Stanhope Books: 16 books

A selection of Rob Shepherd's short stories, in an easy to digest format.

A short story may have less words to play with than a novel, but this simply means it must be especially well crafted. Every piece here links to the county of Essex in some way, for instance because the writer is Essex based or because the subject matter or setting of the piece has a link. The...

Stephen Massie’s first novel, charting the adventures of Luke, a keen amateur sailor, and his wife, as they set to sea to live their dream of freedom. During their voyage they are thrust into a world of crime, terrorism and murder. In a web of deceit and intrigue they are pursued by ruthless criminal organisations.

A young Oxford graduate with a gift for languages joins MI5 and is then seconded to 'A Higher Authority', an organisation funded through government sources from around the world which nobody would admit to. Countries have to be seen to be playing it straight, and sometimes can't get at the...

A look at the drivers and teams who have won only one World Championship Grand Prix, since the formation of the championship in 1950. Updated for 2013 with all the latested information and statistics, plus photographs.

On the 13th May 1950, 21 drivers took to the starting grid for the first race of the newly created ‘World Drivers Championship’. More than 60 years later, over 800 drivers have embarked on a Formula One career, many of whom remain unknown to the man in the street. Names such as Schumacher,...

Over 400 drivers have taken part in Wolrd Championship Grand Prix since it's inception in 1950.  Of those some have won championships and more have won races. Then there are those who have stood on the podium, but never quite made it to the top step.  This is their story. Lloyd Bonson's follow-up to 'One Hit Wonders'.

Fed up with the strenuous process of travel: the slow queues, the delays, the crowds and the extreme discomfort of the average economy airline seat? The author in this case, decided it was time to do something about this. He arranged a trip designed to be the antidote to the routine travel...

Set in 1944, "Sofiah" features two men from opposite sides of the battle for Europe. Soon the two men find they have more in common than they could have bargained for.

Ed Bush lives with his family in the coastal settlement of Chelmsford in South Britain, one of the United States of Europe. Their way of life is dictated entirely by the government known as Europarl.  Every year at a four day celebration of human rights the people coming of age are assigned to...

It’s 1918. Britain is locked in the poverty of war. Devastation knocks on a young girl’s life. For Emily Thorne the only home she ever knew was the estate in Sussex that she cared for. After a tragedy in her early life, Emily now sixteen, has to try and unravel a string of...

A selection of twelve short stories from the strange, and slightly disturbed world of author Rob Shepherd. This book is not for the faint hearted! “Though the author is fairly new to publishing, Rob Shepherd’s collection, The Grays Anatomy, reads like a beloved classic—a modern,...

Life With Boris Karloff is a fictional diary of one man's experiences of living with bogeymen and his struggle in the end to figure out who are family and who are the real monsters. Featuring: Christoff Drakk Brian Messing Francois DeLumpre and Michael