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Fifty years of peace and tranquillity have passed since the wars between the North and the South of Modania which culminated in the imprisonment of the evil Lord Zelfen. Young Aluen, growing up in a world untroubled by conflict, is interested only in learning a few magic tricks to bring a little extra money home. Little does he realise that the cheerful stranger he encounters on his way to a mystic fair is a master of true magic, far older than he seems. When Zelfen tricks his way out of imprisonment, Aluen and the stranger join forces with the mysterious Birch and his giant Timber Cat to take on the tyrant and battle the forces of treachery.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command was the organisation charged with keeping the sea lanes clear around the coasts of Britain for the best part of half a century, from immediately after the First World War until the 1960s. In the decades after the Second World War, John Campbell served as a Coastal Command navigator and crew captain on Shackleton aircraft in the Maritime Patrol role. Having studied in great detail the history and development of Coastal Command, he has researched and written this thorough account of its activities throughout its years of operation.
Shooting is a fascinating and absorbing hobby and one that’s enjoyed by millions of people of all ages and both sexes all over the
world. It’s also one of the safest sports – provided you learn and follow safe handling procedures. The design and performance of
guns is a fascinating topic and one that richly repays study in its own right.
The author, an experienced shot with rifle and shotgun, reviews the many types of guns in use, with particular focus on shooting for
sport, and explains the rewards and benefits of taking up the hobby. A great introduction to shooting for those who think they would
like to try it but are not sure where to start.
For most of us, being our own boss has a definite allure. Choosing our own hours, staff and products certainly seems tempting but in the cut-throat world of business, there are some important lessons to be learned…The daily grind of an office job in the 1980s drove American Kathleen Murphy to become a successful business entrepreneur. Bored and distracted by the daily task of producing and matching up piles of letters and envelopes, she dreamed up an alternative to the monotonous task using new computer technology to print it all together. Kathleen invented the one-piece mailer but was soon to discover the challenging world of business. Telling her story of how she got into the market, Kathleen looks back at the trials, tribulations and downright cheating she suffered at the hands of greedy firms who wanted to exploit her and her product. Since then, Kathleen has succeeded in various business ventures and has written How to Win in Business as a guide to those setting out on their own business careers. With all the lessons Kathleen has learned throughout her career, How to Win in Business is the perfect companion to help you succeed in the world of business
Many conversations right now focus on written and typed words as increasingly common methods of communication. What if those were your only way to communicate every day, for 23 and three-quarter hours? Georgia Webber’s zines Dumb issues 4 and 5 describe her mostly mute life in comics – ...
The true story of hardship and horror in the blood and mud seen through the eyes of a teenage volunteer and his comrades in the forgotten conflicts of Salonika and Palestine, during the Great War, fighting for the freedom of small nations and in particular, Home Rule for Ireland. Then the Irish War of Independence, which helped establish a nation.
In a fit of shameless self-promotion, here are a few pages from my 2008 - A Year In Pictures Blurb book available to purchase online at Blurb.
It's a 76-page glossy hardback with full colour wrap-around dust jacket.
A Life In Bits is the moving story of one man's battle with bipolar disorder, a condition whose devastating consequences are still not fully appreciated by the world at large. Charles McMullen’s battle with manic depression, as it is often known, began with a nervous breakdown at the age of nineteen. In his twenties, the suicide of his brother, his own divorce and the loss of his job and his home put him inside a psychiatric hospital. Yet despite the periods of appalling despair and the continued setbacks, Charles can still write at the end of the book ‘Overall, it’s been a pretty happy life’. This inspirational book will be of great interest to anyone who is afflicted by bipolar disorder, or knows one of the many people – roughly one in 25 of the population - who are.