Books with author Duncan Graham

The hilarious first adventure of Emily Pilcher. Meet Emily, a girl with a conscience who always does the right thing, her bumbling parents, the hapless Mr and Mrs Pilcher, who are always getting into a fix and Miss Yorktown the head keeper at Wallington Zoo and operator of the bonkers AutoManagement, Feeding, Cleaning and Veterinary Console! ™ Emily lives on a boring old farm that has no animals. As a rare birthday treat, her parents, the bumbling Mr and Mrs Pilcher, take Emily to Wallington Zoo to meet the formidable head zookeeper, Miss Yorktown and the newfangled AutoManagement, Feeding, Cleaning and Veterinary Console! ™ When the bonkers machine blows up, opening every door, gate and hatch in the zoo! The animals break out, creating havoc in the town centre! Events take a turn for the worse when Bertha, a very old, very tired, and very grumpy looking rhinoceros, takes exception and confronts Miss Yorktown in the town square. Pandemonium ensues as Bertha lowers her 31-inch horn and begins to charge… A wacky, funny, fun-filled and fast-paced kids adventure, full of good humor, colourful characters, monkey’s bottoms and rampaging animals! If you enjoyed Emily Pilcher: Pilcher’s Farm! Don’t miss Emily’s second adventure in: Emily Pilcher and the Golden Eye! A humorous, exotic adventure set against a backdrop of travel, friendship and whispered secrets!

The 1950s were the heyday of the Clyde pleasure-steamer, when hordes of ordinary folk went 'doon the watter' to Dunoon, Largs and Millport to the strains of accordian and fiddle. Others went with suitcases to Rothesay for the Fair, while the well-to-do filled brass-bound trunks and headed for the boarding houses of Brodick and Whiting Bay. The resort piers were hives of activity and the crack was good as the steamers' arrival heralded the main talking point of the day. Duncan Graham's frequently hilarious memoir of his days as a student purser aboard The Talisman, Prince Edward and the Caledonia is filled with larger-than-life characters including dashing skippers who raced for the best berths, frustrated Chief Engineers, wheeler-dealer stewards and ladies with more than a mere day trip on their mind! In this new revised paperback edition of Graham's best-selling memoir, the last days of steaming on the Clyde are recounted as they really were.

The 1950s were the heyday of the Clyde pleasure-steamer, when hordes of ordinary folk went 'doon the watter' to Dunoon, Largs and Millport to the strains of accordian and fiddle. Others went with suitcases to Rothesay for the Fair, while the well-to-do filled brass-bound trunks and headed for the boarding houses of Brodick and Whiting Bay. The resort piers were hives of activity and the crack was good as the steamers' arrival heralded the main talking point of the day. Duncan Graham's frequently hilarious memoir of his days as a student purser aboard The Talisman, Prince Edward and the Caledonia is filled with larger-than-life characters including dashing skippers who raced for the best berths, frustrated Chief Engineers, wheeler-dealer stewards and ladies with more than a mere day trip on their mind! In this new revised paperback edition of Graham's best-selling memoir, the last days of steaming on the Clyde are recounted as they really were.