The Family Tree: The Night of the Storm

The Family Tree: The Night of the Storm
Author: Laurie Copmann
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Families
ISBN: 1483445151

Many years ago, strong hands planted a tiny tree into the ground. Throughout the years, the tree grew and grew and became a wondrous sight. Its many branches offered shade in the summer and provided a home to birds and shelter to animals. It became known as the family tree with its branches representing each person in the family. One night a strong wind tore a branch from the family tree. The loving hands that planted the tree helped ease the feeling of loss by coming up with a creative plan for the broken branch. A picture book for all ages, The Family Tree shares an inspiring promise of hope in the aftermath of a storm.

Last Night When I Was Young

Last Night When I Was Young
Author: Geoffrey Littlefield
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1839758988

Last Night When I Was Young saw me riding thoroughbred racehorses as if I were Doug Smith and Fred Winter. In the same vein, I played football as Jimmy Greaves did for Chelsea and I was a Test Match batsman emulating the great PBH May. I hit the biggest serve as Mike Sangster in the Davis Cup, as well as bobbing and weaving in the boxing ring exactly like my favourite Dick Tiger, the world middleweight champion. I was unstoppable behind the wheel of a racing car as Britain's first world champion Mike Hawthorn but on the speedway track I rode with stylish aplomb interpreting my hero, Ronnie "Mirac" Moore. Swinging a mashie niblick as Peter Alliss was no handicap. Rugby Union at Twickenham when my body swerve was very sharp - Richard Sharp. When the Olympics came around, I ran the race of my life both over long distances and over one lap hurdles respectively as Gordon Pirie and the great David Hemery. With eyes open, I loved watching the upright Dorothy Hyman dip and throw herself over the line whilst I fell in love with Mary Rand hitch-kicking her way into Olympic history. Fantasy is then mixed with fact. The jockeys' journeys from completing exacting apprenticeships to becoming champions on the Flat and the National Hunt. Smith riding two-year-olds on the edge in the One Thousand Guineas and the Two Thousand Guineas. Whereas Winter was jumping off the edge of the world in The Grand National. The trials and tribulations with the relative success of the 1960's Chelsea football team from Drake's ducklings morphing into Docherty's uncut diamonds. A fourteen-year-old boy from New Zealand leaves home to become the first speedway superstar. The fight of the week from the USA brings us a Nigerian boxer who confounds convention and fights his way to the top of two weight divisions. A classical English batsman, an amateur as such who set records as a captain and whose impact on Test cricket is second to one. Birdies and bogeys abound, yet our golfing hero is a true British legend. 152 miles per hour as a world record was a cannonball service that belonged to a British no.1 tennis star that left us far too early. The first British world motor racing champion whose play-boy antics on and off the track caused his untimely death. A brief yet scintillating career as England's fly-half sees a jaw-dropping piece of rugby played over and over - sixty years later. The hackles on the neck rise again through an Olympic television commentary that almost matches the magnitude of the performance and the world record that was set. All are sporting yesterday's, worthy of repeat, a young boy's memory listing every feat.

Tippy's Story

Tippy's Story
Author: Lucy Postgate
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1839756128

The unsung hero of the equestrian world is the riding school horse or pony. Whether you are an Olympic showjumper, a long-distance riding competitor, a horse racing jockey or a mum who plods out on a Sunday, you most likely began your career on a riding school horse. Tippy joined my riding school in 2005. This is her true story.

He's Behind You

He's Behind You
Author: Jon Bradfield
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 1624
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1839753706

"Screamingly funny, utterly filthy and unexpectedly moving" – Mark Gatiss "Jon and Martin's pantomimes have huge heart. I haven't missed one for years" – Matthew Todd Above The Stag Theatre's adult pantomimes are a London institution, selling out every year. Celebrating a decade of laughter, He's Behind You! makes these acclaimed theatre scripts available for the first time, placing queer characters front and centre in popular fairytales, myths and legends. Reimagined versions of Cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Treasure Island, Jack and the Beanstalk and more combine wit, wonder and social satire with the best traditions of the great British panto.

A Song in the Night

A Song in the Night
Author: Julie Maria Peace
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1781480516

Their births separated by almost a century ... Rosie Maconochie - a young woman with a dark secret Sam - an infantryman fighting to survive on the notorious Western Front A chance discovery in an old bookshop seems, at first, quite insignificant. But when Rosie's circumstances take a sudden, terrible turn, her tenuous hold on life is shaken to its roots. Soon she begins to find her journey uncannily mirrored in a manuscript penned by an unknown soldier. Both of them struggling with the issues of mortality and meaning, both staggering helplessly towards breaking point - what awaits them as they go over the top?

The Story of Our Amazing Universe

The Story of Our Amazing Universe
Author: Athar Shareef
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1839759364

Our Universe is amazing. This is its story, told in simple language. The story tells how the Universe came to be what it is today. It starts with the Big Bang and describes how stars, black holes, and our solar system developed. It explores the evolution of life on Earth and investigates the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. It peers into the future and wonders about the Universe's likely old age and death, or whatever else may be its end. The challenge the book takes up is to explain all of this, including some of the astonishing concepts we have in science, such as Einstein's theories of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, using virtually no mathematics and without dumbing-down. All are described narratively and explained using examples and anecdotes. The book is written for young people with a thirst for learning about the science of space, as well as for 'grown-ups' who want a better understanding of this fascinating subject.

Letters to X

Letters to X
Author: Sofia Kassidy
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2020-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786236974

How does one move on when such high hopes are instilled in them by love? How does one cope when questions are unanswered? This book is dedicated to a beautiful young girl lost to suicide. It gives the reader a strong message that no matter how much pain one may be in, or how difficult circumstances seem, there is always a way to move on, and a beautiful bold light at the end of the road.

What Do You Expect...?

What Do You Expect...?
Author: Mary Ratcliffe
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1781483078

Statistical evidence and scientific proof might impress us, but when we read real life stories, we can feel inspired and moved. We can sense the genuine relief of a real person whose everyday life has improved. Accompanying the theoretical world of 'What if it really is... ?', with its ideas, theories, analogies and anecdotes about the subconscious mind, 'What do you expect... ?' follows the treatments and benefits enjoyed by four people who are keen for you to hear their stories. You might find a challenge here to change your expectations, and if so, will you take that challenge?