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 | | 7 point 7 (On the Richter Scale)
A book for every Muslim and everyone wishing to know about their way of life. The Diary of the Camp Manager at Mundihar following the South Asian Earthquake - October 2005. An account of life after the Earthquake in one of the largest of the 161 camps in the north of Pakistan. The author was the only western Camp Manager. Read of his experiences living with wonderful Moslem friends while fearing Muslim extremists. The diary includes his encounter with Usama bin Laden but is a book which stregthens the love between Christians and Moslems. We all worship the same God.
Foreword
7 Point 7 is a poignant account of the experience of Mr Miller Caldwell, a committed humanitarian who was so affected by the death and destruction caused by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan that he offered his services to help the victims. Muslim Hands International, a well-established charity took up his offer and thus the author found himself in the devastated area of the Pakistani highlands - the North Western Frontier Province .Mr Caldwell’s diary is easy to read and engagingly descriptive, giving a day to day pict |
|  | | A Clerical Murder
The Introduction followed by the Prologue
INTRODUCTION
It is known beyond doubt, that beavers do not have engineering degrees yet they build dams with expertise. Nor does the crime writer have to be a convicted criminal to write a crime novel. It should then follow that in this novella, I need not have knowledge of things supernatural or divine. This however, is not the case. I have much baggage in this department. I should come clean from the start.
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The UK is largely a post-Christian country if we gauge worship attendance figures. However I have been in t |
|  | | A Relucatant Spy
Now bought by ARTE a French film company who will make it a documentary in French, German and in English.
Hilda Campbell was born in the north of Scotland in 1889. She married German national Dr Willy Bűttner Richter in 1912. They honeymooned in Scotland and returned to settle in Hamburg. Dr Richter died in 1938. After visiting her ailing parents, Hilda returned to Germany just before the Second World War began. She became a double agent, controlled by Gerhardt Eicke in Germany and Lawrence Thornton in Britain. How could she cope under such strain, and with her son Otto in the German Army? Nor did she expect her evidence to be so cruelly challenged at theNuremberg Trials. Learn of her post-w |
|  | | Betrayed in the Nith
A story set in 10 years time where two bodies are found in the river NITH in Dumfries, south west Scotland. One is a blind musician and police informant while the other is Poppy, a young girl. It brings Mark and Carla together with different views initially about why these deaths took place but their interest leads to romance as the local community are torn apart and an International development brings the story to a climax.
Mark Webster is the devoted friend of Danny Kimber, a blind musician yet also a police informant. But on a wild spring evening, when Danny’s body is found in the river Nith, there is judged to be no evidence of foul play. Mark thinks otherwise. But can he prove it?Then a young girl Poppy is found in the river. But are the two deaths linked? As Mark tries to understand what is happening in modern Dumfries, he falls under the charms of Chief Superintendent Carla Speirs. An international development in the case emerges after the Police face the ange |
|  | | Caught in A Cold War Trap
Groomed by the Russians how did I escape?
During the Cold War David Harvie was groomed and made into a Russian Spy with a Scottish girlfriend. How did he escape? |
|  | | Chaz the Friendly Crocodile
A story in a poem to bring order in children's lives.
Based on the poem Chaz the Friendly Crocodile on AuthorsDen.com, this poem is now a booklet, a promise and a contract between a child, his teacher and parent. It is the child's book but a constant reminder of what is right and wrong so that it comes naturally as they grow.
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|  | | Danny The Spotless dalmatian
A First Book for children aged 3-6 years of age.
Danny is born with no spots and as a Dalmatian he must go in search of the spots his brothers and sisters have. |
|  | | Have You Seen My umm Memory?
The expanded American edition of a most popular self help book published by OUTSKIRTS PRESS in Denver.
Everyone has had the frustrating experience of putting something down and then forgetting where. Outside influences like stress, hormone problems or even the effects of medication can make people absent-minded.
But what if your memory is getting progressivey worse? Do you frequently forget names? Have you ever driven away from a gas station without paying? Are such episodes driving you to despair?
If so this book by Miller Caldwell is not only going to amuse an |
|  | | Have You Seen My uuummm......Memory?
A delightful concoction of self-help tips for those of all ages suffering from occasional or regular memory lapses. The author's personal medical history is bound together by a fascinating and rib-tickling insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the human memory. An ideal companion when the memory begins to slip. PS Check out my Memory Poetry too.
Chapter 10 FINAL THOUGHTS. Extinctus amabitur idem. How quickly we forget.Much of the advice of the last few chapters is self- explanatory. You may be using many of these solutions already. You may be using other means not mentioned to get round your memory problems. In any case, what suits you best is what is welcomed. Remember all of us have lapses from time to time and you don’t have to own up to them on every occasion. As we all have had an experience of memory loss and can identify with each sufferer, we quickly forget the matter that has been causing |
|  | | Help! They've Kidnapped Me! Lady Di
Do we really know where Lady Di is? I am not so sure after reading this wonderful fairytale.
I found "Help! They’ve Kidnapped Me! Lady Di" at the London Book Fair. It’s written by a former Serbian Counter Intelligence Agent now resident in Holland. Slobodan Radojev Mitric has a moderen fairytale to rock the establishment and get your book group talking. 56 chapters in 230 pages makes it easy to read but leaves you perplexed and asking how much truth lies in this wonderful yet feasible tale. It’s British imagination at its best and as Burns would have said ‘Tae see oursels as aithers see |
|  | | It's Me Honest It Is
An aide memoir for those in their final years
This booklet is designed for memories of the person's age, what they did in the 30s. 40's 80's etc; who the relatives are, likes and dislikes; favourite shows seen and TV programmes. This leads to the final page for the owner to state if a burial or cremation is his/her wish. And where would that be? Photos can be added too.
This booklet is for the living room for all to see as the memory fades. It also spells out last wishes without family members struggling to get the words correct. Every elderly person would enjoy filling in the categorises to bring happy memories and know that th |
|  | | Jim's Retiring Collection
Cartoon, Bible text ..modern commentary and Jim's story. The same format for all 9 chapters
The funny tales of the late Rev James Caldwell. |
|  | | Lawrence the Lion seeks Work
Where did all the lions, elephants and sealions go after they no longer worked at the circus? I thought you'd like to know
This is the story of Lawrence the Lion who asks all sorts of animals if he could work for them. He has no specific talent until a wise owl makes him see he does have a skill to be put to good use. Children absolutely love this book for 5-6 year old children.
Only £1.99 on Amazon to download. |
|  | | Miss Martha Douglas
The story of Martha Douglas.
Martha Douglas was brought up in Glasgow and was a nurse at the Victoria Infirmary. Her hobby was needlework for which she won prizes at School. Her mother took her work to an Art Gallery where Lady Crawford took note. She offered Martha a route out of home where her father was over-powering and her Matron was dictatorial. But after working at Buckingham Palace, she became involved with the suffragist movement. Imprisonment followed but on the outbreak of the First World War, she was appointed to the trenches where after a harrowing three years as a nurse, she met her future |
|  | | Murders at Blackwaterfoot
Based at Lamlash on Arran, PC Rory Murdoch has a minimal caseload, giving him ample time to think about his daughter, Ella, and her special needs. Then three murders occur in close succession. His supervising officer, mainland-based D.I. Samuel Grant, is not supportive. Can Rory stand up to this bully and undermining superior? Rory receives a letter from Belgium and Ella has a remarkable insight both of which lead to High Court trials in Ayr. How can Rory cope with three murder trials while his mind is preoccupied on greater matters? This is a fast-paced story set in the stunningly beautiful island of Arran with elements of humour, pathos, romance and great sadness."This was a marvellous story and I even shed a tear or two". Morag Ritchie
Chapters 3 and 4
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Two and a half hours later, as clouds started to congregate once more, two police cars drew up at Auchenbarry cottage and parked on the green verge by the road. Detective Inspector Sammy Grant switched off the engine and emerged into the cool late afternoon. He filled his lungs in the sea air while observing the white walled extended property. He wore a smart grey suit with shoes so black and shiny they looked as if they had come directly from the dance floor. From the other door appeared a woman in jeans and a heavy sky-blue jumper. Her bulky anorak had a V |
|  | | Operation Oboe
A delightfully rare Historical Novel. 85% a biography of a spy, musician, mother and her neice trapped behind German lines in World War I. This background led to a diplomatic post in World War II. Aged 92, Vera disclosed her past life one year before she died. She was my godmother. I was priviledged to have heard her story then realised it was still being written and the evidence was in the Arbroath Lifeboat house. It's a story to warm the heart. Let it warm yours too.
Synopsis of Operation Oboe (82017 words) by Miller Caldwell. A Brahms concert in Hamburg in 1912 leads to romance. An escape behind enemy lines and a traumatic voyage follow. A second eventful voyage began a diplomatic career in the Second World War in West Africa and revealed a dark family secret. Throughout these decades of conflict and strife an oboe plays unaccompanied. Its notes would linger to entertain an independent Gold Coast In an era when a growing number of women were appointed diplomats in many parts of the world, they were not employed by the British and Co |
|  | | Poet's Progeny
Robert Burns' first daughter was Elizabeth. Her story and the five descendants Scottish lives are recorded here with the Bard's message today as ever in need. Al Quida listen: Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that. That Sense and Worth o'er all the Earth Shall bear the gree for a' that. For a' that an' a' that, its comin yet for a' that. That man to man the world o'er, Shall brithers be for a' that.
NB gree means have priority.
Living in Dumfries I am aware of visitors from all over the world following the Bard’s footsteps, visiting his former homes in Dumfries and at nearby Ellisland farm. All seek a sign of those times, the conditions and the places that inspired the poet. Many are moved by visits to his grave at the Mausoleum at St Michael’s Church, or at the Brow Well where he sought healing. Others stroll the magnificent walks on the Nith riverbanks that truly inspired the Bard to pen Tam o Shanter and collect, craft, and mend over 300 songs. All can share in his works, many recite their favourite ve |
|  | | Ponderings - for those with failing eyesight
Poor eyesight? Larger print of Poems, Short Stories a diary and an appeal for children in Court.
A Best Friend
She walked her dog though stooped by old age
Her eyesight was fading removed from each page
No matter the weather each day without
fail
In sun and in ra |
|  | | Restless Waves
May I offer you a Round the World Cruise of a lifetime for the price of a novel?
Not only do the seas roll on but two romances,a death at sea, uncovered past lives, history uncovered in Brazil, caves in Australia, poetry in Senegal, the Lux Mundi in Cape Town and the hills of Dunedin. The characters come alive in the confines of a voyage where drug running hides between the sumptious meals and widows ponder prose while a dangerous rescue in the South Atlantic is demanded. Get your ticket for this wonderful adventure and come aboard a voyage of excitment, creativity and romance. An ideal present for the infirm to experience a cruise and a taster for you contemplating one. Welcome aboard the.....
Chapter 1 Cast Adrift
Chapter 2 Dinner for Three
Chapter 3 Beneath the Plimsoll Line
Chapter 4 A Delicate Hand
Chapter 5 Poems in Mind
Chapter 6 Alone in a sea of Plenty
Chapter 7 A Poem from Hell
Chapter 8 Careenage Conversations
Chapter 9 Iris and the Scarlet Ibis
Chapter 10 King Neptune Appears
Chapter 11 Recife for Disaster
Chapter 12 May Day Mayhem
Chapter 13 Dunedin Determines
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|  | | Seaweed In My Hair
A marriage on the rocks - the early signs
Central London gets Kate and Greg Bailey down. The skills of a hair stylist and a health club manager seem transferable to the Scottish Isle of Arran. But the move turns out to be a disaster for them both. As their relationship tears apart, Kate must survive traumatic events. Can she turn her world around on her own? Can she possibly find contentment in her life as the wild sea churns over and the fresh sea breezes blow in her direction?
Chapter 1
17 Huxley Gardens was their first home. A leafy suburb was the description on the Estate Agent’s brochure but the heavy hum of the traffic on the North Circular road and the groans of rising aircraft from Heathrow, niggled on Kate and Greg’s minds. A move on, as soon as they could, was constantly in her thoughts. They were thoughts not as prominent in Greg’s life.
Kate travelled into the city each morning as a hair stylist at Nuthatch in the fashionable Chelsea district. It meant leaving the house to the grating sound of gurgling rooks at 6:30 each morning. Greg left a |
|  | | Seaweed In My Hair
Central London gets Kate and Greg Bailey down. The skills of a hair stylist and a health club manager seem transferable to the Scottish Isle of Arran. But the move turns out to be a disaster for them both. As their relationship tears apart, Kate must survive traumatic events. Can she turn her world around on her own? Can she possibly find contentment in her life as the wild sea churns over and the fresh sea breezes blow in her direction?
Chapter 2
A Pittshanger lane park bench was where they sat watching couples pass by, later that lazy Sunday. The noise of playful children rang in their ears and two spaniels barked while a pair of Bernese Mountain dogs walked stately alongside their owners, dribbling saliva as that breed are prone to do. The gentle sound of tennis balls pinged back and forth on the nearby courts, made Greg count the rallies. Some were odd, others even.
‘Penny for your thoughts,’ asked Kate.
Greg smiled and peered over his sunglasses. ‘Nothing really. Well, counting tennis balls, I suppose. |
|  | | Seaweed In My Hair
Central London gets Kate and Greg Bailey down. The skills of a hair stylist and a health club manager seem transferable to the Scottish Isle of Arran. But the move turns out to be a disaster for them both. As their relationship tears apart, Kate must survive traumatic events. Can she turn her world around on her own? Can she possibly find contentment in her life as the wild sea churns over and the fresh sea breezes blow in her direction?
Chapter 3
It was midsummer and they had managed to take a whole week off to visit Arran. They hired a Ford Kuga for the trip. The car’s first stop was at the Keele service station on the M6. It was busy with cars seeming to leave as soon as others arrived. The hall area was shoulder rubbing busy. They stopped at the Starbucks counter, ordered two coffees and two chocolate buns to go and returned to their car.
‘The air’s much cooler up here and we’re not yet half way there,’ said Greg.
‘No, probably not half way. But the air seems cleaner.’
‘Anyway if a week won’t settl |
|  | | Seaweed In My Hair
Central London gets Kate and Greg Bailey down. The skills of a hair stylist and a health club manager seem transferable to the Scottish Isle of Arran. But the move turns out to be a disaster for them both. As their relationship tears apart, Kate must survive traumatic events. Can she turn her world around on her own? Can she possibly find contentment in her life as the wild sea churns over and the fresh sea breezes blow in her direction?
Chapter 4
Another Ford Kuga, this time a grey one, rested in the hospital car park. Kate walked slowly to the man by the car, aware of her niggling whiplash injury.
‘Here are your keys and car papers sir,’ said the smartly dark-suited, car deliverer.
‘I’m dreadfully sorry about this,’ said Greg looking suitably and sincerely contrite.
‘Not to worry, sir. Accidents do happen. You are not the first,’ he replied with a reassuringly broad smile.
‘Yes, but the car is a wright-off,’ commented Greg.
‘Not really. We get scrap metal out of it as well as spares. So, no |
|  | | Seaweed In My Hair
Central London gets Kate and Greg Bailey down. The skills of a hair stylist and a health club manager seem transferable to the Scottish Isle of Arran. But the move turns out to be a disaster for them both. As their relationship tears apart, Kate must survive traumatic events. Can she turn her world around on her own? Can she possibly find contentment in her life as the wild sea churns over and the fresh sea breezes blow in her direction?
Chapter 5
From Dippen, the road left the shoreline and their focus changed to the forest on the right. The map showed a large wooded area and that meant no clients for either of them. But the rain seemed to be falling straight down on them, masking any civilization.
‘No sign of any habitation. Just when I could do with a break,’ he said.
Kate consulted her map. ‘There’s a hotel at Lagg, I think we should stop there.’
‘Yea great. In fifty miles I suppose.’
‘No Greg, only a few now. I’d say about four minutes ahead.’
‘I’m counting.’
Despite the mid-su |
|  | | Seaweed In My Hair
Central London gets Kate and Greg Bailey down. The skills of a hair stylist and a health club manager seem transferable to the Scottish Isle of Arran. But the move turns out to be a disaster for them both. As their relationship tears apart, Kate must survive traumatic events. Can she turn her world around on her own? Can she possibly find contentment in her life as the wild sea churns over and the fresh sea breezes blow in her direction?
Chapter 6
Hardly a word was spoken as they continued up the west coast of the island. Despite the silence, Kate took a note of the number of homes en route. She was by now convinced her mobile haircut service was viable, necessary and desirable. The only stumbling block, and it seemed insurmountable, was her husband.
They were no sooner back at their B&B when Greg told Kate he was going for a walk. From the way he informed her it was a walk he intended to take on his own.
‘Not going out with Greg, then?’ enquired Mrs McSkimming.
Kate shook her head and raised her eyebr |
|  | | Take The Lead
Read all about the dogs in my life. 1947 - present
Meet Rock the Wrecker; and Ben the Bounder; Kirrie the Assassin and Rikki the Rogue. Be loved by three Labradors and a springer Spaniel, honoured by two Border Collies, meet the enigmatic Bassett Hound and wonder at the amazing arresting Inverness Alsatian.
If you love dogs, you'll be thrilled by this book. |
|  | | The Crazy Psychologist
Why did she become a Psychologist?
Dr Angela Lawrence is appointed Director of the new Hazelnut Assessment Centre for difficult adolescents on the island of Rousay in Orkney. Her husband Sam is an artist delighted to be on Orkney to further his seascapes.
Sam is becoming increasingly concerned about Angie’s unorthodox treatment plans but events elsewhere begin to unwind her tragic background. So why did Angie become a psychologist in the first place? Can Angie bring together a fractured family before it is too late? And can she cope with two doctorate students who are not what they seem to be?
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|  | | The Last Shepherd
A story every Townie should read about the dying ways of the countryside and its impact on our lives.
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|  | | The Martha Douglas Story
Chapter 1 of this fascinating illustrated novel followed by chapter 2.
Chapter 1
I slept and dreamed that Life was Beauty
I woke and found that life was duty.
Life a Duty
by Ellen Sturgis Hooper 1816-1841
Tat...Tat...Tat .. Tat......Tat..Tat..Tat...Tat.
‘Doesn’t that noise get on your ner |
|  | | The Parrot's Tale
Kofi the Parrot escapes. How does he make changes in sport; politics; religion; crime and many more situations. A wonderful novel well worth 400 pages to grip, excite and amuse.
Now being made a film |
|  | | The Trials of Freddy Dunning Chapter 1
An autistic man is taken in by two drug dealers.
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Lost
He was lost. He wasn’t used to being lost. He was a methodical man whose daily chores did not deviate much from day to day. Yet he could not explain where he was or why he was there that night. Devotion to an ailing mother was his only concern and his current predicament could not help her.
He knew he was in Wigan, the town he was born in fifty-three years ago but he was lost. Dark shadows followed him that night. The suspicious trees whispered but gave no information. Otherwise, it was eerie and silent. He stopped. He looked around. He saw |
| | | The Trials of Freddy Dunning Chapter 2
Grooming continues
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Nicknames
Freddy’s bedroom was almost stark. The walls were white and clean. His bed had a conservative grey and blue diagonal stripe and matching pillow. His bedside desk offered the only other insight into his life for he had harmonicas in every key laid out in size-ranking on the wooden surface. A record blaster’s lead was inserted into the wall socket and a stack of CDs towered up past the end of the mainly orange curtains. Freddy spent hours playing his harmonicas. He played classical, folk, traditional and marching tunes. He played by ear and |
| | | The Trials of Freddy Dunning Chapter 3
Grooming continues
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Codes and Numbers
Inspector Mark Rawlings was the lead officer in the Drugs Squad at Wigan. His sharp dark suit and highly polished shoes gave the impression that he was a graduate heading ever upwards. The truth was until earlier this year sergeant Rawlings was the lead raid man dressed more like a road sweeper as he barged through front doors and leapt up stairs to make drug arrests. He had earned his desk top spurs of promotion.
He removed his glasses and wiped them with his tie. ‘Gentlemen, I’m pleased to report in this past mont |
| | | The Trials of Freddy Dunning Chapter 4
Deeper and deeper....
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When the cat is away.....
Bones and Donkey had never had so many drugs. They would last them some considerable time. And when Freddy came back, the golden goose would continue to feed their needs. It was time to sell what they could.
They were well known in their community. In fact so many took drugs because their parents took drugs and that older generation knew how to keep ‘mum’ when the police were trying to clean up the town of its drug problem. To the boys, drugs were not a problem. They were the source of income which supplemented their unemployme |
|  | | UNTIED LACES
An Amazing Autobiography;
He confronted Usama bin Laden 2006 and
brought an African Dictator to tears 2002
This is the remarkable autobiography of a Scottish son of the manse, blinded in one eye, the consequences of a rugby accident and educated in Edinburgh. Does this sound familiar? He suffered abuse but turned that dark episode of his youth into a life of humanitarian service in Africa, Asia and Scotland. This head of department, until illness caused him to retire, found a new life as an author of eclectic books. He confronted Usama bin Laden in Pakistan and brought an African Head of State to tears. Yet tears |
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