The birth of a baby is normally the cause for major celebration in all families. In this instance, the joy was matched with an equal dose of relief, since both parents had survived the worst that the Second World War could throw at them, and were looking forward to a return to civilian life with their newborn son. On his discharge from the armed forces, the father said his goodbyes to his in-laws and started the long journey back to the ancestral tribe in Wales, with his wary wife and indifferent son in tow. He looked forward to the forthcoming reunion with those of his brothers who had stayed at home to help run the family business. There is little doubt that they too were looking forward to smoking the pipe of peace and burying the hatchet - in him. It was a large family and they had all suffered the rough and tumbles of living in it. War had been a relief. The newly anointed Mother Tumbler came from a more genteel family background in Kent, but it was not entirely a normal household; suffice it to say that her parents had bought a new three bedroom semi-detached house in the 1930s, and the first thing that was added to it was a sign on the vehicle gate indicating where the Tradesman's Entrance was located. Father Tumbler was perplexed by the behaviour of this strange creature that he had sired. In reality, father and son had inherited a defective gene that made them behave in an amoral way; that is to say, each could distinguish right from wrong, but neither cared about the consequences of taking either route. When faced with a dilemma or opportunity, anyone around them could unpredictably suffer or be amused; it was pot luck. As life unfolds, the growing boy encounters and deals with a series of unfortunate events, the majority of them amusing and others surrounded by pathos. Witnessing the ongoing drama from the sidelines, an increasingly stressed mother makes her presence felt as she despairingly tries to cope with the gruesome twosome. This is an uplifting and humorous tale of a passage through life. It is also a warning to teachers everywhere.
This Space Opera is set to Rock n' Roll and classical music, many of the songs being entirely original and composed by the author. It starts in the mid-20th century with two talented FBI Special Agents being tasked with recruiting people to undertake a really unusual mission. In the process, they are themselves abducted to take a leading role in that mission, which is intended to save the human race from alien conquest. It involves time travel into the future, as they lead their hostile hunters on a merry chase across the centuries. They have the full support of other sympathetic races in their imaginative survival techniques, allowing them to go on the offensive. The characters within embark on a series of adventures that are truly moving in their significance. Based initially on our own Planet Earth, the story employs reported alien sightings and events.Future World ROLLS to its very core!
This story contains interwoven strands that are brought together as events unfold. The first focuses on the aftermath of Nazi research into UFO based systems. Primarily it concerns a flying time travel craft called the ‘Bell’ and its disappearance after those early days when the U.S.A. took over its research. The second occurs in the future, when alien refugees seek asylum with us on our planet. They come from a planet destroyed by one of its own moons and have wandered the stars, looking for a place to stay. Soon they are introducing us to other beings, secretly living under the surface of the planet and mining the moon. Naturally, whodunit problems arise for our crime detection agents to resolve. All this occurs to a backdrop of Rock n’ Roll music, as Future World rocks to its core!
Witness at first-hand a group of specialist investigators, as they set up and run a new agency. They are dedicated to the resolution of criminal cases using paranormal assistance. This will be an emerging brand of policing designed to best protect the citizens of our country.
A man finds that he has a very special talent. It is to take over other people’s souls and possess their bodies as if they were his own. As he becomes increasingly aware of his abilities, he first uses them to mete out justice to mentally warped criminals, and then undertakes sexual adventures, some of them foiled. Growing tired of trivial pursuits, he embarks on a life of crime intent on accumulating serious amounts of money. Whilst fleecing the wealthy, he comes across an alien hidden amongst us. Impressed by the seamless transport system on its own planet, he decides to emulate it on Planet Earth. With a colleague recruited from The Lockheed Skunk Works, he develops a vehicle based on UFO technology and uses it as a stepping stone to power and wealth. This book charts his progress, as he strives to achieve the seemingly impossible. It also monitors the impact on his family life, where he eventually has to decide whether to opt for mortality or immortality. This book is targeted at those who like to question morality, and challenges the values we place on the lives we lead.
The theme of this story is related to the aftermath of Nazi research into UFO based anti-magnetic systems. It focuses on the aspirations of two German scientists when the U.S.A. took over their project. The second strand will appear in the completed book. It is a nascent Sci-Fi rock musical with sprinkles of humor in its soul and contains slots into which the relevant music can be inserted. This to me is what a true Space Opera should be all about.
Ellen Johnson collected the recipes in her 1889 volume from manuscript sources and published them for the benefit of St. Peter's-in-the-Mount of Holderness, New Hampshire.
The magical world of Science Fiction is dominated by stories about individuals with outlandish costumes, fantastical skills and superior strength. They compete energetically for attention, and capture our imagination in the most unbelievable of ways. But what if in real life, there were to exist a force that could take on any of these mythical beings, without needing to possess similar or opposing strengths? Thomas Beckon wields that force, in much the same way that a contagion can wipe out most of humanity, from within. For Thomas is an Inlooker, perhaps the only one as far as he is aware, and is truly capable of invading any person's soul that he chooses. Luckily for those around him, Thomas is normally a benign individual who chooses a path through life that barely creates a ripple in his wake. At least, what he does is so undetectable that any malevolence in his actions is hardly ever recognized, even superficially. Pity those who cross swords (or should I say souls?) with The Inlooker, for he can take anyone down, or initiate a chain-reaction of catastrophes, regardless of a person's super abilities and position in life. That is, if he chooses to. Then he becomes less benign, and begins to focus on changing the society in which we live. He turns his attention to matters of global significance.
This is a story based on the author's own magical tour of the ancient marvels of Turkey. The first part is set in the near future. Our ageing anti-hero, a retired detective, begins receiving repeated messages from an unknown source insisting he goes to Turkey. During the course of his travels, he writes about the sites he is actually visiting, and is told that he has to undertake a secret mission for a mysterious shelter. To his consternation, he begins experiencing flashbacks, indicating that he once lived in this part of the world. The second part of the book is set further in the future, where futuristic travel is in regular use for most of the population. This time, he and his wife are travelling incognito with some friends who have previously shared adventures with him. The experiences of the group become fantastical, as the past merges with the future, and the true nature of the shelter is revealed. Suitable for adventurous readers from their teens to their dotage.
These events occur on our planet in the not too distant future. Society is on the threshold of living in a world in a state of transition from violence and bloodshed to a new democratic openness, with aliens living in the shadows and us trying to break free from them. We now understand life after death and act accordingly.
When 13-year-old Seb and his younger brother went to stay with their grandparents in Spain for the summer holidays, they imagined football, swimming pools and ice-cream. Seb, however, was in for a big surprise when his grandfather, an ex-detective, decided to make him a "trainee detective" to help him investigate some highly unusual occurrences involving a race of very short people. Whilst on an observation operation, Seb is rumbled by one of the targeted real "dwarfs," who then gets to know him and invites him to attend a special summer campus, where he learns special skills from telepathy to walking on water. Whilst having a great time and making new friends, Seb comes to realise that the summer campus has a serious purpose, and that he and his mates have been specially selected and trained to protect the human race. As the term progresses, Seb and his classmates experience a series of adventures with their hosts, such as travel between dimensions and encounters with strange beings, as they are introduced to other wonders of future science. But will the talents of these highly skilled youngsters be called upon?
Offering the current prices of more than eight thousand pieces in dozens of categories, a collector's guide to Depression glass and dinnerware features hundreds of illustrations, a history of Depression glass, descriptions of popular patterns and their makers, and lists of clubs and publications. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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