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The Diary of a Single Parent Abroad
When Jill and her family moved to Italy she expected life to change but she had no idea how massive that change would be. Shortly after the move, she discovered her husband had been having an affair and had no intentions of staying in Italy. Despite being in a foreign country with no income, limited language skills, a house that needed rebuilding and three young children to care for, she never once considered returning to the UK. With strength and determination she accepted any challenge, dismantling a derelict house to ground level, digging out a three metre deep well with her hands to get free water and overcoming her fear of the chainsaw to cut the winter wood. When there was very little money for food she made risotto with nettles collected from the roadside. She overcame many problems learned new skills and discovered that money is not important, and the only things in life that matters are health, happiness and her children. Jill's story is delivered with an ever present hint of humour, because, she says, "Without laughter life wouldn't be funny!"
Freedom of the Monsoon
It is August 1942, Mohandas Gandhi calls for immediate independence and the Quit India Movement begins. 'Freedom of the Monsoon' follows the interwoven lives of five friends as they strive to survive the break-up of the British Raj and the partition of India.
Sinners of Magic
Crystal is no ordinary sixteen year old girl. Ever since she was a small child she's been able to sense things, feel when danger approaches and now she's gone one step further and saved a boy's life by summoning a supernatural being. Little does she know it but her natural parents are powerful immortals. Secret lovers in a magical land where procreation outside of their own realms is forbidden, the Elders punish Amella and Bridgemear by banishing their new born child to the world of mere mortals. Years have passed and dark times have descended upon the Elf Realm. Crystal is visited by a shape-changer and tricked into believing if she returns to the Kingdom of Nine Winters, she will find the answers regarding her newly revealed birth right. Soon she is caught up in dangers greater than anything she could have ever imagined while those who fight at her side, battle to protect her from a wicked sorcerer gone insane and one who is willing to take her to the very edge of destruction...
I'm Fed Up!
'I'm fed up!' is a wonderful collection of modern poetry for children. Indeed, every classroom should have a copy at hand! The poetry book is packed with 44 different poems, beautifully illustrated throughout. Although many of the poems are funny, many are thought provoking and poignant. Children, teenagers and adults alike will love reading the wealth of fresh, original poetry found inside the covers of this fascinating poetry book.
Remember Next Week
It is the thirty-third century, and mankind has begun to colonise the solar system. With the development of cold fusion, he has even spread beyond the planets around Sol and reached the Star Proxima, although not without any unforeseen problems and setbacks. Yet though man has advanced technologically, he is still the same marred creature that he ever was. Conflict exists between different sovereignties, competitive companies, and the ever-present battle of the sexes. Though he has come so far since ancient times, he is still essentially capable of making the errors that he always did, but in new and fantastic ways and with new and ever more advanced devices. Then there is the problem of the androids and of course the Biotron! Here are twelve glimpses into the possible future created by one writer's twisted imagination.
Grey Silk (and Other Material)
Do you identify with dental phobia? Do you like people-watching? Do you have anxieties in hospital outpatient departments? Do you enjoy touches of anthropomorphism? Grey Silk is a collection of short stories written, according to the author, over far too many years. They have grown dust in the far reaches of a laptop and have, at last, shaken the mouldy bits off and surfaced, hopefully free of the smells of mustiness. It is a mixed bag of Cornish memories, mice and Latin, pig abduction, incontinence with a touch of Gilbert & Sullivan spoofishness, and alternative farming in a stately home. Add in some gruesome infection and a bit of garden sluggery, tinged with the loss of colour in a depres...
Reality Cheque
Kate dramatically decided to give up her well paid job in engineering to pursue a career in the sex mad and money obsessed horse industry. If she had known she would meet the best, the worst and the funniest of what the 'horsey' world had to offer; then perhaps she may have put a bit more thought into swapping her laptop for a wheelbarrow and her desk for a stable!
My Name Is Musa
My name is Musa. Rosa, a British Jewess, has been invited with her husband, David, to stay on a Jewish settlement on the Palestinian West Bank. The settlement overlooks an Arab village. Much against the advice of her hostess, Rebecca, the couple go on a little walk. The astonishing discovery of an abandoned Palestinian baby is to change their lives forever. 'My name is Musa' is a note written in Arabic pinned to the baby's shawl. They find out that the baby has a congenital heart defect and although they leave the baby in Bethlehem, Rosa cannot get Musa out of her mind. Months later Rosa brings him to London for a heart operation and finally he is adopted by the couple. Will David ever truly accept this foreign baby? And will Musa ever discover his birth parents?
The Immigrant
The Immigrant: Stargazer starts in a town outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. It starts in the eighties, where apartheid still exists. Saesha a young girl grows up with her siblings in a segregated area during Apartheid, an area where Indians live. The early residents of her town were forcibly removed from another area, and the town where Saesha lives is the only place where Indians can live legally. Saesha is Hindu, still six or seven years old. She does not know what Apartheid is. She faces a number of things while growing up; she struggles with growing up in the Hindu culture during Apartheid, where Indians are classified as Black. Saesha wants to be free; to dream just isn't enough; she wants to live her dreams. Saesha is living in the world of apartheid, but within that world is another world. She struggles as an Indian girl growing up in a western world. Nothing seems to make sense to her and her existence during her darkest moments. The question is who will she become? How will she get there? Is it written in the stars or is it in her...?
Tales from the Wood
Tales from the Wood is a collection of eighteen new fairy tales for readers of all ages. Each tale has a conventional feel, but a new twist. It is in the nature of fairy tales that each has echoes in our minds. Not only do they contain archetypes that appear in countless stories, but their essence is basic truths about the world, and hopes and dreams for a better life and just resolution of all situations. Some of these tales are clearly identifiable with stories you will find in anthologies, while others crept into this book at dark of night. Each contains elements of the fairy tale of old.
