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Another Close Shave
This personal collection of memories covers the period from William's early life in the late 1920's early 30's, working on farms with horses and dogs in the North Yorkshire Dales, and through to his moves to North Lancashire and to Cumbria. The book captures the life and often harsh environment of farming during the 1930's - 40's and focuses on the events which revolved around the special relationship he had working with horses and sheepdogs. A unique insight to a time where changes in farming were moving from horse driven to machine driven and of the local characters of that time. It's a very personal collection, however for anyone interested in farming, horses, dogs and local history, its a real gem.
A Farewell to Calm
'It's now becoming easier and easier to predict government policy. Just listen to what the prime minister said in the morning and the opposite is likely to be true come the middle of the afternoon.' Throughout another year of bluster and bedlam in Westminster, John Crace's brilliantly acerbic political sketches have once more provided the nation with a much-needed injection of humour. In A Farewell to Calm, Crace introduces an infectiously funny selection of his finest pieces from 2020-21, taking in everything from a summer of unfathomable U-turns to Christmas Covid confusion, and from lockdown-lifting to Brexit blithering. Led by Boris's poundshop Churchill tribute act, and featuring a cast of everyone's least favourite pantomime villains, from Classic Dom Cummings to Door Matt Hancock, the end result is a brilliantly entertaining chronicle of another tumultuous year on these benighted islands.
Knocker
He didn't want to stay in this stuffy, impersonal room, all alone with strangers poking and prodding him when he didn't want to be poked and prodded. He said, 'I want to go home, to the comfort of my house.'A son travels home to be with his dying father. To distract the old man as death approaches, he asks him to recount a story - and thus the son learns the strange tale of thePeculiar Man and a very unusual animal.Four men leave their village to fi ght in the Great War.Those who survive the trauma of the battlefi eld return to a country that is not fi t for heroes but is beset by poverty and class struggle.From his grand house, the Peculiar Man, driven by hisupbringing and his selfi sh desires, hatches a despicableplan to ensure that his life will continue in the manner to which he is accustomed - even if he must destroy those who get in his way.Between them stands Bracken, an animal that is so much more than he appears to be.This lyrical, haunting novel evokes the beauty and horror of times past as well as the sadness of parting.
Once Too Many Times
As Old Flo sat there, watching and listening, she became easily convinced of several important observations. The first was that her daughter-in-law seemed uncharacteristically distracted, even remote, from the events around her. Secondly, she understood with complete clarity that her own son was infatuated with the pretty little thing sitting opposite. She could see the longing in his eyes and trace it through every behavioural tick on show. She felt sure that the others, including the girl herself, must surely have registered such transparency, and she wondered what fireworks lay ahead. Another intriguing factor was the big blonde lad who sat there, apparently comfortable and confi dent, and yet in some way preoccupied. Something there required further investigation. Flo just couldn't see why the man's attractive wife would ever fi nd anything worth straying for in her own son's rather tawdry realm. Time would tell, but she knew her son wanted that girl.Spanning a generation, this mystery thriller moves between the City of London and Cape Town, rural Kent and the hills of Girona in north-eastern Spain, weaving a tale of lust and deception, romance and retribution.
Flourishing For Healthcare Professionals
A positive self-help book aimed at cultivating resilient healthcare professionals. The effects of empathy and compassion on the therapeutic relationship are undeniably powerful. However, in order for you to be fully compassionate with patients, you must start with having compassion for yourself. Learning how to do this, especially in times of stress, is the key. Packed full of practical tips, and with an extensive skills and resources section, this book is essential reading for anyone in healthcare, whether a student or an experienced healthcare professional. The author is a professional physiotherapist with an MSc in Sport Psychology.
Salt and Pepper
When Susan Salt meets vivacious Vale Pepper at Benjamin Hale Hospital in 1964, little does she envisage the many changes to her life. How can shy nursing cadet Susan survive the rigours of the hospital's strict and seemingly unfair regime, and the ensuing wrath from Matron and Sister Mandrake, in equal measure?Excruciatingly embarrassing predicaments arise daily. Clandestine meetings and 'strip tease' soon become a game of 'Cat and Mouse' in the labyrinths of the hospital. Will Salt go or stay?With binding friendship and support from each other will Salt and Pepper fit into the cruet?
Parallel Trust
What begins as an exciting challenge turns into a countdown to save a young girl's life... As seventeen-year old Aril Ousby, the son of a renowned astrophysicist, embarks on a geocache treasure hunt in Britain, a series of kidnappings takes place in the United States. How are these events connected? Is Aril right to trust the enigmatic architect of the treasure hunt - or is he being led into an elaborate trap? Is the puzzle master motivated by altruism - or greed? And why has he chosen to involve Aril in his scheme? Aril and his friend Unity are drawn into a mystery that leads them to look at the Earth from a new perspective and to address a fundamental question: can future generations avoid the mistakes their parents made?
New Man New Whorld
Wizzo is your archetypal computer nerd. Something of a misfit and lacking in the finer social skills, he spends most of his life in the comfort of his room hacking into the World Wide Web looking for secrets that interest him. His only other passion is Sara, who appears disinterested. So when Sara asks him for help, Wizzo feels duty bound to protect her from what he feels certain is an internet predator.All is not what it seems as Wizzo's life is turned upside-down when he finds himself drawn into a world where the most ambitious scientific project imaginable is underway. When Wizzo is invited to join the organisation running the project, he's about to learn one of the world's biggest secrets and one he could never have ever imagined. However will Wizzo's determination to help Sara jeopardise everything?
Adventures Of Harry Rose
Set at the beginning of the second year of the First World War the book tells the story of a working family and how war touched everyone in so many ways. Left to run the family narrow boat when his father goes to war and his mother is injured in a bombing raid on London, Harry and his dog Milly set off from London to Birmingham delivering coal to local people who live close to the canal. The story is one of friendship, understanding and kindness towards all they meet and of hope for mankind even in the middle of war.
Shimon
Set in the bustling streets, glorious villas and fearsome gladiatorial arenas of the third-century Roman Empire, Shimon is a moving story of one man's journey to maturity and the rediscovery of his faith. Can a young man, beset by intrigue and jealousy because of his physical strength and his race, find redemption and a real purpose in his life?'Damnatio ad Gladium,' the magistrate pronounced... 'I'm innocent,' Shimon screamed... But it was too late... Shimon had just been condemned to die in the arena.
