Books published by Mosaique Press

Thomas Tyrrell's debut collection uses the rhythmic swagger of the ballad and the shanty to retell the stories of the most notorious pirates, corsairs, buccaneers, marauders and all-round bad eggs from the 'golden age' of piracy and beyond. Tyrrell illuminates their savage, surprising and little-known careers in a variety of poetic forms.

16 Mars 2020, au restaurant Le Sens de la Terre, Piegut-Pluviers, France: 'Si vous etes ferme pour une period indeterminee, qu'est-ce que je mange aujourd'hui?' Comme ca, tout a commence: les recettes sur Facebook... et maintenant ce livre. Bon appetit!

Canzoni del venerdi sera introduce la poesia di John Eliot al pubblico italiano grazie alla collaborazione del poeta con un gruppo di giovani e talentuosi traduttori. Ognuna delle quaranta poesie e presentata con testo a fronte inglese - italiano, per arricchire l'esperienza di lettura.

Ian Mathie's early life in Scotland and Africa prepared him for the extraordinary life that he vividly describes in his critically acclaimed African Memoir series. In Wild Child, he writes with insight, humour and love about the people, wild places and strange experiences that sustained him through the difficult years and made him who he was.

If the value of internal communication isn't clear to a business, that organisation will be unwilling to invest significant time and resource in it. The Five Step Value Framework draws on recognised measurement strategies to provide a mix of measures designed to help communicators demonstrate the true value of internal communication activities.

'Thin Ice' promises a quiet stroll through a dappled woodland of words, wherein b dangers lurk. It gives gentle warnings about the fragility of humanity and quiet messages about appreciating what you have now. A metaphysical self-help fix to calm the spirit and lift the soul, to be read in the shade of a favourite old tree or by a warm fireside.

In his third collection of poetry, John Eliot examines thoughts, fears, hopes and feelings surrounding the conclusion of life. His own fear of death finds poignancy in the mundane sufficient to elevate it to the spiritual.

Former Fleet Street journalist Ian Bain tells an exceptionally readable and often very funny tale of a life full of adventure and memorable characters. A traumatic childhood led to alcoholism. It nearly killed him, but after drying out he founded one of the most successful PR companies in the Middle East. A story of a man searching for himself.

The night before Christmas is a time when magic happens, if only you know where to look for it... A Christmas Carol for Evie is a modern fairy story that gives fairy godmothers a chance to speak for themselves. What they have to say will bring tears to your eyes. A small gem of a book, beautifully written, with 8 black and white illustrations.

John Eliot's second collection of poems is a eclectic miix of new work drawing on his background as a teacher of religion, his home in France, music, history, fellow poets, the deaths of a parent and of close friends. He enjoys playing with words as a jazz musician plays with notes, and invites his readers to find their own meaning in his verse.

Chinese Take-out spins a web of tense international intrigue - spies, exploitation, high finance, illegal movement of nuclear materials through sham companies - against the backdrop of a growing undercurrent in the Chinese democracy movement which periodically erupts with interesting consequences.

John Eliot's short collection contains poems of love and hate, poems of religion and death, loss and grief. Poems to touch your soul. Poems to carry with you and return to read again and again.

Sorcery is a fact of life in many African societies; the supernatural is taken for granted. In SORCERERS AND ORANGE PEEL, author Ian Mathie describes how this other dimension plays a role - somethings amusing, sometimes frightening, always intriguing - in everyday life in remote West Africa.

An offbeat and humorous look at the delights and disappointments, pleasures and pitfalls, surprises and shocks that await the unsuspecting Anglo Saxon who chooses to make his home in France. This is French life - and life in France - depicted in a series of unlikely adventures and episodes that mirror the author's own experiences.

A gripping memoir of the 1974 humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, Dust of the Danakil is a true story of an ill-conceived project run by the author in the violent, drought-stricken Danakil region. He discovered a hostile environment - in more ways than one - that almost cost him his life.

Marijcke Jongbloed's fascinating memoir of her life in the United Arab Emirates, her introduction to the care of endangered species and the founding of the Arabian Leopard Trust.

In volatile 1970s West Africa, Ian Mathie's work brought him in contact with a succession of extraordinary people, including presidents Mobuto of Zaire, Traore of Mali, Senghor of Senegal and Eyadema of Togo. They left him with insights into a fascinating continent at a fascinating time of history.

The culture shock experienced by a London-based government investigator when he travels to Africa only deepens when he is hit by tropical fever, mysterious forces and the ramifications of corruption at high level. His gradual coming to terms with Africa opens a window on the reality of rural life in Central Africa in the 1970s.

When a powerful and feared man demands a 'bride price' for the young girl he fosters, the author is forced to rely on his wits and courage to find a way within the rich traditions and superstitions of rural Zaire to set a fair price that the man would refuse to pay.

Doctor Lark is Bill Larkworthy, a man with a sharp eye for the humorous side of the human condition. He has had two careers as a doctor, the first a twenty-year stint in the Royal Air Force, the second an equally adventurous and eventful time in Saudi Arabia and Dubai. In more than forty years and a variety of countries, he has treated the great and the good, the fit and the fat, heroes, villains and a fair assortment of life's oddballs, many of whom enliven the pages of his memoir, Doctor Lark. Characters such as the gnome-like undertaker's assistant in Belgium, the stoic Gurkhas in Malaysia, the retired RAF air vice-marshal who carried the Queen's head in his stomach, 'Betty Boobs' who caused mayhem by jogging around the staff compound in Riyadh, the American doctor who enlisted Russian Mafia help to disappear in Moscow... Doctor Lark combines humour with astute observation and comment for an insider's view of military, social and medical developments of the last half century.

52 Ways is written for business owners who don't want to read a lot of marketing theory, who would rather pick up some quick ideas that they can introduce into their businesses today -- for immediate impact. Marketing mentor Alastair Campbell distills his know-how into 52 practical ideas.

The Marketing Launchpad crystalises theory, best practice and experience into one practical volume that provides exactly what its title says: a launchpad to help your business lift off with successful marketing.

Dutch doctor Marijcke Jongbloed's gripping true life story of her own birth and survival against the odds in a Japanese internment camp in the Second World War.