Whilst attending university, Herman is selected to lead a group of unlikely candidates on an expedition to retrace the Silk Road journey of Marco Polo at the behest of a famous geographic publication and financed by a philanthropic trust. The trek takes them three thousand miles through several countries with hilarious consequences, commencing at Istanbul. The group consists of eight, plus three photographers, six camels, three donkeys, a Clydesdale horse, a dog and a Tiger Moth for surveillance and photography.There are seven men of differing religions, Christian, Muslim and Jewish, one of whom is seldomly sober, a lesbian cook, and two of the photographers are gay. They are joined on route by two very attractive Iranian girls who have a major impact on the demeanour of the group. As the journey progresses, their diversity finds common ground of spirituality, respect and love for each other.Silk Road is a story of adventure, humour, romance and the love of animals. It takes the reader through emotions of exhilarating joy and sadness on a journey of human trial and tribulation. It is bizarre, bewitching and beautiful, with an ending to satisfy the soul.
The robin is a bird that has psychological traits which are entirely its own. It has, at most seasons, absolute trust in man. It is the bird of the homestead, always ready to attend the garden worker, perch upon the handle of the spade the moment it is left or pick a worm from the ground.Encourage the young generation to enjoy nature at its best, to explore their own "e;piece"e; of garden and to notice something new each day. Find out the creatures that inhabit this environment and appreciate their role; find out all the plants that grow and what they produce to aid the existence of man.Feel happy and calm, and have fun as you work, rest and play in this amazing ecosystem.What do the cousins, who enjoy each other's company so much, find in Grandad's shed?Do they value and take care of their "e;find"e;?
The Kingdom of Watetu and Songaland is an autobiographical story about Mpeki, the princess of the Watetu tribe who realised early that FGM in her tribe was wrong and who sought out to bring about a change, a journey that caused her and her loved ones a lot of pain, because the Watetu tribe practised FGM while the neighbouring tribe, the Songa, appreciated sexuality. The differences that their cultures represented brought about a clash after the prince of Songaland assisted Princess Mpeki to run off after she hindered the mutilation of her sister. This started a rift between both tribes that resulted in the abduction of the prince of Songaland, and the princess's sister, whose mutilation the princess had hindered, was bought back by the missionaries. The prince of Songaland ended in Portugal as a slave, making his father furious - reason for a war that lasted for two decades. It was finally after the abolition of slavery worldwide that the prince of Songaland came back with Mpeki and the missionaries who had travelled with her to help her evade her own mutilation. Upon the arrival of the prince, his father ordered him to leave the princess, claiming that she was cursed. In fact, the princess was not cursed as all had thought. It was through her sacrifices that the two tribes reunited, becoming one under the prince and princess's rule in the new kingdom of Watetu and Songaland, a kingdom of peace, justice and harmony. The story ends with a bombastic marriage between the two tribes, the result of the eradication of FGM.
The story of Nyango: The Girl with Healing Powers captures the life of a young girl named Nyango, born with the ability to heal. Her mother died while giving birth to her and she was raised by her grandmother, Sumediang, who was a renowned healer in their village. Sumediang's inability to cure the son of the village's chief led the chief to banish her from the village. The decision to expel Sumediang from the village - and with her, Nyango - led to major changes in the young girl's life. The book explores how Nyango and her grandmother struggled with life after they departed their village. It portrays how Nyango tried to reconcile her life as a healer with growing up as a young girl.
I have seen a lot in my time on this earth. This book is about my experiences and includes jokes and true funny stories. Laughter, I believe, is the best medicine and people who have read the book found it uproarious and it cheered them up immensely. A doctor friend of mine actually missed their stop on the tube as they were so engrossed in the book. There are some great windups involving my long-time friend George - quality times and good memories not forgotten and now put to paper. There are also stories about my time in sport playing football and golf spanning over fifty years (wow long time). It is also about my family, friends and pets - some have unfortunately passed on so it is nice to record and live memories of them once again. I hope readers enjoy it and find it uplifting. You cannot buy a sense of humour but it is great to have one.
High school student, Perry Crabbe, is the school's bully. Armed with a mullet haircut and a thick gold chain around his neck, Tintin Bailey, the charmless son of a notorious criminal, bullies international students. Perry goes on holiday to the island of Bali. He meets small time criminal, Firas, who is in Tintin's bad books for a deal that went wrong. Firas needs to take a mysterious parcel from Bali back to Tintin Bailey in Perth. He plans to make Perry carry it for him. What is in the mysterious parcel? What happens when the knife-wielding locals meet Perry in a quiet alleyway? Will he make it home alive?
This is the entertaining story of the lives and loves of a colourful cast of characters, all working in electrical retail. There are those you will love, and those you will love to hate. Follow the unpredictable happenings in the lives of Marcus, Rosie and the rest of the sales team in this great, unmissable holiday read.
Technologically, Britain is moving forward in leaps and bounds. We can buy everything we could possibly need online from Tesco, Amazon or a plethora of other outlets - and have the goods delivered within hours. Words like gigabyte and Netflix are as familiar to us as tea and coffee. We can talk to our friends on the other side of the world, at no cost, in real time, fully visible and stark naked if we like. Everything's on tap, 24/7. But is downloading a blizzard of smartphone apps and consuming Deliveroo-ed pizza just because we can, making us appreciative, happy souls - or turning us into arseholes? What happened to our green and pleasant land - or is it more colourful and lovelier than ever? From politics to parenting and schooling, the honours system to the state of our national game (football), from the way we build our housing estates to how we behave at horse races, Progress, What Progress? offers up a wry and humorous commentary on what it means to live in 21st-century Britain. Is this a country we can be proud of and feel safe to live in? Has social media been our saviour, or has it set us on a course where, in a few years from now, the art of conversation will be lost forever and we'll barely be able to string a sentence together? As long as you can still read, see what you think...
I was married to my best friend for 12 years before he was given the diagnosis of stage 4 gastroesophageal cancer in 2018. He passed away in 2019 after a life-changing journey. This is my uncensored real-life journey of caring for someone with cancer and how I coped with the emotions and expectations surrounding bereavement and grief. It is written using real thoughts and feelings and based on factual events. It provides a raw insight into the pure emotions experienced on a day-to-day basis and how, ultimately, I used those experiences to forge my way through bereavement and onto an inspirational journey of finding hope, encouragement and a renewed lust for life. In my journey, I sadly lost the love of my life but I also gained a new outlook on my future by finding a way to create a 'new normal' despite my life changing. If you are going through a similar situation, I hope this book will show you that you are not alone and that the thoughts and feelings you go through are very real. I also hope it shows that despite the darkest of days, it is possible to remember the ones we lose with courage and a determination to turn something so difficult into a life of purpose and hope. This book offers a real-life insight into the cancer experience from the carer's perspective. However you read this book, whether you be a carer yourself, a family member, a friend or a medical professional, it can offer a profoundly inspiring and unique insight.
Living the Luxury Hotel Experience at Home. What if you could live the luxury hotel experience at home, every day? Hotels to Home answers that question by creating a new lifestyle template that bridges the gap between your fondest hotel memories and everyday living. Imagine stepping into your entryway with the eager anticipation as when entering your favorite hotel lobby, defining your familys hotel brand as a lifestyle strategy, finely orchestrating room service for your household, or celebrating the end of each day with personalized turndown service. Taking what might have once been considered ordinary homelife and making
The World War I Diary ofPrivate W J G Roberts. The First World War offers many tales of survival against the odds, but few can have been so meticulously documented as this. Wounded at Passchendaele in October 1917, then sent to a supposedly quiet area near the Aisne just before the Germans Spring Offensive intensified, Private William Roberts was both desperately unlucky and extremely fortunate. His wartime diary provides not only a compelling insight into the carnage and mud-filled misery at the front, but also glimpses of rare lighter moments a quiet drink in a local French bar or the surreal experience of attending a concert while
Hell Hath No Furytells the story of Katherine Reynolds and Robin Pargeter-Jones. One is potentially a multi-millionaire and the other a bankrupt wine dealer. Both are trying to examine their lives and improve them. The saga proves to be costly to them both.
The Dirty Spectrum. The waysof the old world are dying.Cowboys, pirates and many other ways of making a living are slowly being phased out in favour of progress as the last edges of the varied, violent and often bizarre world of Terralong are being explored as the world grapples with itself in deciding how to progress. On the tail end of the 19th century,the world is changing with technology seeping through every creviceof this world. However, the majority of its inhabitants remain stubborn in clinging to nostalgia and tradition. Meanwhile, others try to change around them. Among them is a marshal on a final push to conquer
When his life gets turned upside down by rejection from entering Heaven and Hell, Nightmare goes on a mission to get back at the world for making him an outsider and leaving him as a fallen angel on Earth. With his determination and anger, will he manage to get his revenge from those who ousted him? Follow Nightmares journey of revenge and find out where his mission takes him and whom he meets along the way.
What happens when mysterious stories of the worlds light as well as strange, secretive and sometimes macabre tales of its darkness collide in spectacular fashion? Shadows Angels is just such a haunting, distinctive and contrasting poetry collection. It takes the reader on an exhilarating roller coaster journey of the good, bad and ugly side of lifes experiences sometimes hurtling back centuries in time, before rebounding into the present, with a veritable cornucopia of subject matter. Poetic and varied images of dark fantasy and horror are merged with love, romance, and dazzling optimism beguiling lyrical rhyme, hammering on the
Believe in your dreams. Sparkles is a magical white unicorn who lives in a beautiful meadow with all her animal friends in a magical kingdom known as Paradise Falls. Theres Rascal, the rabbit, Fawn, the baby deer and Blue, the blue bird. By day they go on marvellous adventures together and by night they sleep under a magical star-lit sky in a green pasture full of sunflowers.
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