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Follow these three mischievous but adorable rabbits, Topsy, Carrot and Bo as they make their escape from their garden and go on a massive wild and wondrous adventure. They encounter all sorts of things they have never experienced before. Their journey consists of excitement, fear, loneliness, nervousness, tiredness, and hopefulness too. All three rabbits are very different in personality and this heart-warming story shows how the three of them get on together to overcome the trials and tribulations of their journey and it shows what true friends they really are, and how they all stick together when needed. Topsy is the confident ring leader with a lot to say, Carrot is the hesitant, nervous one, frightened of her own shadow and Bo is so laid-back, carefree, and just wants to fit in. They learn that it's great to have an adventure but so good to get home to familiar things too!

Our past, present and future begins over a thousand years into the future in an alternative universe where humanity have just started to flourish on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Having harnessed the power of nanotechnology and combining it with arc reactor technology, humanity no longer age and managed to increase their population to the hundreds of thousands. Arthur, Earth's prodigy Captain must lead his team to the moon and prepare Earth's first colony class spaceship, for the evacuation of Earth. What starts as a basic mission, soon turns into an edge of your seat adventure into the unknown. Arthur will be forced to step up and save his people or let another take his place. Hope can come from the darkest of places, sometimes its mysterious and from an unknown source. Something is waiting on the Columbus, whether good or bad depends on how humanity decides to treat them. The Ancient Astronauts are shaping into familiar figures of our past as they journey unknowingly towards our timeline.

In a society many consider now to be post-Christian, with traditional rituals and expressions of belief and faith struggling to maintain their appeal, we desperately need different signs and symbols to help us realise afresh the message of the Christian Gospel and the importance of faith. Ivor Moody argues that the songs studied in this book can provide a way to do just that. They are familiar, much-loved icons of music played and admired by millions and famous throughout the world; but also, they might contain a message to the world of faith and spirituality to look again at how the sacred can be found within the secular. They are stories of a priest and a parishioner feeling crippled by their loneliness; a musician who has ended up in a dead-end bar with others who need to blot out life for a little while; a community living with division and repression, a dying soldier, a singer experiencing a kind of epiphany and people living with mental illness. Each song connects us to something in our own story. Songs which have been with us for years and which thread through our lives but which could provide those new signs and symbols which will be able to inform and enrich our relationship with God.

This fictional story is about James Foxby, newly arrived in Dublin and finding work as a casino dealer. Here, confidentiality is taken to a whole new level. For this is no ordinary casino. And it appears that the laws of the land have no bearing or standing in the place. From drunken meetings with the general manager, the wild and unpredictable Herman Mink, to private blackjack games in a luxury hotel suite, James experiences some strange and fairly bizarre happenings. And he meets some quite extraordinary characters along the way. But he also comes to realise that a very sinister force is at work behind the scenes at the Green Bullion Club. And in the aftermath of him becoming caught up in an act of violence against a customer, the shocking truth about what happened makes him want to leave and not look back. However, once he begins an intimate relationship with one of the casino's customers, leaving the country is the last thing he wants. James has not felt this happy in some time. But soon dramatic events signal the end of his short spell in Ireland, and the subtle, yet ever-present threat of violence from his employer becomes too much to bear. James cannot help but wonder, after the goodbyes and well-wishes are over, if he will be allowed to simply leave. And even once he has begun his journey home, it seems that Herman Mink has one more trick up his sleeve to make him stay.

Yvy spent her life discovering what it meant to live authentically, and realised that her truth lay in her identity as an Indian transgender woman. After discovering who she was, Yvy ensured that nothing would impede her from evolving into the woman she always knew she was, despite her upbringing in a Muslim community and the many obstacles she faced, as her journey took her to places she never thought she'd venture to. As the continuing story from Tainted Beauty, Yvy takes you even deeper, reliving her experiences with relationships, culture, family and finding strength through adversity. Yvolved is a personal, intimate and unapologetic story of a woman who is not afraid to break the social construct of gender and affirm her queer identity.

William and his best friend Stinky Ted were swimming in the sea when they met a very naughty shark and crocodile. William had his legs stolen but the clever boy found lots of different legs to try before finding the perfect pair. A story about friendship, limb loss, and recovery.

"I've been stabbed! I'm bleeding! I'll never get to do the things I've always wanted! Learn a new language, open a Christmas restaurant for the holidays, have a fight with Jason Statham! ...The wound... it's gone!? Well, to be fair, it's not the weirdest thing that's happened so far." If someone told you their parents were killed by a superhero, would you believe them? Legeromei was only a young boy when his parents were killed by a bionic superhero. And now, eight years later, he's being hunted by the people who worked for his parents. He wants answers to why they want him, and to why he's going through some serious pubescent changes. All he wants to do is spend time with his new friends and the girl he likes. Can he figure out what's going on before Christmas? Aliens, Demigods, and bionic humans...what could go right?

A mysterious island is brought into chaos when a unique presence is gone missing. Who has taken it? And why are the islanders distraught? Follow the islanders as the chaos unfolds and see if there's any hope for redemption. Will they have a saviour or are they doomed? Open the book and see what secrets the mysterious island holds and how the unique presence that was keeping them afloat truly is one in a gazillion. This Gothic thriller has all the punchiness to keep you breathless! And all the mystery to keep you on your toes. The whole world chaos of 2019's Covid situation and that year's Halloween inspired the author to portray her feelings and thoughts about the world around her within her own fictional setting and scenario. Don't be fooled into thinking it's a medical emergency themed book because it's anything but!

Louie and Luna are two little dragons who love to explore and find shiny new rocks to collect for their little treasure piles. When Louie and Luna are all grown up and big, they want to be just like their Mummy and Daddy and find big dragon jewels, but Luna doesn't want to wait until she's all grown. She tries to follow Mummy and Daddy Dragon, but loses them and starts throwing a very big tantrum! What will happen when Louie tries to help her, but Luna can't control her temper?

This book is an original, non-denominational approach to the concept of divinity. The basic underlying philosophy is that, since the existence of God cannot be proven, one can only hypothesize about his/her/its existence. Mystics claim to know God through direct experience. Their views are amply represented. In conclusion, a hypothesis of divinity is formulated, inspired by the mystical view of the omnipresence of the Divine.

The story unfolds the day before Thomas's birthday with the crazy antics of the guardian fairies. We go from a simple toothache to multiple visits to the Accident & Emergency department of the hospital. Then to the party the following day, a food fight and strange games with the inevitable happening, more visits to A&E. Boys will love it and girls will smile at the antics of silly boys! Now the truth is out, the myth that Christmas tree fairies are tucked away in tinsel each year is blown out of the water. Yes, you think they are nestling in a bed of tinsel in a box in the loft but no, Christmas on the tree is their holiday and their real day jobs are as guardian fairies for little boys and girls. Most are able but unfortunately not all, some are not as competent as they should be, and some are downright incompetent! In Thomas's Tooth we have a birthday party of injured and plaster-casted boys running amok, and all due to the exceptionally incompetent actions of Thomas's fairy Erik and his fellow fairies.

This book tells the story of a family of rabbits that live near a sports club. The club has the facility of an artificial ski slope. In the evenings, after the club closes for the day, the rabbit family and friends come out to play. Sometimes rabbits from other areas come to join in and it all gets a bit competitive. One rabbit from another area comes to visit, his name is Rusty, he is very competitive, he wants to be the best and the fastest skier and snowboarder in the county. Whilst travelling from his village to compete there are many dangers and often have to make diversions to avoid a fox or two. The rabbits like parties and having fun especially at Christmas and Easter.

In Shadow's Revenge, Amy finds herself pulled back into the magical world she once knew so well. Years after her first journey through the gate, she is now a grown woman with a child of her own. But when her daughter tells her about a magical gate in their garden, Amy can't resist the call to adventure once more. As Amy steps back into the world of fairies and enchantment, she reunites with old friends Thorn, Amy, and Brownie. But their mission is urgent: they must stop Shadow, a banished entity who has returned and threatens to take over fairyland. Their task becomes even more perilous when they learn that they must also rescue the daughter of the guardian of the land of the moving rocks. Together, Amy and her companions journey through the land of temptations and face numerous trials and dangers. From the field of illusions to the winter wonderland of Jack Frost, their quest takes them to unexpected places. As the stakes grow higher, Amy must race against time to save her daughter and the other captives before Shadow's revenge is complete. Will they succeed in their quest, or will Shadow triumph and take over fairyland once and for all? Find out by stepping through the gate - if you dare.

Don't you wish children really did come with an instruction manual? Caregivers of children with attachment difficulties, who have experienced childhood trauma, often don't know that they need to parent differently to meet their child's specific needs and help them to start making sense of the world. Seeing the Unseen is a one-stop-shop for families who are besieged. Learn the founding principles of attachment and trauma theory. Understand why it's important to put on your oxygen mask first. Discover how to become a trauma detective. Access practical strategies to tackle behaviours-from sleep issues to sibling rivalry, manipulation to miscommunication. Easy to navigate and written in a straightforward style, Seeing the Unseen is a must-have for adoptive and foster caregivers. It will also benefit anyone who has been touched by attachment disruption, including divorce.

Putrid streams that flow too slowly through a local wood, leaving puddles and pools of a hostile environment in its wake. Where children used to play is becoming desolate and lifeless. Even the trees are showing signs of ill health. But three children are determined to find out what ails Broadaxe Wood. Harry, Eric and Sam don't know how to tackle the problem, but they find an unusual ally in the form of a talking tree!

The hero is Adrianus and follows his posting to the very edge of the Roman Empire to Caer Amon (Cramond), an outpost to the Antonine Wall on the Forth Estuary. A man of uncertain parentage who with his family must not only face the Caledonian tribes at his fort gate but also the treachery within from those wishing to discredit the new Emperor. For every hero there should also be a heroine as history has neglected the heroines. Mine is the young and spirited Selinda, Queen of the Venicones, Caledonia's own Boudicca. How can she maintain her rule and the future of her tribe as she is caught between the Romans to the south and the Caledonii to the north whilst facing rivals amongst her own tribe? They agree to meet on an island in the Forth. Will she poison him or will they love and work together for the good of Rome and her tribe? Read on! The first Roman novel on the Antonine Wall it features not just the Roman Army but also the women and their families living on the very edge of the Roman Empire almost 2,000 years ago. It is the first of 19 featuring other forts and the soldiers and their families as well as the tribes' people on or around the Wall.

Susan A. Katz has had a love affair with poetry since the age of six. She has read it, written it, even dreamed it, and it has shaped her life and her view of the world, and of herself. Susan finds inspiration for her poems in the everyday business of living, of family joys and sorrows, in the stories of others, and in the vast and ethereal landscape of the natural world. Her poems reveal her intense passion for the living quality of language. On the Edge captures, with intensely personal poems, the human experience and examines the ways in which we are all connected through our shared humanity. Her poems have been called "meditative and lyrical... exhibiting a strong sense of wistfulness and loss," by poet Colette Inez, and "terribly powerful... oddly strong... wonderful," by poet Dan Masterson.

A story of, how at times, people shoot themselves in the foot, metaphorically speaking, only to wonder who inflicted the wound. Then, wouldn't you know it, along comes help from an unusual quarter... But, of course, many things can happen in a quasi-world. You never know who your neighbours are these days, but you always know when there's something odd about them. Funny that...

Emeline Upswatch, a naive 20-year-old bride, is grief-stricken after the deaths of both of her beloved parents. Now, Emeline believes she has made a grave error in moving with her husband, Randy, from her California Delta childhood home to unknown Charles Town, Virginia. She questions her marriage and herself. Marooned in grief in an unfamiliar world and intimidated by her mother-in-law, Emeline is rescued by the appearance of a mysterious older woman, Felicity, who becomes her dearest friend, mentor, and "other mother" with whom she can share her innermost feelings. Unlike Emeline, Felicity divulges nothing about her history or personal life. When Felicity disappears as mysteriously as she arrived, Emeline is determined to unearth her older friend's whereabouts. What she ultimately discovers forces her to question her sanity, world, memories, and newfound joy. In her second book, Jayne Lisbeth cements her reputation as a "sensitive, entertaining and deeply moving writer." In Raising the Dead her quirky, mysterious, home-spun and loveable characters keep the reader engaged and entertained from the first page to the last. Early reviews praise Raising the Dead as "a deep and emotional account of Emeline's introspective journey with a wholesome, spiritual, supernatural angle ... Inspirational ... A poignant plot, with a well-structured, assured writing style, sure to appeal to a wide audience."

Songs of I Am is an exploration of consciousness. A wave on the crest of many waves. Songs of I Am is an ode to consciousness. A slingshot aimed at rainbows. Songs of I Am is you, me and the one thousand things. And yet it is - None of the above.

'Recalling my initial encounter with a peculiar balloon-like creature that unexpectedly appeared while I was returning home from work in the rural depths of East Sussex, I couldn't help but think of the infamous "Beast from the East". 'When confronted with something unusual, I have a tendency to rationalise it in order to make the experience seem ordinary. However, even after a decade has passed since this incident occurred, the only logical conclusion that remains is that it was undoubtedly an extraterrestrial being. 'A decade ago, this extraordinary event took place, and I chose not to share it with anyone. Instead, I fabricated a tale about witnessing a luminous object approaching me, which was far from the truth of what I actually encountered. I hesitated to be the first to speak about my experience, fearing the intrusion of cameras and journalists on my doorstep, with no support from others who might have had similar encounters. Hence, I kept my silence all these years. But now, I feel compelled to reveal the truth and share what truly transpired on that momentous day.' Jules Stevens

Secular science demands we accept the philosophical dogma of scientific materialism-that only material entities exist. Yet recent science has discovered the immaterial! Also mandated is the assumption that all things must be explained by natural causes. But we now are certain that the universe had a beginning. There was a time when "nature" didn't exist-and yet we must attribute the origin of the universe to nature! And what about Darwin's theory of evolution-taken as fact that every plant and animal owe its origin to a common ancestor and naturalistic causes. At the time of Darwin, over a century and a half ago, no one knew the true complexity of the cell. We now know the simplest of living organisms has 159,662 base pairs of DNA and 182 protein-coding genes. What naturalistic cause put all of this together? Could this be assembled by blind, purposeless accident? What does recent science have to say? And what about recent discoveries in origin-of-life research? Do we now know enough to suggest life could not have created itself? A lot is happening in today's science that is best explained through the Christian worldview. Let's see what some of today's scientists are now saying.

Join Ornella Moon on a life-changing journey in Return Into the Unknown. When her life is turned upside down, she follows her instincts and sets out to rediscover herself. Venturing into unknown territory, Ornella encounters both beauty and danger. She bravely embarks on a path without plans or itinerary, discovering her strength and resilience as she meets love in all its different forms and undergoes a powerful process of soul and mind healing. As Ornella navigates the unknown, she confronts her fears and faces her past, inspiring readers to question their own lives and consider the possibility of finding their lost selves. With captivating prose and rich imagery, Return Into the Unknown is a tale of self-discovery, resilience, and the transformative power of love.

Astrid Peterman is fighting with regular forces and has already shown herself to be a skilled fighter, driven in her desire to push back the invaders and seek revenge. She proves herself and is taken on by Captain DeSalva to become an assassin. She must further prove herself as a young woman in a male-dominated world. She decides that she will have no red lines, and nothing will be off limits when she is on a mission. Riedel enters the enemy country as a deep cover spy, easily able to pass himself off as a native, and whose sole mission is to find out what the wonder weapon is. Brigit Malaya, the enemy officer also has to prove herself, not only by fighting against her enemies, but in fighting against the deep-rooted misogyny in her country that devalues women. She works her way up through the ranks by virtue of brutal combat and is hardened by it; her ambition overriding her humanity, and all the while she is unaware that she is being watched and admired by the country's dictator.

The title of this book speaks for itself. The Resurrection is foundational for the Christian faith and an integral element of its doctrine, which is why we need to get as close to the truth as possible. The evidence for the Resurrection is reviewed, seeking to get into and behind the texts of the four gospels, and the minds of those who were there or who wrote about it, with what is believed to be a fresh approach to the events of that third day and whether or not they are an essential part of the original good news of Jesus Christ.

Looking to gain a better understanding of the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's disease? Look no further than this informative and practical guide. With a focus on helping readers maintain their well-being and happiness, this book offers clear explanations of the symptoms associated with both conditions, including common signs like losing items such as keys or glasses, forgetting a friend's name, or struggling to find the right word. As the symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's disease progress, they can significantly interfere with daily life. However, this book provides practical advice that can help individuals and their loved ones navigate these challenges and maintain their quality of life for as long as possible. Whether you are looking to learn more about these conditions for personal or professional reasons, this book is an excellent resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of this important topic.