Books with author John Barnes

In December 2017, author John Barnes discovered a manuscript he’d written thirty years before and forgotten. It described an eventful 1987 trip by rail into mainland China. His stateside marriage was failing and his career in jeopardy. He needed a successful meeting in Wuhan with a mysterious Mr. Lu. Wuhan flights were canceled due to bad weather, so Barnes took the train. His journey began in Canton on China’s southern coast and ended 23 hours and 900 miles later at Wuhan in central China. The author uses his 30-year-old journey like a Rosetta Stone to understand who he is then and who he is now. In the telling, Wuhan Train becomes not only one man’s journey into a once poor and dispirited China’s past but a parallel journey into the author’s self.

Lilly Prospero And The Mermaid's Curseby JJ Barnes★★★★★Lilly Prospero And The Mermaid's Curse is the second book in The Lilly Prospero Series by JJ Barnes.When fifteen year old Lilly and her best friend Saffron go o a family holiday to Whitstable, they plan on relaxing and having fun together on the beach. But when they meet mermaid's in distress, they realise that won't happen.Mermaids are being pulled from the sea and harvested for their body parts to sell on the magical black market, so Lilly and Saffron team up with a coven of mysterious elderly witches to stop him. But soon, they discover the issue is more complicated than they ever realised, and they must risk the lives of both themselves and everyone around them if they have any chance of saving the mermaids. ★★★★★Lilly Prospero And The Mermaid's Curse is available from the Siren Stories Universe. Explore www.sirenstories.co.uk for more books, podcasts, film & TV, a free give away competition and more.For more from author JJ Barnes, you can find links to all her work and her social media on www.jjbarnes.co.uk

"The Catcher in the Rye meets On the Road"*-The Printz Honor book is a classic in the making! September 1973: The beginning of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of "the Madman Underground"- kids forced to attend group therapy during school. Karl has decided that he is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act-and be-Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has two after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker. *The Horn Book

KING CHARLES II King Charles was born on 29 May 1630, the eldest surviving son of Charles I. He was 12 when the Civil War began and two years later at the age of 14, he was appointed the nominal commander-in-chief in western England. With the parliamentary victory he was forced into exile on the continent and was now living in the Netherlands when in 1649 he learnt of his father, Charles I execution. On his return in 1650 he cleverly made a deal with the Scots and was proclaimed King of Scotland. He soon raised a Scottish army and invaded England in 1651, but was defeated by Oliver Cromwell’s Roundhead army at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Charles managed to escape into exile, and it was not until 1660 that he was finally invited back to England to reclaim his throne.This is another very funny poke at English history and the third book in the series called, “The Funny Side of ” by author and illustrator John L D Barnett.

The Funny Side of Adolf HitlerThis is the 8th book in the Funny Side of series and another very funny poke at history, written and illustrated by author John L D Barnett. This really funny coloured cartoon illustrated book is set in the 2nd World War when the war monger Adolf Hitler, was the leader of the Nazi Party and the Chancellor of Germany from 1934 to 1945

This book contains a practical guide for the amateur in carpentry, lathe working, joinery, ornamental woodwork, the use of tools, and the selection of timber. A book perfect for those with little or no experience in woodworking, this guide contains everything one might need to know to get started. Full of simple instructions and handy tips on a range of subjects, this book will greatly appeal to the handyman and makes for a worthy addition to collections of DIY literature. The chapters of this book include: 'The Various Woods Used in Carpentry and Joinery', 'Timber for General Use – Its Selection', 'Tools and How to Use Them', 'Sharpening Tools – The Ways and Means Employed', 'Joining Woodwork', 'The Work-Bench and its Fittings', 'Ornamental Woodwork and its Various Branches', 'The Wood-Turning Lathe and How to Use It', and many more. We are proud to republish this antique book now complete with a new introduction on woodworking.