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Peter Hartley wrote the poems in this book in a little over a year but they represent many of the joys and some of the sorrows of a lifetime.They reflect a love of Labrador retrievers and penguins, cryptic crosswords, mountains and travel, wild and lonely places, the poetry of Hopkins, baroque music (especially Handel), a dislike for most modern art and architecture, and an extremely odd attitude towards cats.While nearing completion the autho...

Peter Hartley wrote the poems in this book in a little over a year but they represent many of the joys and some of the sorrows of a lifetime.They reflect a love of Labrador retrievers and penguins, cryptic crosswords, mountains and travel, wild and lonely places, the poetry of Hopkins, baroque music (especially Handel), a dislike for most modern art and architecture, and an extremely odd attitude towards cats.While nearing completion the autho...

Manchester 1903, young James plays in the squalid streets, never imagining it's an apprenticeship to the horror of the forthcoming war, or its consequences.Volunteering later, he is sent to France and Ireland, where he learns to hate, and to endure, but also to love. Like millions of others, he must confront and overcome appalling difficulties simply to survive.Heartache and loss will make him stronger, innocence giving way to belief that he h...

A blood-splattered figure in a white dress was rising from the tree stump, tendrils knotted round it like the tangled strings of a marionette, its shiny bald head bobbing on its broken neck. . . . staring transfixed at this lurid apparition dangling before them, the audience began to scream . . .'Terror stalks the South Coast in this stylish whodunnit. Without reason, corpses appear in the middle of the Devonshire Park pantomime, on the South ...

A puppy, Minnow, remembers his life born in a tenement in a high-rise block of flats. He is befriended by an old lame dog, Rufus, a wise campaigner who introduces his young companion to city life and daring escapades for morsels and nourishment. During a fearful chase the two dogs are parted: both are transported separately to a Home for Strays, a business operation run by money grabbing, untrustworthy individuals. Minnow, an attractive puppy,...

The Prophecies of Newton Brown is a novel about a socially inept computer genius who, after a near fatal illness, gains the ability to experience past crimes during his dreams. Wishing to maintain his anonymity, he posts his information to police forces around the world, resulting in many cold cases being solved.A reluctant loner, his solitary routine is broken and a social life beckons when he is persuaded to work in cyber-security for a larg...

Steve Day is a contemporary poet with a jazz background - reflected in the final section of the book. Curving Sentences is his second volume of selected poems. Like his previous collection The Edge Of England, this new work has a rich vocabulary contained within strong narratives. The reflective writing becomes almost tactile in structure. Birth and burial complete the curve of the life cycle, there's something deceptively positive about the d...

The books in the Pythagoras In the Corner series follow the themes of the good, the bad and the ugly across a whole range of volumes. In Part One of this book we will go back to the basics. The first few chapters consider the main building materials. These are wood, stone, steel, concrete and glass. The physical aspects of these materials will be considered, before finishing with some incredible buildings that use the materials to a new level....

Yorkshire lass, Hilda and Northamptonshire lad, Aylmer met and fell in love as teenagers but the onset of war, parental disapproval, illness and conscience seemed to conspire to thwart fulfilment of their hopes and dreams. Would love and faith be sufficient to sustain them in the face of distance and separation, tragedy and heartache? Letters written between 1939-1943 give evidence of the grace of God and the power of prayer upon which they de...

Stanley Civilian Internment Camp on the south side of Hong Kong Island, in 1942 was home to approximately 3000 British, Canadian, American and other civilian and police internees, the majority of whom were incarcerated for three years and eight months during the occupation of Hong Kong by the Japanese.John Charter kept a journal, hidden from the Japanese, of their hardships, hunger and hope until their final liberation. It is one of the more c...

This full colour illustrated children's picture book takes children on a journey through a magical place as they follow the day of Mr. Love and Mrs. You, from waking up on candy floss hill, to playing with their pink and blue pet, and finally snuggling up in their beds under the shimmer of the love heart moon. It's a love story of compatibility, friendship and fun, a story that signifies the loving bond between child and parent as they let the...

Forget the hype seen on TV shows, the internet and the rampant misinformation found on SM sites. Here is the definitive book, personal journal and diary to help brides to be like you during one of the most exciting stages of your life.Helena Cotter says: "Separating fact from fiction, truth from myth. Appointment etiquette, dos and don'ts. This book will give you all the help and guidance you'll need to make the most out of your shopping exper...

Montana 1877Ethan, loner, Indian fighter, has been scouting for the union a year after the death of Custer. Been up there four years and had a gutful, receives a letter from his niece Debbie, asking him to return to Texas.She is getting married, he is her only kin, some say he could be her father, he courted her mother Martha before she married his brother Aaron.On his journey south, Ethan teams up with the young Clancy brothers.After four yea...

Moaning Morris is the story of a lovable little tortoise that cannot stop himself from moaning about everything in his life.He doesn't particularly like moaning, but much to the annoyance of the other creatures he shares his garden with, he just can't stop himself.One day he has an unfortunate incident which leads him to have a great adventure and also to learn an important life lesson.

Alfie was always doodling. This got him into lots of trouble at school.'Put your pen down Alfie Doodle!' shrieked Miss Fraction in maths. 'Stop doodling this instant!' roared Miss Avalanche in geography. 'How dare you carry on doodling when I'm talking!' thundered Mrs Magnacarta in history. 'Oh Alfie, are you sure you're concentrating my lovely?' laughed Mrs Crumble in cookery. 'For the last time, stop your scribbling and listen!' boomed Mr Ki...

The second book of poems in this series written specifically for primary school children aged 5-11 covers topics relevant to them. There is an Archie Brown in every school and he is back with more antics in this second book. The poems are sure to be enjoyed whether children read them independently or have them read to them. These delightful and entertaining poems encourage the concepts of kindness and good behaviour and are sure to be apprecia...

The poems in this book have been written specifically for primary school children aged 5 - 11 covering topics relevant to them. Easily relatable with simple clip art style illustrations the poems are sure to be enjoyed whether reading independently or having them read to them. The poems are delightful, charming and sweet in equal measure and very entertaining! Encouraging concepts of kindness, friendship and good behaviour they will be appreci...

From Elgin in Scotland in August 1914 through Egypt and Salonika to northern France in 1918, James recalls his adventures in the Great War in remarkable detail. Writing from memory sixty years after the War his experiences of breaking horses in England, surviving extreme heat and desert warfare in Egypt, working as a trained scout in Salonika and in the last battles leading up to the Armistice in France are all brought vividly to life.

Hiding away in the music room, Simon is unexpectedly taken on a great adventure. When the magical drum kit becomes his friend and whisks him away to the land of Vozori they encounter strange and compelling creatures which all help on the quest to find his voice.

Doctor Lucas Duvall was a man who had it all: a retired heart surgeon and now a ruthless business man. In his late sixties, handsome and debonair, he always had a beautiful woman by his side. Returning home to America aboard the most magnificent ocean-going ship in the world, he meets an intriguing and curvaceous widowed English woman. A woman who will come to hold more power over his life than he can possibly imagine. This story has it all, l...