Alan Price, Fordhamton Town Councillor and local businessman is killed when his car hits a brewery draw down a narrow lane. Initially it is thought to be a heart attack but a subsequent toxicology report indicates an unknown drug in his blood. Detective Inspector Steve Harley is pleased to be pulled away from his secondment to the murder team investigating a serial killer on a farm but when he asks for an assistant he gets Detective Constable Miles Davis who is thorough but knows no more a...

Ex Detective Chief Inspector Steve Winwod was enjoying his retirement and had forgotten all about aliens, flying saucers and men in black. He was happiest when sketching and painting pubs before they were demolished and drinking with his friends in the Wednesday Club. Then he was enticed back into service with the position of Commander and asked to search for a missing person. The case had echoes of previous cases he had been asked to solve but never to his satisfaction and raised even mor...

Don't you wish you could always find the right words at just the right time to answer anyone who has upset you? You will find that reply in this book. It has over 750 insults from some of the wittiest, cleverest and smartest writers that have proved that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.This book of insults has been collected from the well-known to the hardly ever heard of; from the famous to the anonymous, from newspapers and TV to long forgotten and folded magazines....

Fifty Business Ideas is intended for anyone looking for inspiration to kick start a business opportunity. It is hoped that it will bring out the entrepreneurial spirit in the reader. This book contains stories of real businesses that were established in the1980's and went on to make money. There are a few failures amongst them which may also help to inspire an improved version and some very risky ventures that could even succeed with some fine tuning.All the ideas featured are real...

When J's car broke down in the village of Greenwood his initial frustrations were quickly eradicated when he entered the Plough pub and fell immediately fell in love with the landlady Ruth. It seemed his classic car would not be repaired quickly and he and Ruth began a relationship over beer and fine dining. However he never quite explained what he was doing in the village and Ruth ad no reason to disbelieve his story of being a location manager lost in the English countryside. Then J's ex...

In this second volume of the Fordhamton Trilogy things are still not going smoothly for the Trustees of Alan Price's will. What kind of memorial did he intend to represent 'Harmony, Industry and Co-operation'. Then the same three Councillors, the Mayor Michael Jackson, Peter Noone and Valerie Masters find themselves requested to deliver three envelopes in accordance with Arthur Brown's will. It seems the late Arthur Brown knew all about the affair between Peter and Val. What they did not e...

The book you hold in your hands says that our churches and our nation are in desperate need of biblical awakening and revival. It begins with the churches. In stark opposition to the quest to give our utmost for God's glory, as a whole, the modern evangelical movement has settled for a compromised form of Christianity. The book exposes the roots of this compromise, analyzes keys areas of church life where we have abandoned the biblical record, and offers a roadmap for revival and reformati...

How can a Christian create a work of art that truly glorifies God? While many books address the need for a Christian vision of art, few speak to the actual criteria artists can follow to do art to the glory of God. Not only does this booklet speak to the need for a Christian ideal in art, but also it capably guides the reader through several important building blocks of what constitutes a composition of heavenly worth. Although the discussion focuses mainly on the areas of painting and arc...

Set six years after the Arab Spring, Morocco remains home to remarkable levels of violence against women. Dr. Jack Lockhart, an American professor of forestry, arrives in Morocco to research the famed argan forests and develops a beautiful, father-daughter relationship with a young woman, Indela. Unbelievably, Indela's boyfriend, Mansour, attacks Indela in Jack's presence. When Jack confronts Mansour, Indela defends Mansour and rejects Jack. Distressed and confused, Jack resolves to remain...

Is Jesus mythological? And is he a mere product of his cultural milieu? Through narratological and social-scientific analysis of the gospel account, Barber systematically demonstrates that there are two opposing patterns structuring the gospel. The first is the pattern of this world, which is the combat myth, with a typical sequence of motifs having mythological meanings. It is lived out by everyone else in the accounts except Jesus, because this pattern of the world is the pattern of myth...

The preparation of a Risk Assessment is now an essential requirement for anyone planning a community event. This book is intended as a guide for those unfamiliar with organising fairs, village fetes and town centre celebrations; and a handy revision guide for those more experienced.It is based on the author's experience as Project Manager on a wide variety of community events as well as Christmas Lights, Farmers Markets, Continental markets and late night shopping events.Du...

When the lifeless body of Sarah Stout was found in the River Lea the prime suspect was Spencer Cowper who was the last person to be seen with her. She was the wealthy daughter of an eminent Quaker in Hertford and he was the son of Hertford's MP. This was March 1699 and became the most infamous criminal case in legal and medical history of its time. To this day there is no solid evidence to support the theory that she was drowned, or had committed suicide or had been murdered and her body d...