Bøger af Steve Buster Johnson

A champion motorcyclist in British and overseas Endurance Trials at the outbreak of WW1, it was only natural that Graham Price would volunteer as a despatch rider in the British Army. Arriving in France with the British Expeditionary Force in October 1914, against all odds he survived all manner of dangers on the Western Front during the battles of Mons and Marne and later on the Flanders Fields at Ploegsteert and Hill 60. After months spent in trying to persuade his commanding officer to release him from his motorcycle duties, Graham was eventually offered a commission in the Royal Flying Corps and posted to 6 Squadron as an observer. In a few short months he not only mastered the art of aerial telegraphy used in artillery observation missions, he also became a crack shot with the Lewis machine gun and was promoted to the position of senior observer. Just weeks before he was due to return to England for pilot training, Graham Price's amazing career was cut short by a fateful encounter with an enemy Fokker scout. This is Graham Price's story - as told by him.

'Over the Western Front' tells the story of a front line Royal Flying Corps squadron, fighting on the Western Front during the whole of the Great War. The first part has been written in the form of a journal, telling those at home in England how the war is progressing, as experienced by a wireless mechanic who is serving with 6 Squadron. Though written in the words of the author, the journal is based on the war diaries kept by his grandfather between November 1915 and January 1918. More than fifty photographs are included, most of which appear in print for the first time. The second part of the book details the operational history of 6 Squadron for the whole of the Great War, from October 1914 until December 1918, including details of every aircraft on charge with the squadron, the casualties sustained by 6 Squadron and significant events, for each of the twenty-seven months. An appendix section contains profiles of a number of 6 Squadron pilots and observers, as well as extracts from the author's first book, 'For God, England & Ethel'.

'A Man of Many Letters' is a self-help guide for anyone affected by ADHD, ODD and OCD, written by a man who has lived a full and successful life by turning what most people would consider a debilitating condition to his advantage without the aid of medication or psychological counselling. Rather than being presented in the form of an autobiography, the contents of the book is broken down into hundreds of individual topics, grouped in the categories of ADHD, ODD and OCD.What makes 'A Man of Many Letters' unique is the fact that the entire project - text, structure, photographs and graphics - was conceived, designed and written by the author, Steve 'Buster' Johnson, with no input from any other source, apart from the 'Foreword' section which was written by Dr Peter Evans MBBS, FRANZCP, a leading child psychologist, who was invited to read the final draft of the manuscript and volunteered to give an unbiassed professional opinion of the book.

This book recounts the voyage of discovery of a man who is suffering a mid-life crisis. Wondering where he has gone wrong in life, fate takes a hand and leads him to a place of great significance when he was a child. By remembering past events through the thoughts and actions of his parents and grandparents, he unexpectedly finds answers to questions he thought would never be resolved and gains strength to face his future challenges.

In the Spring of 1917, a Royal Flying Corps squadron is having more than its fair share of action on the Western Front. There is trouble within the squadron however, as spare parts and valuables have mysteriously disappeared, with no clue as to who is responsible. The squadron's commanding officer is worried that if it gets out there's a thief in their midst, it will adversely affect the morale of the men. When a senior officer apparently commits suicide, with his death linked to one of the thefts, the major knows that the time has come to solve the crimes quickly and discretely. To do this, he enlists the help of one of his senior pilots who was a detective before the war, charging him with the responsibility of investigating the death as well as the thefts. What appears to be an open-and-shut case quickly develops into something more sinister, leading the ex-detective to the realisation that there is more to the crimes than meets the eye. But how can he prove what his instinct tells him to be the truth?