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Memoirs of an Ordinary GuyNot Rich, not Famous, Just TruthsBy Mel R J SmithHe was born in the sixties, grew up in the seventies, became a man in the eighties and threw everything away in the twenty first century.Yes, Mel Smith is just an ordinary guy.His story starts in 2012, after he foolishly let his marriage and a happy family life slip away. Now, single and alone, he lives in his one-bedded staff accommodation room, a room he has to call home.Scrunched up on his over-used, spring-laden bed, his fingers are poised, hovering over the keyboard. Mel is ready to share how he got to this stage in his life, to tell his memoirs, growing from boy to man and all that that it entailed. Along the way, he meets an assortment of characters from family, friends and lovers, to complete strangers. But, of course, no story would be complete without a baddy added to the mix and Mel certainly meets his fair share of them. Throughout his life, he has a humorous journey of discovery, disappointments and adventure. It all starts in nineteen sixty four.Melvyn, or Beanpole, as his mother would call him, is quite content using a nappy full of cabbage-flavoured shit as a cushion, while sitting in a hand-me-down swing, wearing hand-me down-clothes. Probably his sisters’. That’s how he remembers his early days; his very own swinging sixties.In the hazy summer days of the seventies, as his hair becomes redder and freckles more noticeable, somehow he manages to get himself a girlfriend. The love affair is short-lived, his designer national health glasses putting a stop to that little romance. But all is not lost. Melvyn makes a new friend; Mitch, a good-looking London lad. They become the best of friends and share many adventures as the years roll by.In the eighties, and with his school days over, it is time, as a teenager, to go it alone and face the big wide world. Well, not quite alone, as Mitch tags along for a few more adventures, which include booze, women and sex and, more often than not, in that order.Between the ages of eighteen and twenty one, Mel works as a chef in a mental institute, loses his dad, meets a single mum with schizophrenia and marries her. Over a decade, he suffers the wrath of a green-eyed monster, namely, her jealousy. They are tough times.With the end of the nineties just around the corner, everything changes. Melvyn becomes Mel. No, he doesn't become a woman. He gets divorced, turns his life around and lives happily ever after as a newly-married man, well into the twenty first century. That is, until the cabbage-flavoured shit catches up with him, hits the fan head on and lands him where he is now; sad and alone on his bed and trying to dodge a wayward spring, as he types these memoirs.How did he get here? Well that's another story.

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<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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This book is a story of an Ordinary Guy, he's not rich and he's not famous but he still has some humoures tales to tell of his life growing from boy to man in the UK during the 70's, 80's and 90's. It allows your to follow his journey though life with some fun times and tough times, share in his adventures and meet the characters he encountered.

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<div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:560.1875px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <div> </div> <div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:560.1875px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A10WNSEHP2SNHS/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">Rosa Teoli</a> </span><span class="a-color-secondary">on 17 April 2015</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:560.1875px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;"> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">This book grabbed my attention from the first paragraph, I wanted to keep reading . Mel has been very open and honest in his storytelling, emotional in parts and extremely funny. I highly recommend this book, a very good read. I look forward to his next book.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> <span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A1JSI19YGS2M33/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">SHELAGH COWLAM</a> </span><span class="a-color-secondary">on 21 April 2015</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:560.1875px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;"> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">This book took me back to my childhood...it takes you back to those carefree days when you could go out on your bike with a packed lunch of jam sandwiches waving goodbye to your mum and not arrive back home until early evening totally shattered..but happy and not a care in the world..knowing that your parents were not afraid to let you out of there sight.<br /> It made me feel warm and nostalegic....Well done.</div> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:560.1875px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;"> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;"> </div> </div>

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