by Colin Rock | Jul 3, 2023 | Books
Bettany Backhouse Blood traces the author’s family history from medieval Hungary and Norman England through to Staffordshire and, generations later, colonial New Zealand. It explores ancestry, migration, and the challenge of piecing together the lives of distant...
by Colin Rock | Oct 27, 2021 | Books
Sam’s father is a marine scientist, part of a team testing a new submersible, ‘Tear Drop’, deep in the Southern Ocean. 15-year-old Sam, housebound back in New Zealand, is avidly following their course. He and his father are also conducting a non-sanctioned...
by Colin Rock | Oct 27, 2021 | Books
Fox, Mole, Red Squirrel, Hedgehog, Badger, Otter. Written for a natural history project in England, and collected here for the author’s delight. Sadly there are no photographs or diagrams due to copyright restrictions. Hopefully soon resolved. These...
by Colin Rock | Oct 4, 2021 | Books
Philip has invented a space probe to fly up through the ozone hole. Trouble is he needs a cat as passenger. Amazingly enough none of his mates will help him out. Meanwhile Zane’s bossy sister, Susy, is very concerned that old Rosie, owner of the local junk shop,...
by Colin Rock | Sep 25, 2021 | Books
Didn’t expect to have to perform on this page. I am waiting for the test match celebrating 100 years of rivalry between the Boks and the All Blacks. Laying on the bed, trying to levitate (no success), beginning to think about food. Perhaps a refreshing...
by Colin Rock | Jul 17, 2021 | Books
blood sample Plug staggered out from the blood clinic looking a little pale and fragile. He was quite prepared to give a blood sample for testing, for who knows what strange diseases he picked up on his recent travels? Probably nothing, for he is of upright character,...