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In this book of illustrated humorous verse, we take up the challenge of throwing some light on a few possibly puzzling phenomena encountered in real life, though how much light is hard to say. We must hope that others will in the future improve upon our efforts. For example, why do dogs so often delight in snapping wasps out of the air? How hungry can they be? The reason we have arrived at will astound you. There again, what is a completely novel way to win a cooking competition - even if you can't cook? It's all here.Have you thought about handbags recently? Why are they so often made from crocodile hide? We wonder about this.Apart from all this, would you like to find a way to make the summer longer and the winter shorter? Thought so! We show how to do it.There are so many other subjects, including advice on how best to cheer up an octopus that has been insulted, and an investigation on alternative meanings of various sayings, such as: 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away'. This one could be a real lifesaver!A question uppermost in many people's minds is whether reincarnation is a real possibility. We have made some small progress here perhaps.All these things and many more are considered, but the book is not intended primarily for children. All humans would benefit in some way from the homespun wisdom that is on offer here, and if their English is not as good as their French, there are explanations of the poems in French as well, though the poems are in English of course. In all, there are 33 poems in rhyming verse, each with an excellent illustration in full colour by Reine Mazoyer. What's not to like - as they say nowadays?

Rose Luce has had an unusually varied and interesting life. Her early family life and jobs in parliament and America, later including a leading role in the English-Speaking Union and much charitable work in the UK and Gibraltar, were buttressed by her love of music and singing in choirs. Above all, as the wife of Richard Luce, she supported his long and varied career over 60 years as an MP, Minister, Vice-Chancellor, Governor and Lord Chamberlain to The Queen's Household.Richard writes in his memoirs Ringing the Changes: "I cannot describe adequately in words what her support, love and companionship throughout our marriage have meant to me. I could not have managed my work in Africa, the struggle to get into Parliament, politics, being a Minister, a Vice-Chancellor, a Governor or Lord Chamberlain without her."In this book, Rose describes in the most vivid, entertaining and human way her life supporting Richard in all his many and challenging tasks.

John Hedge was brought up, very largely, in a traditional English pub (the 'bright bar'). Less traditional were the bitter rows between his loving but troubled publican parents, who sent him away for a Masonic boarding school education in the misguided belief that he would be happier away from the booze and the brickbats. Though this was meant for the best, it left him scarred by the oppressive, secretive culture of 'Ston' to the extent that in his teens he endured a catastrophicbreakdown. In looking back from his peaceful later years to life with his loving, blundering and ill-fated parents, he has given us a moving and beautifully written memoir

In September 1969, Amelia Hardy arrives at the leafy campus of a Yorkshire teacher training college to fulfil her teaching ambitions. In this new world away from home, friendships destined to last a lifetime will be found. There are challenges to face and fun to be had before the girl from Durham can stand at last in front of her own class and hear the refrain: 'Yes, Miss Hardy'.An entertaining and heart-warming memoir of becoming a primary school teacher.

In Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Crucifixion, a small band of disciples is struggling to spread Christianity. Into the city comes Flavius Quinctilius Silvanus, a hedonistic young man whose father is an important Roman senator. Flavius has joined the Legion as a Tribune and been given an ultimatum - to change his ways or be disowned. In a tavern, Flavius encounters Al-Maisan, a beautiful, enigmatic dancing girl. He is smitten, but their blossoming love affair is cut short when she disappears...

The disappearance of Flight MH370 on the night of March 8 2014 remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation, as well as a terrible tragedy with the loss of 239 people. Despite a multi-million-dollar hunt using resources from several countries and state-of-the-art exploration technology, the aircraft has still not been located. The author of this book believes that MH370 is not in the Southern Indian Ocean as most people believe but much nearer to its point of departure, in the South China Sea. This book explains in detail the reasoning behind this theory.