Empowering poems for all emotionsThis collection of 50 poems will help children to understand their feelings and embrace each and every one of them.Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy with the whole family.With poems on joy and jealousy, curiosity and confidence, embarrassment and excitement, and everything in between – it’s the perfect gift book for children to treasure.From poet, Daniel Thom...

Every border is a world of stories, not just a line on a map or a political frontier. This book introduces readers to the worlds of African borderlands by following border-jumpers, asylum seekers, return migrants, and contraband traders across borders in eastern and southern Africa.Through vivid, character-driven narratives drawn from ethnographic fieldwork and relationships spanning fifteen years, African Border Worlds challenges three common assumptions ...

A sentient cloud whose arrogance leads to its own demise. A rich uncle who discovers a possible solution to climate change, but is not who he appears to be. A phantom killer who uses other people (and their cars) to commit murder. Balloons that predict the future. Paranormal investigators at the beach. Wolfmen who hunt bears for sport. A Cinderella story at a retirement home. Celebrities forced to make movies for eternity in a simulated world. A girlfriend who believes we reside in the min...

In September 2010 the Dubai bank of BanCo was robbed. This is the story of the events as they took place. The author painstakingly researched new behind the scenes evidence and has held comprehensive interviews with all of the main characters involved. The result is as truly unbelievable series of events as they occurred. Being part of the construction company that built the bank wasn't enough for George, he had to rob it as well! By cleverly adding defects into the walls he was able to re...

Rich Man's War - Poor Man's Fight, is the story of two Scot - Irish families who left Ireland for the promise of a better life in America. While accurately set in time and place, this is not a battle by battle account of Civil War history. It is the story of a determined people who were pressed into a war by a country who spurned their kind and used them as pawns so their wealthy sons could be kept out of harm's way.

Powerful poems for positive thinking!This collection of 50 poems will inspire confidence and courage, help children to overcome worries and spread kindness.Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy with the whole family.With themes of friendship, self-belief, embracing change and celebrating people’s differences, it’s the perfect gift book for children to treasure.From poet, Daniel Thompson, author of Big Thoughts f...

What would really happen if the President of the United States decided to use the Army's Delta, Special Operations Command of Fort Bragg to attack drug cartel operations along our southern border? If Mexico's economy, once supported by American tourist dollars fell flat after drug violence brought death to American tourists who would he call upon?

In the book of 2 Peter, the apostle writes under inspiration that another apostle, Paul, wrote "Things, in which are some things hard to be understood" (2 Peter 3:16). Imagine, one inspired apostle, speaking about another inspired apostle's writings. But such, as any Christian will testify, is the absolute truth about Scriptures-they can be hard to comprehend!In my years interacting biblically, there are three comments I would inevitably get about three Scripture portions that reflect the ...

Vermont in 1777: Burgoyne coming down from Canada, the Green Mountain Boys, Bennington, and a Tory's daughter caught between her father's loyalty and her own. Thompson was a Vermont judge who collected the testimony of the men who fought it while they were still alive to give it — the campaign here is history taken down from witnesses and then told as a story. Fifty-nine plates of winter landscapes and village scenes, among them works by Gainsborough and Munch, echo the snowbound campaign ...

The novel is set in the wilderness of New Hampshire during the early 19th century. It follows the adventures of Gaut Gurley, a hunter and trapper, as he navigates the rugged frontier life, encounters with Native American tribes, and the challenges of survival in the wilderness.Thompson's work typically captured the spirit of the American frontier, portraying the lives of hunters, trappers, and interactions between settlers and Native American communities. "Gaut Gurley" is considered an exa...

The novel follows the adventures of the protagonist, a skilled trapper who is renowned for his ability to capture and deal with malevolent entities. The setting is the dense and often treacherous forests of Maine, specifically around the area of Umbagog, a real lake known for its wild and untamed nature.As the story unfolds, the demon trapper faces a series of eerie and unsettling encounters with supernatural forces. These forces are depicted with a sense of both dread and fascination, ble...

For a century, the Ethiopian city Jigjiga was known as a dusty hub of cross-border smuggling and a hotbed of rebellion on Ethiopia's eastern frontier. After 2010, it transformed into a post-conflict boomtown, becoming one of Africa's fastest-growing cities and attracting Somali return-migrants from across the globe. This study examines Jigjiga's astonishing transformation through the eyes of its cross-border traders, urban businesspeople, and officials. Daniel K. Thompson follows traders a...