Bøger af Amanda Baker

'The Guy from Galilee' is a packed, barely contained treasure trove of faith-inspired treats. It's a modern anthology of faith, fun and life-inspired poems, deeply moving expression and quirky anecdotes plus verse stories; an accessible spiritual resource for all ages.The Guy from Galilee is part spiritual witness and part exposition of being a Christian in the modern day.With its assortment of contemporary perspective, humour, inspiration and challenging insights, this little volume is the perfect bite-size offering for sharing in a fast moving, uncertain world.A good read and a perfect little gift.

✅ PERFECT GIFT FOR ADDICTED TO THE GYM: Show them your support with this original gift✅ ACHIEVE YOUR WELLNESS GOALS & STAY MOTIVATED: Note all the factors important for good health to keep improving. This is an motivational guide to help you stay on track.✅ WORKOUT LIST AND RECORDER: List down the exercise, reps and distance every day. Increase it slowly over the days to ensure your body can adjust and adapt to the change.✅ AND DON'T FORGET TO SMILE WHILE EXERCISING! Keep this book with you to always remember your priorities;)

Eco-warriors come in all shapes and sizes.Performed in The Scottish Parliament (2017), Casey & the Surfmen is an environmental story for all ages, written in verse and originally a spoken word piece. This contemporary fable hovers somewhere between The Rime of Ancient Mariner and Avatar. Magic, menace and mystical creatures take the reader into the expanse of a child's imagination, on to a dreamscape apocalypse and back to the shore of humanity's original promise.This whimsical parable is afloat on ocean rhythms, ebbing and flowing with the cadence of tides; swelling on storms, resounding on wave-washed rocks and rippling over surf-kissed shorelines.As well as enjoying the print version, you can buy an audio download or listen for free to Casey & the Surfmen, read by the author, by going to the bandcamp website.

The best sex he has is with his ex-wife. His most reliable relationship is with Jack Daniels. His brightest pupil, a mixed-race teenaged boy, is a disaster of social problems and misplaced hero-worship that will get him into extreme trouble.In this pre-social media, crisis of masculinity novel. John Ardle's life is anything but what he'd have wished for.Life in its various guises and cracked manifestations parades in front of John Ardle like a cheap village hall beauty pageant. But for as long as John refuses to open a door to unexpected responsibilities, love doesn't enter either.Between 'About a Boy' and 'Breaking Bad' you'll find 'Eating the Vinyl' - a darker than usual love story, here the love is not where you expect it...

In our second book concerning the adventures of Eleanor Catherine - long-limbed green-eyed dragon slayer, Time itself is dangerously warped. Eleanor's nemesis, Vemenshaar the Dragon Witch, inspired by the Queen in Snow White, aims to bend time to her will. She conspires to steal the unborn child who is to become Eleanor's father. Mayhem and magic, dust and dragons, heroes, humour and high jinks battle for space on the page as Eleanor battles the evil of the universe. If she fails, she will die. If she succeeds but at the wrong time - she will die. Hmmm.

Sweet and funny, Humorous Verse for Parents is a wryly observed collection of sharply drawn anecdotes. This delightfully entertaining poetry gift book is a must-read for parents new or experienced. Light-hearted in style but heart-felt, HV4P is a touching anthology that does not paint parenting as an ongoing horror story or, like the dreaded parenting manual, hint at the perfect life you could have if only you were a better parent. Humorous Verse for Parents simply serves up the realities; exhausting and exhilarating, funny, fabulous and weird, that sum up life as a parent - plus a bonus short story. A perfect book for sharing, even a tired parent could manage it. The author, Amanda Baker has made best use of her experience as a mother, grandmother, poet, author, comedy writer and performer to create this neat, unique little offering.

'A little treasure of poetry fun with Granny Amanda as seen on You Tube' There is nothing nicer for young children, developing written and spoken language, than simple rhyming verse. Playing with words and sounds is a great way to build language confidence and reading humorous verse to children is both entertaining and rewarding. This bite-size collection of 20 verse-style poems is fun-packed with characters, word-play, nonsense rhymes, animal themes and anecdotes, appealing to primary ages and pre-school. At the time of publishing, all the pieces are available on YouTube so your little one can pick their favourite, watch and follow or just sit back and enjoy with Granny Amanda.

The Companion Contract (first published in 2007) begins with a sordid contract for sex. Jennifer is a young woman who barely survived a disastrous childhood, Rob is a middle-aged man, lost in the modern world, who calculates his existence in 6-minute units.Fate deals many strange cards as the bizarre narrative unfolds. With peanut butter, determined zygotes, a willful daughter, an inventive hairdresser, cruel rejection, fearful denial and spiteful vengeance on one side - does this strange love stand a chance? And is there always a price to pay...

The final Eleanor legend occurs 13 years after our hero last battled dragons and saved Moreth. Her exploits are a dusty memory. Unexpectedly, Eleanor is catapulted across time to a degraded world where the slayers are depleted and an old adversary has become a deadly and formidable power, threatening her people. What role will the strange girl Nirenvar play or the street urchin and dragon-tamer Echinka? New dragons, old enemies and a breath-taking finale.

Ella & the Knot Fairies is a whimsical, contemporary, afro-hairy fairy story written in verse. This fun picture book with simple, original hand drawn illustrations, celebrates the magical relationship between mothers, daughters, hair and growing up in a mixed-race family.

For Rachel Smith and her four companions, hope for earth is in the distant past along with cannibalism, land collapses and real human interaction. 200 years old, she exists in the mess created by 20th and 21st century. Flung out into space at the mercy of technology she does not understand, with memories and ghosts for company, Rachel faces the unknowable unknown alone. Just like TRAPPIST 1, Rachel's destination is merely guessed at using data from super telescopes and mathematical equations. She cannot come home!ZERO ONE ZERO TWO is a spare offering of satirical social comment wrapped in a futuristic dystopian narrative sprinkled with dark, dry humour. The hallucinogenic prose morphs into occasional poetry and back again in lines that are as blurred as the sense of reality and dreamscape. Threaded through a tale of human failings and romantic and platonic love there is a delicate balance of hope and despair, brutality and beauty.

Would anyone be interested in the calamitous escapades of a mixed-race granny living in suburban Edinburgh? She's not young or white or beautiful so Granny Annie shouldn't even be the central character of a desperate, action-adventure tale of degeneracy, heroism (sort of), fear, confusion and global capitalist conspiracy.Would anyone give a second thought to a middle-(old)-aged woman minding her own business when fate, in the unpleasant guise of creepy crime boss Premature Pete comes a-knocking? But if you don't pay attention, you won't discover why this beetroot-pickling superstar Granny has to placate Carnal Carla, entertain Li'll Frankie and feed Big Bruce, while avoiding being brutally murdered in her own shed/garage/ lean-to thingy. The answers to all of these questions, and more, can be found in Sex, Violence & the Wrong Mobility Scooter. But be warned, Granny Annie's addictive adventures are just beginning!

Real books for Real girls? Check out The Legends of Eleanor Catherine, long-limbed green eyed dragon slayer. The Eleanor Trilogy - in this 2017 edition - is packed with fast and fabulous fun, sentient dragons, danger, heroism, weird Enquates, time travel - oh and did I mention DRAGONS. Eleanor is clever and brave and skilled in ways she didn't even know until this enormous adventure swept her up in its clutches. If your young reader is bored of books where the girl only gets to be the side-kick or the one who spoils the fun (if they get to be in the adventure at all) this quirky series is for you. It's literally out of this world.

Plan for Success with the Be BOLD! Homeschool Grade Book. The grade book designed with the homeschooling parent in mind, the Be BOLD! Homeschool Grade Book tracks the progress of multiple students in one place. Whether you are following a planned curriculum or are building your own, this versatile grade book will help you keep track of your student's progression throughout the school year. Perfectly corresponds with the Be BOLD! Homeschool Lesson Planner!Features: Fully customizablePlan out important dates: 12 monthly undated calendar spreads included45 pages for gradesSpace to plan your year in advance2 grid pages and 2 bullet journal pages - potential uses unlimited!

Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition is a multi-author book with contributions from 51 leading teachers and practitioners across the entire spectrum of bodywork and movement professions. It provides professionals from all bodywork and movement specialisms with the most up-to-date information they need for success in teaching, training, coaching, strengthening, tackling injury, reducing pain, and improving mobility.The new edition has 21 new chapters, and chapters from the first edition have been updated with new research.This book is an essential resource for all bodywork professionals - sports coaches, fitness trainers, yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, dance teachers and manual therapists. It explains and demonstrates how an understanding of the structure and function of fascia can inform and improve your clinical practice.The book's unique strength lies in the breadth of its coverage, the expertise of its authorship and the currency of its research and practice base.