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APS Books/APS Publications were set up by Andrew Sparke, a retired lawyer, initially as a vehicle for his own work but now publishing over 90 other authors and photographers.

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Revenge Ain't Sweet by
Series: Drew Parker, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 92,080. Language: English. Originally Published: November 2, 2023 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
After receiving confirmation of the death of Manos Stamelis, Drew Parker thinks any risks his family's nemesis posed are now in the past. Then a phone call from Stamelis' daughter kickstarts a bizarre series of deadly events motivated by vengeance and greed. At the centre of the modern-day treasure hunt that follows is a psychopath Drew has never heard of, and once again he, Anna and Cassie are...
Fetch Them Home by
Series: Drew Parker, Book 2. Price: $3.49 USD. Words: 92,920. Language: English. Originally Published: March 11, 2023 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Drew Parker's adoptive 15-year-old daughter Cassie and her friend have been kidnapped on a Canadian road trip. It may be a straightforward criminal abduction for ransom but as the body count mounts, it seems law enforcement agencies might not want Parker's rescue attempts to succeed and that other nefarious motives are in play. The sequel to 'Keep Her Safe', the first thriller featuring the...
An Inspector Called by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 80,700. Language: English. Originally Published: April 5, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Nothing terrifies a Head Teacher more than the inspection of his or her school. A satirical novel about the impact of Ofsted on the staff of an average and ordinary secondary school...Funny, tragic and sexy!
Wicked Virtue by
Series: Something Akin To Poetry, Book 6. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,390. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Sixth and last in the series of explorations in free verse of life in all its atrocious levity.
Nigel Spalliwham Is Famous Now! by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 4,220. Language: English. Originally Published: October 21, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Boys & Men
Nigel Spalliwham has a number of issues to overcome, starting with a low IQ and a cheese addiction. So, how will he grow up at all, let alone get famous? A comic tale about overcoming bullying for 9-14 year olds.
The Strange Free-Fall Of Fred Ryland by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,360. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
A true life story of crime and romance - unbelievable at one level - how an ordinary man got sucked into drug smuggling from a lifelong interest in sky-diving
An Extra Knot Part I by
Series: A Different world War II, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 59,680. Language: English. Originally Published: January 29, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history
Small changes - screwing an extra knot out of a warship's engines or a petty functionary insisting a family sell a wedding clock before they can get unemployment benefit - small changes which can nevertheless lead to a different world war than the one we know explored from the viewpoint of Nationalist Spaniards, committed Nazis, British...
Food and Cancer Prevention by
Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 4,100. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Sports nutrition, Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Cancer
An exploration of foods which help cancers develop and foods which reduce cancer risk - a plain English nutritional guide
Boys Of Winter by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 8,950. Language: English. Originally Published: September 23, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » Female authors
Studying for her MA in English and American literature the author was struck by the beauty and concision of a new language – that of pro football. This collection of tribute verses captures the punch and precision of its patois. The poems are "…a raid on the inarticulate – the thoughts under pressure of the proverbial dumb jocks of the game...
Time And The Consequences by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 104,990. Language: English. Originally Published: May 20, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Whatmore High School is on the rise...or are the Senior Leadership Team all just deluded fools? A novel about school management and the problems for teachers of constant inspection and the never-ending quest for curricular improvement. The comic sequel to Ian Meacheam's 'An Inspector Called'.
Jottings and Scribbles by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 8,940. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Wonderfully absurd verse and short tales in Milliganesque style
Aramoana: in Search Of New Zealand's Worst Spree Killing by
Series: In Search Of. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 8,360. Language: English. Originally Published: January 14, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder » Serial killers
The first shot came around 8pm...the last after some twenty-two hours of terror for the inhabitants of a small New Zealand community. The true story of the Aramoana Massacre.
Broken English by
Series: Something Akin To Poetry, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,800. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
A rich mix of autobiographical, silly and romantic free verse.
A Week Is...A Long Time by
Series: Neil McKenzie Mysteries, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 94,380. Language: English. Originally Published: April 18, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Russian money and right wing extremism, not to mention a missing seventeen year-old and a mafia businessman for whom seven days might be a really, really long time... Another case for Neil McKenzie.
Abducted By Faerie by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,390. Language: English. Originally Published: July 31, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales
Jack Rafters is a tough, resourceful enigma. the least likely man to end up in the hands of faerie.
Abuse Cocaine & Soft Furnishings by
Series: The Lincoln Trilogy, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 66,560. Language: English. Originally Published: November 19, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Istanbul and Lincoln. Two contrasting cities. But only one's a safe place to hide. The other could strip you of family, reputation and life. And above all else you could lose the woman from the beach. A novel about two people and about crime, love and friendship.
Beating The Banana: Breast Cancer and Me by
Price: $3.50 USD. Words: 11,210. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Cancer
How to survive breast cancer treatment without completely losing your sense of humour and your true identity
Walking The Edge by
Price: $1.50 USD. Words: 4,410. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
An introductory volume of verse and stories from Harborne's Off The Shelf writers group including pieces by Lee Benson, Jim 'Shaft' Ryan, Andrew Sparke, Scott Moore, Lynda Bowen and Carol Cliffton
Changing Lives by &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 28,730. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Social Science » Social Work
Using The Ballet Hoo! Methodology to Turn Round Young Lives: A how to guide to running large scale projects for young people at risk of being failed by society.
London Story 1848 by
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 57,300. Language: English. Originally Published: February 20, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » History » European » Europe / Great Britain, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century
Although these events [the Chartist riots] have been written about many times before, Catherine Howe sets this story in its wider context, she brings a fresh eye to the material, weighing things up at a distance from the debates that have preoccupied professional historians. Howe is a story teller and what this book offers is a straightforward...
Love & Levity by
Series: Wild Verse, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,260. Language: English. Originally Published: May 8, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
WILD VERSE: The new series from the writer of the six volumes of SOMETHING AKIN TO POETRY and the compilation GUTTER VERSE AND THE BABOON CONCERTO. These are verses which explore emotions and love and laughter and sadness - all the haunting and funny minutiae it's only too easy to overlook as we live busy modern lives.
A Different Shade Of Love by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 86,540. Language: English. Originally Published: February 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Multicultural & Interracial
Mina at 20, needs more independence from her concerned but controlling muslim family. She doesn't reckon on running full-tilt into the arms of Justin, a successful black venue manager, or forsee all the problems a cross-cultural relationship will cause her and those she loves...
Got It Right by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 4,780. Language: English. Originally Published: August 29, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
A collection of poetic oddities by the Birmingham-based musician and children's author Lee Benson.
Random Word Trips by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 8,280. Language: English. Originally Published: January 26, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » U.K. Poetry
More exquisite ramblings from the musician, artist, photographer and author of fiction, poetry and childrens' stories Lee Benson.
The Silent Songs Of Owen Parsnip by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 5,040. Language: English. Originally Published: February 7, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Ditties dirges and doggerel from by and for a revolutionary little dog.
Close But Not Close Enough by
Price: $3.50 USD. Words: 5,740. Language: English. Originally Published: March 25, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
A fourth collection of wonderfully idiosyncratic verse from Lee Benson.
Time For The Polka Dot by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 79,630. Language: English. Originally Published: April 25, 2022 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
A young man and a baby girl are thrown together as the only survivors of a plane crash. Mentally scarred, survival screws up both their lives; guilt, family squabbles, loneliness, teenage rebellion, relationship difficulties, rape, suicidal thoughts and the pressure of being in the public eye plague their existence to the extent they each feel...
An Extra Knot Part VIII by
Series: A Different world War II, Book 8. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 103,590. Language: English. Originally Published: April 25, 2022 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history
Even if the allies can win the war, can they win the peace? Hugh Lupus brings his alternative history of WWII to a stunning end with a series of blockbuster set-piece battles on land and at sea with surprising fates in store for Commandante O'Neil, Father Domenico, Pulver and his beloved ship HMS Hood, Lieutenant Donaldson and his unit of...
Pandemic by
Series: Survival, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 53,800. Language: English. Originally Published: April 30, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
Annie has lost so much, not least her beloved Eric. And now everything seems to be drawing to a close. Is this the end of the world? The cycle of life… …for the meek shall inherit the Earth. A post-apocalyptic memoir.
Life Unfinished by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,730. Language: English. Originally Published: May 17, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Historical » General
Franz Schubert – genius and ladies’ man? Martin White’s novel explores the complex truth of his sexuality, conflicts, and illnesses – set against the background of Metternich’s police state, and his escape to the Alps and Hungary.
Eye2i by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 41,550. Language: English. Originally Published: October 19, 2020 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Essays & Travelogues
Three mad retirees decide to raise money for charity with a bicycle relay from London to Istanbul. This is the story of their amazing trip.
The Gathering by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 9,900. Language: English. Originally Published: February 4, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Latin American Poetry
The Gathering takes us on a lyrical dance...at once rub-a-dub, at once three-step, at once quiet crooning in your ears as you 'rent-a-tile' ...Malachi the word-Smith has given us a poetry collection that seamlessly moves us through the soundscapes where love, history, memory, and the prophets sway our most powerful imaginings."
Hallowed Turf by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 28,350. Language: English. Originally Published: April 25, 2021 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Sports, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
The story of a hapless soccer referee: Gerard loves football but sadly has none of the necessary ball control skills needed to be selected for school or six-a-side teams. The solution - train to become a referee. Unfortunately there's one more obstacle to overcome...his surname. As he gets to officiate at bigger matches the volume of voices in the crowds singing grows. "Here comes Pratt, the...
Footsteps On The Teign by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 103,020. Language: English. Originally Published: May 14, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A Holy Grail Mystery and a fictional examination of the South western Riviera of England.
The Life And Times Of Joseph Hill and Culture by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 29,750. Language: English. Originally Published: September 23, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Music » Individual Composer & Musician, Nonfiction » Music » Ethnomusicology
The recording biography of reggae artist Joseph Hill and his group Culture.
An Extra Knot Part IV by
Series: A Different world War II, Book 4. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,120. Language: English. Originally Published: August 6, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history
From Gibraltar to Crete; the tangled lives of naval officers and their men, Pulver and Stebbings, of marines like O'Flynn, Maori warriors like Lieutenant Ngarimu, the healer 'Ronnie' Prasad and many more, following the orders of their political masters, intent on stabilising the newly-liberated Spain and smashing the German war machine on land...
Silent Melodies by
Series: Something Akin To Poetry, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,820. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
From the irrationally romantic to the staggeringly bonkers, always communicative and oddly funny verse.
So You Want To Own An Art Gallery by
Series: Art For Art's Sake? No Way!, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 29,680. Language: English. Originally Published: April 17, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
An art gallery is serious business...isn't it? Not when it involves manic artists and predatory female staff it isn't. "The funniest and sexiest of debut novels"
Dub Poets In Their Own Words by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 38,490. Language: English. Originally Published: July 2, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Latin American Poetry, Poetry » African Poetry
A journey allowing dub poets to explore the debates and controversies plaguing their art form over the years. The interviews here were conducted in Britain, Canada, Jamaica and the USA with Yasus Afari, Klyde Broox, Dreadlockalien, Mbala, Mutabaruka, Cherry Natural, Kokumo Noxid, Oku Onuora, Moqapi Selassie and Malachi D Smith. by Eric Doumerc...
An Extra Knot Part VI by
Series: A Different world War II, Book 6. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 66,470. Language: English. Originally Published: February 12, 2021 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history
The battle for Greece is well underway after Allied landings on the mainland and Dodds has the heavy burden of safeguarding all the inhabitants of his bride-to-be's village. Meanwhile in London politicians are turning their minds to creating a post-war Britain fit for heroes, in the Pacific the Hood is taking the war to the Japanese and Massu's...
Indie Publishing: The Journey Made Easy by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,230. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Home-based businesses, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Creativity
The basics of what you need to know to produce, format and independently publish a manuscript in both paperback and eBook forms
A Painful Chapter In The History Of Lincoln Cathedral by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 61,360. Language: English. Originally Published: June 15, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Church / Administration
A PAINFUL CHAPTER in the History of Lincoln Cathedral...In contrast with Andrew Sparke's The Magna Carta Wars of Lincoln Cathedral which offered an impartial account, this book explores what it really felt like to be trapped in the midst of a twentieth century ecclesiastical conflict, the like of which the Church of England had never previously...
Meandering With Intent by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,010. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
More silly marvellous verse in Milliganesque style from the Halesowen painter-poet Lee Benson.
Riding The Top Deck by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 6,570. Language: English. Originally Published: January 26, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » U.K. Poetry
If you've ever commuted by bus then the situations, people, thoughts and exasperations explored by John wright in this collection of unique verse will be intensely familiar.
A Turkey and One More Easter Egg by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 129,500. Language: English. Originally Published: March 27, 2019 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy
Hilarious fictionalised insight into the multi-cultural world of oil contracting and big business populated by the maddest bunch of people you'd never want to work with...
Vital Nonsense by
Series: Something Akin To Poetry, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,700. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Free verse about the stuff of life - love, travel, people and places - all with a comedic edge lurking just around the corner.
Jakrack The Screeching Menace by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,340. Language: English. Originally Published: June 21, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » Fiction
A wild adventure for children by the eight year old author Elliott Finn George.
Fractured Time by
Series: Something Akin To Poetry, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,330. Language: English. Originally Published: March 2, 2018 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
More of that special something that's akin to autobiographical free verse but is also something else altogether.
Edging Out Of The Shadows by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 6,840. Language: English. Originally Published: May 26, 2017 by APS Publications. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
A second volume of funny and thoughtful verse by Stourbridge poet Pete Crump.
Copper Trance & Motorways by
Series: The Lincoln Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 66,560. Language: English. Originally Published: December 13, 2016 by APS Publications. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
A man severely shaken by a potentially fatal car accident is pushed to change his life completely. The results aren't anything he could have expected.
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