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Subtitled: Part One: My Gap Year 1966-1978 This is a collection of my early poems. These poems could be characterized by the title of the first poem: "It furthers one to cross the great water..." (taken from the fortune telling book The I Ching, which I was using a lot at the time).

Marjorie is the fourth PK (Preachers Kid). This is the story of her life as she grew up in the parsonage. She is the fourth of five children of Mattie Jane and Wallace Calvert. The Calverts were a close knit family and being a pastor moved from place to place. Follow her story through life.

Heart of Glasgow is still regarded as THE quintessential book on Glasgow. It stays strictly within the bounds of what has always been referred to as 'the City', that is the area resembling a cross and consisting of the High Street from as far north as the cathedral down to Bridgegate on the Clyde...

The Ancient Wisdom is a body of pure knowledge of Nature's God and Creation that has been in existence for thousands of years, long before the appearance of any of today’s major religions. Although ancient in source, it has a philosophical integrity that is as relevant in today’s life as...

North Korea - Brinkmanship or On the Brink? North Korea has been led by the Kim dynasty since the 1953 United Nations Armistice Agreement was signed ending the Korean conflict. Each successive leader of the Kim family has continued the DPRK's pursuit of WMD, nuclear weapons in particular, while...

The sport of mountaineering was pioneered 150 years ago by a diverse cross-section of Victorians, following in the footsteps of earlier local explorers who ventured into the upper regions of ice and snow in search of game and minerals. By the early years of the 19th century, a growing interest in...

Dr Harold Shipman may have been the most notorious of his ilk, but he was not alone. Despite the high regard in which they are held by society, doctors are driven by the same desires and needs as any other human being. And they are also susceptible to those demons that make murderers of some of us....

For most of us, we see the president’s wife as just a member of the President’s family. However, when we look deeper, these women who stand beside their husbands can be the making or the unmaking of our nations. A way-ward man can be tamed by a woman who he knows is his wife. Some policies are...

A history of the city of Glasgow from its earliest beginnings, presented in episodic format based on a series of articles first published in the "Evening Times" in the 1970s. The contents cover personalities such as Hawkie, who was one of the city's most famous street hawkers and without...

This eBook is specially designed for Smashwords. It is a complete work, but I will continue to update it, probably throughout my life. When you buy a book on Smashwords, you receive the updates for free.Life bits are useful times and events; life chunks are unidentified, unrecognizable pieces of life. Enjoy them both in this collection, and look forward to more in the future!

Best Jokes 2016 For KidsIf you want to spend a good time with your friends and family, then don't look any longer; in this book you will find the best jokes that are hot right now on the internet.We have put a lot of effort to compile a selection of fun jokes that are suitable for...

Allan Morrison has again scoured the hearts and minds of Scots at home and abroad to bring this hilarious compilation of sayings which reveal the inner workings of that most formidable of personalities ... your mother! Over 350 lies and 250 truths are here and when you utter them you should have a scowl on your face and a lump in your throat!

The word hydroponics originated from Latin that merely means working water. In layman's terms, hydroponics is the art of growing crops without using soil. When we immediately think of the art of hydroponics, we imagine plants growing with the roots suspended in the water without having any medium....

From the Foreword by Professor Tom Devine: Arnold Kemp, one of the greatest of Scottish journalists and editors of the 20th century, died prematurely at the age of 63 in 2002. He edited The Herald with memorable elan and panache between 1981 and 1994 and his prolific writings also regularly graced...