The various Red Data Books prepared by the IUCN and ICBP have set the standards for recognizing birds close to or at risk of extinction worldwide.This book, by focusing on vulnerable species living in or visiting Britain, sets out to define the British situation and to clearly establish both the importance of British populations and our own responsibilities for contributing to bird conservation.Compiled by an editorial team drawn from the Nature Conservancy...

Tyrian purple, the colour that denotes Byzantine imperial power is embargoed and under close guard in Byzantium. To steal it is punishable by death.However a Jewish merchant from Venice has sourced an illegal supply and Tobias, a minstrel, and his twin brother, Tomas, begin a dangerous journey to retrieve the dye and deliver it into the merchant’s eager hands.But is this supply as secret as they had hoped?Set in the venal underbelly of twelfth century trade In Const...

The Church – powerful and moneyed.The Heretics – zealous and poor.Lyon – a city that might claim to cast the seeds of reformed thinking upon the world.Guillaume of Anjou, formerly an archer fighting with other Angevins in the Third Crusade, is now the manager of a successful merchant house. In his new position, he unwittingly steps into and out of the shadowed world of trade and secrets in Lyon.Guillaume carries the weight of a book in his hands – a book tha...

Byzantium stretches a weakening grip across Eastern Europe, trying in vain to hold onto all that has made it an empire. Tyrian purple, the unique dye that denotes its power, is held under close guard by the imperial house.However a Jewish merchant from Venice has sourced an illegal supply and Tobias the dwarf minstrel and his twin brother, Tomas, begin a dangerous journey to retrieve the purple and deliver it into the merchant’s eager hands.But is this supply as secret as t...

‘I was asked the other day what I thought the hardest part of parenting was. I’d have to say that it’s definitely the kids.’TikTok sensation Clara Batten has dedicated the last few years to seeking the answer to one of life’s most crucial questions:Is it possible to raise and nurture two small humans without losing your bloody mind?The good news is, now she’s found (some of) the answers and is sharing her secrets with the rest of us! In thi...

‘I was asked the other day what I thought the hardest part of parenting was. I’d have to say that it’s definitely the kids.’TikTok sensation Clara Batten has dedicated the last few years to seeking the answer to one of life’s most crucial questions:Is it possible to raise and nurture two small humans without losing your bloody mind?The good news is, now she’s found (some of) the answers and is sharing her secrets with the rest of us! In thi...

Meeting Alex Tremayne changed Annie's life.Losing him through a shocking farm accident shattered her.Passage is the story of one woman, Annie Tremayne, and her journey through grief.After Annie loses Alex, her husband and soulmate, she withdraws into the state of solitude that has always been her refuge.Unsure how to move forward, she flounders, her dog and the imagined spirit of Alex by her side.Set against the raw and angry beauty of Tasmania's eas...

Once Lady Ysabel Ce Courcey had thought that if she had been a trobairitz, she might have written a song about herself – her courage in the face of adversity that would have had the men and women in any noble hall sighing as they listened.Now, on the eve of the Third Crusade, the denouement of the ballad is beginning…Ysabel races across the waters of the Middle Sea to seek out Sir Guy of Gisborne because she has vital information that could save a king.But ...

‘Oh my goodness – another girl Mrs Swain!’Clara’s normal iron composure broke and she screamed, ‘No! That’s not the bloody deal!’And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world.When Helen Batten’s marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her family’s past and the mysteries surrounding her enigmatic nanna’s early life.What she unearths is a tale of five feisty red heads struggling to climb out of poverty and fi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Loneliness a word that feels dark and cold. A place we don't want to be. Unfortunately, we have all experienced loneliness in our life. Whether it's from feeling abandoned by someone, not understood, or physically alone, we have all been there. We were created by God to be in a relationship. But what if God wants us to be alone? What if He puts us in a place of loneliness so that we could experience the fullness of His ...

During the 1970s and 1980s the Port of London, and shipping on the River Thames was in a state of transition. New methods of cargo handling, in particular the introduction of containers and Roll-on, Roll-off vehicle ferries called for new investment and a rethink on the way dock traffic was traditionally managed. As a result, The Port of London Authority decided to run down and close the various London docks and concentrate all new investment downriver at their Tilbury docks. These photogr...

When Mason McQueen's overbearing mother hears strange animal sounds from inside her son’s room she is convinced that he is harbouring a stray dog, but only the old stone gargoyle statue that sits outside Mason’s bedroom window knows the real truth. Lucky to be alive after surviving a horrific traffic accident, the hardy teenager should be able to deal with anything life has to throw at him, but not everyone has a P.E teacher quite like Mr Tyler. The cat is really set amongst the pigeons, (...