1976 Punk, Cricket and London's Burning is the story of the rise of punk as both a genre of rock and a cultural movement. In divided 1970s Britain, resentment to the establishment and old order was growing with yearnings for a new beginning. Despair and anger for the working-class young was everywhere. They were being sold a version of no hope Britain that was grey, bleak, bankrupt and unemployed with no future. Britain seemed broken and at the same time, the music was remote, insipid and uninspiring. Added to this misery was the ugly and repulsive spectre of the far-right rising in influence, sowing racial tensions and clashes in opposition to rising immigration. Yet hope was brewing. Punk was becoming the voice of young people, disgruntled with how things were! At last, there was energy and excitement. Billy Idol, Siouxsie Sioux and the Bromley Contingent were creating a new scene. The Clash and Joe Strummer were going to save the young. But they needed help and the spirit of Gene Vincent was on hand.Meanwhile, on the other hand, the people still looked to the great game of cricket. The West Indies team were touring England. They had a rising star called Viv Richards who looked special, very special. The West Indians, living in Britain, needed a hero. Viv needed a mentor, and WG Grace was there for him. 1976 would be the summer of Viv Richards scoring boundaries endlessly and the searing pace of Michael Holding sending Tony Greig's stumps into orbit blowing in the winds of redemption. The fires of Babylon were burning bright. The summer of 1976 ends with the Notting Hill riots where cricket, punk and Don Letts come together to save the day.1976 Punk, Cricket and London's Burning is a nuanced and original look at these hard times for Britain - the perspective of icons since passed, looking on at the brewing trouble, and hoping to share their wisdom to mend it.
What would you do differently if you knew when you would die? What if society judged your worth, not by your abilities, but by how long you'd be alive to use them? In a world where every baby is born with an end date on their chest, it's easy to plan life accordingly.Daniel is a grumpy old man trying to live out the final week of his life in peace. Sophie is a charismatic young woman with a big secret. When a chance encounter strikes an unlikely friendship between them, Daniel is forced to confront the fact that life doesn't always go as planned. While he is preoccupied with tying up any loose ends as his own end draws near, Sophie shows Daniel that he still has a few things left to learn about life.
Making a Friend Smile is a collection of twenty stories from the author (Paul Clutterbuck) to his terminally-ill friend, Brendan. The plethora of amusing stories emerge from personal situations during the period from 1988 to current times and are set in five continents. The vast wealth of stories span life-threatening moments, sheltering from a riot, working out how not to bribe someone in Brazil and befriending a Gaucho in Argentina. Some are socially complex and some just highly embarrassing. All describe challenging and unusual circumstances and are written to bring a smile to anyone's face. Paul's experience in managing people and seeing humour in tight spots also provides more than a morsel of knowledge to the readers.Although written for a dying friend, Making a Friend Smile is a reminder to all that when times are tough, it is important to have a moment to smile and, yes, even laugh. It could make a difference.
From penury to plenty, and back again. Or was it? Tales of an independent craftsman, in, of and about his times.Still producing furniture for those who choose, the author, having remarried in 2002, lives with his wife and son in London. Away from its centre, but close enough to still enjoy.
This novel is historical fiction based around the legend that is Annie Moore, a teenager in the late 19th century who is said to be the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island. Annie escapes the troubles in Ireland with her two brothers and travels aboard a ship to America. Her adventures inspired many and there is a song written in her honor, 'Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears', by Brendan Graham and Sean Keane. There are also statues of her in Ireland and New York harbor.Annie herself was inspired by a Portuguese poet who visited Ireland, Emma Lazarus, some of whose poems are recounted in this book. Other poems are included that were written by the distinguished authors, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert Frost, who were Emma Lazarus' contemporaries. The author also recounts poems by other, predominantly, 19th century American poets such as Walt Whitman's 'Drum-Taps', amongst others.
.Millie has successfully completed one of life's major challenges: potty-training. As her reward, she gets to pick out her very first pair of big-girl underpants. In her search for the perfect pair, she finds herself in a strange and unique town where everyone has adopted a rather bizarre fashion trend. Come join Millie on her quest as she explores Ünderpanties
Would you choose to have a completely new life if you could? To re-live your life as another person, with new friends and family? Faith is not satisfied how her life has turned out. One night she gets the opportunity to erase her current life and live a new one. Would it be a better life? How would things turn out? Isabelle Howe takes us on an enthralling journey, full of choices, adventure, love, drama and friendship.
From a young age Dorothy Mitchell wanted to be a nurse and did everything she could to ensure that this was the career she followed. This memoir follows Dorothy''s career in the 1950s and 1960s starting in Edinburgh and ending up in northern Rhodesia. This engaging autobiography is full of anecdotes and insights into the life of a trainee nurse and then an expat sister more than sixty years ago. Starting her career in a children''s shelter in Edinburgh where she gained valuable work experience, she qualified as a Registered Sick Children''s Nurse at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children before qualifying as a Registered General Nurse at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.She travelled to Northern Rhodesia in 1959 to get married and took up a post as ward sister. She left Rhodesia in 1962 with a new husband. In 2005 she was awarded the MBE for Services to the Community of East Lancashire.
Mighty-me, we are off on an Alf adventure for some tigersome tea! But where are we going? And who will we meet? That''s part of the hill you have to climb over!So hurry off now, my little explorer! I hope you tie those little laces terrifically tight. But please do remember to zip that jacket with all your might!You see, it doesn''t matter if you are wee or already a mighty-me explorer... Just believe in magic and start the sparkly adventure!
Welcome to Sacrificale Grove. The place that no one ever plans on comin'' to, and the place that no one ever leaves. You''ll see some right peculiar folk round here, that''s for sure. I can see by the look on your face that you''re a bit confused. Never mind about that old path you''re lookin'' at; you don''t want to cut through those woods north of here that''s out by Clyde''s old shack. You might think it''s a short cut, but it ain''t. Yep, there is a trail that leads into the woods. You can''t see too much in there; it''s always foggy in there. You go in there, you don''t come back out. Even on the clearest of days, there is a thick foggy mist. Oh, and look out for them strange womenfolk and don''t trust ''em at all... Be seein'' ya real soon - y''all here to stay now...
When her brother, Edward, announces his engagement to Elizabeth, Mariah sees no reason not to rejoice. It transpires, however, that her new sister-in-law and mistress of Addison Terrace, Reading, has plans, not simply to alter the appearance of the impressive town house but also to eject Mariah and her elderly great-aunt from their home. The frenetic social scene of late Georgian England takes Mariah to London for the season and amidst the rounds of outings, balls and evening engagements the prospects of marrying eligible young gentlemen are weighed up. The pressure of social convention for young ladies of standing to marry is ratcheted up and an unwelcome match looms. A mysterious misunderstanding causes an influential family to take offence at Mariah and places her marriage hopes in jeopardy. The deduction that Elizabeth''s jealous scheming is responsible is never far from Mariah''s mind as the tension between the two mounts.
Following a threat to her life, and to the throne and court she is to one day inherit, Princess Imotenya Aria Accra has spent the last ten years of her life hiding in the village of Sapele from rebels and supporters of the former heir to the throne of Xavia, her uncle. When her father, the king, passes away, Aria is taken back to the palace where she finds that her former home isn''t as safe as it was thought to be. There are frequent rebel attacks and a dangerous game of power is being played in the palace, and Aria can''t decide who has her best interests at heart and who would see her cleared from the board.
Miss Emily's is no ordinary sweet shop, it's a place where children can tell stories of their day to a listening ear, be they joyful or sad, and sometimes, just sometimes...a little magic can help to turn things around and turn their frowns upside down.
Ellie and her family love living on the space station! With a mother who is an intergalactic doctor and a father who studies the stars, Ellie's life on the station is a blast. They can do anything you can do on Earth... except they can do it with alien visitors in zero gravity. Sometimes the aliens don't know how to play or talk with Ellie's little brother, Scottie, because he is a person with disabilities. But this doesn't stop Ellie from introducing them and showing them that Scottie is a great friend! Come join Ellie and Scottie as they meet a young alien who has just arrived on the station...
A family secret, a powerful talisman, and an ancient prophesy: Rome's emperor believed he possessed Egypt after Queen Cleopatra died, but Egypt had always been possessed by its past.After the Roman Augustus wrested Egypt from Cleopatra in 31 BC, people up and down the Nile believed a savior possessing a magical device would return to Memphis to topple the "place being built" and rid Egypt of its brutal occupiers.Mithra, a teenage scholar in Alexandria, Egypt in 10 AD, is unaware that her father, Lord Weni, is Cleopatra's surviving son. When the secret is exposed, Mithra becomes a worshiped figure along the Nile and the greatest threat the Roman Empire has ever faced. Emperor Augustus must deal with Mithra's supernatural, religious, and political power lest he lose control of the vital Egyptian grain harvests that feed Rome.
Jenna Sutton moves to Brooklyn and embarks on her new career as a financial analyst. Following the break up from a long relationship, she is not ready for a new one and struggles to resist the affections of a handsome business consultant from Madrid called John Mark. He intrigues her and she is wooed by his persistence. They invoke a fiery passion in one another and so begins a journey that neither of them could imagine. John Mark takes her to Europe and draws her into his business deals as his sidekick, but not all is as it seems and he refuses to reveal the true nature of the deals with the wealthy clients. Can their love withstand the pressures surrounding them and can she reconcile her passion with her desire to become a successful author? She hopes that she has found The One... Both Jenna and John narrate the story of their love and adventures.
Did you know you could go anywhere you want? You won't need a plane ticket to see the most wonderful places. All you're going to need is a little imagination and creativity. Just say a place and transform a space! Right where you are is enough to have the greatest adventures. Say goodbye to boring days at home, you're about to have a lot of fun!
Yellow Light is the third work from Kentuckian, S. Elizabeth Cook's 'arsenal' and is an expression of lament and heartbreak, but also of love, strength and perseverance. To borrow her own phrase, S. Elizabeth knows all too well 'the beauty in heartache and the deflating pain of love', but she believes 'you must fall and let it hurt'. Only through pain and experience, can one truly heal, grow and flourish. Yellow Light is a journey of such woes, but it is all an account of courage to stay strong and true, and of love and hope, and passion. Yellow Light is for all whose own path has darkened and yearn for something bright.
"Technology is only a tool to make what we already do easier; it's not meant to take over our life."In this tech-filled world, nuggets of wisdom such as this can only serve to help us find our way and make us realise our place in the universe. With life lessons on such diverse topics as eating meat, mastering the spiritual, democracy, empowerment, human endeavours, self-esteem, and even nuclear waste, each topic the author visits within Stewards of the Earth, provides a basic lesson on how to change oneself, and the world, for the better.Spoken with optimism and humility, Stewards of the Earth provides simple and universal advice, practical guidance, and words of encouragement that offer a powerful message to us and future generations that we can achieve more, even in life's darkest moments.
Danny and the Forbidden Devils, the debut novel from Zach Smith delves into the dark and macabre underworld of angels and demons, lycans and vampires. Maliciously bewitching and eerily fascinating, Danny and the Forbidden Devils enraptures you into the realms of fantasy and science fiction. Danny, a demon struggling to control the beast within, finds himself locked in a struggle with the nefarious Sheppard: the very man responsible for the invasive experimentation and conniving schemes that have made his life a living nightmare. Along the way, Danny finds himself allying himself with a motley crew of outcasts from all over the underworld; like him, they too have suffered at the hands of the Sheppard family and their cruel intentions. However, there is more to the Sheppards' plans, and they're not prepared to go down without a fight.
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