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« Qu’est-ce que l’intelligence ? » Ou plutôt qu’est-ce qu’être smart ? Ne pas se poser la question, c’est accepter sans réserve des concepts valises qui nous sont régulièrement imposés : Smart City, Smart Grid, Smart Mobility. Villes intelligentes, mobilité intelligente propose...

Kadavera, the witch, was dead. This should mean a celebration, but for nine-year-old Hugo, his schoolmate, Emma and their strange magical friend, Bird, it is the start of another dangerous adventure. Her death has precipitated the regeneration of not just one but both of her sister witches – and...

‘On the night of Friday, April 22nd 2005 three residents were murdered at the Elmview Nursing Home in the Cambridgeshire village of Kellingham. Iris Crawford, aged 88, Wally Green, aged 73, and Margaret Kelso-Brown, aged 82, died in their beds, their throats cut. I was expecting a death in Kellingham,...

Starting at the beginning – the creation story of Adam and Eve – the author traces the true origins of humankind using the best available evidence. This leads to the startling revelation that humankind may have originated as hominid Primates who have been genetically-modified by a higher civilization...

5-Minute Bedtime Stories is a collection of 20 illustrated tales for children aged 4 to 9. Some are old favourites (such as Aladdin, Three Little Pigs, Snow White) while others are brand new (Susie’s dreams, The Cat in the Flat, Dan the Music Man) – but each can be read aloud in only 5 minutes....

The ratten are weak. Driven from their home by the age-old enemy, banished to the shadows of dying tunnels, they hide in fear of those who despise them as vermin. Dwarfs walk unchallenged where ratten once thrived. Humans and orcs hunt the lands the ratten dare not. Ruled by a feudal caste that ignores...

In September 1979, during the early days of the Thatcher Government, unauthorised financial speculation places Pat O’Donnell’s company at risk. Jenny, who is now an accountant, works with Pete to save the company. That brings old feelings to the fore, despite Jenny’s generally happy marriage...

At Christmas 2015, family arguments about Pete Bridford’s huge success in business, together with premonitions of the Brexit vote, lead him to realise that the lessons he learnt in his youth are going to be needed today. He decides to write them down. First he goes back 50 years, to October 1967,...

An autobiography with a difference, Seven Shades of J is Jean Riley’s story, written by Lesley Halliwell, and flips bi-polar on its head to relish the positives. This message is affirming, but not without its caution and a tinge of fear, but the book firmly focuses on the warmth and fondness...

Many people on Earth think that we may have been visited by aliens. Conspiracy theorists believe that governments are aware and refuse to make this information public. These conspiracy theorists are correct.  In ages past the emerging human race on planet Earth came to the attention of race...

A young woman in the sleepy town of Sidon is at home, fourteen hours into labour. Uninvited and without warning, a Dr Brockman arrives to assist with her delivery. A few hours later, Martha Holman gives birth to her first child, Simon. Within months, however, Martha’s husband is killed in the Vietnam...

Wacky new vicar Father John aims to modernise St Martha’s church in the delightful city of Hillford. People love his fun gimmicks but cannot understand why he will not ever shake hands at the end of service. Even the charming archdeacon, Babs, cannot get him to change his mind. Until one day, the...