Bøker av Glenn Johnson

Gideon becomes The Chem Omega 3 Man when he eats fish from the Kingfisher fish and chip shop on Endike Lane in Hull and his powers increase when he is treated for lymphoma at the Castle Hill cancer day unit with R-CHOP chemotherapy. After the first three cycles of chemo he is ready to save the world! And it's a good job too, as the world is at risk from a clowder of crazy, criminal, cruel cats, a flock of barbarian bats, an exotic species of spiders and numerous rogue robins. He is helped by the staff at the Kingfisher fish and chip shop on Endike Lane in Hull and three Jehovah's Witnesses that all happen to have super human magical powers! The story is an explosive, incredible, amazing, fantastic roller coast ride of intrigue and adventure with stunning effects and will leave you on the edge of your seat as you quickly turn the pages.

Meet Icy and Dicey, twin brothers in the Icicle family and along with their cousins Rink, Freezer, Nippy, Parky, Chilly, Artic and Glacier embark on many different adventures from their abode on the window ledge of Marge and her daughter Flora. Daredevil female cousins Nippy and Parky challenge Dicey to the battle of the bravest as they bid to find who can climb the highest and hang from the tallest building, whilst Icy is not so keen on heights and prefers to stay closer to ground. Dicey enjoys travelling on a train, as there is a railway station close by although Dicey isn't particularly impressed with the journey, but it's the ice cream in the kitchen buffet that takes his fancy. Icy is a stick in the mud with heights and trains and hates both, but then after a drama and a crisis with a sink hole, has Icy suddenly changed his mind? The story is filled with plenty of fun, laughter, frolics and family unity with a close knit community endearment of putting the family first and looking after each others interests with an unselfish and committed attitude. It's a story that brings out the best in all the Icicle cousins, amid the banter, fun and facetious behaviour.

Pal Prestwick is a story of enthusiasm and positivity and a never say die attitude, as a dream becomes reality. Read how Pal Prestwick takes a disappointing set back at an early age in his stride and builds a future that dreams are made of. He does not dwell on the hardships of life but gets on with the things that he enjoys and builds a fantastic career as a footballer with Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa and earns England recognition and scores goals for fun. He retires and takes a management job with Hull City followed by Sheffield United and then he becomes the manager of England and takes them to the peak of football achievement. What is his secret and what makes him tick? Find out by reading Pal Prestwick, it is the uplifting read of the century!

A stunning, beautiful, gorgeous story about the Glish Apache Red Indians and their ways and attitudes and beliefs in living in the most natural way possible. They are a peaceful race and love their freedom and this story explains their life in how they come to terms with living a life which they adore and the freedom they have. But it's not all a bed of roses as there is problems, worries, aggression and battles ahead as the authorities encroach, attack, ambush and try to rid the community of the peace loving beautiful people from the Glish Apache Red Indian settlement. This is a blockbuster with thrills, spills, action, love, peace, romance, fun, laughter and pathos aplenty. A must read story for the those interested in Red Indians lifestyle.

Can a forest that is reputed to be haunted come to life through the hard work and endeavour of one man with a plan? Tom Bay sees the potential to create a fantastic leisure project for a town that has not got much going for it, and he also comes up against a lot of obstacles. Has he got the patience, nerve, enterprise and most of all, can he finance the scheme to make a dream into reality? It is a massive task but Tom with the help of his son Edward makes a decision that changes his life forever.

Romantic, humorous story of modern urban love by technology with its trials and tribulations of retro lusts, love and desire in life, with deceit, happiness, disappointments, shocks and surprises with an ocean of twists and turns to keep you guessing throughout in an entertaining story .

In 1783, a slave ship named Kindi sets sail from Africa, on a voyage to Barbados. Its cargo was human freight, consisting of 500 men, packed like sardines and shackled like cattle. They were frightened, alienated and unsure what the future had in store for them. Two brothers were among the quivering masses, Elijah and Mathias Mtumba, and this is their story as they battled bravely to survive the horrors of the slave trade. Sold for a pittance, they enter the world of slavery as field hands on a sugar plantation, and meet the overseer from hell!! Then William Wilberforce an MP in Hull England finds out about the horrors of slavery and with the help of the church and parliament, vows to abolish slavery for good.

A NOVEL ABOUT AN EMERGENCY FIRECREW FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, IN THE 1977 FIREMAN'S STRIKE IN THE UK. ONLY A DAY'S TRAINING, NO EQUIPMENT AND AN AGEING 1940 FIRE ENGINE... KNOWN AS THE GREEN GODDESS. BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

For fans of Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Hull City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Port Vale, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Southampton and Monaco as these 16 teams agree to form a fantastic and ambitious project in a brave new world, or should that be brave new set of planets, and take part in the Universe League and lay pitches in outer space in bubble stadiums which transforms football like never before. There is jealousy, deceit, skulduggery, mayhem, game time action, injuries, trust, comradeship, honesty, lies, pathos and double crossing in a blockbuster story of gigantic proportion in the race to become champions and lift the solid gold trophy with a fantastic £500 million prize!!!!!

Clem Harrison is posted to RAF Hereford after his successful basic training at RAF Swinderby in 1976, and he finds the changes quite an eye opener. The bull is not as bad but there is still an element of discipline, and of course there are WRAFs at RAF Hereford. This story tells of Clem's training in supply and how he gets on with the other trainees, who are hell bent on getting drunk every night. Clem at seventeen years is amazed at how much alcohol is sunk by his colleagues, and how they manage to get through the day in the training room, but when he turns eighteen, later on in the course he realises that the booze is a saviour. Then there is Corporal McCauley, who is a keen sportsman, and paces the roads of Hereford at five o'clock in the morning, but his energy helps the trainees come to terms with the theory and practical and he is a keen stickler for discipline and time keeping. Clem finds that the camaraderie between him and his colleagues plays an important part in his supply trade training, and which will stay with him for the rest of his life.

The Chem Omega 3 Man Returns! to save the planet from a plague of bratty bees, snow spiders, laserbirds and laserbird ants, with the help of the Kingfisher Fish and Chip shop on Endike Lane in Hull, three Jehovah's Witnesses, and ably assisted by Jemimah the hairdresser from Dapper gentleman's hairdressers on New Village Road in Cottingham each with their specific skill set to fight this latest scourge on mankind and society

Kingtree is set in 1949 and a story of a rural English close-knit community that has certain gossiping folk living there, watching each other's business like a hawk. Family squabbles, friends falling out, lies, jealousy, it's all part of life for the residents of Kingtree. The village is inundated with strife, scams, treachery, crime and hi-jinx, but also with a sprinkling of pathos, romance, love, celebration and joy!

this is a intriguing and gripping thriller. A woman is forced to flee from her job and her home and goes to live in a strange town, where she settles down, but then things go wrong and the people that drove her away come searching for her and she ends up in worse state than before, so can she survive this terrible ordeal that has got hold of her and who will save her in her time of need? it is another thriller from the pen of Glenn Johnson who has written 9 novels that are all available on Amazon, Create Space and Kindle.

Vikki Dermott is a young, beautiful woman and with an aspiring career as a model developing nicely, but she has been befriended by an old crooked mate, Lee Ryder who has broken out of jail after being imprisoned for attempted Crown Jewel theft. What will happen to Vikki and Lee? Have they got a future together?

Clem Harrison makes a life changing decision, at 17 years of age, to join the Royal Air Force as a Supplier, but first he must endure the toughest six weeks of his entire life. But Clem takes it all on the chin, and accepts the hard times with enthusiasm, diligence, grit and desire and puts a positive mind set on all the tasks ahead of him including drill, "Presenting Arms," cross country, weight training, resource and initiative at Sherwood Forest, tea and bromide, early calls at 6. 15 am, rifle range, cleaning the rifles, bulling the floors, cleaning the toilets, with the sole target of the "Passing Out" parade in the sixth week, but can Clem and his 15 colleagues in his Flight endure the hardship that is intensified with two very strict drill instructors Sergeant Winner and Corporal Cherry in charge? It's a gripping adventure story that will have you turning each page keenly to find out how Clem his mates get on at the notorious RAF Swinderby recruit training base.

A magical, heart warming and enchanting story about ten year old Billy Freeman that discovers a magical golden whistle whilst tidying up the loft and when he blows into the whistle, he is amazed to discover a genie appears in front of him in a flash of lightning. It is a beautifully written story of how Billy has many adventures and when he loses the whistle, his world comes crashing down, will Billy be re-united or will the whistle be lost forever?

Eight amazing aliens crawl through the keyhole of Mr and Mrs Jarratt's door to rummage around their house, picking up useful bits of information so they can develop their own planet, and one of the aliens has something in common with a member of the Jarratt's family, which was diabetes.

A deadly army of Clones of a beautiful blonde woman are created to avenge the turmoil and chastised life that Joshua Grant has suffered for many years. One Clone, Beattie goes berserk and is on a mission with a silicone chip missing. She is a loose cannon and anything goes with her!!

Ashton town is in danger of a gruesome group of hooligans causing devastating anti social behaviour and in need of help to turn things around it is a bedlam of violence. The football club has a notorious amount of hooligan culture that prides itself on being the best in the business and wants to be top of the league of trouble table. But David Royle chairman of Ashton Villa has other plans. He has seen an alarming amount of cash wasted on police presence with no end result. The club is going bankrupt and suddenly gets the news he doesn't want. it is to be suspended from all domesic league and cup competitions for the unforeseeable future. With no revenue from the sponsors, or turnstiles, or television and radio the future is bleak. So David Royle decides on a scheme for the "real" fans to fight back in a make or break initiative and form a Special Vigilante Task Force and an Ordinary Vigilante Task Force to combat the scourge of the battling violent fanatical groups of hooligans, street scum and trim and dare it gang, field filth and Captain Clout. The special vigilante task force are trained to be the smartest, fittest, sharpest, clinical army of vigilantes in history and armed with tanks, rifles, shields, armoured cars and plastic bullets. They bring peace back to the streets, roads, shopping centres and terraces of Ashton Villa FC, as well as the stadium to make the place safer for everyone. And with these extreme measures make the Football League sit up and take notice and rethink and hopefully reverse their decision to suspend the club from all competitions.

Emphasizes resource use and efficiency in the agricultural sector and offers facts and analytical concepts of interest to welfare economists, sociologists, and agricultural policy makers.