The Blue Knickers of Happiness

The Blue Knickers of Happiness
Author: Helen Eveleigh
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452512302

Why would anyone choose to stay silent for ten days? These people must have messed up their lives big time to want to imprison themselves here. Thats what Jack, an advertising executive from New York, wonders when he unwittingly finds himself on a ten-day silent meditation retreat in the Himalayas. This book follows the stories of five of the retreat participants and their searches for happiness, love, peace of mind, and enlightenment in India and beyond. Their interwoven paths are often touching and sometimes hilariousespecially when maggot-filled muesli bars, scorpions, dodgy gurus, giant tigers, a little fluffy duck called Eric, and the dreaded Death make surprise appearances. The Blue Knickers of Happiness is an amusing yet insightful novel about what can happen when you stop and watch your mind. It explores how a little mindfulness can help ordinary people touch the extraordinary magic that lies within.

William's Happy Days

William's Happy Days
Author: Richmal Crompton
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1509805281

Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in Richmal Crompton's William's Happy Days, a hilarious collection of classic Just William stories – with a contemporary cover illustrated by Steven Lenton and an introduction by Outnumbered actor Daniel Roche. When William's mother offers him a birthday party, he is suspicious – what's the catch? Convinced that he will have to do something boring in exchange, William refuses to be caught out. But offers of food, a pet, even hidden treasure are very hard to refuse . . . This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his admirers since 1922. Enjoy more of William's adventures in Still William and William Again.

The Happy Adventurers

The Happy Adventurers
Author: Lydia Miller Middleton
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The Happy Adventurers" by Lydia Miller Middleton is a simple and charming domestic story that follows a young girl, Mollie Gordon. A London-raised girl who finds herself looking after her loved ones more than the outside world might expect. She dreams of adventure, though. When the opportunity to shed her daily routine presents itself, she jumps at the chance to go off on her own and see what else the world has to offer.

Searching for Happy

Searching for Happy
Author: Venus Knight
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2023-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662943172

Happy Williams struggles to get out of bed. She’s constantly late for work and lies to hide her truth and shame. Are her toxic relationships with her mother, boyfriend, and a hateful coworker the reason for her sadness and loneliness? After a reluctant confrontation, she escapes to her extended aunt’s home in Martha's Vineyard. There she discovers the truth about her past. This fictional story is a reality for so many of us struggling with depression and trauma. It’s a testimony for those searching for peace, love, and true happiness. Book Review: "When was the last time you closed the final chapter of a book with tears streaming down your face? I can honestly say Searching For Happy is an amazing adventure, and a piece of Happy Williams lives in all of us." -- Belinda Parson

Happy Now

Happy Now
Author: Charles Higson
Publisher: Abacus
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2015-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0349139814

From the author of the latest official James Bond novel 'Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events' Mark Billingham 'An off-beat, atmospheric novel' Mirror 'Written with chilling perception' Time Out 'I do not believe that a man can be truly happy unless he fully understands what he is and can act accordingly... how can it be wrong to be happy?' These lines are taken from Will's diary, a seemingly innocuous exercise book which details his house-breaking activities. Will carefully selects houses - forty-seven so far - ensuring their owners will be in. As they cook their supper or watch television, Will (wearing surgical gloves and leaving no trace behind) enters not only their houses, but their secret lives. A secret museum, housed in his loft, is 'held together by sex'. All his trophies are carefully catalogued and he keeps a very precise diary of his activities and his thoughts. All his life Tom Kendall had lived as quietly and normally as possible ... but he gave people the creeps ... 'kids didn't like him, or the cat'. When Tom discovers Will's diary he decides to adopt the same quest for happiness. Tom has problems of his own - a difficult temper, problems with his girlfriend, Maddie, and an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. Perhaps Will's diary holds the key?

Happy ticket. Russian story

Happy ticket. Russian story
Author: Leon Malin
Publisher: Litres
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2022-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 5040635753

The plot of the story is simple. A friend gave the protagonist a birthday ticket for a birthday. Immediately it turned out that the ticket won 30 million rubles. Events begin to develop rapidly. But then it turns out that there is no gain, it’s a joke, a rally. The spiral unwinds in the opposite direction. But that’s not all, but the end itself promises to be good. Read the book on Ozone, Amazon, Litres, Bookmate and in mobile applications.

Patient Blue

Patient Blue
Author: Alex Paul
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467896942

Blue knows you are here - and wants you gone. Blue, The Earth, is feeling rough. The time has now come for a consultation and radical treatment plan to remove what ails him- the Human race. Michael Johnson is woken by a strange unnatural light at 3am on a January morning. There is no electricity, no television or radio and no explanation as to what has occurred. He walks through the strange light to the beach where he finds bodies floating in the sea. - The treatment has begun. Patient Blue is an irreverent contemporary novel tinged with dark humour. The story focuses on the lives loves, death and resurrection of a diverse group of characters facing catastrophic events beyond their control. The action is set against a background of cataclysmic upheavals as Blue, undergoes radical treatment to remove a very persistent and tenacious ailment once and for all.

Itchy, Scritchy, Scratchy Pants

Itchy, Scritchy, Scratchy Pants
Author: Steve Smallman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781848699410

Five nippy Vikings set out hiking, off on an adventure to find some yeti fluff. As in the chilly weather, no underpants are better, than a pair of knickers knitted from the stuff!

Wake Up Happy Every Day

Wake Up Happy Every Day
Author: Stephen May
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408840758

What happens if you do actually find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? Nicky has always known Russell was rich, but he has no idea how astronomically rich Russell is until his friend drops dead, on his fiftieth birthday, with Nicky as the only witness. And now Nicky has come up with an uncharacteristically daring plan. If Nicky were to become Russell and leave his old life lying dead on the bathroom floor, he and his family could start again. But when the foundations of their glittering existence start to crack, the impact of his hasty decision begins to be felt by those around him: by Nicky's distant father; by his daughter's babysitter and her boyfriend, who harbour grand hopes of their own; by a young Englishwoman attempting to find her father; and by Catherine, an ex-soldier with a suspicious interest in Nicky's movements...