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"Might Make You Smile is a collection of short stories based on real events from real people living with or recovering from cancer. Written by Brenda Burling, with help from people all over the UK, Might Make You Smile is far from your typical book about cancer. Mainly because the focus here...

RETIRED PROBIANS NEED NEVER COMPLAIN   Recently over 90 Currimundi Combined Probians were spellbound as they heard how to never complain again of their aches, pains or problems but to pursue life with persistence and passion.    As Diane Carter, CPCS,...

In ten years, I served as a diver in the Australian Army, travelled for three years around the world, and returned home to complete a degree at the University of Queensland. This however, is not the most adventurous detail of my journey. Throughout this period, I was using the internet as a medium to...

Three delightful stories about the lives of two little cats. The stories are based in and around the fictional English fishing village of 'Piddling By The Sea'. The main characters are Alfie, a scruffy mischievous little black and white cat. And Pippy, a jet black cat, well educated and a former model...

What would the war cry of a mostly introverted, mentally ill, autistic, genderqueer, physically disabled, feminist, atheist, polyamorous woman sound like? A lot like this. Using a combination of essay and free-form poetry, R.K. confronts the status quo and dissects it, inspecting its parts and discarding...

Beneath the wit and linguistic trickery of Paul Kavanagh in the company of his trusted Wee Ginger Dug, you’ll find an encyclopaedic knowledge of Scottish politics. Here is political satire in the best tradition. No punches are pulled, and strangely the humour is both brutal and subtle. This collection...

You may not yet have heard of Lee Hoyle. You soon will. This collection of anecdotes, memoirs and general musings will almost certainly have you laughing, and often bring a tear to the eye. Lee's unique style of writing adds to both the humour amd the drama of the chapters of his life and often enhances...

This is a compilation of one hundred (generally inoffensive) jokes, some short, some long. Each joke is given a title and is numbered. They vary in length - from very short (a couple of lines) to fairly long (thirty lines plus). After the main body of jokes there is a section which explains...

This is a compilation of one hundred (generally inoffensive) jokes, some short, some long. Each joke is given a title and is numbered. They vary in length - from very short (a couple of lines) to fairly long (twenty lines plus). After the main body of jokes there is a section which explains...

This is a collection of 28 medical terms with ‘alternative’, comical definitions, provided to bring a bit of humour to your day and are ideal for sharing with colleagues, family and friends – the true definitions, of course, are also included as, I think, it is nice to learn something, too.  Some of them, I am sure, you will already know!

One of the things that will happen to all of us, if we are lucky, is that we will grow old. In Old Fogies, Unite!, author, Sam Almond, takes a humorous and witty look at what happens if you are lucky enough to reach the age of 90 and beyond. In the introduction, and having reached the grand age of...

This is a compilation of one hundred (generally inoffensive) jokes, some short, some long. Each joke is given a title and is numbered, and there is a list of the jokes by title and a list by number.They vary in length - from very short (a couple of lines) to fairly long (thirty lines plus).After the...

This is a compilation of one hundred jokes, some short, some long. Each joke is given a title and is numbered, and there is a list of the jokes by title and a list by number.They vary in length - from very short (a couple of lines) to fairly long (more than a couple of lines).After the main body of...

This is a compilation of one hundred (generally inoffensive) jokes, some short, some long. Each joke is given a title and is numbered, and there is a list of the jokes by title and a list by number.They vary in length - from very short (a couple of lines) to fairly long (more than a couple of lines).After...