Laura's Child is book four in the continuing Laura comedy fantasy series. It is assumed that you know the background to all the main characters by now. My wife Laura gives birth to our first child, the mystical Red Moon Child of Arthurian prophesy. She is named Tammy after the song by Debbie Reynolds. When she is a toddler she develops a penchant for collecting animals and an obsession for playing Monopoly. All the while we are being stalked by a crackpot cult of half-wit Satanists with a ...

Book number 5 in the Laura series. Summertime is coming and the busy holiday season in Dunehaven seaside resort is hotting up! Laura and I, along with our friends Debra, Vince and Jessica are looking forward to long summer days, sunbathing and swimming in the sea. But our holiday plans are constantly ruined when hordes of Rodds and Mockers descend on our little seaside idyll and turn it into a major war zone! Debra wins the national final of the Miss Wet Tee Shirt competition at Stringvest...

Robert Townsend, the author of the best seller Up the Organization, is the former CEO of Avis …and the man credited with Getting Avis to Try Harder! Townsend’s Theory Y Management Style is well worth memorizing or at least reviewing weekly!

Laura's Wedding is the sequel to Laura's New Boyfriend. Laura and I start making our wedding plans, and we seek out a local church. We find one with the unusual name of "The Holy Church of Saint Mary Magdalene The Non-Virgin, and get to meet its' eccentric minister, The Reverend Popplethwaite. Our plans go along swimmingly until Laura's maiden Aunt Maisie comes to stay for a weekend. When she discovers that Laura and I regularly sleep together, she goes into an apoplectic shock and throws ...

"Ледоход" - повествование о подростках, растущих в пустынной области между верхним полуостровом Мичигана и севером Висконсина на американском Среднем Западе. Это - трогательная история дружбы детства, перерастающей в глубокую любовь.Таинственная беженка Марина неожиданно присоединяется к Рикки Белайлу и Мари-Жанне ("М-Ж") Шарбонно под занавес школьной рождественской программы. Появление загадочной незнакомки вызывает лавину событий, которые в конечном итоге вынуждают Рикки нести М-Ж...

Long seen as proving grounds for professors, PhD programs have begun to shed this singular sense of mission. Prompted by poor placement numbers and guided by the efforts of academic organizations, administrators and faculty are beginning to feel called to equip students for a range of careers. Yet, graduate students, faculty, and administrators often feel ill-prepared for this pivot. The Reimagined PhD assembles an array of professionals to address this difficult issue. The contri...

Laura's New Boyfriend is the first installment of a series of complete comedy novels. It is set in the fictional seaside holiday resort of Dunehaven on the south coast of England in the present day. One bright and sunny day, while strolling along the seafront, the story teller discovers a somewhat peculiar gift shop that has just opened for business. With time on his hands he goes inside to browse around. His eye catches a strange and mysterious fossilized toad on display in a glass cabine...

In the enchanting collection, *The Santa's Great Treasure Chest: 450+ Christmas Novels, Tales, Carols & Legends,* readers are invited to embark on a literary journey through the multifaceted world of Christmas narratives. This anthology offers a kaleidoscope of stories, carols, and legends, skillfully encapsulating a range of emotions and experiences tied to the festive season. The compendium includes tales of joy, wonder, and reflection, with standout pieces that capture the essence of Ch...

The Most Wonderful Christmas Tales Of All Time is an exquisite anthology that captures the heartwarming essence and infinite diversity of storytelling inspired by the yuletide spirit. Encompassing a range of genres from classic drama to fairy tales and transformative narratives, this collection splendidly showcases tales that explore themes of generosity, hope, and the magic of Christmas. The eclectic array of stories speaks to the classical, romantic, and even modernist literary contexts,...

Where were you and what were you doing during the summer and autumn of '84? I will try to tell my story as accurately as I can remember, with all the important and relevant events included and described. Make of it what you will, for I'm darned if I can make much sense of it. How did it happen? Why did it happen? And, much more importantly, why did it have to stop happening? For this is the story of an obsession you see. The true story of an obsession; with someone, and the things we did t...

From the late nineteenth century until World War II, competing spheres of professional identity and practice redrew the field of history, establishing fundamental differences between the roles of university historians, archivists, staff at historical societies, history teachers, and others.In History's Babel, Robert B. Townsend takes us from the beginning of this professional shift—when the work of history included not just original research, but also teaching and the gath...

Discover the brilliantly funny True Confessions of Margaret Hilda Roberts by Sue Townsend, 'the funniest person in the world' - Caitlin Moran, The Times*Tuesday May 24thHad a lie in until 6am. Then got out of bed and had a brisk rub down with the pumice stone. I opened the curtains and saw that the sun was shining brightly. (A suspicion is growing in my mind that the BBC is not to be trusted.)*Margaret Hilda Roberts is a rather amb...