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  • The Russian road to China

    In The Russian Road to China, Lindon Jr. Bates examines the geopolitical, commercial, and civilizational significance of the overland routes linking the Russian Empire to East Asia. Written in the informed, analytical prose characteristic of early twentieth-century travel writing and political commentary, the book combines observation, economic speculation, and strategic interpretation. Bates ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Darkblood: The Last Line

    WATG Press Collection

    Series series WATG Press Collection
    Darkblood: The Last Line is a flash fiction anthology where ancient gods bleed into modern lives, myths fracture under human will, and rebellion is as sacred as destiny.Across these haunting, lyrical, and often brutal stories, gods fall silent, sirens refuse to sing, celestial bloodlines crumble, and ordinary people confront the unbearable weight of the divine. From frostbitten mountain deities to ... Read more

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  • A Westie's Song

    Bruce, Bramble & Wee Jack

    by J.R. Bates ...
    This wee tale was written by me (Bruce), the Westie in the title. My human dad helped with the spelling and photographs, of course, but I reckoned it was time a dog book was actually written by a member of our canine clan. What kind of story is it? Well, it's my life story-short by human standards, but it tells of a dog's life well lived. My adopted Westie brothers, Bramble and Jack, feature too, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The North-East Diaries Vol 3

    Times They Are A-Changin'

    by J.R. Bates ...
    So here we are folks, we've arrived at the final volume of 'The North-East Diaries' trilogy. Unfortunately many of our friends from volumes 1 & 2 are no longer with us. Tug, Sid, Titch Irving, Martha, Barney, Wilf Rees, Sheila Potter/Bates and several others are now sadly gone. In this volume Charlie Chuck makes his final appearance along with Albert the 'tatie' lad and my dad. Several important ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The North-East Diaries Vol 2

    Batesy's Tale

    by J.R. Bates ...
    Welcome folks to volume two of 'The North-East Diaries - Batesy's Tale' and I hope you enjoy this ongoing story as much as the first volume.Volume one of 'The North-East Diaries - A Funny Thing Happened in Blyth' covered the early years of the nineteen-sixties. Set predominantly in the mining town of Blyth in Northumberland and following the trials and tribulations of a young lad suddenly thrust ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The North-East Diaries

    A Funny Thing Happened in Blyth

    by J.R. Bates ...
    Blyth in the 1960s - a north-east town vibrant and bustling with life. With its crowded shops and a marketplace fed by the wage-packets of workers from the local mines and factories, the shipyard and busy docks - it's a perfect place to grow up in, and a great time to be a youngster...but not so easy for some.Sidney (Hawky) Brown is a ten-year-old Scottish lad suddenly uprooted from his home in ... Read more

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  • Aristotle's "Best Regime"

    Kingship, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

    Series series Political Traditions in Foreign Policy Series
    The collapse of the Soviet Union and other Marxist regimes around the world seems to have left liberal democracy as the only surviving ideology, and yet many scholars of political thought still find liberal democracy objectionable, using Aristotle's Politics to support their views. In this detailed analysis of Book 3 of Aristotle's work, Clifford Angell Bates, Jr., challenges these scholars, ... Read more

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  • Keith Lemon: The Rules

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  • Call Me Sister

    District Nursing Tales from the Swinging Sixties

    by Jane Yeadon ...
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  • The Unwashed

    by Seán Hogan ...
    The Unwashed is a book of nine short stories. Each story follows the life of a person living on a fictitious council estate in London. The stories illustrate the realities and struggles that ordinary people go through at a time when people are feeling disenfranchised and are frustrated at not having their voices heard. Ranging from a humorous look at the gentrification of London to the realities ... Read more

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  • Voices in the Street

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