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  • The Planter's Daughter

    by Jo Carroll ...
    It's 1848. And Sara, aged fourteen, must leave her family in the stinking potato fields of Ireland to seek a better life with her wealthy aunt in Liverpool. But her uncle has different ideas.Will she find solace among the dockers? She finds love, but becomes embroiled in the unrest of the Irish men and women who live in squalor in the Liverpool slums. Yet her efforts to help them only enrage her ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bombs and Butterflies: Over the Hill in Laos

    by Jo Carroll ...
    Did you know that Laos is the most bombed country in the world? If Jo Carroll had spent more time with her guidebooks and less with a physiotherapist preparing her creaking knees for squat toilets she'd have been better prepared when she crossed the Mekong in a long boat and stepped into the chaos of Huay Xai. But bombs still lie hidden in Laos' jungles, in the rice paddies, and in the playgrounds ... Read more

    $1.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Frogs and Frigate Birds

    by Jo Carroll ...
    Three years ago, during a chance encounter in Cuba, I was asked why I'd never been to Ecuador. I mumbled, for I could think of no good reason. And so thought I'd better find out more for myself. What treasures I discovered! From ancient Inca sites constructed on top of settlements build by indigenous people centuries ago, to tortoises with supercilious smiles, to volcanoes, to amorous frigate ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vultures Overhead: Over the Hill in Cuba.

    by Jo Carroll ...
    It's time for JO CARROLL to pack her rucksack again, and this time she's heading west, to Cuba.Everyone, it seems, has been to Cuba, or wants to go to Cuba, or knows about it. Cuba, they insist, is on the brink of change. A market economy will finally see off the old cars and rationing. They've been saying that for decades. But what face does Cuba present to a tourist in 2014?She finds salsa, of ... Read more

    $1.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After the Earthquake

    by Jo Carroll ...
    JO CARROLL hesitated before returning to Nepal after the earthquake. Arriving as a tourist when local people were in such need felt an intrusion.Not at all, Tika told her. We want you to come. We need you to come.Within hours of arriving she saw just how right he was. Nepal, it seems, has been forgotten since the journalists left with their pictures of destruction. But the welcome is as warm as it ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Over the Hill and Far Away - One Grown-Up Gap Year

    by Jo Carroll ...
    There must be something between the retirement party and buying a zimmer frame. Jo Carroll decided this was the time to revive her teenage dreams and go round the world. So she packed her rucksack, a round-the-world ticket, and a notebook. Not prepared, then, for being marooned on a beach in Australia with the tide rising and nothing but cliffs behind her; nor negotiating with a gunman who wanted ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hidden Tiger Raging Mountain: Over the Hill in Nepal

    by Jo Carroll ...
    After all the excitements of her mid-life Gap Year, Jo Carroll couldn't quite reconcile herself to her gentle corner of Wiltshire with her garden and strolls across the Downs.It seemed such a good idea to return to Nepal. She knew her way around there now. She was ready for adventures, but surely there'd be no terrors in Kathmandu this time?She should, she knows, be careful what she wishes for. ... Read more

    $1.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After the Earthquake

    Over the Hill Goes Back to Nepal

    by Jo Carroll ...
    JO CARROLL hesitated before returning to Nepal after the earthquake. Arriving as a tourist when local people were in such need felt an intrusion. Not at all, Tika told her. We want you to come. We need you to come. Within hours of arriving she saw just how right he was. Nepal, it seems, has been forgotten since the journalists left with their pictures of destruction. But the welcome is as warm as ... Read more

    $1.91 USD

  • HIDDEN TIGER RAGING MOUNTAIN

    Over the Hill in Nepal

    by Jo Carroll ...
    JO CARROLL decided it was time to pack her rucksack and get back to the mountains. Little things like a pension and bus pass were not enough to put her off. Besides, after her gap year, she knew all about travelling now.But Nepal had other ideas. Storms raged in the mountains; strikes made transport impossible. And then there was the tiger … ... Read more

    $1.35 USD

  • Billie-Jo

    Collection of Poetry

    by Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney ...
    Billie-JoCollection of PoetryBy: Billie-Jo TierneyBillie-Jo: Collection of Poetry includes stories of family life, humor, and loss. These poems also tackle prejudice, betrayal, and uncertainty.Author Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney also writes about her family and loved ones in her poetry, as well as extended family members. She lost her youngest brother due to choices he made and his story is included ... Read more

    $7.00 USD

  • The Planter's Daughter

    by Jo Carroll ...
    It's 1848. And Sara, aged fourteen, must leave her family in the stinking potato fields of Ireland to seek a better life with her wealthy aunt in Liverpool. But her uncle has different ideas.Will she find solace among the dockers? She finds love, but becomes embroiled in the unrest of the Irish men and women who live in squalor in the Liverpool slums. Yet her efforts to help them only enrage her ... Read more

    $4.76 USD

  • OVER THE HILL AND FAR AWAY

    One Grown-Up Gap Year

    by Jo Carroll ...
    There must be something between the retirement party and buying a zimmer frame. JO CARROLL decided this was the time to revive her teenage dreams and go round the world. So she packed her rucksack, a round-the-world ticket, and a notebook. Not prepared, then, for being marooned on a beach in Australia with the tide rising and nothing but cliffs behind her; nor negotiating with a gunman who wanted ... Read more

    $3.94 USD