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This is the first biography of Joe Hobbs, one of the great characters of the whisky industry. Written with the support and encouragement of Joe's surviving family members in the UK and Canada and sharing family history and memorabilia not made public before, the book provides a thoroughly researched review of all aspects of Joe's life.

An epic adventure all set within a fish tank in a young boy's bedroom. Full of submarines and glass pods, unusual water creatures and The Rotterbogs, a group of water ogres. For middle grade readers and in particular, those fascinated by ocean life.

A fast paced and immersive crime novel that powerfully evokes America during the tumultuous Vietnam War era.

Skywild follows Grace Fairlight, a twelve-year-old orphan, as she journeys back to the Isles of Yorn, an island ruled by powerful Houses and home to rare, wild dragons. But the island is full of secrets and corruption, and cruelty simmers beneath it's surface. Can Grace right the wrongs of her past and discover her true heritage?

An investigation begins, unravelling secrets from the 1990s, when a charred body is discovered in Leicester's West End.

When Ros's husband is arrested and her son becomes a recluse, she realises she has a choice to make - live in despair or become the heroine of her own story.

A fun story written in verse, packed with engaging full-page illustrations and tells the story of accident-prone Poor Barry and his calamitous disasters. The story teaches children the value of kindness and friendship.

At its heart, the At the Edge of Promises series is about purpose, passion and motivation ‿ how science, religion, love, duty and revenge drive three people through the dramatic upheavals of the English Civil War.

At its heart, the At the Edge of Promises series is about purpose, passion and motivation ‿ how science, religion, love, duty and revenge drive three people through the dramatic upheavals of the English Civil War.

The Two Worlds of Tom Tinderlee follows Tom, a young boy with temper issues, as he travels to an undiscovered planet. Will Tom find the courage to overcome his fears and combat an ancient predator who after centuries of sleep is about to wake?

Many remarkable things about Fife's origins never understood before are set out in detail here ‿ a must read for all Fifers and those with an interest in the County.

We meet wormlet Ferret Lumbric who is on the road to rack and ruin, but all he really wants is to be is a clown. Next, Ivy Glue emerges, ambitious and frustrated. After a series of mishaps, she discovers she absolutely loves singing and is good at it too! We encounter George and Binky, who are childhood pals.

It‿s the twins‿ first sleepover - Flo and Ludovic have some friends over. When it‿s time for bed and Dad turns off the light, Ludovic becomes quiet. The other children snuggle into their comforters, but Ludovic hides under his. Suddenly, from under the blanket, he hears a noise. One by one, the dogs printed on the others' comforters come to life!

Alice and her mother meet a stranger on a bus and minutes later find her on a bench panicking. For Alice, it‿s simple: the three of them need each other. Rachel fights against imposing her disability on the pair. Rachel‿s seizures trigger painful childhood memories for Beth, and Alice is torn between loyalty to her mother and standing by Rachel.

When an extraordinary superspecies emerges in Afghanistan, humans do what they do best: declare war and make a reality TV show.

A unique fusion of fiction and non-fiction, follow Ava as she explores the effects of air pollution on climate change. See how her friends change her attitude toward the environment, how she learns to express her thoughts and ideas about the birds and animals endangered by the chemicals and gases in our air and how she gets active to help!

This book provides an encouraging space for anyone to be a leading positive presence in the workplace, building strong attributes and skills to coach teams using sound workplace practices and tools. It is an essential toolkit for management and workplace matters. It also serves those wanting to build a positive and mindful workplace culture.

What is the ‿something fishy‿ that Petroc Tremayne believes is going on at St Cadoc‿s Abbey on the Cornish island of Morgarrow? He asks his great-niece, Iris Grant, for advice, but before she can visit him, Petroc dies. Iris‿s friend Persephone Brown brings Gawaine St Clair and David Powers to investigate.

A young woman, Idunn, and a young man, Heimdar, make a perilous journey to gather momentum for their religion, The Old Faith. Along the way, they are joined by others, including a minstrel, a young warrior who is testing her sexual boundaries, and a wolf. Meanwhile, the neighbouring kings decide to attack over the differences between their faiths.

Vivien Brandt loves all things British and has done since she was a child. So when she moves from California to live with her gorgeous new English husband, in a small Yorkshire village, she doesn‿t foresee any problems beyond negotiating when to put milk in her tea. But she soon finds herself tripping over cultural differences. Oh, and a body.

Life is full of ups and downs. Powell reflects on a secure but challenging start in life, followed by a police career that took him all over the United Kingdom and the world, witnessing the aftermath of many significant events. These reflections are often in verse, ranging from crime and riot to the lighter side of life, featuring everyday issues.

Aiming to be a clan chief is easy when you have the right credentials. It‿s a bit more tricky when you haven‿t any. But lack of proof need be no barrier when you‿re absolutely brimming with all the right stuff to make a great chief. At least that‿s the theory according to billionaire, ego-maniac, Gordon Weever.

Trudi Penislow is a seriously feisty (and precocious) nine-year-old Cornish girl on a mission to save the world from climate catastrophe. Though her dad‿s a former Prime Minister she reckons she‿s got the better handle on political activism.

There were always fires in my marriage. Fires that were never quite put out and wetted down by tears, before starting up again with even more ferocity and vengeance. The atmosphere in the house was uncomfortably humid as a result of this. Four Humid Months is a deeply personal reflection of my marriage and the four months we spent living together.

Are you one of the people in the UK who are waking up to climate and ecological catastrophe, and the possibility of societal collapse in the future? This book does not attempt to lay out how dire our predicament is. For most people this requires profound psychological, emotional and spiritual inner work - this book guides you through the process.

Adventure, intrigue, and a dog named Ted. A daring escape across water, wartime service on convoys, a glittering career in professional sport, the larger-than-life central character is marked, sadly, not by his successes but by his failures; a lack of empathy with his fellow man.

Terry Brennan spent a lifetime researching his family tree. Never Give Up is the remarkable story taking Terry to Ireland and Scotland and East London and Kent.

In the Shadows is a collection of topical stories offering different perspectives that transport the reader.The Impersonator tells the story of an ordinary Russian man who gets a breakthrough posing as Putin. Trans-Atlantic follows a young Russian-American couple after Russia's annexation of Crimea, The Ice Cream Woman relates the slow awakening of a loyal citizen whose son is arrested in the protests of summer 2019 in Moscow, and Bicycle Summer is set during the exodus of Syrian refugees seeking shelter in Europe. In The Cockroach, a Chinese entomologist and his wife see their attempt to be patriots go horribly wrong. Flight takes a tenser turn, when a North Korean diplomat on his way home to Pyongyang gets stuck in transit and contemplates escape. Illumination examines the unfolding relationship between a French expat manager's wife and a local man in Armenia. The title story, In the Shadows describes a divided future world, in which a woman and a teenage boy start looking for an exit. Farewell to Ada, written in 2022, brings together wars past and present.A rich palette of protagonists with all their human frailties explore freedom, personal and political, in this collection of stories offering insight into lives overshadowed by the starker shades of media headlines.

Mattie Stories is a beautifully illustrated children's story based on the author's Miniature Schnauzer named Mattie. It follows her through her interactions and fears which many young children will be able to relate to!