David Griffiths
1) The Fumbonk
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English
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This is a story about a Fumbonk. I'm sure you have never heard of one. Neither did we until our youngest daughter, aged two at the time caused a lot of fun and games for all the family when she lost hers. The problem is, none of us knew what a Fumbonk was; even her older sister and brother had no idea where she got the name from or what it was. If you read the story you might find out.
2) Autumn Glory
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English
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An old man reminisces about the past, his place in the world and what the future will hold for him. Set in the autumn of the year, he thinks back to his childhood and how his life has changed since then. A delightful and poignant reminder of past days interleaved with the view from his window.
3) The Mirror
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English
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A sad and lonely man buys a mirror for his bedroom little realizing what effect it will have on his life.
4) The Visitors
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English
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A poignant and moving short story of the differences between the modern age and one long gone seen though the eyes of a man who has seen much in his journey through time. Coming near to the end of his life's work he encounters a couple of strangers who bring him some unexpected news.
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English
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A man dreams a recurring and progressive dream. Recurring since he finds himself in the same, dark, empty old house. Progressive, for he manages, dream by dream to climb the stairs and eventually enter the room that faces the top of the staircase. What will he find? Will he ever dream the dream again, where is the house and what year is it?
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English
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A handsome and young son of a Findhorn fisherman leaves home and all that is dear to him to follow a dream, unaware of the cost to his soul.(extract)He made for his car, but at the last moment turned down the street away from the harbour. He stopped, and realized that he was shaking from head to foot like someone who had just dashed under an icy mountain waterfall.
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English
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Happiness has been portrayed as many things… but do you know what it really is?
Like all the things that you do, happiness is a choice.
What nobody ever told you was how to get to this choice.
It's not about waking up one day and choosing to feel happy. So, how do you get there?
Your first step to happiness begins with self-analysis.
In Discover Your Happy Place, you will uncover:
And much more.
Happiness is about living a life of freedom and joy,...
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English
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Presents an introduction to Android development, with information on building interactive apps, creating the user interface, setting up databases, using action bars, and making apps fit in with Material Design.
"If you have an idea for a killer Android app, this fully revised and updated edition will help you build your first working application in a jiffy. You'll learn hands-on how to structure your app, design flexible and interactive interfaces,...
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Series
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Head First Kotlin is a complete introduction to coding in Kotlin. This hands-on book helps you learn the Kotlin language with a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals and teaches you how to think like a great Kotlin developer. You'll learn everything from language fundamentals to collections, generics, lambdas, and higher-order functions. Along the way, you'll get to play with both object-oriented and functional programming. "--Amazon.com...
18) Wild Bill
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BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A high-flying US police chief shakes up the UK's Lincolnshire Police Force and his own life in the process.
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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This book reports on a novel and comprehensive approach to the uptake of ICT in Schools. It focuses on key questions, pedagogically sound ways of introducing ICT, new technical artifacts supporting the approach, the evaluation in a large-scale validator, and future work. While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these innovations has not always been very successful, particularly
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