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The four books in The Winning Series have been revised and updated. For the first time, they are published together in the same volume. The Winning Touch presents Adriano's glorious career in junior football and his balancing act with his GCSEs. The Winning Tackle describes Kirsty's rollercoaster ride as she strives for football success and romantic happiness. In The Winning Target, the evil witch Pandora is introduced and the stories of the other main characters are continued. Finally, in The Winning Team, everyone is brought together for the Olympic Games in South Africa. The books ...

With the collapse of the euro, the inner city riots, the suicide bombs on the trains and the national public service strikes, the Olympic Games have been transferred from Europe to a safer and more stable venue -- South Africa. Exiled in America, Kirsty, Scotland’s only representative, is reunited with Arsenal and England striker Suzie in Team GB, which fortunately has not been drawn in the same group as Killer Kev’s Fiji (who have already scalped New Zealand in the qualifiers). Other characters from the earlier books reappear too in this final book of the series: the D-list soap star ...

This story is intended to be read aloud to little kids (4-8?) before they fall asleep. Firewoman Sam experiences another amazing adventure, this time at the home of the pink penguins. The absence of illustrations should help develop the imagination and verbal skills. There is also a fun bonus feature.

For the first time books 7-9 in the Inspector Morose Series are available together in one ebook volume. They have been revised and updated for this edition. In book 7, The Pizza Murders, Morose, in a coma, remembers flashes of the past, including his first case with Louise and Eddie. Book 8, The Spanish Connection, is a sequel to book 4, The Maltese Connection, Morose is recuperating in Spain with his Maltese friend Deboneo when a spate of stranglings breaks out. Is the Benidorm Strangler copying the Bugibba Strangler? In book 9, The Girl who Killed the Butterfly, a return to the broad-...

For the first time, books 4-6 in the Inspector Morose Series are available together as one ebook volume..In The Maltese Connection, Dóra, frustrated at the low murder-rate in Iceland, leaps at the opportunity to take part in a six-month job swap in Malta. Soon, she is helping her new boss, Inspector Deboneo of the Maltese CID, an original but eccentric thinker, solve the murders of two single mature female tourists. Will they be able to catch the Bugibba Strangler before the serial killer destroys the Maltese tourist industry? And has poor old Morose been left on the sidelines holding the ...

For the first time, books 1-3 in the Inspector Morose Series are published together as one ebook volume (in a revised second edition): The Girl with the Fish Tattoo, a postmodern comedy-thriller; The Girl who Swam with Sharks, a deconstruction of the traditional whodunit, and The Girl who Cried Wolf, a gender-changing political thriller. A British detective meets Scandinavian noir with the help of the Sisters of Misery biker gang, an Icelandic Criminology student and Eddie, the founder of Manchester's No. 1 Transsexuals' Detective Agency.

These two stories are intended to be read aloud to little kids (4-8?) before they fall asleep. The first is a feminist reworking of Fireman Sam and contains mainly verbal humour. The second is a darker tale of love and sacrifice which may be too scary for some. It might require a little parental censorship so that it does not cause nightmares!

For this second revised edition, I have updated some of the content, added some new material and corrected a few typing errors. After the plethora of Zen-related titles in recent years, Zen and the Art of Table Tennis seeks to examine links which up to now have been largely ignored – the links between this ancient Eastern lifestyle and a game noted for its combination of mental and physical agility. Part One explores the nature of Zen, analysing those aspects which seem to appeal most to Western followers. Part Two traces the history of table tennis from its humble parlour-game beginnings...

This is a new updated edition (August 2021). Frustrated at the low murder-rate in Iceland, Dóra leaps at the opportunity to participate in a six-month job swap in Malta as part of a new UNESCO cultural exchange programme (“The Inter-Islands Initiative”). Having vowed never to be separated from Dóra again and not averse to some hot weather, Morose tags along with the twins, Elegy and Embalmer. Dóra is hoping to find herself a nice juicy murder in sun-drenched Malta which is conveniently situated at the crossroads of international crime with its French, Libyan and Sicilian connections....

For the first time, the three stories presented here are available as an ebook. Although an ardent feminist, Firewoman Sam is desperate for a man. In Firewoman Sam and the Yellow Jersey, she takes up cycling and falls disastrously for a local hero. In Firewoman Sam and the Scarlet Rose, she tries speed dating and in Firewoman Sam and the Blue Elephant she rides off romantically into the sunset. This collection is probably best suited to 8-10 year olds.

These five amazing new adventures (Firewoman Sam and the Brown Monkey; Firewoman Sam and the Red Face; Firewoman Sam and the Silver Blade Runner; Firewoman Sam and the Golden Dragon and Firewoman Sam and the White Star Liner) are intended as bedtime stories for little kids. First, Firewoman Sam fights fires and prejudice. Then, she loses her way and her negligence leads to a terrible accident and a deep personal crisis before love overcomes disability. Later, she is fortunate enough to win an exotic free trip and, finally, she risks everything, her job and her career, to become a hero again...

The Gang of 3 (three very different personalities, Kirsty, Suzie and Zoe) form the spine of the Greenside Girls u/14 football team. After a disastrous first date, Kirsty, the team’s feisty captain and midfield dynamo, loses the plot and gets herself sent off, costing her team two vital promotion points. Is Kirsty strong enough to overcome this lowest moment of her short life and fulfil her quest for football honours, true romance and the perfect pork pie? And why is an unexpected third red card so vital for her future happiness? The Winning Tackle is the sequel to the popular The Winning ...

This can be read as a standalone or as Book 10 in the Inspector Morose Series. After saving British democracy and helping to establish the new Republic of England and Wales, Morose and Dora are rewarded with a free trip on the luxurious, newly privatised Trans-Siberian Express from Berlin to Beijing via Moscow. On board they meet the notoriously evil Russian oligarch Boris Kalinovsky who is murdered in extremely suspicious circumstances. Ex-Polizeikommissar Papagei, now working as Chief of Train Security, establishes 11 suspects in what could prove to be his greatest ever case. But Morose ...

This volume brings together the poems from my books with 18 new works. 4 poetic voices are used: Big Zee, a right-on Rasta from Salford; Missy Pammy, a fearless feminist from the West Country; Meaty, the UK’s number 1 butcher-poet, and the cerebral, sceptical Morose. The collection includes an Icelandic version of “Jerusalem”, a new Brexit anthem “Brexodus”, a Muslim lady’s lament in the style of Amy Winehouse, updates of W.H. Auden and Philip Larkin, some Hong Kong City Blues and a Gothic/manic homage to Sylvia Plath. The poems attempt to open minds through the power of words. ...

The first tale, the title story, is a darker reworking of Roald Dahl, without his unconvincing royalist happy ending. In the second, Thomas the Tank Engine comes up against a gang of teenage hoodlums and a politically correct TV producer. The third presents a modern take on Aladdin and the final story enjoys a joke at the reader’s expense. The short collection is completed with a free bonus selection of silly poems.