Oliver T Spedding
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Slang is gradually taking its place in everyday language. More and more people are recognizing slang's amusing, colourful and descriptive properties and finding that slang is often more expressive than the English language. Slang is becoming a language of its own and is spreading silently and unobtrusively into all walks of life. It's surprising how many words that are considered to be normal English were originally slang words.
2) Flawed
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Edward Horner was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but the spoon is tarnished as he suffers from a debilitating lack of self respect and self confidence. This has dire consequences for him in his later years as he squanders his inherited fortune due to his irrational determination to prove himself. It also creates an inability to confidently implement his own creative ideas.Edward's marriage to Cynthia fails as he avoids the responsibilities...
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Simon's family is exasperated by his laziness. He spends all his time lying beside the hearth in their house dreaming of the brave exploits that he will carry out and that will make him a hero. The villagers ridicule Simon and his stories. One day they see the dreaded Sea Monster on the horizon and know that it will attack and destroy the village and its inhabitants the following day. Early the next morning Simon sets out in his little boat with a...
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Jimmy, Jack, Annie and Frankie live at the edge of a huge forest. One day Jack, Annie and Frankie see a beautiful butterfly and decide to follow it into the forest. They hurry into the forest telling Jimmy to follow them. Jimmy is more interested in playing with his glass marbles and follows the others reluctantly. The children follow the butterfly deep into the woods. Eventually the butterfly disappears and Jack, Annie and Frankie realize that they...
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Mapenzi and Jabu are rivals in the class end-of-term project that requires the pupils to create an article using natural material. Mapenzi creates a necklace using the "lucky bean" seeds from the Coral tree while Jabu fashions an elephant out of clay. Fearing that Mapenzi's necklace will be the winning item Jabu hides it under a bush just before their teacher, Mrs. Zuma judges the entries. Mrs. Zuma adjudges Jabu's elephant as the best item in the...
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The Great Power invented darkness because there was only light and the inhabitants of the Earth found it difficult to sleep in the light. The Great Power packaged the darkness in a box and assigned Bat to take it to the Moon. On the way to the Moon Bat stopped in the forest to rest and seek food and left the package of darkness next to a pathway. While Bat was away a curious mouse opened the package and the darkness escaped just as Bat returned. In...
7) Annie's Pram
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Little Jane has a doll called Annie. She desperately wants a pram for Annie but cannot afford one. One day, while playing in the park Jane finds a man's wallet lying on the pathway. She takes it to her mother who takes her and the wallet to a policeman. How can finding the wallet help Jane get a pram for Annie? A fun read written in reverse chronology and with a simple message.
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One of the biggest challenges facing the club golfer is the pressure resulting from the need to meet the aspirations that they set themselves; the four-footer to win the match or a good drive from the first tee while being watched by a multitude of waiting golfers. The ability to overcome pressure on the golf course is a challenge few golfers overcome but there is no doubt that it can be beaten. This book describes in simple terms what can to be done...
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The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 principle, states that, for many happenings, 80% of the result comes from 20% of the effort. In the game of golf, everything that the player does as he or she progresses from the first tee to the last green requires preparation and this is where most of the 80/20 principle needs to be applied. The areas covered in this book are: Your attitude as you approach the tee-Your grip and stance-Transferring your weight-The...
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South African Brixton Murder and Robbery Unit detective Morgan Hunter, martial arts expert and cage fighter, fighting under the name "The Mighty Midget", is framed by two of his colleagues, detectives Frans Botha and Piet Venter, for the murder of Isaac Bakwena, the only suspect in the killing in1986 of a prominent black South African businessman and founder of the Hamba Group, Doctor Solomon Mokoena, in his Santon, Johannesburg home by unknown assailants....
11) Poems
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40 rhyming poems about God's love and protection, love in general, lost love, new-found love, children and their world and rights, nature and memories.
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Short-term dieting has its place but a long-term eating program is essential if you want to live a more rewarding and healthy life. This booklet has been written to help you implement a long-term eating plan that will ensure that you enjoy a better quality of life as you grow older.
13) Forest of Fear
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By 1998, four years after South Africa finally achieved democracy, hundreds of thousands of destitute South Africans still lived in squalid squatter camps spread across the country. San Diego squatter camp or informal settlement is situated on the western boundary of Johannesburg.Themba "Legs" Gwala, the under-nine sprint champion at his school, lives in the San Diego squatter camp near Johannesburg with his dad and mom and five-year-old sister, Gugu....
14) The Interceptor
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A young South African metallurgist, Paul Parker, is studying in Turkey. He meets a Turkish girl, Irene Yilmaz, they become lovers and Irene falls pregnant. An abortionist's assistant, Maria Ayaz, arranges an illegal abortion.Doctor Ahmet Atilla, the abortionist, rapes the pregnant girls while they are under general anesthetic. Paul accompanies Irene to the building where the abortion is take place. He hides nearby and sees Doctor Ahmet Atilla arrive.Doctor...
15) A Birthday Gift
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The 56 stories in A Birthday Gift (Fiction) include stories about a young boy's gift to his dying friend, a doctor's efforts to save a new-born baby that causes him to suffer a financial loss, the love of two brothers for their ailing sister, a devastating squatter camp fire, a young girl's attempt to come to terms with a life-changing impediment, a man's attempt to stave off financial ruin, the trials of an illegal gold miner, a deadly wasp attack,...
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According to the World Health Organisation approximately one in five people suffer from hay fever (allergic rhinitis) worldwide and there appears to be no cure for it. There are ways to curb it such as antihistamine tablets and nasal sprays but many of these have unpleasant side effects and many are expensive. The method described in this booklet is not a cure for hay fever but rather a method of curbing imminent hay fever attacks. It also doesn't...
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While walking in the jungle, Rabbit and Squirrel come across a strange flat object lying on the ground. Rabbit picks it up and discovers that it is a picture of a rabbit. He shows it to Squirrel who claims that the picture is of a squirrel and not a rabbit. Rabbit shows the picture to Badger who tells them that they are both wrong and the picture is of a badger. All the other animals look at the picture; Mouse says it is a picture of a mouse, Monkey...
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The Cheetah's TearstainsThe evil and lazy hunter steals the Cheetah's two cubs, intending to train them to hunt for him. Cheetah is devastated by the loss of her two cubs and cries so many tears that they stain her face. An old man asks Cheetah why she is crying and upon hearing of her loss tells the village chieftain what the hunter has done. But can the village chieftain re-unite the tearful cheetah with her two cubs? A myth from Africa.The Great...
19) That's Life
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This collection of short non-fiction articles includes articles about animals and their ways of communication, self-help articles that lead to success, human behaviour, health, emotions, discrimination, relationships and the state of the world.
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A great hunter lives with his wife, son and mother. The mother is extremely jealous of the wife and drowns her in a lake. The son goes in search of his mother and is told by a crow that the mother-in-law drowned her. But how can a little boy discover the truth about his missing mother when he is up against a vicious adult bent on deceiving him? A North American myth.