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Jesper Jinx is eleven, and probably the unluckiest person in all of Puffington Hill. Everything he touches seems to end up in sweet disaster. Hence his nickname "Jinx".It's Spring time in Puffington Hill, and the most unforgettable Sneezing Season ever for Jesper! In this book, packed full of new wonderfully wicked adventures, you're going to get to know Chloe, Jesper's long time future-girlfriend, and meet a Purple Buzzard from the tropical island of Buzzupurplu.

What separates this book from the thousands of other self-improvement books? The answer: author Randall Chesnutt's piercing insight into simplifying complex ideas and philosophies. In short, this book provides a road map to increasing awareness of how fear, doubt, and worry can control every aspect of our life. It offers simple tips on how to take control of your emotions and live a more enriched life. Author Randall Chesnutt is an accomplished speaker and business owner. His writing style is both informative and encouraging.

Written and narrated by broadcaster Peter Baker, the audiobook is the culmination of intense research into his own sleep problems when filming on location, with virtually every night in a different bed. It’s packed with scientific and medical facts and information about why we all need to sleep, and the best ways for achieving this astonishing and almost magical nightly “reset” of our bodies that helps to repair both physical but also mental damage.

It was in the twilight of Christmas Eve, 1867, when Cyrus Fernsby first caught sight of the tapering square towered lighthouse on Wraith Rock from the large rowing boat which was conveying him to, what was intended to be, a short term keeper posting. As it emerged with evermore clarity from within the Atlantic sea mist, and the spray of the crashing waves which embraced it, an inexplicable and undeniable sense of foreboding began to seize and permeate the innermost reaches of his soul.

Born in the autumn of 1786, in the Scottish northeast coastal village of St. Cyrus: the son of a salmon fisher and crofter.... George Beattie would rise above his humble origins to become one of the most beloved, noble, inspiring, admired, and respected figures in northeast Scottish history. He was a lawyer, a poet, a humorist, a philanthropist, a Scottish patriot, a radical... and an aspiring reformer. He was widely regarded as a man of genius.

Mister Cumphobiecack… lives neath a tree; surrounded by friends in the forest of Gleigh. Being a Glumpet… near last of his kind, he embarks on a search for the wife he may find. Many adventures his journey will hold… with Goblins and Faeries ‘twixt legends of old!

Jesper Jinx is eleven, and probably the unluckiest person in all of Puffington Hill. Everything he touches seems to end up in sweet disaster. Hence his nickname 'Jinx'. In this first book of Jesper Jinx's wonderfully wicked adventures you're going to meet Jesper's family and Snowy the Cat. Also, there's a mysterious new classmate with a moustache. And it's up to Jesper to launch his famous Boredom Breaker. What harm would it do to have a little fun?

Are you struggling to revise for exams or finding it tough to study for a degree or professional qualification? If so, this audiobook can help you. I have written it based on my own experiences of successfully gaining a challenging professional qualification after years away from a study-based environment. I used the same revision, study, and examination preparation techniques I have written about, so you can do the same.

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode. Berlin, 1948: a divided city in a divided country in a divided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles inside Soviet-controlled Eastern Germany. Stalin wanted the Allies out; the Allies were determined to stay but had only three narrow air corridors linking the city to the West. Stalin was confident he could crush Berlin's resolve by cutting off food and fuel.

The year is 2055. Earth's natural resources have been ravaged and the planet is slowly dying. MERIC, the mining company owned by Samuel Jensen that employs new recruit engineer Kyron, is now mining a newly discovered planet known as Terra Iota when an explosion rocks their operations and brings them to a screeching halt. A strangely powerful blue crystal they will come to know as Xytrinium is cause of the explosion and Kyron is sent to Terra Iota to investigate.

Lars Harding travels to Boston to help a man. However, he learns right away that this man is missing, and no one, including the police, want him found.

Someone sank a luxury yacht in Newport, Rhode Island. No one seems interested in solving the mystery except the man wrongly accused of doing it.

Reggie Westgate is just another hard-boiled gumshoe living and working in post-war Hollywood. He doesn't even keep books because so few of his clients can pay. He just wants to help people. Then a local politician hires him to handle a blackmail case, and Westgate finds himself involved with more than simple extortion. He stumbles into the center of a mob war, and it almost costs him his life.

There’s a massive problem in the way we run our largest and most powerful organisations. Short-termism and herd mentality is endemic. It’s reinforced by investors, LTIP models, and group think. As we grapple with the economic consequences of Brexit and design a bounce-back from the Covid-19 pandemic, we need to embrace a bolder, more ambitious model for leadership.

No one in the sleepy little town of South Dedham seemed to like Andy Bogan much. Then, he was gunned down. This was no ordinary murder. Someone was sending a message.

Lieutenant Desmond L.S. Arthur was an Irish aviator in No.2 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. In the early morning of Tuesday, 27th of May, 1913...while flying over the Scottish North-East coastal town of Montrose, during a routine training flight from Upper Dysart to Lunan Bay, the right wing of his B.E.2 biplane No.205 suddenly collapsed due to a broken spar, which had hitherto remained unseen...as it had been concealed under the plane’s fabric...possibly on purpose. Lt. Arthur was the first Irishman to be killed in an aircraft accident.

Riding swift o’er moor and dale: a moonlit silhouette; With surcoat sailing on the wind...a tricorne and gorget. With collar high and mask affixed; knife, sword and pistol armed.... Moongraven is a highwayman: Undauntable and charmed! Decaying noble bloodline bred, he haunts the shadowed lanes.... Awaiting wealthy quarry quiet, till nought of worth remains! With derring-do adventures...amid Regency romance, This tale of twilight tour de force would make the Devil dance!

Ravensbrooke Hall lies empty. It has been looking more derelict with every passing year...since being abandoned; gathering layers of dust, ivy, and cobwebs, while the owner, Sir Sébastien de Ravensbrooke, travels alone abroad...or so it is believed. Sir Sébastien is known as a mountaineer, chess master, artist, yogi, social provocateur, occultist, drug addict, and libertine. The locals accused him of being a "black magician", but this is inaccurate...for in truth, what he actually is, would defy description, belief, and comprehension.

Through love, joy, hope, disillusionment, trial, and tribulation...this is a journey of revelation...and awakening. The experiences and lessons of every life possess profound relevance and value. Whether funny, sad, shocking, or bizarre...this transatlantic memoir promises laughter, tears, insight, and hopefully...a small measure of wisdom.

With family and friends in the forest of Gleigh, wee Mister Cumphobiecack chose to decree.... Ostara would be a fantabulous fest to celebrate all of by which they'd been blessed. The equinox ushered in beauties of spring... and all of the joys this sweet season could bring. 'Twas also the time of the Leprechaun's Ball, which is secretly held 'hind a charmed waterfall. Never before has a Glumpet been asked....