The Shell House is a beautifully written & sensitive portrayal of love sexuality & spirituality over two generations. Gregs casual interest in the history of a ruined mansion becomes more personal as he slowly discovers the tragic events that overwhelmed its last inhabitants. Set against a background of the modern day & the First World War Gregs contemporary beliefs become intertwined with those of Edmund a foot soldier whose confusion about his sexuality & identity mirrors Gregs own feelings of insecurity. This is a complex & thought-provoking book written with elegance & subtlety. It will change the way you think. ...

Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full & varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London & Cornwall an unhappy wartime marriage & the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children
- & learned to accept them as they are. Yet she is far too energetic & independent to settle sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. & when she discovers that her most treasured possession her father's painting The Shell Seekers is now worth a small fortune it is Penelope who must make the decisions that will determine whether her family can continue to survive as a family or be split apart.
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This short diary-style novel by a British army veteran chronicles the difficulties faced by Tommy a 23-year-old squaddie as he desperately tries to conquer post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- shell shock. His over-emotional responses to the stresses of everyday life
- post-office queues a trip to Ikea & his relationship with his family & girlfriend
- eventually lead to alienation & suicidal urges. Told in the vernacular with humour & personal understanding the story highlights the work of the charity Combat Stress in rehabilitating returning troops. GBP1 from the sale of every copy will be donated to the charity. Neil Blower served for five years with the Royal Tank Regiment taking part on operations in Kosovo & the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. He is studying for a degree in English Literature & Creative Writing at the University of Salford. This is his first novel.


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If Howard Kaylan had sung only one song the Turtles 1967 No. 1 smash hit Happy Together" his place in rock-&-roll history would still be secure. But that recording named in 1999 by BMI as one of the top 50 songs of the 20th century with over five million radio plays is only the tip of a rather eye-opening iceberg. For nearly five decades Howard Kaylan has been a player in the rock-&-roll revolution
- in addition to his years with the Turtles Kaylan was a core member of Frank Zappas Mothers of Invention at their peak
- a wild & dangerous ride that he is only too happy to report on naming names & shedding shocking tales of sex drugs & creative excess before he finds himself a part of glam rock history with Marc Bolan & T. Rex & giving street cred & harmonies to everyone from John Lennon Bruce Springsteen & Alice Cooper to the Ramones & Duran Duran to name just a few. Among rock memoirs " Shell Shocked" will stand alone as not only one of the best told but one with a truly candid & unmatchable story of rock-&-roll insanity & success from a man who glories in it all."

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Harlan's very first young adult project will link in with the storylines in his up-&-coming adult thrillers as Myron Bolitar discovers that his mysterious tearaway younger brother Brad has a son
- now teenaged. When our series hero's father Brad dies in a mysterious accident in South America Myron is his closest albeit estranged relative left & is assigned to be his legal guardian. Will uncle & nephew be able to live with one another? & will our hero be able to resist getting involved in solving a mystery disappearance at his new high school?
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Harlans very first young adult project will link in with the storylines in his up-&-coming adult thrillers as Myron Bolitar discovers that his mysterious tearaway younger brother Brad has a son
- now teenaged. When our series heros father Brad dies in a mysterious accident in South America Myron is his closest albeit estranged relative left & is assigned to be his legal guardian. Will uncle & nephew be able to live with one another? & will our hero be able to resist getting involved in solving a mystery disappearance at his new high school?
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A newly rejacketed edition of the 2002 novel Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes the bestselling author of Me Before You & two-time winner of the RNA Novel of the Year award. When twenty-one year old Joy meets handsome naval officer Edward at an ex-pat party in 1950s Hong Kong the last thing she expects is to fall in love. Quickly wedded she leaves to travel the world with her new husb&. But she soon discovers that married life isn't all that it seems.. . In 1980 Joy's young daughter Kate mysteriously flees the family home. Fifteen years later Kate's own daughter Sabine leaves London in search of grandparents she has never known. When the family is finally reunited hidden tensions come to the surface uncovering a dark secret which has been deeply buried for years.. . ...

Major General Stonewall" Jackson became a legend for his actions in Shenandoah Valley Virginia in 1862. Marching over 600 miles in 48 days he along with his army won five major battles. His forces never numbering more than 17 000 men overcame a combined Union force of 50 000 demonstrating his ability to maneuvre his troops & deceive his enemies into believing he possessed the advantage. Charted throughout these pages is the journey leading up to & including " Stonewall" Jackson's final victory all the while performing better than anyone could have expected. The campaign became a showcase for the mobility & success of Jackson's outnumbered men who held the larger Union forces pinned down & off balance consequently allowing Jackson to force march his men to take part in the Seven Days Battles that saved Richmond & gained him victory." ...

It is Christmas Eve 1957. Flying home on leave from Germany he is alone in the cockpit of the Vampire. Sixty-six minutes of flying time with the descent & landing
- destination Lakenheath. No problem all routine procedures. Then out over the North sea the fog begins to close in. Radio contact ceases & the compass goes haywire. Suddenly out of the mist appears a World War II bomber. It is flying just below the Vampire as of trying to make contact...
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