The idea of the book is to show how a major historical event affected the ordinary people of England. They lived simple lives and did not know or care about the wider world. Their life was one of pure survival, but this is not to say they did not enjoy many of the experiences of the present day. By looking at the life of two boys born over 400 years apart I see how things of changed but not entirely. I also consider the possibility of changes had the riots of 2011 turned into a second English … [Read more...] about The Blacksmith’s Arm by Keith L Wright
Refugee by Reece Pocock
Reece Pocock has written an authoritative and intimate story of two families brought together by war and peace; in the process, he creates a fine study of how ordinary people are swept along by political and military events over which they have no control but which continue to colour their daily lives. In North Africa in the 1940s, two men - Bill, an Australian and Rolf, a German - confront each other in a one-to-one fight in the vicious battles around Tobruk. Both are forever scared physically … [Read more...] about Refugee by Reece Pocock
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past by Ruth A Symes by Ruth A Symes
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family … [Read more...] about Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past by Ruth A Symes by Ruth A Symes
My Lady Zane by Steven M. Sullivan
Inspired by exciting true events in our history in the time of the American Revolution! Letters from the States came often and, sometimes, more than five at a time. Marines do love to get mail Not email. The real thing. Good old U.S. Post mail. Handwritten. Had to be. It was 2003 and Sergeant Leah Ann Sullivan read her mail every day, addressed to her 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, which was just south of Fallujah, Iraq. The mail was from her grandmother, with whom she was very close. One … [Read more...] about My Lady Zane by Steven M. Sullivan
Fly Away Snow Goose by Juliet Waldron John Wisdomkeeper
Fly Away Snow Goose by Juliet Waldron and John Wisdomkeeper In the early 1950's four 1st Nation's children are taken to the Indian Residential School in Ft. Providence, NWT. Two believe this will be a good thing. The other pair are older, almost grown, and so far they've avoided white man’s school. On a visit to town, however, they are captured by Indian Agents. A winter of suffering and abuse follows, for the school’s mission is to “Kill the Indian inside the child.” Sascho, the oldest boy, … [Read more...] about Fly Away Snow Goose by Juliet Waldron John Wisdomkeeper
A Shadow Life by Leta McCurry
Run, Laney, run. That’s what Mama said she should do if something really bad happened. Well, what just happened is worse than Mama could have imagined. Now Laney, covered in blood and in a seizure of terror, is on the run from the law. Assuming the identity of a long dead infant, Laney finds safety and builds a near perfect new life. Safe and near perfect, that is, until three people from the past show up looking for revenge, redemption and love. Targeted Age Group:: Adults What … [Read more...] about A Shadow Life by Leta McCurry
Xaghra’s Revenge by Geoff Nelder
In 1551 pirates abducted the population of an entire island in the Mediterranean. Those poor folk from Gozo were taken on a fleet of galleys to be sold into slavery, harems and worse in Tripoli and Constantinople. Those 5,000 spirits need revenge and I've given them that in Xaghra's Revenge. Two modern lovers discover that one of them is descended from the pirates and one from the abductees, but which one? Love, lust, angst and even humour drive the characters to an intriguing end. Targeted … [Read more...] about Xaghra’s Revenge by Geoff Nelder
Another Tribe by Simon Rumney
Another Tribe by Simon Rumney Julii, a beautiful, insecure and victimized Tennessee Indian is caught up in the white man's world after saving the life of a Confederate captain wounded at the battle of Shiloh. Overcoming great disadvantage, cruel prejudice and bitter persecution, Julii harnesses her intrinsic genius to become the Confederate States’ most aggressive blockade-runner. Using conspiracy, manipulation and bribery to punish those who wronged her, Julii sets off a chain of events … [Read more...] about Another Tribe by Simon Rumney
A Rebel Among Us by J.D.R. Hawkins
After David Summers enlists with the Confederate cavalry, his delusion of chivalry is soon crushed when he witnesses the horrors of battle. Shot by a Union picket, he winds up at a stranger’s farm. Four girls compassionately nurse him back to health. David learns his comrades have deserted him in Pennsylvania following the Battle of Gettysburg, but his dilemma becomes much worse. He falls in love with the older sister, Anna, who entices him with a proposition. To his dismay, he must make a … [Read more...] about A Rebel Among Us by J.D.R. Hawkins
Dance With Destiny by Becky Lower
William Myers feels it's his duty to answer the call to fight for the Union Army–but his wife, Susannah, doesn't agree. How does he expect her to survive with four small children in the cold Ohio winter during the three-month enlistment period? Angry and abandoned, Susannah learns soon after Williams leaves that she's pregnant again. Raoul Lafontaine is a half-Ojibwa, half-French-Canadian drifter who is more Indian than white. Also known as Lone Wolf, he has recently left the Ojibwa village in … [Read more...] about Dance With Destiny by Becky Lower
Bargain Book for 02/21/2017: Clarissa and the Poor Relations by Alicia Cameron
In Regency England Mrs Thorne's School for Young Ladies is about to close due to the death of young Clarissa's mother a year ago.This leaves eighteen-year-old Clarissa Thorne and her three school mistress friends no option but to return to the bosom of their families as despised 'poor relations' - at everyone's beck and call for all their lives. But Clarissa has just inherited Ashcroft , a large crumbling estate, and she offers her companions an escape - run away with her to a life of … [Read more...] about Bargain Book for 02/21/2017: Clarissa and the Poor Relations by Alicia Cameron
A Woman so Bold by L.S. Young
Twenty year old Landra Andrews is as brazen and unique as her first name. Decidedly out of place in her small town, she once dreamt of a life far from sweltering, sandy Florida, where she works on her father’s farm and cares for her stepmother’s many children. She thinks she has found love and freedom at last when she meets gentle and forgiving William Cavendish, a man who seems her peer in every way, but when a dark secret and a past lover intertwine to threaten their relationship, will their … [Read more...] about A Woman so Bold by L.S. Young
