In 1940, Helen Chapman and Annie Taylor set out to seek independence and do their bit for the war effort. Helen wants to be a nurse but Annie, a talented flautist, is escaping from home, bitter because although she has won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, her father has refused permission. As Red Cross volunteer aid detachment nursing auxiliaries, they are assigned to an RAF hospital in Southern England. Work is hard, discipline firm, and fraternising with patients forbidden. Here they find love and tragedy. Their rivalry for Will Longford, an Australian pilot injured when he bails …

When Matthew Crane seeks help from the respected family-run law firm of Arnotts in a dispute over property, it never looks like a straightforward case. For Matthew is the charismatic founder and teacher of the quasi-religious cult known as The Programme, and, inevitably, a controversial figure. In spite of her brother’s opposition and her father’s disquiet, Carey Arnott takes the case and finds herself both attracted to Matthew and drawn into The Programme. But The Programme’s darker forces are at work. An inner circle, led by Cassandra, Matthew’s sensual wife, is more interested in personal power, money and sexual gratification …

Based in Ballater on Royal Deeside between June 1914 and December 1915, the novel recounts the great love between an exceptional young woman and Gavin Fraser, a Gordon Highlander. They share an idyllic holiday in Upper Deeside and the Cairngorms. Her detailed comments about the area and life shed light on herself and inspire lyrical exchanges with him about their relationship. There is a regular alternation between an account of his service on the Western Front and news from her in Ballater. For example, she and her father visit some of his comrades in the burgh’s Red Cross Hospital and …

On the 1st of March, I joined the 1st Battalion Civil Service Rifles at Watford, after a week’s 'recruiting’ with the 2nd battalion, having been in training with the 2nd battalion since 31 August 1914 at Somerset House, the White City, and Dorking. During the first and second weeks of March, the battalion was engaged in strenuous work equipping itself for service overseas. New rifles, equipments, boots, clothes, limbers, horses, mules, waggons, identity discs, 1st field dressings, etc. had to be collected and distributed.Being a recruit, I had about a dozen fatigues in the first few days, but soon learnt …

A personal look at underwater filming by award-winning wildlife cameraman Jeff Goodman. It looks at all aspects of filming underwater wildlife film, from the prospective of both the amateur and the professional photographer. The technical aspects are easily mastered by anyone, the compositional elements make a sound base from which to develop one's own style, and the straightforward text guides the filmmaker right through to the premiere! The text is interwoven with relevant factual stories from the career of cameraman Jeff Goodman and packed with wonderful marine wildlife images. This unusual blend of genres makes for an engaging read as …

Personal adviser to President Ronald Reagan on sensitive terrorism situations, Eric Jordan was asked by the President to accept private top-secret missions to Lebanon and elsewhere concerning American hostages after U.S. agencies had failed. Renowned and respected for his international expertise, global policy-level contacts, and strategic perspectives, he continues to advise governments, corporations, and VIPs while working on a second novel, The Man, based on the astounding global influence wielded by today's billionaires. This book, Operation Hebron, is based on the author's vast government experience and is a satisfying thriller.

Max, is an orphan time traveller, sent to our time to change history. He comes from a post-apocalyptic world where adults and children are separated. The young are brainwashed into obedience by the ruling elite, which culminates in a sinister assimilation process. Max unwittingly discovers the horrible truth about the assimilation process and becomes determined to change his reality. The mysterious Lord Verseus takes Max under his wings. He plans to send him back in time to assassinate the U.S. president in the year 2012, whose policies result in the nuclear war, which causes their hellish reality.

DCI Mick Mustard’s traditional police approach is challenged by his newly appointed assistant chief, who is keen to get a result. Likewise the new superintendent wants the case solved so she can bask in the reflected glory. This clash of street cop and management cop culture leads to tensions. The arrival of criminal profiler Professor Black at the invitation of the assistant chief adds fuel to the fire. Mick Mustard’s team relies on using his tried and tested bad cop/good cop techniques. By contrast Professor Black uses the analytical approach of profiling to try and solve cases. His findings lead …