Author
and
Illustrator
John L D Barnett
THE SEA IS MY GRAVE
This story tells of Bill's life and all that he’d seen, sailing the seas, on a British submarine. He cast his fate to the wind, and let his spirit roam free, FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM on the open sea .Of battles fought hard, and brave shipmates lost, all through World War II ,at such a great cost. The sea is Bill's grave now, the last post his tune, a brave hero sadly missed, but most especially in June. John L.D.Barnett.
It was a hard dangerous life in the Royal Navy during World War II but a very rewarding one!
To the relief of the whole crew Unison returned to Malta on 31 March 1943, to fight another day, flying her Jolly Roger victory flag as she entered her base, to the roaring cheers of the crowds who were lining the docks as she entered Malta’s Grand harbour. Bill felt enormously proud that day, but later in a letter to his father told him that he was glad to get back in one piece so he could have a shower, and change his trousers.
A WONDERFUL READ NOT TO BE MISSED !
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No Pain No Gain
Author John L D Barnett Autobiography
After finally leaving Secondary Modern school at the age of fifteen, I worked in a Sheffield steel works as an apprentice Electrician, obtaining my City and Guilds certificate in Iron and Steel before leaving home. At the age of sixteen I lived and worked in Coventry for a few months, before joining up at the end of 1964 with the British forces. I was posted firstly with the 24th Royal Artillery Missile Regiment, serving in Germany, and then transferred to the Royal Military Police, serving in Germany, the Middle East and Hong Kong. After serving for nine years with the British forces, I took a job as Chief Security Officer in the 1970s, working for my friend the King of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. I arrived back in England in the early 70s, sailing and working on the Grimsby fishing trawlers as a 2nd Engineer, when the Cod Wars with Iceland were at their peak. I then married June, a local girl from the Grimsby area, and have now been happily married for the past 38 years, having raised two boys who now have children of their own.
In 2002 I eventually retired through ill health at the age of 56, after a successful 28-year career as a HGV Class 1 Petroleum Tanker Driver for Burmah Castrol, and as the Driver Foreman for Q8 Petroleum. During the late 1990s and early 2000 I become a very successful property developer, buying, selling and renting property in the Grimsby area. During the last few years, I have taken up writing and illustrating books in my spare time.
Authors autobiography, is a ‘must read’ recommended for general audiences, and in particular those veteran’s (both men and women) who served proudly on behalf of their King, and then Queen and Country.
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The Wonderful World of Friz The Bee
( This is the first book of a wonderful 5 children's book series.)
Published by Crimson Cloak Publishers
Meet the Bee family members Grandad and Grandma, their son, Fred Bee, his wife Honey Bee, and their six children, Friz, Bernie, Bluebell, the twins Rose and Tulip, and last but not least, Baby Beni Bee. They all live in the Bee Hive at the edge of Willow Woods. Friz Bee is the eldest son and a Worker bee who gets up to all sorts of mischief and finds himself in hot water on more than one occasion.
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Print Version: https://www.createspace.com/5376440
MARCUS CLUELESS FUNNYCUS THE CENTURION
Hi all you lovely readers out there ! This is my latest book called MARCUS CLUELESS FUNNYCUS THE CENTURION and it is now available for purchase on Amazon online, Books 4 u and Create Space. I'm sure everyone will love this very funny fully colour illustrated comic book which I have decided to turn into a series if the readers enjoy it. The cartoon charicter is based upon a Roman civilian dental assistant who works for an employer in a Rome dental surgery by the name of Ivor Loose Toothycus.He takes his girlfriend Judith Ben Hur out on his day off to a barbie which is being held in the local goat market just as the Great Fire of Rome starts, and in the panick he runs into the Emperor Nero, accidently knocking him out. Due to Nero's concussion when he eventually comes too he believes that Marcus Funnycus has saved him from the Great Fire and immediatly promotes him to the head of his personal Praetorion Guard. This is a very funny book which I'm sure everyone will enjoy.
FLYING HIGH WITH FRIZ THE BEE
This is the 2nd book now published in the series of 5 children's illustrated books, about the life of a family of Worker bees that live in a bee hive at the edge of Willow Woods. I know all the children will love and enjoy this series of books. Friz Bee is the eldest son of the cartoon family of bees, and finds himself in all kinds of trouble with his family members when hes arrested by the Bumble Town Police, and falls in love with the Queen Bee's daughter, Princess Bee-Atrice. This is a wonderful story not to be missed, so keep a lookout for the next exciting book in the series of 5 called THE ROYAL WEDDING. NOW ON SALE at Crimson Cloak Publishers, Amazon online book store, and Kindle