Philip Pullman

John Lawrence

Lyra and Pantalaimon (now a pine-marten) are back at Oxford, but their peace is shattered by Ragi, the daemon of the witch Yelena, who is searching for a healing elixir to cure his witch.

Lyra's Oxford

Philippa Pearce

Emily's Own Elephant

William Brown

Marcus Johnson

As a member of the Cacciatore Guild, Danielle Burroughs is one of the Underworld's most renowned hitmen. Despite her success, memories from her past bleed into the present - forcing her to reconcile the life she now leads. Events are set in motion once she kills Emilio Francesca, her caretaker, but accidentally ends up killing his daughter, Lilio, in the process. She realizes that she's had enough of this life, one now truly without meaning. In an attempt to leave it all behind, she soon realizes that even atonement has a price. She appears in a chamber not of this world, and comes face-to-face with a towering, robed creature named Visciouls, and Lilio, the girl she'd just killed moments prior. In an otherworldly turn of events, Danielle is forced to serve Visciouls as a Revenant, a hitman with demonic capabilities, while coming to terms with the current meaning of her own life. Amidst these events, Emilio's wife, Allegro, witnesses the aftermath of the assassination and vows to kill those responsible for the deaths of her family, thus sparking a tale of vengeance intertwined with Danielle's one of uncertainty and new search for meaning

Try Again

Sybil Marshall

The tradition of storytelling is as old as the spoken word, but it is as strong today as it has ever been.In order to appreciate and enjoy them to the full, one has only to 'suspend disbelief'and surrender completely to the sheer pleasure of reading and being entertained

English Folk Tales

A comic novel, a surreal parody of children’s adventure stories aimed at adult readers in which, unnervingly, the time-travelling characters are aware of their place in the narrative, and the author treats them with curmudgeonly disdain. The plot, creaky and with more holes than a Swiss cheese, is the vehicle for the quirky and unusual humour which is packed onto every page.Our young-adult heroes, Betty, Daniel, Ricky, Amy and their dog Whatshisname, think that they live life on the edge, dominated by secret passwords and meetings. They have a tetchy relationship with Whatshisname, who might just be cleverer than they think; they also have a tetchy relationship with the author, who definitely isn’t. The characters sometimes become uncontrollable. Ricky walks out of the book at one stage and, at another critical point, Daniel demands that his character should wear spectacles. A feeble attempt by the author to kill off his characters fails miserably. This book for adults is crammed with humour, occasionally a little cheeky, never offensive, but always unashamedly silly.

The Secret Five and the Stunt Nun Legacy

Bobby Chalker had spent a long time alone, meeting Joanne in the supermarket was the start of a love affair that only comes along once in a life time. When that love was snatched away because of the perceived negligence of another person the need for revenge burns brightly. Bobby wanted revenge but had no way of achieving it until an inheritance changes everything, Plans can now be put in place, but in all things there are glitches, Bobby could not for-see the glitches and the problems that would hinder every turn, only the military training and support from old comrades could make a difference.

Revenge

Grandpa John’s Journal By John Lawrence Since retiring in 1997, John Lawrence has been a reporter for his local newspaper for more than fifteen years and some of his more contentious articles are included here. Mr. Lawrence has been writing his journal for more than fifty years. This collection of his works contains many of the children’s stories he wrote for his grandchildren. His stories feature their personas and vary from whodunits to little league baseball. Additionally, Mr. Lawrence has included significant moments in his intriguing biography, beginning with his own immigrant father. The untimely death of his mother at a relatively young age left an indelible mark and his writings reflect the trauma. There are also samples of Mr. Lawrence's poetry - both humorous and pithy, together with examples of his thought-provoking philosophical stories. Far-out science fiction lends some variance to your experience while reading this interesting little book.

Grandpa John's Journal

Robert Lawrence

Carol Price

This is the story of Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards who was severely wounded as he led his platoon in an attack against an Argentinian machine-gun position during the battle for Tumbledown Mountain in 1982. The injury to Lawrence's head was so severe that it was assumed that he would die and he had to wait for four hours before medical staff could help him, but he did eventually make a recovery, coming to terms with his paralysis.

A Personal Story of the Battle for Tumbledown Mountain and Its Aftermath

When the Fighting is Over

Ready to learn how to be a doctor? Well, neither was John. John's adventures in medical training continue with this insightful, often hilarious, self-deprecating medical memoir of bumbling into residency with a severe case of imposter syndrome. This second part in the series brings John's unique, irreverent and candid med-school storytelling to the world of residency training. Initially, John penned email blasts while being held captive on call nights. His descriptions of the escapades, mishaps, disorder, and terror that surrounded his training, led several friends to enquire if he has broken into the hospital pharmacy. Eventually, someone asked to publish the stories, so John replied that he'd write down the whole adventure of becoming a doctor from medical school through residency.

Playing Doctor; Part Two: Residency: Blundering Along with Imposter Syndrome

READY TO FINALLY BE A DOCTOR? WELL, JOHN STILL WASN'T EITHER... John's medical (and personal) adventures continue with this insightful, often hilarious, self-deprecating memoir of fumbling through the final year of residency training as the reality of working as a doctor rapidly approaches. This third part in the Playing Doctor series brings John's unique and candid storytelling to his year as senior resident and into the first months of his medical practice. Initially, John penned email blasts while being held captive on call nights. His descriptions of the escapades, mishaps, disorder, and terror that surrounded his training, led several friends to enquire if he has broken into the hospital pharmacy. Eventually, someone asked to publish the stories, so John replied that he'd write down the whole adventure of becoming a doctor from medical school through residency.

Chief Resident (Fumbling Towards Medical Practice)

Playing Doctor; Part Three

John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor--not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy--and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients.

Residency. Part two

Playing Doctor

John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor-not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy-and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients. The follow up books cover residency.

Stumbling Through With Amnesia

Playing Doctor; Part One

Allan Ahlberg

Forgetting Not Their Ma, who was One Also

The History of a Pair of Sinners

Robert Westall

This volume brings together two stories on a Christmas theme, both set in Tyneside in the 1930s. In The Christmas Ghost, a boy receives a desperate warning from a ghost. In The Christmas Cat, a visit to a vicarage is miserable, until the arrival of an apple-pie thief and a cat.

Two Stories

Christmas Spirit

Plain Thoughts on Secret Societies

It was the Great Depression-a difficult time for most Americans and seemingly even more so for a poor Methodist preacher, his wife, and their seven children. But for Johnny it was a time of discovery and childhood adventure far removed from the woes of the world. His family had very little, So the depression meant little to them. What they lacked monetarily was surpassed by their solidarity, hard work, and creativity. In the Proving Ground: Memories of the Good Old Days, Dr. John Lawrence recounts his idyllic childhood memories of growing up in rural Alabama and Florida. These charming stories show the world from an innocent and untarnished perspective, a bygone era where children were free to roam and explore the countryside, where their imagination was the best form of entertainment, and where the great outdoors-God's entire world, As they knew it-was both a playpen and a proving ground. Journey back in time with Dr. John Lawrence, and discover countless reasons why these years are fondly remembered as 'the good old days.'

Memories of the Good Old Days

Our Proving Ground

Chapters on Alliterative Verse

The History of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ

Francis Bampfield

Especially as to Some More Eminent Passages of His Day Relating to His More Thorow Lawful Call to the Office and Work of the Ministry for about Twenty Years Last Past ...

Shem Acher a Name, an After-one, Or, Onoma Kainon, a Name, a New One in the Later-day-glory, Or, An Historical Declaration of the Life of Shem Acher

Stanstead County lies just north of the Vermont border in southern Quebec. It was first settled in the very early 1800s by families from New England, especially Vermont and New Hampshire. This volume was compiled by one of the last surviving pioneers, and provides a brief history of the towns of Stanstead, Hatley, Magog, Barnston, Coatickook and Barford with particular emphasis on their initial settlements. There is also some material on the adventures of the pioneers, religious affairs, Stanstead Seminary and Stanstead Wesleyan College. About three-quarters of the book, however, consists of genealogies of the pioneer families living between the mid 1700s and late 1800s. An everyname plus subject index complements the volume. Genealogists with missing branches on their New England family trees may very well find them here.

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