The Kilkenny Cat - Book Two

The Kilkenny Cat - Book Two

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-01-17

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1326156292

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The Kilkenny Cat has been written as a trilogy. Book One deals with the theme of 'truth', Book Two with 'justice', and Book Three on the theme of 'freedom'. All three books seek to show that truth, justice or freedom cannot exist in isolation, and that the only way one can experience any one of them is when one is able to experience all three. Book Two's setting begins in Falmouth, Jamaica and provides the reader with a way of life that most non-Jamaicans may find strange, but which all natives to Jamaica would instantly recognize. Book Two continues to examine the issues of discrimination that is practiced in that country and particularly homophobia and sexism. Mixed partnership between black and white couples is also looked at in the context of the story. The second half of Book Two is set back in Ireland.


The Kilkenny Cat - Book Three

The Kilkenny Cat - Book Three

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-02-09

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1326180525

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The Kilkenny Cat Trilogy is an allegorical story of all manner of discrimination practised throughout the world; particularly in Ireland, Jamaica and England. Told through the eyes and experiences of travelling gypsy cats, it is a 'must' for all cat lovers and students of the 'Northern Riots', Ireland, Jamaica, 'Black v White' and 'Good v Evil. 'It is suitable for reading by teenagers and adults.


Tales From Portlaw Volume One - 'The Love Quartet'

Tales From Portlaw Volume One - 'The Love Quartet'

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1326954903

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'The Love Quartet' is a book of four romantic stories that include, 'The Tannery Wager', 'Fini and Archie', 'The Love Bridge', and 'Forgotten Love'. All four stories are a mixture of 'love won', 'love lost' and 'love found'.


Tales from Portlaw Volume Four: 'The Oldest Woman in the World'

Tales from Portlaw Volume Four: 'The Oldest Woman in the World'

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-10

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 1326014501

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'The Oldest Woman in the World' is a story about the life of a Portlaw-born man, Sean Thornton who spent many years working as a reporter for an Irish newspaper before becoming a reporting investigator for the very first edition of 'The Guinness Book of Records' in 1955. Sean's task for an edition of the annual records book was to seek out and confirm the identity of the oldest person in the world. He eventually does that, but not in time to include the factual data in the record book. In later years, he is greatly surprised that the oldest person in the world and himself share a mutual connection and that she finished up living much closer to Portlaw than Sean would ever have imagined!


Bucket Bill

Bucket Bill

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-10-24

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1326059416

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A Jamaican story from the land where the sun shines down on every man, woman and child in equal measure; a safe harbor where hope springs eternal in the hearts of all good people and where the river of respect runs deep. This story is set in Trelawney, sometime between 1950 and 1962. The story is one of three stories that Nelson Mandela praised as being 'wonderful'. I extend my appreciation to the honorable Royland Barrett, the Custos of Trelawney (Mayor), for the factual background information he provided about the history and development of Trelawney and its capital town of Falmouth. The honorable Royland Barrett acts as representative to the Governor General of Jamaica and her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.


The Lost Kingdom

The Lost Kingdom

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0244665400

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King Lucre and Queen Avarice ruled the Kingdom of Cameo with hearts of stone. They were cruel, greedy and the most selfish of people. However much they had, they never seemed to have enough. The more they had, the more they wanted. Their appetites appeared insatiable. Upon their wedding day, the greedy King and Queen decided that they could never be truly happy until they had become the most powerful King and Queen the world had ever known and their Kingdom stretched beyond the border of any map ever made. When their son, Prince Soloman was born, they made their ambition his dream, but it was a dream which made him an unhappy child. After their deaths, Prince Soloman decides to pursue his own dream and in doing so finds eternal happiness.


Loss

Loss

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-11-05

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1326070258

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Bereavement, loss and separation are three of the most unsettling of emotions that one faces in their lifetime; none more so than when it involves the death of a family member and is experienced by a child. The healthy negotiation of this process requires time, patience and understanding by all concerned, along with the healthy expression of the bereaved person's feelings. 'Nancy's Song' tells how musical Nancy and her mother cope with the news of her father's terminal illness. The author addresses the subject of bereavement in a sympathetic and realistic way while successfully encouraging the young reader to accept death as an inevitable stage of life itself. 'The Lost Kingdom' is about a Prince whose greedy parents plan that one day their son will become the wealthiest and most powerful monarch in the world. When the King and Queen die, so do their dream. The loss of his parents enables the Prince to find his path in life.


Tales from Portlaw Volume Eleven - Two Sisters

Tales from Portlaw Volume Eleven - Two Sisters

Author: William Forde

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-05-05

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1326644009

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Nellie and Nora Fanning are the 'Two Sisters'. In fact, they are the two most important sisters ever to come out of Portlaw. Their entrance into the world was as momentous as their influence upon it and as mysterious as their departure from it. They were two sisters with one mind, who in their later years dedicated their existence to preserve the life of Portlaw. The story of 'The Two Sisters' is William Forde's 66th published book and the 11th book in his 'Tales from Portlaw' series of romantic stories. It is a tale of love, struggle, adventure and deep mystery. It draws upon Irish superstition along with the sinister practices that existed in West Yorkshire hundreds of years ago. The story background begins in Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland and ends there. In between, the story moves to Liverpool and then Haworth, West Yorkshire, England.


Bodacious: The Shepherd Cat

Bodacious: The Shepherd Cat

Author: Suzanna Crampton

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2018-06-14

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0008275866

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BODACIOUS: THE SHEPHERD CAT is a heart-warming and charming tale in which Bodacious tells us about life as The Shepherd Cat on Black Sheep Farm.