The Secret of ChimneysA young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia.The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles – until...

The Organisation is a fantasy set in a make-believe world of wooden sailing ships, horse-drawn carriages and soldiers in red tunics and tall hats. Although it is a fairy tale it contains no magic or talking animals and is not meant for young children. It is intended for grown-ups, particularly ones with inquiring interests in a wide range of contentious issues.A gold storage business is transformed into a very profitable bank when its owners find they can create paper mone...

An anthology of short stories and poetry.This book is a collection of short stories and poetry written while engaged in a writers' group in Camden, New South Wales. While the stories are both fictional there are few that are from the actual life of the writer and presented here for the readers' enjoyment.Which is imaginary and which is true will be up to the reader to determine.

Originally published in 1989 (the second edition), Reading and Learning from Text tackles challenges in reading instruction by delivering research-based solutions for teaching students to read and learn effectively from text across all content areas. The authors identify key problems facing educators: evolving school environments, teacher attitudes toward reading instruction, and diverse student abilities in text comprehension.The book presents three powerful solutions: fo...

NUMBER TENUnknown forces create terrorist attacks across the UK, and then attempt to assassinate radical new British Prime Minister, James Torrence. A bright young member of the PM’s staff, Paul Gunter, is arrested by MI5 and finds himself falsely implicated in the assassination attempt. He has to fight for his life against all the powerful involved parties, using his inside knowledge of Downing Street processes, and the reluctant help of senior staff member, Andre...

A gripping PREQUEL to the Excalibur Rising Series.It's 13th century England and the only hope for the people is that a long lost legendary sword appears and saves them from a tyrant king.King John of England fights for his throne while Athelstane, a Saxon stable boy, fights for his freedom.Sapling, a mysterious young lady, tells Athelstane that Excalibur, the legendary sword, will buy his passage to her magical, all-female, world of Avilion. The...

This timeless saga traces the intertwined lives of a group of prosperous Jewish Holocaust survivors in New York City after World War II. A chain of events disrupts the close-knit community as each refugee struggles to reconcile the horrific past with the difficult present and explores both the nature of faith and the nature of love. Marriages and affairs fall apart; age and death take their toll; the wisdom of the scripture and kabbalah and the precepts of the great philosophers and avatar...