New Releases by Mike Tucker

All of time and space...where do you want to start? Governed by Time Lord technology, the TARDIS Type Forty is the most powerful craft in the universe and this comprehensive fully illustrated manual holds the key to its operation. The appearance of the Doctor''s TARDIS, both inside and out, has changed many times over the years, and this manual features every incarnation – including the latest version for the Thirteenth Doctor. The manual covers the console with fully labelled detailed schematic diagrams for each function, the ship’s famous chameleon circuit, as well as floorplans, specifics of dematerialisation, the use of force fields and tractor beams and much more. Complete with case studies of the wonder-craft in action, taken from the TARDIS’s many trips through space and time, this manual is an essential guide to the wonders of the Whoniverse.

FIRST LIGHT "There are no old roads to new destinations . . . follow your road." Mike Tucker A stunning work of poetry, FIRST LIGHT is a brilliant meditation on journeys of the heart--as Mike Tucker says in FIRST LIGHT, "You are the answer to your own dreams/Have the courage to live them." Inspired by his journeys in Europe, the Near East, the Hindu Kush, Southeast Asia and North China, FIRST LIGHT is a fresh, compelling meditation on gratitude and a point-blank assault on Trump by Mike Tucker, an American counterterrorism specialist and the only writer who was on missions with American snipers in both the Near East and Hindu Kush after September 11th: "Stand for an America where three year old children do not stand crying and alone, ripped from the arms of their mothers and fathers, in tears and in rags, scarred for life now because Trump only cares about three things-- money, money and money-- Stand against Trump and take a stand for America, Ride with justice and you will never ride alone." Mike Tucker

NORTH CHINA BLUES "We will kill every opium dealer in China. We will drive rat bastard opium mafia gangster Chiang Kaishek to the sea. We will kill every opium dealer and burn down every opium den, burn down every poppy field and drive the Kuomintang and the Japanese to the sea. If I don''t make it, Nomad, carve my name on a mountain. Tell my people my name is China." Mike Tucker, from NORTH CHINA BLUES An American mercenary hunting Chiang Kaishek''s opium mafia during the Chinese Revolution takes on the mission of his life, deep behind enemy lines in North China. A classic journey story and a thrilling, politically-charged tale of espionage and war that spans the globe from 1938 to 2017, NORTH CHINA BLUES is a raw, compelling and gritty tribute to the Chinese guerrilla fighters, spies and revolutionaries who won the Chinese Revolution, and who are responsible for the stunning transformation of China, in our time. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "NORTH CHINA BLUES is a classic journey story and a raw, vivid espionage and war novel with a powerful affirmation of justice and love -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese guerrilla fighters, revolutionaries and spies have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. Lyrical and compelling, reminiscent of THE ODYSSEY, I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent, THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, THE LONG PATROL, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel, Bangkok.

NOMAD "We will kill every opium dealer in China. We will drive rat bastard opium mafia gangster Chiang Kaishek to the sea. We will kill every opium dealer and burn down every opium den, burn down every poppy field and drive the Kuomintang and the Japanese to the sea. If I don''t make it, Nomad, carve my name on a mountain. Tell my people my name is China." MikeTucker, from NOMAD An American mercenary hunting Chiang Kaishek''s opium mafia during the Chinese Revolution takes on the mission of his life, deep behind enemy lines in North China. A thrilling mercenary saga that spans the globe from 1938 to 2017, NOMAD is a raw, compelling and gritty tribute to the Chinese guerrilla fighters, spies and revolutionaries who won the Chinese Revolution and are responsible for the stunning transformation of China, in our time. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "NOMAD is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, NOMAD-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent, THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, THE LONG PATROL, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel, Bangkok.

HAWKINS In the winter of 1931, a deep cover federal agent hunting the Mafia and the Klan takes on a case that changes his life forever. This is HAWKINS, a raw, no-holds-barred thriller and a searing meditation on justice. Praise for Mike Tucker "A brilliant Depression-era thriller that could not be more real or compelling, HAWKINS is a quick, riveting read. As a native of the American Southwest and retired FBI special agent who spent most of my career on the East Coast, I was drawn to HAWKINS mainly out of curiosity. From the first sentence, it became vividly clear that Mike Tucker''s down-to-earth and hard-hitting style brought back to life the memories of vice, corruption and prejudices prevalent during my youth in the 1930''s. The characters in HAWKINS are authentic and unforgettable and presented with conviction, passion and attention to detail that fully secures the reader''s focus. There is so much injustice in the world and the damn truth is, there always has been. But as Mike Tucker says in HAWKINS, "You cannot win the fight alone, but if you stand for justice, you will never fight alone." And that is the heart and soul of this great book, HAWKINS." Cole Russell, Flagstaff, Arizona "NOMAD is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, NOMAD-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, THE LONG PATROL, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel.

CHINATOWN "Burn the opium. Keep the gold." Mike Tucker, from CHINATOWN A wild ride into the heart of the opium mafia in Asia, CHINATOWN is a politically-charged crime story that could not be more entertaining, thrilling and provocative. Mike Tucker gives scintillating insight to the opium wars in Asia in our time and the greed and pride at the root of American foreign policy failure in China and Vietnam since the 1920s. This is CHINATOWN, the sequel to NOMAD and the first book by an American novelist to call for Trump''s impeachment. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "NOMAD is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, NOMAD-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk

A new spine-chilling collection of twelve short illustrated adventures packed with terrifying Doctor Who monsters and villains, just in time for Halloween 2017! Each short story will feature a frightening nemesis for the Doctor to outwit, and each will star one incarnation of the Doctor with additional appearances from favourite friends and companions such as Sarah Jane, Jo and Ace.

CHIEFTAIN "We will kill every opium dealer in China. We will drive rat bastard opium mafia gangster Chiang Kaishek to the sea. We will kill every opium dealer and burn down every opium den, burn down every poppy field and drive the Kuomintang and the Japanese to the sea. If I don''t make it, Chieftain, carve my name on a mountain. Tell my people my name is China." MikeTucker, from CHIEFTAIN An American mercenary hunting Chiang Kaishek''s opium mafia during the Chinese Revolution takes on the mission of his life, deep behind enemy lines in North China. A thrilling mercenary saga that spans the globe from 1938 to 2017, CHIEFTAIN is a raw, compelling and gritty tribute to the Chinese guerrilla fighters, spies and revolutionaries who won the Chinese Revolution and are responsible for the stunning transformation of China, in our time. PRAISE FOR MIKE TUCKER "CHIEFTAIN is a classic journey story and a magnificent epic -point-blank, gripping and poignant, a story that we would not know except for Mike Tucker''s journey among the farmers and fishermen in North China. The Chinese revolutionaries, spies and guerrilla fighters have their say and could not be more real, convincing and authentic. A stunning, riveting novel, CHIEFTAIN-I could not put it down. Bravo, Mike Tucker." Mark Chambers, hunting guide, Northern New Mexico "SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING is one of the novels that has won Mike Tucker''s prose just comparison to Ernest Hemingway. Tucker''s short, energetic sentences are stripped down and laconic, lending a rhythm and directness to the narrative that immediately recalls Hemingway." Miles Amoore, the African Correspondent, THE SUNDAY TIMES www.amazon.co.uk "If Hemingway were alive, he would be buying drinks for Mike Tucker all night long, for Tucker''s vivid, moving first-hand account of a 250 kilometer deep reconnaissance behind Burmese Army lines, The Long Patrol, pivots on those quintessentially Hemingwayesque themes of armed men fighting to survive against overwhelming odds, and simply battling against the elements. Outstanding." Jim Algie, Editor, author and journalist. Untamed Travel, Bangkok.

"Here on Saturn, it literally rains diamonds." For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding Human Empire. But when a mining operation goes wrong, a rescue mission must be launched to save a worker lost overboard, a worker who claims that he has seen something amongst the swirling clouds. Something that can''t possibly exist. When the Doctor and Bill arrive, they immediately find themselves caught between hostile miners, suspicious security guards and corrupt company officials as they face accusations of sabotage and diamond theft. And below them, in the crushing atmosphere of the gas giant, something is starting to rise. An original novel featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Bill as played by Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie.

A beautifully illustrated collection of new Doctor Who stories, each featuring one of the twelve Doctors on a festive adventure in theTARDIS. Written by six authors and with a full-page colour illustration for each story, these tales are full of magic, mystery, wonder, excitement - and everything else that fans love about a Doctor Who Christmas special.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction, carefully selected poetry and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development.This exciting Graphic Texts pack contains 168 reading books, 6 each of: Chasing Birdy, The Wind in the Willows, The Pelican Chorus and other poems,Great Artists, Time Stealer, The Jungle Book, If and other poems, Great Inventors, The Sands of Deception, The Secret Garden, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and other poems, Great Naturalists, The Jurchen Recruits, Treasure Island, The PiedPiper of Hamelin, Great Space Explorers, Time''s Pendulum, Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland, Jabberwocky and other poems, Great Scientists, Antarctic Ambush, The Call of the Wild, The Raven and other poems, Great Engineers, Time Runs Out, Oliver Twist, For the Fallen and other poems, Great Pioneers. In addition, this pack contains 7 sets of guided readingnotes and 1 teaching handbook.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. This Graphic Texts pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 4 reading books, 1 each of: Time''s Pendulum, Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland, Jabberwocky and other poems, Great Scientists.

This pack contains 24 books for children aged 7 to 9 years (Oxford Levels 9-14/Book Bands Brown and Grey), plus an exciting Alien Adventures Fact File with extra information on characters, gadgets and spaceships.

In this Doctor Who adventure, terrible tiny creatures swarm down from the sky, intent on destroying everything on planet Xirrinda. As the colonists try to fight the alien infestation, the Doctor searches for the ancient secret weapon of the native Ulla people. Is it enough to save the day?

Project X CODE Extra introduces more exciting adventure stories and stimulating non-fiction texts into the Project X CODE series. In this adventure in the Pyramid Peril zone, Max and Rex get lost in an underground maze. Will they find their way out? In line with the phonic, vocabulary and comprehension progression in Project X CODE, this book is ideal for additional practice outside of the core intervention sessions and for children who simply want to read more of the CODE adventure!

„Teda, pochybuju, že kdy uvidíme většího brouka.“ Gabby Nicholsová právě ukládá svého syna do postele, když vtom zaslechne volání dcery. „Maminko, mám v pokoji tatíka dlouhonožku!“ A pak začnou výkřiky... Alan Travers míří domů z hospody a něco mu hrábne do obličeje – pavučina. Ze stínů se vyvalí cosi obrovského a smrtícího... Kevin Alperton je na cestě do školy, když vtom ho napadne komár. Veliký komár. Věci naberou rychlého spádu. Doktora ale nezaujal ani mrtvý muž zamotaný v obří pavučině, ani zkomolené vzpomínky starého muže. Starosti mu dělají spíš roje zmutovaného hmyzu. Když je vesnice odříznuta od vnějšího světa a s hemžícím se hmyzem začíná jít vážně o krk, je Doktorovi jasné, že tu není v bezpečí nikdo. Ledaže by se mu podařilo rozluštit podivné znaky vyryté v prastarém kamenném kruhu a objasnit záhadu sahající až do druhé světové války.

Are You Still Madly in Love Like You Were in the Early Days? Are you excited about the future of your relationship? Or are you bored, indifferent-even scared? If your relationship isn''t where you want it to be, here is some practical marriage advice from the hosts of "Mad About Marriage," Mike and Gayle Tucker. In Marriage Moments, the Tuckers offer realistic and down-to-earth insight into what makes a great relationship and how to deal with sensitive issues such as forgiveness, jealously, financial difficulties, anger, communication, illness, addiction, extramarital affairs, and much more. Remember, you and your spouse are a work in progress. You really can create the marriage of your dreams, so why not take action and get started today! Book jacket.

SARTORI A novel by Mike Tucker Literary Fiction: Espionage/Action-adventure The first novel to rip the lid off the American "No covert ops inside Saudi Arabia" of the last 70 years, SARTORI is a wild ride, a journey into the world of counterterrorism spies, mercenaries, covert operatives, many of whom are Muslim and are crucial to the hunt for the number one Islamic State financier in Northern Saudi Arabia, The Sheikh. SARTORI, which means "moment of enlightenment" in Zen Buddhism, is the sequel to Mike Tucker''s thrilling novel, SPARTACUS DID THE RIGHT THING, which was compared to Ernest Hemingway by the African Correspondent for THE SUNDAY TIMES of London, Miles Amoore. In the summer of 2015, three counterterrorism mercenaries of the British Secret Intelligence Service find themselves on the mission of their lives, behind enemy lines in Northern Saudi Arabia, aided by a brilliant Moroccan covert operative and a Saudi operative--code name, Naomi--who do not hesitate to bring their deep understanding of Arab Beduoin culture to aid the mercs. Raw in its combat, scintillating in its action and intrigue, and not lacking in humor and satire, SARTORI is a thrilling spy novel by the only writer of his generation who has been compared to Hemingway--Mike Tucker.

Gabby Nichols sta mettendo a letto il suo bambino quando sente sua figlia chiamare a gran voce. “Mamma, c’è una zanzara enorme in camera mia!” Poi, inizia a gridare... Kevin Alperton sta andando a scuola quando viene assalito da una zanzara. Una bella grossa. E la faccenda si fa pericolosa. Tuttavia, non è il cadavere imbozzolato dentro a una ragnatela gigantesca a preoccupare il Dottore. Non lo innervosiscono nemmeno gli insetti mutanti che sciamano incontrollati. Mentre gli insetti si fanno sempre più minacciosi, il Dottore si rende conto che se non riuscirà a decifrare gli strani simboli incisi su un antico circolo di pietre e a svelare un mistero risalente alla Seconda guerra mondiale, nessuno sarà più al sicuro. Un racconto originale con il dodicesimo Dottore e Clara, interpretati da Peter Capaldi e Jenna Coleman.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 6 of each of the following titles: Tornado Riders, Wastelanders, The Last Dying Seconds, The Rise of the Empty People, The Beasts of Blackwater, The Scorpion Legion, The 9th Battalion, The Starving Darkness. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 1 copy of each of the following titles: The Way Between Worlds, The Hidden Fortress, The Cyber Patrol, The Path Through the Woods, The Contestants, The Last Stand, Reign of the Practari, The Rip in the Wardrobe. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice for supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 6 of each of the following titles: The Way Between Worlds, The Hidden Fortress, The Cyber Patrol, The Path Through the Woods, The Contestants, The Last Stand, Reign of the Practari, The Rip in the Wardrobe. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with this fantastic story featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger.Tiger is grounded. His brother, Toby, is looking after him. The dimension rip is stuck open. Could the day get any worse? Tiger is about to find out that it can. In fact it gets much, much worse when an army of Krush warriors starts to invade through the rip in Tiger''s wardrobe! Can themicro-friends repel the Krush attack and save their friends and family, or will they all be adapted?Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a follow-up activity.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with this fantastic story featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger.Split up during a turbulent rip-jump, the micro-friends land on opposite sides of a world wrecked by tornados. Ant and Tiger become embroiled in the fast and furious world of tornado racing, but they have dark forces to contend with, like the hissing rip-vipers which drain the power from the racingvehicles. Meanwhile, Max and Cat are desperately searching for their friends and have to find a way to reach them on the other side of the world. All four children must reunite and find Vilana before she escapes again.Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a follow-up activity.

"Well, I doubt you''ll ever see a bigger insect." Gabby Nichols is putting her son to bed when she hears her daughter cry out. ''Mummy there''s a daddy longlegs in my room!'' Then the screaming starts... Alan Travers is heading home from the pub when something rushes his face - a spider''s web. Then something huge and deadly lumbers from the shadows... Kevin Alperton is on his way to school when he is attacked by a mosquito. A big one. Then things get dangerous. But it isn''t the dead man cocooned inside a huge mass of web that worries the Doctor. It isn''t the swarming, mutated insects that make him nervous. It isn''t an old man''s garbled memories of past dangers that intrigue him. With the village cut off from the outside world, and the insects becoming more and more dangerous, the Doctor knows that no one is safe. Not unless he can decode the strange symbols engraved on an ancient stone circle, and unravel a mystery dating back to the Second World War.

The Blitz is at its height. As the Luftwaffe bomb London, Cody McBride, ex-pat American private eye, sees a sinister silver sphere crash-land. He glimpses something emerging from within. The military dismiss his account of events – the sphere must be a new German secret weapon that has malfunctioned in some way. What else could it be? Arriving amid the chaos, the Doctor and Ace embark on a trail that brings them face to face with hidden Nazi agents, and encounter some very old enemies... An adventure featuring the Seventh Doctor, as played by Sylvester McCoy, and his companion Ace

An oral history of the Kudristan Revolution (1961-2003).

A stunning, point-blank, no-holds-barred indictment of Karzai and American counterinsurgency failure in Afghanistan, TAKING DOWN AL QAEDA IN THE HINDU KUSH is not only the first work to get to the root of Petreaus'' counterinsurgency folly in Afghanistan, it is the only book that lays out a counterterrorism strategy for defeating Al Qaeda, a strategy that is rooted in Muslim counterterrorists'' success since September 11th. Mike Tucker, who has been compared to Hemingway by top British foreign correspondent Miles Amoore of THE SUNDAY TIMES, has also been hailed by that great foreign correspondent as the best writer on war of his generation: "Tucker''s knowledge of the military and of special operations is unrivalled among modern authors - he spent time in the military and with elite fighting units in both Afghanistan and Iraq." Mike Tucker, who was the only author under fire with both Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 counterterrorists after September 11th and is also the only author of his generation compared to Hemingway, reveals completely-exclusive special operations raids and missions in Afghanistan in 2009 in this fascinating book, including his first-hand account of a Joint Special Operations Command counterterrorist team in Afghanistan. Wounded at 10,000 feet in the Hindu Kush with SEAL Team 6 counterterrorists on a mission taking down Al Qaeda, Mike Tucker survived to write this incisive, provocative and compelling account of the guerrilla war in Afghanistan in 2009 that is woven-through with scintillating words from the field from counterterrorists, Afghan spies, American light infantrymen, scouts and snipers. Essential reading for anyone who wants to know why counterinsurgency failed in Afghanistan and how America and the world can take down Al Qaeda, for good and for keeps.