"California Missions: A Guide to the Historic Trails of the Padres" by Karl F. Brown is an insightful exploration of the rich history and cultural significance of California's missions. The book serves as a comprehensive guide, detailing the routes taken by the Spanish padres as they established missions throughout the state. Brown's narrative is both informative and engaging, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by these early missionaries and the impact t...

In the future your culture will be shaped by machines.Your world is manipulated by computer coding, search engines and social networks. It’s just a matter of time before everything you watch, read and listen to will be created by autonomous machines...Android Writer PD121928 is part of the Android Publishing Program. To replicate a writer’s life, his wife has been forcibly removed and he lives in solitude with an allowance for drugs and prostitutes.Having just had hi...

"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die." -Warren BuffettAre you tired of not having enough money to make ends meet?Are you sick of your 9-5 job and putting all your energy into making someone else rich?If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you have come to the right place.Three years ago, I was in the exact same position as you, I was fed up, tired, unable to spend any time with my family because I a...

Sherlock by the SeaNow eighty years old, Sherlock Holmes has a cottage by the sea-woe betide any foolish enough to believe age is a hindrance - for the master is still capable of wrong-footing a villain, willing to respond to those in the village including the local police requiring his unique talent to solve a problem..."Well-crafted, beautifully written and thoroughly engaging.The Sherlock Holmes JournalSPIKE BROWN

The Wheelchan MobA RUTHLESS, VIOLENT WHEELCHAIR GANG BENT ON RACKETEERING, MURDER AND ROBBERY. WORSE! THE LEADER OF THIS NEFARIOUS BUNCH WAS ONCE RENOWNED AS A BAKER STREET IRREGULAR, ASSOCIATED WITH MR SHERLOCK HOLMES, A STARRY-EYED STREET URCHIN EARNING HALFPENNIES, NOW TURNED MOBSTER... RULING HIS PATCH WITH THE END OF A SAWN-OFF SHOTGUN.Tower Bridge Book

Beavers are both eager and clever, and Mr Beaver is no exception. Famous along the riverbank for his flood water management schemes and dam building. He is also jolly good at solving crime and Mr Badger and Mr Toad have come to rely on his abilities rather. Inspector Jack Russel of the local rural force even takes tips from him on how to use a magnifying lens

Readers who loved little Mirabelle (the garden steam locomotive) from the first book, will be glad to hear that after Mr Toad crashed her, she is now fully restored and this summer running happily around the grounds of Toad Hall... However, a suspicious death alerts Mr Beaver, Moley, Ratty and Toad to a truly daunting crime in which the garden railway becomes in itself, an unwitting accomplice...

Mary Belper works in a mill just outside Haworth. But a week before her wedding one single strand of her long hair getscaught in the rollers of a carding machine, and she is gone.A tragic industrial accident that could have been avoided if only the owner were more responsible. The unbearable weightof pain sets her betrothed, John Hubbart of Sleighton Beck to seek expression in the only craft he truly knows, that of Kitebuilding... also to seek revenge for Ma...

On Christmas Day long ago, a baby dragon escapes, by flying up the residential care home chimney - but where did it go? What actually became of the little creature and what adventures will ensue?

The lowly, downtrodden Paris civil servant Jean Folantin seeks respite from the boredom and isolation of his life in the small joys of food and the occasional embraces of a prostitute. But whatever he does, wherever he turns to in his quest for some pleasure, his dissatisfaction only increases, until he is forced to realize that he has to abandon all hope and just “go with the flow”. This 1882 novella, a key work in Huysmans’ literary development prefiguring in its protagonist the figure o...

In the ethereal realm of Sara Teasdale's "Lights," a symphony of emotions unfolds. Through lyrical verses that shimmer with brilliance, Teasdale explores the depths of love, loss, and the human spirit. From the radiant glow of first love to the somber shadows of heartbreak, each poem illuminates a facet of the human experience. With exquisite imagery and haunting melodies, Teasdale's words paint a vivid tapestry of longing, joy, and the bittersweet beauty of life. Prepare to be captivated ...

A lively comedy drama about a young boy growing up in 1930s Tyneside with the help of his favourite uncleLecky Ferguson is growing up in a penniless but close-knit family in Jarrow. He relies on his imaginative Uncle Freddie for explanations of the world’s many mysteries. Packed with humour and adventure, this award-winning full-cast drama tells the life of a young man that is far from ordinary.There are adventures with new-fangled electricity and a fistfig...