Boarding school has always been seen as an opportunity to get a good education, and to learn a bit about the realities of life.... But just what does that mean? Unfortunately in the past and possibly even still today, that has meant children having to endure a certain amount of bullying and brutality, from fellow students, and also from the teaching staff. This book consists of a collection of incidents based on real life experiences.
An emotionally charged, totally gripping story that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.
Lowri is pregnant, looking forward to a new life with her lover, Simon. But her plans are shattered. She finds herself alone, her face scarred, her future uncertain.
Her estranged husband, Jack, proposes they “settle' for each other, and raise Lowri's unborn child on the Isle of Wight, in the idyllic village of...
In her poetry, Sonia Lozada reveals the unspoken hidden moments, speaking courage and faith for all to move on. Traveling through the lands of her life from Chicago to Los Angeles, Lozada’s unique bi-cultural perspective captures incidents and images of rough terrain with honesty and wry acceptance. As a singer and performer, she moves her words through the body and soul; and by giving a glimpse into our spirits’ reconciliation...
Seduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him to a rain-washed coastal town, she swiftly learns that what for her is a bond of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of an obedient wife, bullying her and devouring her ambition of being a writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves...
The David Chronicles is the story of David as you have never heard it before: from the king himself, telling the unofficial version, the one he never allowed his court scribes to recount. In his mind, history is written to praise the victorious--but at the last stretch of his illustrious life, he feels an irresistible urge to tell the truth. In the first volume, Rise to Power, David gives you a fascinating account of his early years...
On the dangerous stage of medieval Scotland, one man – in an English dungeon –stands between the Scots and anarchy. Robert III, King of the Scots, is dead, and Scotland in 1406 is balanced on a knife's edge. As he eyes the throne, King Robert's ruthless half-brother, the Duke of Albany, has already murdered one prince and readies to kill young James Stewart, prince and heir to the crown. James flees Scotland and his murderous uncle. Captured and imprisoned by the English, he...
At the age of 18, Alina tragically lost her mother in a sudden accident. This soft-spoken, lonely girl had to figure out how to go on in a world where she could only rely on herself. She slowly began to close her heart, but she opened her mind. Having dealt with many disappointments, dark secrets, and heartbreaks, Alina manages to push through every obstacle thrown her way. What secrets haunt her? How did she overcome losing her mother?...
When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he brought light to his family and village, and hope to his nation.
Malawi is a country battling AIDS, drought and famine, and in 2002, a season of floods followed by the most severe famine in fifty years brought it to its knees. William Kamkwamba's...
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, USA Today bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are...
London 1679.
"Tis a plot, Madam, of the direst sort.'
In a world rife with plague, fires and prejudice, a bold and outspoken midwife, Elizabeth Cellier, is unwittingly drawn by the charming Captain Willoughby into the infamous Popish Plot. Soon she finds herself fighting the injustice and prejudice of the King's court. If she fails, the gallows await.
Will her courage be enough to tip the scales of justice?
An incredible true story of endurance.