Fighting forest fires is not for the faint-hearted: it’s 80% boredom, 20% terror!Mark Fletcher’s years as a wildland firefighter and smokejumper have taught him that life is about healthy relationships: our interactions with our natural environment, with the wildlife that shares our planet, and with the other humans whose lives we touch along the way. There is a lot of magic and mystery between heaven and earth, as reflected in these eclectic stories from the life of a wildland fir...

Elsie wants to ride a rollercoaster. Thomas has an embarrassing secret. Frank and Douglas find love. Shirley launches her stand-up career. Millie organises a protest. Alexander wants them to get his name right.'Not Dead Yet!' is an eclectic collection of fiction about nursing home life for those often forgotten.Laugh and cry as they run, stumble, fall, get up and live at this last stop.'Dried fruit gives me the runsBoiled lollies hurt my gumsGiftshop f...

Teething Problems is a descent in to the consciousness of the narrator, a young man in his early twenties, after his life is upended by the discovery that his conception was the result of his mother being unfaithful to her then husband of less than a year and the realization that his hero dad is not his dad.

'Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less' Marie CurieThe Short Story of Science is a new introduction to the complete subject of science. Covering 60 key experiments, from Archimedes' investigations of buoyancy to the discovery of dark matter, and then linking these to the history of science, as well as to the key theories and methods, the book simplifies and explains all th...

One act play script. Mick Watson has served three years jail for killing his best mate, Robbo Stewart, in a car accident.On being released from jail, Mick's mission is to apologise to Robbo's dad, Bob, and make peace before he heads home to his parent's farm. He has bridges to mend before he can get on with his life.

The Short Story of the Universe is a new introduction to the subject of the universe. Covering 130 key components that make it up - from dwarf galaxies and spiral arms to red giants and the planets of the solar sytem - and linking these to the universe's structure and the theories that help us understand it, this book simplifies this riveting yet mind-boggling subject, telling the story of how it came into being and how it will eventually be no more.Accessible and concise,...

The Short Story of the Universe is a new introduction to the subject of the universe. Covering 130 key components that make it up - from dwarf galaxies and spiral arms to red giants and the planets of the solar sytem - and linking these to the universe's structure and the theories that help us understand it, this book simplifies this riveting yet mind-boggling subject, telling the story of how it came into being and how it will eventually be no more.Accessible and concise,...

Play script. One act, monologue.It is pre the days of dating apps. Introverted Joe Thompson is lonely and looking for love. He turns to a dating agency and trips over himself as a result.Over the course of the play we see Joe's narrative evolve as he reveals more of himself.

In 1970, the American muscle car was as fast and outrageous as it would ever get. But the end was nigh, and 1970 Maximum Muscle dives head-first into the storm before the calm.Wherever you mark the beginning of the muscle car era—Oldsmobile’s 1949 Rocket 88, Chrysler’s 1951 FirePower engines, the 1964 Pontiac GTO—one thing is certain: in 1970, the era that had witnessed a parade of gloriously powerful, stylish, and brawny cars apt to make the hearts of eve...

Perhaps the biggest secret - the open secret - is that men and women are very different, especially when it comes to what they find "hot" or a "turn on"...both in and out of the bedroom. When men think about doing something "hot" for a woman, it usually involves some form of maneuver to be executed between her legs. But, that's not where she wants you to be.

A play, a monologue, in one act.A twenty one minute journey through the mind of a man whose involvement in a traffic accident turns out to be less than accidental.

Your health and wealth improves by a proper blend of spiritual and material principles. What are these principles? In this eBook, we try to understand these enigmatic principles of life.