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Days Like This
By
Nicholas Owen
An exhilarating half century working in the Press and TV.
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The Fame of the Name
by
J P Cross
How there is much more to the Gurkha than sheer courage
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If Only These Walls Could Speak
by
Alan Hamblin
The true story of life in an orphanage
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The Restless Quest
by
J.P. Cross
How Britain’s connection with the Gurkhas began.
Commended by Joanna Lumley
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Circles & Curves
by
Mary Vivian Kernick
A new collection for anyone who reads poetry to enjoy.
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Begging Dogs and Happy Pigs
by
Jason Clark
What is life really like in Cuba 50 years after Fidel Castro’s revolution?
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Just a Gardener
by
F S (Joe) Winstanley
Just a Gardener tells the story of how, for young Edmond Brassington, learning of the miraculous way in which a seed changes from a hard knobbly little ball into a flower or vegetable is the spark that brings his special talent to life. It gave him not just a job but an abiding satisfying interest to last him all his days
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Sally Bone
by
Sheila Fields
At the age of four Sally finds herself in the wrong carriage on a train of evacuees, and ends up in a little village called Chrishall. Churchill’s victory speech was the first true disaster in Sally’s life. It meant she had to leave her little Paradise and return to a world she had not known for six years. But although living far away, she promised that one day she would tell the World about her wartime friends.
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With Compliments, Adolf and Hermann
by
Norman Burtenshaw
A magic blend of laughter and sadness, comedy and disaster, with brilliant descriptions of war time life on the ground and in the air.
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An Island Sanctuary
by
SV (Joe) Diggle
An Island Sanctuary is an emotional and evocative story, set mainly in and around the island of Lindisfarne just off the Northumbrian coast.
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A Pilot at Wimbledon
The Memoirs
of
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett GCB, DFC, AFC
Not content with having retired from the RAF as an Air Chief Marshal, Sir Brian Burnett embarked on a second career as Chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, presiding over Wimbledon for ten years. This book offers a treasure trove of information about what goes on behind the scenes.
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Mary Joyce
A Novel
John Clare’s Muse
by
Russell C. Carter
Although Mary Joyce was a key figure in the life of John Clare (1793 – 1864), said by many to be England’s greatest nature poet, very little is known about her beyond what the poet himself has told us. This novel paints a picture of Mary’s life designed to appeal not just to John Clare enthusiasts but to readers who have never heard of him.
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A Holiday Read of Short Stories
by
Blanche White
Ideal for the reader who wants to pick up a book for a spare hour or two, A Holiday Read consists of ten short stories, all packed with so much fascinating detail about the setting, the characters and their situations...
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Flabbergasting Foibles and other Flippancies
A collection of Poems & Short Stories
by
Duffy Noë
Flabbergasting Foibles and other Flippancies is a collection of poems and short stories that should delight those of all ages who are fond of words and the patterns that can be produced by them or the way in which they can fill your imagination with wild and bizarre images...
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Number Eighteen
Blue Sailing
Stranded
A Trilogy by
Joe Winstanley
At the age of thirteen George Eefamy runs away to sea from his home in Poole, Number Eighteen, in order to escape from a tyrannical Victorian household...
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The Wild Knight
by
Geoffrey Humphrys
This historical novel tells the tumultuous story of King James IV of Scotland. Starting in 1488 when the 16 year old Prince James discovers that his father has been murdered in a clash with conspiring nobles, he enforces his royal authority through sheer determination and becomes a courageously triumphant jousting champion, acclaimed as The Wild Knight...
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Rule Britannia
by
by Bryan Kelly
Rule Britannia is the down-to earth story of a young man doing his best for ‘King and Country’ and what remained of the British Empire in the 1950s. The antics of young soldiers making the most of their time in a foreign land are related with honesty and dry humour...
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The Millionaires’ Flying Club
by
David Miller
Anyone interested in flying should enjoy this memoir of a young pilot’s experiences during the important era when the RAF was struggling to change over to jet propulsion...
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Tich’s Tale
as recorded by
Derek Rowland
This is the tale of the humorous escapades and adventures of George ‘Tich’ Dolman, countryman, poacher and gardener, in and around the Essex villages of Havering-atte-Bower and Stapleford Abbots, barely 15 miles from the centre of London. By way of complete contrast, Tich also recalls some of the horrors he suffered during the Second World War...
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Born on a Sheaf of Straw
by
Brian Edkins
Based on the true story of Josefa, a young Lithuanian girl who embarked on what many thought an impossible journey – a trek across war-ravaged Europe with her baby in a pram to try to find her beloved Pierre. Caught up in the fighting between the retreating Germans and the Red Army, it was a journey many did not survive...
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Silks, Soaks and Certainties
by
Bob Butchers
This light-hearted look at the racing scene, illustrated with many pictures, will appeal to all who are racing ‘buffs’ and many who are not...
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The Way of Life
by
Charles Hill
This is a romantic emotional thriller with a gripping and subtle plot of deceit, mystery, murder, passion and betrayal...
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There Are No Bad Children
by
Jane Teverson
This book is meant for anyone involved in parenting or who cares that children should be free to reach their potential in life, unhindered by mental scars from their childhood.
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A - I’m an Armourer
B - I’m an Armourer
by
Dave Jackson
A - I’m an Armourer B - I’m an Armourer is an enjoyable romp through the life, and loves, of an RAF Armourer through to his retirement after 38 years in ‘Her Majesty’s Employ’, popularly called ‘The Royal Air Force’.
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THE BADGE of BARLOK
By
Richard Hollingworth
When young Simon Hall finds a rather dirty looking badge in the loft of his family’s new house, he little knows that it is the start of a series of adventures that eventually see him travel by spaceship to a far distant planet.
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