'We finished the rocketbelt, and from then on there was murder, kidnapping, and all kinds of other stuff' 
When three friends set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000 shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. From sci-fi to reality, this is the incredible true story of the amazing rocketbelt. 
Includes sixteen pages of colour photographs, plus 'Building a Rocketbelt: A Cautionary Essay' by Frank Dickman.

The Rocketbelt Caper

Biographies & Memoirs

Paul-Brown

True Crime

Tonto Books Ltd

Jonny Kennedy was the star of the unforgettable Emmy award-winning documentary "The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off". He was an extraordinary character determined to live an ordinary life despite being born with the agonising condition Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), which meant that his skin could literally fall off at the slightest touch. It was a daily struggle he faced with courage, determination and wit, offering inspiration to millions around the world. Tragically, Jonny was just 36 when he lost a final battle to skin cancer. This is his moving, honest and uplifting story.

Jonny Kennedy: The Story of the Boy Whose Skin Fell Off by Stutter, Roger (2007) Paperback

Roger Stutter

With a weakness for women, good times and binge drinking, it seemed inevitable that Ashley Hames would turn cult hero with "Sin Cities", blazing a toxic trail though a minefield of debauchery and fantasy across the globe. As clown prince of LIVE TV, he happily changed his name by deed poll to News Bunny and produced such lowbrow classics as "Topless Darts". A few months down the line his career had him hoisted up on meat hooks, tortured, clamped and generally trampled on in the name of entertainment. It was only when the cameras stopped rolling that it got messy. In this book, Ashley investigates the sexual habits of some of the most extraordinary people on the planet - from the bizarre to the unimaginable - and somehow helps it all make perfect sense.

Sin Cities

Ashley Hames

The shop is everything to him - always neat and tidy, safe and reliable, the rental DVDs carefully categorised, alphabetised and memorised. He thinks he knows his customers, until the bloodstains begin to appear - on grubby banknotes, on porn DVDs, and on the shop's fresh new carpet. Then the girl comes into his life, green eyes and fresh scarlet slashed beneath her thin cotton blouse. He wants to rescue and protect her. He wants to be with her. Forever. Murky and disturbing, "9987" is a jagged, tragic crime story set in a disturbing, uncaring world where only three things are constant: fantasy, loneliness and love. 'Gripping, cinematic, voyeuristic. A delightfully disturbing debut' - Caroline Smailes ("Black Boxes", "In Search of Adam").

9987

Nik Jones

When a woman's body is found mutilated in a field outside of Houghton-le-Spring it's more than just another case for DI Lorraine Hunt. Not only does the body show evidence of violation and human bites, it also transpires that Lorraine knows the victim. But she also knows that this is an exact replica of a crime that occurred many years ago, on an evening that changed her and her friends' lives forever ...and the nightmare has resurfaced to haunt her. Murder, mystery and suspense in Houghton-le-Spring as DI Lorraine Hunt is back for Sheila's most eagerly-anticipated novel. "The Road To Hell" gives insight and back story to established characters and is the latest story in the "Seahills Series".

The Road to Hell

Sheila Quigley