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August 5, 2013
Violent Disorder by Mark Barry does not disappoint - my book review
Violent Disorderis the long awaited sequel of Mr. Barry’s highly acclaimed novel on violence in sports, Ultra Violence.
The story revolves around the Bully Brothers, and their passionate support of the Notts Football team, which results in violent clashes with opposing fans on game day. In this novel, HobNob and Bull draw the reader into their world, recounting horrific tales of brutality when football hooliganism ran rampant decades ago. However, the sad truth reveals that the violent behavior still exists today as middle-aged men continue to pick up the gauntlet. A powerful ending. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I recommend it to men, and women, on both sides of the pond. To purchase this suspenseful thriller, click on the links Amazon US http://www.amazon.com/Violent-Disorde... Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Violent-Disor... Synopsis
Violent Disorder is the much-anticipated sequel to Green Wizard’s best-selling Ultra Violence.
This book - written for adults - contains scenes of threat, opinions likely to offend, earthy dialogue, incessant foul language and relentless, sometimes extreme, scenes of urban violence.
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Let’s HAVE It…
"The tall one advances toward me, grinning, all denim jacket and faded jeans.
He wants it, I can tell.
This knowledge makes me content. It fills me with calm. Equilibrium.
As he approaches, a sense of certainty descends that this upcoming scenario is somehow, meant to be.
There is a mutual acceptance.
A tacit agreement that extreme violence is about to take place, that punches will be thrown, that blood will be spilled, and that one of us is going to be hurt, possibly quite badly.
Maybe very badly, indeed."
_____________________________________________________________
The Bully Brothers.
Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight.
A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming good citizens amidst the absolute economic chaos that is the UK. Food shortages. Zero hour contracts. Dangerous packs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Panicked offspring poisoning elderly parents to avoid spiralling care costs.
Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags.
You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block.
The writer takes their confession. Old war stories. Terrace myths and fables. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out on train stations, motorway services, and the High Streets of towns like Hounslow, Rotherham and Peterborough.
Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry?
Or will they drag the young writer down with them.
The story revolves around the Bully Brothers, and their passionate support of the Notts Football team, which results in violent clashes with opposing fans on game day. In this novel, HobNob and Bull draw the reader into their world, recounting horrific tales of brutality when football hooliganism ran rampant decades ago. However, the sad truth reveals that the violent behavior still exists today as middle-aged men continue to pick up the gauntlet. A powerful ending. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I recommend it to men, and women, on both sides of the pond. To purchase this suspenseful thriller, click on the links Amazon US http://www.amazon.com/Violent-Disorde... Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Violent-Disor... Synopsis
Violent Disorder is the much-anticipated sequel to Green Wizard’s best-selling Ultra Violence.
This book - written for adults - contains scenes of threat, opinions likely to offend, earthy dialogue, incessant foul language and relentless, sometimes extreme, scenes of urban violence.
______________________________________________________________
Let’s HAVE It…
"The tall one advances toward me, grinning, all denim jacket and faded jeans.
He wants it, I can tell.
This knowledge makes me content. It fills me with calm. Equilibrium.
As he approaches, a sense of certainty descends that this upcoming scenario is somehow, meant to be.
There is a mutual acceptance.
A tacit agreement that extreme violence is about to take place, that punches will be thrown, that blood will be spilled, and that one of us is going to be hurt, possibly quite badly.
Maybe very badly, indeed."
_____________________________________________________________
The Bully Brothers.
Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight.
A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming good citizens amidst the absolute economic chaos that is the UK. Food shortages. Zero hour contracts. Dangerous packs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Panicked offspring poisoning elderly parents to avoid spiralling care costs.
Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags.
You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block.
The writer takes their confession. Old war stories. Terrace myths and fables. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out on train stations, motorway services, and the High Streets of towns like Hounslow, Rotherham and Peterborough.
Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry?
Or will they drag the young writer down with them.
History Trivia - Penda of Mercia defeats Oswald of Bernicia
August 5
135 Betar, the last outpost of Bar Kochba, fell to Rome. Bar Kochba was a messianic Jewish leader who established an independent Jewish state of Israel, which he ruled for three years. The state was conquered by the Romans in 135 following a bloody two-year war.
642 – Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeated and killed Oswald of Bernicia (Northumbria).
910 The last major Danish army to raid England was defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
1100 Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he was put on trial and executed.
1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish was fought between the Scots and the English in Northern England; the Scots were victorious.
135 Betar, the last outpost of Bar Kochba, fell to Rome. Bar Kochba was a messianic Jewish leader who established an independent Jewish state of Israel, which he ruled for three years. The state was conquered by the Romans in 135 following a bloody two-year war.
642 – Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeated and killed Oswald of Bernicia (Northumbria).
910 The last major Danish army to raid England was defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
1100 Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he was put on trial and executed.
1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish was fought between the Scots and the English in Northern England; the Scots were victorious.
August 4, 2013
Tingle by Elise VanCise - virtual book signing event
http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/EliseVanCise
Request a digital autograph from author Elise VanCise for her latest release, Tingle
Show more Show less Tingle is a collection of flash fiction with a darker edge of the paranormal, suspense, and horror genres to make a readers spine tingle and provoke the senses and emotions Amazon UShttp://www.amazon.com/Elise-VanCise/e/B0031AP2ZY/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 Amazon UKhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Elise-VanCise/e/B0031AP2ZY/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Request a digital autograph from author Elise VanCise for her latest release, Tingle
Show more Show less Tingle is a collection of flash fiction with a darker edge of the paranormal, suspense, and horror genres to make a readers spine tingle and provoke the senses and emotions Amazon UShttp://www.amazon.com/Elise-VanCise/e/B0031AP2ZY/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 Amazon UKhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Elise-VanCise/e/B0031AP2ZY/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
History Trivia - Roman Army destroys the Second Temple in Jerusalem
August 4
70 the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
367 Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, was named co-Augustus by his father.
1181 Supernova was seen in Cassiopeia, a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain Queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty.
1265 Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeated the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1347 English troops conquered Ft. Calais (France).
70 the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
367 Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, was named co-Augustus by his father.
1181 Supernova was seen in Cassiopeia, a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain Queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty.
1265 Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeated the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1347 English troops conquered Ft. Calais (France).
August 3, 2013
The Second Edition of Ultra Violence by Mark Barry BOOK LAUNCH
The sequel to Mark Barry's Violent Disorder, Ultra Violence - Second Edition, is now available in the Kindle Store
Ultra Violence
Forty. Receding pate. Loose teeth. Failing marriage. Delinquent, uncaring son. Psycho boss parachuted in to cut the big earners.
A few lost marbles…
It wasn’t always like this. He used to be a Face. A Player. A Terrace Celebrity. Now he’s just another faceless nobody on the brink of despair in a world he no longer recognises.
Yet, one freezing winter’s day, a chance meeting with a face from the old days at Notts County changes everything.
Especially when there’s an intriguing proposition on the table. One he may find difficult to refuse.
Violent Disorder
The Bully Brothers.
Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight.
A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming good citizens amidst the absolute economic chaos that is the UK. Food shortages. Zero hour contracts. Dangerous packs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Panicked offspring poisoning elderly parents to avoid spiralling care costs.
Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags.
You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block.
The writer takes their confession. Old war stories. Terrace myths and fables. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out on train stations, motorway services, and the High Streets of towns like Hounslow, Rotherham and Peterborough.
Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry?
Or will they drag the young writer down with them
Visit Mr. Barry's Amazon author pages
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Barry/e/B008479RWI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_2
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Barry/e/B008479RWI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2
Ultra Violence
Forty. Receding pate. Loose teeth. Failing marriage. Delinquent, uncaring son. Psycho boss parachuted in to cut the big earners.
A few lost marbles…
It wasn’t always like this. He used to be a Face. A Player. A Terrace Celebrity. Now he’s just another faceless nobody on the brink of despair in a world he no longer recognises.
Yet, one freezing winter’s day, a chance meeting with a face from the old days at Notts County changes everything.
Especially when there’s an intriguing proposition on the table. One he may find difficult to refuse.
Violent Disorder
The Bully Brothers.
Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight.
A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming good citizens amidst the absolute economic chaos that is the UK. Food shortages. Zero hour contracts. Dangerous packs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Panicked offspring poisoning elderly parents to avoid spiralling care costs.
Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags.
You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block.
The writer takes their confession. Old war stories. Terrace myths and fables. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out on train stations, motorway services, and the High Streets of towns like Hounslow, Rotherham and Peterborough.
Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry?
Or will they drag the young writer down with them
Visit Mr. Barry's Amazon author pages
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Barry/e/B008479RWI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_2
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Barry/e/B008479RWI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2
History Trivia - Vikings defeated by Louis III of France
August 3
8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeated Dalmatians on the river Bathinus (southern Croatia).
435 Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, was exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. Nestorianism is the error that Jesus is two distinct persons.
881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the German poem Ludwigslied.
1291 the Crusaders abandoned Tortosa (province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain) to the Moslems.
1347 Six burghers of the surrounded French city of Calais surrendered to Edward III of England, hoping to relieve the siege.
1387 Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark/ Norway died.
1460 King James II of Scotland died.
8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeated Dalmatians on the river Bathinus (southern Croatia).
435 Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, was exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. Nestorianism is the error that Jesus is two distinct persons.
881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the German poem Ludwigslied.
1291 the Crusaders abandoned Tortosa (province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain) to the Moslems.
1347 Six burghers of the surrounded French city of Calais surrendered to Edward III of England, hoping to relieve the siege.
1387 Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark/ Norway died.
1460 King James II of Scotland died.
Home Wrecker I - The Chronicles by Brenda Perlin - virtual book signing event
http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/HomeWreckerbook
Request a digital autograph from author Brenda Perlin's novel, Home Wrecker I - The Chronicles
MKSP is proud to have acquired this project and is presenting this improved and edited, Second Edition of Home Wrecker for the public to enjoy.
When Brooklyn meets Bo, their lives are instantly turned upside down.
Brooklyn and Bo, each unhappily married to someone else, have to decide whether to stay with their spouses or give up everything for each other. Find out what Brooklyn's husband and Bo's soon-to-be ex-wife do to break them up.
Home Wrecker is the first book in a three part series that follows the main character, Brooklyn throughout her childhood, adult life and then what seems like an “endless” journey towards redemption.
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Brenda-Perlin/e/B0088M542Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brenda-Perlin/e/B0088M542Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Show more Show less
Request a digital autograph from author Brenda Perlin's novel, Home Wrecker I - The ChroniclesMKSP is proud to have acquired this project and is presenting this improved and edited, Second Edition of Home Wrecker for the public to enjoy.
When Brooklyn meets Bo, their lives are instantly turned upside down.
Brooklyn and Bo, each unhappily married to someone else, have to decide whether to stay with their spouses or give up everything for each other. Find out what Brooklyn's husband and Bo's soon-to-be ex-wife do to break them up.
Home Wrecker is the first book in a three part series that follows the main character, Brooklyn throughout her childhood, adult life and then what seems like an “endless” journey towards redemption.
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Brenda-Perlin/e/B0088M542Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brenda-Perlin/e/B0088M542Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Show more Show less
Gladiator's Pen: Those Charming Heroes: Meet Alex Blazen of HALF
Gladiator's Pen: Those Charming Heroes: Meet Alex Blazen of HALF: Welcome to the Charming Hero Blog Hop sponsored by Whitney Keevers-Eastman. The hop runs from the 3 rd through 4 th celebrating t ho...
Resonant Blue: Author Spotlight: Brenda Perlin
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August 2, 2013
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Why is Jeremy Lin such a polarizing figure? Will Doc Rivers lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a NBA title? The Dream Shake Leader Writer Brandon Davis joins host Phil Naessens to answer these questions, Knuckleballs Blog Lead Writer Eric Pleiss stops by to take a look at the MLB divisional battles and Athletics Nation Lead Writer Alex Hall gives us all the Oakland Athletics news and looks into the AL West plus much more on today’s Phil Naessens Show.
Why is Jeremy Lin such a polarizing figure? Will Doc Rivers lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a NBA title? The Dream Shake Leader Writer Brandon Davis joins host Phil Naessens to answer these questions, Knuckleballs Blog Lead Writer Eric Pleiss stops by to take a look at the MLB divisional battles and Athletics Nation Lead Writer Alex Hall gives us all the Oakland Athletics news and looks into the AL West plus much more on today’s Phil Naessens Show.
