Under the Mango Tree is a moving novel of love, memory, and legacy that unfolds across the Philippines, France, England, and California. Letecia, born to an English father and a Filipina mother, grows up in the Philippines beneath the shade of the mango tree in her family garden. When she discovers a cache of old letters and family papers, she is drawn into a journey through hidden histories, long-buried truths, and the lives that came before her.As Letecia follows...

Abstract Words Are Vitamins is a reflective and experimental poetry collection that explores the power, playfulness, and complexity of language. Through abstract verse, rhythmic wordplay, and philosophical musings, Anthony Peter Prior examines themes of identity, mental struggle, creativity, morality, freedom, love, society, and self-discovery.The poems move fluidly between nonsense and sense, chaos and order, mirroring the way thoughts form and reform in the mind. Language is trea...

The Ramos Files gathers together three connected works shaped by family, memory, inheritance, and the uneasy persistence of the past. Set across the Philippines, England, France, Germany, and California, these pages follow lives joined not only by blood and affection, but by distance, silence, secrecy, and the long afterlife of what has been buried.At the heart of the book lies a question that reaches across generations: what do we inherit, and what do we choose to carry forward? S...

Miracles can happen in unexpected places. Even during a decadent Easter Carnival weekend on St. Thomas in the U.S.Virgin Islands. What would you do if you were given a profound message that changed your life? What would you do if you discovered the messenger was an angel? Would you ever be the same? Key Master is the incredible true story of one mans journey, when the ordinary becomes the extraordinary. Uplifting, enlightening and magical Key Master takes us on the unusual journey of a you...

Here the reader will find a story of love, its beginning, the way love grows, the heartaches of expression and separation, and the blessings of love as it becomes present in the lives of two people - expressed in this collection of poems written for my wife during 15 years of courtship, love, and marriage.

When bankrupt farmer Ray Marak saves the life of his friend and banker, Josh Werther, neither they nor their neighbours can imagine what the night will bring.Still traumatised by his time in Vietnam, Ray’s world has shrunk – to the boundaries of his small hometown of Immaculate, and the warmth of his adored family: his young sons Jacob and Ethan, and his wife Renee; Renee, the woman who waited for him during his wartime hell.But as the snow accumulates, so do the townspeopl...

Woggers PigBy Peter AnthonyA text message dated March 21, 2016 from Laurie, author Peter Anthony’s granddaughter, age 27, reads, “I read the Memoirs [now Woggers Pig] from start to end, It’s excellent, such a great account of life at that time! The rumblings and reality of impending war, with some delightfully amusing writings of your experiences, a few tears and some laugh out loud. X.”One may wonder what the book title Woggers Pig has to do with the contents. It i...

A collection of poems about People who meet and because of the alignment or misalignment of the stars, some twist of fate, or long forgotten destiny, they are swept together and then apart by the tides of life, leaving them to wonder what it meant ...

Over the years among the many poems and stories I have written, I have felt compelled to write of the experience of soldiers. I was a little too young during the era of the Vietnam conflict, saw all the news growing up and managed to miss the last draft lottery with a 176. They only drafted to 45 that year. Regardless of my story, these pages are about the stories of those who served in places like Vietnam, Gettysburg, the Battle of Britain, the Frozen Chosin, the mountains of Afghanistan,...

Confessions of a Single Man is an inspiring exploration of life through the lens and experiences of author Peter Anthony. In this book, the author eloquently shares his deepest secrets, biggest fears, and triumphs through poetry and prose. What is it really like to be a single man in the twenty-first century? This book answers that essential question for both men and women. For those who have failed at the game of love or succeeded, there is a lesson to take away with each page. Peter Anth...

Abstract Words Are Fantasy is a unique journey through imagination, emotion, and the endless possibilities created by the human mind. Through expressive poetry and artistic storytelling, Anthony Peter Prior invites readers into a world where dreams, memories, thoughts, and reality blend together to create a powerful reflection of life's unpredictable path.With a playful yet deeply personal voice, this collection explores themes of self-discovery, confidence, love, friendsh...

Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie behind overt behaviour - develops within the context of attachment relationships. It is crucial to self-regulation and constructive, intimate relationships, both of which are impaired in personality disorders because of sensitivity to losing mentalizing at times of anxiety and attachment stress. Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, se...