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  • After The Clearances

    by Alison Layland ...
    The Seeders, a self-sufficient community, flee to a remote Welsh island to escape the government's repressive Clearances, and cultivate a new way of living. But 13-year-old Seeder, Glesni, suspects her family is hiding something. When Sandy, a vengeful mainlander, washes ashore, Glesni is drawn to search for a truth that threatens to put those she loves at risk and maybe even jeopardize the whole ... Read more

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  • Someone Else's Conflict

    by Alison Layland ...
    The boy looks up and sees the foreigner's rifle aimed at him. Why is this man here? This is not his conflict, it is not the boy's... it is hell. Jay has been home for a long time, but the ghosts of Yugoslavia are still with him as he busks his way round the country. Marilyn is fresh out of a controlling relationship and desperate to reassert her independence. The last thing she needs is to fall ... Read more

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  • Riverflow

    by Alison Layland ...
    No longer the benign friend of summer, the Severn was a restless dragon slithering its way pastAfter a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell want nothing more than to be left in peace to pursue their off-grid life. But when the very real prospect of fracking hits their village, they are drawn into the front line of the protests. During a spring of ... Read more

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  • The Concept of Uncompromising Humanism

    Knowledge as the foundationfor an enabling and enabled society

    by Hans Widmer ...
    Translated by Alison Layland, Dieter Rister ...
    Uncompromising Humanism is the kind of idealism that begins with knowledge, the defining quality of humankind. Only that which has ist basis in reality is viable—the idea of the world endorsed by the world. Proceeding from a priori intuitions to hyperstases, the Concept of Uncompromising Humanism inevitably results in the following: individual happiness need not fail any more than bold dreams, ... Read more

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  • The Christmas Castle in Scotland

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