Books published by Clink Street Publishing

"You will have to place a small handful of the maggots under your tongue, and must hold them there for a full two minutes," Jack instructed Isabella . . . .And boy did they wriggle! She struggled not to wretch!Two worlds collide when a chance meeting brings together Jack and Isabella. Jack, the son of the Head Gardener of the Oakfield Estate, finds himself a friend in the lovely Isabella, the 'little lady of Oakfield Hall'. Set in Victorian times in the Southern Counties of England - with an intermittent welsh presence in the form of the Jones' travelling gypsy family - much laughter, dance, music and cultural challenges lie before the two friends this summer! How will the delicate Isabella fair among the unfamiliar countryside with its host of creatures and seasonal demands?Will the rugged, uneducated Jack rise to the challenge of learning to read and write poetry about his beloved countryside - poaching, skinning rabbits and river fishing?Every day is an adventure and it seems they are meant to be together, always. Or are they?Read about their exciting adventures and discover the true meaning of friendship with them as they each discover new worlds and new challenges!

Daniel describes in intimate detail the days leading up to, and following on from, his father's passing. Initially in denial that he could ever lose his father, he has to eventually face the inevitable outcome that his father does not have long to live.Daniel's journey, as he documents his year of mourning in 2016 and onwards, is a heart-breaking story, as he struggles to cope with his loss and newfound responsibilities, whilst reflecting on life after death.Denial, acceptance, grief and depression; Daniel attempts to survive throughout the year, drawing strength from his faith in God, his religion and the love and support of his family, along with the guidance and wisdom that his late father provided, enabling him to finally face the future with positivity.This book is a must read for anybody struggling to cope with the loss of a loved one.

When Nan accompanied her son taking her five-year-old grandchild to school one day, she was mesmerised by all the changes since she started school over seventy years ago, just after World War Two: the way people work and the opportunities then and now.Looking back at so many changes and progress inspired her to write a book about her memories of her younger and teenage years right up to getting married in the 60s. The progress, in education and the new technology, has created a different lifestyle as we know it today.Follow the memories of Nan through her childhood and relive the life of a young girl growing up in a Scottish pit village in the 40s with her family and experience the love, pain and laughter.

Congratulations! You have just found the best cat book ever written. I'm Archie and I am a ginger cat and the manager at the most incredible hotel just for cats. I've written this book so humans get to meet me and my guests as we get up to all sorts at night including cat rodeo, cat casino night, cat sailing and even skiing. I can't wait for you to meet my guests and get to know their real personalities, not to mention my team, which includes Dan and Louis the horses and my three faithful hounds Buddy, Dougy and Alfie. Get ready for the read of your life.

Hilda Campbell was born in the north of Scotland in 1889. She married German national Dr Willy Bu╠ïttner Richter in 1912. They honeymooned in Scotland and returned to settle in Hamburg. Dr Richter died in 1938. After visiting her ailing parents, Hilda returned to Germany just before the Second World War began. She became a double agent, controlled by Gerhardt Eicke in Germany and Lawrence Thornton in Britain. How could she cope under such strain, and with her son Otto in the German Army? Nor did she expect her evidence to be so cruelly challenged at the Nuremberg Trials. Learn of her post-war life, which took her abroad as a British Ambassador’s wife.This is an extraordinary story based on the life of the author’s great aunt, Hilda. The book includes several authentic accounts.

What could possibly go wrong when a London girl, (or penniless studentarmed with a hefty collection of literary gems), falls in love with a much older and dashing Scotsman, and tries her hand at goat-keeping, vege table growing and life in a tiny Scottish hamlet?!Sophia Wasiak Butler grew up as an inner-city London teen who always fostered a dream of country life. After graduating from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University with her English Literature degree in her pocket, deaf to the unappealing and empty promises of the rat-race, she invites us to accompany her as she takes the daring jump into a world where the universal melds seamlessly with the personal.The path is bursting with literary sages, Eastern wisdom, the gritty reality of dirt-stained nails, self-reflection and a good dose of common sense on this adventure, always interwoven through the multicultural tapestry which defines the author.

The part of the brain most heavily associated with mental health, memory, emotion and mood is called the hippocampus; the biological name for the seahorse. It is the unusual seahorse-like shape of the hippocampus that has led to its evocative name. Just as the seahorse charms the depths of oceans, our own hippocampus, when supported and nurtured, can help to enchant our own lives. Worryingly, there are an increasing number of scientific papers linking problems with the hippocampus to depression, in particular, the shrinking or failure to regrow this part of the brain after prolonged stress. Depression, anxiety and mood disorders are often seen as entirely psychological in cause. However, more and more research is highlighting that chronic health issues, poor diet and lifestyle choices can, and will, negatively impact our vulnerable hippocampus, and consequently, our mental health.Personalised nutritionist Ray Griffiths examines how we can modify our dietary and lifestyle choices to nourish our brain and hippocampus. These choices can help to cushion us from the harm we may encounter as we navigate the challenges of modern everyday life. This nourishment is absolutely vital, as every day our hippocampus can potentially regrow 700 brand new neurons, but it needs a huge amount of assistance to do so. Nourishment for the hippocampus can come from not just diet but also from balanced gut bacteria, social connection, exercise, an outdoors environment, music and dance. Learning how to support your brain health begins with what you eat.

Every suicide is an individual tragedy whose origins challenge our mental capacity.Suicide is a global phenomenon. Each year there are over 800,000 reported suicides worldwide and that is expected to increase to over 1.5 million by 2020. More people attempt suicide than die from suicide.Family-member survivors and communities are left with many unanswered questions, not understanding why the person chose to commit suicide. Persons responding to suicide and suicide attempts are very often not prepared for what they encounter and this exacerbates the problem.This book looks at the struggles of a high-risk people group and presents interventions and postventions proffered in a consultation forum.

The second part of Arthur and Jo’s strange adventures throughout the land of Discoucia, and a time when Archie the Water Goddess has made the ultimate sacrifice to rid the world of her nemesis, Cordelia Paradise, the Fire Goddess.However, things rarely go to plan and Arthur finds himself at war with Archie’s hidden agenda rather than the insane task that he has to help Archie complete.Hidden around Discoucia in its sixteen major cities are sixteen gems that Archie must collect before a year is up. If she wins then Cordelia will disappear to another dimension and not return until she agrees to stop causing forest fires, volcanic eruptions and droughts.Team Archie has Arthur and Jo, who both have the understanding that by collecting these gems a natural order can be brought back and maybe Jo’s father will get well again. Team Cordelia has Alicia May, who has a talent for becoming anyone and a deep malicious streak; and Iren, who has a fanatical hatred for Archie, which Archie herself doesn’t like to talk about.Along the way they meet old friends and old enemies, as well as Archie having to perform miracles without the use of divine power. From the murky ruins of Tanalos to the haunted corridors of Ashin Dance Academy, the frozen caverns of Icester and the verdant streets of Proceur, the adventure will take them around Discoucia and beyond, unless Cordelia and Alicia May can stop them first...

It is a hot day in Mighty Claw Valley and Truly, Arty, Bea and Prince have headed out to look for food with Truly's dad, Wilson.They find a little more than that though. They find a stone fort, selfish Velociraptors, Pterodactyls circling overhead and a pack of Megalosaurs thundering towards them.They went out for lunch and instead they found DANGER.

Mighty Claw Valley is a wonderful place to live. If you like extreme danger.Truly, Prince, Arty and Bea do not. They are four young dinosaurs who call themselves The Mighty Claws but they’re a lot less ferocious than they sound!They like to go on adventures that are fun but don’t end in screaming and bleeding.Is that so much to ask?

John Smith is a man who solves problems, just don’t try to stop him. He is in Las Vegas trying to track down a missing woman, which should be a simple job. But he soon discovers he is not welcome, and there are those who want to make sure he leaves the city fast, in one way or another.

Join Anna and Evan on a magical adventure to the Galapagos Islands where they meet Charles Darwin, discover unusual animalsand learn some interesting scientific facts.This engaging and educational book is idealfor young children to encourage curiosity and interest in the natural world and science.

Scotland, 1983.Craig Dunlop is bored. Bored of his job, his town, his life.After a family bereavement, Craig inherits an old heirloom; a wallet given to his grandfather during the war by none other than the deputy leader of Nazi Germany, Rudolf Hess.The wallet has hidden a secret for forty years, and when Craig stumbles upon it, a chain of events is set in motion that lead to him becoming a hunted man.Finding himself in a race to unravel a mystery that could shake the very foundations of the British establishment, Craig must find answers before the police catch up with him, or worse still, he is made to disappear forever, along with the secret of The King's Prerogative.

Karl has been stealing money from Tesanee. When he realises that she has uncovered his deceit, he flees.Tesanee's son Ashley, furious about the betrayal, approaches a close friend of his late father, Alain, and asks him to find Karl and retrieve Tes's money.Alain has nothing much to do and is happy to honour his dead friend's memory by helping his wife.Alain and his brother set off together to track down Karl and confront him. Each time they close in, Karl manages to outsmart them, and disappears.A game of cat and mouse is set in play. Alain has no idea what he's let himself in for.

Power, Beauty and Legitimacy of Adolescence. Understanding the teenage years, from their complexity in reality to some fictional representations in Anglo-Saxon, French and Italian literature.Based on thorough experience in teaching, pedagogy and parenting, this book is a helpful guide for parents and teachers who want to help teenagers, the best way they can, in becoming adults.Susan Jane Broda Tamburi provides an instructive, yet very simple approach to a full understanding of the complex mechanisms of adolescence. The author also analyses some enlightening representations of teenagers in literature.

Austin The Cornish Miner enjoys his third adventure, this one taking him to a magical undersea world.A rescue, a sea serpent and friends including a a 'Knocker' are all in wonder at what they discover.

'Tarleton's work personifies his daring approach. Here he lets his mind and spirit unwind without fear and has wonderfully exploited the God-given gift of doubt'. Maurice Smith'George Tarleton is always breaking free and running toward the light.'Doctor Andrew Walker'Spiritually and religion are fundamentally different - religion is a bird in a cage whereas spiritually is a bird on the wing'. George TarletonThis book is written by a one-time minister of religion who became a businessman and enjoyed the luxury of spiritual freedom - here he explains his new way of living.

Interesting and intelligent, Maggie Taylor is in a relationship with the rakish Onslow Ratcliffe - two civil servants supposedly on the same side negotiating Britain's exit from the EU. With her love of history, Maggie studies lessons from Churchill, but also the story of Alfred the Great's darkest hour in his own fight for freedom. As we follow his incredible story with her, she discovers the folly of Britain's 'negotiation' as Downing Street sells the Withdrawal Deal. Amidst mayhem in London and high drama in Brussels, she realises she is an accomplice to Britain's humiliation and calculated betrayal."Remoaners rumbled and Brexiteers betrayed are twin themes in this tale of an Establishment plot. Conspiracy theorists will love its portrayal of a flouted Referendum, a sabotaged negotiation and an outraged electorate. Of course, that couldn't really happen in 21st century Britain.... could it?" Julian Lewis MP (Dr Lewis is Chair, Commons Defence Select Committee).