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When a group of Morris dancers put on a display at John Furniss’s parish church, John got talking to the performers – and the upshot was an invitation to join them. So began 18 years of fun and frolics which took him to France, Germany and Hong Kong as well as many places around England before he moved to a different part of the country in retirement and had to wave a sad goodbye to the bell pads, the baldricks, the sticks and the white hankies. This is his account of the fun and the frolicks.
This account of schizophrenia is both ground-breaking and utterly original. The schizophrenia psychosis is analysed from an entirely new viewpoint. The author’s starting point is the Universal Schism, originally a benign and cosmic separation of Opposites, which has been perverted by man into the pathological and endemic dissociation of Opposites manifested as the schizoid disease. This mental dichotomy affects every man, woman and child, not being restricted to hospitalised cases; though in most instances it is not explicitly evident, being essentially unconscious, it is nevertheless devastating to our psychological health, and while people may be consciously whole they are also unconsciously insane. This fact is proved.
This book is about days spent by the water in pursuit of big fish. That wondrous bronze fighter the barbel, and the silver roach, the traditional favourite from boyhood, are the treasures of our glorious rivers, and the author has been pursuing specimens of both species for more than 40 years, having taken barbel to well into double figures and many big roach. Every aspect of approach and tackle for both species is dealt with in this informative and entertaining book by a highly experienced and successful angler.
In this, the latest in a series of books written in her husband’s memory, Doreen Kerry continues to look back on a happy marriage that came to an end after just under 35 years when he died unexpectedly, and she maintains unnecessarily, in hospital. In trying to pick up the pieces of her life and put them back together while pursuing justice, she rummages through dusty drawers, cupboards, wardrobes and garage shelves, rekindling memories of past and present in dedication not only to the man she loved and lost but also to her family, and in particular her loving mother and merchant seaman father, who also deserve to take centre stage. A moving trip down memory lane.
In Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Crucifixion, the story of Jesus is beginning to spread, but so too is the opposition. The occupying Roman army is in savage conflict with rebel forces, who have taken as their prisoner a beautiful dancing girl, al-Maisan. A young Roman Tribune, Flavius Silvanus, has fallen for al-Maisan and is desperate to find and rescue her, but in this time of war his duty to his country must come first. In this second part of the trilogy, startling news of al-Maisan’s fate has arrived, just as Flavius and his men are preparing for a fateful clash with the cruel rebel leader ben-Ezra and his desperate band of renegades.
Jim Emerton, an icon of pigeon racing and an intellectual giant whose talents and outspoken views have made him famous far beyond the pigeon world, is a self-confessed legend in his own lifetime. He bred and raced birds for four decades with spectacular success, and now in retirement shares his wisdom freely, in person and in his copious writings, with his many disciples. A natural loner, at times even a recluse who prefers remote seashores and quiet fields to pubs and parties, Jim has known wild times and dark days, exultation and depression, moments of glory and ignominious defeats. Here he looks back on his eclectic life, with contributions and tributes from some of his many admirers.
Fiercely independent, Marguerite Sinclair has the opportunity of a lifetime to become a nurse and contribute to the war effort in France. Meanwhile Rick who has loved her from the first moment he saw her asks her to marry him before being shipped off to the war front. Despite their distance, he pursues her in a romantic cross-country courtship. She refuses him but soon after begins to realise how strong her feelings for him are in his absence.
They manage a few brief meetings during the next two years when Rick has leave, in the meantime, he somehow manages to survive the carnage of the world war unscathed. Unfortunately, Marguerite doesn’t and has a fall on an icy path breaking her wrist and becoming very ill as a result. All her plans are shattered, and she is sent home from the war along with three wounded soldiers to recover. Once recovered she is offered a position nursing the war wounded in Scotland and eventually meets up again with Rick who persuades her to marry him. They end up living in a wing of Silverbeck Hall which they make their home and celebrate the end of the war with all the estates tenants and old friend Lord Hanley, the estate owner.
In fertile Ijowa, Nigeria, land is the only source of livelihood and those without it starve or are driven into slavery. Prince Adeyanju, the Aremo-Oba (crown prince) of Ijowaland, suffers a riding injury which threatens his ability to father an heir. The high priest, Fatunbi, explains that the only way to restore his manhood is a ritual involving a secret affair, and selects a beautiful young widow called Lalonpe. To keep his royal identity secret, Adeyanju is told to introduce himself to her as a trader called Morilewa. When war breaks out between Ijowaland and neighbouring Aketeland, Adeyanju accidentally leaves behind a priceless treasure, and only Lalonpe’s young son Ojo knows the secret. Then Fatunbi is murdered in Adeyanju’s presence, and a manhunt begins for the two-faced person called Morilewa…
From boyhood adventures with roach, perch, pike and trout to encounters with great salmon in wild Welsh rivers and battles with huge sea trout on sultry summer nights, this memoir is a thoughtful journey through a lifetime’s angling, from the earliest beginnings with bent pin and worm to success with big fish and experiences in later life as an angling writer.
It is full of tales to thrill the angler’s blood, along with many intriguing, and often amusing, stories of encounters with other fishermen, but above and beyond that it is an exploration of what fishing is about and what makes the angler tick.
The author describes this entertaining book as ‘a little retrospective self-indulgence… a chance to write about my own experiences and feelings about fishing’.
A Perversion of Justice – one of the most gripping crime thrillers of the year. Former senior Met officer Austin Green creates an addictive crime thriller full of breath-taking twists based on his true life experience. Out now.
In the sleepy village of Etwell, an innocent young boy has been abducted and brutally murdered.
As it emerges that there may be more young victims concealed in the ancient graveyard, the local vicar, former army padre Daniel Carter, is drawn into the mystery, and he begins an affair with an attractive young reporter who has a personal interest in the case.
As the police uncover evidence that the scale of the crime may be much bigger than anyone had imagined, the trail begins to lead to a suspected circle of paedophiles from the most powerful levels of society.
An enthralling crime thriller from the pen of a retired Metropolitan Police officer.
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