When Tilly Trolley has a fall on the shopping centre escalator, Brandie and Boyle Barrier offer to help. When they arrive in the back corridors of the shopping centre however, they uncover a warehouse packed full of boxes of crisps and snacks. What started out as a favour from Bennie and Beatrice Barrier's parents quickly turns into a reunion with those that Brandie and Boyle left behind in the crisp factory in Leicester when they were recycled into barriers and moved south. Unfortunately ...

Alison Pearce, a recent graduate from the Police Academy, grapples with tragedy when her father is killed in a devastating earthquake in central London.Amidst ridicule from her colleagues, Alison takes on an undercover mission to unveil a Special Branch double agent collaborating with the Chinese government.As she navigates a world where every choice carries a perilous outcome, Alison confronts the daunting question: how far must she push herself to carve out her place in a...

Christmas time is always a busy period for The Maintenance Team but this year, Bennie Barrier and his team embark on an experience like no other.When Bruno Bus is sent into London to help support the London Buses, Chester Cone decides that it would be a great opportunity to visit his old workplaces. As Chester Cone, his nephew Costin Cone and Beatrice Barrier begin their exploration of London, Chester Cone is kidnapped and taken away to The Tower Of London.When Beatrice Bar...

Francis Boro and Liam Skit are thrown into the world of Izelfeld after being involved in a deadly car accident in the market town of Banbury in the UK.They have a sand timer watch on their wrists counting down the seven days until their death.The vicious king Charro Lynptuk has enslaved the people of Izelfeld to build his kingdom and fight those who oppose him.To survive, Boro and Skit must return the Polyranium Crystal to the Quill Star which controls Charro's invi...

When Bryony and Bennie Barrier take a peaceful boat trip along the Itchen River, they notice something unusual a neglected house on the riverside that neither of them has ever seen before. Its crumbling exterior suggests years of abandonment, yet one detail stands out: a vivid green door leading into an overgrown garden.Curious, they ask the boat's captain, who reveals that no one has been seen living there for years.Back at the City Centre Maintenance Yard, the mystery tak...

Bennie Barrier returns in another Big City Adventure. When Highway Harry has to go to a dental appointment, he leaves Sally Sign in charge of The City Centre Maintenance Team alongside Bennie Barrier but when an urgent call pulls Bennie and his team onto the motorway for emergency roadworks, even Sally's careful planning is put to the test.

A military history of a group of British miners who dug attacking tunnels under enemy lines during World War I.Undermining the positions of the enemy is one of the most ancient activities. For almost 3000 years even before 1914, it was a popular siege-breaking technique. During the Great War, arguably the greatest siege the world had ever seen, it presented a conflict environment that perfectly favoured the skills of the military miner. During 1915, the Western Fron...

SECOND SELF: A Rogue's StoryMind Virus SagaUSA Galactic EpochTarin Dex has spent his life becoming other people. It's how he survives.Then a bomb levels a Martian promenade mid-con, and when he wakes, he's already someone else — rebuilt by trauma medicine that doesn't ask permission, and handed a name that was never his: Cassian Rumpt, senator's son, presumed dead in the blast, and far too valuable to let stay that way....

Tales of Conflict and RediscoveryThree divergent protagonists fight to surmount conflicts in their own ways. Each makes personal choices in the face of cultural forces and discovers foundational insights about themselves as memories of the past resurface to guide them on their journeys forward.Christmas 1968When Janice finds herself unhappy in her picture-perfect marriage, she begins questioning the heavy social expectations set upo...

You’re going to get knocked down. Getting back up is what counts.Meet Tom O’Brien—disciplined, motivated, the star of his 1965 high school football team, and about to be recruited by Ohio State. But when Tom gets injured and is unable to play, he finds himself at a crossroads during a turbulent time in American history. With increasing self-doubt and uncertainty, he tries to reconcile the loss of a dream with the search for a new purpose.Tom journeys throug...

You are 27 or 33 and prediabetes does not fit the story you pictured. Rent, loans, a small kitchen, and maybe 9 square feet of counter make cooking feel like a second job. Shame does nothing. A system that costs less than takeout does.John Roberts writes for busy 20s and 30s adults who want to know what to buy. Environment beats willpower, so when the kitchen holds steady foods the easy choice is healthy. You will build a $45 to $65 cart of oats, brown rice, eggs, canned beans, fro...

Bennie Barrier returns in another big city adventure. Mr Sale has taken over the City Superstore after Mr Pike had been taken to prison. Tilly Trolley at Wet Floor Junior were there to cut the ribbon as the shop opened to thousands of people. During the first busy day, Douglas Delivery, the new express delivery cart, asked if Tilly Trolley wanted to join him on a local delivery a mile away. Tilly agreed and they headed down the road together. As they turned the corner by the hotel though, ...