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We've all heard of Live Aid, but what is the truth on the ground? What is it like to head a UN food convoy through Uganda and on up through the Sudan, a country torn by civil war for so many years?
In this riveting account, Harvey Mann retraces his steps through just such a journey.
Suffering heat, desperate roads, government bombing raids and the often less than legal attentions of the police, Harvey Mann and his mechanic, Abdul, guide the convoy of 25 trucks laden with grain and maize through the violent but often life-affirming peoples and expanses of central east Africa.
But was it worth it? The closer Mr Mann gets to his destination the more concerned he becomes with the value of his mission and, in particular, the final destination of the food.
For those interested in the politics and realities of UN food distribution The Wages of Fear is a gripping read.

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Chris Morgan spent his early life within the range of the flashing beacon at the summit of the Wrekin Hill in Shropshire and at the same time in the long shadows of the Stretton Hills. Later he moved with his family to Kidderminster where he was further influenced by the Malvern Hills, his father's exciting profession as a gamekeeper and woodman and his mother's material stalls in the market places of several west midland towns. This gave him a love for wildlife, the outdoor life in general and a perspective that finds him always looking upwards and outwards at the world and beyond for the treasures that lie there.
He has a great interest in the nature of people and takes pleasure in his hobby of driving boat trips up the River Great Ouse at St Ives, where he swaps his commentary on local history and poems with stories from the varied lives of his widely travelled passengers.
He wrote his first poem at the age of seven and has always found poetry a wonderful method of sorting those problems in life that can prove difficult to resolve.

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Kara, 31 and single (very single), is in emotional meltdown when her dreams come true, meeting Frey (gorgeous and Swedish), instantly having a mutual attraction.
It is no chance encounter; Frey is an elite Warrior descended from Vanaheim and The Fates have brought them together for a reason.
Her world is turned upside down (all nine of them, apparently) as Kara is plunged into the magic and myths of Norse legends, which she is expected to belong to and believe in.
With traitors in every realm conspiring to prevent their joining, a dark elf attempting to entice Kara with his bad boy charms and a moody Norn assigned as her guardian enforcing rules, can life get any more complicated?
Absolutely! As NOTHING can prepare Kara for the truth of who she really is... the power she has... or the choices she can make...
Even Gods should be careful what they wish for.

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Terry O'Shea grew up in Dublin's North Inner City Sherriff Street during the 1960's and 1970's. He was schooled at St Laurence O'Tooles and then O'Connells North Circular road. After leaving the Army in 1980 he was employed by Dublin Bus as a driver. He then started a small business in the late 80's, which he continued until 2007. In 2008 he went to Spain to live and worked as a singer and entertainer. Whilst in Spain he wrote and self published "Sandals or Slippers". He returned to Ireland in 2013 and currently lives in Cavan where he splits his time between writing and working in the entertainment business.

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DI Bruce McCoy was too pre-occupied in torturing himself with mind games about his seemingly unjust enforced well publicised retirement to notice that his wife, Sally, manageress of the Dreams come true' charity shop in Bladdington, was falling victim to the crippling effects of Dementia.
This stark realisation only hit home to him only after he'd experienced the acute embarrassment of having an empty bank account when making the purchase of a car of his dreams. Sally claimed to have no knowledge of what could have happened even if she was the one who looked after their financial affairs.
It was only after McCoy had pressed to involve the police in the matter that DCI Dick Starr, DI Cora Grey and DI Max Cooper soon discovered Sally had been befriended on a social network site by a recipient of the Dreams come true' funding while supporting a young boy dying from leukaemia in a childrens' hospital in Florida.
In chasing the trail of the missing thousands McCoy is forced not only to confront an old bitter adversary, but also the seeds of abject hatred of this particular officer planted in others which had flourished over the passing years.
Amidst a barbaric scene of deranged dogs and other poor animals being torn apart at a clandestine dog fight to the great joy of a blood lust crowd, the police give chase to the violent suspects which culminates in a dramatic scene to save the life of one of the perpetrators of the cruel deceit.

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What is it like to dive in the murky depths of the ocean?
How do you raise the wreck of a ship or aircraft?
Here, Kenneth Clark relives his diving experiences from training in the 1950s, to being awarded the Gold Sub Aqua Medal by the Duke of Edinburgh.
His achievements include helping raise the Gitana from Loch Rannoch in 1978. At the time, it was the heaviest wreck ever salvaged by amateur divers.

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What if you could hire a warm-bodied flesh-&-blood clone of your favourite celebrity? Who would you choose? How much would you pay? And what if it were against the law?
Abigail Amos, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, answers her phone one night to be confronted by just such an offer. The call is untraceable. The salesman's voice is unrecognizable. Yet he knows all about her. Who would deliberately approach a Federal Prosecutor with a proposition like that? Or is it just a prank?
Abby decides to investigate, only to find her life spinning wildly out of control.
Combining erotic romance with mystery-suspense in a near-future San Francisco setting. 2040: Seeing Double will grip you from first page to last - and haunt you long afterwards.

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2035. The world is filled with technology. Big and small. From the tiniest of devices to giant supercomputers and Artificial Intelligence. Humanity is in the middle of a Techno Boom. The Boom had its beginnings in 2020 and grew into The Prime Years. 33. 34. And now 35.

Computer technician Laura Jamieson sure had a job on her hands when dealing with the evil Supercomputer Giga 6'. After she removes the bad egg' chip from his brain, the two gradually become firm friends. Can machines and humans work together to fight the Extremists before they carry out their wicked plan to kill all the young people in the world?

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Retired veteran Ronald Wallace is an old man quietly living out his remaining years in lonely isolation, waiting for the inevitable.
Since leaving the RAF after the War he has lead a very ordinary life and does his best to suppress many haunting memories of his wartime service.
But the death of an old friend, Hutch, brings a puzzle from beyond the grave which shatters his ordered way of life.
Often during the War his fate seemed to be controlled by the fall of dice and now he must roll them to decide if he should risk all to discover why Hutch went AWOL in the last days of the War.
Ronald knows he will have to revisit his wartime service and deal with the horrors and intrigue that lie waiting to be unleashed.
Perhaps the answer lies in the meeting of three families in Berlin in 1936 where friendships and love would be tested by the War.
He can hear Hutch saying "Go on, Ronno, roll the dice." 
What will they say?

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Ace Sharpe; a young black boy abandoned as a baby and adopted by a loving family of humble means, living in the back-streets of Manchester, England.
Jean Paul King, a confident and sometimes obnoxious young man, brought up amongst high wealth in Monaco, France, indulged by his troubled mother, who is trapped in a love free marriage with his drug baron father. 
Brought together on the Wimbledon court by their love and world-class prowess at tennis, these two young men are inextricably linked in a way no one could have imagined. 
A tale of friendship and family in stark contrast to the shady dealings of the criminal organisation the ring', headed by the mad Overlord, and his henchman Irwin King.

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The bullet-torn body of a wealthy landowner's son is discovered floating on a loch in a remote corner of Scotland's picturesque, Perthshire landscape. Returning from holiday, Detective Crieff Lamont discovers that he has been allocated a new partner: the young and inexperienced, Felisa Tortolano. Sent to investigate, they find themselves working alongside a detective seconded from Manchester following allegations of racism.
So begins a week in which corruption, deception and dark family secrets strain both personal and political relationships. Despite Lamont's instinctive style and intuitive thinking, the investigation opens doors that lead to more powerful, clandestine characters. 
Ever the cold, clear thinker, Lamont finds his own mental stability threatened as the week progresses when he has to come to terms with another, more painful truth, hidden from him by his wife.

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In this book Tony Robertson exposes the myth that is the efficacy of alternative medicine. Why does the NHS include homeopathy in its prescribable drugs? Why are people allowed to go to malarial countries with the only protection advised by homeopaths being salt tablets? People die, people are not cured, no verifiable efficacy of alternative medicine is produced, and yet homeopathic cures' across the range of ailments and promoted by notable figures such as Prince Charles, continue to be sold.
In Quackery, The 20 Million Dollar Duck, Tony Robertson examines the claims of alternative therapies such as acupuncture: can it really stop smoking addiction, enable surgery to be carried out without anaesthetic, cure hearing loss ...? Unsurprisingly data for miracle' cures and therapies is thin on the ground. For a full expose of the dangers of quackery' this book is a must.

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In The Patch, the Army family quarters, life is just as draining as it is for the men fighting in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. In The Dependants, Rachel Lynch takes the reader through the emotional and gripping journey endured by the women of 7th Battalion, The Rifles, as their men go through their tour of duty.
For Chrissy, Maggie and Jane, the tour will bring anxiety, always dreading the knock on the door bringing news of casualties or death. It will push their relationships to the limit. And it will bring them together, as they find ways to cope until the time when their men return and their families are reunited.

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In culinary terms, this book is a dessert, one of those light, savoury ones that leave you wanting more.
Among the ingredients are the following:
A balding, middle-aged job-seeker who makes a startling discovery.
Two giant pharmaceutical companies competing for the fruits of that discovery, careless of the methods used to gain their ends.
Two young, nubile, identical twins, 'Aunt' and 'Bunt' - ' Good thing the woman didny have triplets.'
A momentous family secret taken to the grave by the last of the male line of the House of Scrimgeour - or was it?
Two rival, and radically different prophet Elijahs, and their warring followers.
And the supremely forgettable Mr. ... er.
Also contains cryptic codes, ravening hounds, large sums of money, real guns, exploding rubbish bags, skinheads, and library attendants.
WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF NUTS

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A Real Life Court Room Transatlantic Drama.
A desperate bid by a young mother to win custody of her child. From London to Texas to Edinburgh, Scottish lass Morag Dodds battles against the authorities as she fights her wealthy ex-partner and his parents in a foreign country for the normal right to care for and bring up her daughter. Morag experiences both kindness and cold-heartedness from friends and family and the authorities, and even a prison sentence for kidnapping her own daughter. But Morag does not give up and despite all the setbacks she continues to fight until there is no fight left.
When social workers become involved, they fail to recognise how the strain of such an emotional assault could have affected Morag. Are they responsible for the straw that finally broke Morag?
This is a very personal true story of a woman whose whole family should have surrounded each other with love and support, and failed.

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Lust is a Four Letter Word unzips and penetrates the synthetic world of celebrity exposing the darker side of the fashion, film, music and sport industries. Follow the five principle enigmatic characters as they claw their way to the top. 
Marisa, a wannabe Hollywood Superstar who uses sex as a weapon to achieve her dreams. 
Rogillio, a street urchin who eludes the favelas of Brazil to find wealth and fame.
Chloe, a runaway Cambodian bride with an animal sexuality and a dark secret.
Tyrese, an ambitious lad from the ghetto turned stripper, escort and rapper.
Pippa, a ruthless Empress of a recording company, drug and sex addicted she leads life in the fast lane.
Between the sheets secrets are unveiled, careers are launched and destroyed.
Be a voyeur, sit back and observe a series of passionate whirlwind romances and sizzling one night stands as their lives intertwine and the glittering bubble that they crave explodes in their faces. Soon they discover that fame and fortune carries a heavy price tag.
Love them or loathe them, you won't be able to forget them!

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Have you ever seen a pigeon riding on a train?
When I was in London a cheeky pigeon walked onto my train and winked at me in the eye. He got off at the next stop and disappeared from sight.
Could it be that pigeons know that the London Express is faster and that flying is much too slow!
Come on board the Pigeon Express and find out with me.

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There is something for everyone in this book. John Orr has an imagination that knows no bounds! A collection of short stories that range from the truly grim to the little things that make up all our lives. This book presents a series of cameos that many of us may have experienced and most of us can relate to. Most importantly of all every one of these stories leaves the reader with an emotional response whether that is sadness, happiness, horror, compassion...
We can all relate to creating the perfect crime. We all know someone who lavishes love on an animal either because they have no children of their own or have lost a loved one or are suffering from an empty nest. We have all at some time or other called up a being greater than ourselves to help us in times of need, whether we believe in a deity or not.

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Alison's Story, a semi-autobiographical account of the author's first thirty years, begins in the dark days of World War II. She was only two weeks old when the telegram arrived from the Admiralty advising that her father had been lost at sea. 
She recounts frankly a childhood with her outspoken mother, and stepfather Roger, in a moving and often humourous way. Her teenage years are set against a comfortable, yet unconventional family life. 
Alison's determination to succeed and live life to the full, see her in a variety of challenging careers, living and working abroad, including Germany, where she meets and marries an American soldier who takes her to a new life in the U.S.A. On the breakdown of the marriage she returns to the U.K. and a career as an airhostess. 
Alison's Story is told in an honest and very amusing style, which takes us up to the mid-1970s, when she faces a fresh challenge.

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"I watched your body disintegrate, / acid soaked, radiated, burnt in horror..."
In When Will We Ever Learn? Nick Matthews uses vivid, brutal imagery to remind us of the horrors of the Great War.
This is then contrasted with the beauty of the Somme today; "Wide pastures drift in greens and touch / of breeze across the fertile landscape / that here, just now, keeps all of us / quite free and total mellow," he writes in What I Feel. 
This tranquillity is emphasised by a series of photographs of the Somme taken by Nick, and artworks and photographs by acclaimed artists such as Bob Martin MBE and Julia Baxter.