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Sue Cheung
ChinglishIt is difficult trying to talk in our family co...It is difficult trying to talk in our family cos: a) Grandparents don’t speak English at all b) Mum hardly speaks any English c) Me, Bonny and Simon hardly speak Chinese d) Dad speaks Chinese and g... -
Jade Song
ChlorineRen Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ...Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool.Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship,... -
Rab Wilson, Liz Niven, et al
Chuckies fir the Cairn: Poems in Scots and Gaelic by Contemporary Dumfries and Galloway PoetsScotland has built great literature out of its ...Scotland has built great literature out of its richly textured language. Like the stones bound together in a wall, the poets linkied here by location and shared language embody the beauty of their ... -
Andrew Ziminski
Church Going : A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British IslesChurches are many things to us - they are place...Churches are many things to us - they are places of worship, vibrant community hubs and oases of calm reflection. To know a church is to hold a key to the past that unlocks an understanding of our ... -
Gareth P. Jones
CindergorillaLove fairy tales? Love animals? Love laugh-out-...Love fairy tales? Love animals? Love laugh-out-loud storytelling? Look no further! Cindergorilla loves to dance. She longs to go to the Saturday Night Disco Ball, where the other gorillas strut the... -
Lauren Child
Clarice Bean, That's MeMeet the fabulously feisty Clarice Bean! In thi...Meet the fabulously feisty Clarice Bean! In this hilarious picture book from Children's Laureate, Lauren Child. All Clarice Bean wants is a bit of peace and quiet. But that can be hard to find in a... -
James McEnaney
Class Rules: the Truth about Scottish SchoolsEvery single person in Scotland has some kind o...Every single person in Scotland has some kind of stake in the effectiveness of the nation's schools, so in writing this book my goal was to explain the intricacies and inconsistencies of the system... -
Carys Davies
Clear1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the so...1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an... -
Catherine Coldstream
Cloistered : My Years as a NunDiscover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative accou...Discover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK After the shock o... -
Michael Magee
Close to HomeSean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old...Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through.Back in these scarred streets, ... -
Peter Firstbrook
Coastwise: Understanding Britain's ShorelineCoastwise examines the coastline of the British...Coastwise examines the coastline of the British Isles as a dynamic environment and offers you an understandable explanation of how the coastline functions as a single entity. It is supported by hun... -
Jenny Graham
Coffee First, Then the World : One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the PlanetThe relief was immense: no longer was I talking...The relief was immense: no longer was I talking, thinking or worrying about this. I was just actually doing it. I, Jenny Graham, was riding around the actual world! In 2018, amateur cyclist Jenny G...
