“Yes, the morning breeze was a false friend. For one little girl named Goddie, the August breeze of 1945 would never feel the same again.”In Robert Picart’s debut novel Goddie, we read the story of a young girl born in the mid-1900s in the picturesque Blue Mountains of Jamaica. To tourists, it’s a paradise of crystal blue waters, coffee, and rum. For residents, poverty, second-class citizenship, and violence are reminders of daily hardship.It’s here that we meet sixteen-yea...

In Robert Picart’s debut novel Goddie, we read the story of Goddie, a young girl born in the mid-1900s in the picturesque Blue Mountains of Jamaica. With the sudden loss of both parents, Goddie finds herself indentured to strangers in order to pay for school. Heartbroken, weary and alone, she forms a plan to escape to Great Britain as the Windrush movement escalates.Will Goddie be able to escape the depths of betrayal for good and start over again? Will she succumb to despair? Or wi...

Hamish Macbeth, Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman returns in a new short story from New York Times bestselling author M.C. BeatonKnock Knock, You're Dead! A Hamish Macbeth Short StoryMrs. Morag McPhie hits upon the idea of selling some of her old furniture to raise money to visit her daughter in Australia. But when a dead body turns up, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wonders if the antique business is even mor...

As the Great Depression looms, meet a family divided by wealth and greed. Will disaster strike just as trust and love are being rebuilt?

One magical Christmas Eve…Caught in a blizzard, Georgia Beckett is forced down a narrow lane she'd hoped to avoid…and not just because of the snow! The road takes her past the beautiful abandoned house of her youth—the new residence of her childhood sweetheart.Sebastian Corder's shocked to hear the doorbell ring—he never expected to see Georgia again. Nine years ago, both chasing different dreams, they went their separate ways.Now Sebastian's hand hesitates. Is he read...

With Jamaican Patwa No Problem: A Tourist’s Guide to Jamaican Language and Culture you can listen and learn the lilting language of Jamaica’s roots and its unique culture from the very tongue of Jamaican people, experience the culture of the island through passed down stories and legends, and access Jamaica’s exotic richness with detailed descriptions and full-color photos of its unusual dishes and native fruits and vegetables. Lively up yourself and get a true view of Jamaica with this e-...

Di Taxi Ride and Other Stories is a collection of twelve witty and fast paced short stories. Each story tells of a unique slice of Jamaican life. The stories include: a typical Jamaican taxi ride, told through the eyes of a returning resident; a visit by a business professional to a crooked obeah woman; a date gone awry; a wedding, where the grooms four baby mothers decide to show up; and the story of two enterprising young men, who decided to set up a church to make some money...

Scouse One-Liners is the latest collection showcasing the Scouse skill for straightforward insults, sly digs and outright threats, culled from pubs and clubs Liverpool-wide by Ian Black, master of the quick sidestep. Uproariously witty and full of unforgettable sidesplitting sayings, this is one book that will have you crying with laughter and reciting lines to everyone you meet - but just be careful who you say them to!

My memoir is laced with nostalgia and at the same time it is my sincere intention to portray the true essence of the Guyanese culture without offence. Keep in mind that this is not based on the experience of every Guyanese. This was the way I saw and experienced things back then.The use of colloquialism is of utmost importance; it is the vernacular we understand. It may sound like another language so unless you were born and bred in Guyana you will need to refer to the glossary pro...

Author and illustrator Liz Mills presents her second collection of over 50 nursery rhymes and verse from popular childrens songs, specially reworked and adapted to appeal to children living in Africa. This delightful book frollows on the overwhelming and continuing popularity of African Nursery Rhymes, which has been reprinted almost every year since it appeared in 2006. Nursery Rhymes and Verse from Africa is a must for a young child’s bookshelf as nursery rhymes form an essential part of...

Mr. Emmett did his duty by the visitor from another world--never doubting the right of it.

When Audrie Matthews finally agrees to meet the adult son she left behind as an infant in Jamaica, she opens a Pandoras Box of trouble. She learns that her son, who is now a young Baptist minister, has left troubles of his own behind. She returns to Jamaica with him to shield him from the consequences of his actions and is taken back on a journey to the past that is as complex as it is revealing. In this novel, The Road to Timnath, which is told in the first and third person voice, Audrie ...