Books with author David Baird

Can you remember the first time you went to the beach? You probably had fun splashing in the waves and the water. Then you laughed with pleasure to feel wet sand under your bare feet! You looked back to see the tracks your feet had made as you walked. Soon you discovered how to build forts and castles. Before you left, you may have watched as the waves wore everything away to flatten the beach again. Did you wonder where all that sand came from, and did you know that every grain has a story to tell? Adventures in Sand explains how sand is made, how we use sand in everyday life, and what we can learn about history by looking at sand.

This is a Human story of CourageDavid was born with a very rare medical condition known as a Vascular Anomaly causing a severe disfigurement to the right side of his head, face, eye and mouth. As a child growing up and right through to his teenage years and even beyond, he had to cope with the rudeness of people who were constantly staring, of verbal abuse and worst of all, intimidation. Life was hard for him and he felt lost and lonely.Several attempts at chatting up girls ended by him giving up all hope of ever meeting someone special, someone who would care for him and to treat him as a normal human being, but then just by fate he happened to go to a party...With the love of his dear wife, family, friends and an amazing charity called "Changing Faces", he began to gain self-confidence. His positive thinking has opened up a whole new world enabling him to give talks to groups of people about his experiences, this in turn has helped others to overcome their fears of coping with their facial and body differences. David's self-esteem has sky rocketed so much that it has changed his way of thinking to that of a very philosophical person.This is a true description, a story of verbal abuse, sadness, love and happiness, it's also an account telling of a life that was once never imagined! This book will help YOU change your own outlook on disfigurement, to make you and your loved ones' lives better, and also of how ordinary every day people should react to people like himself.Read David's inspiring story and learn what it was really like to be a disfigured person in an age where people expect perfection, where disfigurement of any kind is frowned upon. Scroll up and grab a copy today!

Every intermediate player is familiar with the routine techniques of dummy play. What this book describes are less well-known stratagems that may save the day in non-routine situations. They include methods for creating entries, surviving bad trump breaks, elopements, getting the defenders to help you out, and many more. In this unique and quirky book, the author introduces to the reader to new ways of thinking about declarer play, ways that just might help him make that next contract!

After a nightmarish struggle with depression and the discovery of his plan to commit suicide, the author enters a psychiatric facility in search of some hope to keep living. What he finds there is a cast of misfits, wizened fools, and fellow travelers along a crumbling life. He sought refuge, but instead stares into existential panic . The first thing to break is the self. Until then, all he can do is wrestle with the free walking monsters of broken souls in a harrowing attempt to slay his own. This book is based upon the author's actual experience. It is his hope that the world can gain a better understanding of mental illness. He believed his life would end upon commitment, that it would be a blow with which his reputation with choke. The world needs to know the truth. He didn't begin to live until he let it all collapse.

This is a Human story of CourageDavid was born with a very rare medical condition known as a Vascular Anomaly causing a severe disfigurement to the right side of his head, face, eye and mouth. As a child growing up and right through to his teenage years and even beyond, he had to cope with the rudeness of people who were constantly staring, of verbal abuse and worst of all, intimidation. Life was hard for him and he felt lost and lonely.Several attempts at chatting up girls ended by him giving up all hope of ever meeting someone special, someone who would care for him and to treat him as a normal human being, but then just by fate he happened to go to a party...With the love of his dear wife, family, friends and an amazing charity called "Changing Faces", he began to gain self-confidence. His positive thinking has opened up a whole new world enabling him to give talks to groups of people about his experiences, this in turn has helped others to overcome their fears of coping with their facial and body differences. David's self-esteem has sky rocketed so much that it has changed his way of thinking to that of a very philosophical person.This is a true description, a story of verbal abuse, sadness, love and happiness, it's also an account telling of a life that was once never imagined! This book will help YOU change your own outlook on disfigurement, to make you and your loved ones' lives better, and also of how ordinary every day people should react to people like himself.Read David's inspiring story and learn what it was really like to be a disfigured person in an age where people expect perfection, where disfigurement of any kind is frowned upon. Scroll up and grab a copy today!

The school holidays always brought the gang back together. Brothers John and Joel were there all year round, but Lucy, Emily, Sarah, and James only came to stay when term ended. When they got together this summer, John and Joel already had a story to tell.The freak storm had come from nowhere and was the worst either of the brothers had ever seen: a deluge of rain, gale force winds, deafening thunder, and blinding flashes of lightning seemed to chase them home from their fishing trip. When a terrifying bolt of lightning split the old oak tree clean in half, they barely escaped unscathed.When the six of them return to survey the damage, they make a strange discovery which leads to an old mystery. As if the mighty tree had finally tired of keeping its secrets and wanted the truth to finally be known.

A delightfully, striking little book containing over 35 colour pictures that will encourage children to learn new words. A Walk In The Country: A Picture & Word Book For Children has been created for youngsters aged between 2 and 11 years old. This book would also be a great asset for encouraging adults with learning difficulties to read too. There are several words within the book that children might find to be a bit challenging but they will be able to associate the words from the pictures within the book. These are all real photographs and not hand drawn pictures. They have been beautifully taken and are of birds, farm animals, seaside, countryside and more. All of the photographs have been chosen for their likeability. Further books will be created in the very near future and will be of a similar collection to that of the above.

A delightfully, striking little book containing over 35 colour pictures that will encourage children to learn new words.A Walk In The Country: A Picture & Word Book For Children has been created for youngsters aged between 2 and 11 years old. This book would also be a great asset for encouraging adults with learning difficulties to learn too.There are several words within the book that children might find to be a bit challenging but they will be able to associate the words from the pictures within the book. These are all real photographs and not hand drawn pictures. They have been beautifully taken and are of birds, farm animals, seaside, countryside and more. All of the photographs have been chosen for their likeability. Further books will be created in the very near future and will be of a similar collection to that of the above.