A 1980s childhood memoir about growing up in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. Trudie Pabor is the adolescent daughter of a vegetarian biker and a God fearing mother. She navigates her way through life riding in a motorbike and sidecar, camping in farmer's fields and attending Catholic School. Her struggles for the things every teenager wants: acceptance and anonymity, are thwarted by her parents' ability to attract attention.

THE STORY: This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in l936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken

Maggie Sue Hopkins By: J.C. Clayton When Maggie Sue Hopkins gets caught up in the vicious biker gang known as the Badgers, who destroy her little hometown of Dewey, the townspeople assume she was a part of the destruction, and she is forced to flee. On her journey, she stumbles upon a military base, and in an attempt to not be arrested for trespassing, Maggie pretends to be a new recruit, and she is sent off to basic training. As the weeks go by, Maggie realizes that the military life might be for her, and she decides to change her life for the better, in hopes of one day returning home…

Sasquatch Camp: A Zak Taggart Adventure is a stand-alone sequel to Borderline: A Zak Taggart Mystery. In this second story, Zak, almost fourteen, faces a new set of challenges. What fun things can he plan for the summer? Will Robert, his friend from Savannah, Georgia, be able to visit? Will Zak be allowed to go with Alex to Sasquatch Camp on Sumas Mountain? Does this Bigfoot dude really exist? But first, Zak and his friends must deal with a bullys apology. Is it for real, or completely bull? Meanwhile, Zaks friend, Alex, comes up with an ambitious plan to practice an assortment of zany survival tasks in preparation for Sasquatch Camp. But, should they include the outspoken girl, Maggie, whom theyve just met? After all, shes going to camp too. But the greatest test of Zaks inner strength and character comes during the camp experience, where the most important question becomes: Will Zak survive? Sasquatch Camp: A Zak Taggart Adventure is a story of first kisses, struggling friendships, forgiveness, dealing with bullies, and an absolute determination to survive.

From the lows of Patagonia to the highs of the Himalayas, Allan shares his experiences, hoping that it might inspire others. Interspersed with the travel tales are glimpses of home life and domestic challengesadoption, cancer, premature deaths, etc., which may strike a chord with many readers. Allans aim in writing this book was the hope that someone, somewhere, might not say if only.

The acclaimed author of Sweetness in the Belly journeys to Vietnam in this rich and tantalizing new novel. Raised in the United States but Vietnamese by birth, Maggie has come to Hanoi seeking clues to the fate of her father, a dissident artist who disappeared during the war. Her search brings her to Old Man Hu'ng's pho stall. The old man once had a shop frequented by revolutionary artists, but now Tu', a hustling young entrepreneur, is his most faithful customer. Maggie, Hu'ng, and Tu' come together during a highly charged season that will mark them forever. Exploring the indelible legacies of war and art, as well as love's power to renew, The Beauty of Humanity Movement is a stellar achievement by a globally renowned literary light.

Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organisation he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has. But when a researcher from the Centre for Disease Control fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun's relieved to find a new purpose in life. Because this researcher comes bearing news: the monster who attacked them may be destroyed, but the conspiracy is far from dead. Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun.

There’s a saying that goes: “where there’s smoke, there was fire”. Well I believe that in my case it is where there was love, pain and deceit, only hate can be left. Yes, because I hated him with all my being and that would never change. My nightmare, it had come back to my life, and how. One direct order from the President of the United States himself forced me to coexist twenty four seven with him, and very closely. My name is Isabella Farrel, I am a federal agent. My mission is to “protect the man I hate the most”. Hard, isn’t it?

Welcome to the island where people never die When Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis's longtime assistant, Maggie, returns to her ancestral home on Ikaria for her 104-year-old grandmother's funeral, she quickly realizes not only was Yiayia likely murdered, but that a series of other long-lived Ikariots had recently died under the same suspicious circumstances. Back in Athens, Andreas and his chief detective Yianni pursue a smuggling and protection ring embedded in the Greek DEA, and its possible involvement in the assassination of an undercover cop. But then Maggie and Yianni uncover a connection between their respective leads in the elder-killings on Ikaria and the DEA corruption case, and they realize that there are international intrigues far more dangerous at play than anyone had imagined.

'I'd never been given a cuddle in my life, been read a bedtime story or called anyone mum or dad.'In the dead of night, the authorities swooped on the tinker camp. It was the middle of winter but the tents were still warm. This time they took Sandy Reid and his sister Maggie into care. Sandy was just one year old and he would never see his mother again."Sandy Boy" is the true story of what happened to Sandy Reid and to many other tinker children. Removed from his family and their way of life, Sandy was put into care for the rest of his childhood and denied access to his mother, his father and his family. This is also the story of the abuse he suffered - regular beatings at his foster family, cruelty at a children's home and, later, systematic abuse. Without any love or affection, Sandy became uncontrollable and at the age of eight he was sent to a psychiatric unit and separated from his sister, the last link he had with his family. Soon after, a chance meeting led to the discovery that his mother had died. It would be another six years before he got the letters from his mother that proved that she had never stopped looking for him.Letters that had been opened and read by the authorities but deliberately kept from him.This is the shocking story of how a child's life was destroyed and of a stolen generation, snatched in the night and forbidden from seeing their families. It's also the story of how one boy endured terrible hardship and deprivation and how he survived against all odds.