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In this third book of the magical ‘Frog’ adventure series, young teenager Chris Casey is again pulled through time and space into another dimension – to the tropical world of Tropal. But something else has come to this paradise. Something unwanted. Something evil. The darkness that is Lord Maelstrom...

Alex doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he is about to have his beliefs challenged... When Jimmy Devlin asks Alex and Donna to investigate the strange things that have been happening at his stately home, The Priory, Alex seizes the opportunity to prove to his sister that there is no such thing as ghosts....

'Are you going to Scarborough Fair?' This is the question a stranger asks a woman at Les Invalides in Paris. She spontaneously responds with the next line of the English folk song, and the man walks away without a further word. Ten minutes later he is seriously injured in a hit-and-run...

A memoir that: -spans from December 2006 to May 2011; -describes the author's struggle against an 'alleged' constructive dismissal by one of Ireland's top law firms; -tells of the author's challenge to the Employment Appeals Tribunal to remain impartial; -outlines the author's application to the Legal...

Finding Private Uttley examines the causes of the Great War and life on the Western Front. The guns of the Great War, the war that was supposed to end all wars, were silenced on 11th November 1918 and the names of the great battles of Loos, Somme, Ypres, Arras and Passchendaele began to pass into...

We only have one go at life. There is no second chance - this is all we get. Tell Me Why is an exciting journey from the Second World War to the 21st century. It links a personal and private story to everyone’s public history, it is about living through a post war childhood, adolescent angst,...

On the surface, the Stockholm archipelago in summer seems a serene and beautiful place. But as naive young British diplomat, Matt Simmonds, discovers, some alarming surprises can lurk just below that surface. At a time of increasing tension in the Baltic, Matt’s curiosity leads him into a complex...

When was the last time you thought about the light around you? Whether we’re walking in the park or working hard at our desks, we’re often too busy to consider it. Yet without light, we wouldn’t be here at all. From the golden glow of the sun to the blue allure of the moon;...

France, the Soul of a Journey is a travel memoir that really gets into the veins of France’s lush ambience. R J ODonnell recounts a holiday there with three travelling companions, proving with humour and literary flourish why France is the most visited country in the world. From the chain of spires...

‘My eyes saw, they saw death… death… death on a grand scale, en masse, death en masse… thousands – hundreds of thousands of deaths… hundreds and thousands of deaths in… in just a few seconds…’ Writing in a distinctive prose style, this fictional account is a powerful depiction of...

The Young Gunner describes the history of the Royal Field Artillery in France and Flanders in the Great War, including the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The book is based on the letters and journals of Second Lieutenant Colin Hutchison who joined the army aged 19 just before the war started. He found...

“The Cartwright children hadn’t entered Jasmine’s thoughts for many years but hearing Grant’s name mentioned last night had evoked memories from her childhood which refused to go away.”  Jasmine Campbell sets out to make sense of the information gleaned from an overheard phone call...

All of these questions have been thrown at acrobat Gabrielle Parker on a daily basis since she became a handstand teacher. It was time, she thought, to write them down. Joining forces with yoga teacher and writer Ash Bond, the two teachers approach this powerful pose from their two differing and complementary...

From Crawley to Carlisle: A Trawl Around League Two invites readers to join the author, Chris Upfield, and the friends and family who accompany him to far-flung places in the pursuit of football happiness in this semi-autobiographical experience of the life of a lower league football supporter. Chris...