Living in rural Billsborough County, a young robin called Raymond and his best friend Bonnie, a blue tit, get into all sorts of adventures. Raymond is plucky, brave and (surprisingly for a robin), well-read.
Why do millions of African children die before their fifth birthday? In African Children in Peril, Brian Waller takes his enormous experience in working with children and families, both home and overseas, and looks critically and boldly at why enormous numbers of infant children in sub-Saharan Africa die so young.
Political economy is a vibrant field of study in which one can draw worrying but constructive conclusions. After the Great Recession: The New Normal is the hybrid of a passionate left-leaning pamphlet and an academic essay in political economy. It brings together ample resources to answer key questions, whilst generating new ones to be solved.
In 1691, many of those in the Irish catholic army defeated by William of Orange fled to France, where they established the tradition of "Irish Brigades" fighting the British from abroad to secure Irish independence. They became known as the "Wild Geese".
An authoritative and comprehensive legal text on all aspects of age restricted goods and services in England and Wales. Now in its third edition, the book covers all of the latest changes to age restrictions, including offensive weapons, cosmetic fillers and unmanned drones.
It has been thirty years since Agnes last visited the country of her birth and upbringing. While it is at the request of her aging, narcissistic mother, she has her own reasons for making the journey to Australia from her home on Mallorca.
How does the opportunity ever arise for one person to alter the destiny of a world?As the nations of Angall move closer to a Holy War, the four Illborn are to face momentous challenges, while seeking answers about who they are and what their growing powers mean.
High in the mountains of Lapland, on the outskirts of Santa's hidden Grotto, factory elf Alabaster Snowball discovers a mysterious, abandoned cub. Against Santa's wishes, he decides to adopt the animal in secret - a secret that quickly snowballs out of Alabaster's control and earns his name entry on the Naughty List.
Drin is a man who likes to do things in his own way. He has journeyed far from home over a high mountain range to trade his goods in the city of Banjut. Because everything is for sale there - in fact, even more than Drin realises.
8 May 1945, Victory in Europe Day"I watched you getting into your car this morning ... with a crowd looking at you and none of them realizing that beside them was the man who had probably done most to win the war against Germany."