Romance, friendship and adventure provide the basis for a tale of tragedy, deception and divided loyalties. The tragic death of George Wilson's childhood sweetheart and eventual fiancee, sets him off on an odyssey that takes him to North Africa. He is duped into being a 'mule', and sentenced in Spain for drug smuggling.
When Hannah gets her own pony, she hopes it will signal the beginning of her being successful at something - because until then, she has been pretty much hopeless at just about everything.
In this beautifully illustrated rhyming story about adventure, friendship and toilet training, young Albert is a secret Hero! In his imagination he rescues and saves; he fights crime and fierce creatures; and he even flies to space!
The locations of these stories range from Birmingham 1890's, and 1900's to America in the 1900's, to the UK from the 1960's to present day. The subject matter includes desertion within the family, a young woman who relies of body decoration to secure her identity, life in a Children's Home in the early 1900's, a travelling salesman and his dog...
Devastated by the collapse of her marriage, Helen Bradshaw flees London for Achill Island on the West Coast of Ireland hoping that her new job researching painter, Grace Henry, will offer her an escape. Achill is wild and beautiful, but island life poses many challenges, she feels isolated, lonely.
Ignite your culinary curiosity with "Amma Sidra's Authentic Pakistani Cuisine"! This book, inspired by Sheddy's delightful YouTube channel "@sheddyskitchen", is a loving homage to his mother, an outstanding home cook, who brought Pakistani traditions to life in the UK.
How does advertising work? Does it have to attract conscious attention in order to transmit a 'Unique Selling Proposition'? Or does it insinuate emotional associations into the subconscious mind? Or is it just about being famous... or maybe something else?
This is a work of East Anglian oral history. Over a period of nearly 30 years I listened to and recorded a number people from different backgrounds all born in the early years of the 20th century in an attempt to capture and save the memories of those who had lived in such different times from our own just a few generations later.
A new political party - the Angels - appears in British politics. Part cult, part charity, the Angels are well funded, well-led by Michael (named after the Archangel). Their policies are designed to appeal across the UK electorate.
Angelita lives a protected life in a small mountain village in Andalucia. Reaching adolescence, and angered by hostile gossip about her father and restrictions on visiting him in Madrid, she commits a crime against the community, and is imprisoned.
In the grand scheme of things, one burglary at your parents' house - especially when nothing appears to have been taken - barely makes an impact. It certainly doesn't in rich girl Cassie Greatrex's life as she returns to work with the incident pretty much forgotten. Until, that is, Colin Bardsey steps into the salon.