A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a swag of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along the dusty plains and beside the dry creek beds under the endless southern sky.In A SWAG OF MEMORIES Brian Taylor shares with us these stories, of the people he has met, the places he has been and the moments, long-gone, that define ...

In Fighting for Citizenship, Brian Taylor complicates existing interpretations of why black men fought in the Civil War. Civil War–era African Americans recognized the urgency of a core political concern: how best to use the opportunity presented by this conflict over slavery to win abolition and secure enduring black rights, goals that had eluded earlier generations of black veterans. Some, like Frederick Douglass, urged immediate enlistment to support the cause of emancipation, ...

A Breath Taking Thrill Ride That Starts A Brilliant Series Off With A Bang!!!The world will never be the same. A young man named Sam Rittenhouse has begun his journey to become God. After making a blood bond with a magical flower, Sam suddenly finds himself with a vast amount of power and no way to control it. He is forced to unleash hell in an attempt to defend himself from the onslaught of the military as they try to subdue him.Sam realizes that the road ...

This book of bush tales vividly evokes an era now gone, when people struggled in isolation to tame the land and when camaraderie and mateship were everything.Young Brian Taylor was a ringer on Queensland cattle stations some fifty-five years ago. He worked on huge properties where the big mobs used to run and many of the people he met there had a larger-than-life quality. There was Dangerous Dan Smith, a hard, self-reliant man who wrote bush poetry; Father Peter, a...

No matter what stage we go through in our walk with Jesus, we need encouragement, and we need to experience His joy and peace. Jesus brings us joy and peace during troubling times if we walk in His truth according to His Word. I hope these poems strengthen your relationship with our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Animals create special bonds in families, are great conversational builders, and can help build lasting friendships with others. I have created a book that mentions a variety of animals in poetry form. I have written about a bunch of animals that will capture your attention with amazing facts and some of the poems are written to make you laugh that contain silly expressions.

Planning, designing and laying the track for a model railway layout can be challenging, especially if you have never done it before. This book provides a step-by-step guide to the techniques required and methods used in track design and layout. With content suitable for those who are new to the hobby through to the more experienced modeller, and some 200 images, it includes: an overview of the various forces that act on prototype railways and which determine the design of trackwork. The pl...

The Brumby Mare is an engaging collection of reminiscences about traditional Queensland stockmen and bush workers in the 1950s and 1960s, before the days of motorbikes and helicopters.Brian Taylor knows and loves his country and his stories ring with the authority of experience. Some of the incidents he describes are laugh-aloud funny, some heart-stopping and some very moving. He is a close, thoughtful and warm-hearted observer – of people, of wild and wor...

This is the real life story of Brian a retired marine engineer. The book starts with his memories from World War 2 when he lived in Essex during the Battle of Britain and the following years. He tells many humorous stories about his travels abroad as a marine engineer and an insurance engineer. The book covers a period of employment in Libya when Gadaffi nationalized the oil company he was working for. During the final chapters he deals with redundancy and finally retirement. It is a story...

Animals create special bonds in families, are great conversational builders, and can help build lasting friendships with others. I have created a book that mentions a variety of animals in poetry form. I have written about a bunch of animals that will capture your attention with amazing facts and some of the poems are written to make you laugh that contain silly expressions.

The United States of America is the best country for opportunity and the freedoms it provides. If you have an appreciation for our military, American freedom, and the American Workers who provide great services in our country, these poems will inspire you and make you appreciate your country even more.

Peanut butter and jelly have always played a part in most children's eating regimen beginning at an early age. Most children can remember their parents putting a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in their lunch bag or having it provided in the school cafeteria. This book hopes to spark children's laughter with humorous food characters helping their friend (who happens to be Peanut butter). Peanut butter will always be an enjoyable food for children (to eat) or to enjoy in humorous literatur...