Kirjahaku

A must read book of enormous interest to anyone planning on walking any part of one of the most popular walking trails in the world - The English South West Coast Path. If you've already done it, or made a start, then relive your memories through the eyes of a man who has walked every inch of this glorious 630 miles. Every section from Minehead in North Somerset to Poole in Dorset is covered. Written on a day by day basis over an 8 week period, discover what went especially well and occasionally almost disastrously wrong. Experience the pain and the joy with someone who at the age of 58 had never previously undertaken any long distance walking. Learn about the pitfalls and the astonishing highs. Informative and entertaining, it will move and inspire you. You'll laugh out loud as you follow his progress all around this amazing coastline.

Char-ee-kar and Service There with the 4th Goorkha Regiment in 1841 - An Episode of the First Afghan War is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This short story 'Celtae' (plural and Latin name for Celts) covers various aspects of the history, beliefs mythology of the Celts and related fields. It records aspects and quotes from experts who have studied the subject in great detail. The history of the Celts is complex and is based on storytelling, which was a gift that they had. It tells of the heroes of the Celts and touches on the battles that they fought. It touches on the role of the Druids, the Bards and their educational processes. The story is not written in chronological order or in order of importance, as each section is to a great extent 'stand alone'. It touches on the demise of the Celts and their removal to the Western seaboard and how present materialism is at variance with their value systems based to a large extent on non-materialistic principles and a spirituality that valued wonderment and right action. It can be seen from the text of the story that indigenous languages are key elements in preserving native cultural values. However, unfortunately, the numbers of native languages are being lost in huge numbers. Much of this short story concentrates on Irish Celts because there is more information available.

The proximate cause of the Irish Great Famine was the fungal disease Phytophthora infestans, known at the time as 'blight'. Transported from the US where it had been present in previous seasons, the blight 1st appeared in Belgium in June 1845 and spread from there across Northern & Central Europe. It was 1st observed in Ireland on August 20 of that year by Dr.Moore of the Botanic Gardens in Dublin's Glasnevin.

This publication is in two parts. Part One, the author's second poetry anthology, 'Arbour Aurora'. Part Two - a short story 'The Dreams of Alexei Melnic'. The poetry anthology follows the author's first anthology 'Weaving Wonder Webs'.The research for his long poem 'Beslan - Not Forgotten' resulted in him taking a great interest in Northern Ossetia and the Caucasus mountains.'The Dreams of Alexei Melnic' is about Alexei Melnic, who lives at the foothills of the Caucasus near the city of Vladikavkaz, which like Beslan is located in North Ossetia. Alexei has a deep love for the heritage of Northern Ossetia and the Caucasus, of Mother Earth and all her creatures. Alexei is determined to play an important role in helping to eliminate animal cruelty endemic in the region. The story brings Alexei to the point where he begins his university career at Vladikavkaz University.John Haughton's other published work was 'The Silver Lining' - a history of the birth of Aviation in Ireland in the 1930s.

I must explain how this fictional short story has come about. I rescued a dog, a Wheaten Terrier ten years ago. His name was Sam. He had been kicked, beaten and brutalised in different ways by a previous owner, I believe he had been used as a hunting dog and for fighting. He was seven years, when I rescued him and he was totally aggressive towards every dog. I could not unleash him at all as it was too risky. My eight years with Sam taught me so much not least how to coax him, so that he trusted that I would not be like a previous owner. Sam died of natural causes when he was 15 years plus. This story is not about Sam, although he inspired me to write it. It is a tribute to Sam and all the dogs that survive in spite of them being abused. It tells the story of a dog, 'Colt' who is kidnapped by the dog-fighting godfathers and how his owner succeeds in rescuing him at a price. His name is Colt. The reason for the name is because a near neighbour of mine had a dog of that name. I used to pass them each day, when we were walking our dogs and he was treated wonderfully. His name was Colt. In a sense it is a tribute to him and his owner also...

'The Dreams of Alexei Melnic' is about Alexei Melnic, who lives at the foothills of the Caucasus near the city of Vladikavkaz, which like Beslan is located in North Ossetia. Alexei has a deep love for the heritage of Northern Ossetia and the Caucasus, of Mother Earth and all her creatures. Alexei is determined to play an important role in helping to eliminate animal cruelty endemic in the region. The story brings Alexei to the point, where he begins his university career at Vladikavkaz University.John Haughton's other published work was 'The Silver Lining' - a history of the birth of Aviation in Ireland in the 1930s.