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"As in his earlier novel, The Players Brain, Love and Soccer, Antonio exercises his natural gift of translating hermetic neuroscientific concepts into colloquial language without belittling them for the sake of simplicity. Readers will be taken to the edge where fiction meets reality, pointing to the infinite possibilities now within our reach to give life back to legions of people who have lost all hope and, worse, their dignity. The Musician's Brain is an ode to music, faith, and creativity."–Dr. Ricardo de Oliveira.

This is the story of the greatest scandal inflicted on British servicemen and women in modern times: drug-induced violence and suicide–and an officer determined to find the truth.

Toby has never harboured any desire to appear on stage, but has always been fascinated by the history of the Great War. He supports all the director’s plans and is delighted to be appointed as stage manager. However, he finds it difficult to focus on his responsibilities because of his fascination with Sarah, a visitor to the village who is helping him backstage. Sarah appears to like him, but the demands of the production mean that whenever they secure any time together events conspire to interrupt them.

Nicholas and Alexander majesties and massacre is a book about: love, life and death of the Russian Czar Nicholas the second and his family. The Czar’s reign commences in the end of 19th century with his father’s burial and inheriting the Crown with an absolute power. His reign begins with Coronation, wedding day, birth of his five children, including son with haemophilia, and the strong love between Nicholas and his wife Alexandra.

A Career Carol is an irreverent take on the classic Christmas Carol, graduation commencement speakers, and Generation Z expectations. A wry and insightful take on how to successfully navigate a 30-to-40-year professional career. A Career Carol, bridges analogue and digital eras. What constitutes a successful career may have dramatically changed over the last 50 years, but the deeper journey we make as human beings across different life cycles, is eternal.

Sorcery and Skullduggery in the Belt of Time is clearly identified in this first book of the "Meaningful Challenge" saga. This epic journey will take the listener through many halls, to many far-flung kingdoms, and destinations mapped on a new globe of enthralling proportions: places that may still exist or, in all probability, exist no longer.

An extraordinary tale of a merchant mariner, Born in British India unfolds during the final dark days of World War II. This gripping narrative includes high seas murders, showcasing courage and seamanship in stormy weather, and harrowing experiences like being stuck in ice in the North Atlantic. The story takes listeners through visits to Chinese ports during Mao’s China in the 1960s and recounts the sinking of the S. S. Pegasus in the Arabian Gulf.

As Ed's life took unexpected turns, he found himself on a journey towards a spiritual awakening. From his childhood in the West Country to adventures East, with challenges and triumphs over addiction, to encounters with angels, aliens, and mystical energies, Ed's story is a captivating tale of personal growth and transformation. His experiences in the altered state and waking state, backed up by several neurological feedback sessions, made it a welcome truth, which would change his life forever.

Something in the Sky: UFO Sightings and Reports from Across the UK delves deep into meticulously documented witness accounts and official reports from the British government. These captivating cases represent only a fraction of the numerous UFO sightings that have been confirmed and archived throughout the UK’s history.

As King David’s reign nears its end, his eldest son, Joseph, is destined to inherit the throne, while his younger brother, Raymond, devotes himself to understanding the villagers—walking among them, listening to their struggles and hopes, and earning their trust. When a black raven appears before the king, he takes it as an omen of death and decides to divide his kingdom between his two sons. Aware that such a decision may cause conflict, Raymond—though wiser and more suited to rule—humbly asks that Joseph reign alone.

Eoin, a neurodiverse empath in seclusion, struggles with herself and her surroundings as she draws in emotions from those around her and experiences sudden bursts of visions that make people distrustful of her. Remembering little of her past, Eoin’s only personal possession is a medallion inherited from her father. When she unexpectedly learns the medallion’s origins, her uneventful life is thrown into chaos.

Born into a wealthy family in England in 1942, Christopher could’ve expected a privileged life. It was not to be. At six years of age, he entered boarding school. The burden of undiagnosed dyslexia led to an aversion to schoolwork, and violent sexual abuse from a fellow boarder became the impetus for leaving school. He embarked on a life of hard manual labour, before returning to his parents’ farm, but continual frustrations between him and his father culminated in a stint of involuntary commitment. On release in 1964, he left for Australia as a "10 Pound Pom".

During that time, he has been a country GP, delivering babies and doing anesthetics, a retrieval doctor with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, worked in the emergency departments of various hospitals, and followed his passion of motor sport medicine, especially internationally in the fields of Formula 1 and World Rally.

A care home, purposely built around a Georgian folly castle façade in Essex, Gramwell Glade is making a fortune for business developer Akin Akindele who, armed with an MBA, foresaw that high-end care homes were going to return significant returns on his investment. If we know someone who works in the care sector or spends their twilight years in a home, if we visit family or friends who have moved on into residential care, make no bones about it, something like the Gramwell Glade experience could come to us all.

In a world where sexuality, love, greed, and money take on new meanings, and death lurks around every corner, a captivating story unfolds. Father, a sophisticated and wealthy 60-year-old man, and his 34-year-old son both find themselves enamored with a stunning 27-year-old single woman. Initially, she becomes the lover of the father, a known adventurer with a penchant for beautiful, young women. However, when she meets his son, she falls deeply in love and marries him, perhaps driven by financial motives.

The Parthian hordes led by their king Artabanus had invaded the outer reaches of the Roman empire, destroying several Roman outposts along Parthia's border with Mesopotamia. The Parthian army had laid siege to the great Roman fort at Tadmor. Atticus had joined the legions of Rome. He stood a mere inch short of seven feet head to toe, a pure warrior, barely a man at the age of 18. A mountain of muscle and strength second to none.

Emir 'Eddy' Muravic, a young Detective Sergeant with the Australian Federal Police (AFP), takes long service leave to visit his family in the former Yugoslav state. Eddy's holiday is abruptly cut short when Avigail Iversen, an Australian backpacker, is found dead in Krka National Park, Dalmatia. As the daughter of Australia's Attorney General, her death becomes a political flashpoint, forcing Eddy to navigate a delicate investigation in a country grappling with its fascist past, the scars of its recent homeland war, and its inauguration as a member state of the European Union.

Travelling into my final years on this wonderful planet of ours, that question can arise more than twice a day. Observing England, Wales, Scotland and again Mallorca during my newfound freedom reveals the mores, habits, contradictions and petty annoyances of the 2020s. This essentially human interaction, combined with a deep love of people, places and the written word, drives a poetic response that continues to tumble out. Each day can trigger an enlivening of deep-seated memories, many re-emerging that had been locked away during our busy working lives.

The Prince of Evolution is the evolutionary reframing of one of the most important and controversial political texts in history. It reframes Machiavelli's The Prince as a text expressing a revolutionary political theory that expresses an evolutionary 'best practice' framework for political competition.

On a winter’s night, in a grubby alleyway, in a northern town, Josh, a 17-year-old A Level student, is found stabbed to death. The police investigation soon focuses on the four people who were in the alleyway with him that night – Josh’s girlfriend, Naomi and three members of a local gang, involved in drugs and violence. The three gang members are charged but the police start to look more closely at Naomi. New evidence emerges which seems to point to Naomi.