Continuing Christopher Hind's story based on his Father Cliff's diary that was written before he was born. Chris was now 70 years of age. Looking back from what would be our future 2078, Chris had discovered that his Father had been protecting his family in an underground shelter during a terrorist war with the world. Now, suffering not only loss, abandonment and new members to watch over, they struggle to even feed themselves while endeavouring to survive. It is no picnic when trouble seems to run into them around every corner. With all odds against them, just who will survive "to the bitter end".

Finding a very old mysterious diary in his loft Christopher Hind, now 70 discovered it was written before he was born by his Father. In 2006 Cliff, Chris' Father, describes events of terrorism that became more widespread throughout the world, and nearer to home. He explains how his family stood up to their enemy with moral determination through trying times surviving in an underground shelter in the heart of Sussex, England. Chris has now published his Fathers diary having learnt a lot about his parents and of himself.

John had helped Cath through a testing time of disturbing dreams when she regressed to a distant past. Having gone through a grueling session of hypnosis with her, Cath's trauma had finally concluded but at John's expense. Placed deep in regression himself John had suffered a heart attack and had slipped into a coma. Now recovered, he and Cath were happily married, Cath continuing with her writing whilst John continued with his property developments. His latest project was a country cottage where he had traveled to view progress of alterations. Little did he know that this day was to progress in a way he could never have imagined. After an accident John's mind had taken him to a time years into the future as Jensen, an officer of the law. There's a mission he has to accomplish, which concerns the whole of humanity. Not only that, the outcome could also mean life or death to himself in the real world. Armed with determination and modern technology this controversial future has an unforeseen conclusion

Will Denning had driven his family to their Scottish farm retreat for a holiday. Although grumpy and tired, and driven mad by the kids, he had at last dropped them off at a chosen campsite to the lower edge of the valley. Will and his wife Harry were now looking forward to a long peaceful rest but they were unaware of some very serious looking armed men who had taken over the farm. It also appeared the farm Manager had been in on it. Everything suddenly went downhill when they were taken hostage and used to control the kids. However, although fearing for their parents safety, the kids were not about to be bullied into submission in such high stakes. Showing little regard or respect for these gunmen the kids formed their own plans of retaliation.

Cath is alone, her parents have passed on, she has no Brothers or Sisters, Aunts or Uncles and trying to hold on to a guy seems a little difficult. Cath has vivid dreams every time she goes to sleep where, for most of the time, she is fighting for her life, or beating up her latest fling without realising until she wakes to be called a lunatic. When she meets John, everything begins to change, he's handsome, rich, and very understanding. Where will this lead?

Crazy Rich Asians meets Bridget Jones's Diary in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one's thirties intact, and opening oneself up to love. At thirty-three, Andrea Tang is living the dream: She has a successful career as a lawyer, a posh condo, and a clutch of fun-loving friends who are always in the know about Singapore's hottest clubs. All she has to do is make law partner, and her life will be perfect. And if she's about to become the lone unmarried member of her generation in the Tang clan--a disappointment her meddling Chinese-Malaysian family won't let her forget--well, she doesn't need a man to complete her. Yet when a chance encounter with charming, wealthy entrepreneur Eric Deng offers her a glimpse of an exciting, limitless future, Andrea decides to give Mr. Right-for-her-family a chance. Too bad Suresh Aditparan, her office rival and the last man her family would approve of, keeps throwing a wrench in her plans. Now Andrea can't help but wonder: In the endless tug-of-war between pleasing others and pleasing herself, is there room for everyone to win?

Born cinched in the Bible Belt, I worked the land, loving God and family. I married my high school sweetheart in college. Time revealed him to be an alcoholic/addict. In love, I was desperate for his recovery. We met an intentional community having locations spanning the globe, their own government, a tall ship for trading overseas, organic farms, soap shops, biodiesel and solar energy. My husband joined. Alcohol and drugs were prohibited. I followed. I became ill. Touting sickness and death to be punishment for sin, their leaders proclaimed God smote me over insubordination to men. Years later I found proof God wasn’t to blame, involved possibly. Something supernatural had transpired when I survived. Keeping a journal, capturing details, crippled and bleeding internally, I left, sought medical attention, got divorced, emerged a single mother, and began my recovery. It wasn’t their intention, but I made it out alive! Never underestimate your power ... you just might unleash a Phoenix.

One woman. Two kids. The menopause, and a pandemic. On her fiftieth birthday in July 2019 a single mother starts a personal diary to record her feelings about the passing of youth and her experience of being middle-aged and menopausal. Her relationship with her parents is changing, weight gain is accelerating, and online dating is getting weirder, but when the coronavirus pandemic arrives, her existential worries about ill health and death suddenly become all too real. This revealing and engrossing diary describes how a modern woman copes with the dramas of everyday life with young twins during a historic year in global history. A true story.

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

My mom had multiple sclerosis, and it screwed up my whole family. This not just her story; it is my family’s story about how we all coped with my mom’s progressive condition in our own different ways. One was ashamed and fled—he was my father. One only came to help once a week—she was my grandmother. Several only came to visit once a year—they were my mom’s two closest friends, my aunt, my uncle, and my cousins. Two had to stay for the long, hard road that lay before them—that was my brother and me. I’ve kept a journal all my life. It wasn’t to keep track of my heartaches and childish thoughts. It was to give me a place to vent everything I was going through. I used some of my journal entries to write this book. I wanted others to know that not only did my brother and I survive the difficulties of our turbulent childhood because of this horrific disease that our mom had but we actually came out of it stronger, more well-adjusted people because of it. By sharing my story, I am simply letting others know that they are not alone.