Books with author John Fitzgerald

The Sangreal Abbey School is well-regarded for its high academic standards and the brilliance of its charismatic headmaster. Lance Purcelle finds himself befriended by a more senior student who reveals a secret of staggering implications. With this revelation Lance is thrust into a world of timeless conflict between the Legion of Shadows and the Guardians. When Lance discovers that fellow student, the beautiful Lady Jennifer Findabair, is in direct lineage to a most famous lady from times now shrouded in myth he is astounded to discover his own links to that same period. Their finding of the most sought after cup in history and its continued protection from the Legion of Shadows takes Lance and Jennifer on an incredible journey involving both the British and French secret services. Not only is the survival of the school at stake but also the continued existence of their beloved England. The first of the Chronicles of Jennifer Findabair describes the beginning of a timeless love story set against the majesty of two great nations.

Nukes ended most of society. Now all that’s left is taxes.Arthur McDowell works for the most indestructible employer left in post-apocalyptic America: the IRS. Safe and sound inside a government bunker, Arthur is proud to be just another drone. But for an ambitious man (and excellent typist) such as Arthur, a promotion to supervisor is just around the corner. Arthur’s world flips when instead of a becoming supervisor, the brass makes him a census-taker. His task: to head out into the irradiated streets armed with paperwork and red tape. Assigned to him is a drug-addicted bodyguard, Rabia Duke, who could care less if they survive. All’s well at first, but after Arthur is confronted by a warlord, he realizes that the only thing that can save them all is a massive audit. Because even above radiation, roving gangs, and starvation, what the world should fear the most remains bureaucracy. A happy bureaucracy.Brazil by way of Mad Max, M.P. Fitzgerald’s A Happy Bureaucracy is a bleak and hilarious look at the wheels of a system that keep turning even when nothing else is left. Get your copy today!

A Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection, 2005 for the Hard Cover edition and 2008 for the Board Book In the world there is a country. In that country there is a city. In that city there is a neighbourhood. In that neighbourhood there is a street. Children from preschool through grade one relish the discovery of their place in the world. Learning the number on their home, the street where they live, the town or city they call home is a comforting reminder to children that they belong. Illustrator/author Joanne Fitzgerald gradually takes her young audience from the whole wide world to one bed and the child in it. Then she turns the whole thing around: Me under the bed. Blanket on the bed. Bed in the room. Room in the house. All the way back to the world again. Governor General's Award-winning illustrator Joanne Fitzgerald brings her distinctive bright pallet and warm, cuddly characters to a charming book that will prompt young ones to look outside themselves to create their own place in the world. A wonderful support for parents with children ready to learn their address, as well as a perfect adjunct to primary school program units about a child's place in the local community and beyond. An irresistible page-turner.

New Penguin Essentials edition of the heartbreaking classic of the roaring twenties, Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am tonight.' American psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole live in a villa on the French Riviera, surrounded by a circle of glamorous friends. When beautiful film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives she is drawn to the couple - Dick contemplates an affair, while Nicole believes she's found a new best friend. But a dark secret lies at the centre of the Divers' marriage. A secret which could destroy Dick and Nicole and those close to them . . .