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  War Above Falkirk and Beyond

  Colin Carter

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  The story is set in 1942, during WWII, with action in Edinburgh, Grangemouth, London, Berlin, Paris, Troyes, Soissons, Glasgow and Rosyth Docks. It tells the story of munitions factory staff Betty, Brady and Sally Simpson at a local pub, where they encounter a stranger, Bjorn Larsson, who is actually Horst Meyer, a German spy sent to detect Rosyth Docks and RAF Grangemouth, which Hitler wants to eliminate and destroy.
  
  The thrilling plot is an action-packed adventurous tale of intrigue, subterfuge, romance, espionage, heroism, fistfights, gunfights and aerial fights too! The plot also includes the French Resistance and Soviet spies in Berlin. All players, in their own way, attempt to overthrow the evil axis created in Berlin.

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  The Tyger Striped Boy

  Elizabeth Cooke

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  In a world of spectacle, one boy's truth could bring the house down. 
  London, 1789. After a fire consumes the Theatre Royal, master showman Joseph Eliot is desperate to rebuild. His answer comes in the form of a strange, silent boy—his skin marked with tiger–like stripes—and a plan to turn curiosity into spectacle. 
  As the boy is thrust into the limelight alongside a live tiger, audiences are captivated. But behind the applause, dark questions stir. Where did the boy come from? Why does he never speak? And what secret binds him to a powerful man with influence—and a motive to see him disappear? 
  As the city whispers and danger mounts, someone is arrested for a crime they may not have committed. Rebecca must uncover the truth before the curtain falls—for the boy, for Joseph, and for herself . . .

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  Forgotten Authors The - Men -...

  Ward Muir, Henry W Nevinson,...

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  Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. 
  In literature the ambition is much narrower.  In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published.  And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.  Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. 
  In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution.  Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it.  Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.  
  Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves.   
  But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. 
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of those talents whose time has now come again.

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  We'll Meet Again - We'll Meet...

  Rhonda Forrest

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  The 1950s are a carefree time for a young woman like Grace. The war is over and when her family moves to Brisbane, plans are made for her to complete her studies at the University of Queensland. 
   
  Ewan is also studying the same course and when he meets the beautiful, head-strong Grace, the differences in their backgrounds are pushed aside as they plan their future together. 
   
  However, not everyone is happy with the romance and when the young couple are forced to separate, decisions are made that will determine their path in life. Will the path taken lead Grace to the story behind a star she knows as Elizabeth’s Star and will a fortune teller’s prophecy 40 years prior, be proven? 
   
  We’ll Meet Again is a story of love and family, a connection between those who suffered loss and separation and a sweeping tale of hope, chance and love.

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  The White Company

  Conan Doyle

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  The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle is a vivid historical adventure set during the Hundred Years’ War. The story follows Alleyne Edricson, a young novice leaving his sheltered life at a monastery to explore the world. He joins the White Company, a band of mercenaries led by the chivalrous Sir Nigel Loring, alongside the skilled archer Samkin Aylward. Together, they embark on daring exploits in France and Spain, battling enemies while upholding knightly ideals. Alleyne matures through trials of courage, loyalty, and love, as the group encounters treachery, heroism, and medieval pageantry. Doyle masterfully blends action, humor, and romance, painting a rich tapestry of 14th-century life. Part coming-of-age tale, part swashbuckling epic, The White Company celebrates honor, camaraderie, and the timeless allure of adventure, cementing its place as a classic tale of valor and humanity.

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  Irish Secrets and Lies - A...

  Debbie Wastling

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  Irish Secrets and Lies 
  Newcastle upon Tyne, 1870s 
   
  She came from nothing but shame and silence. He could sell anything — except the truth about his own heart. 
   
  Martha Lowery flees her Irish family’s smallholding in Hexham with little more than her baking skills and a fierce will to survive. Haunted by the dark secrets of her childhood and a father whose cruelty drove her from home, working as a cook and cleaner. She hopes only for safety. Respectability seems far beyond reach. 
   
  Then she meets John “JB” Sutherland. 
   
  Charming, ambitious, and born into a brewing family on the banks of the River Tyne, JB has dreams far bigger than the smoky barrooms of Newcastle. With his brother Daniel, he plans to expand the family trade and build a brewery that will carry their beer across Tyneside. Martha is unlike any woman he has known—sharp, determined, and carrying secrets of her own. 
   
  Their passion leads to a child born out of wedlock—little John Thomas Sutherland—a scandal that could destroy them both. 
   
  At the heart of their future stands The Barley Mow, the bustling Tyneside pub run by JB’s ageing father and his formidable wife, Alice Curry. They are not ready to hand the business to a son who hesitates to marry the mother of his child—nor to a young woman whose past feels shadowed and suspicious. As family tensions simmer, whispers grow louder. Someone close to the Sutherlands knows the truth about Martha’s father… and the shame she has fought so hard to escape. 
   
  But Martha is not alone. 
   
  She forms an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth, a mysterious healer with a past as dangerous as Martha’s own—a woman who fled Barbados after killing the husband who abused her. Elizabeth teaches Martha to read, to think beyond survival, and to understand the quiet power women can wield in a world built to silence them.

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