Member Since: Dec. 28, 2009

Nigel Woodhead


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Books

Beastly Child    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $3.99 USD. 114000 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on January 13, 2010. Fiction.
(1.00 from 1 review)
In the ancient shire town of Summerwell, trade in occult goods is brisk. Why are its children so afraid of the dark? Something has been awakened in their midst. A great crime from long ago. And a lonely child. The town's sleepy face belies its buried powers. For thousands of years, the site of a terrible cycle of death and rebirth. It is time to apply the old remedies. An eye for an eye...
Kill Or Curare    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $4.99 USD. 172030 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on January 13, 2010. Fiction.
A ripping historical novel set in Dieppe, France, in 1897, featuring the notorious Oscar Wilde and a host of his decadent, bohemian artistic and literary chums - plus guest appearances by the Prince of Wales and Jack the Ripper! A British investigator seeks to unmask a serial killer, against a “Naughty Nineties” backdrop of disease and drugs, of vice and violence - based on true facts.
Buccaneers and Bathing Huts... Tales of Pirates, Tourists, Wrecks & Recipes    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $4.99 USD. 106030 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on January 12, 2010. Nonfiction.
A humorous, gastronomic voyage down the European Atlantic coast, in search of the legacy of “day raiders”, in the widest sense of the term, through the ages: Vikings, English monarchs, pirates and corsairs, bohemians, tourists…. Then-and-now sketches of the major pirate ports, and humorous insights into present-day relations between the English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Voyagers and Voyeurs - Travels in 19th Century France    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $6.99 USD. 257610 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on December 29, 2009. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A treasure-chest from the golden age of travel. Annotated, humorous highlights from over 100 eye-witness accounts (diaries, journals, collected letters, reports, travel guides) written between 1750 & 1918. By some of the most famous English and American authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, plus a host of eccentric parsons, antiquarians and ladies of independent spirit. A huge read!
The Brains & Brawn Cookbook - Amazing Recipes Of Yesteryear    by Nigel Woodhead
Price: $6.99 USD. 123990 words. Published by FishesEye Publishing on December 14, 2009. Nonfiction.
This extraordinary recipe book will make your eyes water, and, possibly, your mouth! A unique complilation of forgotten & forbidden foods from rare old cook books. Even if you're dubious about the Victorian culinary delights of scrapple or head-cheese, it makes a highly entertaining and often humorous read.

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