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After three years selling gaskets under the grey skies of England, Nick Brown decided he'd had enough. But how to escape? He knew he would never be rich and famous and his dream of seeing the world seemed out of reach. Eventually he found a way, travelling to the South Pacific to 'captain' a cargo boat running cocoa and copra between the islands. Any notion of a tropical paradise soon evaporated when Nick found himself living without electricity, washing in the river and sailing treacherous seas. But life got better and soon he found himself flying around the country in light aircraft, travelling by dug-out canoe to meet the locals in remote villages, climbing the tallest mountain in Oceania and even sailing the Coral Sea, just for the fun of it. This is his entertaining story of those years.
Asked to name their ideal job, more people in the UK say they would like to be an author than anything else. Yet with over two million books published worldwide, the competition is fierce. As editor in chief of a successful self-publishing house, Chris Newton spends most of his waking hours editing and he knows all about how books can be put right
Life for the newly widowed Harriet Capel is not expected to hold any surprises. It will be spent watching over her children's marriages and looking after the grandchildren. That is, until she sees Oliver Gaunt again. He is her daughter-in-law's father. As their love affair gathers intensity and pace, so do its consequences for the family as a whole
The reader is taken on a post-World War II search for a former officer who was reported missing after the Gothic Line Battle. The search is set against a background of London, Italy and Greece. The author recently published his war memoirs under the title of 'Age Shall not Weary Them'. He has also published a book of fictional short stories. 'A Search for all Seasons' is a work of fiction that was written in the swinging sixties by the author who has not previously tried to publish it. Apart from his civilian and military qualifications, he also holds a Law degree. After being in the senior echelons of the Army and then City underwriting, he is now retired and lives at Kew in Surrey.
Afro-Saxon is the follow-up to 'A Black Boy at Eton' where Dillibe Onyeama recounts his experience of being the first black boy to complete his education at Eton.
King Henry II, exhausted from everlasting conflict with France and his sons rebelling against him finds love, solace, and passion after falling for the youthful beauty of Alys and makes her his mistress.
''Immensely gripping and suspenseful'' Sophie Hannah, New York Times Bestseller1495 Seville, Andalusia.Can Isaac find the real killer to save his best friend from execution?The Inquisition is determined to execute heretics like Isaac - those who practice Judaism in secret. Friends and family are arrested and set against each other. Isaac''s best friend is accused of heresy, and he is forced to choose between him and his own family. King Ferdinand offers to help him - can Isaac trust him? As the mystery unravels what secrets will Isaac uncover about himself, his friends, and his family?
1478: Gianetta and Matteo have a happy life, working in service to the wealthyRosini family. They are used to entertaining rich and powerful members ofFlorentine society in Palazzo Rosini, where Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Mediciand Botticelli are regular visitors. Even when the Medici brothers narrowlyescape the Palazzo with their lives (an accident, surely?), Gianetta and Matteocan't imagine that the growing unrest in the streets of Florence would everspoil their happiness.When a bloody conspiracy erupts in the heart of Florence, in the city'sbeloved Duomo, nobody is left unaffected by the aftermath. When the familyhear that Matteo is among the conspirators, Gianetta knows that her life willnever be the same.
"We cannot see where we are going. The road is unknownto us. There are deep ditches on either side. We do notalways even know where we are going or what the purposeof life is. All we know is that to us ours is an unknown wayalong which we are obliged to travel prepared by time thatis remorseless instead of having strong headlights to showus a safe way. We have two flickering candle lamps, andthey represent faith and hope."
Eddie Thompson continues to produce simple, usually short verses musing on the vicissitudes of modern life, from lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic to lighting the fire. His verses are based on his day-to-day experiences, observations andthoughts about life, and are witty, original and usually light-hearted. This is the seventh volume in the series.
This is the fourth collection of Eddie's poetry; he says that the verses hover somewhere between doggerel and light verse. He also says: Serious poetry is mainly melancholy, As serious poets are, mainly, off their trolley, So don't expect anything grand, It's simple fare, borderline bland. But may these short and simple rhymes, In these tense and troubled times, Give you cause to pause awhile, And as you read them, bring a smile.
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