Sam Martin

Forest Adventures will prepare children of all ages for antics and escapades all year round. It includes plenty of ideas and inspiration for forest games, activities and crafts that they can do on their own or get the whole family involved in. From spotting wildlife and building tree houses, to bushcraft, stargazing and making homemade lemonade, this book is packed full of adventures and excitement to enjoy, whatever the weather. In winter: learn how to create a campfire, build an igloo, or make a bird feeder. In summer: discover how to track animals, plan a picnic, or build a sundial. Separated into helpful categories that divide activities by type?including ‘Outdoor Explorations’, ‘Water Escapades’ and ‘Fabulous Feasting’?this guide enables children to connect with nature throughout the seasons.

For millions with Long Covid and energy-limiting conditions, pacing is not self-care; it is survival. While most research focuses on causes and treatments, this book examines the overlooked long of Long Covid and its many temporal disruptions. Drawing on complex realism and thousands of social media posts, the authors reframe pacing as temporal labour: exhausting, invisible work where limits only become visible once crossed. They introduce polyrhythmic biographical disruption, where disruption is not a single event but ongoing, and the uncanny-not-yetness: the eerie limbo of post-exertional malaise. This book advocates for temporal justice, because pacing is always, irreducibly social.

Love and hate—a beautiful combination. These emotions consume Liam MacMurray as he struggles with the question, "What do I do about Nina?" But is Liam really who he says he is?" Bitterblue" is a unique, multi-plot, multi-narrative roller-coaster that takes readers on a thrilling journey with characters forced to make decisions that challenge their beliefs and principles—even life or death choices, like the one Liam must face. Enter this gripping tale where nothing is as it seems, and every twist makes you question the true nature of love and loyalty.

All his adult life Adrian Kramer had carried around with him a secret. But was it as big a secret, or one as explosive or life-threatening as the secret he stumbled into? Based on a true story and series of historical events, One Day In June is one man’s journey of self discovery into the dark and bleeding heart of Europe.

'The story focuses on love, trust, and sacrifice, against a backdrop of the cruelty of war' STEVE JOHNSONAs a quaint old Norman church bathed in the late morning sunshine, a young bride waits anxiously for her groom. Anna, a German of Roma origin is stepping into a new life in London. She will finally escape the horrors of her past. When Anna flees the death camps of 1930s Germany to England, she is relieved. But events in her adopted homeland throw her best-laid plans in disarray. This is her story. It's a story about hope and heartbreak, love and hate, anger and confusion, blind prejudice and intolerance, and even redemption. Sam Martin's gritty prose tells a sensitive story. Seamlessly, he gives a well-rounded view of the war on the home front; its claustrophobic, tense atmosphere, the prevailing opinions of the day, and the seismic decisions taken by those in power. Just hope what happens to Anna, never happens to you.

James Michael soon discovers he is different than other gay boys and straight men. As he negotiates his coming out in a rather strange and supporting family in San Francisco in the 1980s, he finds a new role to play in the devastating plague called AIDS. Soon called 'Angel' by his Grandmother and classmates, Angel finds his eternal love during a school musical audition. Follow Angel, Verde, Kyle, Jennifer & Michael, Dottie, Eddie and Stan/Stella, and a host of LGBTQ characters as they dramatize the fight against AIDS, and fight for survival, in the plague decade. Angel finally resorts to his special powers to save his lover Verde and himself in an uplifting ending. Author Sam Martin invites YOU to enjoy his fifth LGBTQ novel in a series that celebrates the untold histories of our lives.

Today, young men need etiquette guidance more than ever! And men’s magazines such as Maxim and Esquire don’t cover the array of potentially awkward moments. This little guide offers the last word on walking, talking, dressing, as well as:• shaking hands• tipping• tying a bow tie• small talk• fashion do’s and don’ts