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Freedom to Roam is a unique hybrid book that shows how Wil Gesler's academic pursuits in the field of Health Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill intersect with both his leisure time activity as a dedicated walker in the English Lake District fells and his personal life.

In a future England, governed by the authoritarian Party of Order and Nation, individuals are selected at random to live in enforced poverty. The policy is called 'the Price': in order for the majority to live well, the policy states, a minority must go without. Equality is impossible.

A light-hearted and illustrated account of the experiences of a British baby-boomer and his family in coping with the cultural differences living in continental Europe.

When struggling journalist, Ollie Moorhouse, is offered an intriguing lead by his editor, he is hopeful that it will boost his career and help pacify his restless girlfriend. His investigations lead him to an eccentric peer of the realm, a grieving philanthropist, a homeless drug addict and an aristocratic household. But what connects them?

1938. Rhiannon is a happy scholarship student at a High School in Cardiff. But when times become hard, she is forced to leave school and work as a nursery and kitchen maid.

Join Holly and Sam and the rest of the Wilson Family on their caravan adventure!

In the summer of 2022, feeling disillusioned with working life in London and in search of an outdoor challenge, Matthew Bowmer set off alone to walk the Grande Randonnee 10, a 900-kilometre footpath through the French Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

A humorous memoir of a young life in colonial Africa, with occasional interludes of sombre reflection by this son of German Jewish refugees. Set in Rhodesia in the 1950s and early 1960s, the author allows us a glimpse of his idiosyncratic family, the oddities of a vibrant Jewish community in the heart of Africa, schooling clothed with the trappings of Empire, holidays in apartheid South Africa and doomed attempts at athletic prowess.

'Mine to Die' is a work of historical scholarship with a difference. My tale is faithful to the historical record - indeed my research into local newspapers has brought to life new material - yet at the same time I have written so readers can be present in that past.

The nineteenth century saw the growth of commercially available solutions for dealing with the problem of domestic infestation by mice and rats. Promising a reliable means of destroying the 'furry detestables', such products as Battle's Vermin Killer were sold cheaply over the counter, as well as being sent through the post.

For some couples, heading to separate beds or rooms is a no-brainer. For others, it can look and feel like the beginning of the end. A 'Sleep Divorce' sounds scary, but it doesn't need to be. Hundreds of thousands of couples across the world have healthy, happy relationships, but they don't share a bed every night.

Phoenix, though entirely blameless, carries the guilt of his twin sister's death at birth and feels as though he is cursed. Events seem to confirm this when a family death occurs on each of his leap-year birthdays.

In Sikh Evolution to Revolution, Mohindra S Chowdhry bares his ideas on the Sikh revolution and how against all odds, his Sikh ancestors transformed into a formidable force that dismantled the most powerful empire in India.

The first of its kind, In Search of the Irish Wolfhound, takes a real in-depth look into the history and origins of the Irish wolfhound.

Have you ever wondered about the scientific advances being made in our times? Some of them have been distinctly helpful; others have been quite disastrous. One wonders if the clever inventors actually do stop to think of the medium to long-term consequences of their clever ideas.

Three middle-aged sisters and their elderly aunt decide to starve themselves to death, barricading themselves in a suburban house to face their slow painful end.

Experiencing a city without knowing the history is like watching a blockbuster movie without a story - all sets and visuals, but devoid of dialogue, plot, and drama.

The body is an intelligent, self-healing organism and there is an infinite abundance of energy in each of our cells.

Sam Harvie, son of a circus manager, causes mayhem and is eventually dismissed form the Prosecution services. He tries his hand at a variety of jobs but they all result in a sacking.

This book represents a slice of the history of ideas, science and philosophy mixed with their personal lives against how science, mathematics and philosophy evolved over 300 years.

They say that to really know a person you need to understand their past. If that is true, then Mary Beker did not know her husband at all.

The Jagged Path tells the story of a young girl's journey from an idyllic life in rural Nigeria, through the heartbreak of losing her parents, the tumultuous years living with uncaring guardians, an abusive marriage which ended in betrayal, to finally finding hope and happiness on the other side.

Whilst The Gene-Editors is written through the eyes of a fictional character, it is based on the cumulative result of 4-years independent research into: biotechnology, genetics and genomics, the creation of the world's first gene-edited babies, infectious diseases and the origins, impact and legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Field Lane is a book about a place where real-world people cross over with established fictional characters and newly imagined ones. It tells a metaphysical story behind the stories of some well-loved classics set in London by the Thames and along the Mississippi.

An improbable adventure, maybe more odyssey, sprung from the true account of 'wabah-babi', or 'swine plague', in the far eastern reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, bordering with Papua New Guinea.

God, I Like My Plan Better describes a very painful time in the author's life when a long-term relationship abruptly came to an end.

Like most students at Kingshill Middle School, Connor is obsessed with the smash hit TV Show 'Para-Norman'. It follows Norman, a Ghost hunter who spends his time chasing ghosts.

Spring 1940 - a dense sea fog enevlopes the north Cornish coast just south of Trevose Head and the treacherous Quies rocks. Lurking nearby is a German submarine, stranded after its engines failed.

When Beatrice Gardiner whispers, 'the ring', with a collapsing exit breath, her daughter Fabienne, takes the simple band and finds an inscription with two dates, three months apart. This becomes the backdrop for a tale of intrigue and divided family loyalties.

Looking for Joan and Other Stories is a collection of stories set in UK, Ireland, and New York.