New GoldStar paperback published May 2010

Long Road Back by Ellie Bowdery (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497607-7

  Real Life

Content: No Restrictions

If you read Ellie's first book - Algarve Shorts - you will know that the dream of her and her husband to make a new life in Portugal ended on a sad note. They had bought a carpentry business and settled in Algarve where they were deliriously happy until disaster struck. The economic recession which had been their main reason for leaving the UK spread to Europe and eventually hit Portugal. Their business suffered and they had only one choice left to them. They had to return to England.

But their love of Algarve never left them. It remained in their blood and sooner or later they knew they would have to go back. When things got a little better, this is exactly what they did. They packed their belongings and set off in their camper van.

Long Road Back tells the story of their second attempt to make a new life for themselves in Portugal.

Will they succeed this time? You can find out by buying the new book.

 

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New GoldStar paperback published April 2010

Title/Author:

Education Glorious Salvation by John Taylor (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497606-9

Autobiography

Content: No Restrictions

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GoldStar paperback published June 2008

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The Path to Martyrdom by John Taylor (UK)

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ISBN: 190497605-0

History

Content: No Restrictions

The Path to Martyrdom is a story about the short life of Anne Askewe, one of the last heretics to be burned at the stake during the reign of King Henry VIII.

Although her story has been told before this is not just another history book. John Taylor, a retired headmaster, has portrayed Anne’s life in such a way that the reader is totally involved with her conflicts and courage, her beliefs and her relationships. This is Tudor history played in real time - a living history

Anne Askewe was born into a family of wealthy Lincolnshire landowners in 1520. Her father, Sir William Ayscough, was a knight at the court of King Henry and was largely too preoccupied with royal duties to have great personal influence on his daughter’s upbringing. Hence she was never particularly close to him. Under Tudor conventions, women were little more than chattels and, so long as they followed the preachings of the Roman Catholic Church, they were raised for the sole purpose of marrying, having children, looking after their homes and serving their husbands with due humility. As Anne matured into a young lady, she formed her own opinions about life and she rejected the Catholic belief of transubstantiation. This was her downfall and she later paid the ultimate penalty.

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GoldStar paperback published March 2006

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The Great Helmsman by Augustine Nash (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497604-2

  Fiction

Content: No Restrictions

This fictional novel, set in China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tells the story of the peasants' uprising against their tyrannical imperial rulers and the rich landowners who make their lives so intolerable.

Sun-sei, the fourth child of poor farmers in Shaoshan Chung, befriends another boy in his village whose parents are much richer than his own. But there is another major difference: while Sun-sei accepts his lot, Mao Tse-tung nurtures a dream that China will one day belong to the people.

The friends drift apart as Mao takes advantage of educational opportunities that are denied to Sun-sei but they meet again years later when Sun-sei finally forsakes his unhappy life to join the Long March - the march that will ultimately determine China's destiny.

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GoldStar paperback published August 2005

Algarve Shorts by Ellie Bowdery (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497603-4

  Real Life

Content: No Restrictions

This book tells the story of a couple's dream to make a new life for themselves in Portugal.
They bought a carpentry business and settled in Algarve where they were deliriously happy until disaster struck. The economic recession which had been their main reason for leaving the UK spread to Europe and eventually hit Portugal. Their business suffered and they had only one choice left to them. They had to return to England.
 

Portuguese customers can purchase this book at
The Magna Carta Bookshop, Urb. Quinta da Praia, Lote 4, 8500 Alvor

 

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GoldStar Premium Edition Paperback

Jacob's Journey by Julie Ann Hathway (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497602-6

 Fantasy

Content: No Restrictions

The old manor house at Maebury has lain empty for almost half a century, its secrets hidden from the world. Within the ruins, the library, largely undisturbed by the passage of time, holds the key to exciting adventures across time and spatial borders; secrets that can only be unlocked if the house is once again inhabited by a family with a young child who has the courage and determination to take up the challenge.

Until then, Percy, the elderly gardener who knows all the manor’s secrets, waits patiently, hoping that someone will inherit his powers before he dies.

Then a prospective buyer arrives with his wife and their son - a twelve-year-old called Jacob. Will he be the boy who can fulfil old Percy’s hopes?

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Soon to be published in paperback
epBook - an eBook you can print

The Retribution Conspiracy by Mike Carver (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: N/A

  Crime Thriller

Content: Adults only

A family are totally devastated when their pretty teenage daughter, Rebecca, is murdered on her way home from school. Her killer is quickly apprehended but the police have a weak case as they cannot find the murder weapon or the killer’s accomplices. And then things get worse. The trial is hampered by the unexpected death of the only witness, the jury is nobbled, and there is interference from corrupt freemasons who are members of the same lodge as the killer’s father. As a result, the accused youth walks free, even though his guilt was never in doubt.

The murdered girl’s father, Tony Stewart, cannot come to terms with the fact that the British legal system has failed him so badly and he has only one thought on his mind - retribution! He knows the murderer cannot be tried again for the same crime so there is only one possible solution. He must wait for the perfect opportunity and then take his revenge. He is determined that Terry Bodycombe must pay the full penalty for his crime and yet he knows that, if he is caught, the same legal system that denied justice for his daughter may not look favourably upon his own actions. But there are others who also aim to rectifying deficiencies in the legal system and Tony is caught up in their conspiracy. Vengeance can be his after all ... but the cost may be greater than he imagined.

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The far-reaching consequences of this tragedy also have long-term effects on the lives and relationships of many of the main characters. They are all involved by circumstances surrounding the murder and they react in different ways. Some are forced apart as passions subside; others are drawn together as torrid desires take over their minds and bodies. In a way, they are all indirect victims of the killer.

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GoldStar Paperback

The Survivor's Guide to the Ringer by Rowland McKenzie (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497601-8

  Adult Fiction

Content: Adults only

James Hastings was just like any other young man starting his adult life; decent job, fanatical interest in rugby, plenty of good pals, lots of booze and a keen eye for the girls - many and often. Then he met Anne and his life started changing. A strong relationship developed. It could even have been a lasting relationship but for the other players who came as part of the deal - Anne's parents, Dora and Bert.

Their influence on Anne never diminished. They ran her life as though she was still living at home and they continually interfered; an act that eventually broke up the relationship because neither James nor Anne were the free agents they wanted to be. When the end came, they each went their separate ways with a newly-developed black side that would obviously have a detrimental effect on later relationships.

And it did.

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Searching for the Promised Land by Magnus Granath (UK)

GoldStar

ISBN: 190497600-X

  Political History

Content: Adults and mature students

Have you ever wondered why Nike and Sony rule the world? Do you actually know why you don't want to sit on the pavement with the people who sell the Big Issue? Did you ever consider that poetry might save your life or wonder what happened to the Kibbo Kift Kindred? Were you ever tempted to think there might indeed be hobgoblins in the woods? Did you think you could admire William Morris wallpaper without being a socialist?

Probably not, but such questions have a bearing on all our lives and this book provides the answers.

"Searching for the Promised Land" is not just a story about a town in South Essex, it is also a state of mind; a sense of knowing where we have come from, where we are going to, and the journey we have undertaken.

The story analyses London's working class diaspora and the death of the autodidactic tradition. It exposes the secret admirers of Enoch Powell and offers cycling as an anarchist statement compared to boxing as a morally improving activity.

The whole book is interlaced with a whimsical regard for poetry and a wealth of good stories told in the author's quirky manner. Above all, it shows a reckless disregard for both propriety and good sense.

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