Books published by Troubador Publishing

This book is about communal living, as practised by the Pilsdon Community in Dorset. It describes an alternative way of providing refuge, support and a place of recovery for people experiencing mental health problems, addictions and other crises in their lives.

Had enough of repeatedly giving up booze only to keep returning to the old cycles? Want to end the anguish and give yourself the chance to be the best you can? Do you know that group healing won't work with you?

Gladys grows up in a large family, convinced she is the odd one out, especially compared with pretty Rita, the sister closest to her. Then elder brother Jim invents a new game, he calls the Courage Game, in which all seven of the children will be tested for their ability to keep a stiff upper lip.

A Threat of Home - This is a family saga portraying the lives of two young Germans whose early lives play out against the looming driver of the novel which is the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party.

It's 1930 and Poland's economy is beginning to suffer as a result of the Great Depression. Kindhearted but naive Marianna lives with her parents in the rural village of Zalipie in southeast Poland. This small farming community is all she has ever known and she dreams of a different life in the city.

When Cricket and Politics Collided describes one of the most extraordinary periods in the history of English cricket.

Why would a middle-aged, middle-management divorcee from Scotland decided to spend weeks alone travelling by train through Eastern Europe?

Argyll in the late 1700s wasn't so different to modern day. In this truly historic county, criminals of old walked the same canal path we do, stood on the same doorsteps, travelled the same ferry routes and looked on the same hills as they died that we look on today. The walls which held the criminals still stand, the legal system, which prosecuted them is recognisable, even the names reverberate into modern Argyll. But from the hills of Ardnamurchan and the vast scenery of the Blackmount to the glittering sands of Kintyre and beyond, these 18 new true tales of historic crime recount scenes, thankfully unrecognisable to modern Argyll residents, featuring muggings and murders, violent thefts, an old soldier's death, a disabled boy accused of killing a neighbour, a family of slippery thieves or the truth behind the last hangings in Argyll. These are the stories, previously untold, behind so many crimes hidden deep in the old records; old records which still smell of slate-dust, candle-smoke and charcoal from the original courtroom. The characters who sat in judgement there, the men who went in search of the criminals, and the surgeons who helped the victims are here introduced, while the past which almost touches the present so many times in old Argyll, is brought straight onto the page for readers. Blood and Battery is a parcel of new research about new historic crimes (some tragic, some thought-provoking, but all enlightening) and a colourful account of 66 years in a slowly modernising, but still criminal-ridden world of west coast industry, rural communities and government officialdom.

BEYOND is the first in a series, a sci-fi fantasy adventure set in a mysterious and sometimes nightmarish world, weaving fast action narrative around plucky children fighting against a brutal system. By turns comic and absurd, there is a dark undercurrent that sweeps up from time to time to engulf the unwary.

Hidden Wonders of the Human Heart is an intimate guide to ways of seeing which help us reveal what is stirring in our hearts. It unveils a source of hidden wisdom in each of us, a vital realm alive with the possibility of new beginnings.

It's 1848. Drover's boy, fourteen-year-old William Evans, is thrilled to be on his first long-distance cattle-drove, walking Welsh Black cattle for two hundred and fifty miles, from North Wales to London

100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths appeals to new parents looking for cheap, simple activities to improve their baby's academic start in life but also raises important questions, such as why is there such large differences in maths ability between different countries?

The renowned artist, Gustave Post, has been dead four years. His estate is in the hands of the Collarii Foundation, which administers it to maintain and enhance the value of his life's work, and to established the Gustave Post Museum and Study Centre as his lasting memorial.

Hamsters don't get lost; they go on adventures is the first book in a series about loss, love, and hope. Tianna wrote this book for all the children who lost a beloved pet, hoping to help them cope with their grief.

They are united now, two sisters who were kept apart by the cruel twists of their lives. And, despite the fact these siblings grew up at the opposite end of the social ladder, they have discovered that they share an unbreakable bond. It is like a modern-day fairy tale coming to life.

The Trials of Love, two plays, classics of French dramatic literature, which in these translations were British premieres.

Meet Sparky! Based on the author's own rescue dog, this special hero might be small but he has a big character. It's a lovely day and Sparky decides to go out and see his friends. As he makes his way through the garden, he sees and hears lots of new and familiar sights and sounds. Come take a walk in the garden and see what you can discover!

The Magical Dream Box introduces the concept of our minds and its power to a very early age reader in a subtle and simple way.

Sophie 45, an artist, recently divorced, and persuaded by her son Tom to socialize again, found herself sitting in the carpark of the Maple Leaf Club. Couples walked past swinging dance shoes and laughing. A man, dressed in black, carrying a guitar followed them. He gave Sophie a sideward glance as he strode into the club.

Hannah is a hotel worker, who struggles with depression after a trauma in her childhood and a toxic ex-boyfriend. Callum is a student, questioning his own sanity since a strange young man appeared on the other side of his mirror. When Hannah disappears, her brother Callum determines to find her.