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Body Trapped by Shirley Elmokadem.
For ages 11+ available as an E-book on Amazon.

After a car accident twelve year old Lee wakes up in hospital in fifteen year old Gary's body. Gary is now in Lee's body and is critically ill.
Lee is at once thrust into Gary's world of gangs and drugs. He has a new family and a well fit girlfriend called Rosie. Can Lee convince them who he really is? And can he get his body back before Gary dies?
This is a gripping tale of love, hatred, revenge and disloyalty.
A fantasy paranormal adventure for teens and adults.

A Taste of Egyptian Cookery by Shirley Elmokadem.
An E-book available on Amazon and Smashwords

In this book you will find instructions on how to make some delicious Egyptian recipes like Koshari, (ideal for vegetarians), Kofta and Bamya. These dishes are served every week in our house, as my husband is Egyptian. Friends and family have often asked for the recipes and that is how this book came about.
If you haven't tried Egyptian food you don't know what you are missing.
Cooking doesn't get tastier than this!

Shirley has written several books for children and young adults. She also writes poetry and has had poems published in anthologies and magazines.
www.shirley-elmokadem.co.uk

Body Trapped

A Taste of Egyptian Cookery

The Nameless World by Heather Payer-Smith

Published June 16, 2011

While trying to escape the persistent class bully, Noah discovers several mysterious, metallic puzzle pieces lying on the ground. Beside them are the glasses of his missing science teacher and mentor, Mr. Porter. As Noah fits the pieces together he disappears through a portal into a mystifying world filled with creatures and adventures beyond all imagination.

His first instinct is to find a way back home, but Noah suspects there may be a link between this strange world and Mr. Porter’s disappearance. Throughout his search for Mr. Porter and his journey to find a way back home, Noah learns the nameless world is in trouble and finds himself a pivotal player in the struggle to save it.

The Nameless World offers children more than just an exciting story. Author, Heather Payer-Smith shares, "I really believe in the messages the book contains regarding two important issues kids face today- bullying and environmental awareness. Both topics presented in the book are subjects in which kids need to gain insight and understanding to make better decisions regarding their own actions and choices. While The Nameless World is very much about Noah's adventures, the story is presented in a way that kids can learn a little about themselves and the world around them while reading."

For more information about the book, please visit www.thenamelessworld.com.

To purchase a copy, visit https://www.createspace.com/3600284

The Nameless World is available to purchase through www.amazon.com

List Price: $9.95

Kindle Edition: $4.99

5.5” x 8.5” (13.97 x 21.59 cm)

Black & White on White paper

224 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1461112655

ISBN-10: 1461112656

BISAC: Juvenile Fiction / General

The Nameless World

Pen of Iniquity, by Deno Sandz.

In 1998, Derrick Samuel pleaded innocent to an armed robbery of a convenience store, but was found guilty and incarcerated.

Four years earlier, miscreant Daniel Gordon, serving a ten-year sentence for murder at the Northville Prison, was brutally tortured and murdered by the warden, his guards, and six inmates because of his involvement with the outside world regarding the murders being committed by guards and inmates ordered by Warden Verdana. Daniel also complained about the improper living conditions, drug trafficking, and inhumane working conditions.

That evening four years ago, before the prison closed down due to funding, the guards forcefully pulled Daniel out of his cell and dragged down to a decaying boiler room. Inside the room awaited the six inmates and the warden. They beat him, chained him to an open steam pipe, and turned it on.

After a few minutes they took him down from the steam pipe thinking he was dead. Suddenly, Daniel spoke, “I shall remember you.” Then, into the furnace they placed him…burning him alive.

It is now the year 2002 and a Pen of Iniquity is about to be opened.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Deno Sandz, a husband and father of six, was born in Alabama and raised in Chicago. He is the prolific author of two supernatural/horror novels titled Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare and I AM.

Deno Sandz
Pen of Iniquity
ISBN: 1-60813-073-8

Pen of Iniquity

In Times Of Violence, by Katrina Kantas

Fast, action packed, hard-edged drama about heavy metal loving bikers.

The main character Jade, (P.O.V) tells the story.

She’d lived an unhappy childhood, kept away from the real world, forced to live with a cruel, unloving, alcoholic mother. Even her father didn’t want her.

After her miserable eighteenth birthday, she decides to spend the summer with her aunt in London.

Jade had never experienced what you and I take for granted and is yet to awaken her rebellious nature.

While in London, she encounters a biker’s gang called the Tyrants, and falls in love with the notion of becoming one of them, and also falls for the leader, Marcus.

Jade experiences a totally different life, one where she’s happy and feels as though she finally has a family. For the first time in her life she receives respect and love.

Only after a disturbing awakening, she is forced to defend herself, her name, and her title.

Jade is yet to discover the price she has to pay to live In Times Of Violence.

An emotional novel about choices, mistakes and having to grow up fast.

Available now http://www.lulu.com/karina-kantas

http://karinakantas.depletedsoul.com

ISBN 1-4116-3371-7

How NOT to make it in the Pop World, by John Barrow;

ISBN 1-4120-1413-1

johnbarrow@lineone.net

http://www.trafford.com/robots/03-1791.html

John Barrow is one of the journeymen of pop music. In a playing career that spans more than twenty years he has played and recorded with world name artists and producers that include:

BOY GEORGE / CULTURE CLUB / THE FUN BOY THREE / IGGY POP / MUSICAL YOUTH / THE SWINGING LAURELS / / THE CLASH / RHODA DAKAR (THE SPECIALS) / CRAZYHEAD / THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

Dreams, by Marie Seymour

A compelling novel of fame, addiction, love and soulmates which takes the reader on an unexpected and deeply absorbing journey.

It's the 1980s and Nicola James has always wanted to be a famous pop star. But when her dream comes true, the pressures of the music industry combined with emotional baggage from her childhood turn it into more of a nightmare than a fairytale.

Nicola soon finds herself on a journey in which she must find a way to conquer her troubled past and decide who and what she loves most.

www.writewords.org.uk/marie_seymour/

Creative Novel Writing, by Roselle Angwin
(Robert Hale, hardback and paperback).
This one's very much a hands-on guide, based on an annual course I've been running for 8 years now. The course has been featured in The Guardian, and one of my other courses (I run the Fire in the Head creative and reflective writing programme) in The Sunday Times.
http://www.roselle-angwin.co.uk

Synopsis
There are two sorts of writers: the dabbler, and the compulsive. If you belong to the second category, and if you know that you have a novel inside you itching to be freed, then this is the book for you. Good creative writing, Roselle Angwin believes, is the product of an alchemical encounter between creative imagination, the form or vehicle it takes, and 'factor x'. This book is unique amongst 'how-to' books in that it addresses not only style and structure, but also the core - the imagination, and the creation of the conditions in which 'factor x' may occur. The book is also thoroughly practical; its basis is course material tried and tested in Roselle's highly successful 'A Novel in Two Terms' course. Through section headings such as 'hunting and gathering', 'pain and passion', 'memories, dreams, reflections' and 'where do ideas come from?' as well as 'viewpoint', plot', 'character', and 'dialogue', this book will tempt, guide, seduce and bully you into finding your own imaginative voice for the story you want to tell. Here indeed is a novel-writing book which truly covers new ground.

More books by Roselle Angwin...

Do Not Adjust Your Set - The Early Days of Live Television,
by Kate Dunn

Do Not Adjust Your Set - The Early Days of Live Television, issued by John Murray last month [July].

Synopsis
In the early days of television, everything was live, even the "repeats". Actors and actresses had to think on their feet, running from set to set, often while changing costume and making cuts to their scripts at the same time. In this book, stars such as Dame Eileen Atkins, Wendy Craig and Sir Nigel Hawthorne recall the frenetic conditions in which classics such as "Dixon of Dock Green" and "Z Cars" were made, and the extraordinary hazards they had to deal with - scenery collapsed, actors went missing, and even died.

The Times has described it as 'hilarious', the Sunday Times says it is 'packed with gripping anecdotes' and the Independent says, ”Kate Dunn has compiled a valuable and necessary work of oral history in a scandalously under-researched field. She has mapped out a world of television that has been comprehensively lost. Live television maybe gone but this entertaining history ensures it won’t be forgotten.”

More information can be found on Kate's website www.katedunn.co.uk

Miss Mary Weather A Southern Nightmare, by Deon C. Sanders
This novel is definitely the Horror Novel of the Century.
As a freshman horror author in the publishing world. The New Face of Horror, Deon C. Sanders, a father of six, is on his way to writing numerous bestselling horror novels, inspiring poems, and feature film screenplays. However, his passion is horror writing. His first horror novel "Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare" has been a success in the minds of horror readers and has been well received in Chicago and in other major city bookstores. Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare ISBN# 158851837X" is also available in book stores now and Amazon.co.uk, and other online bookstores around the world. His next completed horror novel is titled "I, AM"-- In the midst of good, there's evil, In the midst of evil, there's "I, AM"

Synopsis
MISS MARY WEATHER: A SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE takes place in a rural black community in the deep South, where there is a myth of a woman who is the most terrifying female creature ever unleashed in this world. The evil's origination to this world starts when Miss Mary Weather goes insane after giving birth to her deformed child. She commits suicide on her front porch by slashing her wrists under the moonlight. As she journeys to hell, an evil spirit inhabits her soul. Thinking these stories are merely folk tales, the protagonist, Will first encounters the evil woman at the age of nine. A battle between good and evil ensues as he utilizes all of his wits and intelligence through his childhood, young adulthood, college, and finally adulthood. When he battles the immortal Miss Mary Weather in reality and wins, he continues his life. The feeling of her evil spirit being around descends and disappears as the years roll on, until Will's son has a dream that predicts that Miss Mary Weather has not been destroyed.

SILVER CREEK, by A. H. Holt
is an old fashioned western. It has a little mystery, a little romance, lots of action and a handsome cowboy.
ISBN# 0-8034-9600-1 available from your favourite bookseller.
Amanda Killgore, reviewer, says "This wholesome and spirited read is hopefully the start of a promising career for a talented writer. Her settings are realistic and the action non stop. The writing is both original and pays homage to classic devices.
http://www.ahholt.com

*Please Note: Prices listed for guide only, please use the link provided for latest information. If you discover a discrepancy please let me know.

Body Trapped by Shirley Elmokadem. For ages 11+ available as an E-book on Amazon. After a car accident twelve year old Lee wakes up in hospital in fifteen year old Gary's body. Gary is now in Lee's body and is critically ill. Lee is at once thrust into Gary's world of gangs and drugs. He has a new family and a well fit girlfriend called Rosie. Can Lee convince them who he really is? And can he get his body back before Gary dies? This is a gripping tale of love, hatred, revenge and disloyalty. A fantasy paranormal adventure for teens and adults. A Taste of Egyptian Cookery by Shirley Elmokadem. An E-book available on Amazon and Smashwords In this book you will find instructions on how to make some delicious Egyptian recipes like Koshari, (ideal for vegetarians), Kofta and Bamya. These dishes are served every week in our house, as my husband is Egyptian. Friends and family have often asked for the recipes and that is how this book came about. If you haven't tried Egyptian food you don't know what you are missing. Cooking doesn't get tastier than this! Shirley has written several books for children and young adults. She also writes poetry and has had poems published in anthologies and magazines. www.shirley-elmokadem.co.uk		Body Trapped A Taste of Egyptian Cookery
The Nameless World by Heather Payer-Smith Published June 16, 2011 While trying to escape the persistent class bully, Noah discovers several mysterious, metallic puzzle pieces lying on the ground. Beside them are the glasses of his missing science teacher and mentor, Mr. Porter. As Noah fits the pieces together he disappears through a portal into a mystifying world filled with creatures and adventures beyond all imagination. His first instinct is to find a way back home, but Noah suspects there may be a link between this strange world and Mr. Porter’s disappearance. Throughout his search for Mr. Porter and his journey to find a way back home, Noah learns the nameless world is in trouble and finds himself a pivotal player in the struggle to save it. The Nameless World offers children more than just an exciting story. Author, Heather Payer-Smith shares, "I really believe in the messages the book contains regarding two important issues kids face today- bullying and environmental awareness. Both topics presented in the book are subjects in which kids need to gain insight and understanding to make better decisions regarding their own actions and choices. While The Nameless World is very much about Noah's adventures, the story is presented in a way that kids can learn a little about themselves and the world around them while reading." For more information about the book, please visit www.thenamelessworld.com. To purchase a copy, visit https://www.createspace.com/3600284 The Nameless World is available to purchase through www.amazon.com List Price: $9.95 Kindle Edition: $4.99 5.5” x 8.5” (13.97 x 21.59 cm) Black & White on White paper 224 pages ISBN-13: 978-1461112655 ISBN-10: 1461112656 BISAC: Juvenile Fiction / General		The Nameless World
Pen of Iniquity, by Deno Sandz. In 1998, Derrick Samuel pleaded innocent to an armed robbery of a convenience store, but was found guilty and incarcerated. Four years earlier, miscreant Daniel Gordon, serving a ten-year sentence for murder at the Northville Prison, was brutally tortured and murdered by the warden, his guards, and six inmates because of his involvement with the outside world regarding the murders being committed by guards and inmates ordered by Warden Verdana. Daniel also complained about the improper living conditions, drug trafficking, and inhumane working conditions. That evening four years ago, before the prison closed down due to funding, the guards forcefully pulled Daniel out of his cell and dragged down to a decaying boiler room. Inside the room awaited the six inmates and the warden. They beat him, chained him to an open steam pipe, and turned it on. After a few minutes they took him down from the steam pipe thinking he was dead. Suddenly, Daniel spoke, “I shall remember you.” Then, into the furnace they placed him…burning him alive. It is now the year 2002 and a Pen of Iniquity is about to be opened. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Deno Sandz, a husband and father of six, was born in Alabama and raised in Chicago. He is the prolific author of two supernatural/horror novels titled Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare and I AM. Deno Sandz Pen of Iniquity ISBN: 1-60813-073-8		Pen of Iniquity
In Times Of Violence, by Katrina Kantas Fast, action packed, hard-edged drama about heavy metal loving bikers. The main character Jade, (P.O.V) tells the story. She’d lived an unhappy childhood, kept away from the real world, forced to live with a cruel, unloving, alcoholic mother. Even her father didn’t want her. After her miserable eighteenth birthday, she decides to spend the summer with her aunt in London. Jade had never experienced what you and I take for granted and is yet to awaken her rebellious nature. While in London, she encounters a biker’s gang called the Tyrants, and falls in love with the notion of becoming one of them, and also falls for the leader, Marcus. Jade experiences a totally different life, one where she’s happy and feels as though she finally has a family. For the first time in her life she receives respect and love. Only after a disturbing awakening, she is forced to defend herself, her name, and her title. Jade is yet to discover the price she has to pay to live In Times Of Violence. An emotional novel about choices, mistakes and having to grow up fast. Available now http://www.lulu.com/karina-kantas http://karinakantas.depletedsoul.com		ISBN 1-4116-3371-7
How NOT to make it in the Pop World, by John Barrow; ISBN 1-4120-1413-1 johnbarrow@lineone.net http://www.trafford.com/robots/03-1791.html John Barrow is one of the journeymen of pop music. In a playing career that spans more than twenty years he has played and recorded with world name artists and producers that include: BOY GEORGE / CULTURE CLUB / THE FUN BOY THREE / IGGY POP / MUSICAL YOUTH / THE SWINGING LAURELS / / THE CLASH / RHODA DAKAR (THE SPECIALS) / CRAZYHEAD / THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
Dreams, by Marie Seymour A compelling novel of fame, addiction, love and soulmates which takes the reader on an unexpected and deeply absorbing journey. It's the 1980s and Nicola James has always wanted to be a famous pop star. But when her dream comes true, the pressures of the music industry combined with emotional baggage from her childhood turn it into more of a nightmare than a fairytale. Nicola soon finds herself on a journey in which she must find a way to conquer her troubled past and decide who and what she loves most. www.writewords.org.uk/marie_seymour/
Creative Novel Writing, by Roselle Angwin (Robert Hale, hardback and paperback). This one's very much a hands-on guide, based on an annual course I've been running for 8 years now. The course has been featured in The Guardian, and one of my other courses (I run the Fire in the Head creative and reflective writing programme) in The Sunday Times. http://www.roselle-angwin.co.uk Synopsis There are two sorts of writers: the dabbler, and the compulsive. If you belong to the second category, and if you know that you have a novel inside you itching to be freed, then this is the book for you. Good creative writing, Roselle Angwin believes, is the product of an alchemical encounter between creative imagination, the form or vehicle it takes, and 'factor x'. This book is unique amongst 'how-to' books in that it addresses not only style and structure, but also the core - the imagination, and the creation of the conditions in which 'factor x' may occur. The book is also thoroughly practical; its basis is course material tried and tested in Roselle's highly successful 'A Novel in Two Terms' course. Through section headings such as 'hunting and gathering', 'pain and passion', 'memories, dreams, reflections' and 'where do ideas come from?' as well as 'viewpoint', plot', 'character', and 'dialogue', this book will tempt, guide, seduce and bully you into finding your own imaginative voice for the story you want to tell. Here indeed is a novel-writing book which truly covers new ground. More books by Roselle Angwin...
Do Not Adjust Your Set - The Early Days of Live Television, by Kate Dunn Do Not Adjust Your Set - The Early Days of Live Television, issued by John Murray last month [July]. Synopsis In the early days of television, everything was live, even the "repeats". Actors and actresses had to think on their feet, running from set to set, often while changing costume and making cuts to their scripts at the same time. In this book, stars such as Dame Eileen Atkins, Wendy Craig and Sir Nigel Hawthorne recall the frenetic conditions in which classics such as "Dixon of Dock Green" and "Z Cars" were made, and the extraordinary hazards they had to deal with - scenery collapsed, actors went missing, and even died. The Times has described it as 'hilarious', the Sunday Times says it is 'packed with gripping anecdotes' and the Independent says, ”Kate Dunn has compiled a valuable and necessary work of oral history in a scandalously under-researched field. She has mapped out a world of television that has been comprehensively lost. Live television maybe gone but this entertaining history ensures it won’t be forgotten.” More information can be found on Kate's website www.katedunn.co.uk
Miss Mary Weather A Southern Nightmare, by Deon C. Sanders This novel is definitely the Horror Novel of the Century. As a freshman horror author in the publishing world. The New Face of Horror, Deon C. Sanders, a father of six, is on his way to writing numerous bestselling horror novels, inspiring poems, and feature film screenplays. However, his passion is horror writing. His first horror novel "Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare" has been a success in the minds of horror readers and has been well received in Chicago and in other major city bookstores. Miss Mary Weather: A Southern Nightmare ISBN# 158851837X" is also available in book stores now and Amazon.co.uk, and other online bookstores around the world. His next completed horror novel is titled "I, AM"-- In the midst of good, there's evil, In the midst of evil, there's "I, AM" Synopsis MISS MARY WEATHER: A SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE takes place in a rural black community in the deep South, where there is a myth of a woman who is the most terrifying female creature ever unleashed in this world. The evil's origination to this world starts when Miss Mary Weather goes insane after giving birth to her deformed child. She commits suicide on her front porch by slashing her wrists under the moonlight. As she journeys to hell, an evil spirit inhabits her soul. Thinking these stories are merely folk tales, the protagonist, Will first encounters the evil woman at the age of nine. A battle between good and evil ensues as he utilizes all of his wits and intelligence through his childhood, young adulthood, college, and finally adulthood. When he battles the immortal Miss Mary Weather in reality and wins, he continues his life. The feeling of her evil spirit being around descends and disappears as the years roll on, until Will's son has a dream that predicts that Miss Mary Weather has not been destroyed.
SILVER CREEK, by A. H. Holt is an old fashioned western. It has a little mystery, a little romance, lots of action and a handsome cowboy. ISBN# 0-8034-9600-1 available from your favourite bookseller. Amanda Killgore, reviewer, says "This wholesome and spirited read is hopefully the start of a promising career for a talented writer. Her settings are realistic and the action non stop. The writing is both original and pays homage to classic devices. http://www.ahholt.com

Calling all authors. Showcase your book here.

Regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, hardback, paperback, or e-book. Your book is special to you, you've put the effort into it, use this space to tell your fellow writers about it.