Sid, the Herring Gull – Book 3

Summertime has arrived, and Sid and his family – his wife Sas and their three delightful daughters, So, Se, and Su – are planning their next great adventure. With warm weather and sunny holidays calling, Sid’s family is set to spend time with their extended relatives, Tilly and Tibs, leaving Sid to watch over the nest. But Sid has a plan of his own: an adventure in the clouds!

When his family sets off, Sid goes in search of a cloud big enough to sit on. But the sky is empty except for a single mysterious cloud drifting over the fields, unlike any he’s ever seen.

Join Sid in book three of this delightful series as he embarks on an unexpectedly strange journey. With plenty of laughs along the way, Sid’s adventure is sure to bring a giggle or two. And if you haven’t yet read books one and two, don’t miss the chance to catch up!

Sid says, enjoy his adventure!

Tell Edna, My Horse Is Sorry for Eating Her Flowers!

Akin to most epic stories, this tale launches in a seedy bar and quickly evolves into a bizarre story of wilderness adventures, venomous creatures, geriatric horses, a randy dog, utter stupidity, friendships, love, and family.John Blackwater first met Davy, his sister Mickey, and their drunkard friend Louie in a dive bar in Flagstaff, Arizona. A week later, they were volunteers studying fish with him in the Little Colorado River. There, they fished, shared their camp with a rattlesnake, became stranded overnight by a major flood, a scorpion stung Louie’s right testicle, and John abruptly quit his U.S. government job. Thenceforth, they all hiked to the confluence to join a private rafting party and experienced the grandeur, rapids, wildlife, pandemonium, and camaraderie of a Colorado River expedition through Grand Canyon National Park.During the river trip, Mickey and Davy coaxed John into participating in a cross-country road trip to visit their aunt and uncle living in the Adirondacks of New York State. John was initially reluctant because he’d be trapped in a vehicle with that idiot Louie and Davy’s repulsive girlfriend, but eventually consented because he adored Mickey and craved sharing this American adventure with her.During their transcontinental journey, they exhaustively explored Yellowstone National Park, provided rides to assorted hitchhikers, and had a divine encounter with a vagrant. After reaching their final destination, a series of chaotic events transpired, some having potentially devastating ramifications for everyone’s future lives.

The Pound and the Penny

This is a story about twin sisters who are excited about spending the weekend with their grandmother.

The moral of the story is that it doesn’t matter what you have, it is how you use it and to treat people how you wish to be treated and always show kindness to others.

Transition

This book traces the journey of a young man who has had the good fortune to achieve his two boyhood dreams – to be a soldier, and to build bridges.

Dan spent 20 years as a soldier, made up of 14 years in the Regular Army and then 6 years in the Reserve, completing service as a Lieutenant Colonel. Dan experienced 12 months active service in the Vietnam War as a troop commander, followed by two years in Papua New Guinea building a road to Kokoda.

He achieved his second aim of bridge building by being involved in the construction of two major bridges across the Brisbane River – the Merivale Rail Bridge and the Gateway Bridge. Between those two, Dan commenced his own business as a contractor building bridges, but the enterprise was not financially successful.

The book concludes with details of varying experiences as a professional engineer, culminating in the successful completion of a road in Samoa, by solving technical and managerial problems, and surviving the horrendous Cyclone Val in December 1971.

Whispering Woods

Whispering Woods is a magical children’s book that follows Finn the Fox as he moves from the city to the enchanting world of Whispering Woods. There, he meets a delightful group of new friends, including Daisy the Duck, Milo the Mouse, Rosie the Robin, and Ollie the Owl.Together, the animals work as a team to protect their beloved woods from developers, clean up the polluted river, and celebrate with a grand woodland party.Whispering Woods is a heart-warming story about the importance of friendship, bravery, and teamwork. It also encourages children to appreciate and care for the natural world.Join Finn and his wonderful friends on this unforgettable adventure!

Under the Black Banner

Peace has come to an end.

The future promises only darkness and not even the gods will be spared, for like the humans that worship them, they are nothing but prey to the true enemy.

Akee Tamin, the Black King of Ayotaya, a tyrant to his enemies, a savior to his people, faces rebellion from without and within, and nothing short of absolute victory will satisfy him.

Marching his army to war, Akee Tamin leaves the capital in the hands of his closest friend, regent Vhijitra, a woman famed for her intelligence and compassion. Facing conspiracy and turmoil, promising nothing but blood and fire, Akee Tamin and Vhijitra must decide what lengths they are willing to go to protect the kingdom.

But now the gods have involved themselves in the rising chaos, but to what purpose, in what capacity, and to whose benefit?

Little Red Racing Car

The Little Red Racing Car has been sitting in an old garage for many years, with only a mouse as his friend.

Every day, the Bright Yellow Racing Car teases him, making him feel forgotten and worthless.

One day, two men visit the garage, and the Little Red Racing Car fears the worst: could this be the end? Is he destined for the scrapyard?

What happens next will surprise you!

No Free Speech for Hate

A few years from now the United Kingdom has broken up, the monarchy abolished, and English society is dominated by the universities, new centres of power in the land, a power as great as the medieval Church and suppressing heresy against the new woke creed as zealously as Stalin’s secret police, dissenters banished to gulags, to protect the public from dangerous hateful influences.

Suitability for university education is not determined by academic prowess, rather by knowledge of and adherence with the new creed of flexible genders and intersectional categories. Almost every occupation, from waste disposal operatives to cleaners, has been made into a graduate profession, excluding those deemed Educationally Unsuitable from almost all legitimate jobs.

An attempt to ban jingoistic and militarist Remembrance Day commemoration sparks revolt among those excluded from university education and employment for lack of sympathy with the new ethos, leading to a populist right-wing insurrection, restoration of the monarchy and purging bastions of the old regime’s power, the universities.

Find Your Joy and Act On It

In Find Your Joy and Act On It: Insight Comes When Wonder Stirs, Sulaiman Hamed guides readers on a journey of personal transformation and purposeful living. Drawing on a wealth of motivational insights, this book emphasizes the importance of living with intent, harnessing inner strength, and maintaining focus on one’s goals. Hamed challenges conventional thinking, encouraging readers to turn obstacles into opportunities for growth and to embrace success as an everyday practice. Whether you’re looking to improve your mindset or achieve your dreams, Find Your Joy and Act On It offers a fresh, inspirational approach to living a fulfilled and impactful life.

Why Uncle Albert

This tale is the ripping yarn of a young boy who had the desire to become successful driven initially by the desire for money and the ambition to become successful at everything he did. Never satisfied with his position in life, he was always looking for that step up the ladder, the constant quest for promotion and betterment. Slightly younger than the likes of Richard Branson and Alan Sugar, and certainly not as wealthy, but the author had that same drive and determination. Read the book and perhaps you will agree.

Painting with Words

Life is a journey where we gather experiences, discover the depths of love, and ultimately face the searing pain of parting – whether through death, overwhelming grief, or the surreal void left by those we’ve lost. The absence of a spouse, a partner, a child, once so present, now gone, creates a chasm we struggle to comprehend.

The poems in this collection reflect the author’s observations on the human condition, capturing the profound joy of love and the deep ache of loss that inevitably follows. While deeply personal, these poems are meant to resonate universally with anyone who has lived, loved, and grieved. They offer a mirror to life’s highs and lows, holding moments of humour, joy, and sorrow, and ultimately honouring a life well lived.

Hurricane Heaney

Hurricane Heaney is a fish-out-of-water memoir of a gay Indonesian man, Ben, who finds himself marrying into a salt-of-the-earth Irish family. Unlike many stories involving LGBTQ+ protagonists, this is not a tragic tale about a traumatic coming out, nor even about the novelty of living in a gay marriage in Ireland’s catholic bible belt.

It’s about how landing in the loving arms of a large yet close family acts as an emotional mirror to Ben’s early life in Indonesia, giving him, in fact, a safe space to process what drove him out of one family in Indonesia, and into the encircling airs of another in Ireland. Invoking the specific situation of a gay man crossing the world seeking – and finding – redemption through love, it presents a unique and uplifting ideal of what gay strength looks like.

Through tears, songs, rants and a lot of laughter, the book explores, in a humorous way, universal truths about family values, rituals, obligations, and their core foundation, love.