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Index

Most Acclaimed Stories Page 3

Autobiography and Memoir Page 6

True Stories of Resilience Page 6

Protagonists of Our Times Page 8

Witnesses To History Page 11

Against All Odds Page 15

Cultural Diversity Page 16

Witty, Light-hearted and Uplifting Stories Page 19

Inspirational Stories Page 23

Mental, Dysfanctional, Abuse Page 27

Biography Page 31

True Crime Page 36

Doctor’s Stories Page 38

A Little British Collection Page 44

History Page 48

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Most Acclaimed

The Crate Escape Brian Robson The Crate Escape is the true story of a teen, who in 1962, emigrated from his hometown, Cardiff, to Australia. His return, some eleven months later, caused a worldwide stir as he airmailed himself home and become the first and only person ever to fly the Pacific Ocean in a crate. His story is currently being made into a feature film and is the subject of a BBC Television documentary.

In 1962, when air-travel was in its infancy, a nineteen-year-old boy who felt trapped in Melbourne, Australia, made up his mind that he was going to return to his homeland in the United Kingdom. He was prevented from doing so by both lack of documentation and the funds required. Putting an idea to work without the thought of losing his life, he became the first person in history to fly for nearly five days in a crate across the Pacific Ocean.

The Author Brian Robson was born in the United Kingdom in June 1945 and has spent most of his adult life travelling and living in various countries throughout Europe and South East Asia. This book narrates his first travelling experience and his devil-may-care attitude to achieve his wish and return home even if it means risking his life to do so. Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 186 pages Rights Sold: Film/TV Rights UK RRP: £9.99

Rhesus Negative B. L. MacKinnon Talent and ambition are fine things, but when unforeseeable impediments repeatedly stall their progress and threaten to stymie their fulfilment, desperate measures may be taken. In the case of Brian MacKinnon, the drive to gain a medical degree was interrupted by illness and repeatedly forestalled by a powerful and determined antagonist. Three years after being unjustly excluded from medical school, he tried again, by undertaking a science degree to regain his place. Again, his efforts were rewarded with the ruthless application of the most extreme prejudice against him. In an excellent re-telling of these events, MacKinnon also describes his transformation to the fictitious Brandon Lee and his audacious return to his old school where, as a thirty-year-old pretending to be sixteen, he passes his Scottish Higher exams with straight A’s and re-enters medical school. The rest is an unravelling, after his identity is discovered, and an unmasking of the dark forces that can be brought to bear when the individual dares to challenge the received will of certain establishment figures. It is a story that could well have been made a novel, but it is true and is just as absorbing as a novel can be. Publication date: November 2016 Extent: 430 pages Rights Sold: Film Rights UK RRP: £10.99

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Proud American Sergio Tinoco Being the only child of a single mother, Sergio was raised by his maternal grandparents in a South Texas region better known as the Rio Grande Valley. This memoir details his upbringing as a poor migrant worker of Mexican descent having to pick crops for a living since the age of seven.

As a way to break from the family cycle of picking crops and depending on government welfare programs, Sergio joined the United States Army and served ten years on active duty. He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina shortly after the Bosnian War only to find and deal with the aftermath of the genocide that took place there and be caught in the middle of several attacks. His experiences in Bosnia ultimately led to experiencing signs and symptoms related to PTSD.

After completing ten years of military service, Sergio joined the U.S. Border Patrol. Being of Mexican descent and having family in South Texas and in Mexico gave way to new issues of having to counter threats against his family and ill-willed opinions of him for arresting and deporting “his own kind.”

The Author Sergio Tinoco was born in the city of Pharr, Texas, to a single mother. Raised in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, until he was old enough to start school in the United States. At such a young age, Sergio had to be raised by his maternal grandparents in Weslaco, Texas, as his mother continued to live in Mexico.

His journey in search of the American dream began as a poor migrant worker picking crops since he was seven years old. In order to break the family cycle of farm labor and being dependent of government welfare programs, he joined the U.S. Army immediately after graduating high school. Sergio was able to serve ten years on active duty with an unforgettable deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina shortly after the Bosnian War. His experiences during this deployment set the foundation to many challenges relating to PTSD.

After completing his military service, Sergio sought to continue his service to country within the one agency that would bring about even more issues for him; the United States Border Patrol. Being of Mexican descent and having family in South Texas and in Mexico created new challenges of having to counter threats against his entire family and ill-willed opinions of him for being an agent who arrests and deports ‘his own kind.’

Sergio continues to serve as a border patrol agent, has completed a master’s degree in organizational management, is a motivational speaker and currently writes a column for Homeland Security Today.

Publication date: February 2021 Extent: 198 pages Rights Sold: Film Rights Optioned US RRP: $12.95

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Living in Interesting Times: Curse or Chance? Rein Müllerson These are the memoirs and reflections on the most acute issues of the contemporary world by a boy from the Estonian countryside who, through accident and pure ambition, ended up as a professor at Moscow University and adviser to President Gorbachev on matters of international law. After a stint as head of Estonian diplomacy at crucial moments in the restoration of its independence, he later became a centennial professor at the LSE and chair of international law at King’s College London. This is not a traditional autobiography. Besides reflecting on issues he dealt with while advising Soviet leaders, such as Yakovlev in his speech on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact or the status of the Kuril Islands, and their repercussions in today’s world, the book analyses the roots of the crisis within liberal democracy, the upsurge of populism, the rise of China and the re-emergence of Russia as a great power. A Marco Polo fellow at Jiaotong University in China and recently awarded the highest Russian Order for foreigners – the Friendship Order by President Putin, Professor Müllerson, who lives in London, feels equally at home discussing the renewal of great-power competition, the problems of the European Union including Brexit, the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the negative impacts of political correctness both in the former USSR and today’s West. Having lived equal thirds of his life in three different worlds and worked in and visited many countries as a UN diplomat, he is a man who understands small country mentality, though being ‘spoilt’ by great-power mindset. The Author Rein Müllerson is a professor emeritus at Tallinn University (Estonia). From 2009 to 2017, he was the rector of Tallinn University Nord, later president of the law school and research professor of Tallinn University. Between the years 1994 and 2009, he was professor of international law at King’s College London. In 2004–2005, on sabbatical from King’s, he worked as the UN regional adviser for Central Asia. During the years 1992 to 1994, he was a visiting centennial professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

In 1991–92 Müllerson was first deputy foreign minister of Estonia and in 1988–92 a member of the UN Human Rights Committee. Before that, Müllerson worked as the head of the department of international law at the Institute of State and Law in Moscow and was advisor to President Gorbachev on matters of international law. He is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Moscow University and holds PhD (1979) and doctorate (1985) from that university. Since 1995, he is a Member of the Institut de Droit International (IDI). In 2013, he was elected the president of the IDI, in Tokyo.

Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 220 pages Rights Sold: Estonian / Chinese UK RRP: £10.99 Speaking Volumes Gordon Griffin How did a fishmonger’s son from Tyneside, growing up in the 1950s with a Geordie accent, become the person who recorded over 900 audiobooks and received an MBE from the queen in the Birthday Honours of 2017? This ‘charming’, ‘entertaining’ and ‘heart- warming’ memoir answers that question. Reviews: AudioFile magazine “…not simply a reader but an artist of the spoken word…” “…Gordon Griffin, an entire acting company in one person…” Miriam Margolyes: Witty and moving memoir of how a working-class boy becomes THE voice of the spoken word. Honest and vivid account plus excellent advice for those of us who work with words.

The Author Gordon Griffin has been an actor for over 50 years. In the theatre, he has appeared in everything from Shakespeare to the first national UK tour of Godspell. He has also worked extensively on TV and in films, but he is best known as a multi award-winning audiobook narrator with over 900 recordings to his credit, ranging from Homer to Hilary Mantel, from Gogol to Chris Ryan. He received an MBE from the Queen in the Birthday Honours of 2017. Publication date: August 2020 Extent: 184 pages Rights Sold: Audiobook Rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Autoiography & Memoir

True Stories of Resilience

Eternal Journey Ben Dosso Samba Diallo grew up in a decent home, with loving parents, and access to education. On the eve of his 12th birthday, a rain of bombardments stormed on his city, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. In a matter of one night, everything he knew was taken from him, and he began what felt like an eternal journey under the rain.

Between the ages of 12 and 17, Samba was attacked and left for dead, kidnapped and taken for ransom, forced to watch women and children being raped and murdered, and forced to traffick drugs. Somehow, he survived, but he will never be the same.

Now, he invites you to take a look back through his eyes to see what he did – to see what thousands of children see on a daily basis around the world. Once you witness what he did, you also will never be the same...

The Author Ben is a product of the street and an English learner. He grew up in violence, but he prefers tolerance and acts in silence instead. He is a humble young man of a few words. He has no advisor nor instructor. Only his good intuition guides him on the right path before he decides to do something. He is also a machine of positive thoughts that can turn all types of obstacles into opportunities for himself in order to help other people. He came to the United States in January 2017. He has no writing skills or diploma. Happy of being welcomed as a refugee in this great nation, he is considerate about his adoptive nation, and being aware of the injustice and suffering inflicted on refugees, migrants, and street children, he started learning the new language little by little before taking the risk to write in English in order to make their voices heard. He would like to be known for the talent of a youngster of the street, but not for all the bad reputation people have in mind about street violence. Publication date: October 2019 Extent: 106 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $8.95 Driven By Hope Ansu Kamara Driven by Hope chronicles the life of author Ansu Kamara from his turbulent childhood in Sierra Leone to his coming-of-age in New York City. Kamara was born in a village in rural Africa to loving Muslim parents and, as he grew, he encountered everything from smallpox to snakes and shipwrecks to violent military coups. He made his way to America on a prayer and a student visa, only to face a terrifying case of mistaken identity, and the unexpected challenges of brutal East Coast winters. Even as a very young man, he’d known his destiny awaited for him in America, and he crushed every obstacle thrown into his path so he could get there. Through violence and fear, triumph and tragedy, Kamara fought to unlock success, happiness, and fulfilment in the ‘Land of Dreams.’ His heart-warming tale will inspire and encourage you to chase your own dreams, no matter how improbable they may seem. The Author Ansu Kamara was born in a village in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to loving parents and had a childhood full of adventure and opportunity. As a young man, he made his way to America on a prayer and a student visa, determined to build a brand-new life in the country of his dreams. He worked for decades in the printing industry, rising into managerial and leadership positions at several prominent companies. He is now living in San Antonio, Texas, with his wonderful wife, Evelyn. They have three children and preserving his life’s story for them was a driving force behind this book’s creation. Publication date: June 2019 Extent: 202 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $12.95

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Sibougo Born in a Pig’s Hut Paul Titus A story of an orphan who grew up in a remote village of New Guinea Highlands in Papua New Guinea. His father died prematurely, and his mother married another man. He sees education as the only way out of poverty and the disadvantaged background. With the support of his extended family and friends, he is able to complete his primary, secondary and college education in Papua New Guinea. He receives a scholarship to study in New Zealand and shares his experience of studying, working and living there. He appreciates the two different cultures and way of life.

The Author The author was once an orphan and he sees education as the only way out of poverty. The book covers many aspects of the real and untold experiences of growing up in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is an experience of being raised in a village setting with different sets of cultural beliefs, lifestyles, food, climate and value systems. It also comparatively covers the author’s life, studying and working in New Zealand, where he came to appreciate differences; not only at the socio-economic level, but also in how people see the world through their own lenses.

Publication date: October 2017 Extent: 160 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £6.99

Kidnapped Alice Weil In 1990, Alice Weil was kidnapped in Colombia and held captive in a dark, windowless cell for 269 days. She tells the story of how she found the resources hidden deep inside her to survive captivity without taking her own life, losing her sanity or developing Stockholm syndrome. Instead, she was able to remain calm and courageous, always being polite and making conversation to her captors and using her time in ways that she would later be able to draw upon her daily life. The story tells of how she realised that experience contributed to who she is today and upon her release, she was able to face her beloved father’s passing, continue being a devoted mother and wife, and lead a normal, productive life. She also learned that she was capable of closing the gap caused by the time she was not part of her family’s life or the outside world.

The Author Alice is half American and half German. She grew up in Bogota, Colombia, and attended the French and German School. Therefore, she is fluent in four languages. She has three children and seven grandchildren. In 1990, she was kidnapped in Colombia for 269 days and after regaining her freedom, she settled in Europe. Since then, she has travelled the world and immersed herself in the spiritual teachings of India, which she lives by. Through them, she has been able to live her Dharma or life’s purpose by serving others. Kidnapped is her second published work.

Publication date: January 2020 Extent: 54 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99

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Protagonists of Our Times

Touch Down Tim Parker Touchdown of Apollo 11 had many unknowns for the first lunar landing. Dodging the craters and boulders on the moon to land on a firm surface without totally running out of fuel for the return to Earth was a breathtaking experience. The author recounts his press briefing to the world’s journalists prior to the 1969 launch at Cape Kennedy, followed by how he became an aerospace engineer. Building a suit to protect the astronauts from the unknowns encountered in the extremes of space and on the lunar surface was an ongoing challenge. Details such as the effects of cosmic rays, thermal extremes and micro-meteoroids on the human body were addressed as they were discovered over the eight-year period following JFK’s challenge. Key engineering changes to meet the new requirements for the space suit that had to be tested and implemented before each mission are described. Applications of the new technologies, materials and processes developed in the space programs adapted to industrial and consumer products are also delineated. The Author The author grew up on a farm in rural western Massachusetts. He worked his way through college, majoring in chemical engineering. A career in military, aerospace, government programs and industrial products followed, which included working at all levels of engineering and management. Because of his broad base in high performance materials and process techniques, he has extensive capabilities at resolving challenges in a variety of demanding applications. Recovering from a life-changing accident, he started a new career as a writer. By combining his diversified background and experience at solving problems, he was able to provide unique approaches to writing mysteries. Here, he describes the technological advances he made possible in aerospace and several diverse industries. Publication date: March 2020 Extent: 180 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99 Running Wild Austin Stevens I have yet to decipher what the word ‘brave’ truly describes, but one thing is evident to me, judging by the number of things that do scare me, I am no braver than the next person. From his early days at Hartbeespoort Snake and Animal Park, to his military conscription during the late ’70s and up to his internationally renowned TV shows on Animal Planet, herpetologist and wildlife photographer Austin Stevens takes us through his extraordinary encounters with some of the world’s most dangerous creatures. Be it staring down a black mamba or trying to retrieve an escaped chimpanzee, these accounts are often exciting and hilarious in equal measure as Stevens dispels the myths surrounding these widely feared creatures. Running Wild, Stevens’s fourth book, is reflective and personal. He touches on his relationship with his wife Amy and describes dealing with depression after suffering a string of terrible misfortunes including a horrific car crash, a vicious knife attack and his struggle to rebuild a shattered life. Running Wild is the captivating story of a restless adventurer as he evolves from curator of reptiles, to wildlife photographer, author and film maker. Having faced adversity and mortality more than once, Austin shares with us his reminiscences of past experiences. With never a dull moment, Running Wild will render the reader both fearful and elated.

The Author Originally from South Africa, wildlife photographer, film maker, author, and adventurer, Austin Stevens is best known for his hit TV shows, Snakemaster, Austin Stevens Most Dangerous, Austin Stevens Adventures, on Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and Channel 5 UK. Running Wild is Austin’s 4th and most personally revealing book to date. He presently resides in Australia, with his wife, Amy. Publication date: January 2018 Extent: 348 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99 8 | P a g e

From Cholera to Ebola: Confessions of a Humanitarian Doctor John Parker “We’ve been invited to witness a bonfire of marijuana by the Taliban. Anyone interested?” Amid the missionaries, mercenaries and misfits drawn to the world’s most dangerous and volatile hotspots stands Dr John Parker. From Cholera to Ebola is a captivating collection of true stories 25 years in the making. Whether challenging the bureaucracy of refugee camps to cradling children as they died, Dr Parker operated far from his comfort zone, from the norms of medical practice and from the decencies of humanity. His is a life that swung from heartbreaking hopelessness to sheer ecstasy as he battled PTSD to chase his next ‘fix’ over increasingly dangerous missions. “There are some things you cannot be taught; you have to live them”

The Author Dr John Parker was born and bred in Liverpool, UK and medically trained at Edinburgh University. He came to Australia to scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef and never returned. He commenced a medical practice in Airlie Beach in Queensland to follow a passion in diving medicine and later worked at Golden Beach in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Intermittently he has ventured with the Red Cross and MSF on humanitarian medical missions including 3 war zones, 2 epidemics and several refugee camps. More recently he has worked as SMO in the refugee detention centres on Nauru, Manus Island and Christmas Island, medical officer in an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone and spent a year as an expedition medical officer on Davis Station in Antarctica. He is presently working on Thursday Island in the Torres Straits. He has written ‘The Sports Diving Medical” and “Poetic Prescriptions for Feeling Good”. Publication date: May 2020 Extent: 212 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

Working at the End of the World: An Antarctic Diary Con Curtis

This honest, terrifying as well as humorous account of travelling and working in the magnificence of Antarctica will allow the reader to visualize and feel the harshness and beauty of the great white continent. The main body of the book is the diary account of a two-person deep field research trip. This is about being out in the remote mountains and glaciers facing up to extreme adversity in the coldest place on the planet while retaining one’s sense of humour; the psychology of spending time tent-bound in extreme isolation with just one other person and an honest reflection at the sad moments while being in a storm-bound tent, dwelling on life back in England. There is humour throughout, and the real and honest fear that one feels when in truly dire situations hundreds of miles from safety. The opening chapters look at the author's six-week ocean journey from England to Antarctica on the research ship ‘The RRS John Biscoe’.

The Author Con Curtis is a writer and keen photographer. After his time in Antarctica, he worked with Family Services for many years, specialising in the rehabilitation of young offenders and supporting families in crisis. He has a first-class honours degree in Youth Justice. He lives in Yorkshire with his fiancée Sarah, plays guitar in a cover band and gets into the mountains whenever he can.

Publication date: November 2017 Extent: 309 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Life Behind bars Ian Coburn

Life Behind Bars is a collection of real-life experiences from the author's life spent working behind pub bars. Some stories are hilarious, and some are shocking so there will be something here for anyone with an interest in this British mainstay and what life really is like behind bars.

The Author Ian Coburn has spent almost 40 years working in the hospitality industry mostly, in public houses. He has witnessed many changes in recent years and met people from all walks of life. He has witnessed hilarious moments and violent scenes, and this is your chance to share these experiences.

Publication date: July 2017 Extent: 264 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

Newsboy Bill Fairbairn

Newsboy or newsgirl (Oxford dictionary): Boy or girl who delivers or sells newspapers

The Author Bill Fairbairn is editor emeritus, photographer and staff writer for the community newspaper, The Riverview Park Review, in Ottawa, where he lives with his wife, Janina. His full-time newspaper, radio and magazine work since 1943, took in stints in Britain, Africa and Canada. He worked first as a newsboy then full time, at age 15, as apprentice printer and part-time rugby reporter with The Jedburgh Gazette, in the Scottish Borders, near where he was born. After two years of military national service came journalism, consecutively on the Blyth News, the Derby Evening Telegraph, the Sheffield Telegraph, the Sun, the Scotsman, the Vancouver Province, the Williams Lake Tribune, the Montreal Star, Radio Canada International (CBC), the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen (part-time), Legion Magazine and The Riverview Park Review. Bill Fairbairn taught journalism for two years at what was then Cariboo College in Kamloops, British Columbia, now University of the North Thompson River, and for a year atevening classes in Ottawa. He spent five years in the 1960s in Africa, working consecutively for The Rhodesia Herald, now located in Harare, Zimbabwe, The Northern News of Ndola in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and The Daily Nation in Nairobi, Kenya. From 1953-55, he was a National Service infantry corporal with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was the 2007 Canadian Press Club snooker champion, and in 2008 and 2016, he won the age 55 and over snooker championship at the Orange Monkey salon in Ottawa.

Publication date: September 2018 Extent: 284 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £17.99

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Witnesses to History

The Day the Sun Fell. Memoirs of a Survivor of the Atomic Bomb Bun Hashizume & Susan Bouterey

The Day the Sun Fell captures on a deeply human and personal level the devastating effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945. The author, who at fourteen was seriously injured by the A-bomb, skilfully combines tender lyricism and stark realism to recount her own experiences and those of other members of her immediate and extended family in the aftermath of the bombing, and decades later. Not only a harrowing depiction of tragic historical events, nor just a remarkable story of survival, The Day the Sun Fell reveals aspects of the bombing never aired openly before, forcing the reader to pause to reflect on these haunting events and their continuing legacy seventy years on. It also makes for inspiring reading, for Hashizume never fails to discover hope and joy in living even in the darkest of moments.

The Authors Bun Hashizume: Poet, writer and atomic-bomb survivor Bun Hashizume was fourteen and only 1.5 kilometres from the hypocentre when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, seriously injuring her. In 1985, her first anthology of ‘atomic bomb’ poetry titled The Youth Who Turned into an Insect appeared. Other poetry collections include Like an Abandoned Swing (1990) and Returning to the Earth; Rising to the Heavens(2009). Many of her ‘atomic bomb’ poems have been set to music and performed in concerts in Japan and overseas. Essay collections and memoirs include Turkey – A Mysterious and Wonderful Land (1993), Memoirs of the Atomic Bomb: The Experiences of a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl (2001), and From Hiroshima (2014). Currently residing in Tokyo, Hashizume continues to write and give talks nationwide, and occasionally overseas.

Susan Bouterey: Susan Bouterey (DPhil, Tokyo University) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global, Cultural and Language Studies, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Key areas of research are contemporary Japanese literature including Japanese women writers’ fiction, atomic bomb literature, and Okinawan fiction. She also specializes in literary translation and has translated a number of Hashizume’s works to date. Monographs include Medoruma Shun’s World: History, Memory, Narrative (2011). Literary translations include Water’s Edge by Tsushima Yūko in More Stories by Japanese Women Writers (2011),Fellow Humans! Let Us Foster Love & Wisdom – From Hiroshima (1997), Living Together and Little Brother in Australian Multicultural Book Review (1996). Publication date: October 2019 Extent: 216 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £16.99 Out of Reach Layla Noor

Layla, a Palestinian woman, witnesses the diaspora of her family during the war in Palestine in 1948. Torn between her culture and the western way of life, Layla chases a dream of love and independence. Her journey takes her around the world, ending with a dramatic love story with a Jewish American man. Out of Reach is a compelling story of an independent woman who learns the harsh lessons of her life through marriage, romance, loss and deceit.

The Author Layla Noor is a Palestinian-American and mother of two. She studied liberal arts at the Sorbonne University in Paris and interior decoration at KLC in London. She is a freelancer and currently resides in South Florida. Since her teenage years, she dreamed of writing her story but put this dream on hold to focus on her family. Finally, in 2011, she had the inspiration to write her story, Out of Reach. Publication date: October 2020 Extent: 202 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Red, Autobiography of Ou Chaoquan Ou Chaoquan

Pride and prejudice, war and peace, crime and punishment all feature in this autobiography of an ordinary person in China. The account spans eight turbulent decades, with love struggling through a torrent of change. The author’s boyhood name was Red. He grew up in a Dong-minority village in remote southwestern mountains, where most people were rice farmers. Red supported the 1949 transition to communist rule, accompanied research expeditions into minority areas, and in 1959 completed his Beijing-based research studies. In 1965, he was sentenced to re-education through labour. On being rehabilitated in 1979, Red spent 16 more years as a university lecturer, becoming professor of anthropology. After retirement in 1995, he kept writing, and over the following 16 years, he published several academic books. Red has lived by the slogan ‘study to death, die to study, die studying’. This book documents Chinese society in the period 1930–2011 from his personal perspective.

The Author Ou Chaoquan (欧潮泉) was born into a Dong-nationality family in Guizhouprovince, China, in 1930. From an early age, he developed a love of learning. In the course of time, Ou became a lecturer, and later professor, in anthropologyat the Qinghai Institute for Nationalities in Xining. He spent 14 years, between 1965and 1979, doing hard labour. In 1995, he retired to Guizhou, but continued writingand publishing until ill health intervened in 2011. Professor Ou currently lives with his third wife. Publication date: May 2019 Extent: 290 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Just an Ashtray Samīh Al-Qasim

This autobiography is much more than a life story. Some people in politics, public service or in the world of arts may write their autobiography for personal purposes, so to speak. Some may think that their knowledge of characters in society, politics or business may recast an aura of importance on their own career or position in life. But this autobiography by Samīḥ Al-Qāsim is more of a panorama about the life of the intellectual, living almost like a prisoner in his own homeland, under the occupation of a foreign power, which has, for decades, affected his life, and the life of the average Palestinian, in a manner that has usurped the basic aspects of liberty and dignified life.

The Author He is a retired professor of English and comparative literature, originally from Iraq. He taught at seven Arab universities until in 2004 he was invited by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai, to be his cultural adviser. In July 2012 he started his "active retirement" and settled in Cambridge, UK, producing seven books of critical studies and translations Arabic/English/Arabic. His published works have reached 57.

Publication date: August 2018 Extent: 372 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99

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Ashes of a Lost Country Ghassoub Sharif Mustafa The author was born in a village in Palestine in 1950, where he spent his childhood and part of his boyhood. This stage of his life was a mixture of joy, mischief and misery. After his mother’s death, he entered a boarding military school in Jordan. In 1967, after the Israelis had swept his country, he became homeless. After secondary school, he was given a scholarship to study in Algeria. While living in Algeria, he befriended some French individuals, who invited him to France where he found refuge and deep friendship in the French peasants’ community. At present, he lives in the United Arab Emirates.

The Author The author was born in a village in Palestine in 1950, where he spent his childhood and part of his boyhood. This stage of his life was a mixture of joy, mischief, and misery. After his mother’s death, he was entered into a boarding military school in Jordan. In 1967, after the Israelis had swept his country, he became homeless. After secondary school, he was given a scholarship to study in Algeria. While living in Algeria, he befriended some French individuals who invited him to France, where he found refuge and deep friendship in the peasants’ French community.

Publication date: May 2019 Extent: 260 pages Rights Sold: Arabic AED RRP: £165.99

My Contemporaries in China Pun CHoi

Totalitarianism isn’t just a word to Pun Choi, it was a way of life. Born in the year the Communist Party came to power, his formative years ran alongside those of the Party, and like so many of the hundreds of millions of people that made up the population, his life would be full of unrelenting hardship and suffering. Faced with the constant threat of being punished, re-educated or purged, as indeed his father had been, Pun Choi would have to keep his real thoughts close to his heart for fear of being next. Over the following decades, Pun Choi was to witness first-hand the extremes to which the Party would go to retain its iron grip on the populace as Mao’s personality cult went into overdrive, followed shortly after by the Cultural Revolution. It was only after Mao’s death did things began to quieten down. But even now, years later, Pun Choi – and many like him – are forever shaped by life under Mao.

The Author Pun Choi was born in China in 1949 into an intellectual family that quickly became the victim of political persecution. Pun survived the Great Famine and many other catastrophes under Mao’s reign - life-changing events that culminated in the writing of this book. He and his wife have four children.

Publication date: January 2019 Extent: 344 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £13.99

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All at Sea in Arctic Waters Dennis McDonald

This book is experiences of the author aboard a destroyer on the Murmansk Arctic convoys of WWII. In spite of it being related to war, the content of the book is really to show what life was like for the ordinary ratings and their tasks, not the fighting. Many of the happenings are strangely amusing, depending on how they are read. Most of the occurrences were just everyday duties or chores that somehow went wrong or were the result of naivety of the crew, most of whom had never reached the age of 20 years and were thrown into doing things they had never contemplated before. So this book is really short yarns, mostly of amusing instances of life aboard a ship at war. These yarns are short, but the book as a whole is unique in as much as it is history as far as life was concerned on small RN ships in WWII, much of which few people have ever looked into or even heard about. The author’s work dealt with intercepting messages from and locating German submarines by shortwave radio direction finding. This was specialised, little of which has ever been reported, although closely related to the work at Bletchley Park. Here it is dealt with extensively.

The Author Dennis McDonald volunteered for the RN during WWII. Having a choice, he opted for the Navy and chose telegraphy as his duty. He was selected for special service – intercepting messages from U-boats and locating them by radio direction- finding. Service life was tough, but Dennis saw the amusing side of it, reflected in the titles of the chapters or yarns in this book. Most of his service was in the Arctic on the Zodiac escorting convoys on western approaches and Murmansk, Russia. His aim is not to deal with action well documented elsewhere, but with the problems of the individuals. He claims this is unique and you will always want to read the next chapter.

Publication date: October 2018 Extent: 140 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Against All Odds

Affirmative Reaction Kenneth J Arenson This book tells the story of Kenneth Arenson, a white Caucasian trial lawyer who becomes disenchanted with the practice of law and opts to pursue a career in academia. Against all odds, he is offered a law-teaching position at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This is a university that, were it not for its law school, would be nearly a hundred percent black. After receiving high accolades from the Dean, including a renewal of his contract and an assignment to teach some of the toughest and most prestigious courses the following year, Arenson learns from two professors that he is being held back for racial reasons; specifically, that the Chairperson of the Promotion and Tenure Committee decided that allowing anyone white to be placed on tenure track might upset the racial balance on the law faculty which, at the time, had blacks outnumbering whites by a slight majority. What followed was a protracted civil rights action in federal court consisting of two jury trials, two appeals to the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, and an unsuccessful petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court by the defendants. These events occurred against the backdrop of the sleaze and corruption for which Louisiana is not only known but unabashedly displays as a badge of honor. In the current era of political correctness in which we find ourselves, this saga serves as a vivid and much-needed reminder that no particular gender or ethnic group can claim a monopoly on victimization. The book also provides readers with a unique insider’s view of the corruption that, regrettably, is endemic within the American system of justice as well as its tertiary academic institutions.

The Author Kenneth J Arenson is an emeritus associate professor at Deakin University, Australia. He has co-authored several textbooks and published extensively on the topics of evidence, constitutional law, criminal law and procedure. He holds a B.A. from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from the University of Toledo and an LL.M from the University of Edinburgh.

Publication date: November 2020 Extent: 188 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99 Beauty Won Me Over Carl McDaniel Few people know any scientist(s) or what scientists do. Beauty Won Me Over: A Scientist’s Life is a deep dive into the life of Carl McDaniel, a developmental biologist. He became an academic scientist because his best friend in college recognised the scientist in him even before he himself did. Being severely cross-eyed and blind at birth meant he had no depth perception. Running became his sport and the ‘race’ a metaphor for existence. Running taught him that the real essence of living life well and to its fullest was giving body and soul to all one does. Working as a postdoctoral fellow in Ian Sussex’s lab at Yale University, he chanced upon the observation that Nicotiana tabacum plants counted nodes (the location of a leaf) as the means for deciding when to flower. Twenty-five years of research elucidated the fundamental elements of this process. Beyond doing science, academic scientists teach, provide service to the scientific community and the general public, as well as bring their perspectives of science to them.

The Author Carl McDaniel is a visiting professor at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and a professor emeritus at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He was the founding director of the undergraduate environmental science degree program at Rensselaer. For the first three decades of his academic career, he researched insect and plant development. His scholarly interests since have been focused on the interface between biology and economics. He has written four books: Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature (2000, with economist John M. Gowdy); Wisdom for a Livable Planet: The Visionary Work of Terri Swearingen, Dave Foreman, Wes Jackson, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Werner Fornos, Herman Daly, Stephen Schneider, and David Orr (2005); Trail Magic: Creating a Positive Energy Home (2012) and At the Mercy of Nature: Shackleton’s Endurance Saga Gives Promise for Our Future (2014, with illustrations by Donald Watson). Publication date: February 2021 Extent: 172 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Cultural Diversity

Golden Orchid. The Story of an Only Child in Contemporary China Karen Zhang

Amid the hustle and bustle of teeming contemporary Guangzhou (also known as Canton), capital of Guangdong province, an ordinary blue-collar Chinese family of three copes with a life- threatening crisis. As an only child—the product of China’s harsh one-child policy—the daughter of the family must care for her mother who is in the late stage of colon cancer. This is the story of that struggle. That child takes the reader back in time to see the marriage of her parents through the eyes of an only child. Growing up alone without the love and support of a sibling, how does the only child bear the filial responsibility so deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture? How does she deal with the dilemma of keeping secret from her mother the terminal nature of her cancer? How does her mother’s deathbed account of her life change the daughter’s understanding of her parents’ generation? The true life story is unique both in its depiction of ordinary life in today’s China and in its universal picture of an ordinary family dealing with its past and facing its grim future. This young woman, typical of China’s one-child generation, tells a tale that ranges from grim to comic, revealing human frailty as well as faith and extraordinary courage.

The Author Born in Guangzhou, China, Karen Zhang is a freelance writer, columnist, translator, and blogger. Her work has appeared in various publications, including Crazy EnglishSpeaker and Crazy English Teens magazines, Coal Hill Review, The Loyalhanna Review, NolaVie of The Times-Picayune and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She received her MFA in non-fiction from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. She lives in northern Virginia, USA.

Publication date: April 2018 Extent: 280 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99 Glimpses of Memories Ratnakar Bhattacharyya

Glimpses of Memories is a verbatim account of one woman’s life in the India of the early twentieth century as it struggles to cast off both its own oppressive practices, and also the unwelcome and draconian rule of the British masters. Ratnakar Bhattacharyya has decided to share with the world the narrative that his grandmother, Indumati Bhattacharyya began as a younger woman, memories which were written by her initially and then later on, captured by her son when she became too infirm to continue writing. It is a fascinating social commentary, recounted from the perspective of Indian village life, and details the outdated practices of the caste system, the plight of women in Indian society in general and the gathering momentum of the struggle to overturn the governance of the British. A candid and poignant account, Glimpses of Memories is made even more heartfelt because it is penned by someone who was there at the time and seen through her eyes, a compelling read.

The Author Ratnakar Bhattacharyya was born in Jorapukur in pre-partition Bengal. He graduated in medicine from Calcutta University in 1959, choosing a medical career like his father and grandfather, when he could not get into the engineering course of his choice. He has worked in many countries and currently lives in Sydney. Publication date: November 2017 Extent: 110 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99

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Poxy Chicken: Sweet and Sour Memories of Hong Kong's Last Colonial Years Frank Wingate

This book tells the story of expatriate life in the final years of the UK's last Asian colony, and the meeting of cultures, West with East. For Frank Wingate, who was an expatriate in Hong Kong for more than twenty years, an adventure planned to last two years turned into a lengthy love affair. Both socially and professionally, Hong Kong proved a stimulating and rewarding experience. In this series of reflections, Frank looks back on the humour, frustrations and serious aspects of life in the territory. Nicknamed "Poxy Chicken" by his first class of Chinese students, making a pun of his name transliterated into Cantonese, he recounts some amusing stories, others less amusing, comments on food, language and sex, and on darker moments, such as the Tiananmen Square massacre.

The Author Frank Wingate lived in Hong Kong from 1978 to 2000, witnessing the vast economic and social changes that engulfed China and metamorphosed the territory, as well as the final return to Chinese sovereignty. Arriving as a teacher, he became a freelance journalist and public relations executive in turn, before founding his own business. He now lives in Kingston, UK.

Publication date: May 2015 Extent: 202 pages Rights Sold: film rights UK RRP: £7.99

They Said I Was Misguided Evan Bloom

The struggle to find your identity while growing up is a common experience for us all. Now, imagine that you belong to an orthodox religious community and you are gay – so your sexual identity is entirely at odds with your environment. What would you do to find acceptance? This memoir follows the very personal and lonely struggle of a young man forced to deal with this very scenario, with dramatic and moving consequences for his family, friends and most importantly, himself.

The Author Evan Bloom is a British author with a professional background in the language industry. Having spent most of his life in London, he currently resides in France with his partner. Evan wrote this book based on his experiences growing up homosexual in an orthodox Jewish environment.

Publication date: November 2017 Extent: 319 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Old Days and Old Ways Maggie Smith-Bendell BEM

Maggie was born into a race of Romani Gypsies first discovered within Scotland in the 14th century; they were then known as “Little Egyptians”, which later got corrupted to Gypsy or Gypo, but were known to each other as “Travelers”. People believe this group of Romanies originated from India, but Maggie strongly believes that her race originated from Egypt; hence the endearing name of "Little Egyptians". From the 14th century to the late 18th century, the Gypsies were viewed with deep suspicion, distrust; sold into slavery and put to death by hanging, simply because they were so different from others. They spoke in their own Romani language, which is still intact today. They made their own medicines and potions for themselves and their horses, and, for hundreds of years, worked on the land for farmers but using old skills to make the wooden clothes pegs, paper and wooden flowers baskets, hedge laying and stone walling. They could also live quite well off the wildlife of the country side, needing to buy very little from shops. They would barter for flour, eggs and cheese from the farmers they worked for. Gypsies are a very self-supporting race; a race which is still in strong existence today, and Maggie is very proud to be a part of this race.

Publication date: August 2018 Extent: 161 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Witty, Light-hearted and Uplifting Stories

Memoirs of A 90s’ School Boy Michael Sleggs

An entertaining and irreverent read, Memoirs of a 90s' School Boy is a book that'll bring you back in time to childhood and the ups and downs of primary school days. The ridiculous situations, elaborate observations, and honest brain farts of a child who thinks he's got it sussed; will make you laugh out loud. Described by BAFTA award winning comedian, Daisy Cooper (the force behind BBC3's 'This Country') as 'the funniest thing she has ever read'. This book needs no further introduction, just get on and read it and see for yourself.

The Author Michael Sleggs is probably best known for his portrayal of Slugs on the BBC BAFTA award winning TV comedy, This Country. However, those who knew him best, knew he was a born entertainer who was always able to see the funny side of things despite the many difficulties that life threw his way. Michael had numerous complex heart operations for his congenital heart defects. During these he also suffered two strokes. He subsequently spent a further six months at Great Ormond Street Hospital as an inpatient when he was diagnosed with a non- Hodgkins lymphoma during his GCSEs. Despite his poor health, Michael still lived a full and happy life - he went to amazing places, had fantastic friends and enjoyed a range of interesting jobs culminating in the ultimate honour - acting alongside friends in a hit TV comedy! A life complete, he courageously bowed out on 9th July 2019, aged 33 - the same age as his ultimate hero.

Publication date: June 2020 Extent: 133 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99 A Tangerine Dream Rob Heath

"Here's a job for you, Rob. The American School of Tangier is seeking an Athletics Director." This had been the start of it. Rob, being pushed by his parents to find some meaningful employment after all his years of ‘studying', i.e. playing football whenever he could, had stated that he was only interested in teaching PE if he could do it overseas, thinking it impossible that such a position could be found. Within twenty-four hours his mother was quoting to him the ‘perfect' job advertisement from The Observer. Almost without realising it he was there, in Tangier, in Morocco, knowing that he had only got the job because the school proprietor had mistaken him for a well-known gifted footballer. Consolation was available in the form of excellent hashish, alcohol and nights out with his mate, Burnsey. His pay was poor but he managed to get stoned, drunk, survive angry men with curved daggers, and teach a little at the same time. An interesting chaotic period in his life.

The Author Robert Heath hitchhiked from Yorkshire to Morocco to take up his first teaching post at the American School of Tangier in 1978. Since then, he has criss-crossed the globe, teaching PE and coaching football in over a dozen International Schools on four continents.

Publication date: February 2017 Extent: 203 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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What Kind of Girl? – An African Child Caught Between Worlds Caroline Kautsire For Caroline, being a girl is already confusing, and growing up in the small African country of Malawi, she is constantly asked the question, “What kind of girl behaves this way?” With a thousand cultural ideas flooding into her head from American TV and movies, she struggles to fit into the traditional African society she was born into. Instead, she chooses to stand out by taking risks that are curious beyond what is proper, leading to disapproval and harsh consequences. At nine years old, she finds herself enrolled in a high school at a boarding school far from her home and parents. Alone, she must finally answer the question “What kind of girl are you?” for herself. What Kind of Girl? is a sweeping coming of age story about a girl in Malawi who must tangle with the gender restrictions, religious institutions, American cultural attitudes, and African traditions that seek to define who she can be as a woman. It is also a tale of how one girl’s story in a distant country in Africa can become all of our stories.

The Author Caroline Kautsire is originally from Malawi, Africa, and is currently an English literature and writing professor at Bunker Hill Community College and Bay State College in Boston. She has published poetry and flash fiction that explores themes such as searching for identity, struggling with intimacy, and learning to love. Also, a stage actress and director, Caroline was nominated for best-supporting actress by the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres for her performance as Trinculo in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She also teaches public speaking and has given several inspirational talks at colleges in Boston.

Publication date: July 2020 Extent: 218 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $13.95

Nevermind Shakespeare Irma Bohmer

Once described as ‘a Rottweiler trapped in a Chihuahua’s body’, a very short Bruce Anderson embarks on his third middle-life crisis. “The first two weren’t good enough, so I decided to have a third one.” – Bruce Anderson Bruce hates winter and is consequently somewhere in the Pacific, hopping aimlessly from island to island in search of tranquillity, beer and, more than anything else, romance. Can anyone combine the three? Strap in for some comic madness and thought-provoking reading as Bruce embarks on a quest to find a girlfriend who never complains.

The Author Bruce Anderson is a former everything, from Shakespearean actor and VIP chairman to avid traveller and explorer on a low budget. He lives in New Zealand, but preferably not during winter.

Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 212 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Backpacking and Inflatable Unicorns Bruce Anderson

Once described as ‘a Rottweiler trapped in a Chihuahua’s body’, a very short Bruce Anderson embarks on his third middle-life crisis. “The first two weren’t good enough, so I decided to have a third one.” – Bruce Anderson Bruce hates winter and is consequently somewhere in the Pacific, hopping aimlessly from island to island in search of tranquillity, beer and, more than anything else, romance. Can anyone combine the three? Strap in for some comic madness and thought-provoking reading as Bruce embarks on a quest to find a girlfriend who never complains.

The Author Bruce Anderson is a former everything, from Shakespearean actor and VIP chairman to avid traveller and explorer on a low budget. He lives in New Zealand, but preferably not during winter.

Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 212 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

Little Boy Blue Bill Jack

When the sixteen-year old Bill Jack applied to join Lanarkshire Constabulary in 1969, little did he realise he would be entering a world of outrageous and colourful characters, overseen by senior officers who had learnt management in the National Service of their youth. He found attitudes and practices, officially sanctioned and otherwise, which would be inconceivable in a modern police service. This was a world of small local police forces, now almost forgotten, and he considers himself fortunate to have seen and been able to write about the end of an era where hardly anything had changed in living memory, and which ended a few short years later when these old forces were swept into history. This is a hilarious though penetrating account of one boy’s introduction to the world of policing at the end of that era and his journey of discovery from wide-eyed schoolboy to police constable.

The Author Bill Jack is a retired police officer whose service spanned almost 30 years, beginning as a police cadet in Lanarkshire and ending in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. He later qualified and worked as a primary school teacher and is now a professional book indexer. He is married with two children and two grandchildren.

Publication date: April 2018 Extent: 304 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99

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Father & Sons John Peasedown

Father & Sons is a humorous, light-hearted memoir concerning the relationship of a father with his three sons between their ages of 8 to 17 years. It covers a variety of pursuits, including surfing, sailing, holidays and trainspotting.

The Author John Peasedown lives in Wales and served in the Royal Navy for over 20 years. He has always had an interest in the sea and in surfing, sailing and windsurfing. This, he has passed on to his three sons. The cover photo is what he looked like during the period covered by this book.

Publication date: April 2018 Extent: 159 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

Driving in Reverse – The Life I Almost Missed Lindsay Wincherauk Author Lindsay Wincherauk is down on his luck and headed for midlife collapse. Working two dismal jobs to pay his trendy Yaletown rent, grieving the sudden loss of two friends and family members, and dumped by the love of his life – Lindsay looks for the nearest exit. He decides on a whim to escape to Europe with his buddy Dave. By a twist of fate, his life turns completely upside down when he attempts to renew his passport and discovers he’s the main character in a dark family secret. Reeling from the shock, Lindsay grabs his bags and blasts through 11 countries in 31 days. Wincherauk’s story moves at breakneck speed as the author describes his flight through pain and madness, spinning into surreal side trips where he meets an inferno of wild characters. Back in Vancouver, while driving a suicidal man to work, a light goes on and Lindsay knows what he must do: write his story. He’s come precariously close to self-destructing and knows that until the hidden pieces of his life are uncovered, something would be missing. Writing his way through the dark chapters, with wit and candour, he breaks through to the other side – “reborn”.

The Author LINDSAY WINCHERAUK is an author, journalist, and one-time bartender; he loves writing about the world as he sees it. He was a contributing writer to 24 Hours Vancouver. He co-authored a book titled: SEED’S SKETCHY RELATIONSHIP THEORIES – A GUIDE TO THE PERILS OF DATING (HOW NOT TO BECOME A BAR REGULAR) (2004). FUN FACTS: Lindsay quarterbacked high school, junior, and university football teams, winning city, provincial, and national championships. He holds the record for the longest touchdown pass in Canadian junior football league history, 108 yards. Amazingly, he’s blind in one eye. Publication date: November 2017 Extent: 313 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99

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Inspirational Stories

Each One Teach One Rony Morel Rony Morel shows us first-hand what it’s like to grow up in the mean streets of New York City where violence, corruption, alcohol/drugs, partying and women more than often prevail. He moved to (Highbridge) Bronx, NY, where he was raised alongside serval future stars (Cardi B, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Westside Parle, Desi Rodriguez and Hennessy Carolina). In pursuit of his own success, he left to attend an out-of-state college leaving behind all his drastic encounters which consisted of so many violent fights, police authority, life-threatening events, romantic panthers and vacations (in and out of the country). However, college only served him as a ‘hope’ for a better future. Due to his contagious lifestyle, it managed to follow him hundreds of miles where even in foreign territory he was still fighting, partying wild and running into trouble with the law! This swirling life of constant fun and danger caused Rony Morel to reach rock-bottom several times but what led him to finally change his reality was brewed one night on a neighbouring dorm mate’s small hard couch where Rony trespassed daily as he hid from the law. Rony shares all his knowledge, wisdom and advice on how he miraculously changed his life around completely and has become rather successful in his entrepreneurship. He’s currently the president of three companies (Morel Fashion, Shop Morel and IMS – Internal Marketing Solution) and he’s striving in the actor and model side of the entertainment industry. Through his book, Each One Teach One, he reveals it all from bad to worse to good but more importantly he shares compelling knowledge and insists that it could change one’s perspective on life while also helping individuals achieve success/self-worth!

The Author The mean gully streets of Highbridge Bronx, NY, can make or break any individual. Rony Morel is an intellectual optimistic (Latin) young man born and raised in New York City who managed to learn his way around life and the streets due to the many rare encounters he faced. Somewhere between all the fighting, partying, adventures and women, he hit rock bottom! He later managed to turn his exciting yet violent and non-progressive life around. Only now in his early twenties are we seeing the inspiring millennial display his talents as an actor, model and entrepreneur. He intends to share all of his insight, knowledge, wisdom and crazy life stories here in this book! Publication date: August 2020 Extent: 170 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99 The Hop About Stephen Mackelprang

A man, an amputee, a dual amputee, wanders the West alone on half of a foot to discover what life has to offer. He takes off, running the only way he still knows how, in a car. A car procured from selling his prosthetic leg (the expensive one) on eBay. This true tale follows him on an adventure to angelic views in Zion National Park, to the top of the world in Death Valley, to mingling with the rainbow people, to pushing himself around in a wheelchair on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada. The story turns back to how he found himself ‘hopping’ about and the drug addiction which caused it. While purposely estranged from his family, he learns mingling with others to accept differences and to resist judgement. Also, the deep importance of family. And most importantly that ‘we are not defined by our mistakes’.

The Author The author, Stephen Mackelprang, is a man that has experienced the dark side of life and favours to see the light. He’s a renaissance man, skilled at much, yet master of nothing, except making the best out of what’s at hand – literally, being a dual amputee (AKA left, metatarsal right). After seeking a profession as an MD, specifically pain management, he found that the best medicine one can deliver is laughter with an extra dose of inspiration.

Publication date: November 2020 Extent: 180 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Finding My Freedom Bridget Jones MBE ‘I’m no celebrity, although I have a famous name. I’ve had a scandalous childhood but carried on with my head held high regardless.’ This autobiography, at once horrifying and inspirational, is a testament to an indomitable spirit. It tells the story of a young girl who endured neglect, severe poverty and terrible childhood abuse, all at the hands of those who were supposed to protect and love her. At the same time, the reader will be both moved and cheered by the insatiable curiosity and irrepressible vitality of the girl at the heart of this story, who uses her wild imagination and mischievous sense of humour to find release from her terrible surroundings. In the midst of the darkest cruelty, we also witness kindness and strength shown by a handful of others, both within and outside her family. Above all, we see the raucous, loving relationship with her two younger brothers as they traverse the streets of 1960s Manchester, cheeking shopkeepers, dodging policemen and even escaping the clutches of the Moors Murderers.

The Author You might wonder why you’d be interested in my life; I’m no celebrity, although I have a famous name. I’ve had a scandalous childhood but carry on with my head held high regardless. In later life I put my heart into ethnic minority charity work and as a result found myself in Buckingham Palace shaking Queen Elizabeth’s hand and accepting an MBE, one of the proudest moments of my life. I saw this book as my personal healing. I’m sharing my childhood with you in the hope that it will inspire abuse victims to never give up striving for personal happiness; what doesn’t kill you will eventually make you stronger. Publication date: November 2020 Extent: 194 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

Boxer, Bouncer and Now A Doctor Doctor Jeff Slater

It all started in a small industrial town in the north of England. Walking into a boxing gym was the start of an amazing metamorphosis for the 14-year-old. At age 20, he had developed into a 16-stone boxer, powerlifter and ferocious street fighter, with a knock-out punch in both hands. This is the story of a young man who, lacking education, immigrated to Australia at just 18 years of age only to experience the twilight world of sleaze and violence in Perth’s underbelly, confronting and often overcoming the many challenges he encountered. Returning to England at 21, he mastered his craft as a bouncer and street fighter, attended two universities, obtained three degrees and was awarded a doctorate at the age of 39.

The Author Doctor Jeff Slater was born in 1956 in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended two village schools before being sent to a very violent all-male secondary modern school several miles away for failing his eleven-plus.

At the age of fourteen, he joined a boxing gym to learn to protect himself from the many physical attacks he was subjected to, both at school and on the street. Leaving Burnley in 1974, aged just eighteen, he immigrated to Perth in Western Australia.

He returned to England in 1977 as a bouncer and streetfighter. He was awarded a doctorate aged thirty-nine.

Publication date: November 2020 Extent: 176 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £15.99

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Knock Me Down and Watch Me Come Back Stronger Rona Octavia Knock me down and watch me come back stronger... there never were truer words spoken in Rona Octavia's personal tale of triumph over adversity. A relationship breakdown creates a watershed in Rona's life and this is turned into a personal quest to swim the English Channel. This is not just a journey across the sea but also a voyage of discovery through love, life and the human condition. This story will take the reader not only through the challenges and ups and downs of a choppy sea but also the emotional journey that we all make as human beings leading us to the inevitable conclusion that the only thing that really matters in life, is the love of other people. Knock me down and watch me come back stronger will keep you uncertain as to the outcome until the very last page has been turned; a gripping story but one that will leave you feeling warmer inside.

The Author Rona Octavia was brought up in Swansea and has South American heritage on her mother's side. Rona is the youngest of five girls and is very passionate about sports, nature, painting, music and writing.

Publication date: July 2016 Genre: Autobiography and Memoirs Extent: 110 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £6.99 Home Is Where The House Is Uma Clarke

“If only the walls could speak.” It is 1947 and recently demobilised young Royal Navy sailor Dusty Miller has returned to Australia to set up a house with his wartime sweetheart and wife, Wendy. The walls really do speak in this heartfelt narrative as five houses narrate the poignant struggles of Dusty and Wendy when they begin their married life in post-WWII Australia from their first home reluctantly shared by a disgruntled and obnoxious tenant. The couple juggle a new baby with the arrival of Dusty’s resentful family ‘fresh off the boat’, while in their next home in the western suburbs of Sydney, they deal with the devastating effects of a childhood illness. With houses difficult to find, furniture very expensive to buy and returned servicemen vying for jobs, they often turn to self-sufficiency to survive when Wendy, on a tiny budget, sews the whole family new outfits for the Queen’s Royal Visit in 1953.

The same stoic determined, and can-do attitude helps the Millers through financial hardships as they experience the successes and joys of raising three daughters and welcoming grandchildren into their ever-expanding family. Houses situated in geographically diverse areas of a small coastal town, Sydney suburbs, big country town and tiny, isolated rural hamlet tell the story of the family based on true events, giving both an insightful and authentic record of an Australian family in the thirty post-war years to 1977, particularly regarding the work by women.

The Author Una Clarke, an Australian, met her English sailor husband while serving in the air force during that period. She began writing short stories when her third daughter started school. Her first book, Land of the Rippling Gold, is still read in schools. Her husband, being in the post office, moved from large country towns to cities, the seaside, small country towns and back to the city, over a period of thirty years, so the idea of the houses telling the story of their lives, loves, sorrows and joys was born. She never wanted to move but eventually realised that: Home Is Where the House Is.

Publication date: May 2021 Extent: 298 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £11.99

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Hawksnest A.K. Hersey-Walker

This is an account of a family that lost everything--home, jobs and people--but they worked hard to rebuild their lives and discovered that true happiness and contentment doesn't rely solely on finances and material possessions.

The Author The author, now in her early sixties, lives in semi-retirement with her husband of forty-three years. She also has her cherished horses, dogs and cats. Her two sons and their families all live close by and they are all still a very close and loving family.

Publication date: June 2020 Extent: 216 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

Any Other House Paul Lennon

Any Other House is an incredible true story of a family of nine living in a stone shack which had only two rooms. Set in County Derry, Northern Ireland, in the void 1950s–1970s, it tells of poverty, disease and isolation, and how the family survived against all odds. It covers the early part of the Northern Ireland civil war known as The Troubles. Any Other House is a pulsating read.

The Author The author of Any Other House is a prolific writer, having had books published in Ireland, USA and Canada. He lived for a period in The States and Canada. He has recited his work many times on stage and on radio, and has toured Europe and countries in Africa. Currently, he is involved with writers groups; writing is still his passion.

Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 156 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Mental, Dysfanctional, Abuse

From Rehab To Life Tamara Gabriel

Whether in or out of trouble, please say this serenity prayer on a daily basis: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference." Thy will be done.

The Author The author is a singer-songwriter, poet, radio-TV presenter, actor and voice-over artist who descended into the abyss of crime, violence and drug addiction, but found the strength, courage and support to ascend in life. Enriched by these experiences, the author now seeks to empower those grappling with such challenges and to steer others clear from the mental and physical prison of torture, pain, anger, regret, remorse, resistance, guilt and shame.

Publication date: May 2020 Extent: 236 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

Dirty Old Man Moll French Monsters do exist, though many parents can’t see them. I knew one called Bernie. He groomed me and led me away from home. It’s been all over the news lately. Teenagers running away from home. Groomed and snatched from the nest by predators, before they get a chance to spread their wings. Regardless of culture or social class, it’s happening everywhere—online, in schools, clubs and societies. It happened to me, Moll. This is my true story, a harrowing account of my stolen youth and my journey to take it back. A story of the ones who overlooked my situation and a story dedicated to those who made a difference to my life. I lived in that squalid mobile home for two and a half years with my abuser. I even married him because I felt I had no way out. From the mind games of my father to the open arms of Bernie, I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. I was helpless for a short time but never hopeless. The Author Moll French is an author, martial artist and musician. Her debut memoir, Dirty Old Man, was the bestselling memoir in 2014 and has since enjoyed success internationally. When she isn’t throwing kicks and punches, she enjoys reading and writing in most genres, short stories being a personal favourite. Work aside, she lives with her two boys and her beloved American bulldog/boxer, Lulu.

Publication date: February 2019 Extent: 190 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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A Broken Childhood Lydia Ola Taiwo

When you have been abused, you do not know what love really means. All you know is abuse and terror. When people do eventually show love, it is difficult to understand why. Love does not make sense to an abused child. Did you know that? Trust is another challenge; it is so hard to trust anybody. Having been abused myself, I found it very difficult to trust anybody, even my parents. Not being believed was another concern – I was afraid that I would never be believed. This fear grew even more when I had to give evidence in court. Even the lawyers did not believe me until I exposed all the injuries on my head, having to remove my wig. There were over eight of them. It was shocking. But there is hope for an abused victim. You can live again…

The Author Dr Lydia Taiwo is a survivor of horrific, grievous bodily harm and child abuse. She has over sixty injuries and scars all over her body. There are six on her face and eight on her head which are visible to the naked eye, all at the hands of her parents, most especially her mother. Lydia has been very resilient over the years, carrying the wounds, the pain and heartache, but through it all, she has been able to forgive her parents and move on with her life. She does not consider herself a victim but a victor. Her faith in God has played a major role in her recovery from abuse. ‘Having suffered abuse doesn’t mean you have to be an abuser yourself’ is her motto. Lydia has written other books and raises awareness about child abuse and its impact later on in life. Many lives have been damaged and broken as a result of child abuse. Many have, sadly, even lost their lives. She prays for this book to help millions of people all over the world, to rise up from broken and shine again. Dr Lydia Taiwo is happily married to David, and they both have six children. Publication date: June 2019 Extent: 254 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99 Veronica Hidden Harm Veronica Cook In Hidden Harm, Veronica Cook writes a biographical account of the difficulties of life growing up with parents who are drug addicts. The story is harrowing and upsetting at times but ultimately, incredibly rewarding and an inspiration to others who may find themselves in Veronica's situation. The book covers the early life of Veronica and her sisters where we learn of their parents' drug abuse and income from dealing drugs. Veronica describes a life surrounded by drugs, punters and a fear of the police. At an early age, she is asked to cut up and measure heroin for a punter as she shakes with fear. Veronica is desperate for her parents to be clean and when the family bring their yacht back from Turkey, this appears to be a possibility, but it is not to be and Veronica goes to Mexico to experience life for herself. A life of drug abuse eventually leads to her mother's death through a dirty needle, and Veronica must make the difficult choice between her loyalty to the family she grew up with or a future with her husband, children and her sanity. The Author

Veronica is a survivor, her childhood experiences were challenging, but she has come through trauma and heartache with a message for others in drug taking families. She always wanted a normal life, which she now has with her own loving family. She is reaching out to help others like her.

Publication date: October 2020 Extent: 420 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99

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Surviving the Abuse Addiction C Justice This is a tale of love, intrigue, self-worth, cheating and abuse! An epic battle for her life and the man who walked away from it all. This is my story! I chose to put my life on paper to help others. I am a survivor! This is how I did it. Each day we're faced with things that we're unable to explain or even find the words to tell another. Fear plays a pivotal role in many of our lives. We walk in fear, live in fear and some of us even die in fear. The key is to stare fear in the eyes and live. This is what I have done. With these pages, I paint a picture of what it really means to be a survivor and how to move on from all that has befallen you in life. Walk with me! Take this first step to learning that there is in fact another way. We're an amazing race of creatures and with that said, there is nothing that we cannot conquer. All we need is guidance. That is my destiny! This is my life's goal! To teach each and every one who is willing to take this opportunity for a better way of life. We're not meant to be slaves, victims or punching bags. We are meant to be free. Give me a chance to show you that after abuse, you can live, love, smile and even laugh again. Everything is possible when you believe in you!

The Author The author was born in Jamaica. At the age of nine, she moved to Winnipeg, MB. It was a cold welcome to Canada. The experience of being a Canadian-Jamaican has made an incredible impact on her life. She loves herself more every day. Through her writing, she has found a powerful outlet to free her mind. The author has been abused, heartbroken and betrayed; she has loved and been loved. Everything she has written in this book is to inspire others that no matter what the odds, you can overcome them. Rise above it all to be strong and free.

Publication date: February 2020 Extent: 70 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99 Rick: Diary of a Maniac Depressive Stephen Morrin

It all began on Thursday, March 14th, 2019. I woke up with suicidal thoughts. My mind was racing with negativity, which consumed me completely. I could no longer bear the pain; I needed an escape. That day changed everything. I was admitted to a hospital and kept in a psychiatric ward on constant observation. My life had been plagued with mental health problems. As a teen, I was diagnosed with social anxiety order; this time, however, felt different. I had an obsession I couldn’t control: the obsession of another woman. The thoughts not of sexual nature but an emotional connection, nonetheless. The book describes my journey after my diagnosis and the mood swings, I have and how visits from healthcare professionals and family could trigger a swing in mood. It also tells the story of my childhood, growing up with anxiety and the impact it had. The Author Raj is a 30-year-old Asian born and raised in England. He grew up in a small town called Royston before moving to London to study mathematics at Queen Marys. After his studies, he remained in London and began his career in investment banking.

Publication date: November 2020 Extent: 144 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Saving Eric – A Mother’s Journey Through Her Son’s Addiction Mary Burns Mary's nightmare began when her seven-year-old adopted son inexplicably screamed before dinner one night. From that point on, her son's struggle became her struggle. Mental and physical illness, along with drug addiction, turned her life upside down. The love Mary had for her son, though, never waned as she desperately tried to save him from his demons.

"Wonderfully written and moving. I can't recommend this book enough to any family who shares the experience of adoption or a struggle with a child's unpredictable, often violent mental health, along with the journey alongside an addiction." * -- Annie Highwater, "Unhooked" "A meaningful exploration of mental illness and addiction - two present-day tragedies." Charles Rubin, "Don't Let Your Kids Kill You"

The Author Mary Burns is a mother of three, a teacher, and has become involved in addiction advocacy since her son's death. She helped spearhead a walk called 'Changing the Face of Addiction,' to help change the stigma of addiction. She has also brought her advocacy to her local state senator and addressed the New Jersey Senate Budget Appropriations Committee about the need for a change to the addiction treatment protocol. She was honored as an Advocacy Leader in 2017 by the New Jersey chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

Publication date: May 2020 Extent: 168 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $10.95

Junk Knowledge Morques Noah Marchand Maybe you are in some high-end rehab in Sausalito, California. Maybe you are staying in a shelter in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Maybe you moved back in with your parents. It really doesn’t matter where you are. If you are a junky and you want to quit but you can’t, I get it. I have been there more than once. But do you really want to get sober? Or are you just broke and need a place to crash? Maybe your girlfriend threw you and all your shit out because you get crazy and you black out and you threatened to kill her again. Maybe you finally got caught robbing your grandmother’s house. Such scenarios are not fictions for addicts; they are standard. But when it comes to the point that everyone in your life has told you to get the fuck out, perhaps it’s time to change.

The Author Marques Noah Marchand resides in San Francisco, California. Junk Knowledge is his first book. Marques’s work focuses on the gritty truth that is addiction, and what it takes to recover and move forward. With a dark sense of humor, Marques will guide you through all the ups, downs and curves that have been in his life. Today, armed with a wealth of knowledge that his experience has brought him, Marques Marchand hopes to help other suffering addicts and the friends and family that are trying to help those that are currently caught in the grips of the madness—addiction. Please keep an eye out for his future work.

Publication date: August 2020 Extent: 206 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $12.95

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Biography

The English Professor Liam Francis Gearon The Fires at Max Gate, Professor Dante Blythe’s biography of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), would not be the last word on the Victorian novelist. There was always room for more speculation. Yet, any material evidence of controversy was burned in the author’s garden at Max Gate, Thomas Hardy’s residence since 1885. The fires, destroying all personal papers of a writer who became as controversial as he was acclaimed, were ignited initially by Hardy late in 1927 and, early in 1928, after the author’s death by his second wife, Florence. Two things obsessed Blythe about Hardy: why had Hardy ceased writing novels at the heart of his literary fame in 1885, just as he and his first wife, Emma, moved into Max Gate? And what, nearly half a century later just before his death, was the last of the great Victorians trying to hide in those fires in the garden of Max Gate? Blythe’s long-held hunch is of a connection between the end of a novel-writing career and the fires. Blythe’s tenacious investigation takes him back into his own history and to his first love, Beatrice Lambe, and to where they had first met one winter’s night beside that lake on those stately grounds of Clay Castle.

The Author Liam Francis Gearon is a senior research fellow at Harris Manchester College and associate professor at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. A docent of the University of Helsinki, Finland, he also concurrently holds posts as conjoint full professor at Newcastle University, Australia; and as extraordinary professor at North-West University, South Africa. Liam is also visiting professor at the Irish Institute for Catholic Studies, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland. With a doctorate in English literature, he is the author or editor of over forty books.

Publication date: May 2021 Extent: 240 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99 The Wright Choices Ronald M. Gauthier The legacy of Richard Wright is little known. Born of personal experience, his works threw a harsh light on the continued struggles of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. Almost completely self-educated, he was a writer, thinker, and activist whose passion for the plight of his people never waned. His works continue to influence young minds to this day. The stories in this collection are linked by Wright and his life, sometimes directly, sometimes only in passing. They are tales of the ongoing struggle, and Wright's existence in one way or another touches modern lives in ways they may not even recognise. From a group escaping the ravages of Hurricane Katrina to an ordinary man trying to win the heart of a woman, Richard Wright has a bearing on every life described in these pages.

The Author Ronald M. Gauthier is an author and librarian residing in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of Killing Time: an 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom, which won the 2010 Innocence Project Media Award, the Indie Award for best nonfiction and was selected by the Chicago Sun Times as one of the best books of 2010. He has had short fiction and nonfiction published in various newspapers and literary journals. His collection of short stories was long-listed for the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. He lived in New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina forced his evacuation to Atlanta in 2005.

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Sailor in the Sky Graham K. Jooste “He was the outstanding fighter pilot of the 1939-1945 war. His inspired leadership, added to his gunnery and implacable determination, made him second to none, a fact acknowledged by us all. Sailor was perhaps, a man more than any other, that could say in all truth: ‘I Fear No Man’.”

Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson, CBE DSO DFC, WW2 Fighter Ace

Adolph Gysbert Malan, universally known as “Sailor”, is regarded as one of the very greatest fighter pilots of the Second World War. As Graham Jooste’s detailed, compelling and timely biography reveals, Sailor began life on a South African farm before joining the merchant navy. Even before the war, he quickly distinguished himself as a pilot. He would go on to play a vital part as one of the “Few” during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, when the outcome of the whole war hung in the balance. While the bulk of the book rightly concentrates on Sailor’s wartime experiences, Graham Jooste also details his political involvement in post-war South Africa, at a time when, to his horror, the ruling National Party had embraced an openly racist ideology and began to implement the country’s notorious Apartheid system.

The Author Graham Jooste was born in 1937 at Willemsdal, Greylingstad, a small town in the Transvaal Province of South Africa. He received his early education at various Afrikaans and English schools, wherever his father was transferred to while working in the bank. Because of this he became fully bilingual which was to stand him in good stead throughout his career. He was accepted into the South African Nautical College, “General Botha”, for the 1952–1953 intake. He captained the cricket, boxing and rugby sides and was appointed to the rank of Senior Cadet Captain. Upon graduation he was awarded Second Prize in the Queen’s Gold Medal Competition. He proceeded to sea with the Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, and after a few years came ashore. He was active in business and started a wholesale and manufacturing enterprise. He was always interested in history and visited most of the Boer War battlefields around the country. He lectured to various groups about specific episodes during the conflict and was called upon by a college to assist in their History Department. Although not active in business anymore he writes a monthly article for a magazine about historical personalities with South African connections. Publication date: October 2019 Extent: 334 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £11.99 Love, Zelda Vicky Kavanagh

The story you haven't heard. Wife. Muse. Mother. Artist.

As wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (author of The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise), Zelda was many things. She was called even more: whore, insane, attention seeker, degenerate. This book tells the story of two great but terrible people. Of a couple deeply in love, but who couldn’t stop hurting each other: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald birthed a new age and heralded a new way of being. But behind every myth is the true story. A truth more gripping than the fiction. This is Zelda’s story, as it’s never been told.

The Author Vicky Kavanagh is a storyteller and has been all her life. Drawn to Zelda Sayre’s tale, the idea for Love, Zelda mulled in her head for a few years until she finally put pen to paper. It took three months to write. She lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her partner, Stuart, and a collection of books.

Publication date: July 2019 Extent: 230 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £11.99

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Latif – Man of Love and Art Dariush Pourkian

A couple of days later, Latif and Vera went through their relationship once again. “I found Vera that night, anyway, and we resumed fighting. We said what we should have. I said ‘goodbye’ at the entrance, and our love ended. (Thank God!) After all those twenty months of love, I mean not love, but madness, I can now see myself relieved… Love is real. Don’t think it false and don’t play with this lion’s tail.” The separation didn’t last more than a week, though. Latif could not bear being away from Vera. He confessed, “I’m captured by this girl and live in her prison.” He wrote, “I made friends again with Vera. Then we made a date for the next night.” Later, with a confused mind, Latif whispered to himself this verse: “I love you, knowing you’re my enemy. I wonder why I’ve made friends with an enemy.”

The Author The author was born in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Germany to study at the University of Hamburg. He obtained his doctorate degree there in economics and politics, then stopped writing scientific articles for universities and institutes and entered the world of business.

Publication date: August 2018 Extent: 252 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £17.99

Mugabe: Monarch of Blood and Tears Andrew Norman Dr. Andrew Norman is the author of many biographies, and with 'Mugabe: Monarch of Blood and Tears', he has added another substantial volume to the list. More than just a chronicle of the transformation of Southern Rhodesia into Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe’s dictatorship, the author provides a fascinating and unique insight into the background of this African leader. He describes the way in which Mugabe’s personality was formed and developed, and then stamped on Zimbabwe to the detriment of millions of its citizens. Using many authoritative sources, a picture is drawn; not only of a tyrannical despot in action, but of a complex man with a paradoxical and contradictory personality, on which the author sheds light. An absorbing read for anyone who has lived through these turbulent times, students of political and African history, and readers interested in biographies.

The Author Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Having been educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Midsomer Norton Grammar School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children, Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife. From 1972-1983, Andrew worked as a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset before a spinal injury cut short his medical career. He is now an established writer whose published works include biographies of Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Thomas Hardy, T.E. Lawrence, Adolf Hitler, Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Andrew married his second wife, Rachel, in 2005. Author's website: www.andrew-norman.com

Publication date: August 2017 Extent: 373 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99

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Every Second Counts Michael Buckle

We are all familiar with names such as Roger Federer, Victoria Pendleton, Mo Farah, Donald Bradman, Lionel Messi, Mohammed Ali and Venus Williams, to name just a few, who have reached the pinnacle of success. Every Second Counts explores the stories of those whose names are not as well known, who have made huge sacrifices in pursuit of their goals but who have achieved little or nothing. Not for them a gold medal, entry in the record books, knighthood or best-selling biographies, but whose contribution to their sport should nevertheless be recognised. And since no one is perfect, there are accounts of famous sportsmen and sportswomen who have had extremely successful careers but who may have fallen short in one respect or another.

The Author Mike taught for over 30 years, the last 19 as a primary school head teacher. Since retirement in 1990, he has enjoyed pub quizzes, walking, gardening and crosswords. He has previously had two quiz books published. He has a keen interest in history and greatly enjoys travelling with his wife, their favourite destination being Italy. Mike is the proud father of four grown- up children and grandfather of Sadie. He has been a keen footballer, representing Darlington Under 18s, college teams and local league teams.

Publication date: August 2018 Extent: 136 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

Wild Imaginings: A Brontë Childhood Catherine Rayner This book will take you into the lives of the six Brontë children who were raised in Haworth Parsonage on the edge of the West Yorkshire Moors. Discover the world of a Victorian childhood and how the children dealt with isolation, the harsh education system and death. Read about how the children used the graveyard surrounding their garden as a playground and how they found solace in making up stories of imaginary islands, kingdoms and people. Reality and imagination mingled and spread so that they lived in a fantasy world of ghosts, horror, religion, disease, war, scientific discovery, love and humor; here anything could happen. Learn about the background to the childhood of those who were to become such remarkable authors. This book is as accurate in its factual content as it is fascinating in its fantasy.

The Author Catherine Rayner is a nurse and former English lecturer. She is a life member of the Brontë Society and has served on its Council of Trustees. She is actively involved with the Brontë Society and has a life-long interest in the lives and works of many Victorian authors. Catherine lives and works in the East Riding of Yorkshire and has two children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her hobbies are reading and studying a wide range of subjects, including history, crime, archaeology, and child psychology. She enjoys swimming and walking, when able, and visiting sites and buildings of historic interest. Catherine was involved for many years in the care of adults with both learning difficulties and mental health issues which has led her to further research in social psychology, addiction and emotional trauma. Catherine has written two books about the Brontës and is currently writing a literary handbook for walkers on Haworth and its surrounds, in partnership with her brother.

Publication date: April 2018 Extent: 296 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99

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The English Woman and C.G. Jung David Bailey

Ruth Bailey, reeling from her work as a nurse during the Great War, is feeling listless, lonely and lacking purpose. With the war over, her work as a nurse is no longer needed, and so far, she has been lucky enough to meet men who have moved her but has been unlucky enough to lose them in heart-breaking wartimes. But when her sister needs someone to accompany her to Africa, to give her away on her wedding day, Ruth is only too happy to oblige. She’s more than ready for adventure and self-discovery, and the Wangoni is calling. Little does she know, another passenger aboard the Wangoni is on a similar mission, noted psychoanalyst C.G. Jung. When the pair’s paths cross, it ignites a lifelong friendship that starts with a simple exploratory research safari through Africa. Ruth Bailey, the English lady, saw the side of Jung that no academic was privy to. She met his children, his wife and his mistress, sticking with him until the very last day and learning much about herself, the human psyche and about her unforgettable Swiss friend.

The Author David Bailey was educated at Shrewsbury School and Queens’ College, Cambridge, graduating in History before joining the Chemical industry, where he worked for ICI and Air Products in a variety of sales, marketing and export management roles. Now retired, he divides his time between his wife, two married daughters, their families and dogs, as well as writing and photography.

Publication date: September 2017 Extent: 397 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £13.99

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True Crime

Behind the Crime Colin Ferguson Whatever the crime, there is a human story behind it, and though many crimes are frightening and even horrifying, most of them are a story of human failure. In this book, Colin tells about his journey into crime from the safe environs of the Bank of England into the chaos of disordered lives. The book is full of people with whom he worked from the late 1960s to his move-on promotion to Reading in 1979. It was South London reeling from the power of the Krays and Richardson gangs and the coming of young children to join parents who had come to England from the Caribbean ten years before. For over two years it was the desperation of Holloway prison. They are only pen pictures and are not meant to go into great depth neither do they excuse the crimes that brought them to court. They are simply a look-behind the crime to meet the people. The events may be historical, but they are still being relived today.

The Author The author was born in Perth but moved to Richmond, Surrey, in 1948 and attended Tiffin School, Kingston. He served in the RAF, followed by 9 years in the Bank of England, then retraining as a Probation Officer. He worked as such in Brixton and Battersea as well as two years in Holloway Prison. Came on promotion to Reading in 1979. He retired early, in 1996 and then spent ten years as a Family Mediator. Since then he has written two novels and several books of worship material, mainly new hymns. Also took a master’s degree in Criminal Justice at University of Reading in 1987. He is married to his wife, Janet, for nearly sixty years and has four children. He is still active in local life and church – a lay preacher for sixty years. Publication date: July 2019 Extent: 110 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99 Neil’s Story: Trial By Media Clifford Entwistle The Neil Entwistle murder case caused a media frenzy on both sides of the Atlantic. With his wife and baby daughter found dead in their bedroom, Neil was the immediate suspect, and his subsequent conviction seemed inevitable to all who heard and read the sordid coverage. However, things are not always what they seem.

With remarkable objectivity, Cliff Entwistle reveals the inconsistencies in the investigation, the lies told and the key forensic evidence withheld from the medical examiner, and with touchingly personal candour, he shares the pain he felt at the great loss and betrayal his family suffered.

You will be disturbed by the harrowing details he exposes of the justice systems of both the UK and the US, yet you cannot fail to be encouraged as he testifies to the strength and resilience of family bonds in the face of unimaginable heartache and adversity.

The Author Cliff Entwistle has been married to Yvonne for over forty years, and together they have known both the blessing of a growing family and the heartache of lives taken too soon.

Cliff worked as a coal miner for over twenty-five years, and today instructs forklift truck drivers. He has also been a sitting district councillor for Bassetlaw for over eighteen years.

Together with his wife, Cliff enjoys working on his home and garden, and visiting historic sites around the UK. He also writes on various topics and recently has been published in a national magazine.

Publication date: September 2018 Extent: 62 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99

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The Faces of Crime Gene O’Donnell FBI Forensic Artist and Laboratory Supervisor Gene O’Donnell traveled the world for 32 years to draw the faces of criminals waiting for him in the memories of their victims. Sometimes the only witnesses he had were the skeletal remains found along a lonesome highway. Spies, bank robbers, lost and missing kids, aspiring presidential assassins, rapists, anybody wanted by police, Gene drew. With few leads, these drawings were often the only thing that allowed investigators to track down suspects. This memoir takes the reader on fascinating journeys of true crimes. See how age- progressed images of two kidnapped children led Unsolved Mysteries to the Fontes boys, who, though missing for many years, were recognized and rescued, while their kidnappers were brought to justice. Experience the victory of helping to find the worst that mankind has to offer and the heartbreak over the ones that got away.

The Author Leading the international training program for police forensic artists at Quantico for more than twenty years, Gene has been interviewed by scores of media outlets about his FBI casework and has served as a consultant for the television series Hannibal. After a childhood spent in rural western Pennsylvania and stints at college, Gene turned to an area of study that he truly enjoyed: art. Accepting an appointment with the FBI, he quickly found his calling – forensic art; a mixture of two things that he loved best: helping others and creating art. During his long career, Gene was nominated for the Department of Justice Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Performance on several occasions. He traveled the globe to assist other countries’ police departments with their unsolved cases, many of which were the result of a horrific crime. Publishing collaborative scientific papers for the Journal of Forensic Science, his work has also been featured in the FBI’s Law Enforcement Bulletin. Gene has lectured widely around the U.S., and his work has been included in college textbooks on biological anthropology. Publication date: June 2019 Extent: 232 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £17.99 Sympathy For The Devil Barbara Kujath American novelists of the sixties’ era predicted the rise of a new sociopathic personality type on the American social and cultural scene that they warned would become an important expression of human behaviour by the turn of the next century and new millennium. By means of this widely misread central claim of much of the controversial writing of the time, said novelists attempted the literary portrayal of a disturbing new social trend and created an artistic tradition that has been flourishing ever since. This study focuses on how a generation of American writers reinvented the traditional novel to depict a new kind of human experience in a modern social environment of ‘perpetual warfare’ and ‘institutionalised violence’ to gain cultural bearing for this anti-social character type they felt was on the rise. This work offers the first literary history of the origins and early development of the psychopath figure and genre in American literature and art.

The Author Barbara Kujath was born and grew up in Calgary, Canada, and is of German-Canadian background. In 2001, she left Canada to study at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany. She finished her master’s studies in English and German literature in 2007 and went on to complete her doctoral thesis in American literature at the Heidelberg Centre for American Studies. She currently resides in Germany, just north of Frankfurt.

Publication date: October 2020 Extent: 320 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £11.99

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Doctor’s Stories

James Scott Savory: Sins & Secrets Sue Buchanan

From England to exotic India, under the powerful Honourable East India Company, this is the journey of one man - James Scott Savory. Commencing his career in India on the Madras Establishment as an 18-year-old writer, he rose to become a senior merchant and criminal judge presiding over and investigating scandalous frauds for one of history's greatest companies. With success came love, marriage and children to an Indian "princess", the sense of abandonment for generations and suspicions of bigamy when he returned to England to marry an old love, never to return to India and his family again. Tragedy struck when the woman he had left India, his career and family for, dies in childbirth. This was followed by a return to his roots in Calne, Wiltshire, and a third marriage to a woman he would spend the rest of his privileged life with on his Company pension while his first wife and children remained in India.

The Author Sue Buchanan is a descendant of the family James Scott Savory left behind in India. She has a keen interest in genealogy, history and India, and has been researching these areas for the past twenty years. This research has taken her on a surprising journey of discovery which continues. Sue lives in Australia with her husband and three daughters. Publication date: January 2020 Genre: Biography Extent: 202 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

Gnomic Wisdom Geoffrey Phillips FRCP ‘Life is a sexually transmitted condition with 100% mortality'. So begins Dr Geoffrey Phillips in his book Gnomic Wisdom as he shares a collection of anecdotes and observations gained over his long career in medicine, ten years in the Territorial Army and experience in writing medico-legal reports. From his birth in 1952 and through his school, medical student and army days to his time as a highly respected consultant geriatrician, Dr Phillips brings to life what really goes on during training, on hospital wards and in the medical profession, whilst setting everything into an historical and informative context so providing an educating, informing and often humorous read.

The Author Geoff Phillips is a retired Liverpool Teaching Hospital Consultant Geriatrician who for some 25 years was in increasing demand as a Medico-legal Expert. Throughout his career in medicine (and before) he observed life, and collected an archive of stories reflecting pathos, humour and the oddities of life together with interesting facts. He used some of them to enhance student and postgraduate teaching on his ward rounds and also when giving "after dinner speeches". The book is drawn from that archive and adapted for the general audience.

Publication date: January 2017 Extent: 275 pages Rights Sold: film rights UK RRP: £8.99

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From Cholera to Ebola: Confessions of a Humanitarian Doctor John Parker “We’ve been invited to witness a bonfire of marijuana by the Taliban. Anyone interested?” Amid the missionaries, mercenaries and misfits drawn to the world’s most dangerous and volatile hotspots stands Dr John Parker. From Cholera to Ebola is a captivating collection of true stories 25 years in the making. Whether challenging the bureaucracy of refugee camps to cradling children as they died, Dr Parker operated far from his comfort zone, from the norms of medical practice and from the decencies of humanity. His is a life that swung from heartbreaking hopelessness to sheer ecstasy as he battled PTSD to chase his next ‘fix’ over increasingly dangerous missions. “There are some things you cannot be taught; you have to live them”

The Author Dr John Parker was born and bred in Liverpool, UK and medically trained at Edinburgh University. He came to Australia to scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef and never returned. He commenced a medical practice in Airlie Beach in Queensland to follow a passion in diving medicine and later worked at Golden Beach in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Intermittently he has ventured with the Red Cross and MSF on humanitarian medical missions including 3 war zones, 2 epidemics and several refugee camps. More recently he has worked as SMO in the refugee detention centres on Nauru, Manus Island and Christmas Island, medical officer in an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone and spent a year as an expedition medical officer on Davis Station in Antarctica. He is presently working on Thursday Island in the Torres Straits. He has written ‘The Sports Diving Medical” and “Poetic Prescriptions for Feeling Good”.

Publication date: May 2020 Extent: 212 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

The Naval Gynechologist Horton Hyphen The Naval Gynaecologist is an indelible account of a naval medic’s marine experiences and exploration sprees across the globe. From joining the Royal New Zealand Navy, working at the Naval Hospital and playing in regional sports tournaments like rugby and water polo to making new friends across the journeys at sea, attending the Nuclear Biological Chemical Defence school attached to HMNZS Philomel and journey to Expo 70 in Japan and many more. This is a riveting tale of a medic who loves every moment of the life at sea and the accompanying adventures.

The Author The author was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, to an air force officer and registered nurse. His English father was in New Zealand to teach avionics to airmen in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. After the war, the family, including the two boys, were shipped off to England to be demobbed; a third son arrived whilst they were in the UK. The offer to settle back in New Zealand came along, and the family went to settle in Christchurch with Ross’s grandfather and grandmother. His father tried to find work but after 12 years in the RAF found it difficult to settle, so he joined the Royal New Zealand Airforce. This meant reverting from his previous commissioned rank to corporal. The family, including Ross, were shifted all over New Zealand to various air bases, with the author moving to eight different schools before entering the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Publication date: October 2020 Extent: 46 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99

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The Needle and The Damage Done Dr Patrick Treacy The Needle and the Damage Done is the story of a boy from a small Irish village who became an adventurer, multi-award-winning doctor and physician to the stars. Part travelogue, part thriller, part celebrity tell-all, the memoir is a whirlwind of adventure and a fascinating insight into the colourful life of Dr Patrick Treacy. Cosmetic doctor Patrick Treacy grew up in rural Northern Ireland during The Troubles. Determined to become a doctor, he raised money for medical school in Dublin by smuggling cars from Germany to Turkey. He studied biochemistry at Queens University Belfast and medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons. While working in a Dublin hospital, he was accidentally jabbed with a needle from an HIV patient. He took blood test after blood test for many years until he was confirmed negative. Initially overwhelmed by the experience, he moved to New Zealand, away from everyone who knew what he was going through: his girlfriend and his colleagues. Thus, he began a peripatetic existence, working as a doctor around the world. In Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad, Treacy was arrested and imprisoned, spending days wondering whether he was going to be hanged as a spy. He worked as a ship’s surgeon in California and with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia. On returning to Dublin, Treacy set up the Ailesbury Clinic where he pioneered the emergent field of cosmetic dermatology, championing treatments regarding the use of botulinum toxin and dermal fillers. His award-winning research brought him numerous international accolades and many celebrity patients, including the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, who came flocking to his door. Central to this memoir is Treacy’s personal journey: his efforts to escape the conflict of The Troubles, coping with the fear that he may have contracted HIV, getting over his lost love and surviving the crippling Irish recession. Most of all, it gives us a fascinating insight into his award-winning research on the influence of Botox ® on the brain and how he developed protocols to reverse the damage being done to patient’s faces as a result of the complications of dermal fillers.

The Author Dr Treacy was awarded the “Top Aesthetic Practitioner in the World 2019” at the MyFaceMyBody Global Awards (Las Vegas). He won the ‘Doctor of the Year’ UK 2019 (Las Vegas) and ‘Doctor of the Year’ UK and Ireland 2018 at the Safety in Beauty Diamond Award (London). He won the Royal Society of Medicine (London) Research Poster Award 2019. He is among a few doctors in the world to have won the coveted AMEC Trophy three times (Paris 2014 and 2016, Monaco 2019) for varied research relating to the use of stem cells and platelets in treating cancer cachexia and reversing skin necrosis. He won the MyFaceMyBody Trophy in London (2016) for medical research and was Highly Commended (London 2012 and 2013) for studies relating to the use of platelet-rich plasma, growth signalling factors and 633nm red light in both facial rejuvenation and hair transplant. These types of procedures are now popularised and being used by clinicians all around the world. He was given the CCME Medal for “Excellence in contributions to Aesthetic Medicine” (Mexico 2016) and was Highly Commended in “Doctor of the Year” Category (London 2016). He is recognised as one of the most influential aesthetic practitioners in the world being named for the third time amongst the MyFaceMyBody “Ultimate 100 Global Aesthetic Leaders”(Las Vegas 2019, Los Angeles 2018, London 2017). He received the MyFaceMyBody Specialist Award (London 2018) for research contributions to the field of Aesthetic Medicine. He was awarded a Laureate in Aesthetic Medicine by the Azerbaijani College of Medicine and given the Beauty & Anti- Ageing Trophy (Baku 2017) for contributions to the field of Aesthetic Medicine. He was awarded the 1st AIDA Trophy for his research in Aesthetic Medicine (Abu Dhabi 2017). His research has strongly influenced this specialist area where he has developed global protocols relating to dermal filler complications and wound healing, as well as pioneering techniques for HIV facial lipodystrophy facial endoprostheses and radiosurgery venous thermocoagulation. He won both the “Irish Healthcare Award for Medical Research” (Dublin 2017) and the “British College of Aesthetic Medicine Award for Medical Research” (London 2017). Dr Treacy was Chairman of the Organising Committee of Royal Society of Medicine (London) Aesthetic Congress 2019, Chairman of the Irish Association of Cosmetic Doctors, and the Irish Representative of the British Association of Cosmetic Medicine. He serves on the editorial boards of five international aesthetic journals. He is author and co-author of many articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has contributed to chapters of medical books. Dr Treacy is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Arts (London). He is Chairman of the Ailesbury Humanitarian Foundation and is the driving force behind countless humanitarian efforts that impact the lives of children in communities across Africa, Haiti, and the Third World. To this end, he has opened orphanages in Monrovia, Liberia, and Mirebalais, Haiti. He practices cosmetic medicine in his clinics in Dublin and Cork. He is an advanced aesthetic trainer and has trained over 3,500 doctors and nurses from around the world. He has featured on CNN, Dr Drew, RTÉ, TV3, Sky News, BBC, and Newsweek. Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 398 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £25.99 40 | P a g e

Cut With Conviction Mike Damp The cheetah had been disrespectful of his grandchildren… Enough reason for a 40-kg, 1.4- metre tall Bushman grandfather to track down and kill a ferocious predator with a stabbing spear in solitary combat in the Kalahari Desert, only to suffer near fatal injuries himself-- one of many such patients confronting Mr Mike Damp in this wonderful tale of the way it was in a world that now seems so impossibly faraway. A heady mix of one man's adventure through the sort of medical and cultural challenges few modern-day western physicians would ever expect to encounter. This is a story of perseverance and great dedication as well as a reflection of how man's best intentions and tireless efforts can so easily turn to dust and decay. But above all, Cut with Conviction is a love story. Of the despairing love for a continent and its people fast being reclaimed by a heart of darkness as unstoppable as the forces of nature that both nurture and destroy as it washes over the vast plains and rivers and mountains of a lost paradise. Then there is the mix of exhilarating joy and sheer terror in a flying doctor's life in Zululand, of transporting critically ill patients in all weather conditions over some of the most inhospitable terrain, often with little or no navigational aids while a fellow doctor, seated next to the patient in the cramped space of a small plane, desperately tries to keep life going with the aid of basic life-support equipment. Africa is a land of unique and rare beauty that mystifies many with its great contradictions. This story unfolds during the apparent stability of grand apartheid and the turbulent times during its collapse and aftermath. Cut with Conviction is a must-read for all who love adventure, medical issues, flying, travel and Africa.

The Author Mike is passionate about the country of his birth. He was born in Durban at the dawn of Apartheid and medically educated in Cape Town. He worked for twenty-five years in rural Africa amongst the Zulus as an old-fashioned general surgeon. He has always loved the African bush and her indigenous people and has an equal passion for aviation. His aspiration to create a centre of surgical excellence in Zululand was demolished by the pre-independence civil war, the ravages of HIV/AIDS along with political and bureaucratic incompetence. As his world dissolved about him, he was offered a rural surgical appointment in South Australia.

Publication date: March 2020 Extent: 266 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99 Seven Months in Rural Chad John Brooke

This book relates the experiences of a doctor, who, after nearly half a century of medical practice in Europe became a volunteer doctor, working with Médecins Sans Frontières, (Doctors without Borders), treating young children with severe malaria in rural Chad, one of the most isolated and poorest parts of the African continent. The author describes the route he followed from his first inclination to work in this field to the time of his arrival in Africa. An Africa whose evolution is described from pre-colonial days to the present time. Whilst giving details of the many facets of malaria, the author portrays the country and the people of Chad with whom he lived and worked, a people for whom his respect increased with each passing day.

The Author Born in 1942, the author is a medical doctor who has practiced in the United Kingdom, France and later as a volunteer doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)

Publication date: October 2020 Extent: 148 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £13.99

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Imperfect Recollections Erik Hagen

Welcome to the fascinating world of general medical practice in Australia. This book is a collection of stories from the author’s rich and varied career spanning over 40 years. During that time, he has been a country GP, delivering babies and doing anaesthetics, a retrieval doctor with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, worked in the emergency departments of various hospitals and followed his passion of motor sport medicine, especially internationally in the fields of Formula 1 and World Rallying. The stories are both funny and poignantly sad. They are told in the style that invites the reader to sit down, share a glass of something with the author and tell a few tales, like old friends. Many of us see ourselves or people we know in these pages… You may be right or you may be wrong, but then that would be telling!

The Author Erik Hagen was born in the UK to Norwegian parents. The family came to Western Australia in his childhood and he has been there ever since.

He came late to medicine but has now been in that field for over 40 years.

He has had a career including country general practice, retrieval medicine with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and working in hospital emergency departments. He has been involved in his hobby of motor sport medicine, including Formula 1 and World Rallying for the last 30 years.

Publication date: July 2020 Extent: 160 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99 A Call To Listen Dr Gene Dagnone Emergency medicine is practised in a fast moving, ever-changing environment. The individuals who work in emergency departments are required to think even faster and adapt even more frequently. The skills needed to perform at this level go far beyond the extensive medical training they all receive. The art of listening is equally important in the practice of any medicine, but doubly so in the emergency department. Every piece of information, every personal experience, every second opinion and every voice in the room may mean the difference between immediate and delayed action, sometimes even life and death. The tales recounted here illustrate how the tiniest detail can unlock a medical mystery, calm a child, comfort a loved one, or save a life.

The Author Dr. Gene Dagnone is professor emeritus of Emergency Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He has authored and co-authored a wide range of emergency medicine articles in the medical and health services journals in Canada, United States and Great Britain. He has served on the editorial board of two emergency medicine journals. His learning, teaching, research and clinical care experience spans half a century.

In clinical practice, teaching and research, Dr. Dagnone and his emergency department colleagues are in search of the ‘best answer'. When answers are not available or weak, in terms of sensitivity and specificity, there are always better questions to ask and other possibilities to consider. The sharing of this anthology of experiences ‘in listening in the emergency department' focuses on the trust and translation of the listening that occurs between caregiver and patient, caregiver and ‘next of kin', caregiver with each other. Publication date: January 2017 Extent: 250 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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The Marble Corridor and Other Medical Tales Grahame C.W. Howard

Set within a South London hospital in the 1970s, ‘The Marble Corridor' is the first of four stories which chart the progress of a newly qualified doctor from houseman to consultant. This first tale tracks the multifarious events of a single weekend spent working ‘on-call' and the unremitting pressure creates a sense of tension, which permeates this tale. Towards the end of this marathon stretch of duty, sleep deprivation causes the young doctor to hallucinate and he begins to confuse illusion and reality with some strange and incongruous outcomes. The other three stories continue to document the author's progress through a series of posts, highlighting some ethical and moral issues along with the hierarchical structure which had to be managed to progress in hospital medicine. Here, as in life, humour and tragedy are intertwined.

The Author Dr Grahame Howard was born in London in 1953 and his family moved to Norwich when he was four years old. His childhood, particularly the eccentric behaviour of his father, is recounted in his first book, ‘The Tales of Dod'. He returned to London to study Medicine at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, from where he graduated in 1976. Following a series of junior doctor posts in London and Cambridge he was appointed consultant Clinical Oncologist in Edinburgh in 1986. Publication date: July 2017 Extent: 308 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99 Memories of a National Service Doctor Dr John A Lunn Dr John Lunn, at the outset of his National Service, could not have imagined the events which lay ahead. He writes of his first year in the Suez Canal Zone, the last year of the British Army occupation. He describes his experience acting as medical officer on the tank- landing craft sailing the length of the Suez Canal to Aqaba, taking military equipment to Jordan. During his second year in the army, he was on active service in Cyprus during the EOKA campaign. Two life-threatening events are recalled. The book emphasises Dr Lunn’s deep admiration for the bravery of the young National Servicemen in Cyprus when severely wounded and, also, how they coped with the loss of their comrades. He concludes the book by saying how much his life’s experience was enriched by his National Service and how it gave him a lasting affection for the British Army.

The Author The author is a retired hospital consultant with a particular interest in diseases of occupation. He also undertook studies to identify reasons for failed tuberculosis immunisation programmes. One of his early junior hospital appointments was to a specialist ward at St Mary’s Hospital, London, where pioneering treatment of tuberculous meningitis had commenced following the advent of the antibiotic Streptomycin. He designed and had produced a simple, inexpensive, disposable vaccinating device which ensures accurate introduction of the vaccine Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) for protection against tuberculosis As a result of these studies, he was appointed a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation of the UK Department of Health. He was also asked by the South African government’s Department of Health to review their immunisation programme against tuberculosis. His commitment to his tuberculosis studies may well have been inspired by his own recovery from tuberculosis when a child. Before the advent of antibiotics, he spent two years in a sanatorium in order to overcome the disease. He obtained his postgraduate doctorate degree as a result of the studies into the causes, other than flour, of respiratory allergy in flour mill workers. His interests in retirement include recaning and restoring antique chairs, basket making and growing organic vegetables.

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A Little Bit of Britain

A History of London Through Beer Goggles Cyril O’Brien

Discover stories and parts of London that you may not have known. All of this done whilst visiting some of London’s oldest pubs. From the Great Fire of London to the Church-run prostitutes of Southwark. From cock fighting to the famous Cock Lane Ghost. From Shakespeare to Shrek. From St Paul’s Cathedral to the inspiration for wedding cakes. Take a journey through the streets of London and discover things you never knew. A must for all who live and work in London, as well as visitors to our great city. What better way could there be than to have a drink and a walk around the parts of the city you have probably never visited. Hidden gems abound.

The Author Cyril is a retired London Firefighter, who at now works for Transport for London, advising on aspects of safety. He is married to Jackie and together they have 3 grown up children, Georgina, Anne-Marie and Spencer. At the time of writing they have one Grandson, Coray. Cyril has a passion for trivia and entertaining, and loves scoialising. In his past, Cyril used to manager public houses prior to his service in the London Fire Brigade, and this book is a combination of his life and passions.

Publication date: January 2018 Extent: 334 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £10.99

Empire Made: Two Centuries of British Influenced Globalisation Allen George Duck

This broad history traces many of the key political and educational events that shaped two significant centuries of the British Empire. This vast imperial enterprise presided over a quarter of the world’s landmass and came close to achieving a world economy. A commercial expansion that was backed by Britain’s aristocratic gentry but governed by a new breed of university educated administrators. An elite group produced to manage Britain’s overseas interests – and to incidentally create the image of the stereotypically unflappable ‘Brit’. Universities and Empire advanced in a loose confederation that underpinned the progress of globalisation – a process that interconnects international trade and economics via technological advances in communication and transport. Globalisation permeates territorial boundaries and borders, it blurs the perception of distance – the sun may have long since set on the British Empire, but its administrators contributed mightily to shrinking the world it left behind.

The Author Allen George Duck has worked in the film and photography industry as a cinematographer and a writer. He became involved in higher education and in conveying film-craft to students. This led to a specific interest in education and a PhD in the subject. He has since returned to freelance filmmaking and still enjoys reading and writing about historical subjects. Publication date: June 2018 Extent: 380 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £11.99

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Jack the Ripper, The Works of Francis Thompson Richard Patterson Francis Thompson in 1888. He was an ex-medical student with a dissecting scalpel, and a history of mental illness and trouble with the police. He had just broken up with a prostitute and had written about cutting women's stomachs open. At the same time, a few yards from his refuge, a woman was knifed, as part of a spate of prostitute murders, which one coroner said was by someone who had considerable anatomical skill and knowledge. Richard A. Patterson sets out a compelling case for English poet Francis Thompson as the prime suspect for Jack the Ripper in this must-read for Ripperologists the world over.

The Author grants his readers an imaginary summary of things as if penned by his suspect. ‘Black it is to describe this species; thus, I shall begin with light. My own perspective on life has caused me to accept certain principles. Some of them have found favour due to their assistance when trying to solve problems. One, which has proved useful, is the knowledge that we can only see by the eye what the mind can bear to feel. Unless there are beings, such as I, to witness light, as motes of dust do, suspended in the still air of a sanctuary, even the rays of the blessed sun are made black. So, too, may light be flashed back from a void. For the ability to perceive what is gross illuminates what is dark and through illumination makes what is small and dull into beings both monstrous and radiant. ‘Yet I tell you, those that do read on, that whatever does follow, although based on myself, has been ghost written by a mediocre poet, who to me is not unlike a particle; isolated and alone in a distant place and far-off time. He is a man of little or no originality and of finite personality. He speaks of me only because fear has bent him to his knees; not all the perfumes of all the world can remove his stench of fear. Prick his words and they will lie bleeding. So, what if there is a little blood? ‘It has been many years now since this world has been born through me. My day has come and, pity for us all, I must die. Let my tears be his blackest ink and as I attempt to write in the blood of my five sisters, allow his fingers on the keys to impress upon you what I think. It is for this reason that I, Francis Thompson, have become breathless and to the author resign my breath. It is he who tries to grapple my crown of death though he knows that his success is all my power, but knowing this and despite knowing this, he shall speak for me and make his confession as he wears my life as one would a shroud of white.'

Publication date: February 2017 Extent: 399 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99 Empire’s Child Ramnik Shah This is a unique and varied collection of writings, spread over a half century, on wide- ranging subjects under the banner of a child of the British Empire. On its metropolitan home front, the Empire is of course long gone, with little left by way of folk memory. While it does not figure in our national conversation much, its legacy still lives on in many forms. More to the point, its historical significance is now being increasingly invoked and revived by writers with an immigrant background. This selective compilation falls into that genre. It is not a fictional narrative of a singular journey from out there to here, as it were, but rather a kaleidoscopic overview of the postcolonial movement into Britain of the East African (EA) Asians from a variety of historical, legal and cultural perspectives. This is encompassed in a mix of articles, magazine columns and other material and in the numerous letters in The Times and other newspapers. All these deal with different aspects of the whole EA Asian and indeed global migration phenomenon. Buried in there are snippets of the author’s own trajectory from birth in colonial Kenya to eventual settlement in the UK.

Empire’s Child, a fascinating glimpse into the making of Britain’s multicultural society.

The Author Ramnik Shah is a critic and commentator and over the years has written extensively in various legal journals, national newspapers and elsewhere on, among other things, migration and diaspora-related issues. Although now long retired, he continues to pen articles, blogs, book and film reviews and other material in different forums. He is on the editorial board of Bloomsbury Professional’s Journal of Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law and a regular columnist and contributor in AwaaZ, a cultural magazine published in Nairobi, Kenya. Publication date: September 2019 Extent: 396 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 45 | P a g e

Men of the River: Tales of London’s Docklands Henry T. Bradford

Henry T. Bradford brings to life his experiences working the London Docklands with inspirational tales of friendship to shocking, debilitating injuries endured during his time as a docker. In this poignant memoir, Henry T. Bradford gives an unrivalled portrayal of life in Britain in the years following the war, from detailing the devastating consequences of having fought for one’s country to the camaraderie and escapades of his fellow colleagues. The humorous and heartwarming tales give a rare insight into the lives of dockers, culminating in a greater understanding of the industry and of the author’s strong motivation to ensure the safety and welfare of the dock workers. Men of the River is a powerful and moving account of one man’s quest to change the lives of countless others. Bradford is a force to be reckoned with as his determination to implement change in the industry is evident in this inspirational account of succeeding against all odds.

The Author Henry Bradford was born in Gravesend, Kent, in October 1930. His father had been a regular soldier in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment during the First World War, serving in the trenches in France and Belgium, until he was wounded in the battle of the Somme on the first of July 1916. Mr Bradford met Henry’s mother, Jessica Reynolds, in Colchester, Essex. They were married in the village church of Pebmarsh, Essex, and settled in Mr Bradford’s home town of Gravesend, where they had nine children, Henry being the eighth child. As a child Henry had a sparse, primitive education, as did most children of that era, because of poor teaching methods, and also because he was evacuated twice during the Second World War, once to Dereham, Norfolk, on the third of September 1939, then to Totnes, Devonshire, on the fourteenth of June 1940. In Devonshire, Henry was injured in a farm accident that turned to septicaemia and necessitated his having to spend a year in Torbay and Exeter orthopaedic hospitals, before his being discharged in July 1941, when he returned home to Gravesend with what became a lifelong permanent disability. On his leaving school in September 1944, at the age of fourteen years, Henry was employed in numerous jobs before following his grandfather, father and brothers into the port transport industry in March 1954 as a Registered Dock Worker with the London Dock Labour Board. Then, after having been seriously injured in a shipboard accident in April 1960, Henry attended night classes for two years (at the behest of the LDLB welfare officer, Mr D. J. Foley J. P.), before applying and being accepted as a post-graduate diploma student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. After graduation, Henry returned to the docks where, during 1964-65, he wrote a comprehensive labour employment plan for the permanent employment of all registered dock workers. Henry married in December 1955, Iris Kathleen Mann. They had two children, Dawn and Roland. Henry retired from the port transport industry in December 1968 due to the numerous injuries he had sustained in dock working accidents, and his war time evacuation injury; he had spent thirty two years employed in the port transport industry, working in every conceivable job both on the docks and in clerical work as an Overseas Ships Tally clerk with dock stevedore companies, and as a ships clerk with the Port of London Authority. After his enforced retirement, Henry was advised by a literary friend that he should write stories about his experiences and vast knowledge of London’s docklands and, except for a story, “Animal Crackers in Country Parkland” about corruption in national and local government, his memories appear in print only in his series of books “Tales of London’s Docklands”, that can best be described as historical tales of dock work and dock workers in the mid-20th Century.

Publication date: October 2017 Extent: 248 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £7.99

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I was a London Firefighter David C. Pike What is a firefighter? They are the person next door…They are like you and me with warts and worries and unfulfilled dreams. Yet they stand taller than most of us. The latest book from author and retired fireman David Pike, I Was a London Firefighter is an anthology of factual narratives and fictional tales loosely based around the personal experiences of individual members of the London Fire Brigade. Ranging from the mid-19th century to the present day, the book includes direct reminiscences by former firefighters alongside descriptions of key historical figures like Massey Shaw, Sidney Gamble and Joe Milner. It takes in such subjects as the IRA’s 20-year bombing campaign in London and the changing status of female firefighters. Running through the book is a series of gripping historical narratives subtitled ‘Yesteryear’s Fires’, depicting the heroic professionalism of firefighters confronted by truly harrowing disasters. Some of these remain all-too-familiar, such as the King’s Cross fire of 1987 which claimed the lives of 31 people; others, no less terrible, have faded into distant memory. The book ends with a fresh and compelling description of a horrifying tragedy that no one can have forgotten: 2017’s Grenfell Tower fire. I Was a London Firefighter shares with David’s previous works – Beyond the Flames, London Firefighters and Fire-Floats and Fireboats – a careful and comprehensive approach to historical research, an eye for striking and unusual narrative details and an understated humour. Above all, it shows an unwavering appreciation of and empathy for the concerns and drives of the ordinary firefighter, born of David’s own experiences as a fireman.

The Author Joining the London Fire Brigade as a cadet at the tender age of sixteen, David Pike was destined to become very much an operational firefighter. Awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct as a young fireman, he rose steadily through the ranks during his thirty-plus years’ service within the LFB. He commanded one of London’s busiest and most challenging fire stations, Brixton. Heavily committed to raising monies for fire service charities, he rowed himself into The Guinness Book of Records whilst attracting many thousands of pounds through his, and his companions’, endeavours. He retired in senior rank from the Brigade in 1996. David now lives in Devon. Austin Macauley publishes David’s autobiography Beyond the Flames (2013), along with his previous histories of the London Fire Brigade, London Firefighters (2015) and Fire-Floats and Fireboats (2016).

Publication date: October 2018 Extent: 358 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £14.99

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History

Over The Rainbow Ron Raymond Squadron Leader Ron Raymond describes the twilight years of heavy-piston engine bomber flying (Lincoln 30 and 31s/WW2 Lancaster Mark 4s) at a time of long-range navigation by deduced (dead) reckoning, air plots and sextant sights. While navigation called for skills unique to the role of No 10 Squadron’s heavy bomber operations, the physical aircraft handling was conducted in accordance with rudimentary concepts – certainly in the event of an engine failure. The story initially deals with preparation of an RAAF pilot qualifying in a bomber role and continues on to describe duty as a flight instructor before ferrying aircraft from Canada for tactical air operations in Viet Nam and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Vietnamese operations were under control of the USAF and involved general support of forces ‘in the field’ by day and flare support for outposts under attack at night. Ron was awarded Mention in Despatches and a US Air Medal in Viet Nam, and a Queen’s Commendation in PNG. He returned to an air staff appointment before his final role as the Chief Flying Instructor at the RAAF Basic Flying Training School.

The Author Ron Raymond served 25 years in the Royal Australian Air Force, including 20 years as a general duties pilot, before leaving the military to continue his career in airline pilot training and management. He finally retired after 67 years in aviation. Over the Rainbow initially focuses on Ron’s time in the RAAF and his early efforts to establish himself as a professional aviator before his selection as a general duties pilot. The story describes training methods during the 1950s and ’60s, handling the WW2 heavy bombers of the day (Lincoln Mark 30 and 31—Lancaster variants), fast jets (Vampire), air instruction, tactical air operations (Vietnam and Papua New Guinea), an Air Staff career assignment and, finally, appointment as the Chief Flying Instructor at the RAAF Basic Flying Training School.

Publication date: April 2019 Extent: 190 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

Six Miles From Home Stephen Morrin Six Miles from Home chronicles the compelling events of one of the UK’s worst urban air disasters that claimed the lives of 72 passengers and crew. Drawing on 20 years of meticulous research and extensive interviews with all those involved, the author has produced a truly remarkable and compelling book. Full of suspense and high drama, it tells a powerful account of death and survival, with compassion and understanding that leaves the reader with lasting images. As an analysis of the disaster and how it changed lives forever, this account is an important social record. The book is the achievement of a skilful writer who is passionate about his subject. This is the author’s fourth book on civilian aviation accidents; in addition, he has contributed numerous articles on the subject for newspapers and magazines. He has also taken part in a number of television documentaries. Based in Cheshire, his previous books include, The Munich Air Disaster, which deals with the Manchester United tragedy; and The Devil Casts His Net, which chronicles the events surrounding the Winter Hill air disaster.

Publication date: May 2020 Extent: 212 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Black Presence in Britain Through the 16th and 17th Centuries Teacher Handbook Fay Blake and Kim Blake A black population existed in Britain long before the Windrush generation arrived in 1948. As early as the 16th century, there were evidences of black people in the royal courts of England and Scotland. Britain’s active involvement in the ‘Triangular’ slave trade saw a growth in the number of black people. Did you know that Queen Elizabeth I, alarmed at the growing black population, attempted to expel them? Find out what she did and how this impacted the lives of black people in her realm. Discover how the increasing numbers of enslaved Africans survived during the 17th century, and how they resisted slavery. For example, do you know the name of the person on the front cover? Learn about her resistance against slavery and the resistance of other Africans in England and the British colonies.

The Authors Fay Blake is a qualified secondary teacher of Media Studies and English and has worked in the education sector for over 15 years including a local authority coordinating new projects for young people and producing print and digital publicity. Fay has experience of writing secondary teaching materials whilst working for an educational charity.

Kim Blake has a BA in African History and a MA Research in History. Her thesis was published ‘T.E.S. Scholes: the unknown Pan Africanist’ published in the Journal of Race and Class in July 07, and has self- published a historical fiction Dido Belle. Kim is currently working at Imperial College.

Publication date: November 2020 Extent: 22 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

Black Presence in Britain Through the 16th and 17th Centuries Student Workbook Fay Blake and Kim Blake

A black population existed in Britain long before the Windrush generation arrived in 1948. As early as the 16th century, there were evidences of black people in the royal courts of England and Scotland. Britain’s active involvement in the ‘Triangular’ slave trade saw a growth in the number of black people. Did you know that Queen Elizabeth I, alarmed at the growing black population, attempted to expel them? Find out what she did and how this impacted the lives of black people in her realm. Discover how the increasing numbers of enslaved Africans survived during the 17th century, and how they resisted slavery. For example, do you know the name of the person on the front cover? Learn about her resistance against slavery and the resistance of other Africans in England and the British colonies.

The Authors Fay Blake is a qualified secondary teacher of Media Studies and English and has worked in the education sector for over 15 years including a local authority coordinating new projects for young people and producing print and digital publicity. Fay has experience of writing secondary teaching materials whilst working for an educational charity.

Kim Blake has a BA in African History and a MA Research in History. Her thesis was published ‘T.E.S. Scholes: the unknown Pan Africanist’ published in the Journal of Race and Class in July 07, and has self- published a historical fiction Dido Belle. Kim is currently working at Imperial College.

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Imperial India: A Pictorial History A.S. Bhalla Magnificent palaces, forts and fortresses, victory towers and memorials, among others, are the living symbols of imperial lavishness in India. The book describes and illustrates royal edifices from Agra, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, Hyderabad, Lahore, Madras, Poona, Rawalpindi, Quetta and Simla. The physical history of the above architecture is juxtaposed with social history of the time, for example, segregation of the British rulers from their subjects, and habits and customs of the colonial rulers and Indian and Burmese princes. The cultural history of the times is captured by the establishment of Shakespearean theatre, musical comedies and drama in the Indian sub- continent. Transport history is addressed through a discussion and illustration of Indian railways, among the largest transport networks in the world. My private and rare collection of vintage postcards published in Germany and the UK between 1905 and 1910 is the main source of illustrations in the book.

The Author A.S. Bhalla (M.A. Cant, Ph.D. Manchester) is a former fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge UK and former Special Adviser to the President of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa. Dr Bhalla has held academic positions at Cambridge, Oxford, Yale and Manchester. His other historical books are Royal Tombs of India (Mapin, 2009); Buddhist Art in Asia (Austin Macauley, 2014); Glimpses of Medieval Switzerland (Austin Macauley, 2015) and Monuments, Power and Poverty in India: From Ashoka to the Raj (I.B. Tauris, 2015). He has written extensively on various other subjects. He is the (co) author of Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India (PalgraveMacmillan, 2017); Poverty among Immigrant Children in Europe (PalgraveMacmillan, 2009); Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World (PalgraveMacmillan, 2004) and Uneven Development in the Third World (Macmillan (1995) among other publications. Publication date: April 2018 Extent: 182 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £23.99 At the Going Down of the Sun R.G. Gladding

At the Going Down of the Sun is a comprehensive account of British campaigns in Africa during the Great War (1914-18). Author Rob Gladding is a former serviceman in both the army and navy, and his first-hand experience of the armed forces, alongside his commitment to and academic achievements in history, are evident in his writing which details places, dates, battles and units in impressive detail. After setting the scene with the assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand that led to the outbreak of World War I, the book gives an account of British military operations up until 1920, including the British conquest of German East Africa on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro between 1914 and 1917, the Senussi Campaign in North Africa and the Sudan between 1915 and 1917, and the Guerrilla warfare conflicts that erupted in German East Africa (present day Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda) in 1916. The reader gains a clear, unadorned account of soldiers' hardships: the burden that lay on these men to change history despite the fact that most of them had little influence over the conflicts they were caught up in; and their courage to fight, die and be wounded for what they believed was right.

The Author Rob Gladding is an ex-serviceman, having served in both the Navy and Army. He grew up in Mona Vale, north of Sydney, and met his English wife while serving in the Navy. He has two degrees in history and has been studying the history of the British and Australian armies for many years, particularly the Great War operations in the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. Before retiring he was the technical and safety training manager of the Australian Railroad Group. During the latter part of his working career he held the Chair of the West Australian Air, Maritime, Road and Rail Transport Industry Training Council. He now lives in Chester with his wife Maureen. Publication date: November 2016 Extent: 420 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Palestine: From Balfour Declaration to Oslo Accords Sachin Tiwari

The last hundred years have been the witness of the battles between the Jews and Palestinians and this has posed a big challenge before the world to establish peace on the region. This seed of conflict emerged around the beginning of 20th century. This book discusses various facts in regard to the origin of the conflict from the beginning of 20th century till its last decade. During this time, the world community saw many facets of the Palestinian-Jewish conflict. One major outcome was the emergence of Israel as a nation. Eventually, Palestinians experienced that they lost their original identity and hence they started their struggle to establish themselves as an independent nation. The book is attempted objectively, and the facts are presented in a chronological manner which reveals the ancient historical events, further explaining the criticality of the topic. This book shall help history scholars and general readers of history who are interested in the facts of Middle Eastern history.

The Author Born on 18 March 1976, Dr Sachin Tiwari is a scholar. He has done MA in history and PhD in history from Dr Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar (India). He has been an ardent reader and writer from the beginning. He has published many research papers in national and international journals based on the Palestine issue. He is the chief editor of Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE). He is currently working at Swami Vivekanand University, Sagar as a professor and head of the Department of History and coordinator of Research and Development. He is a member of many academic institutions.

Publication date: June 2020 Extent: 189 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

Cassino, Conquest of the Mountain Michael Pawlowski For Bernard Pawlowski the unfolding events on the 1st of September 1939 will change his life forever. For on this date, the Nazis invaded Poland - entire families would be erased and the country itself would disappear for decades. Losing contact with what remained of his family was just the first nightmare for the 14-year-old Bernard; capture and the brutality of the concentration camp system would soon follow. Michael Pawlowski's Cassino, Conquest of the Mountain follows Bernard's travails as he survives even the regime of the notorious Amon Goethe in the Płaszów concentration camp to join up with Polish forces in the Middle East. From there it is only a short time before he and his compatriots can take some revenge in the allied assault of the German stronghold of Monte Cassino. Part personal history part war document, Cassino, Conquest of the Mountain will be a sought after read especially for those concerned with the Polish experience of World War II.

The Author Michael Pawlowski, after graduating from the University of Toronto, served the community in the insurance and legal professions. His memberships have included the Canadian Authors' Association, Brave New Works, Niagara Historical Society, Insurance Institute, Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario, and the Law Society of Upper Canada. The obligation to tell ‘the rest of the story' has motivated his all of his literary endeavours. Michael is absolutely delighted with the publication of his novel: Cassino, Conquest of the Mountain.

Publication date: March 2017 Extent: 416 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

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Africa Quo Vadis Steve Kakrabah-Quarshie In Africa, Quod Vadis, Steve Kakrabah-Quarshie presents the reader with a passionate examination of the development of politics in the great continent of Africa. His focus centres on the founding of the Organisation of African Unity, profiling its founding fathers, its secretaries general, etc. Perhaps, nowhere has the right of self-determination of nations been so undermined as it has been in Africa. With African leaders setting out with bold and imaginative socialist-inspired policies for their nations post colonialism, it did not take long for neo-capitalism to agitate for replacement of these troubling leaders with corrupt and vicious dictatorial regimes. Africa has had a turbulent and violent history since the times of independence. The way forward for the continent is a very important question indeed.

The Author Steve Kakrabah-Quarshie was born at Likpe Agbozome in the Volta Region of Ghana and trained at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. As a journalist, he worked for the Evening Standard Newspaper and the Ghana News Agency (GNA). He left the GNA to take up an appointment as a Research Officer with the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). After retiring from the commission, he joined the National Guardian newspaper as its Parliamentary Correspondent before joining the Catholic Standard. He was, for more than ten years, the National Secretary of the Guild of Catholic Journalists, rechristened Catholic Association of Media Practitioners-Ghana (CAMP-G). He was also the acting editor of the Catholic Standard from January to December 2016.

Publication date: August 2017 Genre: History Extent: 412 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £13.99

The Guard Dogs of Babylon Lewis Henry Lewis Henry lived through the post World War II demise of European imperial adventures. After centuries of conflict, genocide and slavery of indigenous peoples to maximise profits from their colonies, the ruling powers confronted each other in a devastating war. The lessons learned from this disaster led to the adoption of more enlightened philosophies, systems of government and social institutions to avoid further destruction on a global scale. Hence, European societies were transformed into welfare states, former colonies gained their ‘independence’, and transport and communications were improved worldwide. The technological revolutions of the 21st century are now creating a global village that requires the elimination of oppression based on gender, class, race, caste and ethnicity so that people may live in peace and prosperity. This novel, by the descendant of slaves whose voices have not been heard for centuries, is a modest contribution to the creation of a better world.

The Author Lewis Henry is the product of a caring community in Barbados. He migrated to the UK in response to the need for workers to help rebuild Britain after World War II. Encouraged by his family, he pursued education at several universities in search of answers to the social challenges he encountered. He taught at secondary and tertiary institutions before establishing a skills training and enterprise centre in Birmingham. Then, as Caribbean Director of the Commonwealth Youth Programme, he provided educational and financial resources to help recipients create a better world. Now retired, he continues to inspire youth through his writing.

Publication date: August 2018 Extent: 171 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £8.99

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Or Porto Deckerson Thomas

Or Porto is a brilliantly presented narrative of the violence that characterised the brutal capture and enslavement of Africans for centuries. The author has cleverly elucidated the strategic change from the trans-Atlantic slave dealings to the widespread colonisation of the entire continent.

Or Porto is a compelling read and a source of valuable information that will inspire and edify those interested in the intrigues of colonisation and the continued domination of Africans.

The Author Deckerson Thomas is a chartered public finance accountant and a fourth-generation descendant of slavery, born in the West African state of Sierra Leone. Deckerson’s direct lineage to slavery and his quest to establish its profound and lasting emotional and psychological effects motivated him to research and produce this pioneering and epic historical and contemporary account. The arduous journey of Africans from slavery through colonialism and present-day imperialism has never been portrayed so succinctly. He has painstakingly laid out this narrative and brilliantly highlighted the continuum from the dark days of servitude to the present from an African perspective.

Publication date: April 2019 Extent: 262 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £18.99

Stolen Inheritance Desmond Clarke Stolen Inheritance has a universal appeal but should prove to be of particular interest to those who are looking to connect or re-connect with the peoples of Africa and Eurasia. Peoples of these two largest and one of the most populous continents have traded, fought, and inter-bred since the first recording of human existence. Older readers may find some of the evidence provided difficult to accept, as it challenges some of their own taken-for- granted understanding of racial thinking, whilst young readers may be encouraged to explore the value of human diversity. But whoever you are, it is hoped that you will enjoy reading this book, as you travel from Ancient Khemet (Egypt), through western and northern Eurasia, crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the lands of the Americas.

The Author Desmond Clarke was born in the parish of St. Ann, Jamaica, on March 1953. He immigrated to England to join his mother and stepfather in October 1967. After leaving school, without any academic qualifications, he worked at a number of odd jobs before joining the British army in March 1971. After leaving the army, he worked as a lorry driver for many years. In 1991, he experienced a very difficult period of his life, including the death of his mother. Since 1992, he has embarked on a number of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate studies, gaining both B.A. and M.A. degrees. Publication date: October 2019 Extent: 336 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $18.99

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Long Walk to Nowhere. Allan Munn Africa is struggling whilst western political correctness has gone mad. Its insanity props up autocrats who are controlling uncontrollably. Blind eyes are turned on the causes of the African refugees' plight, as millions flee annihilation along their long roads to nowhere. The resulting human devastation is causing alarming global ripple effects. Eastern super powers shrewdly capitalise on Africa's political stalemate whilst western nations remain impotent, hiding behind their post-colonial guilt syndromes. This story is a journey down a long road that focuses on answers. It seeks clarifications of misinformed western political perceptions of how, why and when post-colonial Africa's long walks to freedom went so comprehensively wrong and why the world is suffering as a result.

The Author Allan Munn was born and raised in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. His family have lived in Africa for five generations. Their clerical grandparents originated in Scotland. His many years in Africa offer a deep reverence for nature and community. He graduated with a Masters, majoring in African rural communication and researched African culture, spiritual beliefs and paranormal phenomena. In 1971, the author founded the Munn Group of Companies, which after thirty-five years of operations in southern Africa, became the largest consumer magazine publishers and media distributors north of the Limpopo River. The company traded successfully throughout the region and internationally. The late 1970s was a time of unprecedented political unrest in southern Africa. During this period, the author was co-founder of the political activist group 'The September Declaration' that called on the UDI Prime Minister Ian Smith to acknowledge a negotiated settlement with Zimbabwe's liberation armies. He worked with the then British and American governments and white and black political leaders whilst attempting to reach this objective. In the 1990s, under the rule of the Mugabe regime, corruption mushroomed in Zimbabwe. This encouraged the formation of a powerful opposition political party 'The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'. The author was invited to become a provincial chairman of the party. The MDC opposed the Mugabe regime's political philosophy. Munn was co-founder of the Environment Africa Foundation and is the author of the book Extinction Is Forever. The Munn Drought Relief Trust Fund in rural Zimbabwe was funded and formed by the author and he was co-founder of The Thoroughbred Trust of Zimbabwe. National hyperinflation and the collapse of Zimbabwe's national infrastructure forced the closure of the author's personal and business interests. In 2002 political persecution forced him to escape from Zimbabwe in fear of his life. Publication date: June 2020 Extent: 226 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £9.99

A Sword Over the Nile: A Brief History of the Copts Under Islamic Rule Adel Guindy “With Egypt’s Copts targeted as part of a bloody and systematic campaign of genocide against the ancient churches of the Middle East, Adel Guindy has produced a timely and authoritative account of their story. It deserves to be widely read.”

— Professor Lord Alton, Professor of Citizenship at Liverpool John Moores University

The Author Adel Guindy has authored three books in Arabic and numerous articles in Arabic, English and French about Coptic issues, current affairs and political transformations in the Middle East in general, Egypt in particular, and Islamism. He provided expert input to Ph.D. theses, including in Germany and France. He was co-founder and first president (2010-2015) of Coptic Solidarity, a leading US-based advocacy group. In this capacity, he has given Congressional testimony. He served as the international senior editor (2003-2011) of Watani, the leading Cairo-based Coptic weekly newspaper. He has had a long management career with a large multinational company in the energy technology sector, with over three decades' career in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Far East. Publication date: June 2020 Extent: 414 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $21.95 54 | P a g e

Troy-Seeker – Saga of the Ship ‘Illica’ John Lascelles Problems during time and place of the Trojan War hinder Roman poet Vergilius Maro (Virgil) from writing his greatest work, the Aeneid. From the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Myrina goes to sea with her ship-owner lover, Bullatius, on voyages to solve the problems for Vergilius until his death in 19 BC. The dangerous knowledge they discover threatens the hold of Augustus Caesar on the East-West unity of the Roman Empire. It could destroy the Greeks as a people. It could cost the lives of herself, the crew of their ship Ilica, and of her father, Parthenius…

The Author John Lascelles was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated in England at Royal Merchant Navy School, Berkshire and Canford School, Dorset. Aged 16, he joined the steamship ‘Port Caroline’ of Port Line Limited as Apprentice for a wartime Atlantic convoy in December 1944. As Second Officer (Navigating) with a First Mate’s Certificate of Competency, he left the sea 8 years, 19 voyages, and 3 circum- navigations later. With a Diploma in Architecture (Oxford), he came to Australia in 1960 on the assisted passage scheme for British migrants. He designed the tourist attraction Cat & Fiddle Square and animated mural in Hobart, Tasmania. In 1962, he joined the National Capital Development Commission in Canberra for Civic Design. Australia’s beautiful capital drew him back from Melbourne to Canberra in 1969 for more building design and construction in the Commonwealth Department of Housing and Construction. He retired from the Department’s Central Office in 1989. His fascination with the mystery of Troy led him to decades of research and to explore Hisarlik (Truva-the false site) and Bergama Pergamon—the true site, in Turkey. The picture shows him in 1980 on the rocky brow at the summit of the mount that he believes is Homer’s famous hill ‘Kallikolone’ in the Iliad. Troy-Seeker presents new insights in story form to identify the true location of Ilios and Troy and the true time of the Trojan War. Here is a love story for all who love sailing ships and the ways of the sea, and who would enjoy a solution to a mystery that has confounded scholars for two thousand years. Publication date: March 2019 Extent: 292 pages Rights available: All rights US RRP: $16.95

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On the Shoulders of Heretics Joseph Leonard Fone On the Shoulders of Heretics by Joe Fone is a whistle stop tour through the collision between orthodox science and the challengers of recent times, most notably Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky, the controversial scientist who went head-to-head with the scientific establishment headed up by the vicious attacks of Carl Sagan. Velikovsky's story is not unique. The foundations of modern science are thought to be supported by unshakable truths established by the greatest intellects throughout the centuries and, at least for a while, carved in the hard stone of certainty. They are articles of faith from which is derived the basic framework of what we think of as modern ‘science'. However, many of these accepted tenets are in reality hypotheses; conjecture developed over time to solve the myriad problems of inscrutability that bedevil our understanding of Nature. They may then become entrenched in mainstream science (or in ancient times, ‘natural philosophy') as sacred cows until a heretic overthrow them with an ugly fact and proves them wrong, triggering the wrath of the orthodox establishment. ‘Joe Fone puts the Velikovsky Affair in a wider historical context, discussing famous examples of new scientific ideas being ferociously rejected by the orthodox establishments, Galileo being one of the most famous. This book is a very erudite survey which reads like a novel.'Dr Gerrit J. van der Lingen, author of The Fable of a Stable Climate ‘The scientific community chose, on one end of the spectrum, to ignore Velikovsky. These were the kinder folks. On the other end were the vicious. It is one thing to disagree, and quite another to lie and attack based on those fabrications. As Velikovsky's grandson, I saw this first-hand. This book, written by Mr. Fone with great compassion and attention to detail, has sparked a tinge of hope that in my lifetime there will be a resurgence of interest in Velikovsky.' Rafael H Sharón, PsychoanalystPrinceton, New Jersey, USA

The Author Joe Fone is an avid reader with an extensive library and a particular interest in the sciences and science history - especially with regard to physics, mathematics and astronomy. He is similarly interested in and appropriately versed as an amateur historian in ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian history, and European history in the Renaissance - especially the development of science and technology against the backdrop of Church oppression before the Renaissance. From the mid-eighties to early nineties he was a student of the late Dr. John L. Moffat, studying classical Greek and ancient history. Joe Fone has also written numerous science-related articles for blogs, newspapers and magazines and is the author of Climate Change: Natural or Manmade? (2013). Publication date: February 2017 Extent: 436 pages Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £11.99

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