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Food For Thought : 
Savouring the Delights of Poetry & Prose
by Beth Richards

UK price: £6.99    US price: $10.50
Publisher:
DIADEM BOOKS
Format: Paperback
Size : 5" x 8"
Pages: 158
ISBN: 978-1907294440
Published: March-2010

FOOD FOR THOUGHT is a well known phrase, often used - and this time Beth Richards hopes her latest title will give some readers just that - Food for Thought! In our present generation of the 21st Century folk are living their lives as though on a treadmill. They may be going faster and faster - but, like a treadmill, they are going nowhere fast. Time and money seem to be of the essence in everything. Primary Care Trusts are only interested in their target figures!

Beth Richards has written many of the poems in Food for Thought relating to everyday life - life in this hectic 21st Century. She hopes that in this book many readers may be helped to live life to the full - to live in the present and not wish the precious gift of life away. The last poem `Final Curtain Call' comes to us all one day. We should make sure it's later rather than sooner!

The short stories also included in this volume will delight and entertain the reader, as they touch on human nature and, again, some of the dilemmas of modern life, with insight and humour.
 

About the author

Beth Richards began writing poetry about forty years ago, but only seriously after retirement. What some people describe as inspiration is to her something like a telephone call into the mind. Living in a beautiful corner of Derbyshire, it is not surprising that her poems and stories reflect the warm-hearted Derbyshire folk as well as the inspiring beauty of the nearby Peak District. Food for Thought is her eighth book.


 

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Also by Beth Richards:

Reflections in Verse : 
by Beth Richards

UK price: £3.99     US price: $7.95
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0-7223 3578-4
Published: June 2005

For this slim volume of poetry, Beth Richards has drawn inspiration from her own experiences to produce a thoughtful collection of verse. Although the topics vary, the over­riding message is be positive and don’t overlook, or take for granted, the many wondrous gifts in your life as you struggle over the obstacles that fate places in your path.


Chill Out With Beth : 
Gems for Young and Old!
by Beth Richards           

UK price: £5.63      US price: $9.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 50
ISBN: 0-595-37203-1
Published: Sep-2005

Chill Out With Beth combines an enchanting fairy story for children with poems that are gems of wisdom and insight relevant to both young and old in the journey of life. Writing of friendship, dreams, love and destiny, her overall message in is to be positive and to appreciate the wondrous gifts in our lives.


W O W: Words of Wisdom
by Beth Richards

UK price: £6.63    US price: $10.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 84
ISBN: 0-595-40724-2
Published: Jul-2006

In this intriguing collection of sincere and heartfelt poems, Beth Richards, the “Wise Owl”, brings us more gems of wisdom that become beacons for guidance through the everyday problems and joys of life. Writing of friendship, dreams, love and destiny, her overall message in is to be positive and to appreciate the wondrous gifts in our lives.


Journey Towards a Dream 
A Novel                    
 
by Beth Richards

UK price: £5.10    US price: $9.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0-595-42834-7
Published: Feb-2007

This story is based on what a lot of us feel when our children flee the nest! Life is a journey. At the beginning Carol has a dream, which is something many of us have and fulfil, depending upon circumstances. The big question is—will we achieve, in the end, what starts out as a dream?


Worlds Apart                    
Poems of Contrast

by Beth Richards & Charles Muller

Our price: £7.00     US price: $13.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 134
ISBN: 0-595-50302-0
Published: Apr-2008

Two poets - two worlds: poems of deep and humorous reflections (set in England) contrasted with poems of stark reality (set in South Africa and elsewhere).


LIGHT READING      
Reflections in Poetry and Prose

by Beth Richards

UK price: £8.96    US price: $16.95
Publisher: DIADEM BOOKS
Format: Paperback:
Perfect binding , cream interior
Size : 6 x 9 (US trade)
Pages: 140
ISBN:
978-0-9559852-9-4
Published: December-2008

Beth Richards writes: ‘I’ve always maintained that writing poetry (and other forms of creative writing) is a gift from God.’ Here, again, the creative muse continues to inspire Beth—hence this latest book of short stories and poetry entitled Light Reading.  (Discerning readers will, of course, appreciate the pun on the word Light, hopefully made clearer by Beth’s oil painting of the Baccaro Lighthouse, in Nova Scotia, on the front cover!)


Darkness to Light   
Further Enlightening Poetry & Prose
by Beth Richards

UK price: £6.99      US price: $10.40
Publisher:
DIADEM BOOKS
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Diadem Books
Size : 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.8 cm
Pages: 138
ISBN: 978-1907294075
Published: Sep-2009

A new collection of Beth Richards' inspiring poems and prose pieces.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

My aim in this book of poems and prose is to reach out to a number of readers – therefore I’ve written about many different subjects, which will almost certainly touch the hearts of many.  Maybe some of the subjects will even help someone with a similar problem in his or her life to find a solution – a form of self-help!