A Gentleman of Weight
by David Edwards

This is a short mystery novel set in the maelstrom that was Berlin in the 1920′s.

The war to end all wars left no one untouched. Every man who fought the mud and the horror that was trench warfare became a casualty and a stranger to those that knew him before, The peace in Germany was marred with riots, assassinations and civil unrest. Berlin of the 1920′s was not a good time to be a German but it was an interesting time to be a foreign correspondent. The beleaguered Weimar Republic reeled under the constraints of the Treaty of Versailles and old scores were settled.

Herr Ernst Schlage of the Berlin Schutzpolizei is confronted by an apparent suicide of a former German soldier. He thinks it is murder. He is obliged to seek the aid of a British and an American journalist to find the murderer before scandal becomes an embarrassment to the British Home Office and Schlage is ordered to end the investigation.

The story gets into the hands of the British Press and the Home Office is obliged to call in Scotland Yard Special Branch and MI 6 to investigate the rumour. The three men involved in the investigation are summoned to the British Embassy in Berlin where they expect ambassador, Lord D’Abernon, to tell them it is to be closed down before it becomes a political hot potato.

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The Sunflower that Roared
by Michelle de Villiers

Sarah has a very sunny nature. That is why her mother calls her her little sunflower. But even sunflowers get grumpy when no one listens to them. A picture book to read with your 3-5 year old, especially if you like sunflowers-like Van Gogh and William Blake did! It will also make a delightful addition to the learning experience about growing a plant from seed, as done in kindergarten, and can be read on line or on your phone/ipad with Stanza too.

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The Leaching of Ian Burns
by Audrey K. Agnothedy

In The Leaching of IAN BURNS, a cantankerous, no-nonsense old man arrives in heaven after dying in a fire. Ian manages to cope with the death of a saintly acquaintance (a death for which he feels partly responsible), by tolerating the least amount of introspection possible. The arrival and rapid departure of his estranged son is too painful for him to accept, however, and his headstrong personality takes over as he resolves to find out where his son has gone. With his long-suffering wife’s help and with the assistance of a tolerant, understanding friend, he finds himself on a mission that he hopes will give him a chance to make things right with his son.

Via Ian’s comically difficult adjustment to his new environment, I weave together a tangible version of life after death using a multitude of topics, including theology, the paranormal, politics, psychology and physics. With lighthearted profundity, I use Ian’s dogmatic, irreligionist views of life to detail a supposititious form of spirituality that could apply to all people and all religions as well as to agnostics. Perhaps even atheists could appreciate facets of my concepts, should any of my decidedly non-scientific notions of dark energy and dark matter ultimately prove correct.

The concept for my book arose from the furor raised by the clash of religious doctrines over the last decade. Working as a healthcare professional, I am exposed to a full spectrum of human happiness and despair; personalities and beliefs. The Leaching of Ian Burns is a result of the desire to share my experiences and thoughts with as many people as possible. As evidenced by the large variety of religions, the populations of the world crave an explanation for our existence; a purpose for our lives. To those who are not satisfied with the current collection of illogical tenets, I offer a playful, yet meaningful, escape into a fictional world of possibilities.

(The unabridged version was self-published in April, 2009. It includes more detail of the mechanics of how heaven works. It also takes several side ventures into weighty scenarios which help expand Ian’s understanding of life’s nuances.)

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Walk In The Light
by Leo Tolstoy

Long hailed as one of the western world’s greatest writers, Leo Tolstoy is best known for his epic War and Peace and his novel Anna Karenina. Yet the undiminished popularity of his shorter works – including the two dozen collected here – attests to his equal prowess as a master of the short story. Uncluttered by the complexities of plot and character that daunt so many readers of the longer Russian masterpieces, Tolstoy’s tales illumine eternal truths with forceful brevity. While inspired by a sense of spiritual certainty, their narrative quality, subtle humor, and visionary power lift them far above the common run of religious” literature. Moralists purport to tell us what our lives should mean, and how we should live them. Tolstoy, on the other hand, has an uncanny gift for simply conveying what it means to be truly alive.

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The Blood-stained Belt
by Brian H. Jones

From poverty and lives as shepherd boys, hating the way that their country is ransacked by enemies, Jina and Sharma become soldiers, learn their trades, progress up the ranks, defeat the enemies and rise to power. However, what seems to be a triumph slides in to tragedy…

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The Fourth Lost Tale of Mercia: Athelward the Historian
by Jayden Woods

Lord Athelward, an ealdorman who also wants to write history, finds his peace of mind disturbed when a strange woman named Golde and her young son Eadric show up on his doorstep with a ridiculous proposal.

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