Books published by publisher Canterbury House Publishing, Ltd

Make that pot of tea, place your cushion just right and settle into your favorite chair …Stories from Saudi Arabia to Russia, Europe to Canada: here are 13 tales of wit and wisdom to ponder. Why? Travel not only broadens the mind, it can expand the heart. In gaining insight about other people, places and cultures we discover more about ourselves. When you are traveling with children, even more doors open!This book is a 11,500+ word stand alone bookIt is the first of a series of travel books loosely inspired by some of the author’s experiences. The stories range from Saudi Arabia to Salt Spring Island off the West Coast of Canada via such places as Lesbos, Estonia, Italy, Glasgow and France. Some are as far flung as Dominica,Hong Kong, and Morocco.From fascinating to hilarious:And usually thought provoking, these stories are the tales of a traveler, the author, seeking the carefree life - within herself. For many of the stories Wendy C Giffen, enjoyed the travel opportunities afforded by her almost permanently absent husband. Whether accompanied by a child, animal, or spouse, or if she set out on her own, the author manages to find interesting people, insightful events, and the most delightful adventures. In effect they are one women’s travel stories.Around the Bend- “Why do I write? It's the act of creation, and I can do it from home, or anywhere in the world. I get great satisfaction from creating.” - Wendy C GiffenJoin the author, pull up another virtual chair and get to know her:Wendy C Giffen had many adventures over the years, with and without her family, and often she was encouraged to publish them. She said that over the years she tended to forget all but the most salient points, so when she at last succumbed to the requests, she wanted to write the stories as the adventures of a fictional character. In this way she would able to leave out bits and have fun with the rest. However, while the names and so on have been changed, she was asked to write it just as she remembered it. So the important things, like the underlying truths, remain pretty much intact.If there is a theme........She says, it’s one of love for one’s fellow beings and their journeys. It highlights the unique gifts that come with travel; those inevitable or unexpected insights into other peoples, cultures, and places, but most especially - the truths we discover about ourselves.Wendy C Giffen graduated from Homerton College, Cambridge.She is the author of The Selene Experiment (the first book of 7 n a SF action, romance, and interracial series), and is working on other books, including The Dragons Return (SF) and The Tangled web (Mystery). She is a certified Psycholinguistic Hypnotherapist, and an erstwhile teacher and potter. When asked where she was educated, and if she thought education was worth the expense, Wendy C Giffen replied:"I went to Cambridge, and other places. All learning experiences, in or out of school are worth it. Knowledge is not only a means to an end, it enrich you. Some of what you are taught might be crap or out dated, but think how awesome it is to have got to the stage you where you can tell it's crap! Some of the information will be useful; some of it is life changing. When I cease to learn, I will have ceased to live."

After her mother dies, Loren Creek, a precocious 14 year old, flees the foster-care system in Tennessee by moving to North Carolina. With the help of a curmudgeonly mountain man, she manages to evade detection by assuming the identity of a boy. Having studied dance and gymnastics at her mother's insistence, Loren has a lean, muscular appearance, which allows her to easily pass as a boy when she enters high school. She reluctantly becomes the kicker on the school football team and grows popular with boys and girls alike, causing some stressful, confusing, and even dangerous situations.Meanwhile, Loren's foster-care guardian takes her disappearance personally. He won't give up until he finds her and places her with what he considers a good family. A confrontation is inevitable.

This book takes you into the world of modern day girl bullying, which is multi-faceted, complex and something every school, youth worker and parent wants to overcome. These complexities are discussed alongside both pro-active and reactive strategies for intervening, managing and teasing out the intricacies that are present when girls bully, and fall prey to those bullies. The aim is to help adults working with girls to develop a toolbox of strategies and understanding that can help to provide bespoke approaches. What this book will not do is offer a one-size-fits-all solution of how to stop girl bullying. Dealing with these issues takes time and patience, trust and knowledge of those involved and most of all it takes the willingness to appreciate the world around girls today. Written by an expert child psychologist, this book aims to increase understanding of the fall out, psychological impact and support strategies for both victims and perpetrators of bullying. Bullying can have a detrimental effect on the academic attainment, self-esteem, and day-to-day lives of all the individuals involved. Healthier coping strategies are life skills that help us all to function effectively not just in a school environment, but throughout later life. This book is essential reading for anyone working with girls aged 5-16 who wants to facilitate pro-active and pro-social skill foundations.

In Seven Pillars of Wisdom we have a timely book, and one that will remain timely into the foreseeable future. In Lawrence we have an impeccable witness; not a diplomat, not a politician, not a lobbyist, but a scholar and a soldier who embodied that vestige of chivalry that has now all but vanished. He records what he saw and what he undertook, living among those warriors whom he led in a manner seldom experienced by any other officer. Hence, Lawrence had empathy for the Arabs that will hopefully be of keen interest to the present generations who are fed a daily diet of Islamophobia and Arabophobia, literally 'anti-Semitism', since it is the Arabs who are the sons of Shem. The picture given by Lawrence is of a people very different from today's media and Hollywood stereotypes that are part of a propaganda offensive to justify a genocidal war against a people and a faith which could not only have co-existed with, but which could have remained as firm friends, with the West on the basis of the friendship that had been cultivated by Lawrence. As Seven Pillars shows, the 'West' and the Arabs and all of Islam are now embroiled in a conflict that has it's roots in the diplomatic duplicity during World War I, which has brought chaos to a large expanse of the world, and which shows no signs of abating in the lifetime of any reader of this book. Lawrence here sets the dramatic background against which this tragedy is being played out.

Peregrine's Christmas Coloring Book is the companion coloring book to the story, Peregrine's Christmas Adventure. Peregrine Pottontot and his friends invites you, the budding artist, to practice your artistic skills on the "PRACTICE COLORING ME FIRST" pictures - then go ahead and do your absolutely best work on the BIG picture. So, moms and dads, snuggle down with your kids and help them do their very best work. Because when they are doing their best work, it's because you are doing yours!

Exuberant and gifted teen, Valthea Sarosi, reads people's pasts. The determination to find her birth parents, headline a circus, and experience true love, lead her to perform at festivals throughout Romania with a Gypsy troupe and an Eastern Europe, Cirque du Soleil-style circus. Valthea and Sorin Dobra, the Gypsy troupe's fire-juggler with med-school ambition, fall in love. Childhood abandonment bonds the fair-haired Sorin, adopted by the Gypsies, and Valthea, adopted by the elderly woman who found her in the woods. In her rise to stardom, naturally empathetic Valthea, encounters jealousy, obsession, and bullying. But when Valthea's loved-ones are threatened, will she be able to access her paranormal prowess or be forced to rely solely on heart and wit?

Do you want to read Grimm's Fairy Tales? If so then keep reading...They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't end very happily--but they're often far more interesting.What are you waiting for Grimm's Fairy Tales is one click away, select the "Buy Now" button in the top right corner NOW!