A follow-up to OVER & UNDER THE SNOW that explores the hidden world & many lives of a garden through the course of a year, now in paperback. Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves & sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, & all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant & lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves.. .and down in the dirt. ...

The North. Where does it begin? Where does it end? & is it all whippets, black pudding & queer folk going rounds saying ” There`s nowt so queer as folk”? Fresh from the PJ O` Rourke School of Diplomatic Journalism, southern jessie Charles Jennings finds himself in need of Answers. With something approaching trepidation, Jennings packs his big girl`s blouse in a suitcase full of prejudice & ventures fearfully into the great melting-pot that is the North of England
- undergoing in the process a series of life changing experiences such as being mistaken for an exhibit at the Wigan Pier: Where History Comes Alive! Museum & voluntarily attending a concert featuring Roy Walker. Scandalous, astonishingly rude, scabrously funny, Up North presents the quintissential northern experience.
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” Penguins Stopped Play” meets ” Cool Runnings” in this hilarious & uplifting true story of footballing triumph against all the odds, set on a Pacific isl&. After one too many late night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson & his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the world`s worst national team, become naturalised citizens of that country & play for them
- achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football & winning a `cap`. They are thrilled when Wikipedia leads them to Pohnpei, a tiny, remote island in the Pacific whose long-defunct football team is described as `the weakest in the world`. They contact Pohnpei`s Football Association & discover what it needs most urgently is leadership. So Paul & Matt travel thousands of miles, leaving behind jobs, families & girlfriends to train a rag-tag bunch of novice footballers who barely understand the rules of the game. ” Up Pohnpei” tells the story of their quest to coach the team & eventually, organise an international fixture
- Pohnpei`s first since a 16-1 defeat many years ago. With funding, a population whose obesity rate is 90 percent & toad-infested in facilities one of the world`s wettest climates, their journey is beset by obstacles from the outset. Part travelogue, part quest, ” Up Pohnpei” shows how the passion & determination of two young men can change the face of football
- & the lives of total strangers
- on the other side of the world.



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Penguins Stopped Play meets Cool Runnings in this hilarious & uplifting true story of footballing triumph against all the odds, set on a Pacific isl&. After one too many late night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson & his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the world's worst national team, become naturalised citizens of that country & play for them
- achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football & winning a 'cap'. They are thrilled when Wikipedia leads them to Pohnpei, a tiny, remote island in the Pacific whose long-defunct football team is described as 'the weakest in the world'. They contact Pohnpei's Football Association & discover what it needs most urgently is leadership. So Paul & Matt travel thousands of miles, leaving behind jobs, families & girlfriends to train a rag-tag bunch of novice footballers who barely understand the rules of the game. Up Pohnpei tells the story of their quest to coach the team & eventually, organise an international fixture
- Pohnpei's first since a 16-1 defeat many years ago. With no funding, a population whose obesity rate is 90 percent & toad-infested facilities in one of the world's wettest climates, their journey is beset by obstacles from the outset. Part travelogue, part quest, Up Pohnpei shows how the passion & determination of two young men can change the face of football
- & the lives of total strangers
- on the other side of the world.



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Once upon a time there was a bear, a moose & a beaver who were the best of friends, though they often disagreed. The day they decided to go canoeing, it was one disagreement after another. The moose wanted to steer, but so did the bear & the beaver. They all wanted to paddle portside. & they all had a different idea as to how to cross a beaver dam. So when the three friends veer into raging rapids & find themselves up the creek, how will they agree on a rescue planstarring a charming cast of characters, Nicholas Oldland`s humorous contemporary fable highlights the importance of working together
- & keeping friendships afloat!
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The girls
- Rube, Lily & Sylvie
- work at Mc Crindle`s sweet factory during the week & on Saturday they go up the Junction

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Mrs Badger climbs the mountain near her house every Sunday. She knows the name of every animal & every kind of mushroom. One particular Sunday, she meets a young cat called Leo who accompanies her on her walks. But Mrs Badger is getting slower. It is up to Leo to make the trek on his own & pass on the wonder of the mountain. A universal story about friendship & the importance of nature for young readers. ...

In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists & writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration & a decline in living standards for the majority of the population, there is still hope that the country can be reformed & renewed. Irish politicians offered the now notorious blanket guarantee to all the banks which had got in over their heads during the great property bubble
- including one that had become little more than a criminal enterprise. A different set of politicians grimly enforces the consequences of that guarantee, locking an entire generation of Irish men & women into paying for the mistakes of greedy bankers & their corrupt friends in government. The energy of hope has to come from elsewhere. These essays demonstrate how simple measures & different economic & social policies could release that energy & fulfil the promise of an educated, literate & culturally vibrant people.
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In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists & writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration & a decline in living standards for the majority of the population, there is still hope that the country can be reformed & renewed. Irish politicians offered the now notorious blanket guarantee to all the banks which had got in over their heads during the great property bubble
- including one that had become little more than a criminal enterprise. A different set of politicians grimly enforces the consequences of that guarantee, locking an entire generation of Irish men & women into paying for the mistakes of greedy bankers & their corrupt friends in government. The energy of hope has to come from elsewhere. These essays demonstrate how simple measures & different economic & social policies could release that energy & fulfil the promise of an educated, literate & culturally vibrant people.
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Up the Rhine & Down the Danube is the account of a memorable voyage undertaken by the author & his friend & ` First Officer`, Anto, from the Netherlands, through inland Europe, & out to Istanbul in Turkey, by river. Portraying the Danube as a `C road` compared with the motorway of the mighty Rhine, the author describes his entertaining, exhilarating & at times plain hairy trip ` Up the Rhine & Down the Danube`. The trip, which took two & a half years, although actual travelling time was only sixty-seven days, saw them travel 3, 750 kilometres, during which time they went through ninety-four locks. They took in Holl&, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria & Romania before eventually ending up at their final destination, Istanbul, in Turkey. On their travels they had to contend with gales, fog & rain, strict & bribe-hungry officials, barges that dwarfed the tiny Dutch cruiser, not to mention the strong currents, high waves & massive locks along the way. Arriving in Istanbul in one piece (despite a smoking engine), the author completed the voyage of a lifetime, & this is his story. ...