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New Titles
July–December 2015
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W
elcome to The Book Guild’s latest catalogue of new titles, covering the second
half of 2015. The titles published in this period again reflect the eclectic nature
of independent publishing, with something for readers of all ages and tastes.
In July 2015, The Book Guild was acquired by Troubador Publishing Ltd, but remains
as an independent company with a separate (and independent!) identity. However,
as part of a larger publishing group, we hope to see our authors and readers benefit
from a wider distribution and higher quality books.
This season features several follow-ups to successfully published fiction from the
likes of Frank Westworth, M J Evans, Ian McFadyen, John Powell, Ian Thomas and
John Scurr. There are also exciting titles by first-time novelists Nick Jones and Paul
Youden that we are sure will tickle those taste buds.
Contents
Representatives and Agents
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NEW TITLES: JULY–DECEMBER 2015
Non-Fiction
4
Fiction
16
Children’s
30
Titles Index
39
Order Form
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Everyone loves a football pundit, and we’re particularly pleased that we’re releasing
My Gentleman Jim by Bryony Hill, a biography of life featuring perhaps the most
famous football pundit of all, Jimmy Hill.
Along with a selection of new children’s book releases, we’re sure those dark winter
nights will be made all the more enjoyable when you choose a Book Guild title to
curl up with.
Jeremy Thompson
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Non-Fi
Non-Fiction
The Great Performers
Featured in Choice and The Oldie.
Mark Hichens
Fascinating biographies of iconic performers from the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Very occasionally, a performer will emerge with a genuine touch of genius – an extra dimension which
brings them huge critical acclaim and the adulation of audiences worldwide. In The Great Performers,
Mark Hichens (The Inimitable P.G. Wodehouse, Queens and Empresses, Wives of the Kings) shines the
spotlight on eleven iconic performers in the fields of music, acting and dance. Each was endowed with
such an immense talent, they had the ability to overcome any obstacle in their way to hone their skill
and strive for perfection, enriching the lives of millions. Each one achieved fame and fortune, but life
was not always easy. As well as great praise, they came in for biting criticism; their personal troubles
were magnified and brought to the notice of the entire world.
This inspiring and often moving collection of biographies gives us an insight into the personal and
professional lives of these remarkable personalities. The subjects include Sarah Bernhardt, Jan
Paderewski, Dame Nellie Melba, Anna Pavlova, Sir Thomas Beecham, Charlie Chaplin, Gracie Fields,
Kathleen Ferrier, Yehudi Menuhin, Maria Callas and Rudolf Nureyev.
Mark Hichens is a biographer, historian and retired teacher. He has published three history books through The Book
Guild: Wives of the Kings of England – from Normans to Stuarts (ISBN 9781846243004), Queens and Empresses (ISBN
9781846245336) and The Inimitable P G Wodehouse (ISBN 9781846243349), a biography and treasury of the popular
writer. He lives in London.
9781910508480 • HBK • £17.99 • 234x156mm • 256pp
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Non-Fiction
Battersea Power Station
Graham & Graham
For over 80 years, Battersea Power Station has been a symbolic part of London’s
skyline, as distinctive and world-renowned as St Paul’s Cathedral and Tower
Bridge. This is its story, told with passion and precision, and beautifully illustrated
with stunning colour photographs and period artwork.
From the beginnings of its construction in 1929, through its early heyday years as
a ‘temple of power’, to its slow decline in the 1970s and its closure in 1983, this
book charts the history of the power station as a cultural landmark, a generator of
power that transformed Londoners’ lives, as an artistic icon, a marketing tool and
a much disputed site for redevelopment.
AN ICON OF
OUR TIMES
Its essential role as a place of employment is acknowledged with an entire
chapter devoted to the recollections of men who worked there, from the 1940s to
the 1990s. Above all, Battersea Power Station has secured a place in the heart of
the nation as perhaps its unlikeliest national treasure. This book ensures it can be
treasured in all its past guises by generations to come.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM
9781910508756 • PPC HBK • £25.00 • 260x260mm • 256pp
Non-Fiction
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Bastiana: Books 1–3
Keith Edelston
Glimpses into the life of an 18th century lead musician...
This trilogy describes the author’s recollections of his former life as Bastiana, a
female musician living in Venice in the eighteenth century.
As author Keith Edelston watched a documentary about the Coro della Pieta, a
renowned all-women orchestra associated with Vivaldi, he was hit by an
overwhelming sense of association with what he saw. Waves of vivid
recollections followed, and further research helped him to piece together his life
as Bastiana della Pieta.
Book one describes Bastiana’s development as a young woman eager to
discover what life has to offer. Book two describes Luna’s life from her late teens
into middle age. Book three
Bastiana was born with a cleft palate and surrendered to the care of the
Ospedale di Santa Maria della Pieta, an institute for ‘foundlings’. Her musical
talents earned her a place in the orchestra as a string player, where she was a
pupil of Vivaldi’s.
1 = 9781910298985 2 = 9781910508565 3 = 9781910508572 • HBK • £17.99 • 234x156mm • 294pp
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Non-Fiction
Formidable
Steve R. Dunn
BY THE SAME AUTHOR...
Scapegoat
A dramatic tale of loss and courage off England’s
south coast.
Formidable sailed to her doom under a vice admiral who
did not accept the threat posed by new technology –
submarines, the U-boats. The accepted rules of war were
such that to ambush a battleship unseen, from below the
surface, would be ungentlemanly and therefore
unthinkable. To seek shelter in bad weather, whatever the
threat from U-boats, would be unmanly. The vice admiral
kept his ships at sea. As a result, a major ship of the British
navy’s battle fleet was lost and 583 men and boys met their
deaths.
Dunn tells some of their individual stories in heart-breaking
detail, including the futile courage of the ship’s captain,
Noel Loxley, who stayed on board with his terrier Bruce and
was lost with so many of his men.
In the First World War, the Battle
of Coronel claimed 1660 lives.
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher
Cradock sailed to engage with
Vice Admiral Graf von Spee,
knowing that he and his men
were doomed. This is the
definitive biography of one of the
British navy’s forgotten heroes.
9781846249716 • HBK • £17.99 • 216x135mm • 256pp
FORM
R IDABLE
E
A true story off disaster
and couraage
STEVE R. DU
UNN
The Coward?
Three days after Britain declared
war on Germany in August 1914,
Rear Admiral Ernest Troubridge
made a decision that was to
dominate the rest of his life and
naval career. Was Troubridge a
coward who avoided a fight, or a
hero who put aside empty
patriotism to save his ships?
The
Co
ow
ward?
wa
?
The Risse and Fall of the Silver King
STEVE R. DUNN
9781909984622 • HBK • £17.99 • 216x135mm • 256pp
9781910508152 • PBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 256pp
Non-Fiction
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A New Look at the Solar System
Sir Ian Niall Rankin
A fascinating book of vital importance to the future of our species.
This book is about the impending disaster that is fast heading towards Earth. Some scientists, because
of the way the Earth’s magnetic field is behaving, believe that some thirty years from now that magnetic
field will no longer exist.
“For some three centuries, gravity has been given this pre-eminent role as, effectively, the only force
governing movement in the solar system. It has been wearing the emperor’s new clothes for far too
long. It is time the emperor got dressed again.”
A New Look at the Solar System will fascinate not only lovers of catastrophe theories, but also anyone
open-minded enough to entertain radical ideas about the nature of the universe. Its ideas are so
ground-breaking they deserve the widest possible attention.
Sir Ian Rankin’s varied life has seen him follow several careers. Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, after
military service with the Scots Guards, he went first into advertising, before leaving that profession in the early 1960s to
start his own business manufacturing seatbelts. At the end of the 1970s he started an oil company, which has taken him
all over the world in search of hydrocarbons. It was the geology surrounding the oil-search that led him to develop the
ideas in this book. He lives in London.
9781910508473 • HBK • £17.99 • 216x135mm • 168pp
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Non-Fiction
Dark Nights: Whitewater
Arthursdale Boy, Nidderdale Girl
Norman A. Viles
Frank Pedley
This memoir draws on a lifetime’s passion
for sea fishing, written by a gifted storyteller. Of his experiences, Norman Viles says,
‘some were amazing, some life-threatening,
some unbelievable’. There is humour,
suspense, exhilaration, frustration and
danger. There are encounters with giants of
the sea, and freak waves of terrifying power.
Born in the village of Arthursdale near Leeds
in 1934 to a single mother, his father’s name
never mentioned, Frank ‘Hamish’ Pedley is
determined to make his way in a world
recovering from the ravages of war. With the
support of his grandparents and a grammar
school education, he completes his officer
training at Sandhurst and is finally in a
position to win the heart of his teenage
crush, Ruth Addy.
The author vividly describes the ways of the
sea, and of fish, taking us from sunny
beaches with rolling surf to rocky cliffs on
dark winter nights. Throughout, there is a
sense of deep respect for the fish against
which he pits his wits and physical strength.
Hooked as a schoolboy, fishing off the
Yorkshire coast with a hand-held line, Norman moved on to competitive fishing
matches, and memorable fishing holidays in Ireland. He shares the intricacies of
rod and tackle, casting techniques, and digging for bait. He describes the
camaraderie and fellowship among sea anglers, and introduces us to the
personalities who shared his fishing trips.
But we also learn of secrets betrayed, sound procedures disregarded, and the
profligacy and greed of industrial fishing. Norman Viles has witnessed a
shocking drop in fish populations since his youth, and makes a strong argument
for the reasons behind this.
9781910508299 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 256pp
Non-Fiction
Arthursdale
~ Boy
Nidderdale
G irl
Truly a couple of the twentieth century, Frank
M em
m oi
rs o
f
Franci
is Ham
m is
i h Pedley
and Ruth experience the highs and lows of
the military lifestyle, with postings in
F R A N K P EDL
E D L EY
EY
Germany and Malaya, and with Frank rising
to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and then
choosing to end his career back in his beloved Yorkshire.
With three talented children, Frank and Ruth restore a rambling 17th-century
property, Old Hall, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. And now that they have
the space, the couple – especially Ruth – become passionate breeders of the rare
Wensleydale Longwool sheep. But time inevitably takes its toll and, as they are
both to discover, nothing lasts for ever…
These are Frank’s poignant and nostalgic memoirs, set within world events, and
constructed from the diary that he kept over the years.
9781910508589 • HBK • £17.99 • 234x156mm • 446pp
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A Journey Through Time in Africa
Mission Accomplished
Peter Peeters and Claire Van Velsen
Canon John Taylor OBE
1981. Peter takes a sabbatical year to travel
through Africa with his wife Claire, hoping to
find out why some countries fail to develop.
After a series of incredible setbacks they
finally set off from Brussels one snowy
evening for sunny Africa in an old Land
Rover, leaving behind everything they know.
The long-awaited second volume in Canon John
Taylor’s memoirs…
PETER PEETERS
CLAIRE VAN VELSEN
The book recounts the almost impossible,
even hilarious, situations in which they find
themselves at times, and some extremely
funny stories and odd encounters.
A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
But this is more than a travel story. It also
IN AFRICA
relates their astonishment at discovering a
world unlike anything they were used to in
the West. As they whittle down their
exaggerated expectations and begin to move at an African pace, their meetings
with the people turn into a life-changing experience: the contradictions between
the western lifestyle and true human nature become apparent, and Africans turn
out to be more real than any other people they have met previously.
At the end of Canon John Taylor’s autobiography, A
Man with a Mission, we were taken to the end of
his tenure in Thailand in 1981 and could only
wonder in which direction he would choose to
focus his faith next. Here was a man who had
travelled the world to deliver the message of God’s
love for all his children; what could possibly be
next for such a unique and selfless man?
MISSION
ACCOMPLISH ED
Canon John Ta
aylor OBE
This volume opens as Canon John is asking himself
that same question and even considering becoming a Franciscan monk, but he
eventually accepts the appointment of senior chaplain for the Port of Rotterdam,
where he spends the next six years of his life transforming an ailing church and
mission. It is at this point that the UK calls him back to
strengthen ties with those within his own family and take on
a new kind of mission – the village parish.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
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This story shows that we can learn from Africa, if only we are willing to open our
hearts and listen. It touches upon some of the deepest aspects of what it means
to be a human being, and leaves us with many questions as to the true values in
life, which may be in danger of being lost in the West.
Canon John Taylor’s stories of his career are shot through with
humour and determination, and above all display his belief in
a ministry with a practical message of love and help for all
God’s children.
9781910508503 • HBK • £18.50 • 265x215mm • 512pp
9781910508015 • HBK • £17.99 • 234x156mm • 156pp
Non-Fiction
The 49ers II – The Rest of the Story
John Warham
When a group of 49 Cathay Pacific pilots were fired in
2001, one of the most ground-breaking legal cases in
aviation history followed. In his first book, The 49ers –
The True Story, Captain John Warham describes how
the pilots fought to be exonerated. It ends in
November 2009 when the High Court in Hong Kong
ruled in the pilots’ favour.
The 49ers II
July 2010; after Cathay dispute the judgment, The
49ers II – The Rest of the Story finds John and his
‘Band of Brothers’ facing an appeal court hearing.
With a costly legal rollercoaster in motion and a
question mark over his financial future, life for John
becomes very different. But this is not the only battle
that the author has to fight. As well as providing an
eye-opening insider’s view of the aviation industry, The
49ers II describes the immense personal cost to those
involved.
The 49ers – The True
Story
In July 2001, 49 Cathay Pacific
pilots were unceremoniously
sacked. Half of these were
captains on Cathay's fleet, but
the more striking statistic is the
fact that nine were officers of
the pilots’ union including four
of its seven key negotiators. Of
these, one was John Warham.
The 49
9ers
JOHN
WA
ARHAM
Yet John and his fellow 49ers – collectively known as the
‘Band of Brothers’ – were not to be beaten. For the next
eight years they fought tirelessly (even while their lives
fell apart around them) in one of the most complex and
truly international litigation cases in aviation history.
They finally saw justice as, in a landmark ruling, Cathay
was slammed on all counts (including defamation) for the
sackings and made to pay costs and compensation to the
long-suffering Band of Brothers.
JOHN
WARHAM
9781846245879 • HBK • £18.50 • 234x156mm • 576pp
9781910508879 • HBK • £18.50 • 234x156mm • 352pp
Non-Fiction
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Three Perspectives on Human Rationality
The Book of Rules
Andy Hira
A new and comprehensible approach to human nature and psychology.
This book recognises that we don’t understand who we are or why we do what we do. This is because
our models of human behaviour, based on a naïve view of rationality, are flawed. Recognising the
limitations of rationality, we still need to fill the vacuum with better explanations for self-destructive
behaviour in individuals and groups, from overeating to addiction to fighting wars in far-off places for
unclear reasons and with unclear plans.
By lifting the veil on human irrationality, Andy Hira’s analysis can help us to understand and challenge
ourselves and society to solve persistent problems, from world hunger to climate change. The fact that
we already know how to solve these and a myriad of other social problems, yet never do so, reveals the
need for a fresh perspective.
Andy Hira is a Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Bachelor’s degree
from Georgetown University, and a Master’s degree from George Washington University. He completed a PhD in Political
Science from Claremont Graduate University in 1997. His work has examined economic competitiveness strategies for a
variety of nations, regions, and industries; energy policies; and innovation policies. In studying what creates success, Hira
began to develop unconventional theories about human behaviour, which are explored in this book.
Three Perspectives on
Human Irrationality:
The Book of Rules
ANDY HIRA
9781910298763 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 160pp
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Non-Fiction
Serialised in the Daily Mail October 2015.
My Gentleman Jim
Bryony Hill
The life and times of the famous footballing legend Jimmy Hill.
Jimmy Hill, footballing legend, known for his punditry, his charisma and his chin… End of story? Far from
it, as his wife Bryony eloquently shows in this fascinating insight into her multi-talented husband.
Starting his career playing for Brentford and then Fulham, Jimmy went on to become involved in the
game at many other levels, being the man who introduced 3 points for a win and removed the maximum
wage cap for footballers – as well as the only ex-professional player to be manager, director, managing
director and chairman.
Jimmy Hill’s mark on football is undisputed. But did you know that he was also, in his day, a keen golfer,
huntsman, indefatigable charity fundraiser – and even songwriter? Arsenal and Coventry both have
Jimmy to thank for their club songs!
Sadly, in his latter years, Jimmy has succumbed to the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease, and Bryony finishes
this candid but loving tribute by describing the devastating effect this has had on both their lives.
“Jimmy Hill is an iconic figure. His forthright opinions and desire to implement change made a difference
to our lives.” Roy Hodgson
9781910508930 • HBK • £15.99 • 234x156mm • 292pp
Non-Fiction
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ebook
The Arabian Alchemist
The Giant Leap
Edda Livingston
Mankind Heads for the Stars
Adrian Berry
In this personal account of one student’s
successful search for a Hidden Master,
narrator Gullvei meets tenor Michel Nizan
through mutual friends. Her first sight of her
Master, the Magician, is a sublime encounter,
and she is soon completely enthralled. Their
rapport is immediately established with
sparks and fire.
The Arabian Alchemist looks at the practical
aspects of what is involved when the
student is ready to take his or her ‘interest’
in finding their Master on to the next step.
The author has created such a profuse
atmosphere of love that reading the book
becomes an intoxicating experience, taking the reader on journeys through
landscapes painted by the Magician, to Gullvei’s eventual Initiation and the
Union of Soul-Mates.
Edda Livingston was born in Norway but ran away to London as a teenager in the
1960s. In the 1970s she married the man referred to in this book as Michel Nizan, a
very active member of the exclusive and mysterious Illuminati. Her husband died in
the 1980s, and since then she has lived as a hermit in various parts of the world.
She currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
9781910508497 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 264pp
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This book takes readers on a journey of
science-fictional scope into the sky above.
The title is taken from Neal Armstrong's
famous line that his small step onto the
surface of the moon was a giant leap for
mankind.
He begins with a compelling account of the
Inquisition’s trial and burning of Giordano
Bruno in 1600. As the first to make this
assertion, Bruno became for many people
the unofficial patron saint of astronomy and
space travel.
Berry’s story leads the reader through surprising terrain. He discusses the role of
the printing press in the dissolution of religion’s iron grip on Europe, the growth
in speeds attainable by vehicles and even attempts to police the Internet. None
of these subjects is tangential to Berry’s central theme. What he is writing about
is the evolution of society and its inevitable move beyond our home planet.
Adrian Berry, dubbed “the Dean of English science writers,” extrapolates from
his wide knowledge to inquire into the possibilities of far-space exploration.
9781910878224 • EBK • £3.99
Non-Fiction
Know Your Onions
A Light-Hearted Look at Popular Idioms and Sayings
Allan Goodbrand
A humorous look at the origin of idioms.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of those sayings we use every day without thinking? ‘A hat
trick’, for example? Apparently, in 1858, a certain H.H. Stevenson, cricketer, took three wickets with three
consecutive balls. It was such a feat that a hat was purchased and presented to him. The practice of
scoring three times in a single match in various sports has been known as a hat trick ever since.
In this charming and informative anthology, Allan Goodbrand brings together a selection of his favourite
sayings and similes, and leavens the results of his research with his own quirky observations. For a hat
trick, for example: ‘I wonder what would have happened if he had been presented with some other item
instead of a hat. A “trouser trick” might give the wrong impression altogether, and a “two crystal
tumblers and a decanter trick” just isn’t as catchy is it?’
Allan Goodbrand is an international businessman who has lived in Britain and the United States and worked in global trade
around the world. He has a broad range of interests, particularly the many idiosyncrasies and features of the English
language that make it so different from other languages of the world. Extensive travel has given him the opportunity to
observe many nationalities and this has added to his fascination with idiomatic sayings, which seem to be a property
almost unique to English. He now lives in Beaconsfield and has three grown-up children.
9781910508534 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 128pp
Non-Fiction
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Fiction
To Dig Up a Murder
M. J. Evans
A fast-moving crime novel featuring the
savvy private investigator Jordan Lewis.
While working on an archaeological dig at
Okehampton Castle, David Kindle and his team
unearth an unexpected find – the body of a young
girl, Julie Jones. It quickly becomes clear that she is
yet another victim of the serial killer, nicknamed the
Shadow, who has been terrorising the town for
weeks. On his tracks is not only a young DI named
Cynthia Jackson, but also savvy PI, Jordan Lewis,
both of whom are determined to get their man
before he strikes again.
But the murderer always seems to be one step ahead
of them and, even Jordan, following her success in
The Corpse That Danced, feels that every fresh
lead takes them nowhere and puts another girl in
danger.
The Corpse That Danced
A fast-paced thriller set in
Lancashire, The Corpse That
Danced introduces private
investigator and ex-police officer
Jordan Lewis and her
criminologist sidekick and longtime friend Jarvis Moon.
When Carol Johnson dies of an
alleged overdose, her parents
ask Jordan Lewis to review the case. At the same time
another girl, identity unknown, is murdered, and a
woman is kidnapped.
When it rapidly becomes clear that Carol did not take her
own life, Jordan begins to suspect that all these cases are
in some way linked: not just to one another, but to an
episode in her own past.
Jordan’s investigative skills are put to the ultimate test in
a race against time to hunt down a notorious and
ruthless killer and save yet another victim.
9781909716148 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 176pp
9781910298770 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 152pp
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Fiction
The London Sniper
Daniel Pascoe
A chilling contemporary thriller exploring the ultimate revenge...
Arthur Chigwell. Grieving father of a son brutally beheaded by Iraqi extremists in 2004, desperate for
revenge on all those he holds responsible.
Jarvis Collingwood. Ex-Army sniper, his own brother gunned down in front of him in Iraq. Cold,
calculating and willing.
Leon Deshpande. Specialist security adviser and investigator, used to getting his man, especially if the
price is right. Naomi Lonsdale. Young and naïve, easily taken in and horribly used.
The London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony. Dotted around the vast stadium: all of the gunman’s
targets, enjoying an evening of spectacular celebration, little knowing how the night – or even their lives
– will end.
Daniel Pascoe is a new author, using the novel as a means to seek honest explanations for the often inexplicable. A
Londoner born and bred, he has lived and worked in the north-east of England for the last twenty-seven years. He has
never been in the Army and would never take up a rifle to kill anybody; he’s a pacifist; he’s a doctor: he looks after
people, tries to make them better. He lives in Stockton on Tees with his wife, teenage daughters and cats, who all claim
to be pacifists as well.
9781910298947 • PBK • £10.99 • 216x135mm • 480pp
Fiction
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I Gave Him My Best Shot
Going Away and Other Stories
June Felton
Hugh Canham
Max and Anna’s younger son Barney has
Asperger’s Syndrome, and takes everything
he’s told literally. As they struggle to build up
their business and stay afloat in the fickle
world of fashion, Anna is pulled between her
responsibilities at home and at work. Max
has trouble understanding Barney’s demands,
which puts demands on the marriage, and
with the manipulative figure of Max’s PA
Dinah Deedes plotting in the background, the
couple start to lose their way.
A compelling collection of short stories,
written with just a hint of Edgar Allan Poe...
The action flits from the exotic climes of
Pondicherry and Florida to the chill of the UK,
building to a climax in their London home
when Barney’s solution to their problems
puts Max’s life on the line.
A tale of love and betrayal – but is love enough to keep this family together?
June Felton was born in South Africa where she qualified as a nurse, continuing her
postgraduate studies in psychiatric nursing. Married with four children, June
founded and directed the pre-school unit ‘Family Tree’ for autistic children and has
lectured extensively in England and Europe. Now retired and living in Israel, her
hobbies include writing and painting.
9781910508527 • HBK • £17.99 • 216x135mm • 304pp
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From being at the sharp end of an angry
woman’s cold, calculated revenge to
suffering the miserable consequences of
losing everything – including a priceless
Picasso; from paying the ultimate price for
having so much as considered adultery to
being fatally drawn to the pungent yet
deadly smell of an exotic flower the
situations in which the main protagonists
find themselves in this compelling collection
of short stories all have an air of finality
about them.
Some are looking for a way in – to an
inheritance, to a relationship with a mysterious stranger who turns up out of the
blue, or to an understanding of the tantalising story recounted in a handwritten
notebook – while others are permanently bowing out, disappearing off the face
of the earth or finding that their existence has drawn to an end – gracefully or
otherwise.
Their world is one of uncertainty and surprise, where the mundane somehow
always ends up being anything but…
9781910298794 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 144pp
Fiction
Featured in The Rose Gazette and Hereford Times
King’s Cross
Nick Jones
Love and obsession follow a man from the hills of Sicily to the streets of Central
London.
Upon visiting an Italian convent to recover his equilibrium, he falls in love with the ghost of a beautiful,
auburn-haired nun called Beatrice. But ghosts know no borders, and she follows him back home to
London, where he becomes increasingly obsessed with her. As his grip on reality fades, her hold over
him increases, and history tragically repeats itself…
A haunting novella about a middle-aged man whose luck has run dry. A poignant tale of love and loss
full of heart-stopping frights and plot twists in a cinematic setting.
Nick Jones is a retired journalist who lives in Hereford, Herefordshire. After studying architecture he moved into
journalism, working for Morgan-Grampian (formerly part of Express Newspapers) for 10 years, rising to become editor of
the leading monthly magazine on restoration and refurbishment. He has published several short stories on the internet
and work on his second novel is well under way. Visit the author at www.ampersandworld.co.uk
9781910298978 • PBK • £8.99 • 216x135mm • 132pp
Fiction
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An Eye for a Tooth and a Limb for an Eye
Eleanor Berry
How far would you go to wreak revenge on the
person who has ruined your life?
When Rhoda Buckleshott, stylish young English teacher at
Sir Winston’s girls’ school, is unceremoniously sacked, she
swears that she will not rest until she has destroyed her
nemesis, the headteacher, Mrs Beddington.
Perceiving her dismissal as an act of reverse snobbery
against her privileged upbringing and upper-class accent,
Rhoda embarks on a campaign against Mrs Beddington
that becomes more severe and outlandish at every step.
And as Rhoda’s obsession spins out of control, the strain
of her reign of terror takes a terrible toll on her mental
state.
Eleanor Berry is the author of over 20 published books and
says her first brush with literature was when she broke
windows in Ian Fleming’s house at the age of eight. This is
Eleanor Berry’s thirteenth book with The Book Guild.
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LIMB
FOR
AN
EYE
Eleanorr Berry
The Killing of Lucinda
Maloney
Plagued by the threat of mental
illness, bereaved, grislyhumoured best-selling author,
Joshua Flinton takes refuge in
creating his greatest character
yet and by doing so bringing his
beloved Aunt Rita back to life.
Black comedy at its best.
9781846247415 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 206pp
My Old Pal was a Junkie
Jessie Cavendish was never
going to lead a happy life. Like
her gypsy father, she is a thief
and a liar. One of Eleanor Berry’s
darker books, but it has its
deeply comical moments.
9781846248894 • PBK • £10.00 • 216x135mm • 150pp
9781910508596 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 160pp
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Fiction
Muskets & Dreams
John Scurr
A Pirate for Harriet
A swashbuckling adventure of
love, betrayal, jealousy and
heroism, the story of Nathaniel
Devarre. John Scurr paints a vivid
portrait of an age, seen through
the eyes of an unlikely hero who
rises to the challenges that face
him.
D
Nathaniel Devarre – pirate, lover, artist – is
determined to put his buccaneering past behind him
and settle down to a solitary and peaceful existence
as a portrait painter. Fate, however, has other plans.
M k
The third in the swashbuckling adventure
series featuring pirate Nathaniel Devarre…
His quiet life in Highgate is thrown into turmoil
when Elizabeth Rawlins, the wife of a neighbour,
reveals that her first love was Sir Roger Trevanyon –
the man who put a bullet in Nathaniel’s eye when
they duelled over the beautiful Lady Corinne
Malvor. And Elizabeth is determined that Nathaniel
will help reunite her with Roger.
Long-held grievances, secret love and political
scheming combine to deadly effect in this dramatic
tale of seventeenth-century passions.
9781846242878 • HBK • £17.99 • 216x135mm • 196pp
A Fortune for My Lady
J O H N S CU R R
In this sequel, the romantic and
unlikely hero, former naval
officer Nathaniel Devarre, is
helplessly, but not altogether
hopelessly, in love with Lady
Corinne Malvor. Fate has many
surprises in store for the lovelorn Devarre before he achieves,
if not happiness, a degree of
wisdom and tranquillity.
9781846245350 • HBK • £16.99 • 216x135mm • 200pp
9781910508039 • HBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 90pp
Fiction
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Sisters of Fury
Keith Jacobsen
A man is haunted by the memory of his former hero and brilliant friend...
In late-1960’s Oxford, Jack Roberts – a lower-middle-class northerner without dreams or ambitions – is
a fish out of water. Then he meets the charismatic, exotic Hasan – a fellow student who is hell-bent on
challenging and changing everything – and suddenly the world opens up to him. Jack hero-worships his
new friend, even if he catches glimpses of something altogether darker under his dazzling persona.
At the end of university, Hasan just as suddenly disappears from Jack’s life and Jack finds himself once
again plunged into a nihilistic existence. His brilliant friend, however, continues to haunt him…
Part Hitchcockian thriller, part melancholy Almodóvarian melodrama, this beautifully written book will
tease and entice to the very last page.
Keith Jacobsen, originally from Liverpool, read French and German at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he was
awarded an honorary scholarship for work on French and German literature, and contributed poems to the college
magazine. A former civil servant, Keith now divides his time between writing and music, having recently gained
qualifications in pianoforte performance and music teaching. He teaches piano from home and gives occasional recitals.
He lives in New Barnet, Hertfordshire with his wife, Valerie, and has two grown-up daughters from his first marriage.
9781910508619 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 240pp
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Fiction
Killing Time
Ian McFadyen
The latest in the series of detective novels
featuring inspector Steve Carmichael...
When a local reporter receives a taunting text
message claiming responsibility not just for one
local murder but for two, Inspector Carmichael
wonders whether the quiet Lancashire hamlet of
Hasslebury has a serial killer on the loose – or
perhaps just a very unpleasant hoaxer. What, after
all, could connect the two very different deaths?
One is a nameless tramp killed in a hit-and-run and
the other an artist whose body was struck by an
oncoming train.
But when a third body is discovered… well, things
really start to get complicated.
This is the fifth in a brilliant series of detective
novels featuring the irascible Carmichael.
Deadly Secrets
When the eminent
mathematician Marcus Ardleigh
is found hanged in his home in
the sleepy village of Moulton
Bank, it looks to be a simple
suicide. But Inspector Steve
Carmichael begins to suspect the
death is altogether more
complicated than it first appears.
9781846248498 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 302pp
Lillia’s Diary
The body of a beautiful young
Estonian woman is found in a
lake in rural Lancashire. Is it
murder or a tragic accident? As
Inspector Steve Carmichael
begins to look into the dead
woman’s life, he discovers a
wealth of secrets and embarks
on a murder enquiry.
9781846247620 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 240pp
9781910508145 • PBK • £8.99 • 216x135mm • 308pp
Fiction
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Featured on That’s Books and Entertainment
and A Writer of History.
Hidden Hamlets, Dancing Trees
Terence F. Jones
How the tribes of Roman Britain stood up to their invaders.
When Josin and Egen are the only survivors of a brutal attack on their village by soldiers of Imperial
Rome, the occupying power, these brave young Celts set off on their own to find a new life and wreak
vengeance on the invaders of Celtic Britain, their beloved homeland.
Hiidden Hamle
ets,
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Egen proves himself an inspired fighter, with natural skill and swift, deadly tactics. He quickly develops
successful guerrilla methods of attack on a well-disciplined but all too often complacent enemy. When
his fame as a strategist grows, he is introduced to the Queen of the Iceni, the legendary Boudicca, and a
new phase of revolt against the occupiers begins.
This is a powerful, atmospheric tale of how a rural, hunter-gatherer society stands up to their autocratic,
oppressive invaders.
Terence F. Jones was born and raised in London. He served in the RAF as an aircraft instruments mechanic, including two
and a half years on active service in Singapore and Malaya. Subsequently, he was employed in the head office of a drinks
manufacturer, where he worked in various managerial roles for fifteen years. From 1978-1986 the author was a
councillor in the London Borough of Greenwich. He and his family have been active members of a historical group
involved in the re-enactment of medieval jousting tournaments. He lives in Eltham, south-east London.
9781910508237 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 288pp
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Fiction
Shadows of Yesterday
Ann Wardlaw
Marc Chevaud discovers things are not
quite as they were when he returns to his
post-war ancestral home.
Marc has never lost his yearning for the timeless
beauty of his native Provence. Years after the war,
during which he was captured and tortured by the
Nazis, he makes a snap decision: he will hand over
the running of his British-based firm to his brother
Leo and return to his ancestral home in an attempt
to mend the past and find the future.
But Marc has been away a long time. He finds the
chateau in a state of piteous decay, after occupation
by enemy troops, and cannot understand the local
people’s hostility towards him. He determines to
restore the house to its former glory, but in doing so
uncovers far darker secrets from his troubled past
than he could ever have imagined...
Diamond Pitt
Starting in 1653 and spanning a
century, this is the turbulent tale
of Thomas Pitt, grandfather to
William Pitt the Elder, an
adventurer whose exploits were
bound up in the turmoil and
glamour of Restoration and
Georgian England.
This novel follows his tireless
escapades to India and Persia, his marriage to the
daughter of a business associate, and his return to
England, where family life blossoms in Wiltshire, along
with his reputation for wealth and women. Nicknamed
‘Diamond’ for procuring one of the world’s most valuable
gems, Pitt was envied, feared and, in some cases,
respected as a great entrepreneur of his time.
Piracy on the high seas, shady dealings in imperial
outposts, serial infidelity and a life-changing friendship
with a Nawab prince provide the unlikely material for a
novel about the grandfather of one of British politics’
most respected statesmen.
9781846249907 • HBK • £17.99 • 216x135mm • 296pp
9781910508244 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 224pp
Fiction
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On the Usefulness of Seaweed
Collected Poems: Revised
Henry Pierce
Mary Christina St John
A delightful collection of musings on
life, death and turnips is certain to
make you smile...
Religious poetry written with
meaning and clarity.
Have you ever wondered about the possible
uses of seaweed? Do you have nightmares
about old jars of chutney? Have you ever
collapsed in a heap of struts and canvas
whilst trying to put up a deckchair?
O the
On
h
Usefulness of
Seaweed
If so, then enlightenment, comfort and
inspiration are to be found within this book
of comic verses by Henry Peirce.
79 1/2 Poems by Henry Peircce
Henry’s charming poetry book will appeal to
Pam Ayres fans and those who like Roald
Dahl, particularly Tales of the Unexpected and Revolting Rhymes.
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Mary Christina St John has sifted through her
lifetime’s work to produce a volume
containing all those poems she is still
wedded to, even if, as she says in the
preface, their sentiments may by now be
foreign to her.
Chronologically ordered, the book is divided
into ‘Juvenilia’, ‘Love Poems’, ‘Occasional
and Sundry Other Poems’ and ‘Sacred
Poems’.
Writing with meaningfulness and clarity,
Mary Christina St John believes in straight talking, even to God. But although it
is as a religious poet that she will be remembered, her earlier love poems have
equal merit and deserve a place in this celebration of her life’s work.
Henry Peirce is a doctor in real life and lives in Combe in Teignhead, Devon. His
hobbies, apart from writing, include singing in local choirs, not doing the
gardening and attempting to wring some sort of tune out of his long-suffering
accordion. His ambition is one day to become a fully qualified curmudgeon, but he
is currently still working on the eyebrows.
Mary Christina St John is known in Australia through her early poetry, written
during the 1940s and 50s. Her work features on university courses on Australian
Literature, and has recently been placed on the internet by Flinders University
Library of South Australia. She currently resides in Barnstaple.
9781910298992 • HBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 128pp
9781910508770 • PBK • £7.99 • 216x135mm • 136pp
Fiction
One of Wordery’s top independent books 2014
The Corruption of Chastity
Frank Westworth
The second action-packed thriller in the
critically-acclaimed Killing Sisters trilogy.
The solitary female sniper squints against the
scorching desert sun. Takes the shot. Men die. The
solitary female assassin slashes her target’s artery.
Fades into the Alpine forest. Men die. The betrayed
covert operative silences his sadness with the howl of
blues music and carnal recreation.
What will happen when Chastity, the ice-cold contract
killer, encounters underworld investigator JJ Stoner?
PRAISE FOR A LAST ACT OF CHARITY
'Terse and stiletto streamlined and sharp as the blade of a
knife.' Maxim Jakubowski
‘The writing is clever and inventive, paying few dues to existing
genres or styles... Stoner is violent, amoral and cynical.’ Crime
Thriller Lover
‘Terse and stiletto streamlined and
sharp as the blade of a knife.’
Maxim Jakubowski, lovereading.co.uk
on Book 1: A Last Act of Charity
A Last Act of Charity
This, the first volume, introduces
JJ Stoner, ex-contract killer
turned investigator, pressured by
government spooks to throw
light on a series of grisly killings
in hotel rooms. He suspects a
man – perhaps two men – to be
behind them, but cannot deduce
any logical motive, nor why the
bodies, or what’s left of them,
are subsequently filmed and the footage transmitted to a
website for more general viewing.
They are not men. They are the three sisters: Charity,
Chastity and Charm. One kills, one confuses, one
organises. Each of them is the one thing Stoner had never
expected: a person more deadly and dangerous than
himself.
In the Killing Sisters series, Frank Westworth has created
a cast of characters that are as memorable as they are
ingenious.
9781909984424 • PBK • £10.99 • 216x135mm • 432pp
9781910508688 • PBK • £10.99 • 216x135mm • 352pp
Fiction
27
The Powder Man
The Devil Returns Twice as Deadly
Paul Youden
Fred Smith
A deadly game of cat and mouse and
a race against time…
A money-making scam results in a
dramatic chain of events for an
eighteenth-century bailiff...
Peter Kingston is an ambitious journalist in
his early twenties, working for a regional
newspaper. He spends his days covering
court cases, community events and gossip,
but he yearns to travel the world and write
stories of strange and exotic lands.
Peter’s life changes forever when a
colleague encounters the notorious,
international drug baron – the Powder Man
– with violent consequences. This stroke of
bad luck for his colleague unexpectedly
opens the door for Peter to travel Europe
and get paid into the bargain, accompanied by his beautiful photographer
girlfriend, Sue.
Peter might have thought twice about leaving his home comforts behind,
however, if he could have foreseen the dangers he was about to face and just
how close he would come to a violent and bloody end, when mistaken identity
collides with global corruption and organised crime.
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When Robert Williams, bailiff, sees a chance
for some easy money, he has no idea what
dramatic chain of events it will set in motion.
A ferryman who hasn’t paid his taxes, a
violent and overbearing landowner, a
magistrate with a long-held grievance, the
murky underworld of eighteenth-century
London, the love of Robert’s life in mortal
danger.
This is a tale of love and loss, of chances
taken and missed, of bitter vengeance. Who
will prevail?
And the Powder Man is always only one step behind…
Fred Smith lives in Huntingdon, York and has worked mostly in engineering,
including training in the army as a field engineer. For many years he was actively
involved in supporting his local branch of PHAB, a charity that encourages people
of all abilities to come together on equal terms. His first book with Book Guild was
a children’s book, The Treasure of the Unicorn Zephyr (9781909984875).
9781910508947 • PBK • £8.99 • 216x135mm • 368pp
9781910508916 • HBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 128pp
Fiction
The Amazing Journey of Humphrey Wilkes
N. M. Scott
One man’s life hangs in the balance as he
confronts snowstorms, vampires and
powerful witchcraft.
When Humphrey Wilkes, a scientist at Cambridge
University, is knocked off his bicycle, his injuries are
so serious that it’s touch and go as to whether he
will survive. It’s 1913 and, as doctors try to save his
life using radical, experimental surgery, Wilkes
embarks on an extraordinary journey. He finds
himself in the Arctic, knowing that he must reach
Karstein in Germany, but is unprepared for the
horrors and dangers that he will face along the way.
Snowstorms, vampires and powerful witchcraft are
just some of the obstacles Wilkes must overcome.
Only when the true nature of a terrible curse is
finally revealed does he realise how slim his chance
of survival is – and what it will cost him.
Murder on the Santa
Special
The sleepy village of Bramley is
deep in decline: the school,
cottage hospital and post-office
are threatened with closure, and
the Bramley Cross and
Brocklehurst Preserved Steam
Railway is in desperate need of
repair if it is to survive.
9781909716124 • HBK • £14.99 • 216x135mm • 128pp
Sherlock Holmes and
the Russian Connection
The inimitable Sherlock Holmes
and his trusty companion Doctor
Watson are back once again in
N. M. Scott’s third collection of
stories inspired by Sir Conan
Doyle’s classic crime-busting
duo. Dip into Watson’s case
notes...
9781909984295 • PBK • £8.99 • 216x135mm • 116pp
9781910508701 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 160pp
Fiction
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Children’s
Tommy Gunn and the Mystery of Rainbow’s End
Eileen Geeson
A story with enough scary adventures to offer an exciting read; enough reassurance
to avoid any nightmares...
‘But where is Grandma?’
‘She can’t be far away to have left the food cooking.’
Nine-year-old Tommy Gunn, his brother Dec and their cousin Kadie have been invited to stay at
their grandma’s isolated cottage. When they arrive, she is nowhere to be seen. Where can she
be?
Setting off to explore – and hoping to find their grandma – the children are flung into a series
of extraordinary, terrifying adventures.
Ghosts, skeletons, giant spiders, lake monsters, snakes, a raging fire – all must be overcome
somehow if they are ever to reach home safely. Can they make it through?
Eileen Geeson started her working life as a dog groomer, going on to become a successful poodle breeder and show
judge. She is the author of the best-selling book The Poodle. Eileen has always loved telling stories, and has written
children’s books narrated by her standard poodle Cha Cha, as well as Ring a Ring of Roses and Brothers in Arms. Eileen
lives in Holbeach St John in Lincolnshire.
ToommY
Y and the
GGunn
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9781910508183 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 216pp
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Children’s
Saint George
Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer
John Powell
The Colonial
Gentleman’s Son
A monster-infested world puts its trust in an
unlikely hero...
In a world infested with monsters, you need an
efficient Patron Saint and Minister for the
Environment. George, a vertically challenged and
impoverished knight in rusty armour, would appear a
poor choice were it not for the fact that he’s
discovered a cake with the power to tame monsters.
Suddenly, for the first time, George is in demand.
Elevated to ministerial position, George becomes
famous, and has a hand in improving international
relations with France, creating the first trade union and
defining the number of players in a cricket team.
This sharp and witty satirical comedy, filled with comic
caricatures and disgruntled dignitaries, will appeal to
young people and adults alike.
Rusty anandK
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M nster Taam
Mo
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me
Kwame Mainu is a young man,
born in Ghana in 1957, just four
days before his country gained
its independence. His journey to
maturity is set against his
country’s political and economic
development in this wideranging saga.
9781846244964 • HBK • £17.99 • 234x156mm • 380pp
Return to the Garden
City
J O H N P OW E L L
Kwame’s story continues with
his flight to England prompted
by the release from prison in
Ghana of drugs traders whom
he helped to expose. A tale of
tension and intrigue into the life
and loves of the Mainu family
and their friends and colleagues.
Reetuurnn to thhe
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Garrddeen Cittyy
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JOHN POWELL
9781846249495 • HBK • £17.99 • 234x156mm • 398pp
9781910508190 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 144pp
Children’s
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The Naughty Greedy Pandamoth
And other amazing animorphs
Sara Leighton
The
The
Sara Leighton’s collection of wildly imaginative creatures is full of surprises!
Have you met the Pompom-Legged Craboodle, who longs to join the circus and see his name in lights?
Or the Humpalumparaff, who wanders the desert at night singing opera to the baby jackals and
meerkats? And don’t forget the Naughty Greedy Pandamoth. Watch out, or he’ll be chewing your
clothes for his tea!
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Meet these and many more amazing animorphs in Sara Leighton’s collection of wildly imaginative
creatures that are full of surprises.
With its amusing verse and delightful illustrations, this is the perfect book for bedtime reading that will
appeal to children of all ages. We think that adults will love it too.
Sara Leighton, internationally acclaimed artist and royal portrait painter, knew she wanted to be an artist from the age
of three when she first picked up a coloured pencil. She trained at St Martin’s School of Art and found early success in
London before moving to Florence to study under the great Italian master Pietro Annigoni. She was then offered her
dream job: to ‘paint Africa’ for Ford Europe, which also launched her career as a writer, with the diary she wrote to
accompany Sara’s Safari Sketchbook. Sara has travelled the world in search of subjects which she has vividly described
in her autobiography, Of Savages and Kings. She lives in Horsham, West Sussex.
Sara Le
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9781910508329 • PPC HBK • £10.99 • 280x210mm • 64pp
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Children’s
Featured on BBC Radio Leicester,
Female First and MojoMums.
The Reverie: The Beginnings
Lauren Rose Brown
A fast-paced, plot-bending sprint through the power of the mind...
L AU
AU R E N RO
R SE BRO
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Aislin has the Reverie. She can see the future in her dreams.
Events to come have always been delivered to her while she sleeps, but until tragedy strikes
her family they are just meaningless glimpses of teenage life. Now her dreams have
disappeared altogether and girls from her school are falling prey to a vicious killer in the
village. She knows that she is the only person with the vision to identify the killer and do
something about the serial slayings terrorising her friends, but with her sleeping mind switched
to blank she is powerless to help.
Everyone is a potential suspect in a village of weird and broken characters. But Aislin can only
begin to sift through the ever-expanding suspect list once she has looked deep into herself and
the history of her power, and found a way to reignite the flames of vision from within. What
she finds will lead her on a dangerous path into the clutches of an evil that may never let her
go.
Lauren Rose Brown obtained a first-class degree in media technology from De Montfort University. Lauren lives in Great
Glen, Leicester and The Reverie: Beginnings is the first of a series of books featuring Ash Casey.
9781910298787 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 192pp
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The Little Boy with his Head in the Clouds
Jamie Burn
An enchanting tale taking the readers on a mind-boggling trip into the world of
imagination...
Burt Marshmallow lives happily in the countryside with his mother and father and golden
retriever Sandy. The only problem is, he’s always daydreaming and away fighting imaginary
monsters.
Then one day he strays too far from home and his dreams – and nightmares – start to become
all too real. But is Burt really up to being the hero he’s always wanted to be?
TThhe LItt lE BBoy
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A truly imaginative children’s book debut by South Gosforth writer Jamie Burn.
Jamie Burn grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was awarded a first in Philosophy at Sheffield University and a Masters
with distinction in Policy Studies at Edinburgh University before joining London-based think tank, Policy Exchange. He
went on to work in the biotechnology industry as a policy officer. The Little Boy with his Head in the Clouds is based on his
memories of weekends with his grandparents in the Tees Valley. Jamie Burn lives in South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
JaMMiE
M iEi E BuRn
Bu R n
9781910508268 • PBK • £8.99 • 216x135mm • 160pp
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Children’s
Emily Stone and Her Pharaoh
The Stone of Life
Ian Thomas
The third in the series of time-travelling,
ecological adventures.
Emily is a top young supermodel with a busy schedule,
but her glamorous career takes second place to the
most important thing in her life: looking after the
planet.
It’s the year 2020, and the
competition to win Britain and
Europe’s Next Top Model is
hotting up. The five remaining
girls are in Alexandria in Egypt,
getting ready to show off their
own dress designs in a
spectacular fashion show....
9781846247996 • HBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 96pp
Emily and her Pharoah:
The Golden Dragon
Thh G ld
Now a busy young model
working in top fashion shows,
Emily has not forgotten her
experiences with Pharaoh, the
whale. When she is asked to help
save the last few pink dolphins
in Hong Kong, Emily finds herself
in dangerous waters...
d
‘Ian's storytelling left me white-knuckled with
excitement and in awe of Emily, a thoroughly
believable and likeable heroine who is the new
champion of our seas.’ Kate Humble
Emily and her Pharaoh:
The Dress
E il
On her way to a catwalk show in Rio de Janeiro, Emily
visits Mexico to explore the damaged coral reefs. While
she is there, Pharaoh whisks Emily away on a thrilling
and dangerous quest to find a vital message that could
help to save the planet...
Emily and
The Golden Dragon
gn
her Pha raoh
Ian TThomas
9781909984431 • HBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 112pp
9781910508275 • HBK • £12.99 • 234x156mm • 134pp
Children’s
35
Intrigue at the Castle
Barbara Robertson
Harriet, Mathew and Jake return for another Viking adventure!
Following their incredible ninth-century Viking adventure on their last visit to Ormsthorpe, Harriet, Jake
and Mathew return to their grandmother for Christmas and, while visiting Ulfsthwaite Christmas market,
find themselves embarking on another time-travel escapade. This time they are transported back to the
year 1388, where they find themselves charged with foiling an evil plot to disgrace the lord of the manor,
Duke Leofrik, and his family.
Centred on a colourful and spectacular jousting tournament in the grounds of Ormsthorpe Castle, this
fast-paced adventure story is full of nail-biting suspense. Will the wicked Duke Edmund and his family
succeed in their plot to poison Baron Rulf’s hunting dogs? Will they sabotage Duke Leofrik’s knights’
jousting armour, causing them to be badly injured or killed? Can Duke Edmund snatch the title of Lord of
Ormsthorpe Castle from Baron Rulf? Or will the three young but intrepid time travellers foil the plot
before they are whisked back to the twenty-first century?
Barbara Robertson began her career as a primary school teacher in London and Hampshire. She lived and taught in
Canada for many years, where she was also involved in organising community nursery schools, and taught special needs
to adolescents in crisis. On returning to the UK she again taught in London before moving to County Durham.
9781910508855 • PBK • £9.99 • 216x135mm • 176pp
36
Children’s
Ben and the Spider Gate
Angela Fish
An ordinary boy discovers a secret insect kingdom at the bottom of the garden…
ANGELA FISH
Ben loves chatting to his wise gran, playing computer games with his best friend Jess, and
helping his dad to train his clever dog Scoot. Best of all though, he likes playing ball in the
garden with Scoot.
Then one hot, summer day Ben meets Lox, the gate-keeper of the spider kingdom under the
garden hedge. Lox desperately needs Ben’s help before the end of the autumn, but can Ben
save the spider kingdom without leaving the garden and going into the deep, dark wood?
The leaves are starting to fall, and Ben and Jess must take a brave decision if the spiders are to
have a safe winter. Talking to Gran, Ben begins to suspect that she might know more about his
quest than she’s admitting.
Angela Fish is a writer who specialises in intergenerational communication, women’s writing and Welsh Writing in English.
She gained her M.Phil in Literature at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) in 1995, and
became a principal lecturer there until 2009. Her publications include non-fiction, fiction, short stories and poetry, often
with Welsh and feminist themes, and she has worked with local schools and communities to improve communication
between the generations. She has been in demand, nationally and internationally, as a conference presenter and an
invited speaker in her field. Ben and the Spider Gate is her first book for children.
Ben and the
Spider Gate
““A
A Heart-warming
Hear t-war m ing
and magical
and
magical tale”
t ale”
Maria Gra
ach
hvo
ogel
9781910508251 • PPC HBK • £12.99 • 216x135mm • 64pp
Children’s
37
Unicorn Power
A Princess Who Can’t Dance
Andrea Miller
Can twin sisters and a unicorn teach a princess to dance in time for the ball?
If your twin sister woke you up in the middle of the night to tell you a princess needed your
help, what would you do? Put on your pink wellington boots, saddle up your unicorn and fly
off to the rescue, that’s what!
A princess who can’t dance needs to learn fast: she’s been invited to a ball but hasn’t a clue
how to waltz without falling over. Luckily, Darcy and Eliza like nothing more than giving
midnight dance lessons, and, with the help of beautiful unicorn Blossom, they might just be
able to turn the princess into a dazzling dancer.
This magical tale of Unicorn Power will enchant girls of all ages.
Andrea Miller has qualifications in childhood studies and gym instruction and has worked as a nursery nurse, a nanny and
as a fitness instructor. She combined her two career strands by spending a season running Tumble Tot sessions in French
holiday camps and is now back in the UK, living and working in Preston, Lancashire.
9781910508558 • PPC HBK • £8.99 • 240x168mm • 32pp
38
Children’s
Titles Index
Title
Author
Page
Title
Author
Page
A Journey Through Time in Africa
A Fortune for My Lady
A Last Act of Charity
A Man with a Mission
A New Look at the Solar System
A PIrate for Harriet
An Eye for a Tooth and a Limb for an Eye
Arthursdale Boy, Nidderdale Girl
Peter Peeters and Claire Van Velsen
John Scurr
Frank Westworth
Sir Ian Niall Rankin
John Scurr
Eleanor Berry
Frank Pedley
10
21
27
10
8
21
20
9
Mission Accomplished
Murder on the Santa Special
Muskets & Dreams
My Gentleman Jim
My Old Pal was a Junkie
N. M. Scott
John Scurr
Bryony Hill
Eleanor Berry
10
29
21
13
20
On the Usefulnes of Seaweed
Henry Pierce
26
Return to the Garden City
John Powell
31
Scapegoat
Shadows of Yesterday
Sherlock Holmes and the Russian Connection
Sisters of Fury
Saint George: Rusty Knight and Monster Tamer
Steve R. Dunn
Ann Wardlaw
N. M. Scott
Keith Jacobsen
John Powell
7
25
29
22
31
The 49ers II – The True Story
The 49ers II – The Rest of the Story
The Amazing Journey of Humphrey Wilkes
The Arabian Alchemist
The Colonial Gentleman’s Son
The Corpse That Danced
The Corruption of Chastity
The Coward?
The Devil Returns Twice as Deadly
The Giant Leap
The Great Performers
The Killing of Lucinda Maloney
The Little Boy with his Head in the Clouds
The London Sniper
The Naughty Greedy Pandamoth
The Powder Man
The Reverie: The Beginnings
Three Perspectives on Human Irrationality
To Dig Up a Murder
Tommy Gunn and the Mystery of Rainbow’s End
John Warham
John Warham
N. M. Scott
Edda Livingston
John Powell
M J Evans
Frank Westworth
Steve R. Dunn
Fred Smith
Adrian Berry
Mark Hichens
Eleanor Berry
Jamie Burn
Daniel Pascoe
Sara Leighton
Paul Youden
Lauren Rose Brown
Andy Hira
M J Evans
Eileen Geeson
11
11
29
14
31
16
27
7
28
14
4
20
34
17
32
28
33
12
16
30
Unicorn Power
Andrea Miller
38
Bastiana
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Battersea Power Station
Ben and the Spider Gate
Keith Edelston
Keith Edelston
Keith Edelston
Graham & Graham
Angela Fish
6
6
6
5
37
Collected Poems: Revised
Mary Christina St John
26
Dark Nights: Whitewater
Deadly Secrets
Diamond Pitt
Norman A Viles
Ian McFadyen
Ann Wardlaw
9
23
25
Emily and her Pharaoh:
The Dress
The Golden Dragon
The Stone of Life
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas
35
35
35
Formidable
Steve Dunn
7
Going Away and Other Stories
Hugh Canham
18
Hidden Hamlets, Dancing Trees
Terence Jones
24
I Gave Him My Best Shot
Intrigue at the Castle
June Felton
Barbara Robertson
18
36
Killing Time
King’s Cross
Know Your Onions
Ian McFadyen
Nick Jones
Allan Goodbrand
23
19
15
Lillia’s Diary
Ian McFadyen
23
Titles Index
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