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The Other Fuhrer: Muck-Lamberty and Adolf Hitler
Germany 1920. A new political movement is born. It is led by a charismatic ex-serviceman whose aim is to create a ‘National Community’ in the war-devastated country. His followers call him ‘Führer.’ But this is not Adolf Hitler. His name is Friedrich Lamberty, better known as Muck, and his methods are very different from Hitler’s. He and his followers, who call themselves the New Crowd, trek through the centre of Germany singing, dancing and playing with local people. By the end of 1920 they have brought hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes to join in a ‘revolution of the soul.’ But then an unexpected and shocking development causes the New Crowd to break up. Muck disappears from the scene as quickly as he arrived. The story of Muck-Lamberty’s rise and fall, told here for the first time in English, throws new light on Germany in the early twentieth century. It examines the country’s unique youth movement, the impact on young people of world war and revolution, the strange post-war dance craze, the revolution in sexual behaviour, and the development of new ways of thinking about what it meant to be German - and Jewish. In each of these areas, Muck-Lamberty is compared with Adolf Hitler to find out why he was initially more successful than the Nazi leader, but then failed to establish himself as a ‘Führer.’
Too Near the Sun
Roman Britain. Midsummer AD 371. Two years have passed since the traumatic invasions of the Barbarica Conspiratio were finally suppressed. But in a Britannia still suffering sporadic raids by barbarians from beyond the frontiers there is said to exist a scroll listing the names of influential men – and women – plotting to secede from the Empire and use the taxes saved to boost the island’s defences. And where: Claudius Caninus (Canio) has unwisely disclosed that he dreamt he is the grandson of the long-dead usurper emperor Allectus, although he is still unsure whether he actually believes the dream. Aelia Aureliana is the owner of one of the finest villas in the province, a worshipper of the sun god Helios/Sol, and mysteriously certain that Canio really is Allectus’s grandson – but will not tell him why. Tribunus Maximus, an army officer, suspects that Aelia knows the location of the scroll and is blackmailing Canio to find it for him. But to do so Canio must get close to Aelia, and the closer he gets the more he falls under the spell of both the woman and her ambitions.
Stack
Neville Stack was once one of Britain’s favourite aviators. He came to fame as the first man to fly a light plane to India. And, having been honoured by the king for that achievement, he followed it with more than a decade of derring-do. Stack circled the Med, crossed Arabia countless times, and even flew down to Banjul. He served in both World Wars and all three branches of the Armed Forces, broke record after record, and had his own flying circus. He piloted a prime minister, the Shoe King, and the odd sultan. But he also crashed more often than he was willing to admit, wrote bawdy songs – and recorded them, too – and played a controversial role in the Spanish Civil War. And he left behind a rich chronicle of his exploits, including newspaper articles, a memoir in song, and flight commentaries actually dictated in mid-air. Drawing upon that chronicle, and also upon British Government files and a host of other fascinating sources, this book takes a close look at Captain Stack’s life and flights. It talks about his aeroplanes and his friends, who included Amy Johnson, Sir Alan Cobham, and the treacherous Master of Sempill. It goes back to the places he saw first-hand. And it tells the full story of his final, tragic fall from grace. Exuberant, colourful, and ever so light on its feet, STACK provides an intimate and singular account of one of the true heroes of flying’s Golden Age.
Of Rice, Love and War
Amidst the turmoil of the Vietnam War, the line between loyalty and betrayal is blurred in this gripping romantic spy thriller. Amelie, a French journalist born in colonial Indochina, navigates the treacherous landscape of espionage as a communist spy working for the North Vietnamese. Under the guidance of her handler, Tran, Amelie finds herself entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse, operating between Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. When Amelie receives crucial evidence from a burned CIA operative in Bangkok, she becomes further embroiled in the war's chaos and her emotions are torn between two men: Magnus, a dashing Scottish reporter, and Tom, a charismatic American officer. As the stakes heighten and allegiances are tested, Amelie must confront the devastating impact of violence on her life and the cost of loyalty, duty, and love. Can she survive the war, find love, and uncover the truth without losing herself in the process?
A Death in the Gym
Josh Stern has two jobs and he likes to keep them separate. A personal trainer during the day and a part-time private investigator by night. When a dead body is found in Josh’s gym, it sets off a series of seemingly unconnected events, reigniting an old case he thought he’d solved – the disappearance of a twenty-year old student more than two decades ago. As Josh is pulled into a web of deception, decades of lies surrounding a young woman’s disappearance need to be untangled, where every truth uncovered reveals a darker secret.
White Collar
London, 2012. Six lives collide in pursuit of love, lust, violence and redemption. Dan Trench is unravelling. When he’s not going through the motions of life, he’s pining after his ex-fiancée and getting into fights. His chaotic path crosses with Gareth Eary, an old friend turned high-flying stockbroker whose success is built on a painful secret – one that draws him into the orbit of billionaire hedge-fund boss Aurelius Blois. Gareth is offered a chance to change his life forever, but at a cost: dirty work and dangerous alliances. Meanwhile, Dan’s romance with investment banker Marianne Bleekman ends in heartbreak. In her absence, he disappears into the City’s violent underbelly. And now, with financial deceit and personal ruin playing out across investment-bank trading floors and underground fight clubs, everyone is clawing for survival. When greed, revenge and sexual violence reach a brutal climax, Dan must decide: will he find redemption in restraint, or in one final, devastating act?
The Oedipus Cage
Christian Ward is CEO of the most successful software company on the planet. Enjoying a life full of wealth, indulgence and unashamed entitlement. But he has a problem. The establishment wants a favour and now he is being blackmailed. And Lucas Fox, a gifted hacker, is on the run with a life-or-death mission to stop Oedipus, before it is too late. Cue panic in London and in Langley, Virginia, and then a desperate chase to protect a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of the government and the security services. Plus a subterfuge so breathtaking that it threatens to change the world for ever. And for Lucas Fox, a chance to uncover a secret kept hidden for over 20 years. Who is trying to kill Lucas Fox, what do they want, and crucially, who or what is Oedipu? he Oedipus Cage combines the classic English murder mystery with the murky world of politics and international espionage.
Unhealed Wounds
In the shadow of a failed international intervention in Somalia, Gareth Owen lands in war-torn Angola, thrust into a besieged city teetering on the brink. Malanje, encircled by UNITA rebels deploying medieval tactics, becomes ground zero for a crack team of Irish aid workers fighting to stave off starvation for tens of thousands of children. Amid mortar fire and minefields, Owen bears witness to haunting violence and unwavering human spirit. His eight-month emotional descent unfolds as a complex tapestry of deep camaraderie, visceral fear, and the painful reckoning of his own privilege. At the heart lies a brutal legacy —colonial plunder and Cold War complicity – tempered with the inspirational humanitarian ethics of a bygone era. Three decades later, Owen’s story resurfaces—raw and unflinching. Unhealed Wounds interrogates the mythology of white saviourism, sheds light on forgotten lives and demands remembrance in an age of eroding global solidarity. Powerful and evocative, this memoir invites readers to urgently contemplate what has been lost from the true embodiment of humanity’s collective cause: connection between and respect for all peoples. Far more than a personal account, it is a searing moral reckoning for our divisive contemporary times of eroding internationalism and encroaching global catastrophe.
Humeccan
A collection of short stories exposing human nature as mechanistic. The backdrop of our evolution is first painted via a quixotic character’s mission to alert his neighbourhood to coming doom. Two stories then follow different trajectories from the same inflection point of our shifting culture. One has doom averted, another careers towards the prophesied doom. Intimate tales follow, evoking both unseemly and more humane aspects of our nature. The central story, the dark heart, turns, presenting pathological behaviours as seen from the gene’s eye view and as resulting from forces that created us to be the gene-serving ape-machines we are. Further elaborating stories lead deeper into our psychology, dissecting the assumptions we make about ourselves and others. Projections are reflected back. We are challenged to justify our beliefs, and to confront a seemingly bleak view: that of a deterministic universe in which we evolved not for our wellbeing, but to propagate immortal genes. The final story in the collection imagines a future in which an evolved culture helps us live better with our evolved natures. Mechanical devices and scientific concepts are embraced in story titles, anchoring the narratives in the mechanistic character of human nature. The natural world reverberates throughout what is, ultimately, a humane vision.
Fleeting Glory
More Battles, Boudoirs and Bedsports. In the gripping sequel to Glory Beckons, three very different men find themselves in the collapse of Napoleon’s empire. Marshal Ney, Napoleon’s famous ‘Bravest of the Brave’, at the height of his illustrious career, with a secret that could destroy the Emperor’s infallible reputation. Sir Robert Wilson, an English general and diplomat, harbouring a hatred of Bonaparte, determined to be the man who assassinates him. Michael Bruce, young hedonistic Etonian with little interest in Napoleon’s ambitions, apart from when they interrupt his travels and erotic adventures. The exciting, dangerous and intertwining lives of these three men give them ringside seats to the end of a conflict that tore Europe apart and defined the shape of the world for the next century. Opening with Napoleon’s fateful entry into Russia and his advance towards Moscow, following the famous retreat through a Russian winter, and ending in the aftermath of Waterloo, Fleeting Glory is a non-stop page turner. Its racy depiction of gory battles, immoral court life and elegant lifestyles tells what it was really like for those caught in the finale of an empire.
Gamogamy: A Framework for Relational Identity
Gamogamy: Where Love Meets Identity is a groundbreaking new book that changes the way we understand love, intimacy, and connection. In a world that divides us into “monogamous” or “polyamorous,” Gamogamy offers something radically different: a model based on orientation, not behaviour. It introduces a powerful new vocabulary… monogamous, ambigamous, and multigamous, to help individuals make sense of their inner relational wiring, regardless of how they currently live or love. Whether you’ve struggled to feel at home in monogamy, found yourself thriving in open dynamics, or felt torn between loyalty and longing, Gamogamy helps explain why. It unpacks the difference between instinct and identity, behaviour and structure, and offers a compassionate lens for people whose needs don’t fit traditional moulds. With vivid examples, clear definitions, and thought-provoking insights, this book is both a personal revelation and a cultural challenge. It’s not about how to do relationships, it’s about how to understand yourself within them. Perfect for those in therapy, questioning long-term partnerships, or simply curious about how human connection really works, Gamogamy is a timely and transformative guide for anyone ready to step beyond inherited scripts and claim a relationship model that truly fits.
The Istanbul Connection
A disillusioned young British journalist, Harry Marks, is drawn into a covert intelligence operation in Istanbul by a charismatic agent named James. What begins as a casual friendship spirals into espionage, murder, and manipulation as Harry unknowingly becomes a pawn in a rogue Anglo-American mission to seize Saddam Hussein’s stolen wealth. Haunted, hunted, and morally compromised, Harry must choose between loyalty, survival, and the truth. The Istanbul Connection is a gripping, morally complex thriller that explores the blurred lines between ideology and manipulation.
I, Claudia
Claudia Alcock is looking for a hitman. Not just any hitman but one who can get the job done properly. After all, she may be a frizzy-haired, middle-aged woman with paranoid tendencies and a chequered romantic past, but she’s no fool. Her cheating soon-to-be ex-husband Gary, aided by his equally unfaithful new lover Alexa, deserve nothing less than a fitting comeuppance. Unfortunately for Claudia, Gary has plans of his own. Determined to secure Claudia’s fortune, he hires his own hitman whose messy efforts range from bombs to snipers to poisonous spiders. Can Claudia dodge these increasingly ludicrous attempts on her lif? any, darkly comic and gloriously unpredictable.
Oliver Gruffle Secrets of Harmony Haven
It’s another exciting day for the friends Pal, the border collie, and the piglets Pickle and Patsy. The newcomers have now happily settled into their new home in Harmony Haven, a secret place on the Isle of Wight. For today the friends will attend the serious ‘Ceremony of Vows’ where they, in front of everyone, will promise to be kind and caring to all of the members of this happy community. In charge of this ceremony is their loving guardian Oliver Gruffle with his amazing alien special powers. But with him is Obie Owl, the ‘Keeper of the Vows’, who is a very rude owl indeed. But will the ceremony be serious when Obie turns up with a fan of peacock feathers attached to his rear end. Further mayhem occurs when the magical cat Ben McRadich arrives, declaring himself to be a hero. He has captured the wanted mole and wants to claim the reward for this. But the real hero of this adventure is Hercules, the little robot boy, who is the one who captured the mole. Arriving on a cannon, if Ben does not tell the truth he intends to fire him into the air. But will Oliver Gruffle allow thi? ater, the friends meet Peter Pixie, who also has a reputation for being mischievous. Oliver decides to take the four friends on an adventure to the sorting office, where letters go before being sent to Father Christmas. Will Oliver regret this decision? He just might!
Encountering Baboons and Other African Stories
Set in the years between 1970 and 1982 in three newly independent countries, these stories dramatize the interactions between different cultures in the post-colonial period. The Night Watchman, based on the theme of theft, tells the tale of an Englishwoman and her husband living in West Africa, who hire a local man to guard their property and become intimately involved with the health of him and his wife. In Dealing with the Health of the People, an American Ph.D. student discovers that everything must be bartered for, from articles for daily living, to his use of local labour, to providing health care for ordinary people, as he gathers data from a West African maternal and child health clinic for his dissertation. Encountering Baboons follows a young American teaching first year science at a Southern African agricultural college as he faces wild animals; prejudiced colonial attitudes; clashes between African and Western beliefs and practices; directing a group of students in performing Shakespeare’s The Tempest; relations with three very different women; and both political and natural storms.
System Lockout
Peter Beamish is recruited into the prestigious consultancy firm Lex Savart following a gruelling series of interviews. Shortly afterwards, major national infrastructure companies are hit by cyber-criminals, demanding vast ransoms in crypto currency. Before he can help, Peter is let go from Lex Savart with no explanation or warning, and it is only then he starts to question what is really going on and who he can trust. The cyber-criminals are leaving a trail of blood and destruction as they wipe out key witnesses, and Peter fears he may be next. To save himself, he must get to the bottom of who caused the attacks and why.
Different Gravy
Eighteen-year-old Adam is unique. Not only is he an old soul on young shoulders, but he has a supernatural power. When he falls for his teacher, Sarah, and confesses his talent, she promises to keep it a secret and the pair embark on married life together. However, their path won’t be easy. Facing trolling, judgement and tragedy, their relationship becomes strained to the limit. And when the couple get caught up in the scene of a violent crime, Adam must choose whether to remain in the shadows or use his power to help others – a decision that will change their lives forever.
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