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In 1865 in the shanty town of Tartatenango, the Caketown Bar is owned by the extraordinary Jaguar Paloma, matriarch of a village that is home to raucous miscreants, cast-off mothers, muleteers, and forgers. Amid drunken monks, a roaring trade in faked marriages just for fun, and the Romani, all balance on the knife-edge between legality and the illicit. Paloma's life is honed by this community, as their lives are affected by her mystery and magic. Co-founder of this extraordinary gathering is Orietta Becerra. Breathtakingly beautiful and ambitious, her distillery builds the success of Caketown. But when she crosses the tracks and marries the town's mayor, her double life severs her friendship with Paloma and the town starts to pay the highest of prices.Adding to this land of chaos and feminine power is a forger, a murderer, the darker shade of the female heart, and a Civil War that claims men before their time.Caketown - men want to destroy it. Women want to play in it. The township itself has to fight on all sides to survive.Told in evocative magical realism, Jaguar Paloma and the Caketown Bar is a tale of wronged women who stand up to be counted.

Sol Reubens, self-appointed Kingpin of Brighton is, for the moment, riding the crest of a wave and enjoying his success. Sol's family rose from humble beginnings in London's East End, thanks to a crooked game of cards, during the rise of Fascism to become the powerful brand it is today. It is a name that haunts Jarrod as the case files against Sol grow daily. Every attempt by Jarrod Fischer and his team to bring down Reubens' empire is met with disappointment. He seems for now, like Capone, an untouchable. It's when Jarrod meets with Danni, at a football match that Sol's empire and world starts to fall apart. Danni has a reason to be vengeful. Like the Albion, Jarrod has his own half time score.

How well do you know Europe? Probably most of us have favourite memories ... perhaps a secret sandy beach, an awe-inspiring palace, a remote mountain meadow or an exhilarating fiesta? This is such a varied continent, with a huge range of landscapes and centuries of history - can anyone claim to know it intimately? For over 50 years, I have been visiting Europe, both its familiar tourist haunts and its hidden corners - sometimes as a tourist myself, or visiting friends ... but especially through 25 years of escorting coach tours around the continent. My memories include architectural wonders and magnificent scenery, but also the complicated procedures necessary to guide a group to enjoy them. Certain places remain in my memory only because of situations or events which took place there - some challenging (what would you do, if a guest died on your coach?)and some amusing (could you explain to a group of ladies, how to use a French toilet?). Yet I have been privileged to personally experience huge changes over the years ... as Central European countries broke free from the communist yoke to reclaim their independence ... as divided Germany was reunified ... as Yugoslavia was torn apart by earthquake and war. Come and travel with me through the countries of Europe, as I have known them!

Rose Well Holiday Park needs a hero. This once shining icon of the Great British Holiday Camp is dying, and the last residents are more interested in preparing for a zombie apocalypse or fighting off imaginary UFOs than playing Crazy Golf or Bingo. In addition, a foreign bottled water company is attempting to force a sale so they can seize the last asset of Rose Well Park, the Rose Well Spring. The famous spring water claimed to bestow great health and longevity. And then there's the bomb. What Rose Well Park could probably do without, is a hero whose belief in a better tomorrow far outweighs any of his past achievements. But William Fox is all they have. Armed with nothing more than an undying sense of optimism and a box of books about alien conspiracies, he slowly draws up his plans to make Rose Well Park famous. "Dad's Army meets X-Files" Woozle: Noun A presentation of evidence by citation only. A woozle occurs when frequent citation of publications, lacking evidence, mislead individuals, groups, and the public, and nonfacts become urban myths and factoids.

The USS Conestoga is in danger. The ship is towing a rat, a rat that will change the lives of all those on-board. Alex inherits a secret from his Grandfather. It's a secret of German plots, espionage and terrorism. The USS Conestoga vanishes just after WWI. Gunner's Mate Benson and his beloved wife Isabella find themselves fleeing San Francisco and racing for the Mexican border, pursued by the last of a German spy-ring. In the 21st century, Alex finds himself on the trail of this extraordinary story, desperate to uncover the truth about his family's darkest secret. What does a 1921 Pierce Arrow have to do with the vanished ship? These are two stories, woven through time and family, reaching into new generations. Old secrets will be revealed, and the USS Conestoga's servicemen have their watery grave acknowledged.

Anybody who has worked on or lived on a farm will be well aware of the urgent "call to arms" when the stock have escaped. Most of us keep a bit of string and a penknife in our pockets as well for emergency repairs on the go! This little book rambles through some of the ups and downs of living in a rural area using simple verse.Put the kettle on, sit back and enjoy the read.

Sonya Penske, is a world class athlete headed for the Olympic Games in Johannesburg. As is fitting for her power, poise and skills, she sets the sports world on its head with five gold medals and five world records.

What a wonderful world we live in! And how lucky I am to have seen so much of it - not just once but again and again, through the pages of my diaries. Stroll amongst the steaming geysir fields of the Andes and beneath the crumbling rocks of the Karakorum ... watch the sun rise over Mount Everest:"The sun gilds first the summit, then the plume of spindrift snow blowing off the peak, then the western ridge and finally the vast snowfields on the mountain's flank - how exhilarating to watch a mountain waking from sleep!" Scramble up steep steps into tiny chapels squeezed into crevices in the cliffs at Bhutan's Eagle's Nest ... become dazzled by the gold leaf adorning the walls of Samarkand's Golden Mosque ... gaze in awe at Sri Lanka's 12m high Avukana Buddha, carved into a cliff. Join an exuberant procession of worshipping Ethiopian Christians ... marvel at the skill of Mongolian eagle hunters ... watch the elegant dance of a Japanese geisha ... join picnicking Iranian families to eat freshly peeled cucumber. Swim with awe-inspiring Australian whale sharks ... thrill at the sight of the Antarctic's Wandering Albatross with its 12ft wingspan ... listen to the sounds of the African night:"Three lionesses arrive, lapping loudly at the water, while from the darkness comes the roar of a male lion, like strangled coughing repeated over and over again, until it fades away." Come and join me in my travels!

In 1930s New York, David Tarniss leads a quiet life as a cab driver-too quiet-In reality he is hiding a dark secret, his homosexuality, something for which he will pay dearly due to the unique circumstances of the time.A fascinating, if disturbing, story about the challenges that confronted gays (and Jews) in 1930s New York.

The 18th century has just begun and, with it, a new type of criminal appears on the scene, commonly known as thief-takers. In this London underworld, Jonathan Wild creates an empire that challenges the social and economic fabric and norms of Georgian society. Having failed as a button-maker, Wild ends up in debtors' prison and there learns the art of crime. Upon release, he turns to the fencing of goods and brothel-keeping, rapidly expanding his activities to include robbery, blackmail, extortion and the running of contraband-eventually becoming England's first mob boss. This is a compelling tale of overreaching ambition, greed and treachery, love and betrayal. Both an historical account and a romantic adventure, and a salutary warning to those who would defy the authority of the British Crown.

Gugu and Pule have just married and will be heading to Clarens for their honeymoon. As they prepare to leave, Pule is summoned to the hospital where his mum has just been admitted. Pule's mom divulges an absurd secret before relating a dream about a serial killer in Clarens. En route to Clarens, the couple suffer a tyre puncture along a dark secluded road with no network coverage. Pule goes to seek help leaving Gugu behind. An unkempt man in bloodstained clothes suddenly emerges from the woods and heads for the car. Could this be the serial killer? Pule has been gone for ages, is he still alright? Gugu screams and luckily Pule returns and bashes the man unconscious with the spanner. The couple arrive at their destination; Oom Jannie's Guesthouse. When Jannie notices bloodstains on Pule's clothing, he immediately informs the sheriff. The strange sheriff has no evidence against the couple but is determined to capture them. In the one corner there's the young couple and in the other corner is the sheriff and whistleblowing Jannie; who will win as residents of Clarens continue vanishing without trace?

Ho Malone, Chicago detective, and his able colleagues specialize in cases that require expertise in physics and technology in 2040s London. International Planetary Transport contacts Malone and his Quantum Detectives to investigate the disappearance of Joe Roy Peabody, better known as Helvis, the greatest entertainer of the day, lost while traveling to the mining city of Dis on Mars to perform a benefit concert for the miners. His transport ship, owned and operated by IPT, has vanished in space. Immediate suspects include figures of wealth and global influence: a multinet soft-porn queen, a Hollywood movie mogul, a multi-media evangelist, Helvis's own agent and promoter, and the proprietors of GeoSol, an underground company competing with IPT for the budding space-travel market, all with youthful and seemingly friendly ties to Helvis. Full of fast-paced action, devious villains, subtle humor, and steamy romance, E. S. Louis's international neo-noir detective thriller combines science fiction with classic whodunit and a growing list of quirky, energetic characters in a streetwise narrative that opens a cosmic wormhole to more exciting mysteries to come.

What a wonderful world we live in! And how lucky I am to have seen so much of it - not just once but again and again, through the pages of my diaries. Come with me as I struggle once more to the foot of Mount Everest:"I am so dizzy I can hardly stand, my head throbs, my legs are weak, my lungs tight. Others pass me by, but I can go no faster. Should I give up? But ahead lies Everest, the culmination of all these weeks of walking." Walk with me beneath the golden arcades of Syria's Palmyra, sadly now sacrificed to war. Scramble to the summit of Ayers Rock and discover tiny shrimps, miraculously brought to life by rain after years of waiting in the dust. Negotiate the steep ramps of China's Great Wall in the footsteps of ancient armies, ever watchful for sudden attack. Giggle at the mating dance of Blue-foot Boobies in the Galapagos. Thrill to the howl of wolves in Canadian forests:"I am roused by the distant song of wolves, rising and falling in concert. The sound ceases, then recommences nearer to our campsite, ceases again, then at 3am swells to full volume - rising and falling in rhythms as complex as any opera chorus. Sleep in a Thai headman's stilt home, a cool vaulted cavern in Cappadocia or a tent on an Omani beach, with scuttling ghost crabs as neighbours. Come and join me in my travels!

My father disappeared the day after he rescued the young girl which was on the day after my 9th birthday. It was in all the papers.And so begins Amy Appleton's account of growing up as a lifeboatman's daughter on the North Norfolk coast as she seeks to unravel the events of that fateful night, 31st March, 2001. We journey with her through this sometimes gentle, sometimes not, coming-of-age story as she bears witness to the triumphs, thrills, treacheries, terrors, and tragedies of life lived close to the unpredictable sea. She finds solace in unexpected places and from unexpected encounters. She fears for her father, watches the adults around her, finds herself too often an unwilling listener at doors, a bewildered observer, searching for her place in the world, wondering, learning as she moves towards forging her own path, finding her own way as she approaches the birthday of her life...

When the past and the present collide, the fate of a kingdom is at stake.Alixandra Evans has managed to survive after being transported to twelfth-century France, due to Richard, the Duke of Aquitaine's protection. After she falls in love with him, thoughts of returning to her own time fade, but she must remain vigilant. One small misstep could alter the future. To stop a rebellion, she's forced by King Henry to convince Richard to pay homage to his brother Hal, the heir to the throne. Alix has no choice but to comply and pray that her part in history goes unnoticed. When Richard learns what Alix has done, her betrayal cuts deeper than any wound. He vows to never forgive her. Hal is plotting with Richard's nobles in the hope of claiming Aquitaine for himself. Although he's furious with his father Richard must ask his father for help lest he lose his duchy. Hal's unexpected death changes everything. Richard is next in line to the English crown, but Henry refuses to name him his heir. He hints that he's considering naming his youngest son king instead. His legacy uncertain, Richard makes an alliance which will pit two kings against each other as well as father and son.After Alix is inadvertently thrust back to the twenty-first century, she discovers that her fear has come to pass. Her presence in Richard's life has changed his history for the worse. Alix's heart still belongs to Richard, and always will. She alone knows what should have happened and will risk everything to change it. If she manages to return to the past can she right history and does the man she love still have feelings for her?

Humanity's timeless quest for immortality-we couldn't discover the secrets of eternal life for ourselves, so we bestowed immortality on our gods. But what if these secrets exist and have been sought by world leaders for thousands of years, only recently having fallen into the hands of the global elite? When the Director of Security for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anthony Leonardi, and Special Officer Vicki Lange find themselves pulled into a clandestine worldwide network after a mysterious death at the museum, their lives are changed forever. Anthony and Vicki soon find themselves in the middle of an underground web of intrigue pitting religious organizations, criminal syndicates, secret societies, and the world's most powerful people against one another in a race for global domination and immortality¿ Fans of treasure hunts, masterworks of art, covert underground societies, and eye-opening secrets of the ancients will love this engrossing story of action, adventure, and rituals...

Why was an elderly man murdered on DCI Jarrod Fischer's patch?This question leads Jarrod Fischer into the history of the murdered man and what he discovers is the sordid past of a Nazi SS unit.

IN LATE MARCH 1663, a young woman crossed the English Channel, seeking refuge in London from several unwanted suitors. Thus began one of the most intriguing mysteries in feminist literary history-a mystery that even now remains unsolved. Put simply, who was she? Who was the "German Princess?" THE PRESENT NARRATIVE, in the form of her memoirs, captures the most memorable scenes and events of her life, including the horrors of the plague and Great Fire of 1666, mayhem in the London theatres, highway robbery, the slave markets of Jamaica, and even Morgan's bloody exploits on the Spanish Main. In sum, it is a compelling tale of adventure and romance, and of a woman who dared challenge the privileges and mores of a male-dominated society.

A beautiful woman and her equally beautiful teenage daughter are subjected to horrifying experiences by a drug-addled husband and father who serves them up as sexual favors to pay his drug suppliers for providing the mind and soul destroying chemicals that transformed Crummy Keller into an amoral monster, wife-beater and all-around evil doer. This horrifying event plus the previous regular physical and mental abuse, finally drove Erica Keller, and her daughter Sonya, to flee for their lives. What follows is the metamorphosis of the daughter into a super athletic woman who learns the crafts and skills of a samurai warrior to avenge herself and her mother's shame.Sonya Keller becomes the embodiment of the Hindu goddess, Durga. It is as if she has those ten arms, each with a different weapon that destroys demons and protects the innocent - beginning with her mother and her best friend. Sonya becomes the most formidable crime fighter the drug criminals in her home town ever imagined. She exacts justice on the drug organization putting many of them in the hospital before the police and the courts lock them away for long sentences. No woman is stronger and more fearsome to the bad guys than Sonya Keller, just as Durga stoked fear in the hearts of her demonic adversaries, Sonya Keller lays waste to the thugs and modern-day demons plaguing her town.Along the way, she meets a very special man who carefully and patiently guides her along the path from rage and fear of men to a place of trust and tenderness. Finally, her discovery of true love fills the once-empty hole in her soul, much as Shiva did for Durga.The Ten Arms of Durga will leave readers asking for more from Sonya Keller. She has just scratched the surface of her abilities, intensity and ability to love.