Keith is an all-American high school kid, keen on finishing his education and getting ready to take on the world. There's only one problem: while all the other boys are bragging about their first experiences with their girlfriends, Keith has no interest in girls. That bothers him.He is worried but also very curious. Will experimentation help him figure out what's wrong? And how will his friends and family react?Please note: this book is sexually explicit and not suitable fo...

From the war-torn streets of Belfast to building a global empire worth millions. From the grip of alcoholism to complete freedom. From being called a failure to proving everyone wrong. Tom Smyth wasn't supposed to make it. Born in 1974 during Northern Ireland's darkest days, raised in a working-class neighborhood where bombs and bullets were the soundtrack of childhood, he had every excuse to fail. But Tom doesn't do excuses. When COVID-19 devastated his business with a £6 million ...

Maintaining one’s faith in Jesus Christ requires constant input from many sources, most importantly from the word of God. Also important, though, is the wisdom of others and their own journeys of faith. Every believer has a story to tell and faith-based experiences to share.This ninety-nine-day devotional is part of my story—a collection of stories that tie into scripture and my own personal faith walk. Each day’s reading is based on life and truth, not only the truth of the Bible ...

A laugh-out-loud sapphic romance. Girl meets girl, but will cynical Saoirse let herself fall in love with Ruby?After the breakupocalypse with her ex, seventeen-year-old Saoirse plans to spend the summer before uni partying, getting drunk, watching horror movies and forgetting all her family troubles by kissing girls. Enter the scene: Ruby, who might just be the prettiest girl Saoirse’s ever seen. A romcom fan and a believer in true love, Ruby challenges cynical Sao...

'Generous, moving and alive. A gift' - Tim Dee, author of Greenery' Intelligent, thought-provoking and always, always interesting ' - Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment'Smyth writes with warmth and engaging perception about our relationship and understanding of the natural world on our doorsteps' - Jon Dunn, author of The Glitter in the Green

The goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to build iOS 14 applications using SwiftUI, Xcode 12 and the Swift 5.3 programming language.Beginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an iOS development environment together with an introduction to the use of Swift Playgrounds to learn and experiment with Swift.The book also includes in-depth chapters introducing the Swift 5.3 programming language including data types, con...

This powerful novel in stories follows its young narrator, growing up in a divided family. Shifting between Trinidad, England, and Ireland, she must learn to make sense of herself, and take her place in a world full of contradictions, cruelty and temptation. Look At You grabs the attention elegantly, with sharp dialogue, acuteness of observation, and the joy of meeting complex characters. The frank and engaging narrator, recognising the independent otherness of the people she writ...

This book is a treasure trove of English oddities, crammed with the most curious stories, remarkable facts and unexpected goings-on from the country's long and convoluted history. From frogs' legs at Stonehenge to knicker elastic in the Blitz, this is England – the unauthorised biography.

Winner of the Waterstones Book Prize for Older Readers. A laugh-out-loud sapphic romcom for fans of Sex Education and Derry Girls.When Aideen agrees to help ambitious class swot Maebh Kowalska deal with her crazy workload, she doesn’t expect to end up reluctantly pushing Maebh down the stairs and becoming the school ‘fixer’. Any problem a student has, Aideen will sort it out, from stealing confiscated mobiles to breaking into parties. But Aideen’s...

Opposites attract, but can they ever work together?Damien is an ambitious young lawyer. After moving to Germany, he doesn’t expect to feel quite so out of his element. Apart from hating his job, a rumor spreads that he is a homophobe.To redeem himself, he is put in charge of the firm’s signature event Burning Fall. He has no choice but to hire Yannik, a gorgeous yet unconventional event manager.But from their first disastrous meeting, everything possible goes wrong....

On August 15th 1992, the Premier League kicked off for the very first time to the sound of money. That same season, a new kind of branded commercialism descended across the continent as the European Cup was re-launched as the Champions League. In 1994, the game's oldest trophy, the FA Cup, would become the last of English football's major competitions to fall to commercial sponsors. The early 1990s mark the moment at which the beautiful game, the sport of the common man, wound up on a mark...

This book, fully updated for Android Studio Otter Feature Drop, teaches you how to develop Android-based applications using Kotlin.Beginning with the basics, the book outlines how to set up an Android development and testing environment, then introduces programming in Kotlin, covering data types, control flow, functions, lambdas, and object-oriented programming. Asynchronous programming using Kotlin coroutines and flow is also covered in detail.Chapters also cover the Andro...