Life as the single mum of a child with a learning disability is tough. But the boundless love between Izzie and her sparky daughter, Jaya, has always been reward enough in itself. Now Jaya is 18 and, much to Izzie’s alarm, wants to get married and have a baby. Izzie eventually agrees to explore an arranged marriage, in line with her daughter’s mixed-race heritage. Together, they embark on an emotional and often humorous journey to find a suitable match, discovering that, on the subject of ...

"As I sat cradling the man's head, with his blood and brains sticking to my hands, I heard a voice - my own voice. It was asking me something. Asking how I had ended up like this, desperate and lost among people who thought nothing of caving in a man's head and then standing back to watch him die." Nick Bullock was a prison officer working in a maximum-security jail with some of Britain's most notorious criminals. Trapped in a world of aggression and fear, he felt frustrated and alone. The...

Devastated and exhausted, Eden Lucas is the sole survivor of an unfathomable global catastrophe As she grapples with the question of whether to go on alone, a train arrives.It's not a normal train, that's the first thing she notices. For one thing, it's floating three feet off the ground in a supermarket parking lot. For another, there doesn't seem to be any place for the driver to go. Yet it seems to hint at possibilities. Maybe she's not the only one who was spar...

This book confronts the most common human material and spiritual needs and the way, the truth and eternal life by which to overcome them through God's grace and gifts, overcoming sexual immorality and poverty.

Winner: Mountain Literature Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2018 Shortlisted for the 2018 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick's second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Echoes. Now retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A lot. Tides is a treasury of his antics and ...

The narrative begins by examining Andrews’ early life in Belfast, Ireland, where he was born into a family with a strong maritime background. Bullock describes how Andrews developed a passion for shipbuilding from a young age, eventually rising to prominence as the head of the design department at Harland and Wolff, the shipyard responsible for building the Titanic. The book delves into his meticulous attention to detail and commitment to safety and innovation in ship design, emphasizing h...

Do you want to scratch, but don’t know where to start?Scratching Made Easy Turntable Method Book 1: A Guide to Scratching is a beginning method book for DJs and music educators. It’s for you—the Scratch DJ.The playing of many Scratch DJs often seems inconsistent with their selected music, because of a lack of understanding of time signatures and music theory. This book is an educational resource for these basics. And, it will also help you develop dexterity, coordination, r...

**One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023.A quintessentially American fashion narrative about the rise and fall of the first lifestyle brand, J.Crew, and what the company’s fate means for the shifting landscape of the retail industry.Once upon a time, a no-frills J.Crew rollneck sweater held an almost mystical power—or at least it felt that way. The story of J.Crew is the story of the original “lifestyle brand,” whose evolution chart...

This is a collection of 5 short stories set in the Christmas season, though not specifically about Christmas. All are heartwarming and family friendly.

Embark on a spine-chilling journey through the misty bayous, historic mansions, and forgotten graveyards of the Gulf Coast with The Haunted South: A Gulf Coast Paranormal Travel Guide. From the bestselling author of over 150 Southern Gothic novels, M.L. Bullock, comes an immersive guidebook that blends eerie history, ghostly legends, and practical travel tips for fans of the Gulf Coast Paranormal series and paranormal enthusiasts alike.Step into the real-world settings of Gulf Coas...

Politics can be distasteful to many people, for good reason. Yet the right to vote and choose who will lead us is a great privilege, as well as a responsibility. The list of important issues is long, and it can be a daunting task to get educated enough to form a well thought out opinion on each. If you are like most Americans, you lead a very busy life and simply don't have the time to research. As Christians, we want our views to be in sync with the Lord's. In this short work, I examine t...

Christianity is simple. Love God. Love your neighbor. The rest is commentary. Simple in theory becomes much more difficult when your neighbor is a man in a dress who stinks like urine and a decaying, unwashed body. And yet, that's exactly who you find on a downtown bus: the homeless, the unsavory, the just plain weird. Drawing on the wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, this book explores one woman's complex and ambivalent interactions with the homeless. Stories about a persistent fai...