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Wyvern of Wessex

Wyvern of Wessex

Millie Thom

Independently Published
2019
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Eadwulf is back in the Sea Eagle with Bjorn and his crew in a quest to discover if Eadwulf's father, King Beorhtwulf of Mercia, is still alive after twenty years as a slave. Bjorn's great dragonship carries them down to the searing June temperatures and strict laws in the Moorish lands of al-Andalus. But searching for Beorhtwulf proves more difficult than they'd expected, causing them more trouble than they bargained for...In Wessex, King Aethelred is now dead, leaving his twenty-one-year-old-brother, Alfred, to succeed to the throne. Though his succession was agreed by the witan, Alfred must now prove himself worthy of the kingship, or lose it. But Wessex is in turmoil, besieged by Viking Danes intent on subjugating the kingdom - and knowing that the new king is young and inexperienced. Alfred must use all his wiles if he is to outthink and outmanoeuvre Guthrum, the Dane who nearly becomes his nemesis.Alfred's victories and defeats take him on a journey of learning, during which he gains experience and strength. We share his highs and his lows and how he rises from the depths of despair to save his beloved kingdom from total conquest. And at his side at his greatest time of need, is his new ally and friend, Eadwulf of Mercia.
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Misadventures On & Off the Beaten Track

Misadventures On & Off the Beaten Track

David Thom

David Thom
2021
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"I spent a lot of the nine-hour bus journey from Santa Elena to Guatemala City reading the local paper with increasing alarm. The first seven pages were full of stories about murders, lynchings, kidnappings, car crashes, and myriad other ways in which people had died painfully that week; before page eight transitioned seamlessly into the sports section. Death and football, it seemed, were the winning combination if you wanted to sell newspapers in Guatemala."Whether David is good at travelling depends on your perspective. Over the last two decades, his global wanderings have taken him to an array of unusual places and into unplanned and often unorthodox situations, most of which he has emerged from more or less unscathed and marginally less naive.This collection of short travel essays brings these stories together into an action-packed and fast-paced travelogue, told with humour, insight, and just a hint of self-reflection. From thought-provoking characters and unforgettable journeys in The Gambia and Indonesia; to bizarre sporting events and dangerous situations in Nicaragua and Bolivia, the absorbing tales from travels to thirty-five different countries intrigue and entertain from start to finish."Once the human and animal fighting had concluded, a weird cherry was put on top of the bizarre cake that was our evening out in Jilotepec. Into the arena, still strewn with feathers and blood, tottered two women that many might consider too old and overweight to be strippers but who, nonetheless, proceeded to give the town's mayor a very public lap dance amongst the remains of twenty dead cockerels."
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Principles of Pavement Engineering

Principles of Pavement Engineering

Nick Thom

Emerald Publishing Limited
2024
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Principles of Pavement Engineering, Third edition is an essential reference on fundamental principles of pavement engineering, showing how to design, construct, evaluate and maintain pavements of all types. Over 27 chapters the book provides systematic coverage of the subject and in-depth analysis of principles underlying material behaviour, pavement design, and maintenance. This third edition has been comprehensively updated to cover recent industry developments including increased emphasis on sustainability, decarbonisation and climate change; as well as warm and cold-mix asphalts, non-standard bitumen additives, designing with stress-absorbing membrane interlayers, whole-life costing and improved methods for drainage design. The book features a complete reference on fundamental principles of pavement engineeringaccessibly written, with ample use of explanatory diagrams, photographs, and chapter summaries to support understandingworked examples throughout the text illustrate applications to practical problemsadditional resources include access to an extensive collection of design calculation spreadsheets. Principles of Pavement Engineering, Third edition offers broad and applicable coverage of the subject making it a key reference for practising pavement engineers at all levels, as well as students and graduates.
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Summer Hours

Summer Hours

Alessandra Thom

BIRLINN GENERAL
2025
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It's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin’s life is stagnating. She spends her days cancelling plans, skipping work and drinking lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve. When their wealthy mutual friend Claire offers Roisin a significant amount of money under the guise of ‘freelance work,’ Roisin thinks her luck might finally be changing. But Claire’s proposal is not all it seems, and soon Roisin finds herself trapped. Paralysed by both her intense infatuation with Eve and her secret arrangement with Claire, Roisin must walk a delicate line to avoid losing what matters to her most. 'A spry tale of friendship and desire, best inhaled in a single sitting. Summer Hours is astute, funny, and fizzing with life' – Malachy Tallack
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Dealing with Drink

Dealing with Drink

Betsy Thom

Free Association Books
1999
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This work examines the social, political and health policy contexts within which alcohol treatment policy has emerged and changed since 1950. Three themes are highlighted as particularly relevant to an examination of policy trends: The emergence and evolution of a "policy community" spear-headed by psychiatrists in the 1960s but broadening to include other profession and the voluntary sector by the 1980s. This text traces professional changes and tensions and their effects on the formation and implementation of policy into the '90s. The role of research which influenced the nature and direction of policy. Changing approaches to alcohol treatment reveal the increasing uses of research as the rationale for social and health policy decisions and illustrate the move towards a contractor relationship between research workers and policy makers. The changing conceptions and competing paradigms of the problem tracing the effect of ideological shifts on the balance between treatment responses and prevention and public health approaches to complex social medical problems such as alcoholism. Within these broad themes, the text portrays the pressures and tensions on government departments, the efforts to secure consensus in the formulation and implementation of policy and the importance of understanding the historical-social contexts from which policy emerges.
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Republics, Nations and Tribes

Republics, Nations and Tribes

Martin Thom

Verso Books
1995
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European perceptions of the ancient city underwent a dramatic alteration, due mainly to revulsion at the terror. Republics, Nations and Tribes relates that shift, both in ethnology and histiography. Thus the book is a novel and detailed study of the shifting concepts of liberty-and, in particular, the drift from classical/republican to Germanic/Romantic thought-at a key time of transition in European history, 1795-1848.Republics, Nations and Tribes shows how deeply the dominant historiographical traditions in Western Europe have been marked by the Romantic trial of the Enlightenment and how, as a consequence, due weight has rarely if ever been given to the castigation suffered by the philosphes for their role in the subversion of the old regime. According equal attention to language, history and politics, Martin Thom explores the contested nature of liberty in cities and liberty through nations. In so doing, he provides a fascinating collective biography of the some of the era's most influential thinkers, and a brilliant and original intellectual history of this decisive history.
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Nice Girls and Rude Girls

Nice Girls and Rude Girls

Deborah Thom

I.B. Tauris
2000
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Drawing on official records, contemporary writing and oral history, the author examines the myth and reality of women's "experience of war" and shows that before 1914 they were often supporting dependants, had acquired considerble industrial experience, and how women's trade activity was growing. She studies the effect of "dilution and substitution" in making good the loss of industrial workers, the effect of "patriotic fervour", the industrial roles of women, wages, the effect on health and family life and demobilization in 1918-19. The war showed that women were capable of a variety of tasks and they made great sacrifices and contributions massively to the war effort. The effect of war-work has underlined women's positions by their gender; they had changed but not improved their working lives.
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Slow Teaching: On finding calm, clarity and impact in the classroom

Slow Teaching: On finding calm, clarity and impact in the classroom

Jamie Thom

John Catt Educational Ltd
2018
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Slow Teaching is a thoughtful exploration of how slowing down in all aspects of education can lead to improved student outcomes. It evaluates how this slow pedagogy will result in improved feedback, more nuanced and skilled classroom management and relationships, meaningful classroom dialogue, retention of knowledge and school leadership with attention to detail. It explores how to slowly deepen the craft of teaching to grow expert practitioners who are committed to mastering their practice. It also reflects on strategies that will enable teachers to feel calm, confident and organised in a profession that can often appear relentless.
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A Quiet Education: Challenging the extrovert ideal in our schools

A Quiet Education: Challenging the extrovert ideal in our schools

Jamie Thom

John Catt Educational Ltd
2020
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'A Quiet Education' serves as an unashamed cheerleader for all that is quiet, challenging the myth that collaboration and noise should be at the heart of what happens in schools. It examines how we can ensure more introverted students and teachers can thrive and achieve their potential. It also explores why it is essential that all teachers begin to embrace quieter values: in their classrooms and management of behaviour; in sustaining their own wellbeing; in their desire to reflect meaningfully and improve as a teacher. The final section is an exploration of quieter skills: how we can strengthen our students' metacognitive ability; their ability to listen, pay attention and focus; the quality of independent work we do in the classroom alongside how we can motivate all our students.
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Teacher Resilience: Managing stress and anxiety to thrive in the classroom

Teacher Resilience: Managing stress and anxiety to thrive in the classroom

Jamie Thom

John Catt Educational Ltd
2020
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Teaching is a wonderful profession, but it is one that requires huge amounts of physical, mental and psychological reserves. Inner resilience is a vital part of this, and the dialogue about how to develop it has been missing in conversations about teacher wellbeing. Resilience is ultimately the difference between being overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, to finding calm, purpose and joy in the work we do with young people. Teacher Resilience explores how we can build a more resilient mindset, and what practical actions we can take to be the best version of ourselves in the classroom. From self-talk to collaboration, conflict management to lesson planning and differentiation, no trigger of potential teacher stress and anxiety is left unexplored. With practical tools to implement immediately, this is the book that all teachers need to thrive in a demanding profession.
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Ruth: Redeeming the Darkness

Ruth: Redeeming the Darkness

Andrea Thom

Entrusted Books
2018
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Have you ever felt like God has left you? Ruth's message is not presented as a five-point sermon, but as a spectacular, romantic drama. Its story woos us into relationship with its characters and storyline, yet is also true, living history. This workbook-style Bible study approach tackles important life topics including fractured relationships, all-in Christianity, God s faithful devotion, and rightly processing bitterness and doubt. Ruth is unlike any other book of the Bible because words like love story and theatrical are accurate descriptors of its text alongside being historical, and gospel-centered. The book is small enough in four chapters to rest as a cute hardback on your coffee table, yet profound enough to explode hope and redemption into your darkest pain and everyday frustrations. It is not only magnificent because of its breath-taking storyline between a man and a woman, but because God sovereignly orchestrated and sealed it within the scriptural canon so that we can experience Him as the ultimate lover of our souls. Ultimately, Ruth conveys the love story of Christ coming to redeem His people. Christ is coming for you. The host has ripped your ticket for Ruth's next performance and you'll be sitting front row, center as His guest of honor. Come expectantly and settle into your seat prayerfully. The orchestra is cued, and the curtain is pulling back for Act 1...Can God be kind and all-powerful when the world is filled with despair?
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The Immigrant

The Immigrant

Lonica Thom

Us Ghost Writing
2023
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I am Lonica Thom. My story is real. This story is what happened to me while I was in Guyana, South America, and the United States of America. In the year 2006, I was married to a man named John, an ex-Solider of the Guyana Defense Force, and I bore him three loving children. We were married for two years and a few months. He had an addiction to drugs, which was unknown at the beginning of our marriage; such addiction to drugs led him to become a thief, liar, abuser, and irresponsible towards his family.I have suffered abuse in every manner at the hand of this man possible. After years of his abuse, I prayed constantly to God, and he did answer and let him leave. Oh, what such relief I was no longer afraid to go home to my children, nor lie at work to my colleagues that I had fallen, or it was a blackout, and I did not see the chair in the way. As such, I became a single mother when I wanted more for my children. In 2015, I migrated to the United States of America with a friend who betrayed me, and then I feel into a man's arms, looking for security and somewhere to stay; we dated for a few months when I became pregnant. I told him he then chased me out of his home during a snowing night.Again, life was unfair to me in the land of milk and honey. It couldn't get worse. I became a homeless pregnant woman, and I began to sleep on trains, bus stops, and parks. After I met a friend who told me about women's shelters, I went to different shelters through PATH.
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The Immigrant

The Immigrant

Lonica Thom

Us Ghost Writing
2023
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I am Lonica Thom. My story is real. This story is what happened to me while I was in Guyana, South America, and the United States of America. In the year 2006, I was married to a man named John, an ex-Solider of the Guyana Defense Force, and I bore him three loving children. We were married for two years and a few months. He had an addiction to drugs, which was unknown at the beginning of our marriage; such addiction to drugs led him to become a thief, liar, abuser, and irresponsible towards his family.I have suffered abuse in every manner at the hand of this man possible. After years of his abuse, I prayed constantly to God, and he did answer and let him leave. Oh, what such relief I was no longer afraid to go home to my children, nor lie at work to my colleagues that I had fallen, or it was a blackout, and I did not see the chair in the way. As such, I became a single mother when I wanted more for my children. In 2015, I migrated to the United States of America with a friend who betrayed me, and then I feel into a man's arms, looking for security and somewhere to stay; we dated for a few months when I became pregnant. I told him he then chased me out of his home during a snowing night.Again, life was unfair to me in the land of milk and honey. It couldn't get worse. I became a homeless pregnant woman, and I began to sleep on trains, bus stops, and parks. After I met a friend who told me about women's shelters, I went to different shelters through PATH.
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Sneaky Little Secret

Sneaky Little Secret

Jesse Thom

Majik Kids
2022
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What is the joyful, hidden secret of life itself? In this silly, rhyming picture book, we are invited to explore the ancient and mysterious notion that all of life's many forms (the sun, moon, stars, earth, trees, plants, animals and people) are playful expressions of one single energy Has life fallen asleep so it can forget it's only one, and dream that it's you and I and everything else in the universe? Shhhh...don't read too loudly or you might wake it up
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Last Betrayal

Last Betrayal

Maggie Thom

Maggie Thom
2022
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The one secret she did not know... changes everything. On her deathbed, Addison's grandmother leaves a wake of ominous, unanswered questions. In her Will, she gives Addison the farm and insists she resolve the conflict of the past. Confused about what to do, Addison's mom then drops a bombshell about who she is and what she has in her possession. Determined to right some old wrongs, Addison is out to change a past that is looming ever closer. Mitch, a burnt-out counselor, agrees to do some security work for a friend. It turns out for both sides, the good and the bad. Playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a man pushed to the edge, Mitch has to be careful or more people could die. Can Addison bring to light the horrors of her mother's and grandmother's past and ensure justice is served? Or will she pay the ultimate price when she discovers who is truly behind it all? The past can never truly be left behind. Deborah grew up in a foster home run by Mrs. Stephanos. Now, thirty-five years later, the jewelry from her past has been delivered to all the foster sisters. She is playing with fire but wants to draw out the person responsible for all their terror. Last Betrayal, Book 5 and the final novel in The Twisted Deception Series. All books in the series have standalone stories. But the story running in the background, the story that connects all the books, will keep you reading. Who is behind sending out the gems and what is their end game? An engaging thriller mystery with some interesting twists. Enjoy The Twisted Deception Series should be read in order: Fostered Identity Shadowed Footsteps Exploited Innocence Lost Tears Last Betrayal "This series was explosive with twist and turns on every page..." Emma McCabe "I loved it. I'm so sad that the series has ended as I loved every one of them..." Connie Nixon "This series will keep you guessing. Last Betrayal is an awesome ending to a well written series. Thank you, Maggie." A. Dan
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Shadowed Footsteps

Shadowed Footsteps

Maggie Thom

Maggie Thom
2021
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Lana will do anything to protect her daughter - lie, cheat, and steal - but at what cost? Her family is in danger. She needs help but in finding the father of her child, she discovers he's homeless. Or is he? Jordie has been running and lying his whole life but now he is focused on one thing, taking down the notorious Joe Brown. His father. But he can't do it alone. The last attempt almost got him killed. Lana demands Jordie use his skills and connections to protect her family. But she's truly not sure if he's the solution... or the problem. He has a connection to the man they are trying to take down. Is Jordie really working with her? Or for him? Sheila grew up in a Foster Home run by Mrs. Stephanos. Now, thirty-five years later, the bauble she played with as a child, has arrived. And it is worth over a million dollars. She is the second of the foster sisters to receive her jewelry. Who is sending them out? And what is their end game? Shadowed Footsteps, Book 2, in The Twisted Deception Series. An engaging thriller mystery with some interesting twists. Enjoy "Intriguing, suspenseful, mysterious and yes thriller WOW " MH "Fostered Identity is a fast-paced book with intricately woven plots and subplots..." Patricia Salser "This is a cracking thriller, full of twists and turns all the way through..." Silver
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Poisoned Promises

Poisoned Promises

Maggie Thom

Quadessence Press
2023
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"Oh that was so good, I didn't want to put it down... I love the twists and turns of your writing. Another hit for the mystery genre." Connie Nixon It's not only illegal... it's lethal. Bryana has come home to find someone to work with her disabled mother. But her mom has other plans. She is trying to get her life back. The only way Bryana sees that working is if her father, who abandoned them years before, pays for the damage he has caused. His precious company, Pratner Fertilizer, has always come first for him. Time to make him pay where it will hurt the most. Lee hates Pratner Fertilizer. They killed his father and now, almost his uncle. Going undercover Lee plans on taking down the company even if it means using the heir to do it. Bryana intends to use Lee to get answers and to fuel his for revenge. But there is a whole lot more to her father's company than that of making and selling fertilizer. He has made millions from developing a deadly chemical. How are they going to stop a man who has paid off government officials? And who knows how to play the game and win? In this gripping novel, part of the Prairie Crime Thriller Series, set in the fictional place of Connemara Alberta, prepare to dive into a psychological rollercoaster of heart-pounding twists and turns. Lose yourself in this engaging tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Enjoy. "Oh, my goodness What a page turner Could not stop reading..." Ingrid "Wow I am momentarily speechless. I have just finished reading this book and it is fantastic. It was so packed with tension and intrigue..." Gill Clay Multi Award Winning Author Maggie Thom invites you to step into her new series, The Prairie Crime Thriller Series.
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