Books published by Troubador Publishing

The hardware store is at the centre of the lives of four Indian immigrants: Vasuman 'Mr' Gupta, his beautiful wife, Meera, his employee, Chandu Kumar, and Chandu's tiny wife, Babita. Set in 1970's suburban London, the store is the apple of Mr Gupta's eye, and he craves Englishness as much as Meera opposes it.

Alfie Jolly is 59 and unhappy with his life. More specifically, with his birthdays. You see, none of them have been any good and with his sixtieth on its way, Alfie can't help but think he's been wronged. Spur of the moment, Alfie decides he wants to return/recycle all of his old birthdays. The only trick now is to find out how.

Inspired by a passion for Italy, Embers of War is set in the dying days of the Second World War. This well-researched novel evokes the spirit and mores of the forgotten Italian campaign.

Once a product is in market, new adventures with fresh opportunities and challenges start. Product Management: Bringing New Products to Market is designed to equip you with the tools and insights you need to understand your current context and make decisions for moving your product forward.

Nomad Girl is a memoir, it is about the 60s, the decade that wanted to change the world, and it did. It is about 'The Finjan', a folk/blues music club I ran with my partner in Montreal - the coffee house/music club culture being at the heart of the 'changing times'.

Returning from Moscow, Lorenzo Rossi finds himself forced to quit his job. And to make matters worse, his fiancee, CIA Agent calls off their wedding. Just as Rossi is settling into his new life, the CIA persuades him to rejoin Cathy in catching the killer of three American billionaires. The two devise a plan to befriend the CIA's main suspect.

Imagine jacking it all in, packing your life into a 41-litre pannier and riding into the sunset. Bearback is the story of two GPs who did just that, downing stethoscopes to take off on a motorcycle to see the world. For anyone who has considered escaping the rat race, even for a second, it's an inspiring read.

A Beautiful foreign city and a handsome soldier should have been the highlight of Terra Kiseragie's life.

A dark, fast paced fairy tale of action packed adventures in perilous lands. In our world before men, the finding of a mysterious, bewitched fairy princess called Noriko starts a catastrophic chain of events that lay a fatal curse upon the kingdom that saved her.

Stories of Sages and Sibyls is a brand new collection of philosophical fables - intended to bring an ancient style of storytelling back into modern consciousness.

The second Punic War has reached a stalemate. The Numidian Prince Masinissa has spent it so far in the Carthage being trained to take a legion into the war. He has fallen in love with Sophonisba, the daughter of a Carthaginian General.

The second Punic War has reached a stalemate. The Numidian Prince Masinissa has spent it so far in the Carthage being trained to take a legion into the war. He has fallen in love with Sophonisba, the daughter of a Carthaginian General.

Swan Court, home in the 1940's to Agatha Christie and the young Margaret Thatcher, was the first modern block of flats to be built in Chelsea in the inter-war years, its uncluttered labour-saving spaces offering a new way of living to Londoners in flight from the over-stuffed opulence of Edwardian mansion flats.

Now recovered from his time travel adventure back to medieval Cambridge, David is still living in the city of Cambridge and mostly retired from his investigative journalism. Although now married to Naomi - a woman from the 'past' - and with extraordinary twin children, he counts himself as being the same man that can search for the truth.

University London Central, a "middling" university, finds itself in a scandalous mess. "Special measures" require the wholesale removal of its administration. The new vice-chancellor, Professor Clifford Conquest, is a seasoned public sector "enforcer"; a dedicated organisation man facing multiple challenges.

Britain was the cradle of the industrial revolution. Its manufacturing prowess sustained a unique global standing in the nineteenth century and bore it to victory in the great wars of the twentieth. Quite suddenly, this pre-eminence has vanished. Only yesterday an industrial giant, the UK is heading for the third division.

By the start of the 20th century many Irish people were living in squalor: the country's infant mortality rate was the highest in Europe and tuberculosis was rampant. The daunting and tireless Lady Ishbel Aberdeen, wife of the British Viceroy to Ireland, devoted herself to social changes that could save lives.

This is the story of a man born in 1939 with a hole in the heart, never allowed to take part in games at school, suffering from severe dyslexia, was a dunce at school being bottom of the class, brought up by a step-mother having 3 young children of her own.

With the arise of chronic, age and lifestyle-related illnesses, overwhelming stress, toxins and pollution, the society began to value more aspects of personal health than mere physical symptoms - the balance and harmony of mind, spirit and body.

This is the first English language biography of Ottorino Respighi, the most performed Italian composer of the twentieth century. Best known for his so-called Roman trilogy, (Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome and Roman Festivals), this book documents the story of his rise to fame.