Henry Carter Hull

Finding happiness one stitch at a time When Dee Blackthorns brother, JP, breaks both wrists not only is he in need of a helping hand or two but the knitting shop he owns cant function. Sisterly duties take Dee away from her demanding job and she is unceremoniously fired amidst scandalous office rumours. Dee is certain that her hot-shot nemesis, Ben, is behind it all. Back in the village of Fenwild where JP's shop resides, Dee bumps into Becky, an...

On a trip to the waterfront, Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham befriend the kindhearted, if somewhat gruff, Captain Dowdy. When he takes them up on their invitation for dinner that evening, he brings the bad news that his crew has been locked up and he's clueless about what to do for his big charter the following day. Of course, Mrs. Feeley and friends can't leave him in need. But little do they know they're sailing into a tangled web...

Times are tough for Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham. After eighteen years of sharing the home that brought them together, it's become too expensive to maintain, and their neighborhood too stripped of character to boot. They set out to find a simpler life with a fixer-upper where they can live off the land, but nothing could be that simple . . .   In the sixth and final story to star Mrs. Feeley and company, Mary Lasswell is once...

Life is ripe with good times and plenty of beer when Mrs. Feeley welcomes her new friend, the musical Miss Tinkham, to share her San Diego home and junkyard, Noah's Ark. It's not long before the gourmet culinarian Mrs. Rasmussen moves in, too, and the three elderly ladies bask in their joie de vivre. But the party is cut short when they discover the property taxes have been pocketed by a swindling lawyer. The three wisecracking women must use their...

Starting with A Cuban Affair and Other Short Stories, the author skilfully relates his hilarious adventure on a 'R and R' location for Castro's rebel forces. The book's 23 stories are grouped in a way to keep the readers enthralled as they go on a journey of hilarious and bizarre experiences to exotic locations or share, under Viking Tales, the pioneering experiences of the UK and Norway rushing to develop North Sea oil. But it doesn't end there...

All-new stories featuring the "wonderful, real, lovable characters" of St. Jude's, in the series that inspired the beloved British sitcom Bless Me, Father (James Herriot). Based on the author's real-life experiences as a young clergyman, the five books in the Bless Me, Father series offer a sweet-natured, humorous look at Catholicism in the 1950s. Father Neil's adventures at St. Jude's parish in London with its raucous congregation full of Irish immigrants...

Australia's Cheekiest Little Dogs, together in one snappy little bookWho is Australia's cheekiest little dog? Perky Pedro (left), naughty Nigella, bombastic Bon-Bon, jumpin' Jimmy or Chopper, the tiniest terror on the block? In this too cute for words book, 125 of the country's furriest, funniest scamps are on display - all accompanied by suitably mischievous captions about what they were thinking when they got caught digging holes, chewing cushions...

If you love to read, or write, or both, you'll appreciate Brain Doyle -- passionate observer of and commentator on all things written. In this ultimate collection of his thoughts on writers and writing and readers and reading, he covered everything from what the books people keep stashed in the cars or sitting on their bookshelves tell you about them, to the pleasures of reading box scores or what's hung on refrigerator doors, to the scent that books...

Kindhearted and loudmouthed Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham have only just set out on their long-awaited cross-country drive to the West Coast when the trouble begins. It's bad enough that they wind up in a seedy, truck stop nightclub, but then it's raided by the police! Thankfully, Chief Connolly can tell they're decent folks and lets them off easy, but he needs a favor in return. He wants them to take a passenger on their trip; a dangerous...

"What do a crazy person, a chemist, a lottery ticket seller, a tourist, a New Year's date, Cervantes, a couple in crisis, some geeky teenagers and a ruined millionaire have in common? They're all in this book! It contains more than 60 independent stories that are guaranteed to make you laugh, most of all, although some may make you shed a tear, and others just might make your hair stand on end."--