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The story of an amazing journey by lakes and rivers from St Petersburg to Moscow.
In the first part of the book the author takes an intriguing river journey from St Petersburg to Moscow. The characters and incidents encountered, both on and off the boat make this a memorable voyage and a funny and sometimes touching story.br />
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Descriptions of the places visited and portraits of the people met are inter-laced with tales of a love-struck barmaid, the Russian Mafia and a mysterious coffin.br />
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Part two of the book sees a return to Moscow where we journey to a beautiful convent that Napoleon tried to blow up, Tolstoy's House and the birthplace o | |  | | Had Van Gogh Had a Day Job
A collection of poems
A collection of poems
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A new collection of poetry
This is a collection that I was working on when my father fell ill and died in 2010. When I resumed writing I decided to write some poems about his life and how it set mine in motion, add them to the poems I had already and to dedicate the collection to him. All author's royalties from this collection will go to charities related to my Dad's illness. | |  | | The Mischling
It's 1936 in pre-war Germany, and for three families the countdown has started to their most dangerous ever Christmas
It's just before Christmas 1936 in Nazi Germany in the city of Frankfurt. Two families are making their preparations for the festive season, but in the Weiss family is the Mischling who is about to throw all their lives into turmoil and danger. John Webber gives us a bird's eye view of life in a pre-war German city and what it was like to try to live a normal life despite the march of the Nazis. This well researched and intensely atmospheric story also gives a fascinating glimpse into the medieval city of Frankfurt before it, like so many other cities in Europe, was destroyed by bom |
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