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Little Gibraltar Street
Escape into the gripping tale of Saffi, a young, privileged, and restless girl yearning for a life of adventure. In the backdrop of 1929, on a fateful Christmas morning, she coerces her friend and family employee, Lottie, into embarking on an impulsive journey from Melbourne to Perth. Little do they know, the uncharted path that lies before them spans over two thousand miles of rugged dirt roads.
Ill-equipped for the arduous journey, Saffi and Lottie’s fate takes an unexpected turn when they encounter Raana, a resourceful and destitute Afghan girl whose indispensable guidance propels them beyond Adelaide. Their group reaches its full complement when they chance upon Sam, a wounded young man scarred by a harsh upbringing and distorted views on relationships.
Venturing into the unforgiving wilderness west of Port Augusta, they confront a land ravaged by drought and the looming shadow of the Great Depression. In the face of scorching heat, swirling dust storms, shifting sands, poverty, and the ugly face of racial intolerance, their disparities become glaringly apparent.
Despite the hardships, Saffi cherishes every moment of their odyssey, as the splendor and solitude of the bush, shared trials, and a fight for survival forge an unbreakable bond among the travelers. As they navigate the untamed terrain, the beauty of their journey lies not just in the breathtaking landscapes, but in the transformation of their own spirits.
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Lingering Blue Skies
There is always tomorrow.
Before Morgan sets her eyes on vengeance and Zack looks to the future, Sanne welcomes Jolon to Groningen. There, the ex-soldiers attempt to live like regular 20-something-year-old students. But as people go missing and events are covered up, civilian life turns sour. On top of that, the weather conditions deteriorate, while tensions rise.
No longer certain of their safety, the new empire seems to promise more security than any European government. Jolon prays for the best, meanwhile Sanne keeps her head held high, not willing to betray her home just yet.
When promises are broken and riots break loose, Sanne decides it is time to leave and drags Jolon through Europe in the hope of finding a better tomorrow.
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Ligai Ndolkah (White Cougar)
This is a story of faith and hope. A young man, destined to die from an incurable disease, embarks on a journey in a forlorn search for a cure. Along the way, he finds love, friendship and many adventures. Set in the late 1860s, the tale realistically reflects the burgeoning times of the USA, following the recovery after the Civil War. There is loyalty, trust, friendship and companionship. There is also tragedy, enmity, murder, bigotry, racism, piracy and land-grabbing. Throughout, there is the sense of purpose, an intelligent flexibility, a stubbornness to achieve a dream and the determination to overcome the odds. Support comes in the most unexpected ways, demonstrating that cooperation surpasses competition. The result is a lasting legacy. It brings together people of different kinds, races, cultures and upbringing, forging a bond that continues to exist. It is a heartwarming tale in which honesty and justice triumph over villainy.
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Lady Visit To Nepal And The Far East
This powerful story, the sequel to Christopher Hayes-Brown's book Lady, tells the amazing adventures of Lisa and her son David, along with their German shepherd dog Lady. They are given a great opportunity to travel to Nepal on a two-year conservation programme. This will prove to be full of wonder, emotions, unconditional dedication, sacrifice, soul-searching, sometimes tearful sights, but above all rewarding with challenges that lie ahead, and extreme dedication of the people who they share their adventures with, in particular the Nepalese people, who care for their wonderful country’s habitat and wildlife within.
This story will touch your very heart and soul. As for the people, it will change their lives forever.
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Kadazar
On the night of his birth, Kadazar, a griffin, receives a prophecy. It claims that he will become a great king of Lastania. When still a child, he befriends Evening Star, adventurous yet disliked by others for her unusual abilities.
When Kadazar turns sixteen, a cruel and powerful dragon, Midzar, invades the peaceful land of mythical creatures. Their home is changed beyond recognition. Many lives are needlessly lost.
Thrown together to get revenge on Midzar, the friends need to bond like never before…
An adventure to experience, Kadazar is the story written by an adolescent as her spine-tingling debut.
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John Stone
When it came time to choose a career, John Stone wanted to follow his passion of adventure and the great outdoors. After a stint in military college, Stone becomes a member of an elite Army scouts division. This led to numerous deployments, one in particular being a six-month mission to Pakistan to locate Bin Laden, post 9/11. During a trip to Europe, when terrorism was rampant, Stone found himself in the middle of an attack on a US Consulate. With his team, Stone tracked the attackers and their financial supporters to Brussels, Zurich, Jeddah and Karachi. An extensive search for the perpetrators to bring them to justice or extermination culminated with a drone strike on a terrorist camp located in Afghanistan.
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Jo and the Whale
Sally is a blue whale calf captured by the US Navy after her mother was killed by orcas (killer whales). She is raised and trained for military purposes by the Navy.
Jo is a career US Navy officer. She is in her mid-twenties and has specialised in marine biology and submarine warfare.
Paul is a thirty-something British doctor and single handed yacht sailor competing in a round-the-world yacht race.
All three are brought together under extraordinary circumstances in the year 2025 and share an adventure in the Southern Hemisphere against a backdrop of ever-deteriorating relations between America and China and an increasingly dangerous world.
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iParadox
Imagine building a device that could send a fully functioning facsimile of your own self into the past. You would put right some of the things you got wrong, wouldn’t you! Nothing could go wrong, could it? You couldn’t make things worse, could you? You could just use it for sightseeing maybe. See first-hand history being made. You would be a bystander having no effect on history so no danger there then. Oh but wait, do all plans turn out right? What if it all goes wrong? What do you do? Go back again to put it right? This could get complicated and very messy. What if the device becomes smart, very smart and decides that it wants to go its own way? It would have no use for you anymore, would it? This could become sinister. It could pose real danger to your health and welfare. It could even start a war…
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Infiniti
Like many other books, this book is about a journey. But unlike other books, the destination of the journey is the point where the parallel lines meet. The narrator is locked inside the book. The only way he can get out of it is by persuading one of the other characters in the book to finish off the writing process for him. But before he can do this, he has to make a journey.
On his travels, there are a number of waypoints where he must stop and collect materials which are pasted into the book. When the book is completed, he can leave the book by delivering it to the individual whom he will meet at the point where the parallel lines meet.
This journey, which is accomplished across his lifetime, takes him from the birth of Christ to the near future, with the author bending time by complex double time schemes, riddles and mathematical formulae. Every waypoint appears incredible at first, but we are in the world of weaving narrative into fiction but not fantasy. Every one of the waypoints is historical fact.
There is no trickery. The narrator does indeed take us to the point where the parallel lines meet. It had been staring at us in the face all along.£3.50 -
Hurricane Maggie
British-born Maggie Barrington has become a very successful New York lawyer. When her marriage breaks up, she goes to Cuba, ostensibly on business but secretly in search of her cantankerous Marxist concert pianist father who decamped to Havana when she was a child and whom she has cut out of her life.When she finally tracks him down, she is pitched into a series of life-changing dramas that entangle her not only with her new-found family but also in the shadowy life of Cuba itself. She crosses barriers that in the past would have been unthinkable and that turn her into someone forced to try to flee the island to escape justice.As the hurricane season whips through Havana, Maggie discovers a buried part of her old self.“What a piece of storytelling... Strong passions, terrific characters...fascinating Cuba, a hurricane that made me feel that I was in the thick of it...the perfectly accomplished full circle of it all!”– Hilary Norman, bestselling novelist“I was riveted... Great story, great characters, great sense of place...tension superbly maintained throughout!”– Timothy West, actor
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How to Spend Someone Else's Money
Ever found a fortune or something of great value that is not yours? Lucky you?
If the owner is unknown to you, what do you do?
Nancy finds such an unclaimed fortune and wrestles with the notion of telling someone, or keeping silent.
In this peculiar situation, Nancy knows her husband would not approve of her keeping the money and so keeps him in ignorance whilst she works out what to do with it. Her husband dies never knowing that his wife has a fortune hidden in the house.
Can Nancy find a way of laundering the money and banking it legitimately?
Along the way, Nancy meets a friend who is having a problem with a baby and somehow Nancy feels an inexplicable psychic connection to this child, especially when she realises the child was born on the same day and at the same time that her husband passed away. As the child grows Nancy takes over financing his education and puts him through university and then on to medical school where he becomes a prominent physician.
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Frenchy
In Frenchy, the author takes us on a journey through a life that defies convention. From drug dealing in the Netherlands to mercenary work in the Balkans, nothing was off-limits in the pursuit of money in a world where love and hate are delicately balanced on the currency of life. But what motivates someone to engage in a battle that is not solely driven by profit? This is the question at the heart of this enthralling trilogy, inspired by true events. Frenchy is the first volume, chronicling the story of a man who fought for both the women he loved and those who recruited him. It is the tale of an extraordinary destiny that will take you from the heights of passion to the depths of conflict, as he risks everything in the face of uncertain odds. Will he lose everything, or will he emerge victorious? Join him on this captivating journey of self-discovery, as he grapples with the complexities of love, war, and the human spirit.
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