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Against All Odds
Liza’s journey in life continues through the eyes of the modern-day writer Ellie Fuller, and this second book of the series follows her return to America with her husband, Patrick, and children but no sooner are they on their way when disaster strikes and Liza’s life is threatened when she is considered a ‘Jonah’ by some members of the crew.
Many adventures occur on her journey but finally she reaches her beloved town of Benson. There are still highs and lows in her life and when she experiences a powerful vision of the future, she risks her marriage, her family and her freedom by acting on what she has seen.
Ellie Fuller also experiences that vision but she has yet to interpret its meaning, although she knows that what Liza saw and acted upon was so important that the risks that she took were justified.
Ellie also realises that Lord Jamie Edgeworth had played an important part in Liza’s life but the current Lord Edgeworth was being particularly uncooperative, as he expressed that he had no desire to delve into the past of someone whom he did not wish to consider as ever having had anything to do with his family. Ellie and her brother, Eddy, knew that they would have to face the wrath of Lord Edgeworth in order to get to the truth.
As the story continues, both Ellie and Eddy are captivated by Liza’s enthusiasm and they look forward to experiencing the next chapter of her life.
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Don't Stand Under the Pili Nut Tree
During the period, right before the Japanese invaded the Malay States and Singapore, everyone seemed to be marking time. Europe was in turmoil; Britain was at war and only just hanging on. The diminishing British population in Singapore believed that the empire was strong and that Japan would not pick a fight. Only cursory attention was given to civil defence and the protection of the vulnerable. True, more troops were sent to protect the colony but they were supplied with little modern weaponry, making the essentially untrained force potential cannon fodder for the battle-hardened Japanese army. At the time, the first priority of the largely middle-aged British was to be seen by the native population as being still very much in charge. Preparation for war was therefore only reluctantly permitted by the colonial authorities and much of the time, any preparation was treated as a social opportunity. Few people dared question the status quo; after all, it had worked for more than a hundred years. So, a false world was inevitable; it was some sort of dream that must turn one day into a nightmare.
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Forgotten America
Sensational work of literature. Eminent of its time. While turning each page, readers go on a riveting journey of the self. Every chapter is an adventure with characters that readers cannot help but to develop a paradoxical relationship with. A heartfelt piece the author created to shed light on how easily we forget that others’ problems may be our own problems.
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Lumiere
Mid-18th Century, England.
Scarlet is a graceful young woman with her whole life ahead of her. However, as time goes by, her life becomes unruly entwined with the lives and deeds of people around her who represent a kaleidoscope of distinctive characters: a corrupt sheriff, a determined doctor, an intriguing bandit and an assortment of resolute but vulnerable women. In Lumiere, Fiona Hunt embarks us on a journey which starts in countryside England, where the daily lives of disparate social classes intertwines amidst a background of love, passion and friendship, as well as brutality, greed, corruption and deceit. It is a vivid portrayal of the perpetual human struggle for finding a meaning in life. And it is through this quest that we are introduced to a series of intriguing events, one after another, throughout the book. This eventually lands us on the shores of Australia. In a world where destinies of people are inextricably entangled with each other, there might still be a way for us to redefine our fate; love transcends all insurmountable odds because love is the light and that light is lumiere.
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One Week in 1952
The story is set in June 1952 and describes one week of action between Tom, 8 years old, and his Aunt Siobhan, 18 years old, who looks after him while his parents are forced to leave home. An unexpected event enables them to holiday in Kent, where exciting adventures befall them both. Throughout the book there is a surprising comparison between the way of life in the 1950s, much of it based on historical fact, and that of the modern-day world.
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Pirate's Lair
Epic adventure on the high seas!
A young British aristocrat abandons his life of wealth and privilege in exchange for vengeance!
Michael d’ Argentan’s world is turned upside down when he learns about the brutal death of his beloved parents at the hands of the infamous Barbary Pirates! With a burning and passionate desire to avenge them he sets off on a desperate quest to search them out.
Along the way he joins the Bandaliers who are at war with the Barbaries. Honor, life and even love are at stake in his daring journey. A master swordsman, from one fight to another, nothing will stop him from fulfilling his mission.
The Barbary Pirates...the world’s most feared pirates of all time...UNTIL NOW!
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Spoils of War II - The Sicilian Adventures
Glenn looked up from the fantastical script he was reading. He was incredulous at this exciting adventure left by his war hero, granddad Victor, who passed away a year ago to the day. Glenn thought his last treasure hunt was the ultimate escapade until he read this crazy adventure of derring-do and sheer willpower to survive.
He had no idea his granddad had been a protagonist of the Sicilian Invasion and at the start of the liberation of Europe half a century before. This tale takes Victor and his pals through the battles of Sicily, the love story that was the foundation of his family, the recovery and hiding of more treasure and the final challenge to his grandsons to go and find it.
It leaves a tantalising prospect of glory, but can Glenn just take off? Of course he can! So, he reconvenes the gang and begins an adventure of passion, discovery, kidnapping and survival...
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The Awesome Lives of Tommy Twicer: Part One
The Awesome Lives of Tommy Twicer is my account of a secret that my bampy said must never be told except in time of dire emergency. Now is the time. I grew up in South East Wales in Penmaen near Oakdale in the Sirhowy Valley. Oakdale is a model village and it holds the most incredible secret that was wiped from the memory of all but a selected few. I am the latest of those few but now the secret must be revealed to maintain the integrity of a secret magical outpost named Abercwmzoo deep in the heart of the Sirhowy Valley from further development by Caerphilly County Borough Council. The story revolves around the amazing exploits of a very special young man who was born in Tuchola, Poland, on the stroke of midnight on December 31st, 1900. He was born Tomas Tomaschevski, a farm boy who had a dream. In 1914, World War One broke out and he left the family farm to make his fortune in Moscow but fate took him to St Petersburg and involvement in the Russian Revolution. He fled to Wales in fear of his and his sweetheart’s lives with the help of some heroic characters and makes his home in Oakdale where he assumes the name of Thomas. This is the first part of his awesome life in Poland and Russia up to his arrival in Wales. Please enjoy it and help save Abercwmzoo and preserve the beauty of the Sirhowy Valley.
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The Birth of the Single-Handed Viking
Jamesey John Dejames, after being seriously injured by the IRA in Belfast, thinks his dream of starting ‘On la Guardia’ after he leaves the army had ended but his beautiful girlfriend, Janet Elaine Stark, has other ideas and soon it is up and running. It is a resounding success and attracts attention and is soon doing off the book jobs for the British and other democratic governments.
New York, 2011. The stunning-looking Luca Natasha Valendenski, a Lithuanian immigrant and interior designer, is being stalked by a violent rapist and his pack of thugs when things come to a violent climax.
Rabbie Hamish Dejames, son of Jamesey and head of OLG New York, arrives in the nick of time and sparks fly and shots are fired but good overcomes evil and they both soon embark on an incredible, if unorthodox, romantic journey together.
Based in London, New York, Belfast and other thrilling locations and filled with colourful, dangerous and interesting characters and places, The Birth of the Single-Handed Viking will hold you gripped from start to finish and wanting more.
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The Boy from Kalimpong
This story is about a boy who grew up in Kalimpong at an approximate distance on a straight line as the crow flies 100 miles (162 kms) towards southeast of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, amongst the Rong folks, Lepchas the autochthones, ‘Ronkup’, ‘Ronkum’, or ‘Rong’ people. Lepcha people designated as UN ancient tribe, native to the region; and their land ‘Mayel-Lyang’ once bordered further into Tibet, eastern Nepal, western Bhutan and as far south as Siliguri and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal and some parts of Duars than it does today.
Kalimpong part of Lepcha culture was the ridge where Mary and Nigel played happily with unabated joy until his sister, Mary Maung Taung Lai’s early, untimely death and Nigel Kenchinz Lai’s journey to America because of the impact of the 1960 Sino-Indian border war. Many Chinese Indians were stranded, declared stateless, homeless and their inability to get jobs in India caused them to move abroad. Nigel was fortunate to receive four scholarships, four from American universities and one from Canada.
Some parts of the story are true and some portions of this book have been developed that closely parallel the real events experienced by the author. The author and his sister were fascinated with the dragon ‘Thunder and Lightning’, where clouds burst into flashing lightning followed by a big thunder storm every monsoon season. Mr. Karamkurung was their common thread for connection.
Chris Ahoy was born in Kalimpong in 1939. He started at St. Joseph Convent, Kalimpong all girls’ school, co-educational school at Dr. Graham’s Homes, Victoria Boys’ School, Kurseong, St. Xavier’s College Calcutta (Kolkata), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and University of California, Berkeley, California (UCB), where he received the coveted Regent’s Fellowship Award to complete his masters’ degree in nine months. Chris is a US citizen, served as Assistant Director and Campus Architect at UCB, Statewide Director for Systemwide of Higher Education in Alaska, Assistant Vice President Business and Finance and Director of Facilities Planning and Management at University of Nebraska central offices and finally Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning and Management at Iowa State University. Before retiring in 2010, his organization received the coveted State of Iowa, Iowa Recognition Performance Excellence (IRPE) 2009 Gold Award (State Baldrige Award). After retirement he continues to mentor and provide consulting in ‘Creating World-Class Organization’.
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The Despair of Life
Abdul was born into a privileged family with the opportunity to live a prosperous and successful life. After the untimely death of his mother, he is forced to live with his uncle in the capital city to pursue his studies. He joins politics to fight a dictatorial military regime, motivated by his father's assassination. He is wrongly arrested, tortured and jailed. With the help of his family, Abdul manages to escape from jail and seizes the first opportunity to get out of the country. With the hope of finding a better life in Europe, he embarks on a perilous journey past eagle-eyed border control police officers, through desert, jungle, and sea. When he finally enters Europe, he discovers that it is not quite the idyll he had envisaged. The Despair of Life is a story rich in culture, steeped in political turmoil and obsessed with survival. Amadou Sidibe provides intriguing insights into the lives and journeys of those who risk their lives every day in search of the European dream.
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The Rose and the Sundry Grail
The year is 1614, and Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton, still reels from the passing of Bethy. We know him as ‘Wrios’, the son of the Earl of Oxford and Queen Elizabeth, a man who should be king, but instead finds only disillusionment as a noble in the court of King James, fortyish, lonely, and bogged down completely by the weighty secrets of his past, especially the ancestral quest of his father, Edward de Vere. The Rose and the Sundry Grail builds upon book one, bringing back some of the great characters from the first, such as Wrios, Henry de Vere, Ben Jonson and Jack Swan and introduces a dynamic character with whom Wrios shares the ten-year span of the book, Lucy Morray, as well as the diabolical George Villiers, purported consort to King James. The work is exciting and tragic, heartfelt and adventurous, with characters that capture your imagination and allow you a glimpse of their souls. But it is also a story of love, betrayal, and redemption; the power behind those immanent truths arising from a quest for that which is greater than one’s present self. This quest eventually takes them to the brink of death and to a place immersed in the beginnings of Christianity itself.
£10.99
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