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Non-Fiction – Autobiography

Francesca and Rick don’t give up easily – which is just as well when they decide to adopt a childinternationally after being turned down in the UK. They can have children naturally but believepassionately in adoption and their desire to do some good in the world sees them go toMexico. With no idea where to start, they plunge straight in and find themselves in a countrythat seems stuck in the 1970s. Faced with a series of nail-biting unexpected twists and turns,this is a personal touching human drama and a heartbreaking account of one couple’s trials andtribulations.

The story will hook you in and keep you reading as their journey brings them into contact witha cast of characters straight out of Hollywood casting, from a demented but loving mother toa lawyer offering babies for sale in Starbucks.

Mexican Takeaway will appeal to women, mothers and especially those who are interested inadoption. It will also reach readers who enjoy true stories of impossible adventures in exoticdestinations. A road trip that will test every bit of one couple’s courage and resolve to thelimit...

Francesca’s and Rick’s story has already had high press visibility with an articlein The Daily Mail and The Sun, and Francesca appeared on BBC and ITV duringNational Adoption Week.

“Raises some key issues that I hope willinspire discussion and action.”Bruce Oldfield OBE, fashion designer

1st May 20119781848766273£14.99

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MEXICANTAKEAWAY

Francesca PoliniForeword by Bruce Oldfield OBE

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These are the diaries of an unbeliever. When 5-year-old SarahFabian died suddenly, her mother Ailsa had to cope without theconsolation of many survivors, who hope to meet their beloved

dead again. The Sarah Journals is based on 40 years of Ailsa’s writingsafter Sarah’s death, focusing on the challenge to beliefs and the

attempt to see a devastating loss in the light of how the world is. Itpresents emotions with a raw directness often lost in retrospectiveaccounts and contributes to the debate about how to live and face

death without religious belief.

‘Written with an unflinching immediacy and honesty thatsometimes takes the breath away.’

Anne Charvet, former Editor of Grafton Books

This is the intriguing and moving autobiography of Jacqueline Smithand is the story of her extraordinary life. From the beginning in afamily run like an army regiment, fate made sure that Jacqueline,

despite her quite normal hopes and dreams, would undergo dramasand events to horrify and traumatise the strongest of characters.From the hacking to death in Kenya of her native best friend and

her whole family, to her tempestuous first marriage to a socialpsychopath and his ultimate destruction of their family unit. She

spent years struggling to bring up her sons – one very like hisfather – and then met the man who would indeed change her lifeforever. She moved to Northern Cyprus where she became the

first female chef and owner of a French restaurantexcellent enough for the Michelin Guide.

THE SARAH JOURNALSSURVIVING TRAGEDY WITHOUT GOD

Ailsa Fabian

Published: 9th May 2011ISBN: 9781848766341 (pb)

9781848766365 (hb)Price: £8.99 (pb) / £12.99 (hb)

Published: 1st August 2011ISBN: 9781848766945

Price: £10.00Binding: Paperback

THE OTHER GROCER’S DAUGHTER

Jacqueline Smith

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Non-Fiction – Business

This motivational and autobiographical book tells the story of an ordinary person in an ordinaryteam who achieved something pretty extraordinary. Ben Hunt-Davis won Olympic Gold at theSydney Olympics in 2000 as part of the Men’s Rowing Eight.

He and Executive Coach Harriet Beveridge have teamed up to show you how to use similarstrategies to improve your own life. The pair have been road-testing these methods for 10years, with clients from all walks of life. Whatever your challenges, whatever your goals, thereare ideas that will help everyone. Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? is divided into 11 chapters,each of which is split into two halves. Firstly, Ben provides a narrative, recounting an episodefrom the eight’s journey to Gold, and shows the team using the methods in action. Then comesthe analysis, explaining why and how the crew did what they did.

Simple and chatty, the book is a warts-and-all authentic account of a journey to success that willshow you how you can succeed in whatever you want to do. It is aimed at readers interestedin personal development and managers wanting to achieve corporate goals, and should appealto sports enthusiasts, practitioners and coaches who will find the Olympic story compelling andlearn plenty of techniques for improving their own game strategies.

Supported by a national media campaign coordinated by Midas PR.

Published: 12th June 2011ISBN: 9781848769663Price: £12.99Binding: Paperback

WILL IT MAKETHE BOAT

GO FASTER?

Harriet Beveridge and Ben Hunt-Davis

“The dramatic story will have you on the edgeof your seat and the simple, engaging advice willraise your game both personally andprofessionally.”Roger Black MBE, Olympic 400m Silver medallist

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Grow Your Own Charity is a vital tool for all those in leadership of new charities. It sets out clearlyand concisely how to plan strategically while developing structures for financial stability andsystematic growth.

Author David Marfleet is the Director of Giving the Best, a management consultancy specialisingin the voluntary sector.

Praise for Growing Your Own Charity‘David Marfleet knows charities from the inside out, this is a brilliantly practical guide tosorting out the back office so you can concentrate on the real business of helping others.’ Danny Kruger, founder of Only Connect UK

‘David Marfleet has expressed in a few pages what it has taken me years to learn aboutrunning a small charity. It is terrific! Insightful and blessedly plain written, it will be of immensevalue to all those who are working at the cutting edge of social action.’Sarah Brown, Executive Director of Farm Crisis Network

‘Grounded, sensible advice that tells you the basics of what you need to know, in a way that iseasy to understand and, more importantly, easy to implement.’Debra Allcock Tyler, Chair of Small Charities Coalition

‘This book explains all that is necessary to help a ‘goodcause’ become a successful charity.’Bob Moffett, CEO, Panahpur Trust

Published: 1st April 2011ISBN: 9781848766044


GROWYOUR OWN

CHARITYDown-to-earth essentials for

managing good causes

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MBA IN ACTIONHOW YOU CAN SUCCEED INMAKING MILLIONS

John Horsler

Published: 1st June 2011ISBN: 9781848766440


In MBA in Action you will discover how MBA models can help you toa clearer understanding of the business issues you face. You can usethem to analyse the structures and data you already have to refineyour business strategy. In this book you will also find lessons fromreal business situations – turnarounds, cash problems, development,buying, selling, merging, and closing companies – and each situationis illuminated by an MBA model. Essential reading for anyoneconsidering – or already doing – an MBA and to the generalbusiness community and business students. MBA in Action aims todemystify MBA jargon and inject some humour into business life.

Supported by a national media campaign coordinated by AuthorRight PR.



THE SECRETS OFSUCCESSFUL COACHES10 STEPS TO DEVELOP AWINNING BUSINESS MINDSET

Karen Williams

Every year, thousands of people train to be a life, business orexecutive coach but struggle to make a living. Although attracted tothe profession, they are forced to give up as they cannot findenough clients to pay the bills. Even great coaches can not createthe business they crave without the skills to run it successfully. TheSecrets of Successful Coaches is essential reading if you are strugglingwith setting up and marketing your business, attracting andconverting fee-paying clients, raising the profile of your business andcommunicating the benefits of your service, getting motivated andincreasing your self-belief and making enough money to run asuccessful business.

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Ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes in the police?

• What bizarre 999 calls are made to the emergency services? • Why can wearing two pairs of socks make you a suspect? • What is the link between the police and vampires? • Which Royal arrest never made news headlines? • What covert sign do officers make when they no longer wish to talk to you?

After successful careers in both the military and business, John Donoghue realised that thehigher you get in any organisation, the less fun you have. So, after handing back his expenseaccount and company car, he joined the police in search of excitement and thrills... anddiscovered some surprising answers to these puzzling questions.

PC John Donoghue reveals all in his fascinating and hilarious true account of a year in the lifeof a front line response officer. Names and places have been changed to protect the guilty...but if you call the police, maybe, just maybe, it could be Police Constable John Donoghueturning up at your door.

This book will appeal to anyone interested in crime and police, as well as fans ofautobiographies and humour.

“If you had primed Bill Bryson with a couple ofhelpings of magic mushrooms, you still wouldn’tcome up with anything half as funny as JohnDonoghue’s marvellously funny anecdotes... It will have you laughing out loud.”The Northern Echo



POLICE,CRIME & 999

THE TRUE STORY OF AFRONT LINE OFFICER

John Donoghue

Non-Fiction – Memoir

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Non-Fiction – Politics

SCIENTIST SPIESA MEMOIR OF MY THREEPARENTS AND THE ATOM BOMB

Paul Broda


Price: £17.50Binding: Hardback

Paul Broda’s father, Engelbert Broda (Berti), was an Austrian whocame to England and from 1942 worked on the Atom Project. AlanNunn May, who was to become Paul Broda’s stepfather, joined theAtom Project in 1942. Both passed secrets to the Russians.

Here, Paul tells his compelling tale of three lives swept up in the greatevents of Communism, Fascism and World War II. The espionage byboth Berti and Alan affected subsequent history to the extent thateach separately has been said to have ‘started the Cold War’.

For the first time, Paul Broda uses family sources combined withmaterial released by MI5 to create a unique memoir, which presentshis own view of his parents as principled and committed individualswho believed that they were making the world a safer place.



ONE YEAR IN THEHISTORY OF ISRAELAND PALESTINENeville Teller

This book traces the efforts during 2010 to bring Israelis andPalestinians to the negotiating table, recording the hopes and thesetbacks as they occurred. It traces both the depressing cynicism ofmany about the prospects of success, and the determination of afew to maintain the process. It includes events in the region thatimpacted on the peace process along the way – the Gaza flotillaepisode, the ‘Mossad assassination’ in Dubai and its aftermath, therocket attacks and the end of the building freeze on the West Bank.

Anyone interested in the Middle East and the Israel-Palestineconflict will relish this unusual take on a ground-breaking year inthe history of the region.


When is an island not an island? Peter Caton takes us to all four corners ofEngland, Scotland and Wales to find out.

Sharing our nation’s fascination with islands, Peter sets out to be the first person to visit all 43 tidalislands which can be walked to from the UK mainland. Along the way he faces many challenges:precipitous cliffs, vicious dogs, disappearing footpaths, lost bus drivers, fast tides, quicksand and enormousquantities of mud, but also experiences wonderfully scenic journeys by road, rail and on foot. Hecontrasts the friendly welcome from most islanders and owners with the reluctance of others to permitvisits, and tells how he was thrown off one secret island.

An entertaining narrative illustrated with colour photographs, No Boat Required contains a wealth ofinformation as the author unearths many little known facts and stories. It tells of the solitude of the manyremote islands and the difficulties of balancing the needs of people and wildlife. We learn of the islands’varied histories – stories of pirates, smugglers, murder and ghosts, of battles with Vikings, an islandclaimed by punks and another with its own king. He writes of the beauty of the islands and our coast, andreflects on how these may be affected by climate change.

In No Boat Required Peter Caton takes us to explore islands, some familiar but most which few of us knowexist and even fewer have visited. He finds that our tidal islands are special places, many with fascinatingand amusing stories and each one of them different. It adds up to a unique journey around Britain.

By the same author...

NO BOATREQUIRED

EXPLORING TIDAL ISLANDS

Peter Caton

Published: 1st September 2011ISBN: 9781848768642


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“A good companion to someone walking the county’scoast, or simply an interesting read.” Strider Magazine

“What a superb book it is and what a delight to followin the author's footsteps. My "Book of the Year".”Peter Herring

9781848761162 £9.99 2009


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Non-Fiction – Sailing

SCHOONER TO THESOUTHERN OCEANSTHE CAPTAIN JAMES COOKBICENTENARY VOYAGE 1776-1976

Gordon Cook

Published: 1st July 2011ISBN: 9781848766648


Gordon Cook set out from Plymouth with his wife Mary and theirtwo very young children, Sue and Jon, to repeat the third and lastvoyage that Captain James Cook made in 1776. The bicentenaries ofCaptain Cook’s first two voyages in 1963 and 1969 had passed withlittle or nothing to celebrate them, despite huge fund-raising efforts.Gordon vowed to sail in his own ship and repeat Captain Cook’sfinal voyage 200 years later in 1976. Despite numerous problems hecompleted and fitted out a beautiful seventy-foot schooner,Wavewalker. The schooner carried the Cook family to Madeira, theCanary Islands, and then 6000 miles to Rio de Janeiro. They thenfollowed Captain Cook’s route across the South Atlantic, calling atthe remote island of Tristan da Cuna, before arriving in Cape Town.

Evoking the spirit of both Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boatand Joshua Slocum’s Sailing Alone Around The World, this charmingbook is an observational portrait of contemporary Britain. Duringthe summer of 2007, Kim Sturgess undertook his first major sailingadventure. Aged 53, enacting a type of middle age rite of passage,and without significant planning or the usual preparation, Kimundertook a 1900 nautical mile, ninety-four day travel adventurecircumnavigating Britain during the worst summer in more than twocenturies. This Precious Isle is a narrative of the voyage, interspersedwith diary observations made during his visits to 48 towns in theBritish Isles.

THIS PRECIOUS ISLEONE MAN'S JOURNEYAROUND BRITAIN

Kim C Sturgess



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Rosa Newmarch (1857-1940) was an extraordinary woman.Nowadays, she is best known as the programme writer for the

Promenade Concerts from 1908 to 1926. But she was instrumentalin introducing to the English concert-going public, music by many

Russian and Czech composers, particularly Sibelius and Janácˇek.Janácˇek’s music was hardly known in Britain until Rosa Newmarch

organised his visit to Britain in 1926. A talented and intelligentindividual, she was bilingual, and by 1911 she had mastered so many

languages that she became a member of the Polyglot Club. From thetime she was twenty until her death at the age of 82, she published

23 books and numerous articles on music.



AN UNFORGETTABLE WOMAN

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSA NEWMARCH

Lewis Stevens

Non-Fiction – Music

Ain’t Bad For A Pink records a life dedicated to music. As ayoung teenager in the Sixties, Pete ‘Snakey Jake’ Johnson met manylegendary blues players including Sleepy John Estes who taught him

slide. Subsequently, Pete’s interpretation of the country blues hasbeen close to the original spirit of Southern music.

This book celebrates the life of someone not famous or infamous;an ordinary man who had extraordinary experiences through beingpart of the post-war explosion in pop music and the blues. Ain’t BadFor A Pink will appeal to readers interested in the pop explosion of

the 60s and 70s, the country blues and the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.



AIN’T BAD FOR A PINK

THE LIFE OF BLUESMAN PETE‘SNAKEY JAKE’ JOHNSON

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Non-Fiction

HOW I CHANGEDFLEET STREET

Peter Burden OBE

Published: 1st March 2011ISBN: 9781848766716


Peter Burden was the Daily Mail’s Chief Crime Correspondent for25 years. How I Changed Fleet Street is an insight into journalism andthe choices a journalist makes when covering ‘big’ stories.

It covers the major stories Peter played a key part in, as well asdetailing his work in shaping new relationships between the mediaand the Police. This includes his key role in setting up voluntarymedia news blackouts during kidnaps which still helps to save livestoday, and how he helped establish the nationwide Crimestoppersscheme, which enables members of the public to give information,sometimes anonymously, to solve crimes and bring wanted crooksto justic.

He reveals many secrets from the ‘Street of Adventure’.

An A-Z of Racing Anecdote is an anthology of racing stories to amuseand inform. The anecdotes have been gathered by Editor PeterLong, and all have been selected to show the humorous side ofracing.

Presented alphabetically, the book includes stories about horses,owners, jockeys and gamblers. It has amusing stories of the greatwinners and losers as well as quotes and fascinating facts.

Peter Long set himself the task of reading an awful lot of books,newspapers and magazines to research the full breadth of stories toinclude in his complete An A-Z of Racing Anecdote, which has takenhim over two years to compile.

Published: 4th April 2011ISBN: 9781848764330


AN A-Z OF RACINGANECDOTEPeter Long (ed)


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The increased presence of mixed-race pupils in schools needs tofocus the efforts of education professionals to address issues of race,

ethnicity and culture. Mixed Matters is essential reading for alleducational professionals who want to get to grips with issues that

face mixed families and pupils as they share their experiences ofwhat it is like to be them in the British schooling system.

This book contains resources that can be used to support workwith mixed-race pupils as well as initial training and professionaldevelopment of teachers. It also details the approach of Mix-d,

formerly the Multiple Heritage Project, in organising youthconferences and training youth facilitators of mixed-race to lead

their peers in discussions about school and identity.

How To Make Millions Without a Degree is an inspirationalguide aimed at those who dream of success, but don’t believe theacademic treadmill is the best way to achieve their goals. Writtenby one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs, Simon Dolan,who made headlines in 2010 for becoming the UK’s first Twitter

Dragon, How To Make Millions Without a Degree plots Simon’s ownjourney to building a £65million empire and is a practical guide for

how you could do the same... Without a degree!

The book has been extensively featured in The Independent,The Daily Express and The Times

MIXED MATTERSMIXED-RACE PUPILS DISCUSS

SCHOOL AND IDENTITY

Denise Williams



Published: 1st January 2011ISBN: 9781848765900


HOW TO MAKE MILLIONSWITHOUT A DEGREE

AND HOW TO GET BY EVEN IFYOU HAVE ONE

Simon Dolan

Non-Fiction – Education and Careers

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Non-Fiction – Writing

This is a book about the opportunities that exist out there for writers. It is a book aboutgenerating an income from your writing – showing you the way your ideas and words can beemployed to earn money. It deals with an area of writing for a living that remains virtuallyuntouched by most other titles. This is a book about getting breaks, making your own luck andgetting hopeful writers to the stage of being taken seriously. It is not a book that tells you howto write your novel, but instead focusses on the range of paid writing opportunities that existfor budding writers.

Honest, insightful and challenging, How To Get a Break as a Writer tells it like it is, pulls nopunches and delivers a series of chapters setting out theproblems faced by aspiring writers. Packed with examplesof success and failure, How to Get a Break as a Writercould be your ticket to a new dimension in your writinglife.

In the same series...

Published: 2nd March 2011ISBN: 9781848765641


A SERIOUSLY USEFUL AUTHOR’S GUIDE

HOW TO GET ABREAK AS A WRITERMAKING MONEY FROM YOUR WORDS AND IDEAS

Neil Nixon

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“A wealth of advice...” Writers’ ForumMagazine

“Much needed guide” “Highly readable and informative”Writers’ Magazine

“Will save you oodles of time andheartache...” Jo Parfitt Blog

Book Marketing: 9781848761513 £7.99Self-Publishing: 9781848764224 £7.99Printing: 9781848761698 £7.99


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Fiction

NEVER MIND THE BOTOXPENNY AVIS AND JOANNA BERRY

This is a new series about four professional women all working on the sale of a high profile cosmeticsurgery business, the Beau Street Group. Each book reveals how the women cope with one of the mostglamorous but challenging deals of their careers and the dramatic impact it has on their personal lives. With a briefcase in one hand and a glass of wine in the other, can they navigate their way through asurreal world of boob jobs by day and intrigue by night and still keep their own love lives on track?


Published: 20th June 2011 ISBN: 9781848766617 Price: £6.99 Binding: Paperback

ALEXThe first in the series follows Alex Fisher, a high-flying lawyer closeto being offered a partnership and busy planning her perfect weddingto Elliott. But life suddenly becomes complicated when she’s facedwith a hot junior lawyer on her team and an actress threatening tojeopardise the deal by exposing her dodgy cosmetic surgery...

“A fierce and fabulous injection of high-flying London life.” Now Magazine

“A modern tale of passion, intrigue and businessskulduggery, intelligently observed and hugely entertaining.”

Eve Pollard

RACHELThe second in the series is about Rachel Altman, a corporatefinancier with a prestigious accounting firm who’s desperately tryingto keep on the straight and narrow.

Hopelessly led astray by her bar-diving boyfriend, she gets the chanceto turn things around when her boss gives her the break she's beenwaiting for. But the deal doesn't go as planned.

Published: 2st November 2011 ISBN: 9781848766624 Price: £6.99 Binding: Paperback

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LIVING WITH FEET TOOBIG FOR A GLASSSLIPPERLynne Tapper

Published: 29th April 2011ISBN: 9781848766600


Welcome to the mythical kingdom of It Is What It Is, whereeverything is as it seems and people are the perfect performers inthe game of life. In the year of 1212 B.R (Before Reason) thebeautiful Princess Innocent is born in the Royal Borough of Look AtMe, one of the many Drama Districts that constitute the Kingdom.Having been raised on the propaganda of the fairytale, PrincessInnocent is ill-prepared for her life’s journey when she leaves thecastle to find her one true prince. Unfortunately she finds PrinceBadboy, Captain Unavailable, Lord Lie-A-Lot and Prince Rescue-Me,among others...


1656, Cromwell’s England. Two puritan girls in a remote Rutlandvillage form a friendship destined to end in tragedy.

Pleasance befriends Molly – whose experience of life and its secretscompensate for her lack of scholarly knowledge. Molly’s understandingof herbs endears her to the villagers, but she embarks on a liaison witha soldier, the consequences of which result in his death and her trialfor witchcraft. Cross-examined by the Witchfinder General duringMolly’s trial, Pleasance is inveigled into giving incorrect evidence.Horrified, she leaves the safety of her village to join her relatives inLondon who transform her into a graceful young lady. She attracts theattention of Isaac, a Sephardic Jew and the son of eminent doctorAbraham Santagel. Seduced by Isaac, Pleasance’s friendship with hisfather gives her the strength to make a sacrifice, the consequences ofwhich will impact on the lives of her descendents forever.

Published: 1st March 2011ISBN: 9781848765849


TO THINE OWN SELFBradley Bernarde

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Southern Rhodesia, 1966. When 15-year-old ElizabethTarrant is left orphaned after the brutal murder of herparents, she is sent to England to live with her uncle, a virtualstranger, in London. Jack Merrick, a top theatrical agent andimpresario, is 42 years old and homosexual. He suddenlyfinds his life in upheaval with the burden of his late sister’schild who he hasn’t seen in over 10 years. As he triesunsuccessfully to put his personal life on hold to care for Elizabeth, he embarks on a downwardspiral into depression.

This was the era of free love, where a single flower became the symbol for peace; the era wherecensorship and prejudice practiced by those in authority caused misery to thousands like Jack.The 15-year-old Elizabeth embraces the change she finds in London, but her vulnerabilitytogether with the physical confusion of adolescence, compels her to lead her life through anelaborate maze of plots and schemes after she meets ‘the impersonator’. This is the story oftwo family members who become hopelessly infatuated with the same person.

‘The Impersonator was inspired by my time as a young singer coming up to London from theWest Country and living and working in Soho,’ explains author Ann Mann. Ann is also inspiredby authors including Daphne Du Maurier, Andrea Newman and Joanna Trollope.

Praise for Ann Mann and The Impersonator‘A feast of surprises... Fascinating characters and a story with a powerful view oflove and sex. I couldn’t put it down.’Pauline Collins, Actress

‘The Impersonator is a terrific read. Compelling characters, a dazzling show-business background, powerful emotions running wild, lots of sex and a brillianttwist at the end... What's not to love?’Caroline Graham, Creator, Midsomer Murders

"Her programmes for radio are always a treasure-house"Gillian Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph

Published: 1st November 2010 ISBN: 9781848765856 (pb)

9781848765917 (hb)Price: £7.99 (pb) / £13.95 (hb)

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Fiction

PRINCES GATE

Mark Ellis

Published: 1st June 2011ISBN: 9781848766570 (pb)

9781848766563 (hb)Price: £7.99 (pb) £9.99 (hb)

The first in a new series of crime thrillers with DCI FrankMerlin. These atmospheric books are set in wartime Londonand blend historical characters with a charismatic andintriguing half-Spanish detective.

When a brilliant emigré scientist is killed by a hit and run driver anda young woman’s body is washed up in the Thames, Merlin and histeam must investigate. The woman is an employee of the AmericanEmbassy, whose Ambassador at this time is Joseph Kennedy. Thedeath of another Embassy employee leads Merlin into some of theseedier quarters of wartime London where a corrupt nightclubowner, various high-flying diplomats and the Ambassador himselfappear to be linked to the events surrounding the deaths.

An enthralling detective novel that captures the atmosphere ofBritain in 1940 during the ‘phoney war’.

Stuart’s feckless life comes into sharp focus as he begins asweeping, illicit love affair with Kathy. But all the time he is hauntedby events from twelve years earlier. As a young boy, he hadwatched a dark love affair blossom between his uncle and Shirley,Kathy’s mother-in-law. The scandalous affair somehow becomesthe trigger for two apparently unconnected incidents. First Stuarthears the screams of a mechanic as a bus comes crashing down onhim, then within a couple of weeks, Stuart’s best friend disappears.From that moment on, he believes there is a connection betweenhis friend vanishing and the mechanic’s death.

12 years later, a chance encounter with the dead mechanic’s wifeconfirms his long-held suspicions of a connection between theseincidents...



SALT OF THEIR BLOOD

Gerald Wixey

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David Lewis is an average guy with scant regard foranyone. Deep within his mind lies an uncertain history and an

emerging ability that propels him into a world with which he isuncomfortably, yet inexplicably familiar... Hopefield. A town veiled

in fear, where increasingly frequent and violent street robberieshave the local police at a loss and the elderly, more vulnerable

residents firmly in the sights of a seemingly unidentifiable assailant.

Convinced of his guilt by visions of crimes he believes he hascommitted, David hands himself into the newly formed robbery

squad.

However, instead of ending the chaos which has overtaken his mind,his actions set in motion a chain of events which brand him a cop-

killer and threaten to end the life of his lost, yet still beloved, Lucy.

Peter Smith is dead. No getting away from that. Or isthere? Being dead is the least of his worries when he finds himself

prosecuted in an ethereal court on dubious charges and theprosecutor is his brother, Stuart.

When Peter is sent to the waiting room, he re-lives his final day onEarth. We see his ambiguous relationship with his mother, who he

lived alone with, and his brother Stuart and his wife Diane, whobring news of pregnancy. Peter is devastated at the news and leavesthe house, only to be killed instantly. In the courtroom, Stuart and

the Judge preside over Peter’s fate. When his mother’s loveinterest, The Major, testifies, he reveals that Peter let a youngwoman, Lauren, die. Peter is sent back to die in her place and

restore balance, but he saves both Lauren and himself, causing adevastating change of events...

SEIZURES

Mark Ashley



Published: 1st May 2011ISBN: 9781848766242


I AM DEAD

Gareth Wiles

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Fiction

THE TELEIOS RING

Adam Loxley

Published: 1st May 2011 ISBN: 9781848769205


In a quiet corner in rural Kent, a 75 year old spinster is found deadat the bottom of her stairs, apparently killed while disturbing aburglary. Within days, two more people have been brutallymurdered, triggering a race against time to catch a serial-killerbefore it is too late.

Local police officer John Garrick is on the case, closely followed byJournalist Neil Ashton, both of them out of their depth, but bothtrying to unravel the mystery of something called Teleios, the wordsprayed in bright red letters at each of the murder scenes. Andunknown to both of them, ex-government security agent Cravenalso wants to find out what Teleios means – but for differentreasons. What none of them realise is the magnitude of what theyare dealing with; a chain of events that threatens the heart of theestablishment and which will change the fabric of society forever.An outcome so unimaginable that people are prepared to kill for it.

Set in the winter of 1946 just after the Second World War, thenaked body of a Polish waitress is discovered frozen under the icein the River Wista, Krakow. In the same year, a young Jewishwoman is murdered in the docklands of the East End of London.

Unknown to the police, both murders are connected. Fast forward31 years to 1977. James Jacob is sentenced to 10 years for armedrobbery. On his first night inside Brainforth Prison, he shares a cellwith an eccentric prisoner who hides a dark secret and isembroiled in the grizzly murders of the past. Little does Jacobrealise that his life is about to change forever...

“I love when you start a book and you don’t know whereit’s going to take you … and I wasn’t disappointed.”BBC Radio Merseyside



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From the lush Owen Stanley Ranges of Papua New Guinea toworking-class inner Sydney... Ruth follows the story of its

protagonist, the only daughter of John and Alice Madison, coffeeplantation owners. Set in the Fifties and Sixties, Ruth strugglesto rise above the stigma of being an unwed mother alone in a

strange land.

Determined not to end up on the streets, she learns to live by herwits – until circumstances take a turn for the worse. To provide a

better life for her son, Stewart, she takes up work in a distanttown. There, she meets Lachlan McGrath, the owner of

Bryliambone station. Life on the land is good to Ruth until fateturns her world upside down. Faced with losing everything, she sets

to rebuilding her husband’s debt-ridden business into a thrivingcotton farm.

Laura James has no idea when she falls in love with Adrian Fry in thesummer of 1963 that their love will ask so much of them. Over the

years, her best friends – including eccentric Lola, photographer Tomand his girlfriend Cressida – will all play parts in the twists and turns

of Laura’s life. When Adrian cheats on Laura, she throws herselfinto a series of ill-advised flings, including an affair with Tom and a

dangerous liaison with a member of Parliament. As scandal finds her,her livid brother manipulates her into becoming the main carer to a

mother she dislikes. But even then, it’s only a matter of time untilher past comes to claim her as a series of explosive revelationsforce her flee to France, where she hopes to live a quiet life in

pretty Menton. Laura meets Adrian again – has too much happenedor can they finally find the happiness they’ve been searching for?

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Marlene S Lewis



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COSMIC ADULTERY

Kelly Connor



A chance meeting at an anthroposophical conference opens theportal of initiation for psychotherapist Ralf Pinton and author MaryTheobold when, through a powerful mutual attraction, they meetforces of karma that will test the limit of their morality and thestrength of their spiritual conviction. They embark on a clandestinerelationship but the shock of a kundalini experience (a process ofawakening) catapults Mary and Ralf so deeply into the conundrumof their destiny that they lose sight of the effect their reliance ontechnology is having on their relationship.

This debut novel is the first book in a trilogy. Author Kelly’sprevious book, the critically acclaimed memoir To Cause A Death,received nationwide coverage. Cosmic Adultery is inspired by theMystery Plays of Rudolf Steiner.

When Nicholina falls through the barrier of time into an unknownworld, she discovers she cannot return to her own world until shehas completed a special task. She meets spiritual creatures who aretrying to save their world from being destroyed by an emanationfrom another planet that is brainwashing their people.

Only people who are sensitive enough to fall through the barrierbetween both worlds are able to help; it’s up to Nicholina to savethe Pimpets from the Drogs, once-beautiful creatures who havebecome repulsive through greedy, aggressive thoughts.



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When eight-year-old Toby finds a dragon called Soxunder his bed, it’s not long before he’s persuaded to enter anotherworld on a quest to find Sox’s missing mother. Their journey takes

them deep into a fantasy world and as the quest continues, theymeet some wonderful characters, nippies, unicorns, rainbow mice, arather plump Christmas tree fairy, and the last living dodo. Some ofthese join them on their mission, and Toby soon learns that there is

more than one kind of dragon, and not all of them are friendly...

Paula has used an experience and understanding of animalscombined with her knowledge of African folklore stories and her

own stories to create a charming story that will appeal to childrenfrom 7 years old.

Lucy enjoys school until one day her father takes a new job in a newtown, which means a new school, where she is targeted by threebullies, led by Anna Ibsen. As she struggles with this, she finds she

has been offered the job of story traveller by the Fairy Godmothers’Union.

During the day, Lucy does her best to deal with the bullying and atnight sets off on a series of exciting and dangerous adventures intothe world of Cinderella. Her journeys take her to France, to China

to meet Yeh-Shen and a perilous journey to Ireland, where shemeets Becan, a young Irish lad.

Her final travels take her to Russia to meet Vasilisa and Baba Yaga.She learns a lot from her job as story traveller, and with the backing

of friends and family, finds the courage to deal with the bullies.

THE QUEST

Paula Broderick





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BLACKDAW COTTAGE

Philip Dent



When Abigail, Morton, Ruth and her dog go sledging one snowyday in their sleepy village, they wander off into the forest to findthe cottage of the notorious recluse, Bentley. After an encounterwith the unpleasant gamekeeper Vargis, they continue through aworsening blizzard to the cottage, where they are forced to takeshelter.

Bentley returns and the children are scared, but they soon grow totrust the elderly man, who tells them the story of Ivan andGertrude Murdac, outcasts who lived at Blackdaw Cottage yearsearlier. Meanwhile, the children’s parents wait for them, milesaway, worried at the fate of their offspring in such horrendousconditions. Day turns to night, night turns to day, and everyonefinds that the snow has changed some things forever...

Rebecca’s life takes a dramatic turn one summer. When she losesher beloved Granddad, she takes solace in visiting the places theyused to go.

Exploring one of her favourite places, Furness Abbey, with herfriends one day leads to adventures beyond their wildest dreams.The youngsters find themselves in the midst of a mystery, as old asthe abbey itself, and make friends with the ghost of the Cistercianmonk and an errand boy from the 1930s, who reveal to them thesecret of the abbey treasures. The friends must race against time tofind the lost abbey treasure before an evil adversary, Mr. Steele, canseize it. They must pit themselves against him to win the treasureback.



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Gill Jepson

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Thirteen year-olds Nikki, Nathan and Lyle arecamping and exploring on the tranquil island of Skyewhen, in the blackness of a prehistoric cave, theyunexpectedly encounter a strange human-likecreature. The teens follow this strange, clothedcreature as it flees on two short legs. When cornered it becomes aggressive, then fearful.Nikki soon discovers that it can understand, but not talk.

Unable to abandon the lost and vulnerable child-like creature they name Cheeka, the teens tryto find out where it belongs – and what it is. They discover that the creature is the result ofan illegal cloning experiment, and their decision to help her puts them in grave danger as sheis being pursued by a ruthless hit-man, The Inflictor, hired by her evil creators to capture herdead or alive.

Cheeka is playful and innocent, yet stubbornly determined and has her own way of doingthings. Nikki suspects that she has healing powers and observes her mysterious link with thenatural world.

Nikki and Cheeka are drawn ever closer, forming a strong bond, as the friends chase survivalthrough fog, fire and even kidnapping. Nikki ponders what kind of people could wish Cheekaharm and just how long could they evade ‘The Inflictor’ before their luck runs out.

Keep Her Safe is an unusual adventure thriller for readers aged 10+, which introduces themesand ethics of genetic engineering to a young teen audience.

About the AuthorD. M. Simons lives in Aberdeenshire with her husband,four teenaged children and many pets. She is a cellbiologist and studied in Glasgow, Vancouver and Oxford,who has a passion for communicating science to childrenand teenagers in schools.



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The Boy with Eyes the Size of Miami Football Stadium is a charming children’s picture story aboutKevin Eckleburg, a young boy who is having a bad Saturday. His parents take him to afootball game at Miami Stadium and things seem to be picking up – until he feels a twinge inhis eye...

Suddenly, his eyes start growing, and in a matter of minutes poor Kevin is the new owner ofa gigantic pair of eyes. Those spheres grew, grew and grew...

Only when they touched the rim of the stadium did the orbs give up and stick there like acamel nearlythrough the eye of aneedle. It’s up toKevin’s toys, led byhis favourite bear,to save him from a miserablefuture...

The book, which isillustrated withbright, acrylicpaintings by authorAndrew, is inspiredby the paintings ofClive Barker and thedrawings of TimBurton.

It will appeal to children from 3-7 years old.

Published: 1st August 2011 ISBN: 9781848766976 Price: £6.50 Binding: Paperback

THE BOY WITHEYES THE SIZE OF MIAMI FOOTBALLSTADIUM

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