The Wolds’ Old Ways Country Life in 1930s England Florence Hopper Purchase: About: ‘This book will bring back old times, take care of it,’ wrote Florence Hopper, freelance journalist, in the front of her cuttings book. Found in the depths of a dark cupboard crawled into by her niece, after her aunt died, and now […]
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A Question of Belonging Tangea Tansley Purchase: About: The farm Kloof may provide a sanctuary of sorts – but who really belongs here and how important is belongingness anyway? When her husband Jan is killed by a landmine, his widow Veronica (Ronnie) Boltman has little choice but to pick up her life and continue to
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Women at the Helm Promoting Peace and Environmental Values Velio Bocci Purchase: About: This book is a road map for human survival from a scientific perspective. A sense of responsibility for future generations is essential and our aim should be to avoid unnecessary war, human suffering, and further harm to the environment. The aim of
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The Compleat Surgeon The Autobiography of the Surgeon W. H. C. Romanis W. H. C. Romanis Purchase: About: This book is the autobiography of one of the old style ‘general’ surgeons – the Compleat Surgeon of its title.Born in 1889, the completion of his training coincided with the outbreak of World War 1. Taken into
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Across Tides of Time Chris Woodhead Purchase: About: Lucy, a young girl struggling a little with the pressures of growing up in the modern world, finds her solitary life changed for ever one bitterly cold winters’ morning by an unexpected meeting with a strange furry creature, whom she accompanies on his quest to find a
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The Death of Socialism Robert Corfe Purchase: About: Socialism and the mindset of the traditional left have outlived their purpose. A new political philosophy is needed in the cause of creating a fair and egalitarian society for the peoples of our planet. The author’s conclusions are drawn from two directions: an analysis of the consequences
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In the Shadow of the Birch Trees Jeremy Bending Purchase: About: This novel tells the story of a young Hungarian woman Eszter and her baby Eva who, by an extraordinary twist of fate, escape the horror of the mass murders being committed within the Birkenau extermination camp in WW2, and of the lives they live
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Epitaph for an Auctioneer & Other Epigrams Tim Hopkins Purchase: About: This is the second poetry collection by former teacher, Tim Hopkins who writes, “Unashamedly, I have eschewed free verse, choosing to write in what might seem an outmoded style to some. But if the method is traditional, it is to be hoped that points
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Wittgenstein’s Football Tactics & Other Poems Tim Hopkins Purchase: About: This is the second poetry collection by former teacher, Tim Hopkins. In addition to poetry for adults and children, Tim Hopkins has published two novels for teenagers, and written humorous material for comedians and cartoonists. He has also composed songs that have been performed and
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Poems for the Young at Heart Tim Hopkins Purchase: About: This is the third poetry collection by former teacher, Tim Hopkins. His teaching in primary schools gave the author a sense for the kind of poems that children enjoy. In the first place, formal verses which rhyme are preferred to free verse, and in terms
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