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The Broad in the Kimono

Paddy Kelly

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Genres: Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction

1947 - The Mob establishes the Flamingo casino creating the famous Vegas strip. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics, controlled by a dodgy Harry Anslinger, is given massive funding to initiate the failed War on Drugs. Senators Thomas and Rankin start their communist witch hunt against a Hollywood where Jack Warner is at war with his writers as the long established Studio System begins to crumble.

All this while the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, featuring professional baseball's first black player, face off in the first televised World Series.

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The Broad in the Kimono

Paddy Kelly

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Genres: Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction

1947 - The Mob establishes the Flamingo casino creating the famous Vegas strip. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics, controlled by a dodgy Harry Anslinger, is given massive funding to initiate the failed War on Drugs. Senators Thomas and Rankin start their communist witch hunt against a Hollywood where Jack Warner is at war with his writers as the long established Studio System begins to crumble.

All this while the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, featuring professional baseball's first black player, face off in the first televised World Series.

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The Man Who Sought Eternity

A Tale of Gilgamesh, First of Heroes - 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Peter Clarke

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy

Gilgamesh, victorious king of ancient Uruk, is first and boldest of heroes. To curb his lust for Uruk's women the gods create a man of the wilds to challenge him. They embark together upon bizarre adventures but offend the gods who wreak a cruel revenge.

Gilgamesh, fearful of his own mortality, hears of a man who, guided by the gods, survived the great flood by building an ark and then was granted eternal life.

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The Man Who Sought Eternity

A Tale of Gilgamesh, First of Heroes - 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Peter Clarke

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy

Gilgamesh, victorious king of ancient Uruk, is first and boldest of heroes. To curb his lust for Uruk's women the gods create a man of the wilds to challenge him. They embark together upon bizarre adventures but offend the gods who wreak a cruel revenge.

Gilgamesh, fearful of his own mortality, hears of a man who, guided by the gods, survived the great flood by building an ark and then was granted eternal life.

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From a world of light and life he will enter the realms of hell.

Shadow of The Beast

A tale of Theseus the Athenian - 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Peter Clarke

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure

Theseus, raised in secret to avoid assassination, arrives in Athens to find his true father, King Aegeus. Here he learns of the tribute paid each year in youths and girls to the despotic King Minos, ruler of Knossos on Crete. What has been their fate?

Theseus insists he goes with them to discover the truth.

What he witnesses at the king’s palace is astonishing but beneath Knossos lies the grim labyrinth where lurks in darkness the horrific and bloody Minotaur with a craving for human flesh.

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From a world of light and life he will enter the realms of hell.

Shadow of The Beast

A tale of Theseus the Athenian - 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Peter Clarke

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure

Theseus, raised in secret to avoid assassination, arrives in Athens to find his true father, King Aegeus. Here he learns of the tribute paid each year in youths and girls to the despotic King Minos, ruler of Knossos on Crete. What has been their fate?

Theseus insists he goes with them to discover the truth.

What he witnesses at the king’s palace is astonishing but beneath Knossos lies the grim labyrinth where lurks in darkness the horrific and bloody Minotaur with a craving for human flesh.

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The war with Troy was over - let the ordeals begin!

Return of The Hero

2nd Edition

Jeffrey Peter Clarke

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Mainstream

Troy lay in burning ruins, her proud king Priam and his court slain. The Greek fleet under Agamemnon, king of great Mycenae, sailed for home burdened with loot, the prize of ten year’s hardship and siege before the city walls. A storm struck but its passing found the ships of his ally, Odysseus, king of Ithaca had vanished.

Ten years pass and Odysseus’ wife Penelope, beset by ruthless suitors intent upon seizing his kingdom, insists her husband will return. The suitors are closing in. Some plan to destroy Telemachus, Penelope’s son of twenty years.

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The war with Troy was over - let the ordeals begin!

Return of The Hero

2nd Edition

Jeffrey Peter Clarke

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Mainstream

Troy lay in burning ruins, her proud king Priam and his court slain. The Greek fleet under Agamemnon, king of great Mycenae, sailed for home burdened with loot, the prize of ten year’s hardship and siege before the city walls. A storm struck but its passing found the ships of his ally, Odysseus, king of Ithaca had vanished.

Ten years pass and Odysseus’ wife Penelope, beset by ruthless suitors intent upon seizing his kingdom, insists her husband will return. The suitors are closing in. Some plan to destroy Telemachus, Penelope’s son of twenty years.

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STRIKE!

John Klawitter

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Genres: Historical Fiction

It is 1922. An Italian veteran of WWI, Anthony Anselmo is assigned by his wealthy grandfather to award the widows of soldiers in his company who were killed in "The Great War To End All Wars". He arrives in Chicago Heights, and while delaying talking to the widow Rosa Gambriotti, accepts a job working at a local Steel mill. Anselmo is trying to forget his past; he is burdened by the guilt he feels for his actions in the war, and is further puzzled by the mysterious death of his own brother in that same war.

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STRIKE!

John Klawitter

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Genres: Historical Fiction

It is 1922. An Italian veteran of WWI, Anthony Anselmo is assigned by his wealthy grandfather to award the widows of soldiers in his company who were killed in "The Great War To End All Wars". He arrives in Chicago Heights, and while delaying talking to the widow Rosa Gambriotti, accepts a job working at a local Steel mill. Anselmo is trying to forget his past; he is burdened by the guilt he feels for his actions in the war, and is further puzzled by the mysterious death of his own brother in that same war.

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Life as a Cro-Magnon cave dweller revealed!

Before Time

Ky-e-leron

Dorothy Davies

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Genres: Channelled Works, Historical Fiction

Way back in time, Cro-magnon man and woman lived in caves as part of a Clan. The Clan was led by a shaman and daily life was harsh and a struggle.

Meet Ky. Her full name is Ky-e-leron, which means Ky, daughter of Leron. Ky has broken through from the distant past to the present day to relate her story of life. Whether or not you believe such a thing is possible, this is a fascinating and insightful book, covering various aspects of Clan life, and death, leadership and more, so much more.

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Life as a Cro-Magnon cave dweller revealed!

Before Time

Ky-e-leron

Dorothy Davies

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Genres: Channelled Works, Historical Fiction

Way back in time, Cro-magnon man and woman lived in caves as part of a Clan. The Clan was led by a shaman and daily life was harsh and a struggle.

Meet Ky. Her full name is Ky-e-leron, which means Ky, daughter of Leron. Ky has broken through from the distant past to the present day to relate her story of life. Whether or not you believe such a thing is possible, this is a fascinating and insightful book, covering various aspects of Clan life, and death, leadership and more, so much more.

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Decision at Antietam

Andrew J. Heller

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Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction

Could the South have won the Civil War? This question has been asked and answered affirmatively dozens of times. But how likely was it, in reality? Now Andrew J. Heller (Gray Tide in the East) explores this fascinating subject using the tool of counterfactual analysis, instead of uninformed opinion, to look for an answer in Decision at Antietam. As always, Heller rests his arguments on solid research of the historical records and the works of reputable historians, both scholarly and popular, to which he adds his own imaginative, yet authentic, eyewitness accounts.

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Decision at Antietam

Andrew J. Heller

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Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction

Could the South have won the Civil War? This question has been asked and answered affirmatively dozens of times. But how likely was it, in reality? Now Andrew J. Heller (Gray Tide in the East) explores this fascinating subject using the tool of counterfactual analysis, instead of uninformed opinion, to look for an answer in Decision at Antietam. As always, Heller rests his arguments on solid research of the historical records and the works of reputable historians, both scholarly and popular, to which he adds his own imaginative, yet authentic, eyewitness accounts.

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Good Was The Day

The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dorothy Davies

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Genres: Channelled Works, Historical Fiction

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a man who held the ultimate powerful position and who paid the ultimate price, is still regarded as a hero by some and the last gunslinger in the west by others. Countless books, countless conspiracy theories, none of them from the man himself until now.

Good Was The Day is JFK's account of his life, leaving out the politics and concentrating, as far as possible, on his feelings about every aspect of his life - and death.

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Good Was The Day

The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dorothy Davies

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Genres: Channelled Works, Historical Fiction

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a man who held the ultimate powerful position and who paid the ultimate price, is still regarded as a hero by some and the last gunslinger in the west by others. Countless books, countless conspiracy theories, none of them from the man himself until now.

Good Was The Day is JFK's account of his life, leaving out the politics and concentrating, as far as possible, on his feelings about every aspect of his life - and death.

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Kelly's Full House

Paddy Kelly

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Genres: Humour, Historical Fiction

They say everything comes in threes. Here’s three rib tickling tales featuring three characters in three very different time periods and situations.

Kelly’s Full House is a great short story collection that will lift your spirits and help get you through your day by dealing with some of the most taboo subjects – The Press, death and politics.

1. 127 Alden Road

It’s July 1st, 2017 in Provincetown Massachusetts, original landing place of the Pilgrims.

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Kelly's Full House

Paddy Kelly

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Genres: Humour, Historical Fiction

They say everything comes in threes. Here’s three rib tickling tales featuring three characters in three very different time periods and situations.

Kelly’s Full House is a great short story collection that will lift your spirits and help get you through your day by dealing with some of the most taboo subjects – The Press, death and politics.

1. 127 Alden Road

It’s July 1st, 2017 in Provincetown Massachusetts, original landing place of the Pilgrims.

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There's An App For That

Combined Edition

Paddy Kelly

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Humour

From the author of the political, historical novels Operation Underworld, The American Way and The Wolves of Calabria comes a tongue-in-cheek look, punctuated with serious overtones, at some of the main events of the past which have strained, shaped and directed the course of Western culture of the Sixties and Seventies.

This collection of short stories and essays takes a private and personal POV at various events which, although experienced by the author, have affected tens of thousands.

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There's An App For That

Combined Edition

Paddy Kelly

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Humour

From the author of the political, historical novels Operation Underworld, The American Way and The Wolves of Calabria comes a tongue-in-cheek look, punctuated with serious overtones, at some of the main events of the past which have strained, shaped and directed the course of Western culture of the Sixties and Seventies.

This collection of short stories and essays takes a private and personal POV at various events which, although experienced by the author, have affected tens of thousands.

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Gray Tide 2 (2nd Edition)

Tidal Effects

Andrew J. Heller

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Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction

Tidal Effects is the sequel to Gray Tide in the East, the popular alternate history of the First World War. In Gray Tide, the Germans cancel their planned invasion of Belgium in 1914, turning their armies eastward to crush Russia without interference from Great Britain or the United States. Tidal Effects picks up the story in 1923. In High Tide, the U.S. discovers that Germany is building a secret naval base on Martinique, which they acquired from France as part of the peace settlement in 1915. It is a clear challenge to U.S.

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Gray Tide 2 (2nd Edition)

Tidal Effects

Andrew J. Heller

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Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction

Tidal Effects is the sequel to Gray Tide in the East, the popular alternate history of the First World War. In Gray Tide, the Germans cancel their planned invasion of Belgium in 1914, turning their armies eastward to crush Russia without interference from Great Britain or the United States. Tidal Effects picks up the story in 1923. In High Tide, the U.S. discovers that Germany is building a secret naval base on Martinique, which they acquired from France as part of the peace settlement in 1915. It is a clear challenge to U.S.

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Gray Tide In The East (2nd Edition)

An alternate history of the First World War

Andrew J. Heller

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Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction

August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies East against Russia instead of West to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history.

Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war.

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Gray Tide In The East (2nd Edition)

An alternate history of the First World War

Andrew J. Heller

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Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction

August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies East against Russia instead of West to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history.

Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war.

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A what-if story

Dixieland

Edward Leech

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction

This is a “what if”, a work of fiction centred upon that conflict known as The American Civil War – a conflict that should be more correctly called The War of Secession. Using real people and real incidents it sets about rewriting history.

The story follows the efforts of the hero, James Neil Berkeley, a plantation owner from Virginia, who in the decade before the war sets about giving the Southern States a better chance to fight for their liberty, if they ever need to do so.

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A what-if story

Dixieland

Edward Leech

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction

This is a “what if”, a work of fiction centred upon that conflict known as The American Civil War – a conflict that should be more correctly called The War of Secession. Using real people and real incidents it sets about rewriting history.

The story follows the efforts of the hero, James Neil Berkeley, a plantation owner from Virginia, who in the decade before the war sets about giving the Southern States a better chance to fight for their liberty, if they ever need to do so.

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The evolution of Auschwitz

The Little Red House

The evolution of Auschwitz

David Kehoe

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Genres: Historical Fiction

In 1940 Jakub, a sixteen year old boy, flees to Poland escaping the war torn, newly established Slovakia and the disappointment he visited of his parents. Later, through mass arrests, he is sent to a small, insignificant labor camp called Auschwitz.

In his time as a prisoner Jakup witnesses the camp’s transformation from one of modest cruelty to the most evil place on earth. As the camp’s decline into depravity gradually escalates he comes to realize that the degradation which permeates Auschwitz mirrors his own decent into evil.

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The evolution of Auschwitz

The Little Red House

The evolution of Auschwitz

David Kehoe

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Genres: Historical Fiction

In 1940 Jakub, a sixteen year old boy, flees to Poland escaping the war torn, newly established Slovakia and the disappointment he visited of his parents. Later, through mass arrests, he is sent to a small, insignificant labor camp called Auschwitz.

In his time as a prisoner Jakup witnesses the camp’s transformation from one of modest cruelty to the most evil place on earth. As the camp’s decline into depravity gradually escalates he comes to realize that the degradation which permeates Auschwitz mirrors his own decent into evil.

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The Czarina of Florida

Tami Lynne

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Genres: Historical Fiction

Ida Alice Shourds knew all that glittered might not be gold. A former stage actress, she understood reality was all about perspective. She was determined to upset the stodgy point of view of society...at all costs. And with Henry Flagler’s vast wealth, the costs would be high. Exposing the tarnish behind the Gilded Age, “The Czarina of Florida” follows the tale of Henry Flagler and his incendiary life with his second wife, Alice.

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The Czarina of Florida

Tami Lynne

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Genres: Historical Fiction

Ida Alice Shourds knew all that glittered might not be gold. A former stage actress, she understood reality was all about perspective. She was determined to upset the stodgy point of view of society...at all costs. And with Henry Flagler’s vast wealth, the costs would be high. Exposing the tarnish behind the Gilded Age, “The Czarina of Florida” follows the tale of Henry Flagler and his incendiary life with his second wife, Alice.