Memoirs Publishing: 234 books

Versatile Verse is a collection of the author’s poems written over many years, in many cases for family and friends. The verses reflect the author’s varied life, lived out most notably in the halls of Oxford University and the battlefields of Italy, where he served as a young officer during World...

Can training in the martial arts help you in everyday life? In Pragmatic Karate Mark Jennings argues that it certainly can. Provided you have a thorough grounding in the principles of this ancient fighting art and take the right approach, both physically and mentally, the karate moves you learn in the...

Maria Sharp was born Maria Zdenka Besan in Croatia in 1941, just after the Nazis had invaded her country, and as a young child she witnessed 'events that imprinted themselves upon her soul forever'. Many years later, having married an American and settled in the USA, she has written this book for her...

Sally Leiper was born in Aberdeen in 1935 and has lived north of the border all her life. From thoughts beside a much-missed dog’s graveside and the joys of shepherding to the perils of modern communication technology, the wisdom of Granny’s proverbs and the unpleasantness of milk pudding, her charming...

Occupational fraud - stealing from your employer - is booming across the globe, costing companies millions. In the USA it is the fastestgrowing form of crime, and in the UK it is responsible for one in five small business failures. In a survey in the UK, 72 per cent of employees admitted stealing from...

Why do some men despise women so much that they will do anything to undermine them, destroy their confidence and show them how useless they think they are? As Olive goes through life struggling to lead a harmonious life with her husband James, she is thwarted at every turn. Looking back, she remembers...

In 1977, her eighty-second year, Keturah Daveney began to write down her memories of her early life in Walworth in south-east London, where she had lived from 1900, when she was five years old, until her marriage. The lives of working-class Londoners in the early years of the century and the ups and...

In 1991, unable to have a second child because of a medical problem and struggling to cope in a failing marriage, New Zealander Adele Rickerby decided to take her future in her hands by adopting a child from Romania. The misguided policies of the recently-deposed Ceasescu government on family planning...

Eddie Thompson is an expatriate Manxman who settled in Milton Keynes with his Welsh wife Enid and daughters Kirsty and Gill in 1981. His verses are based on his experiences, observations and thoughts about life and are for the most part refreshingly brief. They cover a variety of subjects from getting...

A consultant surgeon tells the story of his appointment, his successful years in his hospital, and then the coming of changes which led at last to his sad resignation. The managers had arrived, amalgamations ordered, wards were closed, discord amongst colleagues raged, and personal antagonisms worsened...

Based on the author's experiences of teaching the Word of God on healing and praying with the sick, this little book uses a common-sense conversational approach to provide answers for those unhappy people who have not yet received the manifestation of their healing by God, and have failed to understand...

Adopted twins Ruby and Eenayah have busy 21st century lifestyles on different continents, juggling successful careers with motherhood and marriage. Yet neither knows of their shared connection to a sacred lineage nor do they have any idea that an ancient, hidden prophecy from thousands of years ago...

Jim Emerton is one of the most respected figures in pigeon racing, having bred and raced birds for 40 years and had birds return to the loft from as far as 879 miles away. Now he writes on the subject for magazines and websites, sharing his expertise and his musings with all who enjoy this absorbing...

Jim Emerton bred and raced birds for 40 years and had birds return to the loft from as far as 879 miles away. Now in retirement from active racing, he devotes his time and energies to sharing his experiences, his observations and his expertise with the rest of the fancy. Here in one volume is a comprehensive...