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First published in 1879, Her Benny by Silas K. Hocking quickly became one of the most widely read novels of the Victorian era. It tells the moving story of Benny Bates, a poor boy in the streets of Liverpool, who struggles against poverty, loss, and hardship yet finds strength in faith, kindness, and the love of his devoted sister Nelly.Hocking’s story captured the hearts of late-Victorian readers with its vivid portrayal of working-class life and its central message of hope rising out of despair. For decades, Her Benny was a favourite in Sunday schools, youth groups, and homes across Britain. Yet like many Victorian classics, the language, structure, and typesetting of older editions can make the text challenging for modern readers.This KMCS Publishing edition reintroduces Her Benny for the twenty-first century. The novel itself remains in the public domain, but this release has been carefully modernised and enhanced to make the story accessible to today’s audience while staying faithful to Hocking’s intent.What makes this edition distinctive:·       ✅ A carefully proof-read and modernised text, smoothing Victorian phrasing for contemporary readers.·       ✅ Professional 5×8″ formatting, designed for readability with clear chapter divisions and attractive cream-paper layout.·       ✅ A thoughtful new introduction that reflects on the enduring themes of poverty, faith, social justice, and resilience.·       ✅ A striking new cover design, exclusive to KMCS Publishing, which captures both the period atmosphere and modern appeal.About the story:Benny Bates is just a child when tragedy strikes. Orphaned and forced to survive in the unforgiving streets of Liverpool, Benny is sustained only by the loyalty of his sister Nelly. Together they face hunger, loss, and the grinding indifference of a city that offers little mercy to the poor. Yet Benny’s courage, honesty, and determination gradually win him friendships and opportunities, leading him on a path from hardship to hope.Hocking weaves into Benny’s tale the struggles of countless Victorian children — the neglected, the exploited, the forgotten — while at the same time offering a narrative of redemption and faith. The novel’s mix of social realism and Christian morality touched a deep chord in its original audience, making it one of the best-selling works of its time.Why read Her Benny today?Though written nearly 150 years ago, the themes of Her Benny remain strikingly relevant. Questions of poverty, child welfare, social inequality, and the power of faith and kindness are as important today as they were in Victorian Liverpool. Readers who enjoy stories of resilience against impossible odds — or who wish to understand how fiction shaped social awareness in nineteenth-century Britain — will find Her Benny both moving and inspiring.This edition offers students, teachers, book clubs, and general readers the chance to encounter the story without the barriers that sometimes come with older, unedited reprints. It is equally suited to those discovering Hocking for the first time and to those who read the book in childhood and want to return to its pages with fresh eyes.About this edition:·       Author: Silas K. Hocking·       Modernised and republished by S A Carmody (KMCS Publishing)·       First published: 1879 (public domain text)·       This edition © 2025 KMCS PublishingBy bringing Her Benny back in a modern, beautifully designed format, KMCS Publishing aims to preserve its legacy while ensuring new generations can read, enjoy, and be inspired by Benny’s journey of courage, compassion, and hope.

A Christmas Through Time by S. A. CarmodyWhen Lucy inherits an old Yorkshire house just before Christmas, she expects creaky floors and cold rooms, not a portal to the past. But one snowy night, while exploring the library, she steps through the bookcase and finds herself in the very same house—in 1895.Drawn into the world of roaring fires, candlelight, and horse-drawn carriages, Lucy meets Thomas, a kind but conflicted man burdened by duty and loss. Their connection is immediate, their chemistry undeniable, yet impossible. For when Lucy returns to her own time, Thomas somehow follows her, bewildered by smartphones, streetlights, and a Christmas unlike any he has ever known.As the festive season unfolds, two centuries collide. The man out of time must learn to live in the modern world, while Lucy must decide whether love can truly bridge more than a hundred years. But the past has its own unfinished business, and the house that brought them together may not let them go until its secrets are finally revealed.A Christmas Through Time is a heart-warming, time-slip romance about love, loss, and the magic of second chances. Set between Victorian Yorkshire and present-day England, it blends festive charm with a moving emotional journey that spans generations.Perfect for readers of The Time Traveller’s Wife, Outlander, and The Christmas Bookshop, this beautifully written novella explores how the spirit of Christmas and the courage to believe in the impossible—can change everything.Themes:• Time travel and historical mystery• Found family and rediscovery• Victorian England and modern Yorkshire• A cosy, romantic Christmas atmosphere• The timeless power of love across eras

Dr Liz Marsh has spent her life outrunning a past she never chose. Known as the daughter of an IRA bomber and orphaned at eighteen, she has lived with scandal, grief, and the long memory of a village that never forgot.Everything changes when a stranger in a hospital bed presses an antique brass key into her hand and whispers her childhood nickname. Hours later, the key burns through her pocket, a doorway opens in the dark, and Liz is pulled back to 7 October 1984.Rainhill looks familiar, but nothing fits. The shops are open. The cars belong to another era. And standing in the doorway of her former home is her mother, alive and furious.Liz soon realises she has not returned by accident. In five days, the Brighton bombing will begin a chain of events that will destroy her family. Her father will be drawn into something he never understood, and Liz has one chance to stop it.To save them, she must step into a past that already knows her and confront truths that were buried for a reason. Waiting in the shadows is the Rocket, the engine that brought her here, and whose key may be the only way home.Rocket to the Past: Rainhill is the first novel in a time-travel series about history, consequence, and the moments that shape a life.If you could rewrite the moment that broke you, would you dare?

Bat, Bowl and BeyondForeword by Dr Jane Powell, President of Yorkshire County Cricket ClubCricket can feel complex, traditional and full of unspoken rules, yet it remains one of the most rewarding games to play and watch. Bat, Bowl and Beyond is a clear and engaging guide for anyone who loves cricket, whether you are learning to play for the first time, returning to the game, already an experienced player or cheering from the boundary.Inside you will find simple explanations of the basics, from picking up a bat and choosing your stance to understanding bowling actions, fielding positions and how a match unfolds. The book also covers the full Laws of Cricket, rare modes of dismissal, scorecards, captaincy decisions, player roles and the small but important details that make cricket unique, including common superstitions, match routines and long-standing traditions. There is also a concise journey through the history of the sport, showing how cricket developed into the game we know today.Written with clarity and accuracy, this is the perfect guide for beginners, families, seasoned players, spectators and anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the game.Cricket has a long story. This book helps you enjoy every part of it.

Bat, Bowl and BeyondForeword by Dr Jane Powell, President of Yorkshire County Cricket ClubCricket can feel complex, traditional and full of unspoken rules, yet it remains one of the most rewarding games to play and watch. Bat, Bowl and Beyond is a clear and engaging guide for anyone who loves cricket, whether you are learning to play for the first time, returning to the game, already an experienced player or cheering from the boundary.Inside you will find simple explanations of the basics, from picking up a bat and choosing your stance to understanding bowling actions, fielding positions and how a match unfolds. The book also covers the full Laws of Cricket, rare modes of dismissal, scorecards, captaincy decisions, player roles and the small but important details that make cricket unique, including common superstitions, match routines and long-standing traditions. There is also a concise journey through the history of the sport, showing how cricket developed into the game we know today.Written with clarity and accuracy, this is the perfect guide for beginners, families, seasoned players, spectators and anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the game.Cricket has a long story. This book helps you enjoy every part of it.

Ruth Davenport has spent thirty-one years in the same house, waiting for an answer that never came.One Saturday morning in 1996, her husband, David, left for a short walk with their daughter, Annie, in her pushchair. Neither of them returned. No pushchair was found. No body. No confession. Only rumours, police doubts, and a house full of rooms Ruth could not bring herself to change.Then, behind the shelves of the library she once shared with David, Ruth finds a concealed passage, and beyond it the impossible: the very days before everything was lost.The past is exactly as she left it, and more dangerous than she knew. To learn what happened to David and Annie, Ruth must walk through her old life without touching it, follow a pushchair she cannot save, and carry what she learns back through a door nobody else knows exists. Because the answer to 1996 is living far closer to Ruth than she could ever have imagined.Ruth has been a shadow in her own life for thirty years. Now she must become a shadow through time.A Shadow Through Time is the third novel in the Through Time series, following A Christmas Through Time and An Easter Through Time. It can be read as a standalone story, but is best enjoyed as part of the series.

From Eggs to Easter: Why the Festival EnduresEaster did not begin as a neat story with a single origin. It emerged gradually, shaped by season, belief, practice, and necessity. This book examines how a spring festival survived centuries of change, argument, and adaptation, and why it continues to be recognised even where religious observance has faded.Drawing on archaeology, early texts, theology, cultural history, and everyday custom, From Eggs to Easter traces the development of Easter from early spring observances through the formation of Christian ritual and into modern secular celebration. It looks closely at where evidence is solid, where it is uncertain, and where later interpretation has blurred the line between history and assumption.This is not a book of myths presented as fact. It questions popular claims about pagan origins, fertility symbols, and hidden continuity, explaining what can genuinely be supported and what cannot. Eggs, fasting, calendars, saints, councils, and communal marking of time are explored in their proper historical contexts, without romantic reconstruction.Written for general readers, this book assumes curiosity rather than belief. It explains how Easter functioned socially as well as religiously, how it adapted to different regions and climates, and how repetition turned practical responses to spring into enduring tradition.Whether Easter is observed in church, marked by food and family, or encountered only through public holidays and chocolate eggs, its persistence is not accidental. This book explains how that endurance was built.Ideal for readers interested in·       Cultural and religious history·       Seasonal festivals and ritual·       Christianity in historical context·       Evidence-based exploration of tradition·       How customs survive beyond beliefClear, measured, and accessible, From Eggs to Easter: Why the Festival Endures offers a grounded account of a festival that continues to shape calendars, communities, and collective memory.

From Eggs to Easter: Why the Festival EnduresEaster did not begin as a neat story with a single origin. It emerged gradually, shaped by season, belief, practice, and necessity. This book examines how a spring festival survived centuries of change, argument, and adaptation, and why it continues to be recognised even where religious observance has faded.Drawing on archaeology, early texts, theology, cultural history, and everyday custom, From Eggs to Easter traces the development of Easter from early spring observances through the formation of Christian ritual and into modern secular celebration. It looks closely at where evidence is solid, where it is uncertain, and where later interpretation has blurred the line between history and assumption.This is not a book of myths presented as fact. It questions popular claims about pagan origins, fertility symbols, and hidden continuity, explaining what can genuinely be supported and what cannot. Eggs, fasting, calendars, saints, councils, and communal marking of time are explored in their proper historical contexts, without romantic reconstruction.Written for general readers, this book assumes curiosity rather than belief. It explains how Easter functioned socially as well as religiously, how it adapted to different regions and climates, and how repetition turned practical responses to spring into enduring tradition.Whether Easter is observed in church, marked by food and family, or encountered only through public holidays and chocolate eggs, its persistence is not accidental. This book explains how that endurance was built.Ideal for readers interested in·       Cultural and religious history·       Seasonal festivals and ritual·       Christianity in historical context·       Evidence-based exploration of tradition·       How customs survive beyond beliefClear, measured, and accessible, From Eggs to Easter: Why the Festival Endures offers a grounded account of a festival that continues to shape calendars, communities, and collective memory.