Do you marvel at people who seemingly have it all only to drop everything for life in a remote village? Have you wondered about leaving your roots for migration to the unknown?'Fit only for climbing coconut trees.' The mockery invented by Philip's father because he was badminton-mad and useless (said father) at all else, lingered with him through school in Malaysia. It travelled with him on an Aeroflot to England in 1970, aged 18, functioning on adrenaline. It stuck throug...

Something to Tell You follows the two families of Bert Leinster and his best friend Sam Murray, as the earth comes under bombardment by a Higgs Boson particle storm. The Central Control of the World council insists that survival depends on living underground, protected by The Envelope. As CCOW persuades humankind to hide in the Deeps, Bert cannot challenge CCOW nor comprehend why people cannot see the truth behind the lies.Everything changes when he meets Her. Lily...

This debut novel is a Literary Titan Book Award WinnerAs Imperial Rome forges its empire upon the ashes of war, its provinces feverish with religion, ambition and a thirst for power compete in the shadows without conscience. Save for one. An adopted Jew of a long dead son of Rome who is playing a dangerous game. Driven by a vision he is certain is the future if he does not act, he is forced to make an unlikely alliance. An alliance that is fated to bring u...

Updated 2024 to include significant additional material from 2018 to 2024.At the 16 week foetal stage, Paul Whymark's brain development was frozen as a consequence of the drug, Thalidomide. His journey is one of considerable self discovery, but also reveals greater societal insights. " *16 Weeks and Everything After..."*uncovers the remarkable fact that over the last 50-60 years the establishment has failed to genuinely independently review Thalidomide...

Keep your children close at nightFor the Squidgicum-Squee's a creepingNever let them leave your sightOr forever there'll be weeping Count your children one to tenAnd when you've finished, count again For where you counted ten beforeYou'll find that there are ten no more When the Squidgicum-Squee comes creeping.A brooding malevolence has emerged from the shadows, and loved ones are disappearing without a trace. Stranded on a strange alien worl...

A The Washington Post 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019"A work of comic genius." — Mary Norris, The New Yorker"Darkly humorous and deadly serious." –Sibbie O'Sullivan, Washington Post"A compulsively interesting feminist memoir." –Virginia Heffernan, Slate"Somehow hilarious, in the way that only E. Jean could have written it" –Leigh Habe...

AN INSTANT INDIE, USA TODAY, AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!**"Delightful . . . We already know that E. Jean Carroll looked smashing when she went to court versus Donald J. Trump. But her irrepressible voice was, necessarily, repressed...Now she is saying pretty much everything." —**The New York Times Book Review"Buoyant." —The New York TimesA hilarious, hopeful, revelatory...

A biography of the enigmatic and beloved author of Alice in Wonderland .Foreword by Edward Wakeling, former chairman of the Lewis Carroll SocietyLewis Carroll was brilliant, secretive and self contradictory. He reveled in double meanings and puzzles, in his fiction and his life. Journalist Jenny Woolf's The Mystery of Lewis Carroll shines a new light on the creator of Alice in Wonderl...

Mit dieser Sammlung erleben Sie die faszinierendsten Abenteuer und tauchen Sie ein in die zauberhaften Welten der Weltliteratur. Entdecken Sie, wo die verlorene Dinosaurierwelt verborgen liegt, betreten Sie das märchenhafte Reich des verrückten Hutmachers, gleiten Sie mit Nil auf den Flügeln der Wildgänse oder schließen Sie sich Merlin und den tapferen Rittern der Tafelrunde an, um gegen die finsteren Magier zu kämpfen. Diese Ausgabe enthält: Alice im Wunderland (Lewis Carroll) Pinocchio (...

This extraordinary book brings together many sources of important information on the changes occurring within our world, ourselves, and the evolution of consciousness leading up to the year 2012. The text is addressed in part to Lightworkers, for whom the energy shift now gearing up has been ongoing for at least the last twenty years. The time is getting closer. The Great Shift is a progress report from the field and the messages are positive. "You don't have to logically do anything but '...

One day, a young girl named Alice suddenly spots a frantic White Rabbit, wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. She follows the hurried creature down a hole into the magical world of Wonderland. While there, Alice meets more crazy creatures, including the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, and the Cheshire Cat, and plays a twisted game of croquet with the Queen of Hearts. But when the Queen turns against her, this dream-like world quickly becomes a nightmare.

From two doctors, a "breezy and entertaining" collection that debunks medical myths and health hoaxes ( School Library Journal).People have more access to medical information than ever before, and yet we still believe "facts" about our bodies and health that are just plain wrong. Don't Swallow Your Gum! takes on these myths and misconceptions, and exposes the truth behind some of those weird and worrisome things we think about our bodies. Entries d...