Emily falls passionately in love with working class Walter, despite fierce opposition from her class conscious father. She sees marriage as a partnership of equals and resolves to elope to escape such a male dominated society. Emily's actions will see her struggle to survive the subsequent devastation brought about by the war, as she and her four year old son are thrown into the midst of danger and death. The family experience rationing and the terror of bombing. Their air raid shelter is ...

MI6 spies, Russian FSB, Chechen terrorists, Abkhaz Separatists, the 1992 Georgian war.This breathtaking and brutal novel is a gripping tale set in the magnificent Caucasus Mountains during Georgia's ill-fated invasion of Abkhazia in 1992. The Caucasus Cauldron gives a vivid focus to a historical moment left out of the history books, a world ripping itself apart and ravaged by never-ending hatred and blood feuds.Can our hero, Mac, trust the attractive Russia...

Mossad Agents, Israeli Engineers, Revolutionary Guards.The Ayatollah Returns. The Iranian Revolution.This exciting 20th-century historical thriller inspired by real events is the story of a Jewish hero. A group of Israeli engineers are trapped in central Iran when the world about them explodes in chaos. Imagine their plight when they discover the Shah has been deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini has returned from exile.How can they escap...

The Girl Who Disappeared is a fact based historical romance with a strong female lead set in Britain in the 1930s and during WW2 when men ruled and women were expected to obey.Emily falls passionately in love with working class Walter despite fierce opposition from her father and resolves to elope. Her actions will see her struggle to survive the devastation brought about by the war, as she and her four year old son are thrown into the midst of danger and death. Their air raid shelt...

This history of the Second World War is written from the standpoint of people directly involved. What was it like to live through such a war? This book aims to bring the period alive for the reader. However, facts and figures are historically accurate rather than the propaganda then fed to the public. Some personal experiences are slightly dramatised, but all are based on actual events. The reader may be surprised at how close the Allies came to disaster. Written by a leading lawyer with a...

Memoir of extraordinary events during the career of an insolvency practitioner, giving a glimpse of life in the City of London. The book shows how 'innocent' banks became caught up in the banking crisis.

The book has excellent reviews from UCL People (University College London) and the Historical Association, a British charity for teachers. It gives a short insight into the horrors of the home front told from the perspective of someone who actually experienced them, a fascinating look at the harsh realities of life in Britain, life full of drama and the danger of impending death. How did a family with a small child caught up in such a war survive? There follows an overview of the major cam...

Memoir of extraordinary events during the career of an insolvency practitioner, giving a glimpse of life in the City of London. The book shows how 'innocent' banks became caught up in the banking crisis.

The classic warts-and-all portrait of the 1980s financial scene.The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of '29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth president of the United StatesTen years ago, in 2003, Gayton McKenzie was released from maximum-security prison in Bloemfontein after a long jail term. Like most ex-convicts he had no money and very big dreams. Unlike most ex-convicts he went on to become South Africa's most highly paid motivational speaker, a bestselling co-author of an autobiography, a ...

Florida: a land of dazzling white sands, sizzling sun... and utterly incompetent British criminals.Like the British woman who hijacked a helicopter to bust her husband out of Death Row, the Scottish gap year student who robbed a bank and tried to escape on a kid's bike and the unlucky Londoner who kidnapped the wrong guy and wound up serving 1,285 years in jail.As British consul in our nation’s favourite holiday hotspot, Hugh Hunter has seen them all – murderers, small-time...

Many questions swirl around the heads of worried Canadians at tax time every year. As they snap their pencils, slam down their calculators, and let out an anguished sigh, they wonder, "How on earth did this convoluted system of taxation ever evolve?" That question breaks the logjam of many others, and Alex Doulis is here to answer them: → Does the taxman ever lose? Yes. → Would the taxman lie? Yes. → Has the government ever used the tax system to bludgeon its opponents? Apparently. → Does ...