A Different Kind of Childhood by Jean Jupe

A wonderful recollection of Jean's exploits as a child during the period 1940-1947 as she remembers them. Her memories of her father's 'call-up', her recollections of how she and her mother coped with that seperation and the adjustments that had to be made on his return. From Jean's reminiscences of her mother's ingenuity in the kitchen and her own imaginative endeavours to help in the war effort.These anecdotal recollections remind those who were around at the time of the tragedies, destruction, shock and anger of ordinary people and of how they coped.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.26.9 Price: £8.99 + £1.75 p&p

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The Frog Family Renoulle by Michael Little

This is the fifth book detailing the lives of the Renouille Family. This one gives you the family tree and some of the details of the fabulous lives these Frog's have!
Beautifully and humerously illustrated by the author, this adds to the wonderful collection that Michael has built up.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.28.3 Price: £5.99 + £1.75 p&p

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The Battle of Britain over Lincolnshire by Molly Burkett with the help of the Air Cadets of 866 (Immingham) Sqaudron and Flt Lt David Gibson

This book has been researched and developed by cadets of 866 (Immingham) Squadron Air Training Corps under the instruction of Flt Lt D Gibson.
It has been undertaken as a project to enhance their knowledge of an important part of the history of the RAF, the County of Lincolnshire and the country as a whole. Their interest was awakened by their continued support of the reunions and remembrance services to ex-servicemen and women across many sites in Lincolnshire and France.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.27.6 Price: £5.00 + £1.75 p&p

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Jimmy's War by James G Matthews

A personal account of a young boy being evacuated from Nottingham at the beginning of the war to live in Old Somerby with his Grandparents.
It details the time of how young boys could earn a wage helping on the farm and running errands; where it was acceptable that any adult could reprimand a child and the excitement of aeroplanes and bombings.
After leaving Kings School, Grantham and a short period in the RAF, Jimmy's first job was at Golding's Auctioneers Estate Agents when they held Auctions outside and sold everything!

ISBN: 978.1.906542.06.1 Price: £8.99 + £1.75 p&p

testing the water getting set for your protirement: a fresh approach to retirement by Cathy Brown

This practical guide will be helpful to you if:

you are planning to retire and want to get ready;
you have begun retirement and want to make changes;
you are an HR professional and want to support your employees in their transition to retirement.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.24.5 Price: £19.99 + £1.75 p&p

HeavenRead.Com by Judy Dyer

Judy presents us with extracts from her colourful life and plays with our concept of who we really are.
Personal transformation has been well documented but this book reaches to our souls and questions our identity that we carry with us day in day out. This refreshing and humourous dialogue certainly makes you think and think again and you can certainly judge this book by its cover. A big heart can carry you to places you haven't dreamed of. So here's your opportunity to curl up and read how amazing each and every one of us really are.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.22.1 Price: £8.99 + £1.75 p&p

Do Butterflies Bite by Mary Collins

A story about the author and her sister being evacuated during the second world war. From London to Sussex was a big step changing the pattern of family life forever but reinforcing the close bond between the 'Harris girls'.
Memories of school days at Rotherfield remain very clear, with these and other reminisces this memoir shows the strong and courageous community spirit that existed in those dangerous wartime years.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.23.8 Price: £4.99 + £1.75 p&p

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The Devil's Creature in the City of the Dead by R H Stewart

The Lord of the Ghuls stands at the heart of the Necropolis, Glasgow’s Victorian City of the Dead. His subjects, the undead creatures rejected by Heaven, await him. Their goal – to awaken the Vampire and thwart their enemy, the MacBeth’s.

Exciting new story for children aged 12-15 years. Vampires, ghuls and gore!

ISBN: 978.1.906542.17.7 Price: £5.99 + £1.75 p&p

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The Legacy of the Viking Ragnar Lothbrok by Christopher Robinson

The Author was born in Ingoldsby, a Lincolnshire village named after the Danish Viking Ingjald. He grew up in a farming community curious about thier dialect and words originating from the Danish language. He recognised Lincolnshire people had a distinct character and saw their Viking history in the local place names and surnames. English history, however, told him nothing of the Viking leaders or of their achievements.
Through his life he developed a fascination for Viking history and the design of the Long Ships he saw in Oslo Ship Museum. This novel attempts to pass on his knowledge and enthusiasm for a story derived from historical records about Ragnar Lothbrook and his sons.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.07.8
Price: £7.95 + £2.00 p&p
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Street Life by Peter Harrison

Late fifties, North-East England and chaos in the Connelly family as husband George abandons his wife and children for his newest love.
His wife, Vera, reluctantly leaves her colliery home, moves in with her mother and tries to rebuild her shattered life. She gets involved with the Stoker family and starts to learn all abouth their nefarious secrets.
Vera's boys; Joe and Jack, bravely cope with the turmoil and stress of moving home, perservering in a different environment: a new school, new friends and without a father's love to support them.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.05.4 Price: £6.00 + £2.00 p&p
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Bee-sieged by Ray Jones

Ray Jones first started beekeeping 13 years ago. Since then it has become his all consuming passion. This book tells of the ways bees and their produce have been used in warfare throughout the centuries to the present day.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.03.0 Price: £7.99 + £1.50 p&p

Gérôme The Croissant Crusader by Michael Little

This is the third book continuing the adventures of Gaston the chef.
Hidden in a trunk in his attic Gaston uncovers a clue to his ancestor's past and finds himself launched on a new adventure of discovery.

ISBN: 978.1.906542.01.6 Price: £5.99 + £1.00 p&p

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testing the water - is self-employment for me?by Cathy Brown

A practical guide for anyone who is thinking of going self employed, have begun self employment but it's not working out as planned or if you are self employed and you are looking to reinvent yourself.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.98.8 Price: £12.99 + £1.50 p&p

Knotted round my heart by Peggy Crosskey

A wonderful narrative revealing the Nigeria of yesteryear where Peggy, as a white woman in remote places, was often a novelty. It details everyday life and situations in 1950s Nigeria and describes her work on 'river blindness'.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.84.1 Price: £12.50 + £2.00 p&p

Living with Ray by Jean Jupe

This story sets out the hopes and aspirations of a middle aged couple who had worked hard and saved hard so that they could make their dreams come true in their retirement - they hadn't planned for Parkinson's.
It was their love for each other in adversity that will inspire other sufferers of Parkinson's Disease and their carers to realise what it was like "Living with Ray."

ISBN: 978.1.903172.94.0 Price: £7.99 + £2.00 p&p

A Small Dose of Medicine by James Griffin

The absurd humour of Flann O'Brien and Spike Milligan with the angst and despair of Beckett and Yeats pulsates through this intriguing book. Set in the early 1970s it is the true story of a GP in an Irish village.
An old woman's constipation that nearly started a world war, the patitent who got his revenge from beyond the grave, shyness that resulted in marriage - all of human life is there.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.88.9 Price: £7.99 + £2.00 p&p

The Hillbillies by Peter Harrison

The eagerly awaited second novel by this new author.
The Hillbillies is set in the 1990s. The dysfunctional Hill family are all battling their own private demons in the North-East of England.

With alcoholism and a gangster for company, there are turbulent times ahead for them all culminating in an unreliable confessional that threatens to destroy all three lives.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.89.6 Price: £5.99 + £2.00 p&p
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A Life in Colour by Jim Park

Jim has seen many changes throughout the Dyeing industry including installation and improvement projects on dyeing operations and continued development of colour measurement technology and establishing engineered colour standards for the retail business.
He now runs a consultancy practice is Nottinghamshire.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.86.5 Price: £21 + £2.50 p&p
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On My Honour by Mike Costello

A personal reflection on Scouting in the Centenary year of the Scouts.
Mike was in the Scouts for 44 years with two troops he was involved with - Leicester and Lincoln. This book relflects some of these times - funny, challenging and sad, through Childhood to Man.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.85.8 Price: £5.99 + £1.50 p&p
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The Secret Loves of Madame Gigi by Michael Little

The second of the series of illustrated books chronicling the fortunes of a dynasty of frogs. This one is all about Madame Gigi as she reminisces with her love letters that are hidden in a hatbox in her wardrobe, she looks back on her many admirers in her past life.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.93.3 Price: £5.99 + £1.00 p&p
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The Eremite by David Cloet

An English daughter's tale about her father, from conception to death. He and a French professor he meets on the way, pursue and expand upon the ideas put forward by a Swiss eremite. It's a story of love and betrayal, of faith lost and found, of espionage, greed and murder, friendship and peace; past, present and future

ISBN: 978-1-903172-77-3 Price £6.99+ £2.00 p&p

Hovis Brown by Peter Harrison

Set in the North East in the early Eighties. Jackie 'Hovis' Brown is clinging to the gutter of life. A bully and an enforcer, he was imprisoned for blindly obeying the woman he loved, then set free to slide into a life of crime, longing to find a true love. His past looks like catching up to him and dragging him down but a twist of fate may yet lead him out the other side.

ISBN: 978-1-903172-91-9 Price £4.99+ £2.00 p&p

Welcome to Sotterley and its important transatlantic connections by Richard Lloyd of the Sotterley Charitable Trust of Suffolk, England

Sotterley is a small rural village with extensive North American connections which this book covers along with details of the church with its brasses and marble.

ISBN: 978-1-903172-81-0 Price £5.00 $12.00 US or Canadian + £1.50 p&p

Letters from the Front by Julian Fane

A collection of letters that were sent to Lt-Col Fane during 1914-18 from the men that he trained to go out to the Front Line.
They tell of the conditions they had to endure and the appalling casualties suffered. Their feedback helped Lt-Col Fane improve training for the next group of volunteers.

ISBN: 978-1-903172-69-8 Price: £5.99 + £2.00 p&p

Return from Bedlam by Simon Staff

A collection of poems and pieces written throughout a long and often uphill fight against severe mental illness. Undiagnosed Paranoid Schizophrenia and teenage drug experimentation which appeared a miracle cure to his mental health problems, led to continued self-medication and a full-blown addiction.

Simon began to use writing as a vent for his feelings and emotions which helped him to put things into perspective and aid his recovery.

ISBN: 978-1-903172-79-7 Price: £4.50 + £1.50 p&p

"Dad Laughs Last!" by David Anderson

A CD covering twelve side-splitting yarns written and narrated by David Anderson

ISBN: 978-1-903172-83-4
Price: £5.00 + £1.50 p&p

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Laughter Lines by David Anderson

A collection of humorous verse written by a man diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1998. He has found that one of the best ways to deal with such a challenge is to maintain a strong sense of humour, as laughter is the best medicine!

ISBN: 978.1.903172.80.3 Price £4.99 + £1.50 p&p

Three Steps to Enjoying Life by Sue Ricks

A book designed to give you a lift, help you at all times and give you skills to cope if the going has got tough! A simple book that is easy to follow.

Sue Ricks is an inspirational teacher and practitioner of Complementary Therapies and runs a training school and clinic in the Midlands.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.78.0 Price £6.99 + £1.75 p&p

The Makings of a Doctor by James Griffin

Dr James Griffin is the medical equivalent of the writer and vet, James Herriot of "All Creatures great and small" fame. Dr Griffin looks back over more than 30 years of experience in Medical Practice.

He gives the reader a behind the scenes look at the life of a rural G.P. - beyond the chocolate box picture of country life. What he reveals is sometimes unbelievable, occasionally tragic, often hilarious and always touching.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.76.6 Price: £6.99 + £2.00 p&p

Three Girls on a Boat by Jeanette Burden

The holiday was my idea. None of us had ever been on a canal trip but the others agreed to give it a try. Friends recommended a boatyard in Llangollen and told us that it was at the end of one of the most beautiful canals still operating.

An enchanting book, detailing the story of a canal trip from Llangollen to Wheaton Aston and back
29th June - 13th July 1963

ISBN: 978.1.903172.62.9 Price: £5.99 + £1.75

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Gaston the chef by Michael Little

The first in a quintilogy (new word!) of illustrated books chronicling the fortunes of a dynasty of frogs. The writing is laugh-out-loud humorous and the illustrations brilliant. This is a book for all young at heart readers whatever their age.
Is Gaston the new Asterix?
A delightful, high quality product with colour illustrations on all its 32 pages. Look out for the next in the series coming soon.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.63.6 Price: £5.99 + £1.50 p&p
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Theo's Great Adventure by Jenny Rayner

Here is a story about the colourful life and times of a Maine Coon Cat called Theo and his feline friends

ISBN: 978.1.903172.48.3 Price: 5.99 + £1.75 p&p
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Four Pieces of Luck A Physicians Journey by Peter Toghill

A personal story relating a wartime childhood, medical student days and postgraduate training, leading to a demanding professional career as a Consultant Physician in a Teaching Hospital. The story is linked with events in Britain and the World and with the development of medicine in Nottingham.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.64.3 Price: £14.99 + £2.00 p&p
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Secrets in Stone The Story of the Templars by John Ivory

A visit to Lincoln Cathedral when he was in his early teens led the author to deicide to become a stonemason and this led him to discover Knight Templars and their history. These knights were the first to create and use a banking system and the first people to accept terms for insurance. You can also find out why Friday 13th is so unlucky.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.53.7 Price £6.99 + £1.75 p&p
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Caythorpe's History by Reg Baxter and Molly Burkett

Reg Baxter has helped to compile the history of Caythorpe Village using personal references and information gleaned from the local villagers.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.72.8 Price: £4.00 + £1.50 p&p
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From Sawbones to Keyholes by Paul R Swift

ISBN: 978.1.903172.27.8 Price: £21.00 + £4.50 p&p
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Elaborate Cooking Uncovered by Ali Javaheri

Ali was born in Tehran in 1953 and grew up in Iran (Persia). His mother had a great love of cooking and for good food, a love she passed on to her son. In 1970 the family emigrated to Canada. Ali completed his education in England, gaining a degree in Economics and Computer Programming. His passion for food and cooking led him into catering.

This is Ali's first book and he has written it so that others can share his knowledge and as a way of thanking those who have supported him and shared some of the happiest and most rewarding years of his life.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.36.0 Price: £11.95 + £4.50 p&p
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Cooking Fish with Ali by Ali Javaheri

Ali was born in Tehran (Persia) and has written his second book in celebration of the fish family. Almost every fish has its place in this book and you are presented with some of the most fascinating exotic sea food dishes from around the world. From choosing and buying fish, to filleting and freezing. Ali gives you sound advise and a no-nonsense, straight forward attitude, with quick and easy recipes and as little mathematical equations as possible.

This book is for those who like to have haute cusines but not have to seach the world for the ingredients. This book is for you, the reader and you should not put it on the shelf, no mater how greased or thumbed it gets.

ISBN: 978.1.903172.57.5 Price: £11.95 + £4.50 p&p
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