| Recent titles published by Rossendale Books : |
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| A Poppy In My Buttonhole by Chris Green |
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‘A Poppy in My Buttonhole’ is a series of poems from Chris's time in The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars from 1971 to 1983 and, from 2005 onwards, his thoughts and letters while being a Poppy Collector plus some letters written to the Newark Advertiser. Chris Green is 55 and spends his time modelling a power chair and being slightly eccentric due to autism. He spent 12 years in the Army, ran a couple of sole trader businesses, worked for others and has been a carer for a terminally ill person. He was informed that he was unemployable in 1992 and has spent the intervening years more busily than when he worked. Chris does a lot of voluntary work in Newark and is primarily involved with the Newark Civic Society, Friends of Newark Cemetery, Journey Art Group and is Membership Secretary of Newark-on-Trent Royal British Legion Branch (in Nottinghamshire, England) and is a member of The Royal British Legion Nottinghamshire County Committee.
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ISBN 978-0-9557617-8-2. Published 2008. Pages 130. |
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| Star Seekers by Daniel Henderson |
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This is the story of the starship 'Imperial Explorer' and its intrepid crew. After the planet Earth is destroyed through intergalactic warfare, the crew of the 'Imperial Explorer' blast into outer space in search of a new home. On this exciting and epic journey they arrive at a planet which is suitable for human life, only to discover that it is inhabited by a race of hostile beings who have only recently conquered the planet and taken its original inhabitants prisoner.
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Published 2008. Pages 136. |
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| 'Watch Out: Bailiffs About!' by Roy Gardner |
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"The bailiff is being used increasingly, it seems at the drop of a hat, to collect outstanding debts, fines and now the community tax. They have become part of our everyday lives, with people having difficulty in getting immediate help because the law is so complex. I felt that a book with invaluable information used as a guide would be a help to anyone who has had a letter from debt collectors or is faced with a visit by the bailiffs."
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ISBN 978-0-9557617-9-9. Published 2008. Pages 74. |
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| 'The Testimony of Night' by Patrick Lewis Strachan |
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“The Testimony of Night is a long poem that confronts the nature of violence, from the horrors of war, to the heartache and terror of domestic abuse. Within these
pages you will read one of Ulster’s darkest chapters and learn of the poet’s childhood struggle, against terrifying odds, to keep his sanity and life, of how his brothers and sisters had been subjected to appalling abuse right under the nose of Ulster’s social services, an agency that refuses to investigate these horrific crimes. The Holocaust, 9/11, the Iraq war, the Bush administration, the Inquisition, the troubles on his own turf, the poet contemplates the dark side of human nature and asks: how is it that the most brilliant and compassionate species in Earth’s history is also the most brutal and destructive?"
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ISBN 978-1-906801-00-7. Published 2008. Pages 74. |
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| 'A Little Whisper' by Marinela Reka |
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“Poetry is a different type of music. Words and verses create pictures in our mind and stir our emotions. Marinela’s poetry does this brilliantly. She captures and expresses the moods, the emotions, the feelings and the situation of the young, as well as the young at heart, be it her reflection on a tree or 'Looking out my window' : or realising 'I don’t know who I am'. 'A Little Whisper' has a wide range of feelings and moods, be it the weather, the seasons or what possibly could lurk beneath our bed or the secret life of a pet! As a long time author of fiction, I do recommend this book of poetry to everyone of every age.” Dr Paul C Doherty, B.A.,D.Phil (Oxon) F.R.S.A
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ISBN 978-0-9557617-7-5. Published 2008. Pages 148. |
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| 'From Night's Dark Corner' by Emma Laffin |
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From Night’s Dark Corner is a play (in three parts) based upon the classic, award winning poem Lost by Patrick McManus, written in the aftermath of 9/11. The play sets before us an outrageous scenario, a scene where the fantastic takes place around an old eerie church on the Irish coast during a Christmas midnight mass. The play confronts a number of issues, such as chauvinism and tyranny, the importance of human rights, the reek of religious hypocrisy and bigotry, fundamentalism and downright dirty politics.
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ISBN 978-0-9557617-5-1. Published 2008. Pages 72. |
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| 'Poems for Paula' by Tom McGreevy |
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Tom's Poetry is Raw, Emotional, Funny, and at times sad enough to bring out the tissues. He always tells it 'like it is', and it is always from the heart. Tom has this gift of writing from 'Other people's shoes', as well as his own. His life in The Military has inspired many of the Soldier/War poems, and his fight against Cancer reflects the sadness and trauma of this terrible illness. Tom's poetry has already inspired a large following Worldwide and there is something inside this book for everyone.
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ISBN 978-0-9557617-4-4. Published 2008. Pages 94. |
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| 'An Oppressor Has No Colour' by Ramesh Bucktawar |
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Julienne’s erstwhile peaceful life in Ile de France, a slave dominated island in the Indian Ocean, is disturbed by the advent of an oppressor. Politics and religion influence her life in the urban decadent society. She pays a price for
refusing to host a soldier. Destiny is too cruel with her. The white lady opted for a sylvan life among maroons then as a refugee in a coastal village to escape from oppression. Whites and slaves suffer equally in the remote island deprived of food, following the French Revolution. France, concerned with its own survival, neglected the colonised. Every era has its own woes...
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ISBN 978-0-95576-176-8. Published 2008. Pages 182. |
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| 'A Blooming Miracle' by Ann Lambert |
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Here are twelve short stories, set in the past, present and future:
Morgan, in the 19th century,taking part in pagan festivities, with dire results. Will modern-day Amy ever get her house in order,
and Joe find happiness in the 25th century? Join the sad, mad but never boring characters between the covers of this book. |
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ISBN 978-0-95576-173-7. Published 2008. Pages 118. |
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| 'Muddy Sunday' by Craig Cowell |
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Brothers Craig and John Cowell and friend Tony Dugdale have a passion for football. Watching Burnley Football Club and England is an outlet for that passion but it is not enough. In 1990 they decide to form their own football club - 'Burnley Dynamos'. This is the true story of their first traumatic year in the local Sunday League. Told in remarkable detail by the author, it charts the ups and downs of the team, both on and off the pitch and records the mixed emotions of the players as the fortunes of their club ebb and flow. If you've ever wondered why young men play football on a muddy pitch on a dreary Sunday morning, or you just love the beautiful game, read on... |
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ISBN 978-0-95576-170-6. Published 2007. Pages 334. Lots of photographs, tables and diagrams. |
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| 'The Hatstand' by Michael Walsh |
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Berlin 1919, a civil war is raging between communists and nationalists. In the midst of this turmoil and violence a newborn baby is abandoned on the doorsteps of a convent. This is the story of that foundling, and of her quest to find an identity, a search which takes the child, the girl and the woman through a Germany of upheaval, fascism and war. It is a world in which belonging to the 'right' racial group can become a matter of life and death. In a life full of danger and adventure, Margareta moves in National Socialist and Communist circles, ever alive to the swirling currents of events in The Third Reich and yet swept along in spite of herself through marriage, lovers and friendships to imprisonment by the Gestapo. |
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ISBN 978-0-95576-171-3. Published 2007. Pages 390. |
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| 'The Golden Gnome' by Leslie Wilkie |
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A land ownership dispute and the finding of a hidden safe lead to Jennifer Beddows employing a private detective, Terry Jagger, to help investigate her grandfathers' background. Together the pair uncover the secret of what lay beneath the waters of a mysterious tropical atoll and of the murders that led to its discovery. |
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ISBN 978-0-95576-172-0. Published 2007. Pages 182. |
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| Forthcoming titles : |
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| 'The Journey to Irwell Springs' by Peter Goggins |
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The true story of a happy childhood spent roaming the moors, valleys and waterways of Bacup in Lancashire during the 1950's. And of the return to those haunts in later years, a wiser and older man who still thrills at the many displays which nature puts on for us all, if only we will look. |
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ISBN .... To be published: 2008. Pages 76. Colour or B&W. 22 Original drawings, sketches and photographs. |
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