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Celtic Visions is a beautiful collection full of wonderful surprises and old favourites. Poems touching on themes of love, loss, friendships, dogs and nature inspire reflection and hope. With empowering Irish logic and wisdom these verses will uplift and delight every reader. "Your poems make me see the world differently" - says Tony Cranston, Talking Stories Radio. The most touching poems I've read in a long time. Tonight I'm Leaving the Light On in which she writes intimately about love and loss, finishes up with the brilliant quatrain "But - hark - there's light inside my soul. I recall this from times of old. A light as bright as liquid gold! Tonight, I'm turning my light on." Exquisite! Ger White's poems are lyrical in nature and they touch the heart and soul of what it's like to be human in this day and age. She is a writer who understands the human condition about which she writes in a lyrical and humorous way and has the very fine ability to talk of death and its resonance without depressing the reader - she always leaves us in a place of quiet uplift by the time the poem is done.Ger has the true storyteller's voice that is her West of Ireland heritage. Lucky her!

In this sequel to The Amazing Adventures of Billy Burro Billy gains more knowledge and understanding about loving his neighbour, whether already a friend or someone he has yet to befriend.Billy Burro Bounces Back is a self help book for children and adults on the importance of being kind to all the people you come across in your life. Help someone and your actions will make you fell good. Close to being a non Biblical book about the Second Commandment.

A collection of poems written by Ian Singleton over the last 30 years. From the first poem he wrote to his late wife, to the last he wrote just after her tragic death, and a selection of everything in between. Section one is about his life, section two are thoughts on love and section 3 are varied in theme. These poems are personal, powerful and poignant, they are aimed to make you think about your early life, your first love and about the world.

It is 1999, the year of the Millennium. Meet six unforgettable characters in this gripping, emotional novel and immerse yourself in their struggles, dilemmas, and dreams.How will sheltered young wife Louisa cope with her alcoholic husband while raising their rambunctious twins? Can aging rocker Kieran leave behind the adoring fans and packed mega stadiums of his youth? Can Roland and Hope breathe new life into their marriage when each has strong feelings for another? Can emotionally damaged Violet accept a painful truth about her past-and will shy, awkward Len ever win her heart? Rosemary Oxenford renders each of these characters with insight, compassion, and a touch of gentle humour. She takes the reader from bohemian Southwark and upscale Islington to a village in the ancient Wiltshire Downs where, on the eve of the new century, an unexpected project brings all six characters together-with life-changing consequences.

Iain Baird travelled to Kenya many times with groups of students and teachers as part of school linking projects. Jambo, Mr Iron Bird describes some of the many interesting events that took place during these visits and relates them to an overall view of Kenya, its people and its culture. It is clear that Iain has a deep affection for Kenya, however, his descriptions highlight both the highs and the lows that he experienced during his visits. The book contains amusing incidents travelling on public transport, as well as disturbing experiences when he travelled to Rwanda. The historical references that Iain uses to add to his descriptions are very informative and provide a useful back-story to what was taking place during the school twinning visits. Having fallen in love with Kenya during the school exchange visits he later travelled as a tourist with his wife and friends, which enabled him to see more of the wildlife and meet some wonderful people in other parts of Kenya.

Gloucester, 2017. New language teacher Julie attends the school's science group, run by Peter, where a chance comment reawakens in her a childhood memory, a dream, where she is looking out over a stretch of water and experiencing feelings of sorrow and loss. As the group discusses parascience and the potential of the undiscovered world, she wonders if there might be more to it than a flight of imagination.London, 1860. George has never questioned his duty to the family fruit and vegetable trade at Covent Garden, but as the business is looking to expand he starts to envision new possibilities. He is torn between loyalty to his family and a desire to be part of the quickly modernising world. Peter and Julie begin a relationship which is troubled by a growing obsession about the past, and ideas that might question established scientific thinking. But could Julie be right about the possible connections between the past and the present? And if so, could there be present-day consequences of an 1867 disaster which occurred on the treacherous ice of Regents Park lake?

In 1943, four teenagers, engaged in a spot of poaching on a private estate within Hagley Wood, near Birmingham, England discover a decaying woman's body secreted within the trunk of a tree. The police are unable to identify whose remains they are, nor the circumstances of her death. Shortly after, messages start to appear on walls in the surrounding area of the West Midlands, identifying the victim as "Bella", and rumours start to circulate which point to her having been part of an active wartime spy ring, killed so as to silence her. Then, some 11 years after the body was discovered, a local woman comes forward with some explosive information in which she names the killer.Yet, more than 80 years after the event, the crime remains unsolved. Nobody has ever been arrested, and the victim remains unidentified. It is a case which has intrigued many across the world. The Hagley Wood Tree Murder takes a critical look at the case and its investigation, with reference to original police documents. It debunks many of the popular theories, identifies lines of enquiry which have not previously been in the public domain, and follows some significant leads not fully explored at the time. Above all, it explores how a number of influential people outrageously exploited the tragedy for their own ends.The Hagley Wood Tree Murder will be of interest to anyone who has a knowledge of the case or an interest in unsolved crimes or policing protocols, and especially for those who are familiar with this part of the West Midlands.

Making A Choice And The Coaching Conversation is for all those involved with coaching, whether as coachees, practitioners or those who use coaching as part of a management skillset. The author focusses on how we find ourselves repeating unhelpful patterns of behaviour. At work, this can lead to frustration, conflict and burn-out, which come with an uneasy sense that things are out of control.We tend to think of ourselves making smart decisions, encouraged in the notion of control and believing we are actively steering our own path. In reality, it's more complex and nuanced - and conscious choices feature rather less in our actions than we think. As a result, we can often sleepwalk into situations that are uncomfortable and even self-defeating. If we become more conscious in making our key choices, we are likely to see better results for ourselves and those around us. Making A Choice And The Coaching Conversation explores:¿ Better choice-making for those being coached. We show how the brain's efforts to help us can instead lead us into trouble - and some of the things we can do to try to take back control.¿ The role coaches can play in framing a supportive professional relationship and helping our coachees make more of their choices.

Her Fated Place is a poem in four chapters telling the story of a young woman from the West of Ireland who makes her way from domestic service on an Irish landed estate to the sophistication of post-World War II Rome and its expatriate community via the London Blitz. Along the way she is exposed to the prevailing debates of the times, on religious sectarianism and piety, fascism, communism and tyranny, post-war guilt and triumphalism, all the while keeping her own counsel and coming to a surprising but not unexpected conclusion of her own in the end.

Since its creation in South America, the popularity of futsal has exploded and is now enjoyed by -60 million participants globally. Futsal has captivated audiences around the world, becoming one of the fastest growing sports. In response to this exponential growth, futsal has become a contemporary topic for academics and practitioners alike seeking to understand the sport. Unique to futsal is the deep fascination that exists both for futsal's value as an individual sport and for its huge potential to enhance soccer player development. Powerful anecdotal stories ignite intrigue to the massive potential of futsal to support soccer player development at all ages and levels. This lightning-fast small-sided game condenses the most exciting parts of soccer into a high tempo yet incredibly strategic sport. Futsal-The Perfect Game to Develop Soccer Skills brings together, for the first time, the scholarly, academic world and the practical applied settings in which futsal exists. Drawing on detailed research, the authors create an evidence-based argument for the inclusion of futsal in talent development programs for soccer, while exploring the nuances of its application with players in a practical setting. Futsal-The Perfect Game to Develop Soccer Skills is the perfect book to support stakeholders, technical directors and coaches, and to help educate a mixed audience from both academia and sports-practitioners at all levels.

There are many excellent books on St Albans, its cathedral and its history but Laurence Attewill brings a fresh focus on Alban and his legacy. I Am Called Alban tells the Alban story in an easy and readable style, and makes the case that a thread of continuity can be traced through the whole period despite existential threats.I Am Called Alban does not shrink from asking awkward questions: who was Alban and was he really martyred and if so, when? Did his cult, given a huge boost by St Germanus in the 5th century, survive the Saxon take-over in the centuries following the Roman secession? Was the Saxon monastery really founded by King Offa? Why did the Norman Archbishop Lanfranc, attach so much importance to the status of St Alban as the English protomartyr? And what did the monks of this rejuvenated monastery, the most important in the country, actually do? Following the dissolution of the monastery in the Reformation, how did the Abbey church, bigger than most cathedrals, survive as the parish church of the decidedly modest town of St Albans? The story is concluded with the dramatic events that led to the elevation of the Abbey as the cathedral of a new diocese in the 19th century.

Learning and Development Practitioner Level 3 has been designed and written to support those studying for the Level 3 Learning and Development Practitioner Apprenticeship or the CIPD Level 3 Diplomas and similar qualifications.The book covers the theories and hypotheses covered in the syllabus of the qualifications and explains them in a plain and straightforward manner.The book is designed to match the modules of study in the apprenticeship standard and make selective study very straightforward.It is intended that this book will become a valuable point of reference, not only whilst studying for an apprenticeship, but also afterwards, with many areas of support and guidance appropriate and relevant to a career in Learning and Development after the qualification has been achieved.

Are you confident about caring for an older relative or understand what care support they need? Being responsible for another adult's wellbeing, can be a daunting task but it does not need to be. Looking After An Older Person provides lots of information and guides you to provide the best care and support for your relative. Looking After An Older Person also provides insight into the experience of ageing and encourages the reader to observe care from the older person's perspective. It recognises the value in working with an individual who needs care and empowering them to speak up and say what they want and feel, at this stage of their life.As pensioners enter the care system, whether in hospital or in a community setting, people's attitude towards them changes. They become classified as being vulnerable and in need of protection, when in fact they need to be respected and listened to. With experience as a Registered Nurse and Manager of an Outstanding care home, the author provides advice and helpful suggestions, to encourage sensitive conversations with older relatives and encourages one to think about their own life journey and be open with their own family.

Against the Current is a true story about a member of the first generation of teenagers to be confronted with the lightning speed advances of an online world that continue to challenge their pursuit of a happier and healthier life. It is a memoir that moves from gross misuse to having all devices locked away, and a struggle to even carry a mobile phone that transforms an otherwise ordinary life into a battle for survival in the modern world. But it is this experience that makes them discover that the need for a balance between staying connected and maintaining a decent level of personal care, is not so peculiar after all.

Farming and family life are at the heart of this delightful memoir set in the Sussex countryside. From 1949 to 1997, Frithwood Farm was the cherished home of the Lerwill family: Berns and Consuelo, and their three children Hugh, Rhona and Angela. Although an idyllic location for the youngsters to grow up in, it was hard work for their parents as they tended the land and cared for the animals - as well as their own brood.Reflecting on those years, youngest daughter Angela has vividly chronicled many of her own - and others - favourite recollections. Told with humour and honesty, this detailed account also provides a fascinating insight into the immense changes that were happening in British farming. Big business would soon dominate agriculture. Small farms were being swept away or swallowed up by larger enterprises, and the Lerwills faced a constant struggle to maintain Frithwood and their livelihood. In addition to family, farming and country life, Angela recalls friends, neighbours and animals, together with significant moments, and highlights of the rural year. Colourful descriptions of flora, fauna and the glorious Sussex landscape further enhance the reminiscences. Elements of social, family and agricultural history are interwoven to create a charming and realistic portrait of British rural life, that has now, sadly, been lost forever.Foreward by Graham Harvey (Former Agricultural Story Editor for The Archers);

Creation is groaning: it is out of tune with the harmony of heaven and longing for the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 'Sons Arise!' is the cry from the Father's heart to unveil, reveal, and release His children into their full and glorious identity and inheritance as mature sons and daughters of God.This first book in the series leads the reader into engaging the Father in intimacy as His beloved son or daughter. Through personal testimony, insightful explanation and guided activations, Mike Parsons demonstrates how everyone can experience the joy of living their daily life in intimacy with God and, like Jesus, only doing the things they see the Father doing.

Neuroliterature 2 Biography, Semiology, Miscellany gathers occasional and more substantive pieces written around the theme of medical history in the 17th 18th and 19th centuries including biographical pieces, considerations of the semiology of terms used in clinical medicine, and a miscellany of pieces on related medical topics. It will be of interest to those who are interested in literary portrayals of neurological disorders and builds upon and supplements Andrew Larner's previous volume (Neuroliterature. Patients, Doctors, Diseases. Literary perspectives on disorders of the nervous system) published in 2019.

Humans in the Extreme is a bracing and vital read and the first of its kind to expose the beguiling, yet deeply disturbing, fascination we have with the extreme. Simply put, this book will open the reader's eyes to the patent compulsion we have for the extreme, our weakness to resist it and the consequences of this on humanity.Author and psychotherapist, JA Hind, takes the reader into an unflinching no-holds barred discussion of the depraved aspects of our human nature, the perplexing reasons that drive us to do the terrible things we do and the repercussions this is having on our capacity to feel - even for a second. Without distorting the truth of the sciences, Humans in the Extreme profoundly examines the systems and processes that lead so-called ordinary people to commit appalling acts of violence or stand by and do nothing to stop them. By unpicking the origins and revelations of extreme, as it has unfolded through the passage of time, this book encourages each of us to question our own affiliation with the extreme and the fundamental beliefs and constructs of the world that we have come to know.Humans in the Extreme coaxes the reader into a thought-provoking discourse about our obsession with the extreme, the chiselling away of our humanity and the ultimate death of our conscience - if we don't take heed now. Having garnered information from scientists, biologists, historians and psychologists alike, Humans in the Extreme crosses the divide between science and human emotion, making it not only a compelling read but also accessible to a wide audience of people.

Doubting Descartes' Elbow is a literary book, prose-poem rap about philosophy and art and artistic process. It is a mind-bendy exploration of the mysterious dynamic between artist and muse.cah there was indeed, somethin unholy, to the unrolling of these scenes

Mr. Potterson the elephant hates his big, floppy ears and has decided to have them chopped off. On his journey through the forest to see Dr. Zigzag the Zebra, he falls upon a series of poopy unfortunate events. His animal friends, a giraffe, mouse, blackbird, and sloth try and warn him, but will he open his ears and listen to them?Ear We Go teaches the importance of listening, appreciating every part of our body, that joy and purpose can be found in helping others and that kindness sparks other acts of kindness.Ear We Go is a fun book to read out loud with children and is filled with vibrant illustrations.

A collection of mainly light-hearted and humorous poems with some more sensitive and deeper verses about the things that many readers will recognise and will have faced themselves. Debut poetry collection by poet, photographer and sheep farmer Bob Spencer

The seventeen short stories in this collection will entertain, delight and intrigue. Some tales are poignant, others whimsical, and then there are those that display a sharp sense of humour and pointed observations. Each one features a colourful cast of characters, many of them brought vividly to life with the rich and varied dialects that the author includes in his writing. His musical talents give him an exceptional ear for accents, while his own travels and experiences have resulted in well-drawn atmospheres and settings for his work.Through these stories, the reader is transported from Birmingham to New Zealand, Ireland to Gloucestershire's Forest of Dean, and Herefordshire to the Marches - as well as places of the imagination.From ballet to high-spirited saints; music to alien encounters; and not forgetting love, loss, religion, fantasy and much mischief, a veritable assortment of themes and topics are featured. Written over a wide period from 1962 to the present day, these fictional tales also reflect changing times and attitudes. Prepare to read on and enjoy.

Anybody who has lived, anybody who has loved and lost will hear the echoes of their own hopes and dreams sounding throughout the poetry in The Weight of Missing, the emotive debut poetry collection by Emily R. Paget. Simultaneously intimate and personal - and authentically Universal - Hope looms large. Paget affords us this gift, a reminder of what it means to be human.

In this follow-up to his autobiography, Michael Rutter changes his focus and now reflects on his father's life - the victories, defeats, scrapes with the law and practical jokes. He also looks at his father's close brushes with death, including the horrific career-ending crash of 1985, and its aftermath.Tony Rutter (1942-2020) is best known for his four world TT-F2 championship wins, seven Isle of Man TT wins, nine North West 200 wins, and two British Championship titles during his twenty-two-year career - but the man himself has remained something of an enigma to everyone including his own son Michael, who himself went on to have a hugely successful career and keep the Rutter name alive in the world of motorcycle racing to the present day.Through his own memories, as well as those of longstanding teammates and friends, Michael pieces together his father's values, what mattered to him the most, his odd - sometimes maddening - traits. What unfolds is a profile of the man behind the incredible talent and singular focus of an elite racer. With a foreword by Carl Fogarty, this is the first-ever book about one of the finest racers in a great generation of racers, by those who knew and loved him the most.

In A Pot of Message the author has crafted poems with pencil sketches that amuse and describe in verse what most of us think and experience in everyday life. Whatever the problems, frustrations or emotions Sullivan manages to put an amusing slant on them through his clever use of words and rhyme. Although mainly light-hearted and humorous, there are some more sensitive and deeper moments, which he has experienced as boy and man, that many readers will recognise and will have faced themselves. This poem casserole is exactly what it says. It is a potpourri of day-to-day life. A multi-ingredient dish that serves many tastes.

Alan Hale was a policeman for 31 years from 1966-1997. The Musings of a Retired Policeman shares the social history of his childhood and his personal development towards a career in the police force. After leaving education, he entered the police service as a cadet, but came close to being a 'suspect for a burglary' but eventually entered the police service as a warranted police officer. Enjoy his adventures, challenges and the stresses of being involved in two full scale riots as well as incidents involving knives and guns. He also describes his working life and several jobs after the police force including making a violent citizen's arrest. Alan Hale's engaging biography describes the life of a normal married man with a family who like every other officer in the country confronted unknown risks and put his life on the line every day.

When the author returned to the Congo for a year as a newly qualified medical doctor he was able to observe Christian missionary activity at first hand and, more importantly, to work and learn from the people amongst whom he had been born, and who he came to appreciate and admire.The stimulus for this book sprang from a desire to learn more about the country and the people of Congo before the intrusion of Europeans, the effects of Belgian colonization, the role of missionaries in exposing the brutalities of King Leopold II's rubber industry, and the contribution of Christian missions to the development of the country that is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.Mission. Impossible? is based on a detailed study of the archived records of the Congo Balolo Mission, personal interviews with retired missionaries and missionary children, current leaders of the Congolese church and other previously unpublished personal material. Following the "discovery" of the Congo River by Henry Morton Stanley in 1877 the Congo was presented to the wider world as "The Heart of Darkness", a concept challenged by the author in the final chapter.A postscript by Norbert Mpu-Mbutu adds an important Congolese perspective.