Bird Wisdom

The fundamental themes of landscape, love and loss are all celebrated in this collection. Some of the poems have a political quality, reflecting the challenges and uncertainties of life in the 21st century; others simply honour the joy, the struggles, and the hopefulness of daily life.

The poems encompass a wide genre, but all reflect a connection between people and place. Many celebrate the poet’s ‘home paddock’ while others look to the wider world. Though the inspiration is landscapes familiar to the author, the themes are universal and resonant.

Birds: Sketches from Birding

Birds often symbolize spiritual freedom. The universe for them is vast and without end. Free from attachments and from all earthly treasures, they listen to Mother Nature. Never tired, from far and near, they are wild in spirit and move between the worlds: between earth, air, and water.

Birds are the symphony and poetry of nature on the earth and live with an elegant simplicity tinged with a pure loneliness with worldly cares left behind. The world for them is an open book and every object seen unlocks a new faculty for the mind.

Bizarre Poetic World of Malcolm Tilsed

Malcolm with his familiar infectious enthusiasm would like YOU to enjoy his inspirational assured debut collection work. Each poem is unique and well-written with a charismatic and often humorous writing style. You will find the collection innovative and fresh, and the intensity of the verses will captivate you. Many were written and are set during the national COVID-19 lockdowns which offer a poignant and thoughtful voice to the silent many who suffered the isolation worse than most, owing to having underlying health conditions, which will have a contemporary appeal. Malcolm is already working on his next publication.

Black and White Make Grey

When Brendon arrived from Jamaica on the THS Windrush, all the streets were not paved in gold, but in snow. It took a few years to finally have his whole family with him including his youngest daughter Delphine, who succeeded against all odds, becoming deputy-head girl in school and representing her county in badminton. She met her first love, William, who was not only white but was also married with a daughter. Later they had a son, who they called Jack.

William’s work often took him away from home, spending lonely nights in hotel rooms. He found other ways to help his boredom. Tragedy struck in a horrific way. Families were split and the umbilical cord between mother and son was tested beyond belief. Will religion be the saviour?

Black Clouds to Sunshine

These poems are the author’s way of expressing her feelings and thoughts, and a way of coping with mental illness experienced by herself and her family. By putting her thoughts into poems, some sad and some funny, it gives her a sense of belief.

She hopes this experiment of hers will help others out there, knowing there is a way to relieve the pressure of anxiety by putting pen to paper and writing about those pent-up thoughts.

Black Hearts and Blue Devils

A tale of six country orphans uprooted and transplanted into a dark world of soot and smoke. They have no choice but to adapt, none more successfully than big brother Abe, now a respected police sergeant in confident control of the rough streets of the Black Country in the 1880s, ready for anything the world can throw at him. Or so he believes. Because something else comes his way, something extraordinary, and not of this world, and he is certainly not ready for that.

Abraham Lively’s world is turned inside out, as he battles the forces aligned against him: black-hearted villains marshalled by non-human entities. He is sure that there are devils at work. He knows so because the locals have seen them. And they are blue. Blue Devils.

If that was not enough to contend with, he has made an enemy of a little man who will prove to be the greatest adversary of them all: a criminal yes, but pleasant enough, as sociopaths go; but dangerous, as sociopaths also often go. And Abe, tying himself up in mental knots, with his own devils, does not appreciate that danger until it is too late.

Will events conspire to destroy him? Or will he banish the darkness within himself, to return to the light, his true self, his family, his sanity?

Sons and Lovers meets Ripper Street meets Dennis Wheatley – you will not want to miss this!

Black Heat

The world comes crashing down when one of Detective Joe Johnson’s enemies orders his family to be killed. Detective Joe Johnson must rely on his partner, Vernon Brown and his hoodlum friends to spoil the murderous plot and face his own demons as he enters into this mystery of Black Heat. This story is a page turner from the beginning to end. An action-packed story with comedy, romance, and suspense that will have you anticipating the killer’s next move.

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Black Knight Shade

In the 21st century, the god Horus, known as Rama, discovers that his covenant has been broken. The once-protected Secret Falcon Society is now vulnerable, as the Sacred Book of Scrolls has fallen into the possession of Rama’s evil brother. This brother seeks to claim the ‘Fruitful Throne’ and crown himself king, but in doing so, he puts Rama and his home at risk. The fate of the Good Eye of Horus hangs in the balance.

With only one scroll left, Rama is determined to protect his society. He seeks out the Chosen Ones, who hold the key to restoring the ‘world of Truth.’ Together, they embark on an ancient journey, aided by their sacred Falcons, and realize that the fate of their world rests on their shoulders.

Eliash and Celeste, two of the Chosen Ones, quickly discover that knowledge is their greatest weapon. Only the Wedjat Eye can give them the power to protect themselves from the evil Covenant. But as time runs out, they must confront the possibility that the Evil Eye has already awakened. Will they be able to stop Blackheart and save their world, or is it too late?

Black Prayers

‘My original thought when writing this book was as a paean to the church – the Black Church – that had sustained me throughout my childhood and boyhood. I wanted to say thank you for all the joy, strength, hope and faith it had given me.
‘I also wanted to celebrate the wider voices of the black diaspora that have added an essence of wisdom to my youth and adulthood: I would not be the person I am today without these voices and influences.
‘I have learned that silence is blessing if you seek the truth, but there comes a time to sing of the truths – so I have now chosen to sing.
‘God works and is manifest through the flesh of people. If we listen to the God Voice within, we can hear the genetically coded source of holy science throughout our brief sojourn on this planet. Read, enjoy, and if it is your wont – get annoyed!
‘All I desire is that these poems move you.’
Elijah Karriem

Blame the Blacksmith

Following in her aunt Maria’s footsteps, Bella vet nurses at the Sandford clinic and also becomes great uncle Morgan’s protégé, learning all his horsemanship skills.

Then she leaves it all behind and nobody, not family or even her best friend, knows why.

Only when tragedy strikes does she return. But her resolve to deal with the past is easier said than done.

When her secret is found out by the last person she expects, her life begins to unravel.

Will she run again or stand her ground?

Blank Facers

Counsellor to consultant in three short steps to murder!!!
Retired Social Services Associate Mental Health Director Robert Stanton reluctantly became a private counsellor. However, he got his compensation when he met Carol, a lady from his past, whose skills in administration made them an effective business team. Will the past remain the past?
Wanting to be a professional magician was his childhood passion – solving a World War 2 murder, catching a modern-day killer and making the Pope happy was not!!
Nonetheless, he will need to have a few tricks up his sleeve to keep ahead of what’s
going on around him.
All this happened because his first client disappeared, as did her brother. Then there is
the Hines house on the hill and an Italian internment hut.
All this began happening in a Tomato Nursery in a quiet suburban town!!!

Blessed is He

Towards the end of the American Civil War in 1863, Sergeant Zack Jackson, a black Confederate soldier, wakes up after a battle in Virginia, in a field full of his dead comrades, and he sees a hand held up in the middle of all the dead bodies. On further investigation, a dying soldier hands him a wallet, with both monies, his home address, and the deeds of a map of his claim to a gold mine. He requests, with his dying wish, that Zack takes the contents to his wife and family and to eventually go and find the gold mine. He then dies of his wounds. Zack, also gravely wounded, sets off to find the dead soldier’s home but collapses along the way. Isaac, a young 11-year-old Jewish boy, finds him and manages to take him back to his parents’ home where they look after him until he is fully recovered. Zack, fully refreshed, goes to find the dead soldier’s wife and hands her the wallet. She thanks him for his courage and honesty and agrees for him to search for the mine. Together with Isaac and his dog, they begin their journey through the dangerous terrain of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Unknown to them, they were being followed by an outlawed gang of Chinese immigrants, who had overheard their plans. They eventually manage to find the mine, but it is not what they expected. Ancient settlers from various Red Indian tribes appear and create havoc, and the two heroes are tasked with unbelievable struggles to save their own lives.