A brief story about a small boy born in Laugharne in South Wales whose through his aunts influence becomes a priest. After being caught up in the First World War he returns home to London to finds he is jobless and homeless.

How ready are you for a new experience? It was only a matter of time before you came face to face with daringly different Human Biology travel tales told by Fred the red blood cell. At long last you have the ultimate in bobby dazzlers, a must to read if you want to know more about yourself tinged with the unusual. So take life by the throat or the jugular and let Fred take you behind the scenes in the living body.

Business is a living process just like plants. This book uses information on all aspects of plants, especially weeds, and their growth and relates these to ways of ensuring success and competitive advantage in today's business climate. Plants were here a long time before we were and have had to adapt, compete, compromise, overtake, and develop new forms and behaviour in order to be successful, which they are. They also know about growth and expansion - the aim of any successful business. This book allows you to pick out some of the ideas given in each section. To then try them out and...

A freak accident enables a tropical aquarium species of glass anemone, Aiptasia, to develop an outer protective skin enabling it to move out of the water onto land. By stinging, stunning and capturing its victims it is able to find a new food supply readily available in the streets of London. Beware where you walk, especially at night, as lurking in the corner or above you may be Aiptasia. If you feel something touching your legs or body, flee straight away before the tentacles drag you into the oral cavity to be digested. Check yourselves, your homes, your possessions and your animals as it...

Oysters for years have been a delicacy as well as a source of protein and other nutrients for humans. Oyster beds consist of generations of oysters piled on top of one another providing a site for the attachment of new oysters. This book relates to one tiny oyster whose ambition was to become big, like his neighbours but he never seemed to get any larger. Through his early life he sees how larger oysters can be adversely affected by the environment and predators including humans. About to give up he is raised up to a new life where he is valued and protected for ever.

In the South Pacific there is a remote isolated tropical island whose beaches are totally made out of shells. Everyday, and especially during storms, thousands of shells are washed in onto the sand and collected by a family who live on the edge of the beach. For years Tom's parents have been collecting shells and making them into elaborate jewellery and hanging ornaments. This is the story of the baby (Thomas) brought up on the beach who through constant contact with the beach managed to develop an unusual capability of incorporating shells into the skin on his back. This had never been...

A small boy arrives to stay for Christmas at his aunt's hotel in Tenby, South Wales, where he finds he is living with four cats, one with only three legs. The hotel is full of guests who arrive by coach and is open to several unusual characters. As well as learning about how to look after cats and their behaviour he learns about the concerns of guests for many different aspects of living in Britain today. A unique disaster, due to preliminary fracking carried out in the area, threatens both people and the cats. A zoo is affected and a child is lost and nowhere to be seen.