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The Student
Loosely based on the author’s experiences in Cairo, immediately following the 1967 war, this engaging story follows a group of American students sent to Egypt to learn Arabic. During the course of their stay, the students experience conflict between their, often romanticized, images and the reality of life in Cairo as they learn to survive during the last days of the Nasser regime and the end of Egypt’s golden age. This book provides an alternative view of Egypt and the Middle East as its protagonist, an imaginary James Bond, studies, shops, haggles and defends his self-identity in a foreign culture.
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The Stretch
Based on a true story
Each time Rockin tries to book a limo to take him and his friends on a drunken trip to London, they are refused, until one firm informs them that the only way that they would be able to book a limo for six lads was if they were going to a wedding.
They have their answer! By the next day, the limo is booked and the morning suits are hired, even down to the buttonholes.
As the limo passes Birmingham, Marco comes up with an idea and two minutes later he is on the phone to the newspapers. “Yeah, that’s right, the groom's found out that his bride-to-be has slept with one of the ushers. He’s phoned her and she has admitted it!”
Rockin is nominated to be the groom but in real life is dating a beautiful blonde Catholic school teacher. He sits in the plush surroundings of the Savoy hotel dreading the phone call he was going to have to make, asking her if he could be a fake groom and appear in the Sunday Sport newspaper.
Two scruffy-looking men walk into the bar; one has a camera slung over his shoulder. The time has come: Rockin has to make the call.£9.99 -
The Stowaway
A small, frightened boy is washed ashore on a Devon beach. He is a long way from home.Hattie’s life on the farm is hectic. Running a riding school, caring for all the animals and trying to find time for her family is more than enough to cope with. She knows she should not take on any more responsibility. The shipwreck on a stormy night brings these two lives together.Hattie couldn’t save her own little boy, but she is determined to save the stowaway.
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The Stories of Cantoon – End Game
The Planet of Cantoon was changed by decades of war, but years after the wars, the world still spins on. Vandeaga and his group stand strong against vicious bandits and twisted beasts. A new evil like they had never seen before emerged from the west. In its wake, these creatures leave nothing but carnage. Will our trio overcome this countless menace or will it consume them too?
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The Sting In The Khyber's Tail
The Sting in the Khyber’s Tail, will be classified as a work of fiction, but this would only be partly true. Most of the adventures, that the three intrepid travellers became involved with, are based upon true events.
Billy, Joe and Tom’s journey took place in the late 1960s. At that time the driving conditions throughout the world were quite different from those that exist today.
They make their way eastwards across Europe from France, as driving conditions deteriorate. They continue through Iraq and Afghanistan as their worries change from unkept roads, to sadistic border officials to dealing with bandits.
As their adventures continue, Tom and Joe find ways to keep Billy’s volatile character in check and join heads to find their own secret techniques to avoid bandits.
Much of the story concerns each character’s development throughout the long journey. The two youths mature rapidly, but Tom becomes a completely different man.
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The Sheriff of River Bend
Jim Connor was born James Atlantic O'Connor: an average height, lean but muscular man of thirty-five years of age. He spent some years roaming the country working at ranches and living by his wits. He used poker to finance his own lifestyle before returning to his hometown, River Bend, Wyoming. Circumstances led him to become the sheriff when the incumbent retired and he undertook the task of bringing some lawbreakers to justice.
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The Shadow World
This book follows the character Achraf as he travels through a strange and mysterious world inspired by real events happening in our own world. As he navigates this unknown place, he must break free from the constraints that weigh down his soul and mind and question everything around him in order to understand the truth. Along the way, the reader is invited to join Achraf on this journey and be cautious not to become unprepared. It is unclear if this world is a maze, vortex, magic manuscript, or map, but it is certain that once you enter, there is no going back. The ultimate question remains: who knows the truth and how can it be known? The book also encourages readers to think critically about the theories and ideas presented in the real world and to approach them with a patient and honest exploratory spirit.
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The Sand Casket
‘Every good wife deserves an adventurous divorce.'
Gina Tantridge after years of the Silent Treatment... finds a note casually left by her husband Ray stating, 'This is just not me anymore.' after cleaning out their Joint Bank Account. He was in the wrong life apparently, and the new one takes him into the arms of the delivery boy.
Gina swings into action by calling her clever daughter, Greta, who is studying Japanese Culture, good looking men, and designer labels at University. Joining forces with a Maine Coon cat (officially named Delilah) and various others depending upon status and moods with the personality of a box of mad frogs and Diva attributes.
These three align themselves within a new set of rules. Gina decides to clear out everything in the house and loads up her poor old Honda Civic with the dreadful ornaments her husband collected, plus his excellently exec suits, and with Greta grumbling in tow they set off to the local Boot-it-all-out fair. Which leads to the best outcome imaginable.
Greta advises her mother to get a lodger. Not suspecting in the least that a charming, helpful Egyptian lawyer who is 'wonderful from every angle' would answer the ad. Trying to stay sane, clean the house and hold down a very demanding job, Gina keeps them all afloat.
Gina's grandmother constantly telephones or shows up on her broom making unhelpful statements to secure Gina’s irritation. Evil and spiteful are useful descriptions for this grandmother, who never has a kind word for Gina.
Gina, with the 'help' of Delilah, clears the attic and delving into an old chest from France makes a startling discovery amongst some old correspondence. Travelling to Nice to attend a meeting with a very soft spoken Notaire, brings further shocks exploding into her already crammed life.
Visiting her French grandparent's, the Mouriers, old apartment above their newspaper office in an old part of Nice, Gina becomes nostalgic for the wonderful school holidays spent with them before they died. Going into an unusual shop she buys a very unusual souvenir, a sand casket.
Everything changes.
Exquisite old chateaus beautiful, young, tearful French maids and the lovely Gabriel and Raphael enter the scene. A vibrant dancer and her generosity opens the door to a hidden villa.
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The Racers
Paddy Doherty, a young English twenty-something, has loved motorbikes for as long as he could remember, almost as long as his best pal, “Mucka” O’Neal. But a chance conversation over a pint, on a sunny summer’s afternoon, buys him a one-way ticket into the insane world of motorcycle racing. Stoically partnered by “Mucka”, the pair embark on an adventure into the adrenaline-packed life of motorcycle racers. Rivalry, romance, disaster and success pave the track of this gritty, earthy, humorous adventure around the motor-racing circuits of the UK. From the cold winter’s morning of their nervous first race at Mallory Park, the racers progress through the ranks, making colourful friends, and dangerous enemies along the way. Paddock parties, crashes, tears and above all, laughter run rich throughout this genuinely funny and heartfelt adventure. But how will it end for them, on a podium with champagne, or in a hospital bed? The Racers unfolds in a climax of burnt rubber, all the way to the chequered flag.
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The Novelist
A writer battles with her own mind to make sense of the different stories she is writing. From action/adventure on Air Force One to a budding romance to a magical fantasy kingdom, all these stories allow the writer to escape.
But what is she escaping from?
As the line between reality and fiction is blurred, can the writer tear herself away from her beloved characters to focus and discover the truth of her surroundings?
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The New Self-Reliance A Novel of Endurance
Kristen and Mike’s joy in reunion is immediately plunged into a new series of challenges that force them to suspend their disbelief in an ever-shifting world of trans-dimensional intrigue. From spirits animating the wrong bodies, agents from another universe, sudden membership in a family they’ve never before known, and dangerous technologies from both the future and the past, the heroes must also confront the ongoing mystery of how to replace the undead God or even if they should do so. Slowly assembling their team of intrepid young friends who themselves are not at first where they need to be, Mike stolidly pursues the dual nemesis of both their antagonist and his strange tools, while Kristen travels back to Tudor England to reboot the timeline in their favour. The narrative hurtles forward until they are all hanging on a precipice, their friends both new and old trapped in time, Mike transformed materially and his soulmate Kristen stunningly and unexpectedly transfigured.
“The second instalment of Loewen’s radical new adventure series is everything readers could have hoped for. The mystery deepens, the stakes attain new heights, and the characters develop insightful personal relationships that find them thrown together in both existential bliss and angst. This shocking cliff-hanger will only raise the ante, for readers as much as for the heroes themselves.”
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The Man of 100 Curses
The imperfect mind leads to the ultimate struggle between a man’s fabled destiny and his own heart’s desires. To be the saviour would be a difficult task for anyone, yet for John it seemed almost impossible. A war raged within him, his mind, and his heart. It seemed that his mentality would hinder him from attaining greatness, the stature of ‘hero’ in a hopeless world. The encounters he would face of the mystical, the occult and evil beings, would drag John down a rabbit hole of existentialism and questioning. With the effects of war and trauma, the manipulations of certain entities, and the encouragement of others, will John finally find happiness in a world he was destined to save? Or will he be pushed further to the edge, where morality blurs and a deep underlying foe from within would present itself, bringing chaos and madness?
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