Sydney Charles Puddefoot, "Puddy" to his admiring fans, was a household name amongst football supporters between the two world wars, a time generally regarded as the golden age of British football. In this first-ever full-length biography, Peter Morris charts Puddefoot's rise to stardom: from his East London upbringing to hero status at his beloved West Ham United whilst still a teenager; his sensational world-record transfer to Falkirk; his return to England with Blackburn Rovers, where h...

Set in a fractured, depopulated Britain, ‘No Repeat of Yesterday’ is a fast-paced thriller that asks questions about the trust we invest in those who wield power. The 2070s. A military-controlled regime fosters social cohesion via the charade of an external military threat. To this end, RAF pilot Nicole Dibaba conducts spectacular nocturnal raids against unoccupied industrial targets. As millions embrace the apparent realities, alternative voices invade the state-controlled media. Dibaba’s...

Kate, was the first of these stories to be published and was favourably reviewed by the poet laureate, Carol Anne Duffy. Forge ahead, was a competition winnner in an Irish writing competition. Many of the other stories won or were ranked highly in major writing awards showing that there is a lot of literary value in this work.Being presented in an electronic format does not allow end notes and influences to be published, however, a visit to the writers website can supply all that in...

As befits a game traditionally passed from one generation to the next, baseball has always had a special reverence for origins. Claims of being first with any element of the game are disputed with fervor and passion. When the octogenarian Fred Goldsmith died in 1939, a headline proclaimed, 'Goldsmith Dies Insisting He Invented Curve Ball'; Fred Goldsmith understood the secret of immortality. Yet while countless thousands of words have been spilled on the subject of baseball “firsts,” there...

Mary a bright but slightly frivolous teenager is wooed by sweet-sounding sirens; the lure of sexual psychopathy with its compulsive quicksands, the trendy student philanthropies, the fake Edens of the devious egalitarian social worker.Her courage and strength of character are the antidote and the solution to these charlatans and other false flags. They enable her to avoid what Kierkegaard calls, ‘The greatest despair of not knowing who you are.’ She evolves into a sound-minded young woman,...

This book is the result of one man's twenty-year quest to solve some of baseball's most enduring mysteries--the "cold cases" of major leaguers about whom virtually nothing is known. (In many instances, the various baseball encyclopedias list only their names and one other word: "deceased.") Some of these mysterious players had negligible professional careers and their time on a major league diamond was more the result of good fortune than anything else; others were stars in their day and t...

Abseiling Spiders is a very funny book focusing on the life of the author. Every incident is true and documentary proof (police receipts, photographs etc) is provided in the hardback edition.The book follows the author from birth in Belfast, where he was 'left with the nuns' to the day he finds out the truth about his birth. The rituals and procedures he must go through are perhaps akin to the journey of a modern day Ulysses. From Irish boarding school to British Special Forces.

From the great haggis drove to the X Factor, these stories were created using the standard elements required for fairy tales. The author has used great skill in creating new fairy tales but keeping them traditional. They will scare and amuse children, as fairy tales are supposed to.

A satisfying action thriller set in the modern world of Mixed Martial Arts.Roger Collins has been invited to give a display of his fighting skills by participating in a Mixed Martial Arts bout, which will be one of the highlights of the forthcoming Turkish annual wrestling tournament at Edirne in Turkey.As an ex member of the armed forces there's two things he can't turn down, a pretty face and a bit of adventure. Blistering action set in the world of MMA

Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance behind the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led them to move up directly behind home plate, even though they still wore no gloves or protectiv...

Most baseball fans want to hear about stellar players and spectacular plays, statistics and storied franchises. Level Playing Fields sheds light on a usually unnoticed facet of the game, introducing fans and historians alike to the real fundamentals of baseball: dirt and grass. In this lively history, Peter Morris demonstrates that many of the game’s rules and customs actually arose as concessions to the daunting practical difficulties of creating a baseball diamond.Recove...

The Mac Fecker clan begin to put their various plans into force. This involves pig rustling, strong drink, Uri Geller, more home brewed beer, badgers and of course randy servicemen. Manston begins to extort money from Mary, but he's not really sure what for. Without knowing it the MOD are providing the Mac Feckers with food,and soon some of it will be on the hoof.Part three of the Mac Fecker tale sees all the individuals begin to come together, but not everyone is being friendly. W...