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The year is 1641. England is on the brink of Civil War. A plot to assassinate the King is uncovered, which, if successful, would tear the very heart out of the country. John Kinder is dispatched to stop the assassination. However, it soon becomes clear that the lords he trusted had distanced themselves from his mission, leaving Kinder to take the blame - with a pending visit to the hangman's noose if the officer should fail. The only clue is t...

Alone in the chasm of a fractured mind, sits a solitary figure. This man has seen beyond the horrors of madness to a place where shadows have a voice. That voice is heard only by those who are lost to reason. That voice is A Scream from the Shadows. In this collection of poems, Saul Ruthven visits that lonely chasm and explores those chilling realms where few would dare to venture, a world that lies in the corner of every frightened child's be...

Eli Murray, a war-weary ex-captain in the SAS, is holidaying in Morocco with his wife and two children when a roadside car bomb explodes, killing his family and seriously injuring him. Seconds before the explosion, he sees three of the terrorists involved and, while recovering in hospital, determines to seek revenge. Recuperating in Casablanca, he is approached by two Israeli Secret Service officers. They ask him to join their hunt for the ter...

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Inspired by a challenge to "do something I had always wanted to do" I chose to write a poem from which came this anthology. "Open the Door" is a poetic reflection of my journey - a journey of discovery during which I began to understand that a true relationship with God needs to be living and active.

The city vessel Phoenix is in its 43rd year of the journey from Mars to the 55 Cancri system. The three species aboard are shocked to find the planet Nexus is nothing like the Axis remembered it to be. Renewal chronicles the deadly struggle between the crew and a life form which tries to control them. Meanwhile Earth and Mars are on the eve of war, and they are blissfully unaware of a similar threat being unleashed on them by the steadily risi...

Ivor's Ramblings is a feast of poetry covering many subjects including fantasy, trips within one's mind, spirituality and life's experiences with an ever present message of having fun, enjoying life and making the most of the hand life dealt you to travel the pathways of life. It is coloured by his being brought up in a large military family, his teenage years living on the island of Penang in Malaysia and the trials and successes he has encou...

What will happen when man runs out of natural resources? How will he survive? What if an alien race has the answer? Will those who gain wealth and influence from such resources accept their help? Pathway to Earth centres on these very questions as Laserians discover an 'alien' satellite that has travelled through a connector, a hole in space and has crash-landed on their world. They send a ship back through it to make contact with the 'alien r...

This is the true story of a young boy's holiday. In May 1940 nine-year-old Bernard Moscardini and his mother set off from Bedlington, Northumberland for a summer holiday in the tiny mountain village of Sommocolonia in Northern Tuscany. Soon after their arrival Benito Mussolini declares war on Britain and France, and Bernard's mother frantically attempts to arrange passage back to their home in England but, by now, all the frontiers are closed....

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A History of the Breweries, Maltings and Distilleries of Musselburgh and Fisherrow.

Have you ever really considered what is important in your life? In today's non-stop world of fast food, technology and credit, where people have become trapped on the ever-turning hamster wheel of life, sometimes you just have to say, "Stop! I need to get off." Following the death of his wife and subsequent realisation that his young children do not see him as the loving, doting father he perceives himself to be, Meredith is forced to re-evalu...

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Late summer 1940, and Britain stands on the brink of complete and utter defeat. Thrown out of mainland Europe by the unstoppable Nazi war machine, the British stand alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich. Poised for imminent invasion, cut off by U-Boats and bombarded daily from the air, the British strive to re-equip their shattered army. They don't know when, and they don't know where, but one thing is certain... The Germans are coming!

The principle of non-refoulement forms the very base of the international refugee law. It protects a refugee from being returned to a place where his safety or fundamental rights may be at risk. Initially composed within the 1951 Geneva Convention, now the principle is present in most legal acts concerning refugees' right to protection. Many scholars consider the non-refoulement as a rule of customary international law. This analysis investiga...