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"You should be writing all of this down," she said. ''She'' being a close friend of the author, Jim Tincher, who would often tell her all about his wife and his two daughters. Almost all of the stories focused on the many and various health problems the couple had endured. The author worried he sounded like a complainer. He really isn''t it is just that illness had become a major part of the couple''s life in recent years.One day the author heeded his friend''s advice and started writing. This book is the result. As Jim Tincher writes, ''The means to this end was very non-traditional, from what I understand. There were no outlines, no preparation, no nothing. I just started writing, not knowing when I would stop. Many, many people are dealing with situations like these. Maybe hearing someone else''s trials and tribulations will bring you some sort of peace. It''s not a solution to your problem but it may be comforting knowing you are not alone.''

This book is a compendium of drastic changes that occurred in the fortunes of nations in the last 500 years. Seventeenth century China and India held one half of the world''s wealth. Europe was crazy for Chinese silks, porcelain, tea and India''s artifacts, muslins, printed calicos and spices. Portugal''s lucrative trade with the East enticed other maritime Europeans. It was the trading companies which laid foundations of colonialism. Britain exploited India until it was rendered a basket case. Europeans and the United States ganged up against China which blocked their clandestine opium trade and profited from post-war reparations. Spanish conquistadors smashed exquisite Aztec and Inca kingdoms to establish Spanish rule. Spain enriched from South America''s gold and silver, began eyeing North America. An alarmed Britain established colonies on the east coast. These colonies prospered but Britain lost them due to her fiscal and patronizing policies. Unfortunately for her natives, Britain selected Australia to exile her convicts. African slaves were introduced to fully exploit the colonies. Colonials deployed draconian laws to suppress dissent to their despotic rule. Their inhuman treatment of natives of the colonies reveals a darker side of European civilization.

No figure in history has achieved such universal fame for the power and accuracy of his dreams as Joseph. Sold into slavery by his brothers, exiled to a foreign land, falsely accused of abuse of his position and thrown into prison, it would have been easy for him to have given up on God and the dreams he had received. Drawing on personal experiences of exile, Oregbe Osayimwen sheds searching new light on the famous Old Testament story of the dreamer and how we can be inspired to pursue our dreams. How Joseph persisted in the face of adversity, refused to be derailed in the midst of temptation and discouragement, was used to save two countries from the ravages of famine and miraculously reunited with his family after years of separation offers a powerful object lesson that is just as relevant today as then.

Octodurus is a market town that is occupied by the Romans. There is harmony between most of the local villagers and the Romans, but some resent the occupation and are determined to cause trouble.Gaius is a young herdsman living in a local village who visits on market day to help his father with the family''s stall. Whilst in town, he meets an intelligent and attractive centurion''s daughter, Cordelia. He falls in love with her and so begins a passionate relationship, but how will this be viewed by the local villagers...Whilst grazing his goats up in the mountains, Gaius is caught up in an earthquake, which reveals hidden treasures within the mountain. Gaius'' family are excited by his find but are somewhat trepidatious as to whether the Roman legion stationed in the garrison will allow them to profit from the find. Will Cordelia''s father help them to benefit from it?

Something is different, the park is quiet and a little robin has no one to sing to. Join Pete and his feathered friends as they come together and work out a way to help the people around them cope in a pandemic.

This story is about Mrs Mouse''s nest of new ''mouselings'' that were lost and then found and moved to safety. The reward for Monty, a piano. With Freddie Frog and Liam Lizard, they help to build Monty''s piano and what happens next...

Adam Newton has hunted for true love his whole life, but it is only when the reality of the multiverse is opened up to him that he can really begin to search. Adam must journey through all sorts of weird and wonderful worlds, and battle the forces of evil to find his one true love.

Can meaning be found in a multiverse gutted of God by science, rationalism and secularism?How would we know what meaning life may have, if anyone found any?How well are you doing?No matter how long ago you lost patience with the claims of organised religion, its gods andits theologians, or whether you are only beginning to develop doubts aboutyours, Whimsical Dice is a treasure trove of refreshing and reflectivetales, whether wise or whimsical, in verse as well as prose, forthose made curious by any quest to see whether anythingcould bring order to a chaotic cosmos.To see how well Mallikarjun Mulimani has done, or just how right he got thequestions, readers of all educational backgrounds and none will find food forthought, and for many a wry smile, seeing how well his whimsicaldice roll - and what they come up with.

Flint and Kiffy by Phito Panayiotou begins with a conversation between Adrienne Kiff and her ex-boyfriend Jonas, about how Adrienne had met her partner, Flint. The meeting involved a train journey, make-up and train etiquette. The story goes on to describe the early part of the relationship between Kiffy, a French and Spanish teacher at Westminster School and Flint, a lawyer. They are an unlikely couple, if for no other reason than the age difference and the fact that they seemingly have nothing in common, other than the early morning training commute to work. However, things seem to be progressing along nicely.The reader is told about the very early stages of Flint and Kiffy''s relationship and is left to decide whether it will blossom into something so much more. Is it a one-sided relationship or are both Flint and Kiffy as invested as each other?Flint and Kiffy is a love story which includes all sorts of emotions from humour, to love, to sarcasm, to heartbreak, to eroticism and beyond.

Invisible Truth is a story of love, loss, healing and belief. The young prince never expected to become so deeply intwined within himself and learn so much from a wise monkey, of all beings. After having a torturous upbringing that led him to resent his father, the prince went searching for something, although he did not know what it was he was looking for.The prince was able to experience a life of excitement and beauty, but that didn''t come without heart wrenching pain and grief. Despite having to experience darker emotions, the prince was able to find purpose, strength and faith.''There is no wound that cannot be healed.'' This is an important message and reminder to all of us who may not see where else we can turn at times. There will always be brighter days and new experiences to be had, and you never know who may be waiting for you underneath the willow tree...

Jackson Penn''s complex upbringing prepares him for a range of experiences for which the description ''character-building'' would not do justice. Growing up in Hannibal, Missouri in the mid-nineteenth century with an abusive, habitually drunk father who failed to exploit the wealth he unexpectedly acquired, he is forced to establish his own path unguided and discover his own sexual identity. Intimate friendships with both sexes including with Dan, his friend''s negro slave, are pursued across a background of racial and political tension as the abolitionist cause gains momentum and civil war looms. Jackson is forced to confront his native American roots as circumstances lead him to remain on the move. His journey brings him into contact with an eccentric militant preacher and an emerging literary figure while all the time the unpredictable, unfathomable, glacial qualities of this boy are evolving.

The trip of a lifetime beckons as seventeen-year-old Dylan Bardell leaves a 1970s England to embark on an American road trip. After the shock of New York, he seeks adventure and salvation by bussing, sleeping rough and hitchhiking across the continent trying to make sense of his life. Processing his encounters through the lens of his childhood experiences and the many curious characters he meets, he winds his way across Canada, the mid-west, the Pacific coast and down past LA. Yet in all the carefree rhythms of life on the road there is a shadow of personal tragedy that causes his trip to be dominated by a revenge mission that leads inexorably to a day of reckoning in Texas.

This is the third saga in the lives of the dysfunctional Zonk family. The Zonk Farm of The Warped Noodle is prospering, with the addition of many wonderfully unhinged murderers. However, the Zonk Estate and The Truck Stop become the target of demonic attacks. Can they track down where these attacks are coming from, and why? They are ably assisted by Damn David, a large modified bat, whose mission is to ingest Republican conservatives who want to rid the planet of Zonks. And the residents of The Warped Noodle may yet have a role in their salvation...

Medicine for the soul is the best way to describe the collection of poems in The Lotus Dance. These brilliantly constructed poems weave a remarkable portrait of the joy and suffering we experience in the delicate dance of relationships, our effort to find our life''s purpose by looking to spirituality and the stressors social challenges cause us. Alex Andrews cleverly weaves African American, Native American, European and East Asian perspectives on finding love, embracing compassion and fighting injustice.

Do you know, when clouds make merry shapes, they are actually telling tales to each other? It's true! There is nothing they like better. Cloud spotters, like me, love to catch these stories as they float by.There is only one problem; as clouds have a habit of drifting off, their tales just trail away, before the story is finished.Perhaps you can invent an ending for each of these tales.What can be done about a Welsh dragon with a huge appetite for sheep?How can Duggie Dog teach thieving Thelma a lesson?Can you find a happily ever after for Marshmallow Madam?And just how far will Hilda and Heidi go to claim the crown 'King of the Mountain'?You decide!