austin macauley catalogue 2015

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A UST N M ACAULEY P U B L I S H E R S L T D .

BOOK CATALOGUE

SAMPLER 2015


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Letter from the Editors

Dear All,

2014 – what a year! The past 12 months have been an exciting time forboth us and our authors.

Our titles have received international recognition, through both worldwide media exposure and nominations for prestigious bookprizes, such as The People’s Book Prize.

We had a brilliant time at the London Book Fair in April, wherehundreds of our books were showcased to some of the key players inthe industry, and we relished the opportunity to catch up with someof you too!

Throughout the year we embarked on many exciting new endeav-ours, including the production of book trailers and audio books – oneof the fastest growing mediums in today’s rapidly evolving publish-ing industry.

September saw the launch of our new and improved website, and weenjoyed hearing so much of your positive feedback. We also beganproducing a new monthly newsletter, and we would like to take thisopportunity to thank those of you who have signed up so far. If youhaven’t yet, you can do so at the bottom of our homepage:

http://austinmacauley.com/

Thank you all for being part of such a fantastic year – and we hopethat you have all had a great start to 2015!

Annette Longman Robert Brooks Hayley Knight

Chief Editor Senior Editor Senior Editor


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Table of Contents

Non-Fiction ..................................................................................6

Biography ............................................................................... 8Food ........................................................................................ 14

Health ..................................................................................... 16

Travel ..................................................................................... 20

Children’s Fiction ..................................................................... 24

Humour .......................................................................................32

Adventure .................................................................................. 40

Science Fiction / Fantasy ...........................................................50

Romance .................................................................................... 60

Poetry & Short Stories ...............................................................66

Poetry .....................................................................................68

Short Stories ..........................................................................74

Index of Titles .............................................................................76

How to Submit ...........................................................................78


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Non-Fiction


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B i o g r a p h y

In 1915, newlywed Frank Meakin joined the Sheffield CityBattalion and documented his experiences of the Great War ina forbidden diary. One hundred years later, Meakin’s descrip-tions of life on the Western Front resurrects forgotten horrorsand provides a precious insight into conditions in the trenches.

The Meakin

Diaries

Shefield in theTrenches

Penny Meakin

277pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN 9781849638883

£10.99 £3.00


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Plum Jam and Pot Mess:

Coping with Chaos as a

Schoolboy and Sailorboy

Norman Dabell

315pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781784551667

£7.99 £3.00

Before he was an author, broadcasterand successful journalist, Norman Dabelllived a compelling life: as a youngster he

was often in a jam, and as a young adulthe was almost always in a mess. This is ahilarious and nostalgic look at the 1950sand ’60s, narrated by a real-life AdrianMole who became a Jonah.

The Prince of Gypsies

Tony Marshall

213pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781784552213

£7.99 £13.99 £3.00

As a direct descendant of Billy Marshall,‘King of the Gypsies’, Tony Marshall trackshis ancestors from England to America to

Australia and back as he recollects talesof heartbreak, rivalry and brushes withthe law. A rare insight into the hearts and

minds of these dynamic communities,Marshall’s book will be the most pertinentaccount of Romany life on your bookshelf.


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An Artist's Life

Marilyn Swann

292pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849634649

£8.99

One picture can paint a thousand words.

In this autobiography, Marilyn Swanntakes us from a childhood in World WarII to her career as an artist in the presentday. This is an honest look at societythrough a creator’s eyes, well worth theattention of the discerning reader.

Capture by Somali Pirates

Colin Darch

177pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781784550738

£7.99 £3.00

In 2007, having spent a lifetime at sea,Colin Darch made a fateful journey fromSt Petersburg to Singapore. This book tellsthe story of the adventures-above-deckthat led to his capture by Somali pirates,told with trademark Darch humour and

narrative mastery.


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Umar Farooq – The Great

CaliphDr Mohamed Abdullah Pasha,

MBE

220pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849634526

£7.99Dr Pasha’s biography of Umar Farooq,the second and perhaps greatest caliphin Islamic history, is a fascinating readfor Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Thebiography focuses on Umar Farooq’s

years as caliph. Starting from the prin-ciples of equality, justice, freedom andrespect, Umar Farooq’s achievements

were frequently innovative.

Voyage to Wild Africa

Brian Dawtrey

219pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN 9781849638104

£11.99 £3.00

In this trilogy, Brian Dawtrey shares hismemories of a life-less-ordinary, along-side a diverse cast of friends and acquaint-ances - both four-legged and two! – meton his journey from home farm to East

Africa. Whether by the government, by

nature, or by an elephant’s digestivesystem, Brian and his family re-discoverthe saying ‘This Is Africa!’ in this lively,often-hilarious account.


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My Father was

D. B. Cooper Bradley S Collins

66pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849631990

£8.99

Meet ‘D B Cooper’, AKA Jack and BudCollins: the two brothers who pulled offone of America’s most baffling crimes.This book investigates why they did it,how they did it, and, perhaps most impor-tantly, what happened to the loot from theonly unsolved skyjacking in history!

Flygirl Adventures

Anita Mays

387pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN 9781849630504

£9.99

A candid, funny, heart-warming accountof one girl’s struggle to achieve herdream – to fly! Follow her bird’s-eye viewof her journey from Siberia to the southof France, from Bulgaria to Bangkokand from Africa to the Arctic Circle with

Mays’ vivid narrative, complete with allthe agonies and ecstasies of failure andtriumph.


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Walk into the Unknown

Ines C. Rothen

297pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN 9781849637305

£12.99 £3.00

The second volume of this autobiogra-

phy begins in the summer of 1960, when,as a 21year-old au pair, she arrived atGatwick airport from her native Switzer-land. She was an absolute beginner in aforeign capital at a time when television

was a new thing, the Sunday Express was abroadsheet, abortion was illegal and somesaid the Beatles were crap. More than50 years later, as a successful business-

woman and happily married mother, she

has recreated the world of London in the1960s and what came after.

Vanished Times

Ines C. Rothen

242pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849636384

£7.99 £3.00

The first volume of Ines Rothen’s auto-biography traces her early life in Swit-zerland. Ines and her brother grow upin a house where hard work is expectedand infractions punished, but it is alsoa house of laughter and music, of family

loyalty, generosity, creativity and ambi-tion. Read of the dreaded onion stew, theNachtheuel, the pampered dog Vani, theuncles and aunts and cousins, friends andneighbours whose trials and tribulationsall weave into the tapestry of a young girl’slife.


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Budget Menu Queen is packed full of ideas capable of feeding upto four people a main meal for under £2.50. With all ingredientsitemised, Inman shows just how economically a family feast canbe put together. The book is compiled from both traditional andinternational recipes, including low-fat, vegetarian and kids’favourites. All of them have been simplified to reduce time – butnot flavour!

Budget Menu

Queen

Recipe Ideas toFeed a Family of 4

a Main Meal for

Under £2.50

Rebecca Inman

124pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781784551810

£6.99


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Food, Family and Faraway

PlacesMargo Smith

363pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849632980

£9.99

Food is a story. It shapes cultures andpervades even our most private familytraditions. In Food, Family and FarawayPlaces, Smith invites the reader on aflavourful journey from Cyprus to Singa-pore, and from Cottesmore to Canada.Her scrumptious recipes are framed

within tales of her travels. A full-bodiedexploration into international cookery,

Smith’s book is a must for any connois-seur’s library.

That Four-Letter Word:

Diet

Danny Roth

597pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN 9781849632140

£14.99 £4.99

An invaluable resource for self-improv-ers, nutrition know-it-alls and the calo-rie-conscious alike, That Four Letter Word:DIET analyses one of the most pertinent

problems facing us today. With every foodtype considered for its true impact on ourbodies, Roth’s guide to good health is theonly resource you need to super-charge

your wellbeing.


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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK’s most common life-threat-ening diseases, affecting over 10,000 people. There’s currentlyno cure. Tim Wotton is one such sufferer, told from an earlyage that he would not live beyond his 17th birthday. How Have ICheated Death? is Tim’s diary of his 39th year, a countdown to theelusive 40. This compelling chronicle of triumph over adversity,the first book written by a CF sufferer at 40, offers hope andinspiration, demonstrating that what cannot be cured needsto be endured. With an enlightening Foreword by the actressJenny Agutter, a long-time supporter of the Cystic FibrosisTrust, this profound account is a testament to the daily dedica-tion required to deal with CF while managing a normal familylife.

How Have

I Cheated

Death? A Short and Merry

Life with Cystic

Fibrosis

Tim Wotton

270pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849637190

£7.99 £3.00


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A moving account of how Jack Martindale came to terms witha Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and, by completing his degree with a 2:1, learned to live life to the full. ‘Being just 21 at the timeof the accident, Martindale is proof that, with determination,people who suffer TBIs can go on and achieve many things, andhe hopes that his book will reach others in similar positions.

Battling a

Brain Injury

The Life that JackBuilt

Jack Martindale

86pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781784550165

£6.99 £3.00


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The Witches Within

Westminster Peter Buckland

127pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849637565

£5.99 £3.00

A factual and harrowing account of a young man’s progressive decline by variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) – the human form of BSE, more widelyknown as ‘Mad Cow’s disease’. This bookdocuments shocking failures within theNational Health Service and the Depart-ment of Health. This is a tale of a father’sgrief, of pulling-together and learning to

support those who need it.

View from the Bottom of

the Well

Karen Thodsen

120pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849636711

£5.99 £3.00

Ffion Delaney lives alone with her cat,Sukey. She has a successful career and ahandsome man. But, recently, Ffion hasdeveloped a fascination with reading obit-

uaries... and writing her own! But, as shebegins to lose grip on reality, it becomesclear that her new-found obsession istelling of something much more serious.


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Death and Disease in the Peak and OtherPast Perils examines the differencesbetween our fortunate healthy life-styles today and the miserable andfearful existence of our ancestors whohad no protection against the hazardsof infectious diseases, harsh winters,

and dangerous occupations.

91pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

9781849633796

£4.99

Death and disease in the

Peak and other past perils

John Spencer

An ordinary girl arrives in Londonin the 1990s with unclear aspirationsbut a determination to enjoy life.Following a turbulent relationship,she develops paranoid schizophrenia.This is her story, told with humourand insight: a story of coping with thedisease and meeting the challenges ofraising a son.

55pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

9781849639446

£6.99 £3.00

By the Light of the SilveryMoon

Anonymous

This book was written following theauthor’s personal struggle with thepsychological and physical pressuresof caring for his mother. This book ispacked full of stories that will educate,inform and inspire the reader tocreate a better life and future.

191pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN9781784552305

£7.99 £12.99

A Gift for Carers

William Long


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This is one of the largest tour guides available for the Algarve(Southern Portugal), covering 54 cities, towns and villages. Findhidden gems and beach hideaways you never knew existed;money-saving tips before booking your holiday; festivals, fairs,events for every month; market and flea market dates; infor-mation on golfing courses, camping sites, attractions, zoos and water-parks. Algarve Travel Guide is packed full of helpful advice:easy-to-follow Portuguese translations for eating out and otheruseful phrases; conversion charts; information on driving inPortugal (with a distance chart to help plan your days out);airport details; clock change times. The Guide also contains abrief history of how the Algarve was formed, with interestingfacts that will leave you amazed. At last, a guide book you won’t

want to put down.

Algarve Travel

Guide

54 Cities/Towns/ Villages

Karl

Bradshaw-White

247pp 130 x 197mmISBN 9781784552596

£19.99


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Trust Me – I'm Your Tour

Manager! Frank Faulkner

113pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849636179

£5.99 £3.00

Frank Faulkner’s appetite for travel beganduring his years of National Service, firstrediscovering the UK, then exploringGermany, followed by more exotic loca-tions on a troopship ‘cruise’ to Korea andback. This book is dedicated to his fellowtour managers and his passengers, with

whom he shared his enthusiasm for travel.

My Letting and Travel

Experiences

Vanda Morris

48pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849639828

£4.99 £3.00

Vanda Morris started out in the 1960s, when property as an investment wasalmost unheard of. Combining fascinat-ing stories from her many years of trav-

elling with her long experience of letting, Vanda highlights the pitfalls that come with renting out property, and givesinvaluable advice to potential landlords

who want to take the same route.


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Way South of

Wahiba Sands

Travels with Wadiman

Adrienne Brady

261pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN 9781849633499

£12.99

From their base in Dubai, Adrienne Bradyand her partner set off to explore themountains, deserts and remote coastalregions of the dramatically changing

worlds of the Emirates and Oman beforeheading into the very heart of Africa. Anextraordinary and poignant tale of two

inveterate travellers whose adventurestake them to an unexpected horizon.

Gullible's Troubles

Suzi Tooke

198pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849637954

£7.99 £3.00

A charming and engaging tale of a couple’sadventures through western Europe ina temperamental camper van. Packed

with amusing anecdotes and local colour,Gullible’s Troubles is the perfect holidayread – humour, tragedy, history, geogra-

phy, cats, dogs, sunshine, lots of fun and aseafood recipe.


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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Barbara Unkovic

169pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849638906

£6.99 £3.00

Returning to her home in Croatia after an

extended family holiday, author BarbaraUnkovic’s joy is marred by the rude welcome she receives. She is determinedto stay in Croatia, if only to search out theanswers to the many strange revelationsthat have come to light.

Weeds in the Garden of

Eden

Barbara Unkovic

226pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849635479

£7.99

Overflowing with humour, passion andreality, Weeds in the Garden of Eden paintsa picture as brilliantly blue as the AdriaticSea. However, things are not always as

romantic as they seem in the small Croa-tian fishing village where author BarbaraUnkovic has made her home.


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Fiction


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n ’ s F i c t i o n

You should always be careful what you wish for. When MichaelMoon moves to the country with his mum, dad, and baby sister,he discovers a magical cauldron that promises to grant him a wish a day for four days. It sounds too good to be true, but asMichael’s wishes begin to have unexpected consequences, heand his new best friend, Toni, come to realise that the cauldron’spromise causes more problems than it solves.

Michael

Moon and the

Cauldron ofWishes

Dean Wood

117pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99


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Rosie the African Elephant

Janet Kaschula

146pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

Rosie lives with her extended family and

friends in the Zambezi valley. After aterrible act leaves Rosie on her own, thespirit of nature meets her and grants hermagical powers.

Brian – In The Jungle

Frank Bailey

22pp 210 x 297mm

ISBN

£8.99

‘Brian thinks everything is a dog... can youhelp him?’ Brian – In The Jungle is beauti-fully-illustrated book for young children,

with a lovely surprise at the end!


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The Wishing Machine

Sadie Kaye

123pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £3.00

You can’t always get what you wish for. Or

can you? Two siblings’ family life is threat-ened by the dual misfortunes of theirfather’s shock redundancy and his inher-itance of a dilapidated old house in Devon.But hope comes in the unlikeliest form!

When die-hard Londoner Mia Fishlockand her adorable (if violent) brother, Kaz,discover the decrepit washing machinein their new home has magic power,granting wish after wish, they delightedly

rename it the Wishing Machine!

The Hugging Bears

Carol Butcher

22pp 210 x 148mm

ISBN

£4.99 £10.99 £1.99

The Hugging Bears begins when twobear cubs, Ruggley and Teddi, are living

with their mother in the wintry wilder-ness. A sudden and violent encounter

with humankind changes the cubs’ livesforever. Told with simplicity and heart by

Carol Butcher, and featuring charmingcolour illustrations by Sue Turner, TheHugging Bears will be enjoyed by youngchildren everywhere. The profits fromthis book will go to Happy Child Inter-national – a charity which supports thestreet children of Brazil.


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The Mists of Afar

Anne Graham-Biehl

196pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

The sequel to Lavender Village, The Mists of

Afar contains a surprise twist: it followsthe turbulent journey of Felania, formerlythe Mistress-of-the-Keys in The Kingdomof Beyond. Sulking over her sorry lot,anger and bitter resentment spew forthtoward all she meets. The result is a seriesof comical altercations between her andthe faery township of Crofton. And whatabout that secret she feels bound to lockaway? Felania may frustrate, but she will

always entertain, and you will meet manya delightful faery along her path. Read on!

Lavender Village

Anne Graham-Biehl

232pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99

The enchanting inner reaches ofEngland’s East Sussex are home to oneof the last bastions of Fairyland. Nestledin these wooded depths, amid warblingbirdsong and the promise of things past,the eager traveller will find a long-ago

erected sign reading, ‘The Faery Brook – Tread Softly’. This humble guidepostis the gateway to Lavender Village. Herelives the courageous faery Sylvia, who willdefend Lavender Village against anythingthat threatens it – even if that means step-ping beyond her familiar homeland!


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Under an old oak tree, in a beautifulforest, live a family of four mice. Thisbook follows the adventures of thetwo young mice, Toby and Betsy. Afterlong, busy days in the woods, theycannot wait to get home and tell theirparents about their adventures.

35pp

156 x 235mm

ISBN

£5.99

The Field Mice Family

C Y Davies

A fun-loving dog named Harry tells usall about his adventures on the Greekisland of Crete with his friends. The

gang are always in search of somefun with which to fill their days. Thisis a story of friendship, courage and,above all, love.

98pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99

The Adventures ofHarry, Poppy, Dixie

and introducing Alfie

Pete Smith

Toni the friendly little green taxi livesin a faraway place called ToddingtonLane. Every day, he and his friends

– pink Lisa, tartan Scotty, yellowTommy, blue Timmy and the famousblack London taxi – meet interestingnew people as they travel into and outof Toddington Lane.

21pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99 £1.83

The Beginning –

The Toni Taxi Series

T R Shaw


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Boring, boring, boring,’ chanted Stan, who was bored. But not for long! Enterthe mysterious Uncle Julian, BalthazarBottomly’s Book of Bugs for Boys, and a

whole new world. Stan’s life will neverbe quite the same again: well, would

yours be, if you could speak to bugs?

Want to learn how? Read on!

126pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99

The Boys’ own Bug Club:

Stanley and The Slugs

Tania Bramley

Top Dog is a collection of bright newsongs for children, which will inviteand encourage them to delight insinging, wherever they are: at homeor travelling, at camp or in the class-room. Children love the way thesesongs appeal to their own closeconcerns, both the everyday and theimaginative ones.

84pp

282 x 197mm

ISBN

£14.99 £3.00

Top Dog!

Jeroen Schipper,

Peter Hilken,

Kathleen van der Weerd

Do you want to discover a magicalland? Then ‘Dream with me now of faroff places’. Shall we discover a dino-saur land?

18pp

210 x 148mm

ISBN

£6.99 £1.99

Dream with me now of...

A Dinosaur Dash

Susan Cliford


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Join novice vet, Paul Mitchell, in a further six months of hilar-ious escapades while working at Prospect House VeterinaryHospital. He’s confronted by a ravenous pig while sunbathingnaked in a cornfield. He locks jaws with a caiman with scale rotand battles with Doug, a vicious miniature donkey that’s alwayssinking his teeth into him. Throughout his adventures, Paulis loyally supported by the team at the hospital – in particularBeryl, the elderly one-eyed receptionist, and Lucy the juniornurse – together with whom he shares this merry-go-round ofmayhem. It’s a gripping page-turner that’s guaranteed to keepanimal lovers entranced. Malcolm Welshman will be writing acolumn based on his experiences as a vet for People’s Friend fromMay 2015.

Pets Aplenty

Malcolm D.

Welshman

310pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849639965

£7.99 £1.99


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Take a medically retired copper, put out of action by a killerclown, and add his eager but easily-distracted wife. Sprinkle insmall town jealousies, secret pasts, blackmail and unrequitedlove. Top off with a lot of food, wine, tea and cakes, and theNutters’ first case is set to be a twisting, turning, calorie-filledadventure. In the quiet village of Upper Wobble, the vicar’s wifeis receiving hate mail, someone else is being blackmailed, andthe most eligible male in town is turning women’s heads. Enter Albert and Rose Nutter, incognito, to get to the bottom of it all.

The Nutters

Kate Starmer

202pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849639569

£6.99


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Powerpoint and Cofee

Michael Pollak

88pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849639583

£6.99 £3.00

A wry look behind the scenes at the world

of marketing in the food and drink indus-try. How one man’s career was founded ongetting chocolate, cheese and cider fromboardroom to barcode. Smile at Mike’sexperiences working with advertisingagencies, chuckle at his observations ofoffice meetings and grin sympatheticallyas he gets to grips with new technology.

LOL – Laugh Out Loud

Alison White

153pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849632225

£5.99 £3.30

Humour is invaluable as a personalquality; it has been said that the thingthat people most recall about anotherperson is their sense of humour (soh). Isit a gift, only bestowed upon a few? Or isthere science and an art associated with

the subject that can be acquired by those with a minimal gift? Alison White thinksso, and has written this book for people

who want to acquire that most invaluableof personal qualities – humour.


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Pillpopdom

R F Coles

295pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849633253

£8.99

A romantic travel comedy with a twist,

Pillpopdom pops the blues away in anendearing tale of love, loss and self-med-ication. Paul Stumbles PhC (pharmacist)

would love to pop his woes away, but won’t be so lucky. Fresh out of a divorceand shaken by a recent family tragedy,he’ll just have to do his best and cope.Pill-popping his way to Spain after inher-iting a flat in Madrid, Paul, true to hisname, stumbles across a suspicious drug

trial... and a conspiracy.

Trouble Cross

David A Wardle

345pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849638920

£8.99 £13.99 £3.00

When Thomas Robel, Insurance Inves-tigator of Pratt Pratt Wally and Pratt,receives a visit from the Director of Claimsfor the Fidelity Insurance Corporation,he thinks he has struck gold. A thrilling,comedic page-turner, Trouble Cross is a

rollicking parody in the Ian Fleming modethat will keep you guessing to the end.


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You Must Be Joking

Douglas Gallagher

158pp 210 x 267mm

ISBN 9781849630610

£5.99 £3.99

If laughter is the best medicine, this is just

what the doctor ordered. Directions foruse: dip into this display of quirks, vagar-ies and misuse of the English languagefound in numerous advertisementsand famous quotes. The entertainmentcontinues with a vast array of witty anec-dotes and jokes in various settings – inthe office, the pub, the bedroom and evenbeyond the grave. A daily dose is recom-mended.

Spoz and friends: Tales of a

London medical student

Grahame C W Howard

207pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849633048

£6.99

These delightful stories chart the haplessprogress of ‘the Spoz’, from Norwichschoolboy to student at a prestigiousLondon medical school in the 1970s. The

book documents the author’s time as a17 year-old, away from home for the firsttime, who devotes most of his time totrying to lose his virginity. All the while,his excessive beer-drinking hampers hissuccess and results in several awkwardbrushes with the London constabulary.


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A Thrush Up my Arse

Preston Gubbals

93pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849637169

£5.99 £3.00

Fanny Fakewitt heeds the advice offered

by disgraced GP Elijah McFigeon, whotells her she should go to a remote Scot-tish island and get the soft southern-nesskicked out of her. And this she does,through the guidance of landlady andsage, Seagga (pronounced ‘Shagga’)Bannox. This rough examination of a

woman’s middle period will stand scru-tiny against the worst medical advice evergiven.

Tony Macaroni

Mark T. Elliott

201pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849635349

£6.99

“The name’s Macaroni. Tony Macaroni – private investigator extraordinaireand collector of frequent flyer miles tothe Realm of Belief. What’s the Realm ofBelief, you ask? Well, here’s the one-oh-one; anything you can think up, anything

you can imagine, ends up over there. Yeah, I get the crazy looks all the time; I’mtellin’ the truth, don’t you worry. So whenthe Devil himself comes knockin’ on thedoor of humble Tony... Well. You can bet

your bottom dollar I’m on the case.”


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It’s 1982. The Falklands War is at its peak and covert missionsare under way on both Islands. Four British Special Forces menlie dead in a shallow hollow on East Falkland, three brutallymurdered in cold blood after surrendering to their Argentinecaptors. Only Royal Marine Sergeant Harry Glass survives,hidden under the bodies of his comrades. The brother of one ofthe murdered men forces a captured Argentine Officer to tellthe truth about the killings, and several months later, followingHarry’s recovery from his wounds, a black operation is sanc-tioned to avenge the murders of the Special Forces men. Thisfast-paced story explores the mind of a soldier: his love for a woman and the bond of brothers-in-arms. It demonstrates ingraphic detail the horrors of war and its aftermath in true ‘band

of brothers’ style.

Falklands

Revenge

Charles Evans

381pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£10.99 £15.99 £3.00


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In The Patch, the Army family quarters, life is just as drainingas it is for the men fighting in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.In The Dependants, Rachel Lynch takes the reader through theemotional and gripping journey endured by the women of 7thBattalion, The Rifles, as their men go through their tour of duty.Chrissy, Maggie and Jane dread nothing more than the knockon the door, bringing news of casualties or death. It will pushthem to the limit, and bring them together as they learn to copeuntil their families are reunited.

The

Dependants

Rachel Lynch

290pp 130 x 197mm

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Beat the Clock

Gordon Clark

239pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £12.99 £3.00

2011, the Gulf of Aden. Modern-day piracy

is a lucrative enterprise, helped in part bylegal loopholes where captured pirates arereleased without charge. Emboldened bytheir successes, pirates continue to targetlarge vessels, accruing millions of Euros’

worth of payments. But cargo is not theonly cash cow – people are profitable too.New SAS recruit Jason Sturrock, arrivingin the Somali port town of Berbera, willneed to draw on all his training when he

goes head to head with the pirates.

Loceville

J P Majiedt

316pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£10.99 £3.00

In life there are no guarantees; what do you do when you run out of options? Loce- ville is a coming of age story, set in South Africa, about decisions, consequences andfriendship.


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The third instalment of Porecky’sseries is set in 2005, in northernSweden and England. With MagnusTrygg away on a course, a new case isgiven to his rival, Lennart Havendal.

209pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

Finished

Robin Porecky

Magnus Trygg is now temporarilyin charge of the High Coast district.In the second book in the series,he’s called out to investigate a crimescene: a body, stabbed in the back.Set in 2004, the sequel takes Trygg tonorthern Sweden and Poland, and tothe crime-ridden Russian enclave ofKarliningrad.

232pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99

The Devil’s Field

Robin Porecky

Magnus Trygg is a happy man: proudof his job as a junior policeman in thelocal force in the sparsely populatednorthern county of Jamtland, Sweden.Then a young Kurdish girl is found inthe forest, tied to a stake and shot.

236pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£8.99

Come into my Arms

Robin Porecky


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Roadside Warrior

Vicki Hedou Buck

265pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £3.00

Connie loved her job. The heat, dust, sweat

and danger of Afghanistan – well, that wasjust part of it. She loved the comradeshipand the sense of belonging. The Army hadtrained her well, and now, as a member ofthe Royal Logistics Corps, she was drivingher beloved Oshkosh tanker across thedesert as part of a convoy supplyingForward Operating Bases.

The Awakening of

Abraham Brown

Graeme Richard Smith

198pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

Abraham Brown, Patch Hancock andIndigo Templeton are three Americanservicemen, separated from their platoonand biding their time in southern France

during the Second World War when theyare captured by a desperate group of rene-gade Nazi soldiers. This is a meeting that

will change the lives of all three men, theircaptors, and those of the many peoplethey will encounter in the days, weeks and

years following that fateful day.


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Born to an English father and aGerman mother, brothers Michaeland Franz are separated as babies,but their passion for the sea is shared.

When the Second World War breaksout, both Michael and Franz arepressed into service: Michael on a

destroyer and Franz on a submarine.

291pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £3.00

One Above and One Below

Trevor John Towers

In 1970 Gunner’s Mate (Guns) FirstClass Hugh Robert Harnlee beginshis rise in the US navy following aturret fire on the USS Wilmingtonoff the coast of Vietnam. On the GunLine charts the beginning of Harn-lee’s career, a period which includeschanges in the navy itself.

252pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £12.99

£3.00

On the Gun Line: A HughHarnlee Naval Saga

Harold N Boyer

A well-respected church Deacondiscovers the possible hiding place ofa huge ruby named ‘The Fire of Mars’.He becomes obsessed by it, but whenhe falls under the spell of a beautiful

woman, his life begins to spiral todepths he never thought possible.

324pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£8.99 £3.00

The Fire of Mars

Stephen F Clegg


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Relaxing in the warm summersunshine, Angelica’s peace is shat-tered by the sound of gunfire aboveher. The Battle of Britain is in fullswing, and as she witnesses a Germanaircraft plunge to earth close to hershe realises her young life is about to

change.

196pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

£6.99

Angelica

D H Crammond

It is 1913 and Lieutenant Caffney, aBelgian national serving in the Hamp-shire Regiment is seconded to mili-tary intelligence. With the outbreakof war dividing loyalties, there is oneburning question for Caffney: whocan he turn to when even his own side

want him dead?

253pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £3.00

The Dawn’s Chorus

Martin Richardson

War in 1914 had been widely antic-ipated, but few on either side wereprepared for the fury and carnagethat modern weapons could unleash.

A group of old soldiers have settledback into civilian life as best they can,but will soon find themselves facingthe might of the German army acrossthe canal at Mons.

364pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£8.99 £3.00

Long Way from Tipperary

Melvin Hurst


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Tony Latimer’s early life is unextraor-dinary. But when Tony’s parents trag-ically die just before his twenty-firstbirthday, leaving him with a substan-tial inheritance, he sets out on a newcareer path and life that will see himrise to the very top.

243pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £11.99

The Lucky Banker

David York

Paul William is a very unusual man –he hides a dark secret, one he hopes

will never be discovered. On theadvice of his doctor, Paul heads toGoa for a holiday, where he meets abeautiful girl. All is not what it seemshowever, and Paul makes a startlingdiscovery that will change the courseof his life forever...

244pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99

The Charming Killer

M A Polash

Told from the perspective of Gareth,an honest retired solicitor, this is amystery in the best tradition withtwists and turns that keep you turningpages until the end. Is anyone as theyfirst seem? Who can Gareth trust?Can he trust his own instincts?

333pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

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A Death In The Valley

John Grufydd


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Fantasy


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Two friends, Jerome and Peter, and a girl running from aharrowing past, become involved in an epic journey of discov-ery. Accompanied by new friends, they become the target of TheReformation, but why are they so interested? And will their evilsecrets be unveiled before it is too late? As startling truths andhidden powers emerge, under the unseen guidance of a tortur-ous phantasm, the group are mercilessly shadowed further andfurther away from the safety of the world they know – to the very edge, through the gates of a hell that has only ever beenimagined... A story of coming of age: magic and mystery, battleand betrayal, romance and revenge, James Val’Rose creates a world of fantasy that will have you hooked from the very firstline, in this first instalment of The Theurgy Revolution.

Path of the

Gods

James Val'Rose

391pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

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Join Lorn, a boy with a mysterious past, as he discovers hisRainbow ancestry and takes the helm of his fantastical kingdom,uniting the four nations: dragons, dwarves, humans and wood-people. Enter the fantastical Islandia and meet the char-acters as they come to life: King Lorn and his wife, Silla; Brug thehunchback dwarf; Visal, memlore to the dragons; and those ofthe Priesthood – the greatest of evils that Lorn and his kingdom will face. Will love, loyalty, and equality prevail over the tyrannyand evil, against all odds? Friendships stem from bloody battles,as Lorn’s rag-tag army strategically plans their next move. Whatpowers does the Rainbow sword hold? Can Lorn tap into thedeepest parts of his mind to cultivate the sword’s abilities andlead his people into victory?

The Rainbow

King

Chris Ingram

318pp 156 x 235mm

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Hyperion

Jackson J Radley

529pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£12.99

Across the vastness of space and time,

a single ship carries the frozen seed ofhumanity and the last hope of its survival.120,000 years later and 20,000 light yearsfrom earth, five worlds host five new civi-lisations. But without knowledge of theirtrue origin, a superstitious, fanatical reli-gion has developed, prepared to go to anylength to crush the quest for the truth ofhuman origin.

Entwined in Midgard

Nicola Dyson

475pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£13.99 £3.00

Kara, 31 and single (very single), is inemotional meltdown when her dreamsshe meets Frey (gorgeous and Swedish),.They like each other instantly. But it is nochance encounter: Frey is an elite Warriordescended from Vanaheim, and The Fates

have brought them together for a reason.Her world is turned upside down (all nineof them, apparently) as Kara is plungedinto the magic and myths of Norselegends, which she is expected to belongto and believe in.


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The Motives Trilogy

Harriet Alder

201pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

2035. Humanity is in the middle of a

techno boom, and computer technicianLaura Jamieson sure has a job on herhands when dealing with the evil Super-computer ‘Giga 6’. After she removesthe ‘bad egg’ chip from his brain, thetwo gradually become firm friends. Canmachines and humans work togetherto fight the Extremists before they carryout their wicked plan to kill all the youngpeople in the world?

Hourglass Heights

Ian David Noakes

277pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99

Who is brutally murdering the male resi-dents of the Hourglass Heights apart-ment complex? At first glance, it wouldappear that their spouses are the killers,but Detective Marcia Tanaka believesthat a serial killer is responsible. Through

the course of her investigation, DetectiveTanaka is pulled into a world of Japa-nese folklore and the supernatural as sheexplores the darker side of relationships,sex and psyche.


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The Wolf and the Sorceress

– The King's MagicianBrian Pemberton

295pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £3.00

Nemeila’s fate is decided when herparents’ spaceship crash-lands on Earthon the day of her birth. Rescued by a wolfand raised by foster parents, she makes her

way across the ocean to a distant country where her enemy has taken control andcaused the rightful King Parlan to fleeinto exile. Wolves, an eagle, giant spidersand dragons heighten the excitement and

danger they encounter.

Flight to Eternity

J R Harrison

127pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99 £11.99 £3.00

When Josh and Sara are sketching on anancient ridgeway track in England, a tallpixy-type person approaches them. Heis from the Indian Highlands. With thismeeting, life is overturned for Josh andSara, and they embark on a time-travel-

ling journey. Josh and Sara will have tolearn who they can trust; they will haveto survive battles and attacks; and, in theend, they will have to decide their future.


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The Demon Within

Byron Nadgie

304pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£10.99

The Dark Demonic Lord begins his

conquest of humanity, using a younghuman boy, of magical but cursed Erlomlegacy, and strange human clones,commanded to create destruction in adivided kingdom. Civil wars and fighting

warlords, traitors in the Emperor’s Court,and the use of dark magic to distort thespace-time continuum fill this novel withsinister excitement, tension and blood-shed.

The Saga of Barak

David Brierly

409pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£12.99 £15.99

Barak’s world is a harsh world. He is agiant of a man: a slayer who metes outharsh justice and does not suffer foolsgladly. Although a king in his own right,it suits him to be in the employ of Rome,carrying out their wishes. Faced with a

crisis in his home country, he enlists thehelp of many warrior friends of old. Theymust prove themselves against many foes,both human and animal, before they canreach his homeland.


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Path of Power, Book 2:

The Book of Dawn and

Dusk

H O De Jonge

380pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£9.99 £3.00

Alexander Angelus, the true heir of Angelia, and his she-elf companion,Helena Drake of the Order of the Slayers,embark on an epic adventure that takesthem over Anarchos. Can Alexander usethe knowledge and elemental magic ofthe Angelians and his energy-drainingpowers to defeat those who hold Anarchosin peril?

Path of Power: The First

Great Misfortune

H O De Jonge

311pp 156 x 235mm

ISBN

£12.99

The Aien Mountains surround the mightycity of Angelia. Evil Prince Cain returnsto the city after his exile, intent on takingrevenge upon his aged father and taking

the crown from his sister, Maria. Maria’sson, the young Prince Alexander, istaken to live at sea after her brother’s evildestroys the city. On Alexander’s nine-teenth birthday, he re-enters the magicalkingdom.


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William Knight is bullied constantlyat school, and always wonders whyhe doesn’t fit in. When he is suddenly

whisked away from the human worldto the medieval village of Chermsideby a talking dragon, he is given adeadly task only a true knight can

achieve.

157pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99

Wolfbaene

Michelle Dennis

It is 2025 and the world is under aterrible threat of invasion by an aliennation. Despite this, there is no senseof impending doom or panic. Why? Noone knows that they are already here –until a team of scientists stumble onthis deadly threat and discover thingsare much worse than initially thought.

217pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

Survival of the Fittest

Crawford Cray

After the apocalypse, the underwater world is as disparate and conflictedas the human race that once walkedthe land. The whale, Tenby, searchesfor the last remaining humans, but doany remain?

234pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

The Whale Kingdom

Quest

Ming-Wei


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Love's a Bitch

Jenna Kirby

353pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849637510

£8.99 £3.00

Sebastian Fallon has become a psychotic

abusive husband. After becomingconvinced that he has killed his preg-nant wife Grace, he flees to Afghanistanas a reporter for a San Francisco MediaNetwork, and word soon spreads that hehas been blown up by insurgents. HasGrace now found solace with the Greekbillionaire boss of the Media Network,Maxim Andreous?

Marie's World

Joe E Legend and

Kristal McKerrington

222pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849639125

£7.99 £3.00

Famed dancer, actress and TV star Mariereturns from LA to her hometown inScotland. As she attempts to rebuild herlife and career, Marie’s long-repressedmemories come flooding to the surface,and she finds herself menaced by the

world of her former husband – the onlyman she has ever truly loved, and now hermost dangerous adversary.


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Emily King

B A Smith

227pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849636261

£7.99 £3.00

Beautiful Emily King is expected to make

a good marriage by her grasping family,but when she goes to Compton Abbey toattract wealthy James Copeland, her ownfeelings conflict with her mercenary goal.

As Emily is swept up into a tangle of elope-ments and scandal, her path becomesharder and fraught with danger. Vividdescriptions of clothes and historicaldetails make B A Smith’s novel a delight-ful addition to the library of any regency

romance enthusiast.

Hi Hawaii!

B A Smith

270pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN 9781849635400

£7.99

Hollywood is alive with opportunitiesand Julia Slater, an actress fresh outfrom England, is chosen to star in thelatest sci-fi blockbuster alongside heart-throb Ellis McCready. But will anyonebelieve that their romance is deeper and

longer-lasting than any mere opportunis-tic fling?


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Michelle and Mike reunite online. Asmonths pass, they gradually movefrom emails to texting, and fromtexting to video calls. Will today be theday they’re found out?

483pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN

9781784552466

£9.99 £3.00

A family saga, seen through the eyesof three generations, which takes thereader from the British empire to the

war years of the UK and France, andfrom exotic Thailand to enchantingIbiza.

Cyber Lovers

D Turner

ISBN

9781849639620

£7.99 £3.00

The Power of Love

Pamela Deakin

307pp

156 x 235mm

Dawn Hope, a linguist, translator, andart connoisseur, has the perfect life,travelling first class across Europe

with her wealthy clients. But in thebackground, the ominous shadow ofBritish Customs and Special Branchfollow Dawn’s trail to a shockingdenouement in Milan’s duomo.

192pp

130 x 197mm

ISBN9781849636551

£6.99 £3.00

The Lady from Maida Vale

Vernon Robinson


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Short Stories


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And the power bursts forth And the vision is above And you want to live itTo live it all.

All the Stars is unique in the genre: a work which expresses asignificant, universal message through the combination of

poetry and digital designs. Its subject is both timely and time-less, with a special focus on spiritual and emotional devel-opment and creativity. Within this context its mission is toenhance a positive, creative outlook on all aspects of life. Thepoem is simple yet very profound, and addresses every age andsocial level.

All the stars

Alexandra

Psaropoulou

77pp 250 x 250mm

ISBN

£10.99 £3.00


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And nightmares seem to followTo tell me where I’m from

And I know that I’m aliveTo find out that you’re gone

Delve into this collection of beautiful poems - war, death, loveand politics, God and the Devil, loss - all culminating in an

expression of raw human emotion. Gyasi is a master of rhythm,and skilfully weaves words into verse; the poems in ‘RussianMidnights’ flow off the tongue when read aloud. The collectioncan be dark and disturbing at times, with some poems havingan element of surrealism and a dream-like quality. There is arecurring and profound sense of loss throughout the collection.The poems are guaranteed to leave an imprint on the reader

long after the book has been put down.

Russian

Midnights

Alexandra Gyasi

153pp 130 x 197mm

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An Only Girl

Melissa Usher

30pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£3.99

Melissa Usher’s debut collection of poems,

An Only Girl, was inspired by both herdifficult past and the creative women inher family. The collection has a fresh andunique voice, riddled with diversity andpassion.

A Knock on a Door

Christos Kallis

37pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£4.99 £2.00

A Knock on a Door is the debut collectionof poetry from Christos Kallis, demon-strating flexibility of style, experimentaltouches and eccentric twists. The poemsrange from the abstract to the lyrical, andfrom explorations of religion to love and

the human condition.


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The Family Cat and other

versesAnn Veronica Hudson

111pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99 £11.99

Ann Veronica Hudson’s quaint and quirkycollection of poetry will delight both

young and old. Funny, whimsical andcharming, the poems feature adventur-ous animals, surreal imagery and a fresh,original voice.

Alcedo – A collection of

Poems

Jefrey Donoghue

60pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£4.99

Alcedo presents forty original poems fromJeffrey Donoghue, encompassing thedepth and breadth of human experience:of life, love and death, as well as tackling

questions of existence and meaning.From poignant meditations on lost loveto sober reflections on the future of theearth, Donoghue offers a contemplativeand profound exploration of the myster-ies and matters we all face in his taut andthought-provoking poems.


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Challenges Within Life

Margie Anne

237pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £13.99 £3.00

Margie Anne’s second book of poems

draws on her own extensive life expe-riences, and her search for inspirationand guidance from the natural world toher love of music, as well as from spirits,poets and guides. Spiritual sources, fromthe Victorian era to Native Americans,share their wisdom and invoke powerfulemotions through her writing. She deals

with many important issues that affectthe human heart, whether it is loneliness,

the world’s poor, or a neglected child.

A Touch of Dusk

Ayesha Ahmed

76pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£5.99 £3.00

Ayesha Ahmed’s poetry is a reflectionon the many facets of love – unrequited,unattainable, familial and more. Writtenfrom the heart, it has a poignant qualityand speaks of pain and wistfulness.


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All in the Mind

P S Sims

166pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99

This collection of poetry and prose juxta-

poses the heady joys of true love withthe darkest depths of despair. Written with unparalleled emotion, it covers bothcompanionship and soul-searing passion.

Soul Relections

Nicki Leonie

95pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£9.99 £3.00

In a series of short poems, Nicki Leonietakes us through the development of theSoul: from blank canvas, gaining formand colour as we grow. Beside each poemis a photograph of a landscape, showingthe Soul’s natural affinity with the poetry

of the natural world.


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A juggling care worker. A bargain-obsessed shopper, hauntedby nightmares. A porn-hungry office playboy. An anthology ofshort stories, Edinburgh Shorts is true to its title, with a varietyof tales set in the beautiful historic city. Sarah Guppy’s diversecollection ranges from funny to bittersweet to downrightunpleasant, displaying versatility and characters that will stay with the reader forever.

Edinburgh

Shorts

Sarah Guppy

214pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.99


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Darkness and Light

Volume TwoLino Sterlini

274pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£7.99 £3.00

This new collection of short stories startsoff with a bang - literally. You’ll meet pyro-maniacs, evil twins, terrifying ghosts, andextremely bad cops. If this is enough tomake you lose your faith in humanity,fear not, because against all the darknessthere is light! Both thrilling and warming,this entertaining collection will have youhooked from start to finish.

Only Horses and Fools

Mark Milbank

164pp 130 x 197mm

ISBN

£6.99 £3.00

Only Horses and Fools is a charming collec-tion of short stories which takes us on ajourney from the wild plains of Argen-tina to Mark Milbank’s beloved yet trou-bled Zimbabwe and ends up with moretrouble when he arrives in England. Some

of the stories are autobiographical, othersfictional, but each one is entertaining andthought-provoking. A fine selection ofstories, Only Horses and Fools has some-thing for everyone.


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Index of Titles

Adventures of Harry, Poppy, Dixie and introducing

Alfie, The, 30

Alcedo – A Collection of Poems, 71 Algarve Travel Guide, 20

All in the Mind, 73

All the Stars, 68

Angelica, 48

Artist's Life, An, 10

Awakening of Abraham Brown, The, 46

Battling a Brain Injury, 17

Beat the Clock, 44

Beginning, The – The Toni Taxi Series, 30

Boys’ own Bug Club, The: Stanley and The Slugs,

31

Brian – In The Jungle, 27

Budget Menu Queen, 14

By the Light of the Silvery Moon – Inside a

Schizophrenic Mind, 19

Capture by Somali Pirates & Other Events at Sea

1954-2010, 10Challenges Within Life, 72

Charming Killer, The, 49

Come into my Arms, 45

Cyber Lovers, 65

Darkness and Light Volume Two, 75

Dawn's Chorus, The, 48

Death and disease in the Peak and other past

perils, 19

Death In The Valley, A, 49

Demon Within, The, 57

Dependants, The, 43

Devil's Field, The, 45

Dream with me now of...A Dinosaur Dash, 31

Edinburgh Shorts, 74

Emily King, 64

Entwined in Midgard, 54

Falklands Revenge, 42

Family Cat and other verses, The, 71

Field Mice Family, The, 30

Finished, 45Fire of Mars, The, 47

Flight to Eternity, 56

Flygirl Adventures, 12

Food, Family and Faraway Places, 15

Git for Carers, A, 19

Gullible's Troubles, 22

Hi Hawaii!, 64

Hourglass Heights, 55How Have I Cheated Death? , 16

Hugging Bears, The, 28

Hyperion, 54

Knock on a Door, A, 70

Lady from Maida Vale, The, 65

Lavender Village, 29

Loceville, 44

LOL – Laugh Out Loud, 36

Long Way from Tipperary, 48

Love's a Bitch, 63

Lucky Banker, The, 49

Marie's World, 63

Meakin Diaries, The, 8

Michael Moon and the cauldron of wishes, 26

Mists of Afar, The, 29

Motives Trilogy, The, 55

My Father was D.B. Cooper , 12

My Letting and Travel Experiences, 21

Nutters, The, 35

On the Gun Line: A Hugh Harnlee Naval Saga, 47

One Above and One Below, 47

Only Girl, An, 70

Only Horses and Fools, 75

Path of Power: The First Great Misfortune, 58

Path of Power, Book 2: The Book of Dawn andDusk, 58


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Path of the Gods, 52

Pets Aplenty, 34

Pillpopdom, 37

Plum Jam and Pot Mess: Coping with Chaos as a

Schoolboy and Sailorboy, 9

Power of Love, The, 65Powerpoint and Cofee, 36

Prince of Gypsies, The, 9

Rainbow King, The, 53

Roadside Warrior , 46

Rosie the African Elephant, 27

Russian Midnights, 69

Saga of Barak, The, 57

Soul Relections, 73

Spoz and friends: Tales of a London medical

student, 38

Survival of the Fittest, 59

That Four-Letter Word: Diet, 15

Thrush Up my Arse, A, 39

Tony Macaroni, 39

Top Dog!, 31

Touch of Dusk, A, 72

Trouble Cross, 37

Trust Me – I'm Your Tour Manager!, 21

Umar Farooq – The Great Caliph, 11

Vanished Times, 13

View from the Bottom of the Well, 18Voyage to Wild Africa, 11

Waiting for Summer , 62

Waiting for Summer – Book Two, 62

Walk into the Unknown, 13

Way South of Wahiba Sands, 22

Weeds in the Garden of Eden, 23

Whale Kingdom Quest, The, 59

Wishing Machine, The, 28Witches Within Westminster, The, 18

Wolf and the Sorceress, The – The King's Magician ,

56

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, A, 23

Wolbaene, 59

You Must Be Joking, 38


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When sending your synopsis (a detailed summary of your book), please bear

in mind that this should be a short description of the plot, approximately

400-500 words in length. You will also need to include a sample of your

manuscript. We prefer for this to comprise three consecutive chapters.

For non-chaptered work or poetry, please send approximately one third of

your manuscript or collection.

Helpful tips

• When submitting work, always provide a word count on your title

page.

• Ensure that your covering letter has been well written and that it

includes a postal address and contact number.

• Be sure to include information about previous relevant writing

experience.


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Submitting your sample

By email

Please send your submission to the email address below:

[email protected]

Send your sample file as an email attachment, using ‘New Submission’ as a

subject heading.

By post

Please send your submission to the address below:

Editorial Department Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd.

CGC-33-01, 25 Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5LQ

If you wish for us to return your sample at a later date, please enclose a

stamped addressed envelope or sufficient postage.

If you have any questions about submitting your work, please contact us on0207 038 8212 or email [email protected]

We accept the following genres:

Fiction

• Children’s, Crime, Erotic, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Humour,

Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Trillers,

Young Adult.

Non-Fiction

• Adventure, Autobiography, Cookery, Educational, Health,

Historical, Memoirs, New Age, Psychological Counselling, Religion,

Self-Help, Sport, ravel, rue o Life, War, Women’s Issues.


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