occasions transportation to Australia, or the death penalty.In 1830 the corporation decided that the town needed a more 'professional' police force which resulted in two salaried constables, serving for more than the one year of previous parish constables.One resident, Henry Stephens became the longest serving Henley constable from 1834 to 1862 and was regarded as 'our active constable' in local newspapers. A hero by todays standards he relentlessly pursued criminals bringing them to justice for over a quarter of a century, only to die a pauper.This book lists the names of many of those who served as constables in the town from the time of Frankpledge in the fourteenth, up to the formation of the Oxfordshire Constabulary in 1857, and those officials and townsfolk their duties bought them into contact with.