Books by Charles Bassett

Wow! Few five-year-olds have more excitement and thrills than Timmy, the boy genius and inventor of the Exodus 20, an amazing flying saucer. As the son of a NASA rocket scientist, Timmy has learned everything he can about physics, engineering, math, and space travel. Putting this knowledge to good use, Timmy and his quirky-but-faithful dog, X-Ray, secretly construct an unbelievable flying saucer, using nothing more than spare parts from the NASA garbage dump. Of course, Timmy's dad and the other scientists at NASA seriously doubt that a mere five-year-old could possess such abilities, and they usually ignore Timmy's advice on fixing rockets. But when one of NASA's spaceships malfunctions in-flight, Timmy and X-Ray save the day by rescuing the astronauts and their spacecraft with the Exodus 20. No one ever again doubts Timmy's intelligence and skills as a space engineer. Join Timmy as he travels the solar system in search of asteroids, friendly aliens, and even some jitterbug dancing. Everything's A-OK and all systems are "Go!" whenever Timmy and X-Ray strap on the Exodus 20. Outer space will never be the same!

Rescued from a tatty scrapbook, my grandfather's WW1 memoirs give an "underview" of the war rather than the frequently described overviews of Front-line battles. Private Bassett was placed in the transport section of his battalion, which involved mainly the horse-drawn delivery of all army supplies. Thus fortuitously, he was spared serving in the trenches at the Front. His book provides an alternative angle on the war, with descriptions of both trivial and serious events, leading up to his battle injury and subsequent release home. This book may appeal to: ¿ Historians, for behind-the-front detail ¿ Those with an interest in France and Belgium, for the frequent references to the war-torn villages near the borders ¿ Animal lovers, for the descriptions of horses and mules (the title is a quote from his postscript) ¿ Anyone who wants a flavour of WW1, but would prefer a generally lighter and shorter read Stefan Woroniecki Editor