Michael: 5258 books

For many gardeners, trying to establish a garden on clay soil is a difficult and costly exercise. Many plants which do well in other conditions die or fail to thrive when confronted with heavy clay. This informative guide to gardening on clay soils will help save you time and money. It provides specific...

What Would It Mean To You To Have An Obedient, Well-Behaved Dog? Your canine friend deserves the best. Why not make sure you give him/her the best possible life through the incredible gift of proper training and discipline. Imagine how proud you will feel when guests arrive at your house and...

A gently humorous story of a family's search for their dream home in the South of France.

In 2004 I compiled a book entitled “I Remember It Well”, comprised of letters home, travel essays and extracts from my diaries covering a twenty month period, following the completion of my university studies, from 1965-1967, during which time I hitchhiked, youth-hosteled and worked my way throughout...

Among the great cities of the world, London’s inimitable character is striking. Unconstrained by a house style and strict planning, it has thrived, with each generation adding new chapters and details to its gripping story. The streets of London have always shown a tumult of different influences, just...

In the first book of the In Her Name: The Last War trilogy, the Terran survey ship Aurora makes a startling discovery in an uncharted star system: two planets inhabited by an advanced, and decidedly unfriendly, non-human civilization. Disabled by gigantic alien warships before it can escape, the Aurora...

A year has passed since the Sutter Buttes incident. Jack Dawson and Naomi Perrault, having failed to find the elusive bag of lethal New Horizons seed, are fired and the secret agency established under President Curtis to study the harvesters is shut down.As the harsh controls on biotechnology...

Humanity has rejected the idea of pulling back from the stars. We will go for a win in the war with the Broa. With the odds a million to one against, those who must turn patriotic speeches into hard-won victory have their work cut out for them. Mark and Lisa Rykand soon discover they are in a race. The winner will decide the future of the human species… or, indeed, whether it has one.

The expedition to the Crab Nebula has returned and the news is not good. A million star systems have fallen under Broan domination. Do we submit meekly or fight and risk extermination? Do we hide and pray the Broa remain ignorant of humanity’s existence for a little while longer? Are the hairless apes of Sol III finally faced with a problem that has no acceptable solution?

In 2345, humanity has gained a toehold among the stars when a starship encounters two hostile alien spacecraft. The aliens come from a million-star empire whose rulers allow no competitors. What to do? Do we hide and pray the aliens overlook Earth for a few more generations, or do we take a more aggressive approach? Whatever we do, it must be done quickly! Time is running out.

The Makers searched for the secret to faster-than-light travel for 100,000 years. Their chosen instruments were the Life Probes, which they launched in every direction to seek out advanced civilizations among the stars. One such machine searching for intelligent life encounters 21st century Earth. It isn’t sure that it has found any...

MEMORIES ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUG Jonah Everitt is a killer, a DRMR addict, and a memory thief. After being hired to kill a ranking officer of the Pacific Rim Coalition and download his memories, Everitt finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a terror cell, a rogue military squadron,...

The rebellion of several nobles is afoot, and the king is preparing to use his son Prince Crispin to counter the threat. Most believe the well planned deception that Crispin is a dandy prince with no substance. Crispin must go into a viper’s den to make his father’s plan work and the advantage...

A daughter vanishes. Two rogues are paid a fortune to find her. It isn't enough. When Gabriel Winter's daughter mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead, the wealthy whiskey baron seeks revenge. Having lived in Colnora during the infamous Year of Fear, he hires the one man he knows can...