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Malcolm Gerloch
Arnold and Molly Forbutt's love of stray cats brings down disapproval on their innocent heads and Arnold's response is such as to set him up against the antisocial media being…
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Jubilee is an amusing tale of when Sam with his family and two cats - Flea and Ridden - are invited to the Queen's platinum Jubilee celebration after winning a…
Stories within stories, streams of consciousness and flights of imaginative fancy… These eight pieces, some related and some not, weave their way through some of the trials of human existence.
Rosie is almost a terrier. She spends most of her time exploring the cliffs, gardens and sea-side town of Rocky Bay, playing with squirrels but especially with her tousled and…
It’s a strange world where a spider called Alex falls in love with a dragonfly called Zada. Even stranger when that spider is a dance champion, and his friend, Grant…
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This autobiographical, non-technical and mostly light-hearted account of three lecture tours through Continental Europe in the late '70s and early '80s by a Cambridge research chemist describes professional and personal…
Flea is more than a kitten; she has grown into an agile and beautiful young lady. She chats to her friend, a laughing kookaburra, in places no cat is expected…
Sam and Red invite a retired senior policeman and his wife who they have known for years for lunch. There are fifty or so teddy bears and other stuffed creatures…
Our friendly but all-too-curious marmalade cat, Ridden, has found a new friend from whom he learns some very naughty habits. For goodness sake, have you ever heard of a cat…
Stevi is a special chicken in the Miller household, named by Terry Miller in honour of his friend Steve. Stevi loves Terry’s extremely brave collie dog, Coll, with whom she…
Flea and Ridden, the most entertaining cats in the fictional world, embark on their greatest adventure yet: joining their slaves - sorry, owners - on a road trip across the…
Now it’s the turn of the humans in our family to fall under the microscope. It will do Flea and Ridden good to read about some of the scrapes their…
Faced with the loss of his ancestral home following the huge increase in death duties in mid-twentieth century Britain, Michael Montayne forges an unusual enterprise with his best man, whose…
In Button, just where is the writer going? Is he losing his mind? Hasn’t he proofread his story? At least in You, that isn’t the problem. Here is a modern-day…
Jewellery goes missing and our agile cat, Flea, is officiously accused of theft once again. Our whole family is in uproar at this insult. Meanwhile, her brother, the marmalade-coloured Ridden…
Friendship between a cat and a mouse, between an owl and a mouse, between a cat, an owl and snakes? Ridiculous! Can all these creatures speak to, and understand, each…
Fancy retirement right across the globe? Learning to speak a foreign language (Australian)? Too easy; don't be a wuss, mite!
Fine introduction to quantum chemistry for undergraduates, especially for students with a limited mathematical background. Covers atomic and molecular spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and bonding theory, among other topics. 1986 edition.
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A story of kindness, fun and an unusual friendship, BIRD is not a book to miss. We follow Bird, a confident and cocky currawong who claims to know everything while…
