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Peter Markham is a schoolteacher who has been abandoned by his female partner because she, rightly, considers him dull.
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He tries to change himself, seeking adventure by joining a course at a gliding club. Disappointed, he leaves the airfield in anger when a wild teenage girl forces him to stop, begging for help in retrieving her older stepsister, Julia, who has landed her glider in a hayfield a hundred kilometres away.
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He allows himself to be manipulated by Mitch, the younger girl, calling her a cunning little minx. Reluctantly, he does as she asks.
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This is the beginning of a series of life-changing experiences for him. Instructed by the older sister, he learns to fly, finds himself in love with the sport and with young Mitch, while confronting serious problems with Julia.
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Tragedy intervenes, but happier prospects emerge.
THE GLASS SHIP
Martin Simons
TULPA
George M. Talbot
It seems Reeces dead twin brother Hayden, tragically and horrifically killed when the twins were only seven years old has come back to stay. He protects and helps Reece throughout his life, but is he what he appears to be? Reece is kidnapped while on a business trip in Brazil and is missing for a while. But is it really Reece who comes back, or someone else?
FACE AND JUSTICE
Brian George
Barry's life was tough, raised in London's rugged East End in the 60s and 70s, until he made it in business. When a Banker screwed his business, he had to leave the country for work in Saudi Arabia. Along with two beautiful "business ladies" he met in Dubai he cons the bank in a revenge scam. After the Banker hunts down and cruelly abuses one of the team, their loyalty to one of their own knows no bounds.
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To save their wealth and 'Face' amongst their friends, they fight back with equal spite. Who are the rogues here in this tale of rough justice?
THE GREAT ENCLOSURE
Jachie Chimutashu
Hundreds of ancient civilizations erected imposing buildings, great forts and magnificent towns but no ancient city has held so much mystery and sparked so much controversy as the Great Zimbabwe stone enclosures of Zimbabwe in Southern Africa. The Great Enclosure takes you on a journey back to the 15th century at the height of this medieval city and unfolds a story of grand architectural mastery, radical political ambitions and a daring religious coup that have forever awarded the wonderful extensive network of granite monuments unparalleled mystery.
PAGES AND LEAFLETS OF NORTH OXFORDSHIRE
Angela Fortnum
Every family has a story. And for Angela Fortnum, her maternal family story would begin eight generations before her and reach back to the turn of the eighteenth century in England - and it is a story that she will tell and continue today. In Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire, author Angela Fortnum shares a well-researched family history of her maternal grandfathers, offering a compelling window into the life and times of her ancestors. This history chronicles the Page family's shift from agricultural and labourer life to self-employment and small holding, and it also lists the changes in the family's religious beliefs over time. Angela includes as well a discussion of the richness and diversity of the church and chapel buildings that were linked in some way to her family, each of which tells a story of their own. In the end, the story of the Page family lives on today, as Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire stands as a legacy to Angela and her mother's family and the great changes they experienced over the centuries.