Kirjahaku

We are, I believe, as supernatural as we are natural. Our home is the sum-total of all possible realities. When we act, we act both in this world and the next.Brian George's debut collection of personal essays invites readers on a journey beyond the normal categories of space, time, and narrative structure, toward a further shore of multidimensional and more-than-human experience. These are "essays" in the sense of attempts or explorations of a subject which is too vast, and too profound, yet also, paradoxically, too familiar (to some deepest part of us) to be exhausted by any one expression or approach. As George puts it, "The book is not quite a collection of essays, or the fragments of an autobiography, or a record of inter-dimensional journeys, or a work of metaphysics, or a sociopolitical critique, or an attempt to formulate a contemporary mythology-although it has elements of all of these." To read Masks of Origin, and to re-read it perhaps, and to live with all that it reveals, conceals, and intimates, is to risk encountering the unfathomable within ourselves as much as in the art. As George recursively unravels the contours of his peculiar spiritual landscape, we begin to see aspects our own world history and generational trauma transfigured-as in a psychedelic mirror-in a startling new light. Yet the only drug administered here is the no tropic of poetic language. (You may still wish to avoid operating heavy machinery while under the influence of this book.) With penetrating insight into the soul of post-industrial America and a rare ability to invoke transpersonal states of knowing (even accompanying the thrill of the unknown) in the reader, and with a metaphysical bravado that any dada surrealist might envy, there is also-how to say this?-a down-to-earthness about George that softens our defenses. In Masks of Origin, we meet the artist not only as a cosmic traveler and esoteric yogi, but also as a schoolboy, a son, a rebel, a lover, a teacher, a friend/enemy, and a family man-in short, as a person with adventurous goals but few pretenses. As we follow George in the probing of his origins, we may find that we have suddenly drawn much closer to our own.

The tale of a British Merchant Navy cadet's first trip to sea. From the leafy lanes of Surrey to the grim docklands of nineteen seventies London to the jungles of Panama, on to the Land of the Long White Cloud and back again. The sea. The work. The crew. The friends. The enemies and of course, the women. What it was really like for an eighteen year old first trip cadet.

The tale of a British Merchant Navy cadet's first trip to sea. From the leafy lanes of Surrey to the grim docklands of nineteen seventies London to the jungles of Panama, on to the Land of the Long White Cloud and back again. The sea. The work. The crew. The friends. The enemies and of course, the women. What it was really like for an eighteen year old first trip cadet.

The Dream Team company's ethos is to expand their business whilst surviving against conventions. Their recruiting of like-minded souls has stood them in good stead over many years.They fight injustices with complete disregard for laws and are passing this legacy onto their successors, the pairing of Barry Parker's long lost son and a young Chinese girl from Hong Kong. They use Taoist principles and spiritual practices as part of their training regimen, in between taking down a crooked Irish developer in cahoots with a Chinese people and drug trafficker. To further their own business, an Iranian friend scammed in a Spanish property deal asks them to help get his money back. A complete disruption, an elaborate fraud, and a violent raid bring down the Irish developer and his business. The Chinese connection is discovered during their raid and leads them to kidnap a corrupt Chinese diplomat to get Chinese State Security off their backs. The young pair smuggle witnesses out of China along with evidence on the diplomat. It ends with a handover for the ransom of the diplomat in a classic London bridge setting aided and abetted by bees and birds strangely summoned by their mysterious colleague Lin Fu. Fast-moving and often sensual, their adventures traverse the globe, their experiments with magical, esoteric practices produce mysterious but believable results that leave you wondering if that could really happen. The whole team is an eclectic mix of free spirits, always anti-establishment and unconventional.

This is about the (mostly) hilarious, clumsy shenanigans of a British Merchant Navy cadet on his first trip to sea. An innocent lad from the leafy lanes of Surrey during his first voyage from the grim docklands of London, across the North Atlantic to the Jungles of Panama and its canal. Then across the Pacific Ocean to several ports in the Land of the Long White cloud. (New Zealand) and back again. The main characters include me, Chief Clumsy Person. Steven, Assistant Clumsy Person. Cathy, A female of interest to the chief clumsy person. Morella, A female of interest to the chief clumsy person. JoJo and Barry, also cadets but not clumsy. (They had other skills). Various captains, chief officers, crew and party goers. All contributing to the education of the Chief Clumsy Person Readers will recognise all the mistakes, all the awkwardness and all the humour that the characters bring is just the same nowadays as it was in the nineteen seventies and probably the eighteen seventies My book is about the humour of a life at sea and written in a way, hopefully, that everybody can understand and enjoy not just the people who now go, or have been, to sea professionally. It contains a quote from Captain E.J. Smith, the Captain of the Titanic. This quote highlights the fact that if one wants to go to sea as a profession, then one must be prepared to live a life of extremes and always, always ... Expect the unexpected. Going to sea for living is not without danger. The sea can be a cruel and unforgiving place and the tragedies and the people involved should not be forgotten. But it is right to highlight the humour, the toughness, the resilience, the professionalism and the stubbornness of the British sailor. Rule1. Expect the unexpected. Rule 2. Learn Rule One

Crime Saga: Sidney Johnson failed burglar and the general laughing stock of the criminal underworld is given 28 days to claim millions of pounds left to him by his late mother. But others are after it as well. Will Sidney succeed? Or will others with criminal intent win through? Sidney finds himself the unlikely air to a fortune but is woefully ill-equipped to capitalize upon it. His mother still trying to help him in death as she did so in life by leaving Sidney with a winning lottery ticket. But all Sidney has to go on are some obscure details in a letter telling him where to find it. But first Sidney has to overcome all manner of obstacles before he can claim his prize. With only 28 days to do it in. And everybody is after him. A tale of mystery intrigue and skulduggery as Sidney stumbles from one disaster to another trying to solve the problem. Buy the book now to find out whether Sidney is successful or not Both real and fictional locations have been used. No reference to anybody living or dead is intended. DANCING LEDGE, the sequel to Lottery Mania and the 2nd book in the trilogy is now fully available on Amazon books, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Scribd, and several other platforms. The third book in the trilogy: MIDNIGHT ON THE 18TH HOLE is ALSO NOW fully available, and continues the MERRY SAGA of the villagers of Swingle Matravers money-making adventures.

CRIME SAGA The villagers of Swingle Matravers, Dorset, England find a parcel containing some sort of rectangular metal device with small flashing lights. This turns out to be a highly accurate secret stock market forecasting device worth Billions to the country that owns it due to its extreme accuracy in operation. The device originally French, and stolen from it by Bharun an African state. The device is wanted by the British, the Americans, the Bharunians larger neighbours the South Africans, and of course the French themselves. They all want the device. The Bharunians and the security services of all these countries descend upon the picturesque rural village of Swingle Matravers some 6 miles from the sea and the Dorset coast, to try and wrest the secret device from the villagers self-appointed: Committee for Wealth. The villagers however are well organized and are determined not to give up without a fight. As a result, absolute mayhem ensues A real David versus Goliath fight. Dancing Ledge, the second in the trilogy of stories featuring the nare do well villagers of Swingle Matravers - the first story: 'Robbing the rich to help the poor', cock a snook at the Western powers. Will they succeed? Or will all the security sophistication of the powerful Western world, plus the Bharunians and the primeval elements of wind and waves on Dancing Ledge in the final chapter, beat them in the end? The villagers of Swingle. Ordinary people pit themselves against the world. Buy the book now to see if they succeed against all the odds Stories for all the family to enjoy. Authors note: Both real and fictional locations are used. No reference to any person living or dead is assumed or attempted. The moral right of the author is asserted. Brian George. Nottingham. England. 6th November 2020.