without costing the earth

Alice is caught up in a bizarre chess game and encounters some rather eccentric characters—including the argumentative Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Merkava and T-14 Armata tanks of the present day

Byron Reese

Judith finds herself fleeing for her life

The Education of Uncle Paul Toy Story without costing the earthA novel for adults about children, exploring the wonderful land of a lost childhood. Paul returns to England after twenty years in the Canadian wilderness. He has been bereft of adult company and so emotionally feels somewhat like a little boy. Moving in with his widowed sister and her three children, he attempts to keep his inner emotions to himself, but the children work it out straight away and introduce him to their games, playing on childish