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Jack Of Hearts by I.P. Taylor
Authors Online (e-book)
Collected Poems 1973-2010
The collection represents a cross-section of the subjects and themes that have preoccupied the author over almost four decades.
Collected Poems 1973-2010
The collection represents a cross-section of the subjects and themes that have preoccupied the author over almost four decades.
Clan by David P Elliot
Moorhen Publishing (ISBN: 978-1 905856 03-9)
Price: £7.99
Clan is set in the Borders of Scotland and spans 700 years from the 13th century up to the present day.
The story is told from the perspective of David Elliot, who at 57 years of age, frustrated, out of work and with three failed marriages behind him is on the verge of a breakdown, when he embarks on a trip to the Scottish Borders to try through his ancestry to find some validation of his life.
Price: £7.99
Clan is set in the Borders of Scotland and spans 700 years from the 13th century up to the present day.
The story is told from the perspective of David Elliot, who at 57 years of age, frustrated, out of work and with three failed marriages behind him is on the verge of a breakdown, when he embarks on a trip to the Scottish Borders to try through his ancestry to find some validation of his life.
Over the Fields Of Clover by Hazel Mary Farrell
Published by Wilverley Press (ISBN 978-0-9543089-3-3)
Price:£7.50
This book is mainly an autobiography of the author’s childhood before and during the Second World War. It is the story of her family. She gives detailed description of how the family lived in those days. This book is full of memories.
On finding her father’s diary after he had died, she decided to publish it, and incorporate it in the book.
There are eight chapters full of description and the characters are brought to life. As Hazel is an artist as well as a writer she has illustrated this book with drawings as well as photographs.
Yer Blues by Othniel Smith
Published by Legend Press (ISBN 978-1849239660 )
£6.99 at Amazon
Also available as an e-book (£1.27) at www.lulu.com
In a small town in the South Wales valleys, recovering drug-addict and nascent guitar-hero Jase Hopkins decides that the only way he can make something of himself is to finally form that band he's been talking about ever since time. Unfortunately, the best singer within a fifty-mile radius is a washed-up Tom Jones impersonator - who just happens to be his estranged father.
£6.99 at Amazon
Also available as an e-book (£1.27) at www.lulu.com
In a small town in the South Wales valleys, recovering drug-addict and nascent guitar-hero Jase Hopkins decides that the only way he can make something of himself is to finally form that band he's been talking about ever since time. Unfortunately, the best singer within a fifty-mile radius is a washed-up Tom Jones impersonator - who just happens to be his estranged father.
The Spanish Connection by Martin Selwood
Keydell Press (ISBN 978-0956222305)
£8.50
Nigel Collins has just returned from a short holiday in Spain in his brand new BMW. He is held up in a long traffice queue due to an accident. While waiting, he walks ahead to talk to an old friend and to while away the time they look through some photographs. Once the traffic starts moving, Nigel walks back to his car, but it isn't there...
£8.50
Nigel Collins has just returned from a short holiday in Spain in his brand new BMW. He is held up in a long traffice queue due to an accident. While waiting, he walks ahead to talk to an old friend and to while away the time they look through some photographs. Once the traffic starts moving, Nigel walks back to his car, but it isn't there...
Wonderment by Si Stratton
printondemand-worldwide.com (ISBN 978184426685-2)
£7.95 (+£1.95 p&p)
A collection of comic poetry to make you feel better about yourself. Because you're brilliant.
£7.95 (+£1.95 p&p)
A collection of comic poetry to make you feel better about yourself. Because you're brilliant.
Passion by Susan Lund
Booksurge (ISBN-13: 978-1439260531)
$12.99
Against the background of the Napoleonic wars, Beethoven’s illegitimate son by his Immortal Beloved is brought up in Frankfurt by her husband whilst Beethoven in Vienna adopts his late brother’s child. Beethoven writes the Missa Solemnis to awaken his son’s spiritual awareness after the four-year old boy is stricken with illness. Reader reactions: ‘Powerful & moving.’ ‘Enjoyable & informative… a touching love story.’ ‘The truth about Beethoven.’ ‘An extraordinary story, beautifully told.’
Review of Passion screenplay:
‘Crisp, fast-moving & dramatic, with a story worthy of wide circulation’
- Maynard Solomon, author of Beethoven, Beethoven Essays & Late Beethoven
$12.99
Against the background of the Napoleonic wars, Beethoven’s illegitimate son by his Immortal Beloved is brought up in Frankfurt by her husband whilst Beethoven in Vienna adopts his late brother’s child. Beethoven writes the Missa Solemnis to awaken his son’s spiritual awareness after the four-year old boy is stricken with illness. Reader reactions: ‘Powerful & moving.’ ‘Enjoyable & informative… a touching love story.’ ‘The truth about Beethoven.’ ‘An extraordinary story, beautifully told.’
Review of Passion screenplay:
‘Crisp, fast-moving & dramatic, with a story worthy of wide circulation’
- Maynard Solomon, author of Beethoven, Beethoven Essays & Late Beethoven
Spybus by Bob Adams
Legend Press (ISBN 978-1-84923-053-7)
£6.99
This is a story of foul, cruel deeds on the periphery of international espionage, leavened by the good humour, wit, common sense and ineptitude of ordinary people. An experienced agent has been captured and faces the grim prospect of interrogation. British intelligence must prevent this at all costs.
The section leader, at his wit’s end, asks Jason, our modest hero and not very successful junior member of staff, for ideas. Jason suggests sending a whole bus load of tourists as amateur spies with one professional. The professional is soon captured and the motley crew of amateurs go it alone. Jason resents that some members of the party have been given secret instructions, but not him, yet it is his duty to bring them back alive.
£6.99
This is a story of foul, cruel deeds on the periphery of international espionage, leavened by the good humour, wit, common sense and ineptitude of ordinary people. An experienced agent has been captured and faces the grim prospect of interrogation. British intelligence must prevent this at all costs.
The section leader, at his wit’s end, asks Jason, our modest hero and not very successful junior member of staff, for ideas. Jason suggests sending a whole bus load of tourists as amateur spies with one professional. The professional is soon captured and the motley crew of amateurs go it alone. Jason resents that some members of the party have been given secret instructions, but not him, yet it is his duty to bring them back alive.
Instead Of Roses And Rings by PA Breinburg
Petrojass Publications (ISBN 0-9549992-0-7) £8.99
Nineteen-year-old Chris, a student ‘Returnee to education’, and his 29–year-old supervisor, known as the ‘Iceberg’, have just two things in common: they are both human and of the same gender.
Instead of Roses and Rings unfolds in a multicultural setting with its many idiosyncrasy and taboos. It travels in dreams and fantasies from London to a French Caribbean Island and back to London culminating in an apparent supernatural event.
Nineteen-year-old Chris, a student ‘Returnee to education’, and his 29–year-old supervisor, known as the ‘Iceberg’, have just two things in common: they are both human and of the same gender.
Instead of Roses and Rings unfolds in a multicultural setting with its many idiosyncrasy and taboos. It travels in dreams and fantasies from London to a French Caribbean Island and back to London culminating in an apparent supernatural event.
Yes, and Pigs Might Fly by Linda Louisa Dell
AuthorHouse (078-1-4490-9158-3)
£10.50
Rosie is a beautiful and sensitive women; with three children by her violent and abusive husband. When the children grow up and leave home, Rosie also leaves; she just walks out one day and does not return, losing contact with her family. Living on the streets and witnessing many hardships and then running a homeless hostel.
Her three children lead very different lives. Jill marries her childhood sweetheart, becomes a published author, continuing to live in the village where she was born. David goes to London and works in an engineering firm, meets his Jane, who has her own tragic family secret. Carla the youngest of the family runs off with a boyfriend to Greece and becomes part of a proud extended family that has some wonderful stories to relate. We follow the histories of these four, very different, characters their families and the people they meet along the way.
£10.50
Rosie is a beautiful and sensitive women; with three children by her violent and abusive husband. When the children grow up and leave home, Rosie also leaves; she just walks out one day and does not return, losing contact with her family. Living on the streets and witnessing many hardships and then running a homeless hostel.
Her three children lead very different lives. Jill marries her childhood sweetheart, becomes a published author, continuing to live in the village where she was born. David goes to London and works in an engineering firm, meets his Jane, who has her own tragic family secret. Carla the youngest of the family runs off with a boyfriend to Greece and becomes part of a proud extended family that has some wonderful stories to relate. We follow the histories of these four, very different, characters their families and the people they meet along the way.
Too Strong A Light by Mary Rensten
SCRIPTORA (ISBN 978-0-9562494-0-1)
£7.99
Starting in Enfield and Hertford, this compelling story moves swiftly to Malta in 1995, with flashbacks to the Second World War, as crime writer Jane Thornfield, separated from her husband Neville and researching for a new, possibly romantic, novel, uncovers the dramatic and startling secret of her Hertfordshire family’s connection with the war-torn island. What happened in 1942 cannot be undone, but it is not too late for Jane to change her own disordered life.
“Once you start reading this book you won’t want to put it down until
the end.” The Woman Writer.
£7.99
Starting in Enfield and Hertford, this compelling story moves swiftly to Malta in 1995, with flashbacks to the Second World War, as crime writer Jane Thornfield, separated from her husband Neville and researching for a new, possibly romantic, novel, uncovers the dramatic and startling secret of her Hertfordshire family’s connection with the war-torn island. What happened in 1942 cannot be undone, but it is not too late for Jane to change her own disordered life.
“Once you start reading this book you won’t want to put it down until
the end.” The Woman Writer.
Auburn by Nick Roteman
Arima Publishing (ISBN 13 9781845493714)
£9.99
Auburn, a functioning autistic, has a desperate need to find employment following a traumatic episode in her complicated life. When an explosion kills her best friend, and the private investigator involved survives but is wheelchair bound, she forms an unlikely partnership with him. Together they will find out what happened and seek their own form of personal revenge on those responsible.
£9.99
Auburn, a functioning autistic, has a desperate need to find employment following a traumatic episode in her complicated life. When an explosion kills her best friend, and the private investigator involved survives but is wheelchair bound, she forms an unlikely partnership with him. Together they will find out what happened and seek their own form of personal revenge on those responsible.
L-Plate Boating by Geoffrey Lewis and Tom McManus
SGM Publishing (ISBN 978-0-9564536-0-0)
£6.99
Geoffrey Lewis joins forces with fellow-boater Tom ‘Mac’ McManus to give us a collection of anecdotes of the canals with an emphasis on the humour of each situation. The stories include a first-time boating trip, the hazards of buying a boat by remote control, and some of the disasters that can happen to the best-intentioned of boaters including the captain of a passenger boat and the crew of a pair of cargo-carrying boats.
£6.99
Geoffrey Lewis joins forces with fellow-boater Tom ‘Mac’ McManus to give us a collection of anecdotes of the canals with an emphasis on the humour of each situation. The stories include a first-time boating trip, the hazards of buying a boat by remote control, and some of the disasters that can happen to the best-intentioned of boaters including the captain of a passenger boat and the crew of a pair of cargo-carrying boats.
The Miracle Man by James Skivington
Matador (ISBN 978-1848763418)
£7.99
When old Limpy McGhee swears he’s seen the Virgin Mary and received a miraculous cure at the ancient Mass Rock, the villagers of Inisbreen are sceptical. But they reckon without the religious fervour and ambition of Father Burke, the youngest parish priest in Ireland. Set in a tiny village on the Irish coast, this is a humorous novel in the classic tradition of Clochemerle and Whisky Galore, full of colourful characters, comical situations and hilarious incidents.
£7.99
When old Limpy McGhee swears he’s seen the Virgin Mary and received a miraculous cure at the ancient Mass Rock, the villagers of Inisbreen are sceptical. But they reckon without the religious fervour and ambition of Father Burke, the youngest parish priest in Ireland. Set in a tiny village on the Irish coast, this is a humorous novel in the classic tradition of Clochemerle and Whisky Galore, full of colourful characters, comical situations and hilarious incidents.
Vote for Terry Park! The Common Sense Man by John Adcock
Deacon & Roberts (ISBN 978-0-9564061-0-1)
£7.99
Terry Park, divorced schoolteacher, ever-hopeful novelist, independent parliamentary candidate, wants his new Common Sense Party to decry political correctness and win voters’ support by advocating common sense government.
He befriends an attractive but strong-willed university lecturer, Susan Mansfield, whose research demands the replacement of Britain’s outdated schools with family supporting, personalised tutoring and, while Terry sees more than friendship in their relationship, she does not.
Although in its politics the story is radical, confrontational and thought provoking, in its development it is humorous and its description of a hidebound nation in need of widespread social change will ruffle feathers.
£7.99
Terry Park, divorced schoolteacher, ever-hopeful novelist, independent parliamentary candidate, wants his new Common Sense Party to decry political correctness and win voters’ support by advocating common sense government.
He befriends an attractive but strong-willed university lecturer, Susan Mansfield, whose research demands the replacement of Britain’s outdated schools with family supporting, personalised tutoring and, while Terry sees more than friendship in their relationship, she does not.
Although in its politics the story is radical, confrontational and thought provoking, in its development it is humorous and its description of a hidebound nation in need of widespread social change will ruffle feathers.
How To Write A How To Write Book by Brian Piddock
Neil Rhodes Books (ISBN 978-0-9555557-0-1)
£6.99
The fascinating new book by Brian Piddock, the country’s leading 'how to write' writer. Runner-up for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year
Brian writes: “I know writers are meant to find any publicity useful. However, I must say how deeply affronted I am that my brilliant and carefully wrought work has been reduced to the ‘Oddest Book Title of the Year’. My book is not odd. It is perfectly sensible. It is the most sensible writers’ manual ever published. A writer can make a fortune easily just by reading my book and following its precise instructions to the exact letter. In fact it is entirely and utterly lacking in oddness.”
£6.99
The fascinating new book by Brian Piddock, the country’s leading 'how to write' writer. Runner-up for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year
Brian writes: “I know writers are meant to find any publicity useful. However, I must say how deeply affronted I am that my brilliant and carefully wrought work has been reduced to the ‘Oddest Book Title of the Year’. My book is not odd. It is perfectly sensible. It is the most sensible writers’ manual ever published. A writer can make a fortune easily just by reading my book and following its precise instructions to the exact letter. In fact it is entirely and utterly lacking in oddness.”
Willie The Actor by David Barry
Libros International (ISBN 978-1905988198)
£7.99
Why does Willie the Actor rob banks? Because that's where the money is!
New York City in the prohibition era, and Bill Sutton’s wife thinks he earns an honest crust as a rent collector. Instead, he leads an extraordinary double-life as ‘Willie the Actor’, a notorious bank robber.
Based on a true story, the novel’s protagonist is a gentle gunman who never once fires a shot. But it was believed he was jinxed and almost everyone he works with comes to a violent end.
£7.99
Why does Willie the Actor rob banks? Because that's where the money is!
New York City in the prohibition era, and Bill Sutton’s wife thinks he earns an honest crust as a rent collector. Instead, he leads an extraordinary double-life as ‘Willie the Actor’, a notorious bank robber.
Based on a true story, the novel’s protagonist is a gentle gunman who never once fires a shot. But it was believed he was jinxed and almost everyone he works with comes to a violent end.
Amore Orgoglio e Giaia by Fanalia St. Luce
AuthorHouse (ISBN - 978-1-4259-0429-6)
£15.90
This story is based on the lives of two men who became firm friends from childhood. Their friendship began during their school days, during the time of the emergence of the Welfare State when capitalism was the pillar of British society.
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The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Books Co-operative has been launched at an event in London attended by around 40 Guild members.
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