Bøker av Valerie Hamilton

Released from the constraints of covid-19 and approaching fifty-nine Valerie sets out mid January 2022 to walk from the Kent coast to North West Scotland. On a meandering route through Southern England she revisits her former homes, battling with mud, blisters, storms and floods. Darkness sees her tucking her tent into the corner of fields or sometimes staying with friends. After achieving her long held ambition to walk the Pennine Way she reaches Scotland and then, via footpaths and canals, the Central Belt. Forced to stop and return home early due to injury she reconsiders her planned route. Eventually a year later Valerie is able to return to finish the challenge.Set against a backdrop of political changes she describes the places she walks through interspersed with anecdotes from her own past and that of her parents. Details of wildlife as well as interesting and sometimes amusing encounters with passers-by, dog walkers, cyclists and even a vicar enable Valerie to present a picture of Britain as she found it then.

This little book tells the truthful story of how the Bank of England actually came into being. It is a story of pirates, treasure, random good fortune and sheer determination. This is an institution founded on risk, daring and imagination. The tale is entangled with that of the early novel, in particular the fortunes of one Moll Flanders, an entrepreneur of sexual relations in the growing London market for capital in the early eighteenth century. These accounts are woven together with the life-stories of Daniel Defoe and William Paterson, founders of two of the key institutions of our modern age, the novel and the corporation. This reveals connections which are nowadays forgotten, and which the fractured specialisms of ';Literature', ';History' and ';Business' can rarely see. These tales are set against the backdrop of the long eighteenth century - fervent years of inventiveness, high risk gambling, and political revolution. The authors show that the dark arts of deceit, and the credibility of fictions, are requirements for any creative enterprise, and that all organizations are fictions.

During a snow blizzard, Emily, Jack, cousins and friends find themselves back to where their best ever adventures begin... this time.. Meet snotter rotter and lydia pott, Loo rolls in a stormy sky, They must break free and not be caught, By smelly butts or they will die. The Snotter Rotter and Bunny, BeePee have been here in my books from the start but(t) you're about to meet others whose names make scents like... Hugh Jass, Maida Smellie and Wilf Art.

It's another "Best Day Ever" for Emily and Jack. In this second adventure, the BFFs are back for more fun times and some that are scary with faces painted by Lorna, the Glitter Fairy. The friends set off to go back to the wood but will they still have superpowers for being good? Would you be a Fairy Princess, Pony, Butterfly or Cat? Spiderman, Wolverteen or Vampire Bat? A twisted balloon sword from Sir Monty may save the day by defeating a giant or perhaps a dragon slay... Just imagine how you would like to look and try to find yourself inside this book. With rhymes and songs, jokes and names you'll recognise, you may be in for a big surprise! MEET THE GIANT... "MICHTY MEE McGREEGURR"... IS HE A FRIEND OR FOE? Come in and read this story or you will never know!!