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The Girl of Gold a coming of age, fantasy of sorts story about Ebba and Ina. It is set in Brythonia, a region in Spain where some of The Old Welsh people migrated to over 1500 years ago. It is a novel stocked full of themes - religion, folklore, witchcraft, and identity.

Could life get any more miserable for thirteen-year-old Gethin? His mam''s always nagging on at him, the girl of his dreams, Caitlin, isn''t interested and, to make things even worse, the school hardman, Nathan, and his bullying sidekick, Cai, are after him. An English translation by Jane Burnard of Gethin Nyth Brân.

Ina and Ebba are now part of the family of Caradog and Eleri, and their children Macsen and Gwennan. Since Ebba found a stone with gold in it, the men of the fort have been searching diligently for the gold vein. Soon, a promising vein is discovered ... not of gold, but of iron.

Why should we in Australia, or any country, care about poverty, human rights atrocities, health epidemics, environmental catastrophes, weapons proliferation, or any other problems afflicting faraway countries, when they don't, as is often the case, have any direct or immediate impact on our own safety or prosperity? Gareth Evans' answer is the approach he adopted when Australia's foreign minister. He argues that to be, and be seen to be, a good international citizen--a state that cares about other people's suffering, and does everything reasonably possible to alleviate it--is both a moral imperative and a matter of hard-headed national interest. The case for decency in conducting our international relations is based both on the reality of our common humanity, and a national interest just as compelling as the traditional duo of security and prosperity. Four key benchmarks matter most in assessing any country's record as a good international citizen: its foreign aid generosity; its response to human rights violations; its reaction to conflict, mass atrocities, and the refugee flows that are so often their aftermath; and its contribution to addressing global existential threats.

A story of loss, survival and unexpected friendship set in a tumultuous period of early European history. An English adaptation of Y Pibgorn Hud.

An adventure novel set amidst the turmoil of 6th century Britain. Its the year 552 and the island is divided, with tensions threatening to explode like a volcano. The island is unsteady after the plague that has swept the land; the sword rules and everyone has to bow to the law. Especially children. Especially women. Everyone, apart from 12...

Strumming the Guitar Book 2 is a detailed course for intermediate level and upward focusing solely on the subject of guitar strumming. This book goes beyond the basics, covering power chords, strumming in 3/4 time, barre chords, swing feel, early chord changes, using a capo to change key, using a capo to avoid barre chords, muted strums and 16th note strumming in 4/4 time and 6/8 time. Throughout the book as the difficulty level progresses, separate sections take on strumming alone, changing chords alone and coordinating chord changes while strumming, therefore maintaining a thorough approach with components broken down at every level. Guitar Strumming Techniques - Advice is given on how to fret and strum power chords, barre chords (major, minor and dominant 7th) and how to refer to the root note to find them, using a capo and muted strumming. All with purpose made diagrams and professionally hand drawn illustrations. Guitar Strumming Patterns - 158 different guitar strumming patterns that can be used throughout the book, all written with easy to understand, graphical, strumming diagrams. These include 70 strumming patterns in 4/4 time, 22 strumming patterns in 3/4 time, 20 muted strumming patterns, 24 sixteenth note strumming patterns in 6/8 time and 22 sixteenth note strumming patterns in 4/4 time. Chord Changes - Over 100 chords are used to facilitate what the book teaches about strumming, divided into fourteen groups of chord changes. From simpler chords such as A major to more advanced ones such as A7sus2/G and lots more inbetween. Strumming Exercises and Study Pieces - Every section includes strumming exercises that combine chord changes with strumming, each section concluding with a musical study piece using the skills learnt in styles of Grunge, UK Modern Alternative, Jig, Waltz, Pop, Swing Jazz, Blues, Pop Ballad and Power Ballad. There are 70+ strumming exercises and 15 musical study pieces, while more combinations can be found by selecting from the 158 given strumming patterns to use with them. Audio and Video - All exercises and musical study pieces are demonstrated with audio (downloadable 149 MB). All study pieces have a backing audio track for you to play over. Online videos (7 in total size of 90.8 MB) are also used to enhance explanations. Please Note: The eBook includes musical pieces so is not suitable for smaller screens.

25 original jazz guitar licks from the Major scale and its modes in tablature and notation. 117 bars of music over 25 licks (average lick length 4.68 bars) Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable) Backing tracks at full and slower practise speeds (Downloadable) Scale diagrams with theory and technique tips for each lick Guitar tablature has picking directions & fretting finger guide numbers

Visual images play an integral part towards the sale of a property. However, obtaining high quality images can often prove a challenging task. This book draws on the notion that even an amateur photographer can produce good quality images.

Never again! the world has vowed time and again since the Holocaust. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocity crimes continue to shock our consciences -from the killing fields of Cambodia to the machetes of Rwanda to the agony of Darfur.

Examines the state of biological waste treatment. This book covers the nature of biowaste, waste treatment in general and the regulatory framework which governs it. It also examines the various policy questions and local, social and economic factors which affect the implementation of biowaste initiatives.