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That night for most people was of little interest. But it would
turn out to be the most momentous and threatening of their lives. A
mysterious meteor-like object hits the sea off Ireland, quickly
followed globally by hundreds more, creating vast amounts of
vapour, but little damage. The mists soon clear and people start to
relax. But within weeks comes a shocking realisation. Men are
suddenly and inexplicably impotent and infertile, with doctors as
baffled as they are. No more babies? The devasting news dominates
the media - and markets across the globe begin to collapse as the
horrific economic implications of an ageing and terminally reducing
world sink in. Scientific and military and space experts find
evidence that now convinces sceptical world leaders that an alien
force intends to take over a weakened world by the patient and
devious means of destroying human reproduction. However, one brave
woman puts forward a radical idea as the only possible and secret
solution. But will it work?
Whatever the country, most women will identify with Liz's poetry as
she explores the tapestry of women's daily lives in more than 100
witty and bittersweet poems in her own unique style--original,
provocative, and often with a devilish sting in the tail. Dealing
with the frustrations and disappointments along with the joys and
pleasures of life, Liz is delighted when readers say to her "I
don't normally like poetry, but I really love this."
A completely new look at plants - not only in food, drink and
commerce, and how they have created civilisation, trade and
empires, but also in love, in war, in crime, in horror and delight,
in music, poetry and prose, and on the screen. Not just another
gardening or plant book, this is a complete picture of how plants
affect people, for better or worse, now, in the past and in the
future with illuminating and startling facts about their ubiquitous
presence in human affairs - through life, death, illness,
happiness, murder, despair, desperation, love, hate, loss, and far
more. From Presidents to pop stars, from scientists to slavers,
royals to religious leaders, chefs to charlatans, pioneers to
politicians, artists to actors, Plants & Us is a unique
overview of plants, wild and cultivated, their vital importance and
the threats they face. Above all, how they affect all our lives in
stories that will often surprise the reader.
A completely new look at plants - not only in food, drink and
commerce, and how they have created civilisation, trade and
empires, but also in love, in war, in crime, in horror and delight,
in music, poetry and prose, and on the screen. Not just another
gardening or plant book, this is a complete picture of how plants
affect people, for better or worse, now, in the past and in the
future with illuminating and startling facts about their ubiquitous
presence in human affairs - through life, death, illness,
happiness, murder, despair, desperation, love, hate, loss, and far
more. From Presidents to pop stars, from scientists to slavers,
royals to religious leaders, chefs to charlatans, pioneers to
politicians, artists to actors, Plants & Us is a unique
overview of plants, wild and cultivated, their vital importance and
the threats they face. Above all, how they affect all our lives in
stories that will often surprise the reader.
In this bittersweet collection of daily moments of pleasure,
conflict and disappointment, Liz delves into everything from an
agonisingly slow shopper, to falling in and out of love. Her wry
wit and honest observations cast a poignant light on all the big
and small things that make up everyday life.Endlessly entertaining
and approachable, We All Have Our Moments is a book for those who
love verse, and for those who normally wouldn't.
In this collection, her third book of humorous poems, Liz looks at
the roller-coaster journey of women's lives and the lovers and
liars, friends and enemies, joys and disappointments, frustrations
and betrayals along the way. Wry, bittersweet, often hilarious and
with a characteristic sting in the tail, Liz brings a unique and
often wicked wit to the pitfalls, perils and pleasures of love in a
heady mix of laughter and tears.
In a sleepy country village, Detective Inspector Robin Marshal -
now in retirement - is nearly killed by a stranger. His friend
Alice, a police psychiatrist, discovers that the murder attempt was
almost certainly ordered by a terrifying criminal, 'Big Mack',
currently incarcerated in a notoriously violent prison. There his
criminal kingdom controls not only the inmates, but many of the
guards, through the power of money and the threat of extreme
violence. When Alice goes to work in the prison to find out more,
she, too, becomes a target, her car machine-gunned on a country
road; and Robin is attacked again while recovering in Spain. Under
pressure from an outraged public and with political concern rising,
the authorities try to put a stop to Big Mack's activities. But
everyone is under threat when he is suddenly at large following a
murderous escape. How can this evil man be stopped?
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