Books published by TSL Publications

In The Travellers the absurdity of life - a world without God and joy - is brought to consciousness through the encounters of Alvin, Cecil and Blair at a train station. It is underpinned by the philosophy of atheistic existentialism as depicted in works by Samuel Becket, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter and Edward Albee. The Travellers is a play in three acts which has all the features of absurd plays - with the absurdist formula of (aclp2t) + (afi2lms) + (tc) - action is reduced - characters are reduced - language is reduced - plot is reduced - place is reduced - the sense of alienation, fear, isolation, insecurity, loneliness, mystery and suspense - and the tragic-comic scenes - nothing is happening - but everything is happening.

Do you love a play on words? Do you love to be taken on a journey from the comfort of your armchair? If so, this book could be for you! As a taster...STEPHEN: Well, don't forget my cousin's a seamstress if that helps. I know she's busy with some items this evening, actually. JIM Is she making 'em? STEPHEN: No, Altrincham. To start with, anyway, then later I expect she'll also be doing her usual trick of linking together two or more garments by twisting the ends around each other.JIM: Oh, you mean she'll be ...STEPHEN: Nottingham. Of course she has been known to make a complete pig's ear of what previously were perfectly good items of clothing. JIM: Oh, so she ...STEPHEN: Wrexham, yes. The Grand Tour of the British Isles, from which that excerpt comes, is one of this six-part comedy series written with radio in mind but where the individual episodes could be presented as part of a theatre company's comedy night. From place names to people and from songs to stars, this is a feast of wordplay to satisfy even the hungriest stomachs. What are you waiting for? Tuck in!

The case studies in the book illustrate how our earliest relationships affect all future relationships. This book shows that where early attachments have been damaged, people suffer throughout their lives. The stories highlight how therapy can help to understand and heal the damage in order to create fulfilling relationships in the future . Hazel Leventhal trained as an attachment-based psychotherapist at The Bowlby Centre, where she chaired the Clinical Forum for several years. She has worked as a Samaritan and is a member of The Alzheimer's Society for whom she has done some publicity work. She co-edited the book Dementia - An Attachment Approach published in 2018. She now lives and works in Bedfordshire.

From the author of "Strongbow's Wife" and "A Purgatory of Misery" comes another searing account of a terrible period in Irish history. When a government official exposes the unpalatable truth about the famine in mid-nineteenth century West Clare he is called to account by the men he accuses. Abandoned by his masters, he has only his strength of character and the love of his wife and daughter to sustain him as he fights famine and disease in a land teeming with destitute men, women and children.

Wilfred Bussy was the Editor of the Police Review who and published a series of articles covering the early history of the BSAP. The fact they were written soon after the events described, by a serving member, adds an immediacy which is of value. Starting in 1886 Bussy describes the various units which, after many campaigns, eventually evolved to form the British South Africa Police. The events of the Matabe and Mashona uprisings are covered in detail as also is that other great active service period of the BSAP in early years, the Anglo-Boer War. Written in a highly readable style, this is a valuable contribution to the history of the BSAP.

From the playwright Melville Lovatt comes Bus Stop Blues. This new collection of four short comedy dramas will not only amuse, but make audiences realize that waiting for a bus can be a lot more exciting than they may have at first thought! With plausible, entertaining characters, these little gems are indeed perfect for being staged professionally or by an amateur company. The two monologues, First Love and The Dream are in the same high quality league as his monologue collection, Standing Alone.

"What use," he reasoned, "is survival at any cost ... if we become little more than animals?" Believing each other dead, Greg and Emmie fight to survive in a post-apocalyptic world of isolation, desperation and vigilantes. Their own child lost, Emmie traumatically conceives a child she hates. Even should they find each other, Emmie's tragic secret and Greg's drastic transformation threaten to destroy the foundations on which a new future together might be built in the harsh wilderness around them.

This book centres around a wonderful holiday my husband Douglas and I had in Sri Lanka in 2017, with friends George and Sylvia, exploring our immediate surroundings and travelling further afield in this wonderful island. Each day brought new experiences ranging from relaxing to exhausting, amusing to thought provoking, straightforward and the very opposite!The holiday provided an ideal opportunity to chat and reminisce about previous holidays we''d had with sons David and Andrew or cousins and friends. Our holidays have changed hugely over the years from simple caravan holidays in our Scottish homeland to jetting across the world, adapting to different climates and cultures. Journey with me as we holiday in Sri Lanka and recount tales from around the globe: Iceland, America, India, Hong Kong, Norway, Spain, Italy, London, Madeira, South Africa, Dubai, Canada, Austria and AustraliaMy hope is you''ll feel you''re on holiday with me as you read.