Böcker av Michael Bartlett

A visitor to my Village in the Valley could be forgiven for thinking it is a quiet country backwater. But appearances can be deceptive. Particularly when we get together to tackle the village pantomime, an antiquated clock, and tyranny with gnomes ... The brilliant sequel to laugh out loud comedy My Village in the Valley

In any society there is always pressure to conform, to behave like those around you. Sometimes it can be difficult to stand alone, to follow your own path whether that's by choice or force of circumstance. These stories are all about people who are slightly out of step with the world around them. Such people as: A young woman who thinks she is stupid but develops self-confidence when someone believes in her. A scientist who is convinced that the world is headed for a total flood so begins building an Ark in his back garden. A retired headmistress who refuses to be bullied by other residents in her apartment block. A 90 year old lady who defies developers, ignores a compulsory purchase order and refuses to leave her home. These people, and those in the other stories, may not think of it in these terms but they are all marching to the beat of a different drum.

Where do you turn when the Law catches flies but lets hornets go free? In a world where unscrupulous businessmen, rogues and thieves operate across borders and beyond the reach of the Law, the hope for justice lies with a brilliant former agent known only by a codename: The Hunter.

Stars and planets, vast skies and new horizons. A distant future with secrets in its past. A house sitter intercepts a message from a lost craft, while a tree holds the key to an alien invasion. A brilliant and far-ranging collection of poetry and short stories about our present and future relationship with space

A light-hearted collection of comic tales from established radio scriptwriter Michael Bartlett. My Village in the Valley is a quiet unassuming place where, on the whole, very little happens. Until, that is, the neighbours get together to tackle aggressive drivers, disputed footpaths, yapping hearthrugs and the ubiquitous village fete ...

Solitude can mean freedom. Or it can mean being in a crowd and knowing how impossible it is to truly share another's thoughts. Original and compelling, this is an intimate study of the human experience of isolation by established radio scriptwriter Michael Bartlett